A Christmas Faith For The New Year
Guest editorial reflects on God acting through natural order history and home to shape the world. It cites the Bethlehem birth during a Caesar Augustus census, the star guiding the Magi, and the barn birth as examples. The piece urges living in harmony with divine laws and making homes vessels for peace and goodwill in the coming year.
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Henry Kissinger
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Prince of Peace
Vieteam
Briscoe taps aides and outlines early policy aims
Governor-elect Dolph Briscoe names George Lawrance Ken Clapp and Roy Coffee Jr as top aides and plans to send position papers to the legislature. He prioritizes crime control constitutional revision drug abuse water conservation mass transit and expanded vocational education.
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Briscoe
George Loverance
San Antonio
Ken Clapp
Killeen
Roy Coffee Jr
Dallas
Preston Smith
Coffee
Lawrance
John Brunson
Houston
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Terry's Past From Our Files Of Yesteryear One Year Ago
A look back notes Kendrick Memorial Library among 16 public libraries in 29 counties qualifying for area library membership under the 1968 Texas Library System Act. Brownfield designated as a community library after missing the population threshold. Ten years ago lawmen rounded up 17 for overindulgence. County bids for new livestock show barns debated. Judge Simms capped spending at 24000.
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Kendrick Memorial Library
Texas Library System
Texas State Library
Brownfield
R. A. Simms
Teeth in Law and Ripe Promises Across the News
A Hong Kong court revises teen rape sentences from three to six years, citing youth as insufficient leniency. In Claremont Minnesota a columnist notes politicians offer promises only by taking from others, declaring such pledges insubstantial.
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Hong Kong
Milner, N. D
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Christmas leftovers and Santa returns home
Bits of This n That recounts post holiday leftovers from candies to wrapping paper and lunches, noting boxes once eagerly sought are now unused as Christmas ends and Santa returns home to resume toy making for another year.
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Christmas Reflections and New Year Resolutions
A Brownfield Texas reader shares holiday reflections from a local column. The piece notes travel home after Christmas, traffic frustrations in left lanes, a humorous restaurant moment, and thoughts on New Year resolutions aimed at personal and societal improvement. It closes with a 1964 US Chamber idea about everyone generating ideas and encouraging use in 1973.
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U. S. Jr. Chamber of Commerce
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