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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1968
Page
2
Judge Roy Hofheinz and Jim Volpe plan a colossal Astrodome celebration to cap 1968 with 4000 gallons of champagne and 600000 serpentine items. Four major bands will perform Duke Ellington Les Brown Firehouse Five Plus Two and Joe Tex.
The Texas Employment Commission reports record low unemployment for the fiscal year ending last August with 121,000 jobless, 2.7 percent of a labor force of 4,464,400. Nonagricultural employment rose 150,000 to 4,027,100 while total employed increased 3.4 percent.
Arthur A. Flache son of Mr and Mrs Truett W Flache 702 East Buckley has earned a letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for high performance on the 1968 Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test He attends Culver Military Academy Culver Ind Flache a senior in his fourth year is secretary of the Cordon Council and the Honor Council and a member of the Cadet Club and Varsity Club He plays varsity football and wrestling and has earned two letters in football.
The Christmas holidays halt Terry County basketball with Brownfield Cubs playing three weeks and five extra games. Cubs return January fourth to face Morton and start district play January fourteenth versus Sweetwater. Meadow Bronchos host Roosevelt December 30 then face Ropesville January seventh in district play. Wellman Wildcats pause rest of 1968, resume January seventh against New Home after loop tournament December 31 to January fourth. Union meets Shallowater December 31 and starts district action January seventh vs Southland.
The 1922 Dixie Classic in Dallas featured Texas A&M vs Centre College. The game helped launch the Cotton Bowl era, capped an A&M upset over Centre that boosted Texas football and the Southwest. It also birthed the Twelfth Man tradition when King Gill was summoned from the stands to be ready if needed.
James A. Coalson of Meadow is among 16,840 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University Stillwater this semester. OSU total enrollment is 20,437 with 2,542 at Oklahoma State Tech Okmulgee and 1,055 on the Oklahoma City campus. On the Stillwater campus 10,798 men and 6,042 women attend, with Coalson a graduate student among 2,166 on campus.
USDA classing offices on the South Plains processed 188000 cotton samples last week, bringing the season total to 1272000. Predominant grades accounted for 75 percent, average staple measured 31-32 inch, and micronaire ranges shown. Pressley fiber strength readings varied by locality with prices to producers around 49 dollars per ton for cottonseed.
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