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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1973
Page
2
Brownie notes New Year resolutions and presents a health formula SH0ES developed by Andre Rhoads. The plan uses factors Sis for smoking Hypertension Oo for obesity Ek for exercise and S for Stress to reduce heart attack risk. Regular medical checks enhance effectiveness as personal will guides lifestyle changes.
Brownfield police report solving six December burglaries at the Gear Works Domino Halls Ken's Q Pool Hall Pioneer Oil and Farmers Club. Richard Diaz 22 and a 14 year old male juvenile linked to Gear Works. Martin Flores and another 14 year old tied to Domino Halls Ken's Q and Pioneer Oil. Flores and the juvenile, plus Mrs Manuela Moreno 36, linked to Farmers Club burglary. Police recovered liquor beer and goods. charges being filed in county. juveniles to appear before judge.
Lob Thompson of Hayes Jewelry and family drove to Apache Junction for Christmas in a state hit hard by fuel shortages. Most stations were closed or had long lines while New Mexico remained well supplied en route. The piece notes widespread drought in gas supply across the region and local efforts like Brownfield Post 269 hosting a New Year’s Eve gala.
Three photographs from 1973 depict Tahoka Road and Cedar cotton bales lining the countryside, a Sprouse-Ritz store under construction beside Piggly-Wiggly, and a closed service station illustrating nationwide fuel shortages. News by Bill Cone.
Jon-T Chemicals Inc. elected officers at its annual board meeting December 21 in Brownfield. John Thomas will serve as chair, Lars Weddle as president, Dale Wiley as VP supply and transportation, Bob Crowder as VP sales, Darrell Miller as VP finance, and Robert Kennedy as controller. Thomas has a background in IBM and Goodpasture and helped form Jon-T Chemicals with his associates. He and his wife Nancy have two sons George and Brett. He also serves as director of Brownfield State Bank & Trust Co.
National Weather Service notes for the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville forecast partly cloudy skies with game time around the 60s. Light southerly winds five to ten miles per hour, humidity near 70 percent, and no rain expected for the Tennessee vs Texas Tech game.
An agricultural advisory committee to the Federal Energy Office agreed to base farm fuel allocations for 1974 on annual consumption rather than monthly. Farmers could receive up to 125 percent of their 1972 usage if fuel is available, amid anticipated shortages of 17 to 25 percent. Diesel power drives about 70 percent of U.S. farm tractors.
The company founded in 1968 by John Thomas now operates globally in fertilizer trade with 29 employees, 21 locally, and multiple subsidiaries including Jon-T Farms Gaines Development Jon-T Exports Weather Watch and affiliates Four-Star Farms Four-Star Grain. Brownfield remains home office as Weather Watch Instruments launches Sentry Tornado Alarm Barometer.
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