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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1973
Page
2
In Brownfield a message explains school must stay open on days scheduled by the calendar to meet 180 instructional days and 36 weeks plus in service, with about 50 percent of funding tied to state support. It notes potential closures only for outages or impassable roads and urges attendance on in-session days.
Forecast for January 14 to 21, 1973 lists Aries through Pisces, warning that imagination may conflict with a opposite sex, a devious associate feeds half truths, and avoid major decisions. Mars moves to favorable position, a new venture possible, but beware spending and delays.
The Brownfield News notes the sudden death of Lewis Simmonds at age 58. He served as city building inspector civil defense director local weatherman and radio operator at police HQ and was a beloved weather news contributor. The paper also highlights photos of a recent snow and ice storm and memories of past winter events.
The Brownfield News lists subscription prices by mail across the continental United States at $8.40 per year.
A year ago Terry County reports tallies from the Texas Employment Commission show a 50 000 bale season target with 100 000 still in view despite bad weather. Funeral services were held for Dan Gray in Tokio Baptist Church. Local leaders Hank Grover and Ben Barnes spoke at GOP and chamber events. Five 4 H members earned breast collars for perfect attendance. Wellman Elementary pupils sang carols at Brownfield Nursing Home.
The piece traces early proposals for a value added tax VAT and its repeated reconsideration by presidents Nixon and Congress. It explains VAT basics, potential revenue and trade implications, and gives an example of how a 5 percent rate would apply at each production stage. It also notes foreign travel spending by Congress in 1971 and the persistence of tax policy debates.
The piece argues against uniting church and state on scriptural, moral, and historical grounds. It cites Jesus and Paul to claim two spheres of loyalty, cites the First Amendment to defend religious freedom, and urges keeping schools, governments, and churches in separate domains.
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