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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1981
Page
4
The article follows Abilene oilman Jack Grimm pursuing the lost Titanic, aiming to confirm its location and possible recoveries. He planned to sail from Boston the prior week for further exploration of sites identified last summer, inspired by readings about the ship’s grandeur and mystery.
A reader notes rising taxes across daily life and shares a satirical poem about farm taxes. The column muses on the Titanic’s infamous voyage, then lists a ranked set of history’s worst villains, including Hitler and Stalin, with reflections on mothers of notorious figures and the enduring value of maternal ties.
A proposed voluntary student code of conduct would become part of the high school and middle school handbook. It lists rules covering vandalism weapons assault profanity theft extortion and fighting, with disciplinary options from counseling to suspension. It also outlines registration for caregivers and health and safety standards.
The Trade Development Committee of the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Chamber Office. All local merchants are urged to attend.
Howard Henson Post 269 of The American Legion will hold its regular meeting at the VFW Hall on July 9. A supper is planned at 7 p.m. followed by the 8 p.m. installation of incoming officers by Post Department of Texas Commander C. G. McKenzie of Lubbock.
Eight decades ago Col. Baylor led the Texas Second Mounted Rifles into New Mexico seeking to reclaim lands ceded to the United States in 1850. The plan to attack Fort Fillmore failed after Lynde destroyed the fort and whiskey stock, leading to a Confederate setback and Baylor’s dream fading as history moved on. A Texas theft report follows, noting a color television missing from Billy McCallister’s Needmore home at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. A reader letter from Brownfield pleads for newspaper publication to reconnect with relatives and offers to correspond as a pen pal to lonely locals.
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