Domestic Violence: A battered wife’s long nightmare ends not
Sally recalls years of beatings and fear in a 1960s marriage. She describes a pattern of shoves, hair pulling, and punches across pregnancies and miscarriages, the police and doctors offering little help. Now with shelters and protections available, she urges women to escape early for safety and to seek support from Women's Protective Services in Lubbock.
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Gayla Neff
Sally
Gayla Neff Hall
Women's Protective Services
South Loop
Suite
Lubbock
Praise Your Way Into Victory in Philippi Sermon
Brownfield ministerial message by Eugene Staton urges praise as a powerful remedy for hardship. Citing Acts 16 and Hebrews 13, the piece emphasizes trusting God, singing at midnight, and garments of praise to overcome oppression, with the Philippian jailer’s family salvation as a key outcome.
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Eugene Staton
First Foursquare
Paul
Silas
Philippi
God
David
Rough Riders Rise From Texas To Famous San Juan Hill Ride
Talk of Texas recalls Theodore Roosevelt forming the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry in San Antonio during May 1898. The Rough Riders trained at Roosevelt Park, recruited from cowboys miners lawyers and others, sailed May 29 with horses left behind, and charged San Juan Hill on July 1. The unit faced heavy losses but helped end the war with Spain, a conflict John Hay praised as a splendid little war.
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Jack Maguire
Theodore Roosevelt
Cuba
San Juan Hill
U.S
Spain
Roosevelt
San Antonio
U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
Menger
Alamo
Roosevelt Park
T.R
Florida
Texas
Rough Riders
San Juan
Kettle Hill
John Hay
Alvin
Brazoria
Brownfield Bears Come to Life in School Change Drive
Jacque Garcia urges Brownfield residents to back a name change for the BISD and adopt the Brownfield Bears identity. He explains that change is good, frames the bear as a symbol of courage and teamwork, and calls for signatures on a petition to present to the school board, offering a contact number for participation.
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Brownfield
IRS
BISD
Colonial Heights
Brownfield Bears
Jacque . Garcia
CAFE CAFE CAFE policy clash shapes cotton trade talks
Washington DC debate over raising CAFE standards clashes with public demand for powerful light trucks. Legislation seeks to extend the current freeze beyond September 1998 while farm issues gain attention for fast track authority IMF funding and MFN for China. Cotton Council International reports MAP funding rise to 9.6 million. Bell weevil traps fall as heat and drought reduce weevil counts. agents urge vigilance for overwintering boll weevils despite low catches.
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Snown Wade
Washington, DC
Coalition For Vehicle Choice
CVC
House of Representatives
Senate
Washington
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
International Monetary Fund
China
U.S
Cotton Council International
CCI
Roger Haldenby Bell
Dawson County
Terry County
IPM
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