Anatomy Of A Murder: Suspect In Bryant Killing?
Rumors swirl in Brownfield and South Plains over the murder of 17 year old Dianna Lynn Bryant. She was found in a northeast Brownfield apartment on April 26 stranguled with a cord from a vacuum. Police report faint evidence, locked doors, a overturned cereal bowl, and a knife. fingerprints and samples were sent to labs. Police Chief J T Churchwell says investigators seek a person full of hate and have questioned a subject, who declined tests and spoke with an attorney.
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Brownfield
South Plains
Dianna Lynn Bryant
Miss Bryant
Lubbock
Texas
J.T. Churchwell
Churchwell
Brownfield News
Stormy Clouds Leave Little Rain Thursday
Brownfield area saw more stormy clouds with minimal damage besides a roof on the old Barton building on Seagraves Highway. A slick roadway reportedly caused an accident on Seagraves Highway as a motorist lost control after rain. Rainfall amounts in the area.
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Brownfield
Barton
Seagraves Highway
Two Wrecks Incur Injuries Near Brownfield
A Lubbock man Hartman 22 was treated for cuts and bruises after a one car rollover two miles south of Brownfield on Seagraves Highway. He lost control on a slick spot crossing median and barditch. Six people to Brownfield Hospital after a Highway 380 crash east of Brownfield. A 70 year old Ohio man Boden in a 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit among the injured.
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Lubbock
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Brownfield
Seagraves Highway
Oral Lee Hartman
Hartman
Barditch
Brown Field
Medical Center
Brownfield Hospital
Highway 380
Joseph J. Boden
Williamsfield
Ohio
Cargill Appointed New City Councilman in Brownfield
Brownfield City Council appoints Jackie Cargill to fill the vacancy created by Alvin Davis who resigned June 30 to take a job in Lubbock. Cargill will serve the remainder of Davis term through April 1982. he previously served 1975 to 1979. Council tabled A T Pickett zoning request for a northeast mobile home park, seeking R3 zoning north of Shermore Apartments at Felt and D Streets pending landowner approval from two entities.
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Brownfield
Jackie Cargill
Alvin Davis
Cargill
Turner- Bear & Cargill Insurance Agency
Davis
Lubbock
A.T. Pickett
Shermore
Felt
Pickett
City Zoning Board
Pol ice Report Arrests For Shoplifting And Possession
Brownfield police arrested 11 people Tuesday to Friday including five for public intoxication and one on a Lubbock traffic warrant. Two locals, Floyd Smith and a 15-year-old, faced shoplifting charges after a TG&Y theft at Plaza Shopping Center. Juanita Garcia and Henry Portillo, both of 1007 S Fourth St, were charged with possession of a controlled substance. Kenneth Mason, 17, of 412 W Lanny, charged with burglary. See Police on page 4A.
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Brownfield
Lubbock
Tg&y
Plaza
Floyd Lee Smith
Juanita Flores Garcia
Henry A. Portillo
S. 4Th St
Kenneth Lee Mason
W. Lanny
See
4-H Rider Kristi Hancock Prepares for Texas Show in Waco
Kristi Hancock of County 4-H Riding Club will display her Futurity Gelding at the Texas 4-H Horse Show in the Heart of Texas Coliseum Waco. The premier event draws about 12 000 4-H members statewide with over 300 qualifying for the state show and around 400 open entrants. Speakers note 28 classes across six days.
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Kristi Hancock
Terry County
Heart of Texas Coliseum
Waco
Texas
Word Counts and Language Ranges Across Professions
An excerpt notes the vast vocabulary used by journalists and contrasts it with the more limited lexicon of clergy, lawyers, doctors, and average workers. It highlights that science fields require many specialized terms such as muscles tendons valves poisons and bacteria while many people still find self expression challenging.
Reward offered in two Brownfield crimes
The Brownfield Crime Information Inc offers a $3,890 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons involved in the strangulation murder of 17 year old Dianna Lynn Bryant during a late April 1981 incident at an apartment complex in the 900 block of North A Street. A separate $500 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person involved in the July 3 1981 rape of a white female in the 500 block of East Hill Street, with the suspect possibly fleeing west through the alley behind the residence.
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Earl Elrod
Pool Gin
Brownfield
Johnson Gin
Brownfield Crime Information, Inc
Dianna Lynn Bryant
Miss Bryant
North A
East Hill Street
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By Lynn Brisendine
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Alice Gail Wilson
Ray Anderson
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