29 Jul 1982
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1982
Page
1
About 150 area farmers attended a Brownfield High School program led by National Cotton Council officials to explain the disaster program enacted by U.S. Agriculture Secretary John Block last week. The measure offers financial relief for recent crop damage.
The piece contrasts income in 1980 with perceived affluence and poverty, noting 13 percent in poverty with $4 310 single or $8 450 family thresholds, and discusses disaster payments for cotton growers in Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma, including policy push by Block Reagan officials and National Cotton Council praise.
Terry County commissioners discussed aiding the Confederate Air Force Panhandle Squadron with 1000 feet of caliche along Beeings airport runway to create parking pads for 27 World War II era aircraft for the August 28 Brownfield show. John Forburger and Curtis Christopher said the event would feature more WWII type planes than any CAF show in the area this summer and compared it to a recent San Angelo display. The panel approved the caliche request, though officials debated whether runway renovations would be completed before August. County Judge Herbert Cheshir indicated uncertainty on timing.
A 17 year old Brownfield man led officers on a morning chase after an unregistered motorcycle was spotted in the 1300 block of Tohoka Rd. Patrolman Roy Rice signaled a stop, the pursuit ended with heavy damage to a police car and a sheriff's department vehicle.
Plans are underway for Brownfield’s annual Harvest Festival set for October 16 at Coleman Park amphitheater. The queen contest features five Brownfield girls competing for a $600 scholarship, with points from ticket sales 30 percent, talent show 30 percent, and parade floats 40 percent. Queen winner gets $600, runner up $400, third $300, others $200. Queen mother is Jan Hale. The 1983 Harvest Festival theme is Country Fling and Fiesta.
Capitol News Service reports Terry County unemployment at 8.7 percent in June 1982, up from 7.6 percent in May, with 615 of 7044 in the labor force seeking work. Figures rely on unemployment insurance claims, noting not all jobless file. Statewide rate at 7.7 percent. 570,000 Texans unemployed.
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