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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1971
Page
2
Editorial salutes parents and families as Little League season begins, runs May to July, with two to three games weekly and practice. It praises mothers manning concession stands and fathers coaching, urging readers to pitch in and support the effort.
The Post Office Department issued a red and blue stamp reading giving blood saves lives to promote blood banks. Dr. John B. Henry notes the stamp could boost donations, and recalls the first blood bank started in Chicago in 1937 alongside a long history of commemorative stamps for worthy causes. If healthy aged 18 to 66, donate at a local blood bank or collection center. your gift could save a life.
The column recalls past local visits by Mr. of the Big Spring area and Lt. Flacke of Ft. Sill plus trips to the Davis Mountains. It notes 40 years ago Red and White Store banquet in Lubbock with Brownfield attendees and 60 years ago a Harris family visit. A Tokio Sunday School Children’s Day program is mentioned. A Senator Hugh Scott posed questions about polls on Vietnam War views and Nixon, citing poll results showing broad support for ending the war but caution about troop withdrawals and POW safety.
The sixty second Texas Legislature closes with a 6.9 billion biennial budget and a 617 million tax measure moving into effect July 1. New taxes include liquor by the drink and per gallon, cigarette and corporate franchise taxes, beer, auto sales tax, and a gasoline tax repeal later in a separate bill. Marcella Perry of Houston resigns and a 100 million bond fund for sewage facilities is created. Gordon Fulcher, Water Quality Board chair, says the bond aims to meet statewide water standards by 1975.
The record lists ratification efforts lowering the voting age to 18, a drink sales act and referendum, redistricting, a constitutional convention plan for 1974, broad bank reform, and a $100 million sewer bond fund. It notes welfare budgeting delays for 1973, with hoped federal aid, plus appointments including Tommy Shannon as speaker pro tempore and others to state commissions. Admissions and dismissals span late May with numerous names listed.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States cites that the average American must work about 2 hours 51 minutes of an eight hour day to pay taxes, notes rising debt limits, and urges positive reform. It argues for responsible spending, calls for public interest in labor union behavior, and critiques broad taxation as insufficient to fund government.
The publisher notes census figures showing the U S median age fell from 29.6 in 1960 to 27.6 in 1970 due to postwar baby boom effects. It explains the median age is the point where half the population is older and half younger and contrasts with historical rises toward later decades.
Detroit area incidents of poisoned and dangerous treats spark a proposal by State Rep. Casmer Ogonowski to make trick or treating a misdemeanor. Critics warn the idea drags the season into overreaction while some defend Halloween as harmless celebration.
Public opinion pundits compare polls to I Q tests noting that question framing drives results. The author cites the classic loaded query Have you stopped beating your wife to illustrate how wording shapes answers.
A reverent reminder urges couples to honor marriage as a divine institution. The text reflects on biblical definitions of oneness in Genesis Ruth and suggests practical living together as husbands and wives. It emphasizes mutual service to God and enduring commitment.
The author laments a dulled moral sensibility in America caused by prolonged conflict in Vietnam and a permissive culture. Yet signs of hope appear in family-focused reforms, spiritual renewal, and calls to prioritize people over profit, urging a recommitment to the soul of the nation before it is too late.
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