Murder charges filed against Brownfield man
Howard Daniel Ward of Brownfield is charged with murder in the shooting of Donald Ray Weaver of Sudan. Weaver died at Brownfield General Hospital after being shot near a residence and Slick's Place on N Sixth. Witnesses describe a car and suspect matching Ward. Ward arrested at the 400 Club. The weapon, a 22 caliber pistol, was not recovered as of Friday afternoon.
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Howard Daniel Ward
Brownfield
Donald Ray Weaver
Sudan
Weaver
Brownfield General Hospital
N. Sixthk
N. Fifth
W. Ross
Ward
400 Club
Caraway Named to National Educators Seminar
W. O. Caraway, Brownfield ISD superintendent, selected as one of 500 outstanding American educators to participate in a week long national seminar this summer. The Institute of Development of Educational Activities sponsors the 1977 Fellows Program on Critical Issues In Education with 20 leaders addressing participants. The IDEA program has hosted about 4500 educators from North America and overseas.
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W. O. Caraway
Brownfield Independent School District
Institute of Development of Educational Activities, Inc
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
I.D.E.A. Fellows
North America
Brownfield Housing Authority Plans 50 Units
The Brownfield Housing Authority voted to build 50 moderate to low income housing units. Whitaker and Hall of Lubbock will prepare the plans with funding partly from the Farmers Home Administration. A sites committee reported several potential locations around the city, some needing rezoning. Estimated project cost exceeds $50,000 and a five acre site is likely required.
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Brownfield Housing Authority
City Hall
Housing Authority
Whitaker and Hall of Lubbock
Farmers Home Administration
Jake Geron
Deadline Nears for Crop Certification in Texas Wheat and Barley
Farmers must certify all wheat and barley acreage by June 20 and all cotton, grain sorghum, and corn by August 1 1977 as per Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Acreages must be reported even without allotments. Texas farmers will receive crop and livestock questionnaires in late May and June. Wheat loan rates for 1977 are set at $2.16 per bushel until updated.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John Stockton, Jr
Stockton
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States to Begin Metric System Conversion
The U S plans to switch to metric measurements starting Sept 30 1978 beginning with highway speed signs 40 mph becoming 64 kph. Public reaction includes concerns over learning math anew and changes to fabric measurements by the yard to the meter.
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United States
U.S
Pirtle
Virgie Jenkins
Fabrific
Bill McCord
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Pamela Selmon
Leshana Clark
Kimberly Burks
Burks
Newsfote
Ken King
Caraway
Educators
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Texas Highway Patrol
Mexico
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