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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1971
Page
1
A Brownfield column recalls the Governor's Traffic Safety push with Drive Friendly. It urges courteous driving to curb accidents, describing friendly behavior like yielding, obeying signs, and avoiding lane racing. The piece notes the slogan's merit and links it to shared responsibility on highways.
Rosindo Franco found guilty of sale and possession of narcotics and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary with sentencing to follow. Other court actions included not guilty verdicts, dismissed charges, and several guilty pleas with probation and short prison terms.
The Terry County Airport Board led by Earl Jones announces two grants totaling 66 347 to fund land rights and airport improvements. Federal and state funds will expand Runway 2 and 2 20, add a parallel taxiway, site a new aircraft parking apron, and extend runway length to attract larger planes. Judge W T McKinney says the upgrades will ease bigger aircraft access.
P. R. Cates and family returned to Brownfield by ambulance plane from Madisonville County Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. He suffered a massive cerebral thrombosis en route to visit Mrs Belew in Madisonville and remains on the critical list.
John Johnson, precinct two commissioner, launched a bindweed eradication along bar ditch lines with Meadow Farm Store. They spray sodium chlorate and seed dry pellets to kill tops this year, but deep roots will sprout again. Field bindweed is a perennial that smothers crops and spreads from sprawling roots.
The Brownfield Evening Lions marked the clinic’s 12th month of operation by presenting a birthday cake to sponsor the Well Baby Clinic at a Thursday meeting. Open since June 9, 1970, the clinic has served 127 babies ages birth to two, with Dr Morris Knox leading care and volunteers assisting monthly from 9 am to 12 noon.
Terry County youth group held a Drug Abuse program at the Party House with speakers Officer Jim McCrummen and Dr. Sherman A Hope. They urged prevention through school partnerships and warned of addiction, crime links, and the need for parental vigilance.
Earl Jones, former president of the Terry County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, was elected district director for District Three South at the annual meeting in Red Raider Convention Center, Lubbock. The district covers 20 counties. Jones led the chapter in its “Send A Mouse to College” drive with $3,898 raised locally.
A mail referendum runs June 7 to 18 to approve a new agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the American Sheep Producers Council. If approved, deductions from shorn wool and unshorn lamb payments for 1971 73 would finance council activities.
Hackney resigns as state public welfare commissioner effective June 15 and will join the governor's office as associate director of health planning. Governor Smith cites health as the reason. Hackney, 63, is a Texas Tech graduate who practiced law in Texas for 32 years.
Terry Memorial Hospital District directors met at 7 30 p m for the regular June session. Landscaping by Jimmy Boy brought the total to 6500 dollars. A well on site tests at about 150 gallons per minute. Administrator Pat McMillan reported 75 percent May occupancy.
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