Severe urban flood and farm damage reported after heavy rains
Water poured through a culvert six miles north of the city along Lubbock Highway. The same rain left furrowed cotton fields and caused ongoing crop damage from hail. In other notes Babe Ruth League games saw Pirates 12 Cardinals 4 and Yankees 10 Cubs 0 with rainouts rescheduled.
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Lubbock Hwy
Terry
SCS
Pirates
Cardinals
Yankees
Cubs
Red Sox
Dodgers
Ronnie Bently
Leo Smith
Ronnie Powell
Larry York
Wood supply grows faster than harvest and loss
American Forest Products Inc reports the United States is growing more wood annually than is harvested or lost to fire and diseases, offering a comforting note from Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
American Forest Products Inc
United States
Wesley Webb Leaves For Germany on Army Duty
Wesley Webb son of Mr and Mrs George Webb from 214 East Hill departed for Fort Dix New Jersey before shipping to Stuttgart Germany with the Army He trained at Fort Carson Colorado Springs and Fort Sam Houston San Antonio and预计 to be gone 24 months A former Brownfield High School student
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Metropolitan
Brownfield
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ed Strickland
East Sons
Stricklands
Rosanne
Suzanne
First Methodist Church
Pampa
Tech
Red Raider
Strickland
Wesley Webb
George Webb
East Hill
Fort Dix
N. J
Stutgart
Germany
Webb
Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Brownfield High School
Flag Day Observed Across Brownfield City
On Flag Day residents and merchants displayed national flags. In downtown Brownfield flags lined the Terry Couty Courthouse lawn and storefronts along Lubbock Road fluttered in the breeze. Seven of five streets sampled per quadrant showed no flag in residential areas.
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Old Glory
Brownfield
Terry Couty
Lubbock Road
Raccoon Becomes Head Pin at Dundee Bowling Alley
A frightened raccoon triggered the automatic pinsetter at a Dundee bowling alley when activated by manager Ed Olszyk. The animal ended up in the No 1 pin position as spectators watched in Nine Pins Coon.
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Orchester
N. Y
Dundee
Ed Olszyk
Spending Change in Food Costs Across Decades at OSU
Ohio State University economists compare 1888 wage data with modern figures showing most workers spent over half income on food in 1888, while today food costs represent about one fifth of disposable income per person.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Brownfield News Business Update Names Don By num and Boatright
Local business brief lists Don Bynum and Joe Boatright alongside M D Fairbairn with page numbers 2180 2188 2189. The fragment suggests a newspaper byline and internal references to traders or topics. Further context is unavailable in the readable text.
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Ed Mathews
Milwaukee Braves
Brownfield News-Herald
Gomez GA
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Fellowship Hall
Barbara Britton
A. V. Britton
Route 4
Annetta
Terry County Bar Assn
State Bar of Texas
W. Broadway
Brownfield News
West Hill
Texas
Lowell Hunt
Society Advertising
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Joe Boatright
M. D. Fairbairn
Terry, Yoakum & Gaines
Jo Hardin
Jack
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Labbeck
Joe E. Woods
Optometrist
Julie Miller
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