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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
2
Editorial laments summer littering as beer cans and bottles pour from speeding cars and campgrounds. It argues laws barely curb the practice, predicting a rise in litter with booming 12 ounce container production and a bleak landscape by 1985.
Roscoe Drummond cites Khrushchev's old boast as misleading. The Soviet economy lags the United States in GNP output power and consumer production, with Russia at 361 billion vs 789.7 billion dollars and far lower kilowatt hours and car production. The piece argues political bragging masks real gaps.
A wall display from a motor vehicle bureau muses on 1975 automobile numbers and street crossing urgency. A joke about marriage likens it to a mutual admiration society with one partner always right, the other the husband. Cosmetics are framed as a tool for keeping men from reading between lines.
The text argues that personal example holds greater influence than tools or media. It cites scripture Romans 14 7 Acts 1 1 and Matthew 5 16 to show the Christian call to live visibly good deeds. It emphasizes that true living Christians are known by their good works rather than words.
Mary Jane Blackstock and Donna Steinrath leave Lubbock at 7 30 a m on a chartered bus for Austin to attend the annual Girls State session sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Brownfield names Larry Crabtree advertising manager succeeding Clarence Cone who resigns June 14. Fourteen visiting teams plus Brownfield host contingent to compete in the second annual Summer Track Meet at Cub Stadium.
A woman on a once in a lifetime trip to New York City sees a hungry girl on cold streets. She buys warm clothes and a meal, the girl asks if she is God's wife, and the woman explains she is not. The moment prompts a reflection on living Christ through daily acts of kindness. The piece also notes community notices and past local events across decades.
Donnell Echols of Plains Cotton Growers and J D Smith of Littlefield praised the House vote 224 to 142 to cap 1970 farm program payments at 20000 per producer. The amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill, backed by Conte, aims to curb price support payouts and faces Senate action with markups expected around late June to July.
A playful column riffs on June weddings and single men while noting tomato price spikes due to a U S embargo on Mexican imports. It cites Mexico's Sinaloa Sonora region, 23 000 acres planted, and calls for ending trade restrictions as U S housewives face higher prices and tighter supplies.
County agent Jim Foy warns that power rotary lawn mowers can propel rocks and debris at over 200 miles an hour. He urges inspections before mowing including securing nuts disconnecting spark plugs and clearing debris while avoiding refueling a hot engine.
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