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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1969
Page
2
A local editorial presents a 38 item questionnaire to gauge Slaton residents view of town progress. Readers answer yes or no to measure civic vitality and conditions from schooling to services. It ends by urging response and action based on results.
From Lovington New Mexico Leader a citizen faces the moral test of integrity choosing freedom or servility. An observer mocks the Great Society changing the saying to reflect wealth, crumbs for the poor, field day for crooks, and a soaked middle class.
The excerpt cites Richard M. Nixon on preserving free education and resisting lawlessness, Maurice H. Stans on administering an antidote to protect prosperity, and Edward M. Kennedy criticizing costly hill battles in Vietnam. The passage presents three political voices reflecting policy and war views.
A collection of humorous maxims on marriage, in laws, work, and perception. It jokes about love being blind, mother-in-laws as eye openers, opportunities disguised as work, and fog as a danger both literal and mental. It nudges readers to trust judgment and accept marriage’s quirks.
One year ago on the South Plains June weather disrupted Terry County crops with varying effects. J. J. Parrish, Brownfield division manager for General Telephone since 1967, will join General Telephone Southeast as public relations director in Durham on July 8. Five years ago Molly Goodpasture, then Worthy Matron, and Frances Cross as installed Worthy Matron of Brownfield Chapter 795 Order of the Eastern Star. Richard Spencer will replace Bruce Griffith as Assistant County Agent. Brownfield Boys Club building work continues at South Fifth and West Buckley.
The Commissioners Court in regular session ordered a county wide election for July 16 to decide whether to issue bonds totaling 15000 to pave the public square area beside the courthouse park. The notice reflects community debate on local improvements and fiscal plans tied to town development.
May job applications at Texas Employ ment Commission offices rose to 57,480 up 2,616 from April despite a shorter work month. TEC administrator R L Coffman attributes the increase to seasonal student influx and the Youth Opportunity Summer Campaign activities. May placements fell 5,478 from April to 35,763.
The article highlights large crowds in Vacation Bible Schools and many teens in teaching roles guiding younger youths. It notes youths now take on summer jobs, and lists community groups like Boy Scouts and 4-H as active participants. It also records several land and property transfers and civil suits involving Brownfield and surrounding counties.
The columnist warns of a long hot summer with societal tensions and youth unrest, urging constructive paths. He cites weather as a metaphor and cites Ecclesiastes to urge youth to remember their creator. The piece urges constructive activity and notes involvement of various religious groups in guiding youth.
Warranty deeds record transfers of property in Brownfield and nearby areas including Longbrake Addition Brownfield Muleshoe and Tehama County California. Transfers name grantors and grantees and describe lots blocks subdivisions and fractional interests in Sec 4 Blk Del2 E L R Ry Co Survey and other tracts.
The piece discusses mail received by a newspaper, dividing it into good bad and worse. It notes editors print verbiage from readers, criticizes free advertising from agencies, and dismisses junk mail. It also mentions a Pasadena bulletin about Highland Hospital in Lubbock and reflects on inflation and movie prices.
About 40 men from Co A 2nd Battalion 142 Infantry join other guardsmen for a 15 day summer camp at North Fort Hood under Brig Gen D A Thompson. Guardsmen from 47 Texas cities train nearly every hour with night work and return home July 6.
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