Panel Questions Secretary at Lubbock Airport Event
Four area agriculture figures joined a panel to question Secretary of Agriculture John Block at Lubbock Regional Airport. Dumas and others pressed about water costs and drought resilience while Block warned there would be no federal aid, urging dryland farming as the future. See Page 4A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Dumas
Brownfield Seed and Debnting
John Block
Lubbock
Steve Jones
Lubbock County
Mike Stevens
Merrill Lynch Pierce
Fenner and Smith Inc
Jim Stewart
KFYO
Dumas
Block
USDA
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Vandals Strike Brownfield Area As Patrols Increase
Over three days vandals damaged multiple vehicles in Brownfield. Incidents included broken windshields on a 1970 Toyota station wagon and a 1972 Chevrolet Caprice, plus smashings on a 1981 Halliburton Services Ford LTD, a 1970 truck, a 1980 Mercury with slashed tires, and a 1979 Pontiac with a slashed vinyl top. Police noted likely local suspects and raised patrols. eight arrests were also reported for public intoxication, possession, theft, and a bad check warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Brownfield High School
Don Hensley
Kevin Carathers
E. Felt
Ford Ltd
Halliburton Services
Junior Henson
Larry’s Chemical
South 14Th St
Alicia Barrera
N. Atkins
Mercury
Coleman Park
Raul Serbantez
Magnolia
Isreal Leon
W. Bynum
Sam
W. Main
Farr’s Supermarkets
Local Firm Exports Readi-Feeder Machines for Cotton Gins
A Readi-Co Manufacturing official touts the Readi-Feeder a faster gin loading device designed by Jim Prather Glenn Salter and Eldon Allison The double ended model lets modules be loaded from either end saving time and reducing truck idle The first unit shipped in 1976 with 62 installed as of now and production continues Page 4A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergrass
Glenn Salter
Readi-Co
Jim Prather
Eldon Allison
Salter
February Weather Extremes Hit Brownfield City
Brownfield recorded a February temperature range of 79 degrees with a high of 85 on Feb 24 and a low of 6 on Feb 5. The city had seven days in the 70s, and precipitation totaled .31 inch with notable daily amounts on the 5th 9th 12th and 26th, below the February normal of .50 inches. Year to date moisture stands at 1.03 inches, with January and February normal is 1.09 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
National Guard
Earl Elrod
Paper Mt Tube By Lynn Brisendine
A reflection on change and farm policy critiques from a West Texas audience. Garry Peebles recounts a Lubbock meeting with Secretary of Agriculture John Block and compares it to a 1979 visit by Bob Bergland. The piece urges tougher action, prompts letters to Congress, and calls for officials to listen more and talk less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Peebles
John Block
Lubbock
Bob Bergland
Carter
South Plains
Lloyd Bentsen
N Ink
Texas
Washington
New York
Dallas
Houston
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
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City Council
Mt Tube
Lynn Brisendine
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