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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
2
A sermon excerpt urges readers to see Easter as more than a holiday, presenting the gospel as a path to a fresh start through Christ’s cross and resurrection. It emphasizes that Jesus’ sinless life, death, and rising justify believers and promise their own future resurrection.
Conservation notes urge farmers to inspect all acres and seed grass where appropriate to improve grazing efficiency. Citing rising machinery costs, the article praises switching rocky, shallow, or steep land from crops to grass. Examples include Jess Snodgrass and Ernest Hudson using 50 and 100 acre fields for sideoats grama, switchgrass, and related grazing programs.
A collection of letters and editorials from various towns urges companies to educate the public about their operations, stresses the primacy of customer over competitor focus, quips at male teachers’ maternity leave protests, notes political rhetoric on revolutionaries, calls for parental oversight of children, warns against youth vandalism, and reports welfare caseload growth in the nation.
A compilation of Short remarks covers TB hospitalization trends in Texas 826 to 522 patients and average stays from 174 to 130 days. It notes airport security training parity, tourism tax returns, ethics appointments, county government studies, food stamp debates, OEO funding cuts, marijuana penalties, education bills, and welfare strike anecdotes.
Brownfield News lists staff roles publisher manager news editor photographer and circulation manager. Names include H Atkinson Bill Cone Don Richards Dave Cushman Virginia Atkinson and note memberships in Texas and West Texas press associations along with NNA.
Sen Pete Snelson warned that future public school financing in Texas hinges on Edgewood district litigation and a forthcoming U S Supreme Court ruling. A constitutional revision commission was named with Calvert as chair, amid objections over representation. Short items note bills, opinions, and state official appointments.
A plea arguing federal and state action to remove death trap bridges on highways. It cites the New Mexico bridge tragedy and Texas highway fatalities linked to drunk and habitual negligent drivers, urging stronger laws and urgent public pressure.
The 63rd Legislature in six weeks earns praise for bold reform bills and vigorous committee work. Education costs loom large as lawmakers seek answers on funding while debates swirl over term limits for speakers. West Texas industry grows on TIC efforts to train workers through a statewide vocational program. Citizen involvement remains high, fueling a spirited, grateful mood for the free system.
One year ago the Terry County Community Action Committee approved Lucy Cisneros as neighborhood aid. Two bids were opened for a heavy duty gas turbine packaged power plant from General Electric and Westinghouse. Five years ago the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture urged the Terry Memorial Hospital District to call a May 4 bond election for a new 50 bed hospital. Ten years ago Direct Distance Dialing was to start, Grady Goodpasture named Outstanding Citizen of the Year by the Texas House. A Swiss visitor toured the U S and observed Terry County farming methods in Brownfield.
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