Police Log Records 246 Calls In One Week
From March 9 to March 16 Brownfield Police Department handled 246 calls, made eleven arrests, and logged 26 offenses. Incidents included thefts at a residence on Park Lane and Shermore Apartments, missing stereo speakers, a rabbit fur coat, vandalism to tires and a mailbox, and rude behavior near Oak Street. Fire department responded to a house fire on North 1st Street. Multiple arrests for public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle were reported.
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Park Lane
Scott's #4
Shermore
N. 3Rd
S. 14Th
E. Oak
BPD
Brownfield Fire Department
Rebate Check Figures For 1981 Rise In Lubbock
A March 1981 summary from Lubbock shows rebates totaling $120 536 28 plus a 51 percent increase for 1981. The document cites $552 349 65 for 1980 and $1 266 703 65 as total rebates.
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Lubbock
Weathered Texas towns face varied flood and storm risks
The article weighs climate hazards in Texas regions Brownfield West Texas Plains Post Seagraves Seminole and others noting heat in summer cold winters and floods while providing 1981 and 1980 payment figures and percent changes. The state comptroller cites smaller rebate payments in March 1981 due to accounting period changes.
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Brownfield
West Texas
Plains
Seagraves
Seminole
Texas Blocks California Trucks Carrying Citrus Fruit
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown ordered a quarantine at the Texas border last week to stop California citrus shipments unless fumigated or kept in cold storage to kill Medflies. California seeks Supreme Court intervention to reopen the gates.
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Austin
Texas
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas Agriculture
Reagan Brown
Texas California fruit fly quarrel sparks high court fight
The dispute centers on a quarantine against Mediterranean fruit flies. Texas officials warn of damages to their economy and threaten suits for damages, while California presses to keep the quarantine with federal support. Governor Clements faces political backlash over labor rights and Atlanta crime aid standoff.
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California
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Texas
Brown
Lone Star
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Ronald Reagan
White House
Clements
Texas Farm Workers Union
Senate
Atlanta
Lanell Cofer
Georgia
Ofer
Pamaga
Chisren
Prospects for Cotton Profit and Soil Rotation in Terry County
At a Terry County meeting producers warned cotton profits depend on yields well above break even, with one farmer aiming for over a bale per acre. Moss cited a drop from 581 pounds lint per acre in 1965 to 170 in 1980 and urged reducing cotton acreage and rotating with maize or grain sorghum to restore soil organic matter.
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Jordan
Wilkes
Terry County
Moss
Hawkins
Danny Decker
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Jordan, Decker
Johnson
South America
Talk of Texas: Thompson and Fisher Killings Remain Unsolved
Footnote to History recounts the 93 year unsolved double killing of gunfighters Ben Thompson and King Fisher in the Vaudeville Theater saloon near San Antonio. Details cover Thompson’s past in Austin, the duels, trials, and the unresolved ambush by a hidden gunman. Also notes Fort Worth South Loop Motel offering horse friendly lodging with self supplied feed.
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San Antonio
Ben Thompson
King Fisher
Austin
Thompson
Statesman
New Orleans
Jack Chance
Palace of Chance
Congress Avenue
Uvalde
Fisher
Brownfield News and Terry County Herald Details
Brownfield News and the Terry County Herald established July 29 1904 publish Thursday and Sunday at 406 West Hill Brownfield Texas 79316. Second class postage paid at Brownfield. Member of Texas Press Association West Texas Press Association and National Newspaper Association. Subscription rates by mail within Terry County Plains area one year 10.80 six months 6.00 outside Terry County in Texas one year 11.80 six months 7.00 outside Texas one year 12.80. Publisher Lynn Brisendine Office 409 W Hill 637-4535.
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Brownfield News
THE
Terry County Herald
West Hill Street
Brownfield
Terry County
Texas
Texas Press Association
West Texas’ Press Association
National Newspaper Association
Plains
State OF Texas
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N. B
Paper
Mnk
McNaught Lynd
Eee
United States OF America
Lyndell Williams
Meadow, Texas
B&m Fertilizer
Wellman, Texas
Jack D. Brooks
Bobby McCallister
Talk of
Jack Maguire
Fort Worth
South Loop
Lynn Brisendine
W. Hill
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