Two Die in Headon Collision Near Tokio
A late Thursday wreck 12 miles west of Brownfield on U.S. 380 killed Bobby C. Leake 52 of Lubbock and Mrs. C. C. Allford of Shallowater who were passengers in a Dodge struck by a truck tractor trailer. The truck driver Leon Rogers of Dallas survived with serious injuries along with his wife. their 18 month old child was uninjured. A separate crash near West Point injured L. D. Blackstock who was hospitalized after a rollover and tree impact. Funeral arrangements are pending for Leake and Allford.
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Brownfield
Tokio
Terry County
West Point
Bobby C. Leake
46Th Street
Lubbock
C. C. Allford
Shallowater
U.S
Allford
Leon Rogers
Dallas
Rogers
Brownfield General Hospital
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Roger
Echo Products
L. D. Blackstock
Blackstock
Leake
Mrs. Allford
Brownfield Funeral Home
England
Slaton
Don Richards
Court Stories Will Be Cited Monday
Brownfield columnist notes Texas State Teachers Association awards for The Brownfield News as the state’s only semi weekly to win the school best award for outstanding continuous coverage of public education. Also recounts security screening at airports and local community notes amid upcoming 121st District Court docket with murder and robbery cases in Brownfield.
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Houston
Texas State Teachers Association
Brownfield News
TSTA
Terry County
M. C. Ledbetter
Brownfield to Test Civil Defense Sirens Monday
Brownfield Civil Defense Director Earl Elrod schedules a noon Monday test of all six city sirens. The 15 second blast will check operation as tornado season approaches.
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Brownfield Civil Defense
Earl Elrod
Elrod
Brownfield man charged with assault in shotgun shooting
Claude Ellison, 42, was charged with assault with intent to murder after a late night shooting at 1321 North 7th Street Brownfield. Bond set at $1000. Sammy Mason was wounded in the left side and transported from Brownfield General to Lubbock Methodist in critical condition.
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Brownfield
Justice of the Peace
George B. Steele
Claude Ellison
Steele
Ellison
Sammy Mason
Brown
Field
North 7Th Street
Mason
Brownfield General Hospital
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Nails Through History From Handcraft to Machinery
The article traces nail making from colonial hand forging to machine production sparked by the American Revolution, noting patents and the shift away from household nail manufacture. It mentions French wire nails in Napoleonic times and describes early handmade nails. A Fire note follows about the Red Rooster Drive In in Tahoka Road, with Brownfield firefighters and a kitchen-origin alert.
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United States
New England
England
France
Napoleon I
Tahoka Road
Atekins
Don Richards
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CCC
First Baptist Church
Wes Wesley
Sands Bowling Lanes
Wes
Texas
John
Windlee) Johnson
Brownfield High
Bill Boedecker
Clara Mae Ward
Mrs. Ward
Johnny Coe
Coe
West Reppto
14Th Street
Jimmy Hines
Sig H. Atkinson
John McCoy
Roswell, N. M
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Nail
Dave Cushman
Red Rooster
Cecil Smith
Ben Cabrera
Higginbotham Lumber
Smith
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