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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1992
Page
8
May is designated as Passenger Safety Awareness Month. This article outlines safety belt laws, common myths about restraints, and facts on why buckling up matters for adults and children. It emphasizes that wearing seat belts reduces fatalities and injuries, and explains risks to infants and drivers in crashes.
The writer contrasts The Cosby Show's tidy moralism with the Los Angeles verdict in the King case. He criticizes the not guilty finding for four officers, notes expert and official criticisms, and recalls street violence and the jury’s fears. He praises Chief Willie Williams and questions civil rights actions to follow.
Texas poll shows Ross Perot with 35 percent leading Bush at 30 and Clinton at 20 in a three way race. Perot gains prominence after cover feature in Newsweek and plans 800 number network to backballot in most states. Texas Republicans rally Bush while Democrats react to shifting support.
Clinton Perot and Bentsen loom as potential themes in Democratic strategy while third party talk grows amid tax, crime, and school concerns. Auto insurance reform targets high rates in the assigned risk pool. Budget cuts total 226.5 million with a looming 5 billion revenue gap. 30 new prisons face protests over location.
Talk of Texas recounts Ole Ringess, a Bosque County settler who imagined a disc plow and harrow after observing furrows on wagon wheels. Though he died in New York before patenting, J I Case later patented the concept, changing agriculture. The piece also notes Texas's superconducting super collider near Waxahachie planned at 54 miles, costing about 8.25 billion dollars.
In a letter to the editor residents praise riders volunteers and local businesses for backing the April 25 St Jude’s Bikeathon. They thank Shane Melcher Erik Redding Chris Flippin and others plus volunteers Melanie Hodges Donna Wilson Cathy Fowler Rob Rachelle Herrick and sponsors Amoco Production Feature Attractions Western Auto Kay Reese McDonald’s and Mr Gatti’s. St Jude’s in Memphis is funded by donors and aids children with cancer.
Students in Jeanie Murphy’s computer applications class design newsletters rather than drill sheets. Groups pick themes from ten year reunion futures, CIA aliases, a Brownfield theme park, Mafia era, or Week-End Rock. Project builds real publishing skills while boosting engagement and higher order thinking.
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