Cutting Cotton Costs Through Research And Methods
The director of the National Cotton undertakes a program to lower production costs by developing better techniques through research, noting that tech advances alone do not solve the cost problem. The effort emphasizes practical implementation to reduce expenses in cotton farming and processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton
Council
Claude L. Welch
Memphis
Welch
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Council and Cotton Producers Institute
Commencement set with Hobbs valedictorian at junior high
Iva Hobbs named valedictorian and Becky Carpenter named salutatorian for the junior high commencement set for 8 p.m. Thursday. Hobbs carries a 96.60 average, Carpenter 96.575, with two other top four students Paula McCormick and Pam Ream, holding 96.47 and 95.28 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropes Junior High School
Iva Hobbs
Becky Carpenter
Miss Hobbs
Merlin Hobbs
Brownfield
Miss Carpenter
Roy Carpenter
Paula McCormick
C. T. McCormick
Pam Ream
Miss Ream
John Ream
Cruelty to Animals: A Century of Legal Change
A public service feature tracing how cruelty to animals shifted from a common law oversight to a crime. The piece notes that early law protected owners’ property but not the animal, and contrasts historic indifference with modern conscience led protections. Written by Will Bernard for ABA and Texas Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Brownfield School District to Offer Summer Reading Program
The Brownfield Independent School District will run a six week summer reading improvement course for all levels from elementary to high school. Tuition is 15 dollars, classes meet two hours daily five days a week, with about 20 students per class and no credit given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Independent
Armed Forces Day at Reese AFB May 21
Reese AFB will host Armed Forces Day on May 21 with an open house from noon to 5 pm. The event highlights the undergraduate pilot training program and allows public access to the base and classes. Displays will include aircraft from Army Navy Marines and National Guard with flyovers as Brig. Gen. Dudley E. Faver and Lt. Col. Don E. Simmons comment on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Reese Afb
Reese Air Force Base
South Plains
Reese
Army
Navy
Marines
National Guard
U. S. Air Force
Dudley E. Faver
Don E. Simmons
Comander
Simmons
Final Play Sees First Methodist Women Win League Title
In the church volleyball season finale First Methodist Women’s Team claimed the championship while First Baptist Raiders topped the men’s division. Playoffs featured First Methodist vs First Baptist Go Go in women’s matchups with tied standings, and men’s second place contests between First Christian and Calvary Baptist. The All Stars defeated the Ministerial Alliance 2-1 in the traditional finale. Final standings list Foursquare first, then Baptist Sec Agts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
First Baptist Raiders
First Baptist
Christian
Calvary Baptist
All- Stars
Ministerial Alliance
All Stars
Crescent Hill
Foursquare
First Baptist Secret Agents
First Christian
First Baptist Clan
Tax Man Sam Sez Prompt for Social Security Numbers
The IRS urges prompt submission of social security numbers when dividend or interest income is reported. Tax authorities stress providing the number on request for tax information purposes. The piece notes telecoms also request your number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Haggle Shop to Feature in Carlsbad Arts Show 1966
The Haggle Shop will open in the Carlsbad 1966 Arts and Crafts Show, June 5 to July 17, led by Mickey Lavy of the Carlsbad Area Art Association. Artists will stock paintings and objects at as much as 50 percent off, with final prices negotiated between patrons and shop operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Mickey Lavy
Carlsbad Area
Florentine
Levy
Tri-State
Art Show Brings Open Entry for Tri State Exhibit
The Carlsbad Art Association hosts the 1960 Arts and Crafts Exhibit inviting amateur and professional artists from West Texas New Mexico and Arizona. Cash prizes total 1000 plus best painting prizes for each state. Levy expects about 50 paintings. Dr. Emilio Caballero will judge. Entry forms available from Director C A A A Carlsbad NM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Art Association
Linda Aycock
Carlsbad Art Association
Phyllis Weaver
West Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Cotton Acreage Levels Off In Foreign Countries
National Cotton Council reports free foreign world acreage and production have plateaued after rapid gains from 1959-60 to 1962-63. Exporters now share more of the global cotton market, with 1965-66 seen flat versus 1964-65 as Egypt Iran Pakistan may rise while Central America Peru Turkey India decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton Council
U. S
Egypt
Iran
Pakistan
Central America
Peru
Turkey
India
Keep family documents in readily found places
Jack Coker of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Waco advised veterans and dependents to keep essential papers such as military discharges death certificates divorce decrees and guardianship or custody records. He noted these documents support claims for veterans benefits including disability death compensation pension and burial benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Coker
Veterans Administration
Waco
Coker
Navy lieutenant's son joins Oceana graphic division staff
Resident's son Lt. (JG) David D. Emery, son of Mrs. Helen S. Emery of 902 E. Tate, joins the U S Naval Operations Staff of the Oceanographic Division as assistant Surface Operations officer. He is a 1958 San Angelo Central High and 1963 University of Texas graduate with a biology degree and formerly served aboard the USS Lenawee as boat group commander and personnel officer, taking part in five ship to shore Viet Nam operations. He lives with his wife Lorna and child in Suitland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Emery
Helen S. Emery
E. Tate
U. S. Naval Operations Staff
Oceanographic Division
Emery
San Angelo Central High
University of Texas, Austin
USS Lenawee
Vietnam
Lorna
Suitland
Vernon Lewallen joins new Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58
Vernon M. Lewallen Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon M. Lewallen of 502 S Eighth, is a member of the newly commissioned Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58 at Davisville Rhode Island. This unit is the second of four new construction battalions activated by the Navy this year. The unit follows the 58th Naval Construction Battalion of World War II, which earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for heroism in action against enemy forces in the Solomon Islands in August 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon M. Lewallen Jr
USN
Vernon M. Lewallen
S. Eighth
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58
Davisville
R. 1
Navy
58Th
Naval Construction Battalion
Solomon Islands
Local Legal Notices and Suit Docket Summary
Legal column lists marriage licenses for Ernest Lee Canon and Beatrice Canon Jack Nelson King and Dorothy Pauline Micir. Civil suits include Chevrolet, Inc. vs Ruth Tuttle and others and Alejandeo Ferrandez vs Texas Employers Insurance Association. Workmen compensation cases name various claimants from Brownfield, Lubbock, Welch, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Lee
Beatrice
Jack Nelson
King
Dorothy Pauline Micir
Alejandeo Ferrandez
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Workmen's Compensation
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Eal
Terry County Lumber
Vue
CK RD
John Rocky
J. F. Anderson
Rocky
Lloyd Irvin
Pat Young
Nathan Evans
Norma McBee
Geneva Irvin
Dorothy Faught
Irene Been
Lulu Gilliam
Emery Longbrake
Donna Woods
Dale Donaldson
Hazel Young
J. W. McPherson
Anderson
Royce Irvin
Wen
First Bapt. Raiders
First Christian Calvary Baptist
Methodist
Baptist Clan
Girl Scouts
Sam Sez
U. S. Navy
Vernon Lewallen
New Mobile Construction
Rust Co
Legal Column
Charles Paul Chevrolet, Inc
Ruth Tuttle
E. G. Black
Chevrolet
Edward Russell
Ropesville
Ford
Don Wise
E. Crawford Taylor
Danny Lightfoot
Davis M. Breedlove
George W. Loveless
Lubbock
Glendon L. Collins
Brownfield, Ford
Jack
Chrysler
Clyde Glover
Plymouth
Fred Clark
Pon
Woodrow L. Morgan
Doyle Bradshaw and
Frances Bradshaw
Mattie Sparks
Buick
Tom Harred
Chevrole Pickup
G. A. Bench
Pickup
Pam American Petroleum Corporation
Zenith Grad Gift Headquarters
Zenith
Decca
Coral
RCA
Capitol Shop
America
E. Broadway
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