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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1971
Page
2
A collage of light notes and city chatter covers media retirement humor debts and moon bill trivia. It mentions a retiree with a large fortune from journalism and glossy asides about mail, debt and liquor spending alongside local updates on shops posts and a Vietnam dispatch.
A new front moved into the northwestern state areas Friday bringing expected showers in northern New Mexico and northwestern Texas by Saturday afternoon. Oklahoma and Texas faced scattered showers with some thundershowers as the front advanced. skies to remain clear to partly cloudy through Saturday. The five day outlook is more encouraging with a few showers likely Sunday and Monday. Dry periods threaten crop stands on the South Plains. moisture is needed for planting, germination, and seedling growth. Brownfield reached 85 degrees Thursday and 50 degrees overnight.
Fulford lauds Nixon Salute to Agriculture Day in Washington as a major nationwide effort to spotlight farming issues. He cites the president's call for bipartisan support, hopes for new farm programs, and goals to raise exports from 7.4 to 10 billion dollars, curb inflation, and expand insured operating loans with continued research support.
City Council session notes SPAG praise for police operations and a sponsored fingerprint course. The meeting also covers a hospital update on Jeff Zimmerman after a stroke, library donation approval, sewer line work discussion, and council actions on housing, taxes, and tax appraisal planning.
County executive director John H. Stockton Jr. warns requests for measuring service must be filed by May 28 to ensure service. After this date, processing depends on time and limited emergency funds remain for wind erosion control.
Approximately 130 seniors will graduate from Browfield High School this year with Baccalaureate services. The ceremony will honor the class of graduates and mark the completion of their high school careers.
Sheriff records show 57 arrests in April including three for other counties and 13 472 miles traveled. The department served 129 civil papers and recovered 19 602.26 in stolen property while spending 1 278.19 excluding salaries. Public events in Brownfield include May 27 commencement and Baccalaureate in the high school gym with Judy Crow Rev Garrett and choir performances led by Neil Campbell.
Mrs. Edith Wheeler Brownfield High School guidance director announces GED tests moved from May 31 at 9 a.m. to June 1 at 9 a.m. at the new high school due to Memorial Day holiday. Call Mrs. sameee at home for details.
Senator Tower announces a Department of Interior grant of 13300 to the City of Brownfield to fund additional facilities at Brownfield Mini Park between Buckley Cardwell and B and Club Streets. The Brownfield League of Women has supported the park project through months of work by the city.
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