Good Citizens Pledge to Vote Circulates in Brownfield
Local column relays a voter pledge urging Texans to cast ballots on Election Day and defend government of the people. Also notes open house thanks, Farmers Union officers, a hole in one at Brownfield Country Club, quorum lapse for Chamber, Xmas spelling debate, PTA ticket sales, new real estate agents, and Collins’ 49th Brownfield anniversary.
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Lloyd Hahn
Billy Wilson
Farmers Union
Theo Brinson
Bob Dumas
P. D. Brasher
Joe Henson
Roy Adams
Cecil Cowan
E. H. Wood
Bob Gibson
Dean Merrifield
Merrifield
Bonner Lytle
Brownfield Country Club
J. T. Bowman
Jack Shirley
Jerry Garmes
Chamber
Auvy McBride
Colonial Heights Pta
Dunbar
Brownfield State Bank
Jones-Lowe
Nicholson Insurance Agency
Patsy Nicholson
Nancy Knox
Laura Clark
Collins
Brownfield
James Willis
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Voters Go To Polls In Terry County General Election
Absentee ballots totaled 341 before 5 p.m. Friday with 65 by mail and the rest in person. County Clerk Frank Gray said 122 ballots were mailed and could raise total absentee votes to 398, surpassing 1968’s 345. County regis tered voters number 6,287 as polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in city and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. outside. Ballots feature four parties with presidential, senatorial and state races, including McGovern, Nixon, Tower, Briscoe, Hill and others.
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Frank Gray
Gray
Democratic
George McGovern
R. Sargent Shriver
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Socialist Workers
Linda Jenness
Andrew Pulley
Raza Unida Party
U. S
Barefoot Sanders
Democrats
John G. Tower
Republican
Tom Leonard
Flores Amaya
Raza Unida
George Ma
Editorial on voting turnout and 18-year-old voters
The piece urges higher participation in elections, contrasts U S turnout with other democracies, notes the rising cost of educating and preparing 18-year-olds to vote, and promotes reading a published synopsis of the 14 Constitutional Amendments. It calls young voters to inform themselves and vote on November 7.
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Kennedy
Brownfield
Brownfield State Bank & Trust Co
First National Bank
Brownfield Savings & Loan Assn
Brownfield Chamber Sits On Name Change Proposal
Directors of Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture tabled a potential name change after discussion. They reviewed costs tied to rebranding including building signage plaques and stationery while noting 202 ballots sent and 86 in favor 18 against.
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Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
W. O
Bill) Caraway
John Thomas
Caraway
Brownfield
Terry County
Charlie Price
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Hank Jordan
Fourteen Amendments To Be Decided By Voters Tuesday
Regular Session proposals range from local to sweeping changes pending voter approval on November 7. Amendments include pay raises for legislators and the abolition of Lamar County Hospital District, with others extending across Texas in scope.
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62Nd
Texas
Lamar County Hospital District
Commissioner’s Court
Lamar County
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