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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1985
Page
4
The writer muses on choosing topics for Peebles Choice and the privilege of sharing personal hangups and pet peeves with readers. He notes a rival columnist fixated on Ronald Reagan and imagines how such a clash might play out between adversaries.
The essay casts Mikhail Gorbachev as a modern European leader, noting his youth and powerful role behind a shifting Politburo consensus. It warns of decades of Kremlin leadership, urges open lines of communication, and critiques Cold War attitudes while predicting future US Soviet policy and media focus.
Texas boom towns like Crush rose and vanished in hours on a railroad stunt staged by Katy Railroad official W G Crush. The 1896 event drew crowds, caused deaths and injuries, and was never repeated. Also notes on early women at Texas A&M, a Fort Worth joke shop sign, Texas truck dominance, and counts of Western film subjects.
The text recalls Greta Garbo’s claimed fatigue with celebrity and the worry of the return home after years away. It contrasts her fears with those of working parents facing homecomings, noisy kids, and the attention photographers bring, while sharing humorous anecdotes of a mother dealing with teenage daughters and a chaotic household.
Doug Manning recalls worship as a transformative experience tied to death, memory, and hope. He describes MLK memorials, a black choir, and the idea that a cause wins because it has a son. The piece contrasts sorrow, faith, and perseverance with a personal longing for inspiration.
The piece extols American small businesses as the engine of new jobs and major inventions, citing Commerce Department data on company formation and growth in high technology. It highlights the White House Conference on Small Business set for August 1986 and links past conference recommendations to the 1981 recovery program, urging government to heed delegates’ policy insights.
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