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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
4
After a weekend Harvest Festival parade, four floats costing between 100 and 150 dollars each were demolished in hours. City and county crews, plus prisoners, spent days cleaning up litter from deliberate and careless damage. Parked downtown, the floats drew crowds but were ruined within hours, prompting calls to repurpose and extend their life for future events.
The United States and Spain failed to agree on base renewals as Spain lowered its demand from a billion dollars to about 760 million. With most bases nonessential, the Navy could operate without the Rota installation, raising questions about future U.S. defense commitments in Europe amid political shifts. The piece also touches on Kennedy McCarthy politics and 1972 prospects.
Rhodesian representatives John Hooper and Kenneth Towsey have accounts frozen in Washington requiring a Treasury license to withdraw funds. A Senate subcommittee led by John Stennis warns Russian air superiority could soon overtake U.S. fighters, urging rapid development of a new interceptor to secure air dominance and deter reinforcements.
Washington Post investigation suggests arson and violence during the King assassination riots were partly conspiratorial. An anonymous interview with members of a youth group reveals plans to steal funds, stockpile weapons, and link with similar groups in other cities. The piece warns this pattern could shape national opinion under Nixon and Wallace, while noting liberal backlash and local demonstrations in New York and ongoing militant activity.
Raymond Moley analyzes how Johnson’s focus on the needy penetrates a shrinking political base as middle and affluent voters rise in influence. He cites Census income distributions, Federal Reserve asset totals, and rising stock ownership to show who now holds decisive political power and tax burden.
The text explores happiness in scripture through the Beatitudes, contrasts natural and morbid grief, and offers guidance for supporting the grieving. It emphasizes faith, immortality, and living with God beyond death, citing Paul and Thessalonians for encouragement.
A guest editorial suggests replacing national party conventions with mail order style gatherings. Delegates would mail or teletype votes while states connect via closed circuit TV to national officials presiding over a distant convention. Advantages include less confusion and orderly proceedings.
In a letter to Dear Turnrow Tunkel C McBride riffs on cleaning teeth with sound waves and reviews public figures. He notes Greece's Onassis and Jackie Kennedy rumors, praises farm folk as soldiers, mocks Nixon's no new laws stance, and muses on fall and winter pleasures in the Southwest.
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