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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1960
Page
10
The Alpine Avalanche in Alpine Texas provides publishing details for its Thursday edition, listing staff roles and contact addresses. It notes corrections policy and subscription rates for Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties, with standard terms and page postage facts.
The editorial argues Texans should pay an extra 1.50 per person next year to fund a first-rate state college system. It cites Texas losing industry to California due to weaker research facilities and urges residents to press legislators to lift educational funding to attract future jobs and growth.
25 years ago Highland Herefords bred in West Texas by W. T. Jones won the grand championships at the International Livestock Show in Chicano, a first in 90 years for Herefords. Marty Mitchell, border patrolman, becomes commander of Big Bend Post No. 79, American Legion. Sul Ross Lobos beat St Marys Rattlers 20 14 in Del Rio, Alpine Steam Laundry changes hands to Ezell Laundry, Alpine High School joins Interscholastic League after previously being part of Sul Ross College.
Notice cites J D Killion to answer in Brewerster County District Court Alpine Texas by November 14 1960 in a divorce suit filed by Alaska Killion alleging cruel treatment and seeking custody of their minor son Ronald J Killion. Publication required weekly for four weeks. Includes unrelated notes on squirrel permits and TB transmission.
A bilingual lesson piece recounts a Moor and a water carrier in a city, detailing their encounter and backstory. The dialogue follows questions and answers about lodging, payment, and the Moor’s later illness and death, with additional local notes on Alpine High Buck Band and community visits.
Contracts soliciting proposals to build 9.235 miles of graded, treated, and surface courses from Culberson Co Line to 89 miles west of Valentine on Highway No 0 69 in Jeff Davis County will be received at the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9:00 a.m. on December 14, 1960. Plans and wage rates are available from Chas T Holmes, Resident Engineer, Alpine, and the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Usual rights reserved.
A historic note states tuberculosis tops the list of infectious diseases in fatalities, underscoring its impact on public health and the need for continued control measures and research.
Capt. E M Sprott director of law enforcement warns gunowners to identify legal game before firing. Do not shoot at movement in brush as a safety measure.
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