Bandit Robs Holland Hotel With $580 Take
An armed bandit robbed the Holland Hotel early Monday December 23 taking about 580 dollars from the hotel coffee shop and bus station office. Night clerk James E. Roark described the suspect as a white male about 30 years old six feet tall and 165 to 170 pounds wearing a gray suit and white shirt. The man entered from the east entrance flashed a blue steel revolver and warned Roark not to pursue before fleeing the same way. Police Chief Herman Hamilton and Sheriff Carl Williams led the investigation with Night Patrolman Fred Moore.
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Holland Hotel
Herman Hamilton
James E. Roark
Roark
6Th Street
Fred Moore
Hamilton
Carl Williams
Paving Progress Report On Highway To Ojinaga Visit
Governor Oscar Flores outlined that the highway to Ojinaga would be fully paved by September 1970. The Texas Good Neighbor Council group toured Chihuahua City with officials, witnessing 25 miles paved and 50 miles in progress while praising regional ties.
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Oscar Flores
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Phen
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
International Good Ne Council
Highway 67 Association
Flores
Chihuahua City
W.J. Newell
W.j.sohl
Alpine
International Good Neighbor Council
Sohl
George Baker
Dick Flores
Fort Stockton
Glenn
Newell
Sinclair Oil to Drill Wildcat Near Alpine
Sinclair Oil Corp will drill a wildcat oil test about 3 miles northeast of Alpine designated the No 1 L G Kokernot. The 3 200 foot Capitan reef test sits 1 320 feet from the northwest and southwest lines of 1199 GH and SA.
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Sinclair Oil
Wildcat
Alpine
Sinclair Oil Corp
L.G. Kokernot
Gh&sa
Turner Sings On Sullivan Show
Bake Turner of Alpine made his second national TV appearance within a month on Ed Sullivan Sunday night December 22. He played guitar and sang I'm in Love but Love's Not for Me with the New York Jets group and later starred again on Johnny Carson Tonight on December 10 singing the same number plus Four Strong Winds. Both hosts predicted a bright singing career for the athlete.
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Bake Turner
Alpine
Ed Sullivan
Bake
Alpine School
C.V. (Bake) Turner
New York Jets
Johnny Carson
Sullivan
Carson
Alpine Garden Club Christmas Tree Setup Acknowledgments
Mrs S L Stumberg Sr president of the Alpine Garden Club thanks George Mills and S M Kerbow for the tree, Mr and Mrs Dom Adams for lights, W J Newell for the loud speaker, Highland Flower Shop for music, Tower Watson and Frank McCollum for cooperation, Ed Seaton for silhouettes, KAE fraternity and Doyle Sprott.
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S.L. Stumberg Sr
The
Alpine Garden Club
Holland Avenue
George Mills
S.M. Kerbow
Dom Adams
W.J. Newell
Highland Flower Shop
Tower Watson
Frank McCollum
Ed Seaton
KAE Fraternity
Doyle Sprott
Winners of Deer Contest Announced
Residents of the Big Bend-Davis Mountains country won top prizes in the annual black tail deer contest sponsored by the Big Bend Sportsman Club. Three hundred two hunters entered. Mike Livingston of Marfa claimed the rifle for the heaviest deer weighing 216 pounds with 12-point horns and a Boone and Crockett score of 106 1/2. The deer was shot on the Livingston ranch south of Marfa on December 5. Ernest Dutchover of Fort Davis received the Weaver rifle scope donated by the Weaver Co. of El Paso. Day winners included Leo A. Jasik Pleasanton Robert Pruett Brackettville Loyd L. Davis Brackettville Larry Hargrove Alpine Elive Kring Alpine Bill Walker Terlingua Dudley Lock Henry Murray Junction James K. Brown Lexington Donald Joe Dutchover Fort Davis Paul Estest Marfa B.P. McKinney Alpine Bentley King Fort Stockton Wayne Calk Alpine Gary Machen Pearsall Texas
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Big Bend-Davis
Big Bend
Ernest Dutchover
Fort Davis
Weaver Co
el Paso
Leo A. Jasik
Pleasanton
Texas
Robert Pruett
Brackettville
Loyd L. Davis
Larry Hargrove
Alpine
Elive Kring
Bill Walker
Terlingua
Dudley Lock
Henry Murray
Junction
James K. Brown
Lexington
Donald Joe Dutchover
Paul Estest
Marfa
B.P. McKinney
Bentley King
Fort Stockton
Wayne
Calk
Gary Machen
Pearsall
Make Livingston
Truman Smith
Kring Rites Held Sunday for Sul Ross Security Chief
Gwin Bubba Kring 40 longtime Sul Ross State College chief security officer died of a heart attack at his Alpine home on December 20. Funeral services were held December 22 at Geeslin Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Best officiating. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Sadie Hill Kring his mother Mrs. Tom Turnerthree sisters two brothers and several nephews and nieces. He served in World War II and had lived in Alpine since 1962. He was born in Sonora on April 15, 1928.
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Gwin
Bubba) Kring
Sul Ross State College
Geeslin
James Best
Elm Grove
Blanton Franks
E.r.hearn
Houston
Jack and
Melvin Hearn
Sonora
Stanley Martini
San Antonio
Earl Rudder
W. D. Lawler
Carl Williams
Alpine
Sul Ross
Sadie Lee Hill
Jessie Kring
Sgt
Marshall Gwin Kring
Korea
W.D
Earl Kring
Tom Turner
Menard
Hollis Hodges
Lillian Archer
Roy Stillwell Jr
Jessie Kring Jr
Billy Gene Kring
Sabinal
Avalanche to Publish Early Next Week
The Avalanche will publish earlier again next week with printing on Monday night December 30 and delivery on Tuesday morning December 31.
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Avalanche
Onlg
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Church Services Across Area
Confessions available Christmas Eve in multiple slots 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Midnight Mass and English Spanish services listed. Episcopal churches in Marfa Alpine and local parish plan carols, Eucharists, and candlelight services with clergy Rev. C W Newbill. Public invited.
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Asacoere
Imadolna
Episcopal Church
St. Paul's
Marfa
St. James
Alpine
Alpine Presbyterian Church
C.W. Newbill
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Bandit
Turner
Presbyterian Church
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