White on Tour of Pacific regions for briefing and visit
Congressman Richard C. White left Washington on December 26 to join a State Department led group touring Vietnam New Zealand and Antarctica. He will meet servicemen inspect military operations report findings to the Interior and Insular Affairs and Science and Astronautics committees and discuss a Pacific War Memorial National Park on Guam. Christmas dinner guests listed include multiple relatives and friends from Dallas Blooming Grove El Paso and Alpine.
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Richard C. White
Washington
Vietnam
Antarctica
Guam
Pacific Trust Territories
State Dept
Congress
New Zealand
Antarctic
Interior and Insular Affairs
Science and Astronautics
White
Interior Andular Affairs Committee
Texas
Interior
Sular Affairs Committee
Pacific
United Nations
United States
Pacific War Memorial National Park
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
National Park Service
Construction Begins on Mitre Peak Girl Scout Camp Building
Work starts on The House That Cookies Built at Mitre Peak Camp near Alpine. Cope Brown Lumber of Ft. Stockton won a 48000 dollar bid for a year round all purpose lodge, director cabin, and storage building financed by Permian Basin Girl Scout Council cookie sales.
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Cope -Brown Lumber Co
Ft. Stockton
Mitre Peak
Alpine
Permian Basin
Girl Scout Council
Cookie Sales
Jimmie E. Leath
Midland
Jack King
Permian Basin Council
Odessa
Sul Ross Singers Launch 13 Day Central Texas Tour
The Sul Ross Chamber Singers depart January 3 for a 13 day tour covering 15 Texas cities with 26 performances. The 16 member group including a flutist and clarinetist, directed by Ross Hise, opens at Alpine High School and visits Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio venues, Waco, Georgetown, Temple, and Fort Worth among others. The tour schedule lists performances at schools, bases, churches, and public venues with several times noted.
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Chamber Singers
Sul Ross State College
Central
Texas
Ross Hise
Alpine
Alpine High School
Eagle Pass High School
Uvalde Community Concert Association
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Wonderland Shopping Center
Mitchell Hall
Lackland Air Force Base
Fort Sam Houston Chapel
Harlandale Methodist Church
Baylor University School of Music
Waco
Georgetown High School
Taylor High School
Temple High School
Fort Hood
Dublin High School
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Friends of M Club
Riday
Cisco Junior College
Cisco
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Carswell Chapel
Sweetwater High School
Sweet
Killeen Om Belton High School
Hillsboro High School
Breckenridge and
Weatherford
The
St Ross
Hise
Gaby Gimalof
Alpine faces major 1968 election year across city county
Alpine voters face a full election slate with council seats up for grabs and mayoral posts to be filled. Terms for several county officials including commissioner and sheriff expire at year end, and four Alpine School District seats will be contested. The first and second primaries are scheduled for May 4 and June 1 respectively.
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White House
Alpine
Dorothy McBride
John W. O'Donnel
Homer Hudgins
Paul Vogt
Howard Harde
Brewster County
J.C. Cooley
Sam Mather
Marathon
Carl Williams
Dick Bowers
Vic Heil
Pete Gallego
Neville Haynes
Bill Soh
Johnny Sotello
Billy Holland
Sotello
Pob Halpern
Eva Jean Mills
Keith Morrow
George Baker
Fort Stockton
Gene Hendryx
Highway 90 Paving Planned From Alpine to Pecos Line
County Judge Felix McGaughy says the Texas Highway Department will overlay 55.69 miles of U.S. Highway 90 from five miles east of Alpine to the Pecos County line with asphalt and shoulder seals. The project aims to boost load capacity and ride quality with minimal 2 mile travel disruption at a time. work may start in January under Resident Engineer Sid Surratt.
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Felix McGaughy
Texas Highway Department
Alpine
Pecos
Sid Surratt
McGaughy
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Jack Johnson
H. F. Dallman
Johnson
Jerry McMillan
Mary Alice
Dallas
Ira McMillan
Blooming Grove
Mr. Johnson
Bob Johnson
Truman Jones
Elizabeth
Roy
Joe
Fl Paso
John Anderson
Heschel Walker
Mrs
Lalit K. Sethi
Mitre Peak Girl
Sul Ross
McLennan Community College
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