Mountain Trail and Davis Mountain State Park Dedication
Alpine seeks wide publicity for March dedication of Texas Mountain Trail and Davis Mountain State Park. Governor Connally will dedicate the park. parade caravan will visit Lajitas Presidio Marfa Van Horn El Paso Guadalupe Nations Park and Davis Mountain region with plans coordinated by the Alpine Chamber and Texas Tourist Development Agency.
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Trans -Pecos
Texas
Davis Mountain State Park
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
John Stradley
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Texas Paris and Wildlife Department
John Connally
Stradley
Alpine
Lajitas
Presidio
Marfa
van Horn
el Paso
Guadalupe Nations Park
Davis Mountain
Connally
Davis Mountains
San Antonio
Alpine Chamber
Austin
Sul Ross Lobos bid farewell to three seniors
East Texas hosts Sul Ross at 7 30 p m in the HPE Building Saturday. McMurry visits Monday for Sul Ross final home appearances for Gregg Slape Frank Rice and Ralph Harris Slape the Odessa native is the Lobos all time 1000 point scorer with 1379 points in his career and leads the Lone Star Conference with 18 8 ppg Rice Seminole native is a three year letterman Harris a football player who joined late adds guard and forward depth.
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East Texas
McMurry
Sul Ross Lobo
Gregg Slape
Frank Rice
Ralph Harris
Slape
Odessa
Lobos
Sul Ross
Rice
Seminole
Ro Harris
HPE
Former Marathon Man Criticizes Embassy Attack Response
A letter from Bill Skinner, a former Marathon resident now with an American firm in Vietnam, says General Westmoreland and staff were ill prepared for the Viet Cong attack on the U S Embassy in Saigon. Skinner notes Tet holidays and minimal Marine guards as factors and details his family’s evacuation to Singapore.
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Westmoreland
U.S
Saigon
Marathon
Bill Skinner
John Skinner
Alpine
Vietnam
Doris
Billy
Singapore
Orgin
Couse
AA Meeting and Seminar Planned for Big Bend Area
Big Bend Alcoholics Anonymous hosts a Feb 18 open meeting in Sul Ross Little Theater from 2 to 4 pm with Shelby Parnell of Big Spring State Hospital as guest speaker. A Feb 17 seminar in Marfa targets law enforcement, medical and educational staff from the Big Bend, including Sul Ross State College.
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Shelby Parnell
Big Spring State Hospital
Big Bend
Alcoholics Anonymous
Little Theater
Sul Ross
Parnell
Marfa
Chamber of Commerce
Border Patrol
Eleme
Sul Ross State College
Blaze destroys ranch house on Lane Ranch in Rattlesnake Canyon
Fire discovered about 930 p.m. Tuesday at the Blankership place near Twin Sisters. The old house, occupied by a worker and his wife and child, burned despite Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept. efforts with limited water and a nearby storage tank a quarter mile away. Gatewood Newberry of Austin owns the ranch leased by Joe Lane. Fire blamed on a hot water heater.
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Lane
Rattlesnake Canyon
Gatewood Newberry of
Austin
Joe Lane
Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept
Blankership
Twin Sisters
Ms. Lane
Alpine School Board election slated for April 6
Four board seats in Alpine are up for election on April 6 with three three year terms expiring for William J. Sohl Neville Haynes and Pete Gallego and one one year term held by John Sotell. Filing closes March 6 and the trustee vote follows the regular February 13 meeting. Cafeteria prices rise March 4 to 40c 50c and 60c for graded levels with guest meals unchanged. expected receipts rise about 800 through May.
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Alpine
William J. Sohl
Neville Haynes
Pete Gallego
John Sotell
Chamber of Commerce
Schoo
Department of Agriculture
Patty Winters
Clarence L. Winn
Ms. Winters
Stars Beat Fabens 81 62 in Community League Showdown
The Alpine Stars defeated Fabens 81 to 62 in a booster game, with reserves contributing as the Stars improved to 1 0 on the night. The Stars advance to tonight’s Ball orhea Tournament opener against Wik.
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Stars
Fabens
Alpine Stars
CAA
Ball Orhea
Wik
Alpine high school graduate wounded in Vietnam near Dong Ha
L/Cpl Jake Brisbin, 19, son of Alpine and Marfa residents, was wounded February 2 near the DMZ while serving with the 3rd Marine Division. In Okinawa hospital, he awaits surgery for shrapnel and a leg fracture and writes a hopeful, terse letter home about survival and possible return to Vietnam.
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Jake Brisbin
Betty Hill
Alpine
Jake Brisbin Sr
Marfa
Vietnam
Dmz
Dong Ha
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Jake
Alpine High School
Oma
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Avalanche
Jim Glasscock
Glasscock
McMurry Due
The
Alpine Community Action Agency
J.W. McIntyre
John W. McIntyre
Frankfort Ave
Alice Runyan
West Texas
Maxon
Paso
Blaze
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