Safeway reports mid year net earnings record
Safeway Stores announced record mid year net earnings after taxes of 3.41 dollars per common share based on an average 3,896,758 shares. The result reflects strong investor interest with earnings improving from 2.51 per share a year earlier. Mr and Mrs Bill Martin returned to Alpine after a five week trip in Mexico. The port side of a boat is the left side when facing forward.
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Safeway
Robert A. Magowan
Bill Martin
Alpine
Mexico
Weather, travel, and hunting notes from Trans-Pecos
The piece reports heat and dryness across the Big Bend with ranch work and travel notes. It also covers a hunting meeting at Alpine Community Center where P B Uzzell explains new deer bag limits and suggests a December blacktail season in the Trans-Pecos as population studies proceed.
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Game and Fish Commission
Alpine Community Center
P. B. Uzzell
Trans-Pecos
Reading conference to convene at Sul Ross Aug 4 9
About 200 people are expected to attend the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading meeting at Sul Ross State College from August 4 to 9. The theme is Better Reading Skills at All Levels and includes a Big Bend National Park tour and lectures by Dr. E. W. Dolch and Dr. Helen Huss. It pays to trade in Alpine.
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Texas Association For the Improvement of Reading
Sul Ross State College
Big Bend National Park
E. W. Dolch
University of
Safety Campaign Promotes Texas Highway Care 1957
The Texas State Highway Department launches a 1957 safety drive after 1956 losses. Efforts improve shoulders on Highway 90 East near Sul Ross Campus with a caution blinker light and SCHOOL sign planned. A road guard barrier spans 1000 feet around the college duplex area to reduce accidents.
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Texas State Highway Department
Texas
Highway Department
Highway 90
College
Sul Ross
Highway construction project in Brewster County Texas bids due
Sealed proposals for 3.968 miles of grading structures base and surfacing from 12 miles of Terlingua to Hwy 118 on RM 2462 Brewster County Texas will be received at the Highway Department Austin until 9 00 A M July 24 1957 and publicly opened. wages per local prevailing rates apply and plans available from Charles T Holmes Alpine Texas and Texas Highway Department Austin. Usual rights reserved.
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Terlingua
Brewster County
Highway Department
Austin
State of
Texas
State Highway Commission
Charles T. Holmes
Alpine
Texas Highway Department
Road safety upgrades planned with guard rails and signs
The plan proposes installing entrances at both ends of the highway guard, adding stop signs to prevent random driving onto Highway 90 and improve safety along the road.
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Highway 90
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