Alpine recreation proposal cited by state representative
State Rep. Gene Hendryx told the Alpine chamber that Sul Ross State College enrollment may reach 3,000 by 1970, urging a new recreational area. Editor Anna Isbell praises the idea and calls Alpine lacking entertainment, suggesting a park could begin to address the shortage.
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Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Gene Hendryx
Sul Ross State College
Hendryx
Anna Isbell
Skyline
Sul Ross
Isbell
Alpine
Granada
Twin Peaks
Big Bend- Davis Mountains
23 Years Ago Paisano Baptist Encampment Opens Near Alpine
The 23rd Paisano Baptist Encampment opens next Monday at a West Texas site 11 miles west of Alpine. Despite expected small attendance due to gasoline rationing, all services proceed as usual with Dr. George W. Truett and Dr. Perry F. Webb preaching. Other items note Army class openings, local visits, and Texans paying taxes below the national average.
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Paisano Baptist
West Texas
Alpine
George W. Truett
Dallas
Perry F. Webb
San Antonio
J.B. Tidwell
Baylor
Rockets, El Paso, and the early space program memories
In a chance meeting Jim Glasscock recalls Col. Harold Turner and White Sands Proving Grounds initial 1945 rocket tests. V-2 rockets seized from Germany and Werner von Braun dominated early efforts before Apollo era. A Juarez incident showed risks of rocket firings from White Sands.
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Jim Glasscock
Harold Turner
Paso
America
Turner
White Sands Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
N.M
el Paso
Virginia
el Paso Herald Post
Europe
United States
Werner von Braun
von Braun
White Sands
Moon
Space
Mercury
Gemini
Titans
Aes
Juarez
Berke
Safes Guards
Mexico
Cape Kennedy
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Principality of
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WAAC
Army Administration School
Francis Juaniz
Jack
Hord
Joe Hord
Land Field
Alburquerque, N. M
Advanced
Tony Hess
Seabees
North Africa
Walter Graef
The
Avalanche
Morgan Smith
Ruel Warnock
Austin
V.J. Smith
Johnnie Weyerts
John A. Weyerts
Pink Phelps
Burbank
Calif
Phelps
U.S. Engineers
Brownwood
Clay Holland
Pat Arey
Kingston
Helen Fielder
Billie Rey
Baren Spatks
Burnet
Alpine Baptist Church
Marshall
Jes Walker Jr
Fir Nly
Satuday
Clovis
Howard Hatch
Lt Pryor
Claude Miller
ArpJolly
del Rio
Boyd Chambers
Gene Benson
Marie Simpson
Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Ambilin
Crawford
Agency
General Insurance
Alpine Avalanche
N. St.St
P.O
Congress
TEXA
Ress Association
Brewster, Jeff Davis
Presidio Counties
James W. Glasscock
Jean Glasscock
Big Bend Park
West Texas Press Association
Business
Trans-Pecos Abstract Company
Abstracts OF
Brewster County
Ellyson-Guarantee Abstract Company
Big Bend Abstract Co
6Th St
F. J. Ellyson
Tire Service
U. K
Tire Shop
W. Holland Ave
Ilass
Storey - Whiteside Lumber Co
Optometrist
Thomas L. Coats
W. Holland
Ruffy Twins
Fea
Insuran
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