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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
6
The filing period for the Marathon examination for a post office substitute clerk has been extended to July 6, 1954, due to too few eligibles from prior tests. The notice comes from Paul H. Figg, director of the Eighth U.S. Civil Service Region in Dallas.
The Granadas presents Jubilee Trail a major American drama in Tricolor film stars Vera Ralston Joan Leslie Forrest Tucker John Russell with Ray Middleton Pat OBrien Buddy Baer and Jim Davis The film follows the Jubilee Trail from New York to the Old West and California Also note unemployment benefits average about $22 weekly in New Mexico.
Back on the Sul Ross campus this summer are many familiar faces to Alpine residents and exes. Visiting Mrs. A F Robinson and her son Capt Bob of the U S Army, with wife Mae Cross, are in town on vacation. Julia Jones now Mrs Fulbright visits, Bill Lewis works on his Master’s, wife is Myra Sue Barger. John Gentry Jr an engineer with the Texas Co. lives in Houston. Frances Hufstutler, summer student, returns for Master’s work living in the Blackland country near Corsicana.
Southern Pacific Transport Co filed two applications with the Texas Railroad Commission to purchase certificates of public convenience from Southwestern Motor Transport Co and Alamo Motor Lines. VP and GM T. P. Kelly announced in Houston that the move would extend SPT operations west of San Antonio and speed rail track service to Comstock Langtry Dryden Sanderson Marfa Alpine and Fort Davis.
Sealed bids are invited in Austin and due by 10 00 a m June 14 1954 for the sale of a 1948 Willys Jeep owned by the Game and Fish Commission. Inspections available through A R Williams Alpine Texas. Bid forms from the Commission or State Board of Control. Refer to offer GFC 5843 dated June 14 1954.
The science fiction film Lost Women presented by J. Francis White and Jay Houck plays at the Lobo Drive-in next Wednesday and Thursday. It tells of a scientist who creates a race of super women by transferring insect superiority into human control centers, rebalancing gender roles on screen.
The passage notes humans would be relegated to a minor role like insects and used for breeding. It mentions actors Jackie Coogan Richard Travis and Allan Nixon as stars in the context.
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