Alfred Looney Sails For Europe With Navy
Alfred H Looney radarman third class USN son of Mr and Mrs Luther C Looney of Alpine has left Norfolk aboard the destroyer USS Gearing for a two month training cruise to Northern Europe. He and fellow crew members will train midshipmen in shipboard duties and responsibilities they will assume on commissions. The Gearing will visit Oporto Portugal Copenhagen Denmark and Antwerp Belgium before returning to Norfolk early in August.
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Norfolk
Alfred H Looney
USN
Luther C. Looney
E. Holland Ave
Alpine
USS
Gearing
Europe
Oporto
Portugal
Copenhagen
Denmark
Antwerp
Belgium
Big Bend Ranch Weather Brings Wide Rain Across Region
Good rains spread across the Big Bend with Sunday’s system reaching from the Davis Mountains to the Rio Grande. Creeks from Stillwell ranch to Musquiz Creek ran, Black Gap reported .20 inch, and a panther humored neighbors with sheep losses near Marathon.
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Big Bend
Davis Mts
Rio Grande
Stillwell Ranch
Musquiz Creek
Alpine
Ray Williams
Stillwell Crossing
Black Gap
Local visitors and out of town wedding guests listed
Locals Mrs Steve Stevens and children of El Paso visited her parents in Alpine and Marathon this week. Mrs J T Anderson of Cisco visited her daughter here. Patti Sue Stewart of El Paso returned home after visiting grandparents. Miss Charlotte Sparks of Houston visits grandmother. Mr and Mrs W D McCall visit relatives in South Texas and near San Antonio. Out of town wedding guests at Miss Marcella Shepperd and Oscar Traveland Jr marriage include guests from Del Rio Hondo Colorado City Roswell Dallas and Cisco.
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David Combs
San Antonio
Marathon
Sam Mather
Zetha Hicks
Decie
Mary Decie
Zoye Decie
Lucille
Linton
Zoye
Pete Shouppe
el Paso
Steve Stevens
Henry Richburg
J. T. Anderson
Cisco
Paul Vogi
Patti Sue Stewart
W. D. McCall
Charlotte Sparks
Houston
Verna Wampier
Mr. Wampier
Marcella Shepperd
Oscar Traveland Jr
Drury Wood
Ellen Wood
Bob Pope
del Rio
Riggs Shepperd
John Riggs
Hondo
J. W. Shepperd Sr
Colorado City
Bob Terry
Sally Wilson
Roswell
N. M
Merle Smith
Dallas
Big Bend National Park News Highlights Local Activities
Big Bend reports activity from Desert area with Bert Beckett and Horse Concessions guests. Canasta club hosts at Rogers residence. prizes awarded to Miss Julie Forchheimer visitor Julie Forchheimer Pine Pine resort. New Bureau of Public Roads staff join Big Bend. park committee reelected Marold Brodrick as chairman and Vesta French as secretary-treasurer. Park engineers and rangers reassigned to North Entrance Basin and West Entrance, while Harold Brodrick recuperates after surgery. chicken pox confines Mrs Emerich and children Jed and Meggie. Architectural Engineer Robert Smith and family visit the park.
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Robert Rogers
Charles McCurdy
Big Bend
George Miller
Marold Brodrick
Vesta French
Political candidates announced for Democratic Primary
The Avalanche lists candidates for the Democratic Primary on July 8 1958. Raceway state representative 100th district Roger Thurmond Jr district judge 83rd judicial district E Patterson reelected county and district clerk Wortis Frazer reelected county judge Neville Haynes Felix McGaughy county treasurer Mrs Avora Owens.
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Roger Thurmond JR
Wortis Frazer
Neville Haynes
Felix McGaughy
Avora Owens
Rancher Marilyn Protests Bet Quote Sparks Playground Lesson
A child named Marilyn, about ten, disputes being labeled a miner when told she cannot bet on horse racing. She asserts she is a rancher and asks to place a bet, prompting a moment of clarification about age and gambling rules.
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Marilyn
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Texas
California Footwear CO
Alfred Looney
Navy
Ranch News
Sam Redford
Tom Redford
Ft. Davis
Headquarters
California
Disney Land
Dink
Mary Ellen
Iron Mountain
By Hallie Stillwell
Gabor
Farah
West Texas
Forchheimer’s Quality Brands
Forchheimer
America
Alpine (Tex
Avalanche
Big Bend National Park
Maribell
Bert Beckett
Julie Forchheimer
Supt
Bureau of Public Roads
Robert Petronis
Mike Germaine
Gary Rush
Ray Hollman
Howard Emrich
White Sands National Monument
Harold Brodrick
Hos
Pital
Patty Koch
Margot Schmidt
Gerald Seilaff
Ed Widmer
Howard Emerich
Jed
Meggie
Homer Franklin
Robert Smith
W D. C
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the Law
Jake Wade
Co. E. Patterson
E. G
Zeke Rivera Jesus
Chuy
Juarez
HW. C. Hernandez
Rex Ivey JR
Frank Matthews
Tennyson
Storey-Whiteside Lumber CO
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