Moffatt Wins First Day of National Soaring Contest
The 36th United States National Soaring Championships opened with 81 contestants from 13 foreign countries. George Moffatt Jr. of Elizabeth New Jersey won Tuesday’s event at 64.8 mph earning 1 000 points after a 238.5 mile course from Marfa to Pecos to Van Horn and back.
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George Moffatt Jr
Elizabeth
N. J
United States
Presidio County
Marfa
van Horn
Fort Stockton
Wallace A. Scott
Odessa
Rudolph T. Alleman
Richland
Was
Moffatt
Gleb Derujinsky
New York
Derujinsky
Sugar Bush
Vermont
Maria
McDonald Observatory Receives $170000 Campus Improvements
UT System Regents authorize $170,000 for McDonald Observatory upgrades including new water storage 20 000 and 100 000 gallon tanks and a fire protection system. Project supports Luna Laser Ranging Experiment for Apollo 11 with astronauts aiming to place a lunar reflector. Underground hydrant network ties to the 70 000 gallon tank to bolster firefighting and daily use.
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UT Austin
McDonald Observatory
University of Texas System Regents
Galveston
Regent
Frank Erwin
Apollo
Moon
Earth
Sul Ross Coed Qualifies for National Track Meet
Mary Jo Poppies of Sul Ross State University Alpine earned a spot in the Women's National Track and Field Championship set for Dayton Ohio on July 26. The invitational meet requires meeting or beating qualifying marks with the shot put qualifying distance at 40 feet.
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Brownfield
Texas
Mary Jo Poppies
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Dayton
Ohio
Mary Jo
United States
Europe
Little League standings show Casner Motors and City Drug undefeated
Casner Motors and City Drug stay unbeaten with 3–0 records after Tuesday wins 11–1 and 17–8 respectively. American Legion earns its first win 14–10 over the TKEs as West Texas Utilities, Morrison's, Casner's, and the TKEs schedule night games at Koker Not Little League Park.
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Casner Motors
City Drug
Casner’s
First National Bank
Methodist Angels
American Legion
Tkes
West Texas Utilities
Morrison's
Kokernot Little League Park
Casner
National Bank American Legion
Methodist Angels Morrison
West Tex
Util
American Leion
1St National Bank
Methodist Church
Education Meet Set by West Texas Education Center
The West Texas Education Center of Midland will sponsor a two day workshop for Alpine and Sanderson faculty next Monday and Tuesday June 30 and July 1 at Central School. Sessions cover dry mounting laminating graphics maps charts and pictures for audio visual aids and classroom work next September. Tuesday focuses on photography and transparency production. No charge to the schools. School board meets.
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West Texas Education Center of
Midland
Alpine and Sanderson
Central School
Public hearing set on U S 90 reroute in Alpine
The Texas Highway Dept calls a July 30 corridor hearing in Alpine to decide on routing U S 90 and U S 67 along Holland Avenue as two one way streets, with Route B favored for lower cost and immediate benefit. Public maps and route studies will be on display for 30 days.
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Texas Highway Dept
Holland Avenue
Holland
State Highway Commission
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
U.S
Sid Surratt
Map Ass
U.S. Highway
Alpine
Surratt
Theatre of Big Bend Op ening with Marriage Go Round
Theatre of the Big Bend opens July 2 with the comedy Marriage Go Round at Kokernot Lodge. Alpine residents will join the cast in rotating summer productions from July 9, with Vernon Harlan as Paul Delville and Ellen Mills as Mrs Delville. The play explores Scandinavian morality codes when Katrin visits and Turvy romance ensues in Big Bend Country.
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Theatre of the
Paul Delvile
Vernon M. Harlan
Content Lowell
Delville
Big Bend
Surratt Heads Alpine Rotary at Ladies Night
Sid Surratt was inducted as president of the Rotary Club of Alpine at the annual Rotary Ladies Night held at Camp Musquiz. He succeeds retiring president Ray Morrow and heard guest speaker Bo Waller discuss the recent Rotary essay contest and environmental awareness. Doralia Garcia won first prize with a weekend in Big Bend National Park. other winners received color encyclopedia texts and books for teachers.
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H. L
Sid) Surratt
Rotary Club of
Alpine
Rotary
Camp Musquiz
Surratt
Ray Morrow
Bo Waller
Big Bend National Park
Doralia Garcia
Joe Garcia
Oliver Bierschwale
Doralia
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Alpine School Board
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