Alpine Wins Third Straight District Football Crown
Alpine's Fighting Bucks defeated Marfa 22-3 at Jackson Field to capture their third consecutive District 6-AA title. Alpine improved to 7-1 overall, 5-0 in district, as Marfa fell to 3-4, with key scores including a 77-yard opening drive and a 69-yard punt return.
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Fighting Bucks
Marfa
Jackson Field
Bucks
McCamey
Big Lake
Shorthorns
Fabens
Parkland
Crane
George Gonzales
Richie Leyva
Dennis Bryant
Gonzalez
Mike Dorris
Marta
Eddie Hernandez
Shorthorn
J.J. Espinosa
Bryant
Marshall Kring
Glen Jimenez
Hernandez
Sul Ross museum to become student union and bookstore complex
Duncan Construction Co of El Paso wins the Sul Ross State College project to convert the old Museum Building into a student union and bookstore. renovations will include air conditioning of the Science Building and repairs to the Library Building. The upper level will house student conveniences and the bookstore with a redesigned ballroom, snack bar, and a new dining hall. A game room with pool and pingpong, a reading room, student officer offices, a meeting room, and a trophy room are planned.
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Don Duncan Construction Co
el Paso
Sul Ross State College
Texas under Governor Connally Expands Education and Industry
The Texas administration highlights four years of progress led by Governor John Connally with doubled higher education funding, a 40 percent rise in faculty salaries, a 44 percent boost in public school support, a $100 million teacher raise, and growth in junior college enrollment. It also cites $100 million in water storage bonds, expansion to $200 million, aging programs, park investments, 855 new plants, 23,000 manufacturing jobs, over 12 million tourists adding $900 million, mental health advances, highway improvements, pollution controls, a new Fine Arts Commission, and plans for HemisFair 68.
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John Connally
Texas
Fine Arts Commission
HemisFair
Antonio
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United States Senatory
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