Foreman criticized over foreign aid stance in 16th District discourse
Letter writers clash over U.S. Rep Ed Foreman's support for foreign aid and his role in representing Texas Big Bend Davis Mountains region. They contrast Foreman with Henry Gonzalez and defend Gonzalez’s record while urging Foreman to focus on local economic issues and consider joining business or anti administration groups. The debate appears in a local Avalanche context urging readers to use classifieds.
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U.S
Ed Foreman
16Th
Texas
United States Chamber of Commerce
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Representa
Ion
House of Repre
Mexico Plans Peace Park Across Rio Grande From Big Bend
Mexican official Roberto Gaduno Garcia announced plans for an international peace park opposite Big Bend across the Rio Grande. The event followed last week's dedication ceremonies at Big Bend National Park with new facilities and roadways, as Frank E. Masland Jr led the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberto Gaduno Garcia
Forestry
National Parks of
Mexico
Big Bend
Rio Grande
International Peace Park
Alvin M. Josephy Jr
Secretary of the
Interior
Stewart Udall
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
George B. Hartang Jr
Wirth
NPS
Big Bend National Park
Hunt
Big Bend Park
Sul Ross to Host Annual Speech Festival for High Schoolers
The Sul Ross State College Speech Department will stage its yearly festival on Saturday November 9 in the Little Theatre of the Fine Arts Building to aid area high school students in preparing for Texas Interscholastic League contests. Attendees from at least nine area schools including Van Horn Odessa El Paso Fabens Barstow Fort Davis and Alpine are expected. The program runs Persuasive Speaking at 9 am Duo Acting at 10 Extemporaneous Speaking at 11 30 Debate and Poetry and Prose Reading at 1 with Sul Ross presenting Mrs McThing at 3 15 pm. Director Dr Katharine Boyd heads the event with Eugene Laurent and Roy Lassiter Jr as critique judges. Faculty and students are invited.
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Sul Ross State College
Little Theatre of the Fine Arts
van Hom
Odessa
el Paso
Fabens
Barstow
Fort Davis
Alpine
Sul Ross
Rules Change at Jeff Davis County 4-H Livestock Show
Jeff Davis County 4-H Club met Monday to plan the Livestock Show. An entry fee per head will fund prize money: lambs one dollar, colts two, steers five. Non registered stock may be shown this year. A sale of one lamb per entrant is allowed. Plans for the Achievement Awards Banquet were discussed with date and place to be announced.
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Jeff Davis County
4-H Club
Markers Planned for Alpine to Honor Brewster and Ross
County to get markers honoring Col Her. Brewster and Gen Lawrence Sul Ross. Erection planned for courthouse lawn in Alpine this month per John Ben Shepperd of Odessa, president of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. Brewster served under Gen Johnston. Ross was a Confederate private who rose to general and later Texas governor.
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Alpine
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Her. Brewster
Brewster County
Lawrence
Sul) Ross
Sul Ross State College
Shepperd
Brewster
Albert S. Johnston
Ross
Texas
State Bird Watchers Meet in Alpine
Annual meeting of the Texas Ornithological Society gathers bird enthusiasts from Texas to Alpine and the Big Bend Davis Mountain country for a three day program. Peter Koch of Alpine Chamber of Commerce leads the dinner program and film Desert Gold will debut for the group. Field trips cover Boy Scout Canyon north of Fort Davis Pinto Canyon south of Marfa the Davis Mountains loop and Big Bend National Park with 136 known species and hopes to reach about 150. Alpine Chamber backs arrangements and delegates register Friday at 2 p m at the Holland House Hotel.
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Texas Ornithological Society
Texas
Alpine
Big Bend-Davis
Peter Koch
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Texas Group
TCS
Boy Scout Canyon
Fort Davis
Pinto Canyon
Marfa
Davis Mountains
Big Bend National Park
Bi Bend Park
Surom
Doug Evans
Park Nat
Lassier
Moters
TOS
Big Bend
Holland House
Guldemann El Paso Wins Brewster County Hospital Addition Bid
Guldemann Construction & Engineering Co of El Paso awarded the contract for a Brewster County Memorial Hospital addition. Base bid 200,987 with total bid 220,082. County and Federal Government share costs. Bids opened in County Judge Felix McGaughy's office. Preliminary work to start next week. project to finish within 180 working days after signing.
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Guldemann
Glenn Casey Construction Co
Odessa
Goldberg
Lavis
A. P. Kasch & Sons
M & M Development Co
Mid-West Lumber
Midland
Hal K. Showalter, Inc
Suggs’ Construction Co. , Inc
Big Spring
Perry invites Seymour to present research paper in 1963
Dr. R. H Perry Jr. announced that Dr. Raymond B. Seymour of Sul Ross State College has accepted an invitation to send a research paper to the 1963 Southwest.
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Sermoult
R. H Perry Jr
Raymond B. Seymour
Sul Ross State College
Southwest
Alpine Teacher of the Year Named for 39th Year of Service
Melvin P. Slover, born in Real County Texas and raised in Sanderson, has been named Alpine Teacher of the Year. He began as a high school principal in Madero Ward, taught at Sul Ross College, San Benito, and the University of Texas before returning to Alpine as a Spanish teacher in 1931. Now in his 39th year in Alpine public schools, he has long owned a home there with his wife and two children, Melvin Jr. and Bettigene.
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Melvin P. Slover
Alpine
Mr. Slover
Real County
Texas
Sanderson
Sul Ross College
Madero Ward
Himsel
San Benito
the Grande
Sul Ross
San Beni
University of Texas
Texas Ags
Kingsvill
Melvin P., Jr
Kermit
Bettigene Slover Hume
Tahlequah
Okla
Highland Hereford Sale Set for Wednesday at Marfa Fairgrounds
The 9th annual Highland Hereford sale will offer fifty four bulls and 220 commercial heifer calves at the Marfa Fairgrounds on Wednesday November 13. Cattle may be viewed on Tuesday November 12 with heifers judged at 2 p.m. and bulls at 9 a.m. Judge Dick Sellman of New Mexico will preside. Auctioneer Walter Britton leads consignors such as Ricky Black D H Braman Jr John W Carpenter Catton Gage Ranches Hi Rancho Glorietta Fletcher Mitchell Cattle Co Guy W Carren L L Hess Ranch Jones Cattle Co Kennedy Ranch Joe T Vane Roy R Largent and Sons Lightning Ranch Petan Ranch Ponder Ranch Reid Brothers C K Smith T Ee Smith and others.
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Marfa
Dick Sellman
New Mexico
Frank Newsom
Walter Britton
Ricky Black
D. H. Braman Jr
John W. Carpenter
Catton Gage Ranches
Hi Rancho Glorietta
Fletcher - Mitchell Cattle Co
Guy W. Carren
Amendment Vote Set for Brewster County Election
Brewster County voters will decide four amendments in the special state constitutional election on Saturday November 9 polls open 8 a m to 7 p m County Clerk Sarah Pugh announced Amendment 1 ends poll tax as a voting requirement Amendment 2 provides aid for the needy up to 60 million in state funds Amendment 3 authorizes Jefferson County to offer retirement and other benefits to public officers and employers Amendment 4 raises Veterans Land Board bond authority to 350 million Absentee voting closed with ten ballots cast in Austin the State Liquor Control Bard said all alcohol may be sold during legal hours in wet areas on Saturday
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Brewster County
Sarah Pugh
Jefferson County
Veterans Land Board
Coke x. Stevenson Jr
Bard
Austin
Regional Meeting on Dec 4 Discusses Bond Stretching
Seymour will discuss the effect of functional groups and molecular weight on symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching of carbon and hydrogen bonds at the American Chemical Society regional meeting on December 4.
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American Chemical Society
Seymour
Bucks Face Stanton in District 7-AA Showdown
Bucks travel to Stanton for a 7 30 p m kickoff in a District 7 AA game. Bucks own a 5 4 record while Stanton sits at 0 6 2 overall with no district wins and 1 2 in league play.
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Stanton
Bucks
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Board Meets in Alpine
The State Daughters of the Republic of Texas Board of Management will convene in Alpine November 14 to 16. Miss Sarah Miltin Hill of Eldorado, formerly of Alpine, will preside. A dinner is planned for 7:30 p.m. on November 15 at Highland Village.
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State Daughters of the Republic of Texas Board of Management
Alpine
Sarah Miltin Hill
Eldorado
Highland Village
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National Parks of Mexico
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Chisos Basin
Frank E.masland Jr
Pennsylvania
George B. Hartzog Jr
U. S
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Gene Hendryx
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