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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
12
The Alpine Avalanche reports a plea to end Trick or Treat if children do not receive candy. Residents warn older youth join the custom, causing vandalism when supplies run low. Parents PTA teachers and police urged to act as Halloween nears.
Rev Marvin Williams moves from Monahans to Alpine to lead the Alpine Methodist Church as Rev Ray McGrew departs for Fort Stockton. Red Sparks opens Texas Cafe in Alpine. Presbyterian fund drive begins for a new building as Rotary adds four members and a military govt program speaker addresses the group. Local visits, separations, and travel notes conclude with Marath on news and stock shipments to Watkins Fort Worth.
A letter to the Alpine Texas paper mocks Social Security by rewriting the 23rd Psalm. The author laments aged poverty and loss, claiming the system fails to provide and paints a bleak portrait of retirement and dependence.
A West Texas dispatch covers highway construction from Alpine to Marfa and Presidio, noting delays from heavy rains and 14 miles of new pavement by Jones Bros of Odessa. It also reports a minor incident with Mayor W E Lockhart cited for a stop sign violation and mentions a coffee linked highway safety claim from a Massachusetts doctor.
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