Alpine Bucks Prepare for District Opener at Home
Alpine hosts Big Lake in the District 6AA opener Friday night at Jackson Field. Alpine, 2-1, faces 1-2 Big Lake in a wide open matchup as Alpine aims to capitalize on a reeling Big Lake through a varied offense. Five starter absences this week due to illness and injuries should be back for kickoff.
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Jackson Feld
Alpine Bucks
Big Lake Owls
Alpine
Robert Starr
Owls
Bucks
Triple A
Buck
Big Lake
Starr
Buckdeer
Charger
Brutus
Sampson
Macho
Thunder
Monte Bryant
Doug Minnox
Danny Drewry
Archie Clause
Rex Uranga
Ted Gray
Dennis Bryant
George Gonales
Pete Wylie
Richie Leyva
J.J. Espinosa
Eary
George Gonzales
Bryant
Council Overrides Two Vetos by Mayor Lockhart in City Meeting
The city council on Sept 27 overridden the mayor's vetoes on two resolutions from Sept 20. Resolution 1060 set Oct 18 as the election date for three bond issues and directed engineers Esmond of Odessa and Reed of Midland to present plans for water and sewer upgrades and a swimming pool. Votes split on the veto of Resolution 1059 renewing Reed as water consultant. the measure failed 3-2. Engineers presented two water piping plans from Musquiz to Alpine or Sunny Glen with costs around 414 000 to 514 000, while the mayor signaled another engineer could help secure a matching federal grant.
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Lockhart
Ken Esmond
Odessa
Ed Reed
Midland
Dorothy McBride
Esmond
Reed
C.D. McCollister
Homer Hudgins
Alberto Rojo
J.W. O'Donnell
Wade Howell
Musquiz
Alpine
Sunny Glen
Sul Ross State College enrolls 1808 students for fall term
Final enrollment at Sul Ross State College reaches 1,808, up 208 students or 13 percent from last year’s record. Sixty eight students are in extension classes in Odessa Midland and Eagle Pass. The Highland Motel is converted into a dormitory annex housing 33, with full housing for both genders.
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Sul Ross State College
Glenn F. Davis
Odessa
Midland
Eagle Pass
Highland Motel
Alpine coats approved for fire department purchase
City Council approved buying 14 coats for the Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept. at 486 to 500 dollars. Fire Chief Gordon Barrow said half of the 28 volunteers already had coats, and the department will own the new coats.
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Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept
Gordon Barrow
Antelope Hunt Opens Oct 1 in Trans Pecos Region
The annual antelope season starts Saturday October 1 with 534 buck permits issued in the Trans Pecos region covering Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties. The season runs through October 9 and the archery buck deer season operates October 1 to 16 with legal deer defined as a three point buck.
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Trans- Pecos
Brewster
Je Davis
Presidio
Dennis Brown 64 Alpine Railroad Elder Dies in Brewster
Dennis Brown longtime Santa Fe Railroad agent died Sunday in Brewster County Memorial Hospital after a monthlong heart attack. He was born April 30 1902 in Tokeen and lived in Alpine since 1941. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church or charity requested. He leaves wife Edith a daughter Emily Karren Brown Alpine a son Michael Dennis Brown Alpine and other relatives. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Dennis Brown
Santa Fe
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Mr. Brown
Tokeen
Presbyterian Church
Alpine Rotary Club
First Presbyterian Church
Clanton News Bill
Elm Grove
Geeslin
Earl Anderau
Otis Kimball
Allen Briggs
Wesley Martin
Keith Morrow
Ted Gray
Ray Morrow
Eric Williams
Glenn Davis
Underdogs Clash as Sul Ross Hosts Southwest Texas
Sul Ross and Southwest Texas, both undefeated, meet in Alpine at Jackson Field for the Lone Star Conference opener. A crowd of 6000 is expected as SWT chases the division title while Sul Ross seeks an early advantage and dominance in a tight race. Shorthand notes indicate a high-stakes, closely watched showdown with national small college poll rankings cited.
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Alpine
Jackson Field
Southwest Texas
LSC
Sul Ross
Associated Press
University of Nuevo Leon
Lobos
Bobcats
Trinity University At
San Antonio
Nuevo Leon
Slaughter
Bill Miller
Luz Pedraza
Jacob Henry Anon
SWI
Theiswimner
School Chief to Visit Sul Ross in Alpine
Dr. Jack Williams commissioner for the Coordinating Board Texas College and University System said he plans a November visit to Sul Ross State College in Alpine during a Legislative Council meeting on juvenile crime. Williams has led the agency two months and has already visited 16 state colleges.
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Jack Williams
Coordinating Board
Texas College & University System
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
San Angelo Standard-Times
Williams
Legislative Council
Gene Hendryx
Sul Ross
Ste
Sen. J. P.word
Meridian
Texas
Screwworm outbreak prompts vigil in Big Bend region
Joe T. Lane reports confirmed screwworm cases in the Big Bend Davis Mountains country with warnings to livestock producers to intensify herd checks. Eight million sterile flies were dropped from Marfa base and more are planned. Briscoe Je of Uvalde warns this is the worst outbreak since 1964 and urges rapid eradication to prevent a statewide recurrence.
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Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Joe T. Lane
Mission
Marfa
Lane
Iph
Briscoe Je
Uvalde
Briscoe
Plane Sinking Off Vietnam Kills Naval Pilot Turner
Lt Gene Tumner from Alpine was aboard a Navy Phantom that sank a Communist patrol boat off the North Viet Nam coast. The Associated Press in Saigon quoted Turner as a radar intercept officer who died after the initial attack.
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Gene Tumner
Alpine
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Saigon
Turner
Everett Tumner
Alpine Highway Meet Planned By City County Officials
The Texas public works department will hold a joint preliminary meeting with the City Council and County Commissioners Court before a public hearing on Vidgiay 98. Dates for the meetings are not yet set. Locally, guests at Mr and Mrs Robert Auseys included Mrs French of El Paso and her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Charles French plus Mrs James Burling.
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Texas Pves Dept
Suy Alpine
County Commissioners Court
Robert Ausey
Charles French
el Paso
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Ben McAdams
Cordelia McFall
Margaret Gentry
Weatherford
Caleb Brown
Ballinge
Clyde Fess
Sudan
J.T. Reynolds
Furner
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