Pony Express Ride Starts Alpine Frontier Days
The 1860s themed Pony Express Run kicks off Alpine’s Frontier Western Days on March 20 with 67 riders from West Texas Wranglers and Sul Ross Rodeo Club carrying a proclamation naming March 30 to April 1 as Frontier Western Days. Rodeo shows run Friday and weekend with 150+ high school contestants. The event includes a western dance at Bill’s Barn on March 31 with Al Dean and the All Stars.
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Comanche Springs
Fort Stockton
Sul Ross State University
West Texas Wranglers Horse Club
Sul Ross Rodeo Club
Alpine
al Dean
The
All Stars
Bill
License plate deadline and legislative session actions
Saturday marks the deadline to display 1973 car license tags with new tags due by Monday April 2. Senate approves constitutional amendment for annual sessions and 15000 pay for lawmakers, while a comparative negligence bill passes and returns to the House. The House endorses Speaker Daniel’s term limit bill, and the State Democratic Executive Committee sets its first Fort Worth meeting for March 31.
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Senate
New State Democratic Executive Committee
Fort Worth
Bond Sales At 36 Percent Of 1973 Goal
Mrs Rex Wilson Baker chair of the Ward County Savings Bonds Committee reports February 1973 sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds at 13244 with two month total 25616, reaching 36 percent of the annual goal. Texas monthly sales hit 21221162, up 10 percent from February 1972. First two months sum 45148051 toward a 216.6 million yearly target.
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Rex Wilson Baker
Ward County Savings Bonds Committee
United States Savings
Texas
Night crowd enjoys cheap carload movie at the Lobo
Movie notices mention Death master at the Lobo with night people and night things, price of $1.00 per carload. Col Tim McCoy to appear Tuesday at Coliseum for VFW Country Music Circus with a host of stars. Admission $2.00 adults $1.00 children under 13. Also local theatre changes, new Lewis Theatre name, and a week of pool and live music events at Jake's Lounge Redman Club Tommye's TJ's Spanky's.
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Col
Tim McCoy
Paramount
VFW
Tommy Scott
Jake's
Grif
Shorty
Redman Club
Pat Olibas
Mickey Summers
Tommye’s
Mickey
Guy
Abel
Sharon Jaye
Mike Trouble
The
Redman
Jake’s
Tj's
Spanky's
the Coliseum
Lewis Theatre Reopens April 4 Under New Owner
Bill B. Smith of Kermit takes over the Lewis Theatre after purchasing the remodeled facility on March 23. He will open April 4 and plans a general interest program with no fixed opening feature. Smith also runs Oasis Theatre and Yellow Jacket Drive In in Kermit and hails from Eldon Missouri.
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Lewis Theatre
Bill Smith
Bill B. Smith
Kermit
Smith
Oasis
Yellow Jacket Drive In
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Anne Murray
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Stick
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Lobo
Grandfalls Highway
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Boston Globe
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Shelley Wis
Mark Lester
Ralph Richardson
Auntie
Roo
Lopenes
Fman
Ces
Acuila
Wusser
Ofrtlia Guilma
Vu del Arco
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LA Cran
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Robert Hartford-Davis
Barbra StReis
Ryan Onfal
Peter Bochanovich
Cations Company
Larry
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KMOM
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Lidsville
Reasoner
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Touch of Grace
Julie Andrews
Delphi Bureau
F.B.I
KMID
NBC
Flip Wilson
Ironside
Dean Martin
the Barkleys
Assembly of God
Wally
Bobby Darin
Richard J. Hoyer
Fred
N. Bruce
KOSA
CBS
Jeannie
the Waltons
Sabrina
Amazing Chan
Josie
Archie
Dick van Dyke
Mannix
Barnaby Jones
Gerald Myers
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