Hopper Scholarship Created by Highlands PTA at LC
Lee College will award a $200 Hopper Scholarship named for retiring Highlands Elementary principal B. P. Hopper. It supports current or former LC students entering senior college who attended Highlands and plan to teach. Applications are at Moser Hall financial aids office or by request to Dr. Alton Laird. Over 250 students receive some form of aid this spring.
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Lee College
Parent-Teacher Association
Highlands Elementary
B. P. Hopper
Highlands
Moser Hall
Alton Laird
Laird
War Protests Through American History
The essay traces protest against U.S. wars from 1812 to the Philippine insurrection, noting critics in each conflict. It cites historians such as Freidel and Merk, and references the Anti-Imperialist League, Horace Greeley, and Henry Adams. Protests vary by era, yet opposition recurs in every major war.
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NEW York
NEA
Mark Twain
Vietnam
New York City
Woodrow Wilson
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
America
War Assistance Force
U.S
Freij
Del
Harvard University
Philippines
Frank Freidel
Boston
Henry Adams
Frederick Merk
Congress
Samuel Eliot Morison
Two Ag Price Lists Sold. Buyers Hidden in 1870
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department sold only two lists showing government payments to large farmers in 1870 and refused to identify the buyers. The list, released April 4, carried a $150 price for a full computer print-out, $75 for a coded tape, and $100 was previously quoted. Names and addresses of producers receiving $5,000 or more were included.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
England
House
Senate
Morison
New England
Boston
U.S
Maine
Mark Twain
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Boll Weevils May Be On Big March Now
Washington AP reports a spring survey by the Agriculture Department finds boll weevils may be on the march with higher counts across Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee Texas and nearly all North Carolina areas surveyed. Northeastern Louisiana shows 4087 per acre versus 1044 last year central Texas 2030 per acre vs 250, Tennessee 747 vs 605, and coastal plain North and South Carolina up to 2600 per acre compared with 188 last year. north central North Carolina down to 80 per acre from 108.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
North Carolina
Frog Jump Contest Draws Local Attention in Oregon
RESHAM Oregon AP report notes Mt. Hood Community College hosts its annual frog jumping contest. Rick Walton and Virginia Knudsen own Ho-a-Looney which leaped six feet five inches to win. Walton says the frog benefited from a nice treatment.
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Resham
Ore
Rick Walton
Mt. Hood Community College
Walton
Virginia Knudsen
Ex Con Seeks Parole Help For Son In Utah
Ronald Clements of Junita Nebraska, an ex convict, asked the Utah Board of Pardons to parole his son Jay Clements who faced one to 20 years for burglary. Clements claimed prior Utah prison terms and honest work since 1957, offering to guide his son to a lawful life. The board granted immediate parole to Jay Clements under parental custody.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Nebraska
Utah Board of Pardons
Ronald Clements
Junita
Neb
Jay
Clements
Jay Clements
Hazardous Driving Kills 3798 in Australia in 1970
Australian road statistics show 3,798 deaths and 91,549 injuries from road accidents in 1970. Traffic safety authorities report higher danger levels and call for renewed measures to reduce fatalities and injuries nationwide.
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Canberra
Australia
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Hopper
Lc-Highlands Plan
Britain
Lin
Rodney Estes
Reo Estes
Enco
Bank Americaid
REO Estes Enco Service
Decker DR
Mark Hatfield
Philippine
Laos
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
ARCO
CAR Wash
Toons and
Baytown
Arco Car Wash
S. Alexander A. E. Texas
BankAmericard
Carte Blanche
Diners Club
American Express
NBC
Walter Cronkite
Ira
Fanny
Andy Griffith
Andy
Nora
Wartridge
Keith
Danny
Eve
CBS
Marte
Jerry Lewis
Gursan Oliver
Ann
Maerke
Tegory Peck
Ava Gerdnar
Tony Perkins
Felix
Oscar
Davy Jones
Karen Valentine
Ladd
Virgina Mayo
Ant News
Frog
Britton-Cravens
Spartan
Ornyte
Nys
Gulf Coast
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