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Do I Hear $2 for the Slave Behind the Screen
Berkeley riots spark student rights protests while SIU Carbondale students stage a simulated slave auction to raise funds for housing at Thompson residence halls. Freshman Tim Hohs buys the "slave" Carol Clyde as part of the display. A NASA Hampton test track features a 50 ton landing craft model speeding over a thick glass window to study load impacts.
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Berkeley
Southern Illlinois University
Carbondale
SIU
Thompson Oint
Tim Hohs
Carol Clyde
NASA
Hampton
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co