University of Wisconsin President to keynote May commencement
Dr. Fred Harrington Harrington will deliver the main address at the UW Madison commencement at 8 p.m. in Lubbock Coliseum as the college awards over 2,000 undergraduate and advanced degrees. He served as a government advisor under Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson, with Defense State AID Peace Corps and HEW.
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Tech
Fred ‘Harvey ‘Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Grover E. Murray
Far East
Harrington
Lubbock County Court to Open Bids and Restructure Welfare Board
The Lubbock County Commissioners Court will open four sets of sealed bids including annual contracts for diesel fuel oil lubricants and greases and for hauling caliche. The court will also vote on a joint resolution with the City Council to reduce the City County Welfare Board from nine to seven members with four appointed by the court and three by the city.
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Lubbock County Commissioners Court
Welfare Board
Lubbock
Commissioners Court
Precinct 1
Slaton
Caverns National Park adopts new tours schedule
Carlsbad New Mexico special dispatch says Carlsbad Caverns National Park will switch to new tour times through June 7 with six 3.75 mile walk-in tours and seven 14 mile Big Room tours daily. Visitor facilities open 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. MDT. Starting June 8 through Sept 1 a 13-tour schedule begins with natural entrance and elevator tours, plus a special photographic tour at 2 p.m. and continuous semi conducted tours 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
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Carlsbad
N. M
National ‘Park
April Retail Sales Dip Noted in Texas by UT Analyst
University of Texas statistician Mildred Anderson reports April 1969 retail sales in Texas at about 1.5 billion dollars, with a slight decline in durable goods and ongoing consumer restraint due to high costs. The UT Bureau of Business Research notes the slowdown continues from March, with shoppers tightening spending on food and leather items.
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Austin
University of Texas
Mildred Anderson
UT Bureau of ‘Business Research
Texas
Kennedy Denounces Hamburger Hill Assault Amid Nomination Moves
In Washington the assault on Hamburger Hill is denounced as senseless while Maj. Gen. Zais, commander of the 101st Airborne, is confirmed for promotion. Kennedy notes the American sacrifice and political tensions rise as Nixon nominees are approved without objection. Zais defends his role and cites focus on the war in Vietnam.
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Washington
Edward ‘M
Spiro
Mike Mansfield
Hugh’ Scott
Massachusetts
José
Hamburger Hill
Kennedy
Zais
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Phubai
Berlin clashes injure police as march splinters
A police spokesman said eight officers were injured when part of a march of about 2,1900 split off and threw rocks, smashing windows at the stock exchange and two banks. Two youths were arrested.
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Berlin
Bya
Mao
Stock Exchange
Apollo Recovery Rehearsal Aboard USS Prince carrier
Rescue teams on the helicopter carrier Prince in a final dress rehearsal for the Apollo 10 recovery staged Saturday. The simulated splashdown near Pago Pago 389 miles east of American Samoa was timed for 11 53 p m CDT Monday. Astronauts Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan would descend onto red carpets aboard the ship as dummy capsule recovery and frogmen rehearsed the event. A separate Bonn report notes German officials aided Israel in capturing Adolf Eichmann.
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Princeton
UPI
Thomas J .P. Stafford
John W.young
Eugene A.’ Cernan
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Wes. Chesser
Arlington
Navy
Charles B. Smiley
Chula Vista
Calif
Stafford, Young
Cernan
Smiley
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