250 Students Walk Out At Columbia Graduation
New York AP reports six weeks of student disruption culminating in a separate graduation for 250 capped and gowned students who walked out as Richard Hofstadter began his address. About 1,600 degrees remained seated as Hofstadter denounced protest tactics.
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Columbia
New York
Columbia University
Teading
Richard
Hofstadter
St. John Divine
Erich Fromm
Wolcott Students Earn Degrees at Oswego Commencement
Three Wolcott area students received baccalaureate degrees at State University College at Oswego's 106th commencement on Sunday June 2. Donald Maurer of RD 3 Red Creek and Wayne Johnson of Spring Lake Road Wolcott earned BA degrees while Carmi Wells of Salter Lane North Rose earned a BS degree.
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State University College
Oswego
Donald Maurer
Red Creek
Wayne Johnson
Spring Lake
Carmi Wells
Salter
North Rose
Buddhist Majority in Ceylon Nation Counts 65 Percent
About 65 percent of Ceylon's 11,232,000 residents are Buddhists according to the published demographic estimates.
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Ceylon
Tax no joke hits Hopkinsville with Nunn nickel coins
Kentucky’s 5 percent sales tax sought by Gov. Louie B. Nunn took effect April Fool’s Day in Hop kinsville where residents circulated wooden coins marked Nunn’s Nickel with a buffalo image on one side and the slogan on the reverse.
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Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
Virgin Islands National Park on St John is southernmost US park
The Virgin Islands National Park on St John holds the distinction of being the southernmost national park in the United States. This Caribbean park preserves beaches reefs and protected areas while highlighting its location in the U S Virgin Islands.
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United States Owned National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
St. John
Diploma Found Delayed for Governor Evans at Roosevelt High
Seattle report recalls how Governor Dan Evans earned a Roosevelt High School diploma in 1943 but never attended graduation. Principal Richard West rediscovered the document and delivered it to Evans twenty five years later, while he served as governor.
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Seattle
Wash
Dan Evans
Roosevelt High School
University of Washington
Richard West
Evans
Washington
Hong Kong Population Ethnicity Report
About ninety nine percent of Hong Kong's 3,804,000 residents are identified as Chinese, reflecting dominant ethnic composition in the territory. The rest include minority groups with smaller representation across the urban area.
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Hong Kong
Addis Ababa Means New Flower, Ethiopia Capital
The name Addis Ababa translates to New Flower and designates Ethiopia's capital. The phrase highlights the city’s emblematic meaning in local history and language.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia’s
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