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. %Harris, McNult} Win Grad HonorsNarrow Grade Margin DecidesLittle mone than one-third of a point separated AHS Class of 1963*s valedictorian from the salutatorian.Tommy Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen H. Harris of 1309 North Fielder Road, with a four year grade average of 95.385 is valedictorian, according to an announcement made Friday by Principal John Webb, Jr.With an average of 95.351, Kathleen McNulty ranked second in a class of almost 500. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McNulty of 105 Parkwood. —Principal Webb pointed out that 70 students in this class have four-year averages of 90 or above.AniKMincement has also been made of two Fielder Award winners. They are Pamela Jane Morrison and Paul Leighton Tubb. This award made possible by Robert Fiflder of Van Alstyne, an AHS graduate, is an outstanding student award that started in 1932.Parents of the award winners are Mr. and Mrs.J,P.Morrison. Jr. of 1200 West Cedar, and Mr. and Mrs.C.F. Tubb of 1033 Lynda lane.Names of these two students, both of whom are among the T) honor graduates, will be placed on a scroll which remains permanently at the high school.Each will receive a certificate which cites them for their outstanding achievements. Fidder award winners are chosen on ftie basis of declaration of both student body and faculty.AHS graduation exercises are scheduled Thursday, May 31, 8 p.m. at the ASC Memorial Stadium. Vesper services will be held at 5 p.m Sunday, May 26, in the high school auditorium.Other honor students in order of their grade averages are as follows: Linda KayWebb, Betsy E. Burleson, Lonni Catherine Heisserer, Mairlyn Kay Smith, PaulLeighton Tubb, Ruth Anne Chism, Catherine AnneBontley, William Dale Johnson, John Dee Swope, Sara Sue Goldner and SusanSpruance.Also Carolyn Ruth Tinker, George Lee Flint, Jr., Daniel N. Johnson, Suzanne Hightower, Linda Lee Esenwein, Charles Edward Jahns, Rebecca A. Martin, Roberta Lee Allen, Leo Marvin Hurley, 11, and Pamela K. Farrell.Margaret Floyd, SylviaRuth Mosig, Ulla MicheleJensen, Faith Belovsky, Terry Lee Elder, Linda Carol Barr, Cynthia Lee Crayton, Janet Elaine Crane, Pamela Jean Morrison and Philip D. Wilbur.Also James Ray Biggers, James Hobson Barnett, Jr., Merrilee Oram, Thomas Michael De Frank, Linda Vyeann Fisher, Shari Anne Mackie, Emma Lew Bailey, Jacqueline J. Deerlng, Sheila Gail Tallon and Geneva Sue Devenport.Marjorie Nell Johnson, Pamela Louise Stribling, James Duane Houston, Rebecca Ruth Jarrell, Joe Frank Skelton, Gretchen Weicker, Annette Vanferson, John Russell Jamieson, Jr., TeriAnne Barker, Sarah Lee Stephens and Nancy Colleen Webb.Larry Dale Barrick, Suzanne Carol Jordan, Robert J. Case, Jr., Nancy Elizabeth Dickerson, Dainah Carol Wood, Darryl Wesley Barton, Szabolcs Bobby Pahany, Sandra Sue Cantrell, Robert B. Rucker, Walter A. Taylor,Ema Jane Me Fadm. Michael Thomas Casper, Susan Carol Smith and Susan Dalby.TOMMY HARRISKATHLEEN MeNALT/! VPolice Break Up ASC Student RaidArlington police, firemen and the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department early Friday quelled a panty raid that had turned into a four-hour rtot of 300 to 400 college students.Twelve students were arrested, and student activity cards of a number of others were confiscated during the melee.All available police units, including three heriff's department cars, a Grand Prairie unit, and sheriff’s police dogs worked three hoursMercuryControlCelebratesCAPE CANAVERAL (UPD --The men in Mercury control whooped with joy and fired up victory cigars when astronaut L. Gordon Cooper splashed safely down in the Pacific.The same sort of explosive relief affected many beach watchers and residents of this space community who stood by Thursday in the dramatic last moments of the 22,9--orbit Journey of Faith 7.Two shifts of Mercury officials handled the flight, and both wore on hand in the crowded control centerforthe splashdown.Lt. Col. John (Shorty) Powers, spokesman for the astronauts and voice of Project Mercury during most of the flight, broke out the cigars before the capsule actually hit the water.'This room is somewhat crowded, Powers reported over the public address system. ‘The cigars are already out. We have some very,very happy people here. 'D. Drainerd Holmes,director of manned space flight for NASA, told reporters at a post-landing news briefing that personnel let out a whoop in Mercury control when Cooper s mam parachute opened.Powers had to apologize for raising his voice in excitement at one point after word came from the U.S.S. Kearsarge that Cooper had passed safely through the critical reentry stage and was floating seaward beneath the capsule’s huge parachute.Similar excitement swept through the residents of this space city, which has watched six U.S. astronauts rocketed into space, three on orbital trips prior to Cooper's flight. The other two were suborbital launches performed early in the manned space program.before finally dispersing themob.Students converged on Lipscomb Hall, girls’ dormitory on South Recan Stri-ei, -hortly before 11 p.m. Thursday night. At 11:03 the first fire truck was called out.Fire hoses dampened the UKiies but not the spirits of the rioters, apparently. By 12 44 a.m. all available units had been called out. At 1:15 the sheriff's department had sent aid.By 3:52 a.m., the riot was ■secured” and the streets cleaned, jK»lice records indicate.During the melee, some of the female occupants of the dormitory climbed to the rooftop and threw rocks down on the noting males, police said, 'rtie men were unsuccessful in their attempts to gain entrance to the dormitory.The 12 arrested malestudents were Jailed until 8:30 a.m. Friday, when they were released to college officials.College officials could not be reached for comment.A spokesman from the of-*fice of Dr. Jack Woolf, ASCpresident, said Dr. Woolf had not investigated the circumstances of the riot and had no official statement to make r pi I ■. r » i . disc iplinary action.HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU SOMEPLACE?One police officer early Friday fe t ure he aw some famill ir f m e im ng those Invoked in th* 'parity raid that lasted feurh ur at ASC.He later decided that some of the students were being wet down by fire hoses, then going home, changing clothes and coming back, only to have the whole thing happen again.OarWo*id TodayF3y BOB CALLAN World News EditorThose of us who have admired the reserved dignity with which Lt. Col. John (Shorty) Powers, NASA spokesman at Mercury Control, describes details of orbital flights learned for sure Thursday that he has normal emotions--after all. As Gordon Cooper made a safe re-entry, Powers’ voice rose to a high, excited pitch. . .for which he apologized. # * #It appears high flying may get higher. UPI reports representatives of the world’s major airlines today went into the second round of an emergency conference on a controversial 5 percent increase in transatlantic fares. Two airlines want increased fares. CAB objects,♦ ♦ *That Birmingham rhubarb isn’t resolved after all. UPI notes that integration strategist Martin Luther King Jr. today indicated that demonstrations would be resumed in the Alabama steel city unless a “misunderstanding” between Negro leaders and businessmen is cleared up.* + *A UPI blurb from Nottingham, England indicates Britons either have tame parties or knock themselves out. Apubown-er said today he locked up 20 employes of the East Midlands Gas Board at a fa rewell party because they “were so quiet upstairs I forgot they were in the room.”
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Fri, May 17, 1963
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