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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
6
The narrator recalls a chaotic arrival in New York City from a southern out-of-towner's view. A sewer worker sings on the subway and a pungent drunk sits nearby as he navigates job rejections, streetwise cops, and a wandering life scene in Greenwich Village cafes.
Editorial notes Apollo 8 mission with Colonel Frank Borman Major William Anders and Navy Captain James Lovell, targeting a December 21 launch from Cape Kennedy. The crew will orbit the moon every two hours, radio links will drop during the lunar eclipse, and a successful flight could mark the United States’ first lunar reach.
Theta Kappa Sigma entered three cars in the Baytown Merchant's Parade last Saturday. Carolyn Simpson, their sweetheart, was elected recently. Tommy Regan and Britt Rice were made honorary members by unanimous vote. David Wilks, the president, is praised for his leadership. Delta Alpha Sigma opened its first show on Saturday December 7 with Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth.
Iowa State University will offer History 495M Black and White in America 1619 1968 in spring quarter taught by Dr. George McJimsey. The course aims to examine social attitudes from the Civil War to today and relate black relations to ISU students in a predominantly white campus.
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