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This is K T R U news master tape number J. The first card is two cut Julie G Lonely, an interview with Tom Nichols 75 seconds long. The date is April 12th, 1970. Tom Nichols, president of the Graduate Student Association is standing by and will answer

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some questions for you, Mister Nichols. Were you president all this evening? Did you see all the things that happened over there? Did you say that it was rice who were doing stuff and pushing or was it a question about that? There were some people, I let's

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say their intentions were pretty bloody. Do you think they were intending to have to do physical violence to the people here? Uh No question about that. They were intending to do whatever they thought necessary to break into that building? See, this is the second touch Mister

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Nichols had the following statement for K U Faculty administrations have a lot of work to do right toward improving rights. And we hope that we can make some progress in this effort. But we want to do this job by ourselves. We think we're big enough to

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do it by ourselves. Thank you. That's Tom Nichols Graduate Student Association president. The next cut card number two is excerpts from Dan Rosenberg at Willie Statue. Again, the date is April the 12th, 1970. Whether or not people want to move across the street to the church

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which has been offered to us is up to them. But I think it should be clear that Malcolm Lovett has made free speech dead on this campus. Ok. I think that what what we are faced with now very clearly is that the issues of this University

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of its policies can no longer be limited to the people of this campus that now belongs to the people of the wider community. It right here, he continued his great hello, that people want the people. I can't tell people what to do and people should decide

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for themselves and succeed for themselves. Again, that's Dan Rosenberg at Willy's Statue with some comments regarding off campus people. Here's the third card, Tom mcgarity at Willie's statue. He has advice concerning off campus people. The date again is April the 12th 1970 but I can't inform

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the people that they are in law will trust us now. Like like I said, I was with you in the building, right? But that's, that's the point. OK. I have a concern with these, with everybody's heads man. That's what I'm concerned with. The following is about

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a four minute summary of the event surrounding the disturbances on campus the night of April the 12th and the morning of April the 13th. That's Sunday and Monday with it was prepared by Rob Cartel, Dale Rye and John Dore. Good day. This is K T R

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Rice Radio. A four minute summary of last night's disturbances on campus follows for further information, you may try and call extension 1264. But the Kru switchboards are not scheduled to open until three o'clock this afternoon when live programming resumes at about 9 30 Sunday night, Dean

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of students Frederick Wire received a phone call at his home indicating that a glass plate door on the second floor of Allen's Center had been broken. University Public relations Officer Lee Estes explains, he came to the campus received an alert that a large crowd was converging

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on the camp. The caller explained to him that several 100 people armed with teams and clubs with the announced intention to quote, tear the place down brick by brick unquote. We headed for the campus at about 10 30 PM. He told the students in Allen Center

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building to assemble on the main floor. He explained that the situation had changed. The building had been damaged and for their own safety and the safety of all persons in the building. He expected that building to be cleared within 30 minutes or by about 11 30

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PM. Everyone in the building after that time, quote would be placed on disciplinary suspension or something more severe. At about 11 10, there were 42 rice students remaining inside the building. Meanwhile, a large and rather angry mob of mostly non rice persons was assembling outside when

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a group of several students attempted to leave the building just before the deadline. The crowd outside rushed the doors lies again, explains those outside tried to get in. Many of those on the inside were trying to get out. The doors were open that had been opened

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to allow the students out were forced inward security guards, the student volunteers and the students who are trying to get out the students trying to get in or other persons trying to get in scuffled. Some got out, some non right people from the gathering outside got

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in. Some student leaders and security assistants began moving the crowd back. The students began to rally to defend the building against outsiders. Several scuffles and arguments occurred. They managed to get everyone off the porch. About 12 midnight, Dean Wham used the public address system to advise

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and I quote all non students to leave the campus students to head for your colleges, press reporters to withdraw to the area that area between Baker and residential colleges unquote. The student volunteers who had become known as Ike irregulars during the past week started moving through

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the crowd to disperse it. The students who were inside Ellen's Center were finally able to leave and they adjourned to Willie's statue in the quadrangle by two o'clock am Monday morning. They have dispersed in the aftermath of Sunday night's fast paced action. It became clear that

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the campus disturbances were actually a case of rice studentss defending their campus against outside Attackers lies conveyed the administration's attitude announces that no disciplinary action will be taken because of the quote building occupation in quote itself. Both and President Van Der would like to express their

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sincere thanks for the help that all students and especially the very great assistance of irregulars in helping to bring about and restore order to a very difficult situation. Student Association, President Bob Parks had these remarks be very clear to everyone that students feel that violence has

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no place at Rice University. We hope that out of this crisis, Rice can develop a sense of unity and common purpose. One which recognizes the rights as well as the responsibilities of all segments of this university. John do reporting Kru news. This will be cart number

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four. It's three cuts on commencement revisions. The date is April the 17th, 1970 filed by K G R U newsman, Dan Kelven. Um I talked with him uh well, let's see about a week or so ago and at that time, he said that he hadn't made

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up his mind as to whether he was going to go ahead this year or wait until next year with the bank, the recommendations of the committee. Well, I don't know, I think probably then all of the events about how Hoffman's visit came up after that. So

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I suspect he hasn't done much with it. Well, I hope so. I'll certainly ask him about it again because a lot of people have asked me and, um, the committee that worked on it was, was sort of an advisory committee charged with making the proposals, which

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we did and set it up him with the hope that it would. But I think, well, I kept uh say for sure, because, you know, you just have to make some sort of decision and right away it's getting to that time. Uh but I'll try to,

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I've got to see him on some other matters next week anyway. So maybe I can bring this up. Following is a statement from Bob Park and Greg White. The date is April the 17th at the time about one minute. It's two cuts. I would like to

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express my pleasure with the appointment of Doctor Norman Hackerman as president of Rights at Texas. He has been a strong president, supervising the rather extraordinary growth of that university toward national excellence in several areas. As one of the student members of the student faculty advisory committee

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on presidential selection. I interviewed Dr Hackerman and he impressed me as a man of considerable intelligence, strong convictions and yet an open mind. Although his duties at Texas required him to spend much of his time administering administrators, he had a reputation for being available for discussion

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with both students and faculty. This past year, he taught freshman chemistry at Texas and here at Rice plans to teach both undergraduates and graduates. Hackerman is blunt, open and honest. He talks straight and in an economical way, says what's on his mind? He expects the same

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from others. I believe Dr Hackerman will be a very good president for Rice. And I'm looking forward to working with him in the coming year to make Rice a great university. That's the statement from Bob Parks present Student Association president regarding the selection of Doctor Norman

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Hackerman, President of Rice University. Ah Bob was one of the students on the student Faculty Advisory Committee for Presidential Selection. The other was Greg White and Greg had this statement regarding this election, Greg White, a student member of the student Faculty Advisory Committee on Presidential Selection

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said tonight, it has been my hope since October 68 that rice could attract a new president of the highest caliber. It is my judgment that Norman Hackerman fulfills that hope. I think the disappointment effectively shows the positive results that can be achieved by faculty, students and

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trustees working together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. K C R U's Jim Gregory. Actually, Dan Guthrie contacted Doctor Hackerman the night that we learned of his election as president. Their phone conversation follows the date. April 17th, 1970 Doctor Norman Hackerman long distance calling.

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Hello, Doctor Hackerman. This is Jim Gregory. At K T R at the Rice University Radio station. I wanted to call you and congratulate you on your appointment as President of Rice. And I wanted to find out if you had some sort of a statement for the

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student body. Yes, I look forward to meeting with him and knowing them and working with them uh to the betterment of the academic programs at. Right. Uh We have had a statement by Bob Park who of course is the Student Association president here at Rice. And

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he had much the same to say about you. He said, quote, I would like to express my pleasure with the appointment of Doctor Norman Hackerman as president of Rice. And he says that he is looking forward to working with you and coming here to make Rice

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a great university. Well, I appreciate that and I want you to know that I think we have a wonderful chance to do that. Well, wonderful Doctor Hackerman. When will you be um in Houston? Next? Have you made your plans yet? Well, it'll be off and on

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Mr Gregory. I'll probably make a quick trip uh shortly, but I have a number of things that I have to do here that are like fairly complex. So I suspect that uh I'll be spending some time there, particularly during the summer. But uh doctor call and

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invited me to a faculty meeting before the semester is over and I'm hoping to be able to make one of those wonderful. Well, we're looking forward to seeing you, Doctor Hackman and thank you very much for your consideration. Thank you. Good night. This is a little

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bit out of chronological order. It's a reviewing of Leroy Jones concert by Austin Bay. The date April the 10th, 1970. Integration is no longer where it's at or at least you won't find Leroy Jones there. That is the gist of what Mister Jones, the preeminent Afro

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American poet said at Tsu's Auditorium Friday night, it was both charismatic and frightening. Maybe both are inseparable. I heard frustration, violence, bitterness and Brilliance. Jones said it was time for the black people to quit being single cells and to come together in groups with power for

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their own defense. He expressed a cold reserved anger over what he calls white publisher censorship over the black writers. And ultimately, he said to the gathered Tsu and UBH audience with specks of vice students. The white is your enemy, Dick Gregory will be appearing on the

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Rice campus this coming Tuesday. Maybe reasons still exist somewhere. This has been Austin Bay K T R U news again, perhaps a little bit out of chronology. This is a report on commencement revisions. I can't hear you news man, Jan Khoan, he is speaking with Dr

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Leland. Well, I'm afraid uh the whole thing was uh put down at least or at least put off till next year. I suspect probably uh I will wants to let the new president to make any changes. But I understand because I understand the commencement speaker has

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already been announced. And one of the features was that we would uh well, the proposal did propose changing the well doing away with the commencement speech among some other things. So I gather uh that the the at least this was announced yesterday. So I gather that

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the decision was to postpone it till next year or to at least let the new president make the decision on it. Dan tells you in a telephone interview with Doctor Liland that he was being referred to in that cart cut. He is a doctor. He is

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Doctor Vandiver. This is a report by Bill Cavor Car number 11 on Earth Day activities, Dr Art. But two minutes 25 seconds long, the date, April 22nd, 1970 Earth Day activities at Rice included a full slate of speakers representing a large number of the different aspects

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of pollution. One speaker in particular was Rice's own art. Bush chairman of the environmental engineering department and privately a Republican candidate for the United States Congress using water pollution due to inadequate food treatment. As his main example, Bush addressed the question is more money. The answer

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in his own words, certainly this has been one of the favorite political outcries that if we could simply spend more money, pollution would magically go away. The answer to the question is enough money being spent and it's more money to answer. I think that more money

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is not necessarily the answer and totally utilize the technology which we now have available. Bush went on to cite examples of how federal attempts to alleviate sewage disposal problems failed because the appropriations made were used to build in a piecemeal fashion, inadequate sewage plants all over

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the nation. Bush felt that a more useful approach would be to attack the problem in a region by region manner. Cleaning up one area at a time with modern treatment plants, he went on to state the problem and his solution as he saw them. Now what

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I'm saying then in summary is that we do not have the confidence in Congress, the mechanism and government agencies nor the incentive and professional groups to initiate the needed changes in the traditional conventional technology. The issue has to be resolved. I think by production of a

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new generation of engineers and scientists and these people must have a broad based education which stresses the challenge of tradition and which has the energy to overcome the inertia represented by the traditional group. Doctor Bush concluded his thought by saying, well again, money is going to

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be needed but simple appropriation of money without an awareness of why you're appropriating. It is not the answer. Thank you. After the talk, Doctor Bush answered questions from the floor concerning most of the specifics of anti pollution measures. This has been Bill Kbar on our state

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for K T R U News, a second car on Earth Day apparently also filed by Bill is excerpts of Bush three cuts. Certainly, this has been one of the favorite political outcries that if we could simply spend more money, pollution would magically go away. The answer

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to the question is enough money being spent and is more money to answer. I think that more money is not necessarily the answer and totally utilize the technology which we now have available. And now what I'm saying then in summary is that we do not have

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the confidence in Congress, the mechanism and government agencies nor the incentive and professional groups to initiate the needed changes in the traditional conventional technology. The issue has to be resolved, I think by production of a new generation of engineers and scientists and these people must have

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a broad based education which stresses the challenge of tradition and which has the energy to overcome the inertia represented by the traditional group. Well, again, money is going to be needed but simple appropriation of money without an awareness of why you're appropriating. It is not the

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answer. Thank you. This is Cart number 12. It's an excerpt from our tape of Ronda 1970. It's the amen at the conclusion of the Archy Chorus. This next car is a track summary filed by Paul Lenka. The date

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April 27th 1971 minute long. The rice tractors after coming on strong towards the end of the season, have a chance to provide the Southwest conference with a big upset Saturday as they host the Southwest conference track meet this weekend at the old stadium, the Owl should

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be the dark horse of the eight team field as they race against the more talented teams of Texas and favored Texas A and M. Both Rice and the Aggies will hit the track. Saturday off the heels of a strong performance last week in Middle America, the

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Drake relays in Des Moines, Iowa, the Farmers set a world record in the 880 relay and the Owls took the mile relay as teams from Texas took 10 out of 14 events at Drake. The Aggies bring the Mills Brothers to town. They are a and M's

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black athlete duo which has sparked their relay teams to many of first place. This year. Big Brother Curtis Mills holds the world record in the quarter mile an hour. Quarter mile to watch is big red headed senior Bill. As Bill has earned an all American track

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rating for his performances last year. He started off rather slowly this year and has been coming on strong for the past few weeks. Other performers to watch relay veterans, Steve Straub and Chip Grande Frosh 4 40 man, Danny Dickey Hurdler, Roy Kwood and pole vaulter, Dickie

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Phillips. Among others performances in track and field are funny. An athlete may peak for only a short period of time. The idea is to reach one's height of performance when it means the most as a team, the owl Silas have been improving all year. If that

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peak happens this Saturday with a little rut, the owls may pull off a big upset. This is Paul Levico K R U news card. Number 14 is on the University of Houston three incidents ah regarding the construction of a new building on campus and the destruction

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subsequently of trees. This is Jack Olson and Catherine Smith on this cart. The date is April 28th, one minute and 30 seconds long. Yeah, it started Friday morning when they tried to bring a construction truck on campus and students blocked the construction gate entrance of the

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area and linked arms and traffic and security personnel came in and removed them, had to drag them off. But, you know, not roughly, not, not too roughly. The university is sure like the, uh that they are going to do this. Uh They made up their mind.

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Now, the only question it seems from their presentation this morning, they came out and they said, uh here's why we're gonna build a building here. Do you have any alternatives and then proceeded to put down each alternative? It was suggested that on the basis of, well,

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we've already studied that uh at the first meeting they had before they came out this morning a day or so ago, the administration had agreed to provide the facts and figures so that, that the people in the trees myself and the other students out there could

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look at them and understand what the facts and figures in a minute, what the facts and figures that they base their decision on were. And uh they said they would do this and the result we got was in 1965 Master Plan or something like that. That's

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pretty much outdated. The following is a feed prepared by Roland Richter of K U H C. The University of Houston F M Educational Radio station. It is regarding the three incident on their campus. The date is April the 28th Roland Richter reporting for K T R

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U news time is approximately one minute 30 seconds. The students on the University of Houston campus are being removed from what has become known as people sparked the second after they had occupied the wooded area. Since last Friday morning. The demonstration began as a protest against

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the destruction of the trees for the construction of a new fine arts building. William A Yardley Vice President of Student Life and Doug mclean, vice President of Student Services had met several times with students since Friday to no avail. At 5 51 this afternoon, a restraining

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order was issued by Judge Reagan Cartwright and was read to the group by Larry Folz director of Traffic and Security at the University of Houston. He named four defendants Randall Chapman and Harley, the order went on today and all others acting in concert and collusion, give

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them in concert and collusion met any who did not leave the wooded area when ordered to do so by police. When the order came, demonstrators sat down on the ground after which this occurred. Order has been maintained at all times and no resistance to arrests are

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being made. One of the leaders M Leslie Parsley had a broken leg prior to the demonstration and has led the group with her leg in a cast while waiting to be taken away. She had these comments. Good. Actually, I'm glad to see them out here working

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for their pay for. This is reporting from the University of Houston campus for K T R U radio. Part number 16 regards curriculum changes on the Rice Campus with a telephone interview with Doctor Steven Baker. One of the members of the curriculum revision committee filed by

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John Dor. Doctor Baker explains that the curriculum has been passed. The faculty voted to pass the curriculum proposal as it was circulated to the faculty with the exception of the English and and amend it as it was in the first family meeting. All students could come

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under the requirements of the new curriculum as of next September ah except in the cases where it would work AAA hardship on a student card. Number 15 is a review of Griggs V G. The movie produced by the White Cinema Table Top Theater Cinema Division of

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the White Table Top Theater. It's by Thomas Nast or Austin Bay for K T R Your news. 45 seconds long Saturday night, I attended the champagne opening of Grigsby Jeep this year's White Table Top Cinema production for exhibition and being presented in the Hammond Hall without

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giving away the plot. Let me say that Ray Simpson Charles Tanner and especially Buford deserve the highest accolades for their acting performance. And the Oscar for the directing, producing and writing goes to George Green for his outstanding production. Of course, Brisby G would win the Thomas

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Nas Oscar for best film produced and directed on the right campus other than being the only film while that's irrelevant, it's excellent. I rated it double X, double X for extraordinarily excellent. If you get a chance, go and see it the problems while they are relevant

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and to be frank, they carry them all the way to the presidency. Once again, it was a nice champagne opening. Nice is not the word you're going to miss a lot without that beautiful drink. Anyway, this has been Thomas now K pr news reviewing GB G.

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And after that marvel of journalism, the following is an excerpt of a telephone interview with Ted Farmer regarding his plans to run for chairman of Democratic precinct number 40. The office is Democratic executive Committee of Precinct 40 which is a precinct that includes the rice campus

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and some residential section that adjoins rise. The election, the polls open tomorrow at seven o'clock, close at seven PM. Uh, everyone that, that is registered in this precinct can vote. The office is the very last office on the ballot. There are three candidates, two conservatives and

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myself and I have the last position of those three. So I'm the last man on the ballot. And our campaign slogan is to vote for the last man on the ballot. First thought the responsibilities of the office uh are to hold the elections in the precinct

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for the next two years and to represent the precinct in the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee, which is the governing body for the Democratic Party. The last entry into the K T R U News mastered tapes for the academic year in 1969 and 1970 is a

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commentary on President Nixon's address to the nation. This is his first speech regarding Cambodia. The date is April the 30th 1970 time, two minutes and 30 seconds. It's by K T R U news director Hat Baum Richard Nixon announced that time has come to take action

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in the war in Indo, China, American troops have begun assaults into so called enemy sanctuaries on the Cambodian South Vietnamese border. This action constitutes no more and no less than a calculated risk by the president. Here now is a balanced sheet listing those factors which may

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contribute to the success of the action as well. As the considerations which may cause defeat of the Nixon plan on the plus side. Number one, surprise surprise provides a great advantage since the outset of the war in Vietnam. These enemy sanctuaries have been virgin areas free

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from any attack now for the first time and without any advanced warning, a major offensive is being launched. Number two, on the plus side, the enemy forces are known to be short of supplies. Their supply lines having been cut for a while from Seville in Cambodia.

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At number three. On the plus side, the presence of a new and decisively anti communist government in Cambodia will be favorable to the American operation. Indeed, military operations from the Cambodian side against the North Vietnamese is not out of the question before the coup which overthrew

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princes. No such us operation in Cambodia would have been possible. On the negative side, there are these risks. Number one additional North Vietnamese troops will in all likelihood be called in to reinforce those troops in the Cambodian sanctuary. Number two, on the negative side, while the

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president's aversion to humiliation and defeat cannot be discounted. Neither should the determination of the enemy as demonstrated over the past 20 years be taken lightly. The third point on the negative side comes from the American Congress where opposition to the president's plan is expected to be

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great. Perhaps constitutional questions concerning the limits of presidential power will be debated on Capitol Hill and finally on the negative side. If after the 6 to 8 weeks, which the president designated to complete the mission have elapsed and victory has not been achieved. Can Nixon then

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order more troops into Cambodia and say victory is just a few more weeks away. That's the scorecard for the calculated risk. A gamble which Nixon thinks he will win. If the generals produce for Nixon, it will be a significant victory. Indeed if the generals are wrong

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again and the mission fails, the American people can easily say. Well, so what else is new fat bomb? Tt R?