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Houston Astronauts began $629 milli on servicin a m1ss10n, one of thc,mos~ compl ex of its kind, to repair lhe Hubble S pace Telescope. . Early Sund ~y morn ing as t.ronaul~ successfully repl aced two sets of faulty gy ros copes, in stall ed new fu ses a nd prepa red th e Hubble's power-gen era ted solar arrays for removal.
California LINDA YO RBA CALIF . · · The Rich ard Nix~n Libra ry, the only presidentia l libra ry in the nation t o operate without fed era l fund s has lost S1.5 mllli o~ according to lhe Internal Reve nue Service during two years of operation. John H. Taylor said recently the loss was due to an aggressive and expensi ve program to attract ,'isitors and pos iti on th e library as a public forum for deba tes a bout governmen t pol icy.
Milwaukee MILWAUKEE (CPS) ·· Companies are planning to increase their hiring for the first quarter of 1994, according to a survey released by th e Manpowe r , Milwaukee- based l emporary help firm. In a survey of more than 15,000 employers in 470 U.S . cities, 18 percent said they intend to trim t heir job rolls. Sixty-six percent of the companies plan to remai n a t their current levels, t he s urvey found. Manpower President Mitchell Fromstein said the strongest sectors for hiri ng were in durable goo ds man u fa ctu r in g and fi nance, in sura nce and rea l esta te, whi ch are "key industries tha t often fuel follow -up in other sectors."
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Bolin bomb threat no more than scare
By Cindy Knhler Dell nod Kelly ll'ebb Mobley lkport,,1'11
ing to be derlnri•d safe. the fire dcpnrlrm•nt h:rd to search Bolin lo s,•e if Th e pri,·ate hrnnch actua l IH1111h had brr n ex_change operat or re- nn planted ceived 8 bomb threat at S:2 0 a .m. Dec. 7, Sgt Or Rod111•y L. Ca li' , Tho~as P. Sloan, a uni and coord'in nl,ir \'CrSJty police officer, said professor chcmi s1ry , sa id a of In an incoming direcl c.111 ra mr int o th e from olT campus, n male woman roo ms nnd a nvoice said a bomb ,.·as in cla ss "There is a sc• Bolin Sci ence Ha ll and nounced, th cn hung up. The ca m- curit y prohl ,•m. and till' needs I n ht• ing ild bu pus operator said th r call e,·acu:i lrd .. was not recorded Sloan said l he decision to evacu a te Bolin was made by the admi nistra tion shortl y before 8:45 a.m. and was ea rn ed out s hortly th erea ft er . The Wichita Fal ls Fire Depa rtm ent a rri ved at approximat.cly 9 a.m. In order fo r the buil d-
1>ulsid1• Bolin fo r approxim nt clv 30 m1nut ,• s. Sl!n ~rni s tud f•nt s romnh'nl ed th,, lnnldi r,i: wns c,·at" ual Pll 111 n cn lm
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If a h,,mh had h,•rn loc11 1cd, t h,, bomh squ nd fril m Fo rl Si ll , () kin w,, uld have h,,en notifi ed Slna n :-:.11d :-i nc1.• \\'1 r hita Fall ~ dot' :,: not han • n hllmh :-:qu :1d , th r rl o:w~ I wou ld he rn Forl Sill The squ ad wo ul d have llwn traveled to ~!SI.I and at templ ed to disnssc mhl e th e bomb. At thi s lime there arc no lends as lo the identity of the ca ller. hut th e in-
A noor lw ll no r sea rch was hcod,,cf hv 13nll alion Chief Ga n · B~oy lcs, hend of the W,chila Falls Fire Scn r r h De pa rtm e nt Team , and Dr. J esse II' Rogers. Vi ce President fo r Academi c AITnirs ves tigatio n is on~oing. Student s r emain ed
MSU's year in revi~w 'ly Sloven Day Reporter
Th e 1993 year was one of great change for State Midwest e rn University. The foll owing is a wrap-up of highlights al MSU .
JANUARY Oklahoma TULSA, OKLA . .. mother charged last year with deli vering coca ine via placenta to three newborns has eiven birth to her sixth child to test positive for cocaine, police said . Prosecutors sought to convict h er on state charges of delivering cocaine through her placen la , but Special District Judge Brad Griffith ruled that delivery requires some volitional transfer from one person to another .
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OThe MSU Stll(le nl Center voted J an. 15 to join th e Texas Students Association, a slate-wide organi zation designed to insure a student voice in stat,c issues. □The Division of Fine Arts received a $2 million grant from Mrs . Ramon Wood through the Fain Foundation . The endow-
$500 thousand O\'Cr th e in Killin gsworth nnd Pierce Halls. next four yea rs. □Th e ~! SU personnel offi ce cha nged its reFEBRUARY □ D a nny Glover and quircmcnl s for working Felix Jus tic e opened stud cnls, making 20 the Black History Month Feb. m axi mum numb er of 9 on MSU's campus. The hours an undergradu a te two perfo rmed togeth er a student cnn wo rk a week. theatrical reading of the J eanne Whit e, mot.her word s o f La n gs ton Hu ghes and the Rev . of Ryan White, spoke to MSU students Feb. 23 Martin Luther King Jr. □ MSU Bo a rd of about her experien ces Regents officially re-ap- with her son's legacy with pointed Dr. Loui s J . AIDS. The eve nt highRod riguez as uni versity li ghted AIDS Awareness president for the next Weck. academic year. The Board
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"I'm glad the re's a lnrgc turn out ; it shows tha t lhe students are int.c rested," Pugh snid. She at tribut es the large turnout to the fuct that the slude nls nre being asked to directly pay
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Book theft on the rise
By Cindy Kabler Dell Reporter Students should be a ware of increased book thefis towards the end of t h e se m e s t er, Sgt . Thom as P. Sl oan of lhe l\lSU Campus Police said.
Books t hat arc stolen can be sold back to the book s tore 1f the thief possesses a MSU ID.
If the book s to re is suspicious they ca n copy the ID numbe r and nm n class schedule If the st udent is not in the cla:;s that requires t hat book. th e campus poli,·~ arr no tified. Sloa n sl n· ss,•d1 t ha t
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book is Lhe b•~~L\"l dd errcn t of the ft . ber 3use it mnk~s , t h u, dn for the thief to pa~, l ilt' 1>0,,h ,,ff us lus uwn