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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1979 Man completes record trans-ocean crossing United Press International FALMOUTH, England — Gerry Spiess Tuesday sailed his 10-foot “Yankee Girl” into Falmouth Har bor, completing a 54-day solo cros sing of the North Atlantic in the smallest boat ever to complete such a journey. Spiess, a 39-year-old engineer from White Bear Lake, Minn., ar rived at the center of a welcoming flotilla of honking, tooting pleasure boat§ thaj had sailed out to escort him the last few miles to the Cor nish coast. Thousands of cheering spectators lined the shores. Spiess, who left Virginia Beach, Va., June 1, survived two weeks of “sheer hell” during which 20-foot waves pounded the tiny homemade sailboat. He was once swept over board and only his lifeline saved him. The Yankee Girl is shaped like a wedge of pie and painted green. For company in his cramped quarters, Spiess took along the works of Mark Twain and recordings of his favorite American radio shows. Spiess stepped ashore just before 5 p.m. (Noon EDT) and went im mediately to the local yacht club. H is wife Sally, 37, peered through binoculars from the porch of the Falmouth Hotel, hoping for a first glimpse ofher sea-faring hus- 3 Miles N. on Tabor Road Saturday Night: Texas with special guest star Brian Collins From 9-1 p.m. STAMPEDE DANCE Every Thursday Night $2.00 per person All Brands, Cold Beer 55 Cents 8-12 band. “I’ll feel better when he gets into Falmouth,” she said. Mrs. Spiess, a computer company manager in White Bear Lake, ac knowledged the last leg of the jour ney could be the most dangerous. “He chose Falmouth because he wanted a safe harbor not a busy one,” she said. Fourteen years ago another American, journalist Robert Manry, set a small boat record by crossing from Falmouth, Mass., to Fal mouth, England in 78 days in a 13%-foot boat called Tinkerbelle. In 1968, American Hugo Vihlen, 36, sailed his 6-foot boat from Casablanca, Morocco, to near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a distance of 4,100 miles in 86 days. But he was forced to end his voyage 25 miles from shore because strong offshore winds were blowing him back to sea. No Secreti At All? WHEN OVER 30,000 PEOPLE —READ IT IN LMS the battalion Chines official killed Ih, the hea pi are here ■July spor the baseb sh Open ; [time of ye [ing predict s will be October, s, each v of year y a baseba lent on the such spo nasties, si little trac hletes aro Heavy labor Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill If you’ve got something to iell . . . we'll get- your mes sage ocrossl And our big readership guarantees you lots of prospectsl 845-2611 B.J. Gurka, a construction worker from Montgomery, Texas, waits for the boom in the foreground to raise up another steel beam so he can bolt it into place on the main structure. Gurka is working on the Academic and Agency building being constructed across from Zachary Engineering building. The building will require two years to complete and will house part of the College of Business and some administative offices. United Press Internafail PEKING — Twenty! troops ambushed and H Chinese political officei wounded another civilian their northeast border, ttf China News Agency said Tie NGN A said the incidenttc in Xinjiang Uygur Autonow gion on July 16 whentheim lians, Li Baozin, a political and Burmbutug, a veterii were inspecting pastures. The official news agency's* Chinese foreign ministry d( a note to the Soviet embassy ing, which said the shooting “serious incident of provocatja bloodshed that was “who! . arranged by the Soviet side, “ me l !P 01 The foreign ministry also J ut . 11 } 1 t the Soviets of interfering it;M ls , )uc s ' rnpting the activities of ( 11 shepherds in the region and -® staits c 10 border provocations. It said on June 30 a Soviefi tary helicopter flew overQi territory and circled at low alt to disperse Chinese flocksot “The Soviet side alsopullel Chinese herdsmen’s living duction facilities suchashooi sheep pens in the said area,’ the foreign ministry note "This shows that all these activities are not isolatedorat tal but are designed to creal sion and threaten the safetyajJ of the Chinese border inhali The foreign ministry saids*. i i i counter-charges that the herf«y S ’ 1 '/ j 7 • . c , K' dnsper to were intruding into Soviet■, , 7 i under the protection oftheClJ ' ' a military a “sheer fabrication, Its huiklin; you find thing tha |g saucer \v ter a nigh I into focu dreaming All this t ining of tin Pove. But l bu can’t ke _je. You he tiring hole ' buddies an ation, the PACK’S PLASTER AND CERAMICS SUMMER SALE JULY 24 - JULY 28 Plane crash claims 11; 12 Texas were aboard frej 20% off all unpainted plasters, candles, and candle rings. 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The spokeswoman, Lois Auer, said both pilots were killed, accord ing to the Federal Aviation Admin istration, and 9 passengers died. Seven persons were injured, she said the FAA had informed the Stamford, Texas, congressman. Based on unconfirmed reports from a ham radio operator near Christiansted in the Virgin Islands, the spokesman for the Baptist Gen eral Convention said the church members were going on a “mission trip” to St. Kitt. They were scheduled to attend a 10-day evangelistic meeting, the spokesman said. It was known that an island com muter plane crashed shortly after taking off from St. Croix, but names of victims or possible survivors could not be immediatly confirmed. The plane, Prinair flight 61 the Caribbean island of St The plane had been schedol make stops at St. Maarten Kitt and crashed at about S EDT. The cause was no! mediately known, airport said. 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Houston Chronicle News you can use posed by the continuing gii! war. Spokesman Hodding G told reporters Monday, "In vi the security situation we havij determined that it would be dent to move dependents an! essential personnel outofAff tan, at least for the timebeias] He said about 100 people leaving Kabul aboard regi scheduled commerical aicrafHi the next few weeks and 48 en)! personnel will be left behind The State Department mi said, was prompted by seven! rorist incidents in Kabuland# „ oo _ main road to Peshawar. HesiiAott Mcllhi Americans had been threatenff! Park will any of the those incidents. ers has a I ieks, good e ge coacl ton’s Ric le’s Bobby Williams North ■ nan team, calls for ; jning, he’s i tting gooc ing backs, yce Colei les Waggoi power. Bes are taking this precautionary! K'e threats, sure for the safety ofourpersot The United States has repoi heavy presence of Soviet and technicians on the sided government forces. The State Department ex] its “deep concern” Sunday off ports that the government is ducting a systematic seriesofn tions of its political opponenl The U.S. ambassador to Afj tan, Adolph Dubs, was killtf Feb. 14 after being kidnapped held hostage by anti-gover® terrorists. The U.S. gover® held the Afghan governme® sponsible for the incident, the terrorists were stormed b) ernment forces, despite U tempts to avoid the use offers Dubs has not been replace ambassador. r' pout nosegt ano to and jning Diek< [South sic >er horse reld in nc Son of La credentia yesome. something for everyone in the want mis Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 .