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state/national Pilots charged with tax evasion United Press International FORT WORTH — Two Jus tice Department lawyers from Washington will serve as pro secutors in the trial of 10 Braniff International pilots charged with using a scam church to avoid income taxes. The Justice Department lawyers were called in after U.S. Attorney Jim Rolfe disqualified himself and his staff as he had represented one of the pilots prior to takiiig his current feder al post. Trial for the pilots and dis barred Minnesota lawyer Jerome Daly was scheduled for March 1. All the defendants have pleaded not guilty. U.S. District Judge David O. Belew said he would not rule be fore next week on a defense re quest to dismiss an indictment against the men. "Aggie Owned & Operated" Welcome Back Aggies! “AFTER 5” COUPON SPECIAL OPEN 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. 6 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 7 a.m.-ll p.m. Sunday 3310 S. COLLEGE South of Villa Maria 779-6170 FREE 'A DOZEN GLAZED DONUTS With Purchase of 1 Dozen Donuts at Regular Price (Offer. Good After 5 P.M. Only) Defense lawyers argued the grand jury overstepped its au thority, violating the U.S. Con stitution, by inquiring about be liefs in the Basic Bible Church of America, which Daly heads. IRS officials have described Daly as a “well known tax pro tester.” City dwarfs the mission Remember the Alamo? United Press International SAN ANTONIO — The Ala mo, an unassuming, stone-faced structure diminished by the sky scraping hotels that overshadow it, — the “cradle of Texas liber ty”— seems caught in a time warp that plunked the mission into the midst of downtown commotion. “Is this it? This little thing?” said a surprised tourist from Louisiana as he stood, camera in hand, before the cracked mis sion walls. ALPHA PHI OMEGA NATIONAL SERVICE FRATERNITY New Member “That’s what everybody says,” said Charles Long, the Alamo’s curator for the past 12 years. “They say how small it is, but this only represents a tenth of what the Alamo was. And they’re surprised that it’s in the middle of town. They say they’ve been driving all day on the edges of town looking for it.” Rush Guys & Girls! ET THI IRI FRIIRT OEUELDP VOURSELF!!!! TUE. JAN. 26, 7p.m. 401 RUDDER WED. JAN. 27, 7p.m. 601 RUDDER NACHO PARTY! 1st PLEDGE MEETING SUN. JAN. 31, 7p.m. The mission, small as it may be, and the massacre that took place there 146 years ago sparked the famed battle cry “Remember the Alamo!” that spurred Texans through their successful battle for independ ence from Mexico. More than 3 million tourists pass through the reverently quiet mission every year. “The Alamo is all things for all people,” Long said. “Every one has a certain feeling for the Alamo.” Located on a busy downtown avenue, surrounded by streets that bear the names of its heroes, the 250-year-old mission com plex includes the original Span ish church, 2.5 acres of land scaped gardens and fountains, the old Army barracks, a library and meeting room. A huge marble cenotaph, or empty tomb, built in 1936, com memorates the 100th anniver sary of the battle. Carved into it are the likenesses of Texas’ most famous heroes — Davey Crock ett, Jim Bowie, William Travis, James Bonham — along with the names of all 188 men who died in the bloody 13-day siege. Spanish Catholic friars estab lished the mission in the 1730s, to help educate and Christianize the Indians and keep the French from moving in from Louisiana and usurping Spanish land in Texas. “People from everywhere came here for the free land that Texas was offering to anyone who would fight,” Long said. “Doctors and lawyers and scho lars all served as privates, com ing here for the free land and where the grass was greener in Texas.” When Santa Anna’s troops surprised the Alamo on Feb. 23, 1836, the 188 men believed rein forcements were on the way from Goliad. As the battle raged on with the Texans outmanned by 25 to 1, commanding officer Lt. Col. William Travis dispatch ed an impassioned letter to the people of Texas and all Amer icans in the world. “Our flag still waves proudly from the walls — I shall never surrender or retreat,” Travis said in the note, which is in scribed on a bronze plaque in side the mission. “I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriot ism and everyting dear to the American character to come to our aid, with all dispatch. “If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country — victory or death.” Reinforcements never came and only “strong will for surviv al” kept the Texans fighting, Long said. “On the 13th day, they just ran out of supplies and the Mex icans came in over the north wall,” Long said. “Santa Anna let 16 women and children go and killed all 188 men and burned their bodies.” In an effort to preserve the deteriorating mission, the Daughters of the Texas Revolu tion organized and sigiirij agreement with the state tdl erate and maintain the Alaa “They’ve (the DTR) kq up since 1905 through m lions and souvenir sales,T said. “I’d say the DTRhasaj the state $80 million overq years by running it.” The DTR employs morti 40 full-time employees, ititk ing five gardeners. Decadefc donations of artifacts hi | turned the mission into one I the state's best histoii museums. The coonskin cap wornj John Wayne, who portruL Crockett in the movie ■‘The.!i§ £nce majo mo,” is on display in the barn*' building along with Si£ Anna’s kingly white robe. Native Texans, who bii Barry Stev economi' Michelle I Eco sayj United Pr NEW YOF Oral Roberts OK after wreck been known to be boastfulaM their state, still seem to ha\i reverent respect and pride the Alamo. “It reflects our spirit,"d Dallas resident whisperedas stood in front of the missk baptistry. The white cenotaph oucii the mission bears an inscripttL, , that exemplifies that spirit: r 011! know t “From the fire that bunt nomics to ie their bodies rose the etertr. umt y ^',5? spirit of sublime heroic sacrifici- e ’. saic ] . ‘ which gave birth to an emt/L r , e ^ led y ice state.” 0l1 Co ’ who move people about the su I “They d about econoi selves more and win pro ter, the head United Press International LOS ANGELES — Famed television evangelist Oral Want to be an AQUATIAN? TAMU Synchronized Swim Team is looking for new members with experience. Tryouts: Monday Jan 25 & Feb. 1 7 p.m. Downs Natatorfum More info: Marti Nix 845-4919 Roberts and his wife were shaken up but otherwise unhurt in a three-car collision Saturday, but a 19-year-old woman was se riously injured in the accident, authorities said. Roberts, 63, and his wife, Evelyn, 63, of Tulsa, Okla., were driving in the West Hollywood area when the accident occured Saturday afternoon. The Robert’s vehicle — traveling westbound on Foun tain Avenue — reportedly drifted into the eastbound lane and collided with a car driven by Tami Moore of Los Angeles, California Highway Patrol Officer Monty Keifer said. Keifer said Miss Moore’s car skidded 80-feet in f appAa^roupd attempt to avoid the Rob®& i( W EUROPE: THE NUCLEAR BATTLE GROUND OF THE SUPER POWERS? AGGADILL0 T-SHIRTS Maroon or White — All Sizes *ST AGGADIJLLO SWEATSHIRTS Adult Sizes $ 11 75 Group Discounts Available Call: Carolyn White 846-8788 Office 693-0506 Home vehicle, then spun outofcoM junior h - h and struck a tmrd car driven t ® ■ Raymond Montero, also off ht said on< Angeles. school stude Paramedics administen || e Federa emergency treatment at t! jaanch of tl scene before taking the Robfl E ona ^ Guar« and Moore to Cedars-Sit ^ sts > pupils Medical Center. Montero to def not injured in the accident. su chtermsa profit, consi A hospital spokesman s< ments. 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