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Queen’s Day celebrated in the Netherlands
Today is Queen’s Day in the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Fourteen Texas A&M students
are from Netherlands.
Facts about the Kingdom of
the Netherlands:
• Area: 16,464 sq. mi.
• Capital: Amsterdam
• Population: Amsterdam —
687,450; The Hague (seat of the
government) — 449,350; Rotter
dam (principal port) — 558,850
• Language: Dutch
• Religions: Roman Catholic,
Protestant, nonaffiliated, other
• Life expectancy: men — 76
years; women — 79 years
Soviets admit downing its aircraft
30 years ago pursuing U.S. plane
MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet army
newspaper disclosed for the first
time Sunday that when the Russians
downed a U.S. spy plane 30 years
ago they also destroyed one of their
own fighters that was pursuing the
American U-2.
The U-2, piloted by Francis Gary
Powers, was shot down on May 1,
1960, disrupting a summit meeting
19 days later in Paris between Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower and So
viet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev and
forcing the cancellation of another
summit planned for later that year.
Red Star, the Soviet army newspa
per, said the Soviets lost a MiG-19
and its pilot in the operation.
The paper also disclosed for the
first time that the Soviets sent up a
new fighter plane and ordered its pi
lot to ram the U-2 in a suicide mis
sion. The new fighter reached the
U-2’s altitude but failed to ram it.
The article, published three days
before this year’s May Day festivities,
may have been intended to remind
Soviet readers that U.S. actions have
damaged superpower ties in the
past. In recent days, Soviet officials
have warned relations might suffer
if Washington imposes sanctions on
Moscow in retaliation for its crack
down on the Baltic republic of Lith
uania.
Red Star said that Khrushchev
was atop Lenin’s Mausoleum on Red
Square watching the May Day pa
rade when he learned that a new
model Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air
missile had brought down the U-2.
The commander of the Soviet air
defense forces, Marshal Sergei Bi-
ryuzov, climbed the mausoleum
“carrying happy news, that the plane
had been hit by the first rocket,” the
article said. “And Khrushchev,
standing right there on the tribune,
congratulated the marshal."
Khrushchev, in memoirs smug
gled to the West and published in
1974, wrote that diplomats watchiug
the parade knew something big hi
happened because Biryuzov wore*
duty uniform rather than the parai
dress worn by the other military offi
cers in Red Square.
Soviets hurrying to the May Du
parade in the Ural Mountain city oi
Sverdlovsk saw a far different sigh
what appeared to be fireworks higl
in the air, said the article, signedbj!
Col. A. Dokuchayev.
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Locker Renewal Notice
Locker renewal will be possible
through the end of the semester in
159 Read. Unrenewed lockers will
be cleared by Rec Sports personnel.
Persons not wishing to renew locker
rental are advised to remove all per
sonal belongings. Recreational
Sports offers lockers for rent in
Deware Fieldhouse, East Kyle, and
G. Rollie White.
Acknowledgements:
McDonald's Rec Sports Highlights
is sponsored by your local
McDonald's Restaurant at Uni
versity Drive, Manor East Mall,
Hwy 21, Texas Ave. at SW Park
way and PostOak Mall. This ad is
a creation of Mark Figart and P.J.
Miller. Photographs are by Rec
Sports photographers.
Photo by Tim Byrd
Toxic Waste, winners of C/D division of the 1990 Penberthy Softball
Tournament, pose for a photo with T-shirts and trophy.
Pictured below are team members Terry Dupuy, Steve Cole, and
Jason Griffith during play with those Cajuns from LSD.
Men's A
Women’s C
CoRec A
CoRec B
Men's A
Men's B
CoRec A
Men's Open
Women's Open
CoRec Open
Tennis
Kyle Walzel
Meagan Bedford
Linda Hancock
Chris James
Archery
Malcolm Ballew
David Bedard
Wendy Carlson
Eric Brumlow
Sherill Jarell
Eric Brumlow
Eric Pimpler
Telisha Shannon
Mike Bryant
Catherine Ferris
Patrick Valdez
Tony Mendiola
Scott Bryk
Jason Lowery
Kathy Craig
Maria Cantu
Tennis Doubles
Men's A
Kyle Waizei
Eric Pimpler
Women’s C
Meagan Bedford
Telisha Shannon
CoRec A
Linda Hancock
Mike Bryant
CoRec B
Catherine Ferris
Chris James
InnertubeWaterpolo
Men's A
Men's B
Men’s C
CoRec A
CoRec B
CoRec C
Fine Boys
Beer Hogs
Killer Shrimp
Tugboats
Codorks
Conceptahell
Golf
Men's A
Todd Maples
Men's B
Bex Woods
Men's C
John Grunhoeffer
Recreational Sports congratulates the
winners of these events.
CC Creations from Texas MM
won the 1990 Texas ASA Stats
Intramural Softball Tournament
in Stephenville, Texas at Charts-
ton State University, April 21-221
Horseshoes
Men's A
Emilio Viera
Men's C
Michael Zweschpei
Women's A
Lucy Furhmann
Penberthy Tournament
Men's A/B
Men's C/D
CoRec C/D
Pikes
Country Club
Toxic Waste
Men's B/C
CoRec B/C
Basketball
Bedbirds Men’s A Dright Thing Men's B Aggie Cowboys
Butternuts Men's C Trojans Men’s D Scott &
Women's A Muppett Babies Women's B Rapids
CoRec A Elvis Lives CoRec B EXT
CoRec C No Names
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lil
TheTAMU Men’s Waterpolo Team took 1st Place ir
1990 Aggie Spring Invitational. The Ags swept pastthe
2nd place Houston Waterpolo Club in a 10-9 victoryir
finals, their first defeat over the club in several yearsol
competition.
Photo by Tim Byrd
Photo by Tim Bird
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