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Answers to
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1) Cyprus
2) France & Spain
3) Sydney
4) Chile
5) False
6) Montreal
7) Hinduism
8) Ayers Rocks
9) Vatican City
10) three hours back
Aggies give gifts
to needy children
By CHERYL HELLER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
Texas A&M University's Beta
Theta Pi fraternity held a Christ
mas party for Brazos Valley chil
dren at their fraternity house
Wednesday night.
The fraternity invited children
from the Brazos Valley Boys and
Girls Club who don't normally re
ceive many Christmas presents,
said philanthropy chairman Tyson
Dunn.
"We went to the Boys and Girls
Club and asked them to find
about 20 or 25 kids who don't
usually get much for Christmas,"
Dunn said.
The fraternity bought Christ
mas presents for the children and
planned party games, he said.
"We wrapped the presents and
had stockings stuffed, and we had
Santa Claus pinatas and Christ
mas games," he said. "Someone
also dressed up as Santa Claus."
Beta Theta Pi President Conrad
Hametner said the fraternity felt
the Christmas party would give
something back to the community.
"Most of the guys in the frater
nity grew up with a lot," he said.
"We wanted to give something
back to the girls and boys of the
community that don't have a lot
because they deserve a better
Christmas."
Dunn said that the children,
ages 6-11 years old, live in Bryan
homes but spend most of their
time at the Boys and Girls Club.
"We needed kids like this for
the party, so we could give them a
special Christmas that they
wouldn't have had otherwise," he
said.
Bentsen seeks relief for Houston
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - There are
"disturbing reports" that the Fed
eral Emergency Management
Agency opposes declaring Harris
County a major disaster area in
the wake of tornadoes that caused
tens of millions of dollars in dam
age, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen said.
The Texas Democrat wrote Pres
ident Bush a letter Wednesday
urging him to make the disaster
declaration — without which vic
tims won't be eligible for federal
assistance.
Failure to approve the relief
would make Harris County and
its residents "suffer another dev
astating blow," Bentsen said.
Several twisters stormed
through the Houston area Nov. 21,
injuring several people and dam
aging nearly 1,700 homes. One in
surance industry group estimated
that losses could reach $90 mil
lion. Tornadoes also were reported
elsewhere in Southeast Texas, but
the most extensive damage oc
curred in Harris County.
"Gov. (Ann) Richards has sent
you the appropriate request for a
disaster declaration; however, I
have heard disturbing reports that
the Federal Emergency Manage
ment Agency is recommending
that Harris County not be de
clared a disaster area," Bentsen
wrote the president.
"If this is true, I ask that you in
stead heed the request of Gov.
Richards and make the declara
tion to provide the help that is
necessary and deserved."
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