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► Campus
Corps to march in
before Waco game
The Corps of Cadets will march
through Waco Saturday before the
Texas A&M vs. Baylor football game.
The parade will begin at 11
a.m. at the corner of Franklin and
26th streets. Marching southwest
along Franklin, the Corps will turn
southeast at 32nd Street and
march to the Floyd Casey Stadi
um grounds, where the cadets
will be dismissed.
The Aggie Band will lead the pa
rade. The band will stop and play
near the reviewing stand in the
3100 block of Franklin as the re
mainder of the Corps marches by.
Parson’s Mounted Cavalry will ride
as the parade’s final unit.
The parade will be televised by
cable Channel 6 out of Waco.
Students to perform
Indian folk dance
The India Association, Hindu
Students Council and the Hindu
Society of Brazos Valley will pre
sent “Dandiya Nite,” an evening of
traditional folk dance, Saturday at
8 p.m. in the Archery Room of the
Student Recreation Center.
In India, the dance is in celebra
tion of the victory of good over evil.
The dance is performed in large
groups to rhythmic beats provided
by a band. Each dancer has one or
two sticks, about 1 to 1 1/2 feet
long, with which they dance.
Admission is $3 for members
of the sponsoring organizations,
$5 for non-members or $15 for
families with up to four members.
Dandiya sticks and lessons are
provided with admission.
► City
KidCare program
safeguards children
The Brazos Valley Jaycees will
host the annual KidCare program at
Hollywood 16 movie theaters on the
Highway 6 bypass in College Station
Saturday from 8:30 a.m to 11 a.m.
The Jaycees will be joined by
the St. Joseph Foundation and the
Brazos Valley Sheriff’s Department
to photograph and fingerprint chil
dren so parents will have updated
records in the event their child is
missing. Children will also be
measured for height and weight.
The service is free. More infor
mation may be obtained by calling
Matt at 260-9898.
► Nation
Army men charged
with raping recruits
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — In what
could prove to be the Army’s Tail-
hook, a captain and two drill
sergeants were charged Thursday
with raping or sexually harassing
more than a dozen women recruits.
The alleged incidents took place
at the Army Ordnance Center at Ab
erdeen Proving Ground, Md. As
many as 1,000 women who trained
at the center are being interviewed
by the Army to determine if there
are any additional victims.
“We will continue to run down
every lead at Aberdeen," Gen.
William W. Hartzog said at a news
conference at the Fort Monroe, Va.,
headquarters of the Training and
Doctrine Command. “America de
serves better than this. Our soldiers
deserve better than this and our
Army is better than this."
The Army said Capt. Derrick
Robertson was charged with rape,
conduct unbecoming an officer, ob
struction of justice, adultery and
having an improper relationship
with a recruit.
Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson was
charged with rape, forcible sodomy,
adultery and obstruction of justice.
Staff Sgt. Nathanael Beach
was charged with obstruction of
justice, disobeying an officer and
having an improper relationship
with a female trainee.
All three face-courts martial.
The rape charges are punishable
by life in prison. All three men
were married. The victims were
21 on average, and all were re
cruits in their second eight weeks
of military training.
NASA’s surveyor
en route to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —
NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor sped
toward the Red Planet on Thurs
day, the first spacecraft in a series
of orbiters, rovers and robots that
could answer the question: Was
there ever life on Mars?
A Delta rocket carrying the un
manned Global Surveyor lifted off
Bonfire Baby
Pat James, The Battalion
Fourteen-month-old Ami Nicole Medlock (initials A.N.M.) of College Station, who’s parents hope will be part
of the Texas A&M Class of 2017, gets a kiss from a dog at the Bonfire site during the raising of Centerpole.
► This day in history
► Weather
on time at noon
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high wind scuttled the first la
attempt — and propelled the:
10-foot spacecraft toward
24,000 mph.
“We’re on our way!" NASA;
science chief Wesley Huntre:
said. “These are the kindoi
you kind of live for in spacestt
and space exploration."
The spacecraft will readil
after a journey of 10 montti
435 million miles.
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high orbit, in March 1991
Global Surveyor will begin mc|
the Martian atmosphere anc>
ally the entire surface of
et. The survey will last 687:
or a full Martian year.
It will send images and:]
data back to Earth within 20:|
minutes. The images will be;
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CNN wins Cubani to go about g
for Havana bure
ATLANTA (AP) — The Cable
Network won permission froi
Cuban government on Thurso
open a bureau in Havana.
If approved by U.S. off:;
CNN would be the first Amer
based news organization*
full-time presence in the Cr
nist country in 27 years.
The Cuban Foreign Minsi
nounced the decision in;M
statement in Havana.
No details of the Hava
reau have been set, pending
permission, said CNN spokesjp^
David Talley.
“We’ve been working on it
while,” Talley said.
The next step is to win appi
from the State Department!
said, and "we have no idea
long that will be."
The development was still
assessed in Washington,
State Department officio
spoke on condition of anc
said he believes CNN will ge'
government approval.
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(AP) — Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of
1996. There are 53 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1793, the Louvre began admitting the public, even
though the French museum had been officially open
since August.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at
seizing power with a failed coup in Munich, Germany,
that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”
In 1933, President Roosevelt created the Civil Works
Administration, designed to create jobs for more than 4
million unemployed.
In 1950, during the Korean War, the first jet-plane
battle took place as Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot
down a North Korean MiG-15.
In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy
defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the
presidency.
In 1966, Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts be
came the first black to be elected to the U.S. Senate by
popular vote.
Five years ago: The European Community and Cana
da imposed economic sanctions on Yugoslavia in an at
tempt to stop the Balkan civil war.
One year ago: Retired Gen. Colin Powell embraced
the Republican Party, but said he would not run for pres
ident or any other political office in 1996 because it
was “a calling that I do not yet hear.”
► Today’s Birthdays
Actor Norman Lloyd is 82. Actress June Havoc is 80.
Actor-director Gene Saks is 75. CBS newsman Morley
Safer is 65. Actor Alain Delon is 61. Singer Bonnie Raitt
is 47. TV personality Mary Hart is 45. Singer-songwriter
Rickie Lee Jones is 42. Singer-actor Leif Garrett is 35.
Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith is 28.
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