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Wednesday • March 5,199
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Debriefing
Campus
Campus leaders to
meet at conference
One hundred twenty student
leaders of campus organizations
will be selected to attend the For
mer Student Leaders Conference,
which will take place April 11-13.
The conference will bring together
current student leaders and former stu
dent leaders from the past 35 years.
Current leaders will be able ex
change ideas with former leaders.
The Student Government Associ
ation, the Corps of Cadets and the
Memorial Student Center are hosting
the conference.
Former Student Leaders Confer
ence applications are due March 6 in
the Student Government office, the
MSC’s Student Programs office on the
second floor of the MSC or the Corps
of Cadets Guard Room.
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► Nation
Milking It
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Brian Spittler, a three-year employee of the milk parlor at the Texas A&M Dairy Center, milks a cow.
The milk parlor produces 12 thousand pounds of milk every day.
God gets chance to
win in sweepstakes
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — American Fam
ily Publishers found God in Sumter
County. And He may be very, very rich.
A sweepstakes notice arrived at
the Bushnell Assembly of God earli
er this month announcing God, of
Bushnell, Fla., as a finalist for the
$11 million top prize.
“I always thought He livedherei
I didn’t actually know,” said BillBi
pastor of the church about 60
north of Tampa. “Now I do. He's
a PC. box here.”
‘God, we’ve been searching fa;
American Family wrote in the letter,;
first reported by the local weeklynen
paper, the Sumter County Tmes,
The message was centered Ik
tween two round seals requestiri
God to “come forward."
If God were to win, the letters!;
ed, “What an incredible fortunetl»i
would be for God! Could you imagin ilantryai
the looks you’d get from yournef ptrisko
bors? But don’t just sit there, God,’
Sweepstakes officials did noh
turn several telephone calls forcoiionfor the
ment Thursday. ionor, the
Brack said a youth pastorcofrbraver
lected the mail that day andp
ed out the addressee. “I read
church a couple of weeks agoaii862, over
everyone got a kick out of it.'ln eenawar
said. "It is funny and everybod evenhav
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gregation is considering whetherti
mail in the entry. The church couH
use the money.
If they win, Brack said he’d set
with American Family for 10 percent
on the dollar and call it even.
“I’m willing for them to showup
here at the church with cameras and
me in my bathrobe as long as the)
write a check.” he quipped.
► This day in history
Weather
Today is Wednesday, March 5, the 64th day of 1997.
There are 301 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1766, Spanish official Don Antonio de Ulloa ar
rived in New Orleans to take possession of the
Louisiana Territory from the French.
In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place when
British soldiers who had been taunted by a crowd of
colonists opened fire, killing five people. (Two British
soldiers were later convicted of manslaughter.)
In 1867, an abortive Fenian uprising against English
rule took place in Ireland.
In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of
Impeachment to decide charges against President An
drew Johnson.
In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the
Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote, enabling it to
join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in
the Reichstag.
In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron
Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73,
after 29 years in power.
In 1970, a nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into
effect after 43 nations ratified it.
In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a
drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood.
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Lows
► Today's birthdays
Today’s Expected High
67°F
Tonight’s Expected Low
38°F
Tomorrow’s Expected
High
65°F
Today’s Birthdays: Actor James B. Sikking is 63. Ac
tor Fred Williamson is 59. Actor Paul Sand is 53. Singer
Eddy Grant is 49. Violinist Eugene Fodor is 47. Rock
musician Alan Clark is 45. Actress-comedian Marsha
Warfield is 43. Magician Penn Jillette is 42. Rock singer
Charlie Reid is 35. Model Niki Taylor is 22.
Cloudy with a 30 per
cent chance of showers.
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west at 15 mph.
Clearing and cold.
Winds from the north-
northwest at 10 mph.
Mostly sunny. Winds
from the northeast at
10 mph.
Tomorrow Night’s
Expected Low
42°F
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Talk with your Vice President
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A&M, I’m very interested in hearing them. I am Malon Southerland,
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ArtFest 1997
juried exhibit of student artwork
Entries accepted
April 9 to 11
2 to 6 pm
In room 227 MSG
$5 per entry
painting
drawing
computer generated
photography
sculpture
presented by
MSG Visual Arts Committee
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