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Wednesday • March-1
La Salle's wrecked ship
found mile off coast
AUSTIN (AP) —Archaeologists
have found TAimable, the sunken
flagship of French explorer Rene-
Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle.
The ship ran aground Feb. 29,
1685, when La Salle mistook die
mouth of shallow Matagorda Bay,
off the Texas southeast coast, for the
Mississippi River.
The ship was located about a
mile off Matagorda Island, about
100 miles southwest of Houston, on
Feb. 23, said Wayne Gronquist, pres
ident of the National Underwater
and Marine Agency, or NUMA.
The Austin-based nonprofit
group, started in 1978, locates
sunken ships and other historical
artifacts and is funded mosdy by au
thor Clive Cussler.
The FAimable was a broad
hulled ship called a flute, large
enough to haul 1118-wheelers.
Nearly three years ago, a smaller
ship in La Salle’s fleet, the Belle, was
located by state archaeologists in
Matagorda Bay. The Belle was 80
feet long and 19 feet wide when in
January 1686 a storm blew it across
the bay into shallow water near the
peninsula.
In earlier voyages, La Salle had
led an expedition down the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers and claimed
for King Louis XIV of France all the
land draining into the Mississippi
and its tributaries.
The Belle and FAimable were
among four ships that carried La
Salle and more than 300 colonists to
the New World in 1684 on a trip to
establish a colony at the mouth of
the Mississippi. La Salle missed that
destination and Olanded in Texas,
where he was met with a hostile cli
mate, hostile Indians and disease.
Here comes the sun
JAKE SCHRICKLING/The Battalion
Keith Cummins, a junior environmental design
major, works on his model of a sundial museum
for the city of Bryan.
What's Up
Wednesday
ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No ex
perience needed. Practices are from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. at the pitch on the corner of Texas
Ave. and University. We will host a tourna
ment on March 7 at 9 a.m. Be there to sup
port your women’s athletic club sports, and
catch the men’s game against UT at 2
p.m.Call Nikki at 694-0084 for information.
Reformed University Fellowship: There will
be a large group Bible study in Rudder 301
from 8:30-9:45 p.m. For details call Jud at
695-0675.
TAMU Snow Ski Club: A meeting will be
held at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 410. Call
Chuck at 694-2726 for details.
Catholic Students Association: “Hot Top
ics” discussion session from 6 to 7 p.m.
in St. Mary’s Student Center Library, fol
lowed by Newman Mass at 7:15 and a
Bible study in Rudder Tower.
Study Abroad Programs Office: An infor
mational meeting to promote the Italy
Spring ’99 program will be held from 10:30
to 11 a.m. in Room 154, 161 Bizzell Hall
West.
ATM Roadrunners: Will run three to four
miles starting in front of G. Rollie White at
5:30 p.m. All students and skill levels are
welcome. Call Steve at 847-7905 for fur
ther information.
Aggie supper tonight at 6:00 p.m. at Texas
A&M Presbyterian Church. Rev. Woody
Berry will speak. All denominations are
welcome.
Phi Eta Sigma: There will be a general
meeting tonight in 501 Rudder at 7:00
p.m. for current members. Officers meet
at 6:30 p.m. in the cube.
English Language and Literature Society:
A literary panel “What is literature for?” will
be held at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Blocker.
TAMU Scuba Club: A general meeting with
a guest lecture and class specials will be
held at Paradise Scuba at 7 p.m.
Texas stands to receive $1.3 bid
under highway improvementl
WASHINGTON (AP) —Texas would re
ceive an extra $1.3 billion over six years to
build and improve highways, provide mass
transit and fund other transportation pro
grams under a measure approved T uesday
by the Senate transportation committee.
Federal transportation spending nation
wide would rise by $26 billion to $173 bil
lion over the next six years under the bill ap
proved by the Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee.
The extra funding derives from a plan by
Sen. Phil Gramm that would earmark all
taxes that motorists pay at the gas pump for
transportation. Currently, some of the 18.3
cents in taxes per gallon of gas is diverted
away from the federal highway trust fund
for use in other government programs, in
cluding deficit reduction.
Texas would see its highway funding rise
to $10.4 billion over six years from the $9.1
billion that had been envisioned before
Gramm and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., se
cured leadership and committee approval
for their plan. The $10.4 billion would be
some 60 percent more than under the pre
vious highway bill.
The Senate bill makes stride
ing the unequal funding situatir
and other so-called "donor” stai
years have paid moiv into theh$
fund than they’ve received.
Currently, Texas receives it
every dollar paid into the trust:
form of gasoline taxes. Under
bill, every state would beguaran -
91 cents on the dollar.
Texas transportation officials^
at the Senate’s action, althoughfi.
bill remains far from completion or
which has a bill seeking moreraonrar
Senate li e not yet hnnightitsbi >eri|
and is unlikely to do so beforeM di
But Texas Department ofTrar.
policy analyst David Soileau si he
ate a( lion is important becausticaJ
framework lot increasing Texas arg
out from the trust fund. "Wehavehei
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United Campus Ministry: There will be an AMSA Pre-Med: A guest lecturer will
speak. Dr. Jane Cohen, PhD. will speak on
the Role of Nutrition in Medicine in Room
410 of Rudder Tower at 7 p.m. E-mail Pa
tricia at par0779@unix.tamu.edu for de
tails.
Texas Aggie Brew Club (TABC): There will
be a general meeting and product sampling
at 7:30 p.m. at Carney's Pub. Call Joe at
696-7375 for details.
Life Savers Bible Study: Join us at the All
Faiths Chapel from 6-7:30 p.m. for a stim
ulating Bible study and stay to hear the VOP
Choir rehearsal. E mail Donna for details
at dmw@tamvml.tamu.edu.
Muslim Students’ Association: At 7:00
p.m. in MSC 342 we will be holding Islam
101- an informal discussion abc.^ 01
beliefs, practices, and culture. AfT rs, |
come. Call Iqbal at 693-7669otP n 1 |
Iaml01@tamu.edu for details, ^ut
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experience. Experience comes
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me with the Good Judgeir^j
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About Bill Youngkin
Aggie, Class of '69
• Head Yell Leader
• Ross Volunteer/Carp of Cadets
Vietnam Veteran
Graduate Baylor Law School
Partner in the Law Firm of Youngkin, Catlin, Bryan,
Stacy & Dillard
Past President Brazos County Bar Association 1 985-86
Past President of the Association of Former Students - 1991
Current Member of the Executive Committee of the
1 2th Man Foundation
Daughter Libby, Class of '00 - Chi Omega Sorority
★ Early Voting thru Friday, March 6 ★
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