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2, the discovery itself ran aground: State officials announced that further investigation proved the relic was a Spanish ship about 100 years more recent than LaSalle's. The firearms were Spanish, not French At several points after the February discovery, tensions flared between the marine agency and state historical officials about who should announce the discovery and when, about further diving at the site, even about whether the marine agency's permit remained in effect for a new search after the ship was found not to be l'Aimable. Officials said Friday those issues have been resolved with the joint venture. "We have a cooperative spirit," Hartzog said. Continued from Bl director of antiquities protection for the historical commission.

"Now, we're combining those efforts in cooperative fashion to extend the state's limited resources and move ahead with the search, with twice as much effort We're excited about this." Wayne Gronquist, an Austin lawyer who is president of the nonprofit marine agency, echoed those sentiments. "We're looking forward to getting back at the search," he said. Calhoun County Judge Howard Hartzog, who said his county also is part of the joint venture signed late last week, said while the six new targets "look very promising," only a recovery and analysis of artifacts can verify whether any are l'Aimable. "It's an important, historic shipwreck that's out there someplace," he said. "We want to find -it" State archaeologists and divers came up empty-handed in 20 years 'of searching.

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The mini-network switch isn't as big as the '95 switch in which i CBS moved from KTBC to KEYE and Fox went to KTBC, but it will cause some confusion nonetheless. v. I Danny Baker, general manager of KTBC and KVC, announced the acquisition of UPN programming Friday afternoon. -The affiliation with UPN solidifies KVC-13 as a major player in the Austin television market," -Baker said. "We're very excited over here." jJane Wallace, general manager of NBC affiliate KXAN and the low-power station that lost UPN, less excited.

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morning from UPN telling me they were moving their programming to KVC on Monday," Wallace said. "We attempted to atleast get alittle time with this deal, but they Weren't interested in giving us any more than the six days they gave us." Low-power Channel 49 will broadcast programming from WB affiliate KNVA, which is also managed by KXAN, until new programming can be acquired. "Star Trek: Voyager," which used to air Saturday nights at 6 on KXAN in addition to its first-run broadcast on low-power Channel 49, now will be seen Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on KVC-13 as part of UPN's regular lineup. Other popular shows on UPN include singer Brandy's sitcom "Moesha," former "Cosby" kid Malcolm Ja-mal Warner's "Malcolm Eddie" and "Clueless." Television will air the conference sessions from 11 a.m.

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Austin Community Access Medicare recipients keep HMO coverage By Andrew Park American-Statesman Staff I Medicare recipients in the area who use health maintenance organizations won't see service disappear, despite -withdrawals by health plans in ciier counties nationwide. 1 two major HMOs that offer 'coverage to Medicare recipients in Travis County Humana and NYLCare said Friday they will tcontinue to operate their programs here. Humana, the larger of the two, serves about 7,000 subscribers had been part of the PCA health plan that Humana bought ihis year. I Elsewhere in Texas, United Healthcare Corp. has said it will withdraw its Medicare HMO for foorth Texas, which serves about 7,500 beneficiaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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