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,11 urn iimp i Highway travels the prehistoric Homeowners warm up to money-saving insulation projectsIE Oregon Backroads1B an attic. 4 Bill Qent sprays Insulation In 30, 1989 Monday, October Salem, Oregon Horizon Air steps up baggage screening at Salem By Amber Stenger The Statesman Journal Few travelers pack their bags for the eyes of strangers. But personal items of people boarding Horizon Air aircraft in Salem now are scrutinized by security personnel at Salem's McNary Field. Because the Horizon Air terminal here does not have an X-ray machine that can examine sealed packages, employees must open and inspect all carry-on luggage. "Don't wrap any Christmas presents this year," Debbie Schroeder, the Horizon Air Salem station manager, said.

"We try to be as careful as we can. I wish we could offer complimentary gift-wrapping after we search the presents." Opening wrapped presents and other packages is one way Horizon officials have stepped up security in their Salem terminal. Additional security measures have been instituted for most of the airline's 500 flights a day in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and British Columbia. Nancy Hamilton, the communications manager of the airline in Seattle, said the company had to tighten screening of flights going into Seattle and Canada beginning June 1 to meet federal regulations. Company officials decided to make the changes uniform to include screening of commuter flights, such as the four that leave Salem on weekdays.

"I think people feel better when everyone's been screened," Hamilton said. "The delays are overruled by the safety benefits." Salem employees suggest that passengers arrive at the airport about 45 minutes before departures to prevent delays. About 60 people board the airplanes leaving Salem each week, although the number increases during the holidays. In addition to the flights leaving each weekday, there are three Turn to Flights, Page 2A. Fdf Daw Isondlinfiisiolk Sim fttifagmy St.

Mary's dated from 1898 V-WY i r.uj.lXM i via V- to the fire by an automatic alarm system at 7:49 p.m. The blaze destroyed the single-story, white wooden church within 20 minutes. "It spread instantly. It went real fast," eyewitness Paul Schultz of Albany said. Bob Moore, whose house sits 150 yards from the church, said he could feel the heat from the blaze while he stood on his front porch.

Firefighters knocked down the charred steeple with water cannons to prevent it from falling into the street or onto power lines. A two-story gymnasium and cafeteria next to the church received some water and smoke damage, but a single-story school in back of that building was undamaged, fire officials said. A fire door separating the church and gymnasium helped spare the cement building. Classes for the 151 kindergarten through fifth-grade students who attend the school will continue as scheduled today, principal Judy Turn to Fire, Page 2A. I 35 cents terminal S.Africans gather in triumph 70,000 blacks rally, welcome leaders The Associated Press CROWN MINES, South Africa More than 70,000 blacks chanting in triumph Sunday welcomed freed leaders of the outlawed African National Congress at the largest anti-government rally in the nation's history.

Virtually every aspect of the rally including repeated praise for the group's guerrilla campaign violated security laws, but police kept their distance. Government-run television reported the rally as the top item on the evening news. "Today, the ANC has captured center stage in South Africa," Walter Sisulu, 77, the group's former general secretary, said from a podium built beneath huge banners of the congress and the South African Communist Party. He and six congress colleagues were freed unconditionally from prison Oct. 15.

All but one had spent at least 25 years in prison. The crowd, which also included white South Africans and diplomats from at least 15 nations, filled most of the seats in a soccer stadium recently opened outside Johannesburg. Teen-agers sporting flags, stickers, T-shirts and hats in the black, Turn to Rally, Page 2A. to Satanism. Halloween apparently sprang from an ancient ceremony honoring the Celtic god of death, but in medieval England, it came to be known as All Hallows' Eve, celebrated before the feast day of All Hallows, now All Saints' Day.

As is the case with the pagan Christmas tree, few pay attention to its religious origins. But Guyer, a University of Florida law student, cites an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Atlanta this year that found that prayers before high school football games violate the constitutional separation of church and state. "As Easter has been banned in favor of spring holiday, as Christmas has been banned in favor of winter holiday, so, too, Halloween should be banned in favor of fall holiday," Guyer said. Index NewsA World ClassifiedD World1 -2D Wash, O.C.30 Classified4-8D Money MattersE Your money1 Stocks4E SportsF Scores2F Baseball3F NFL3F Outdoors4F High schools4F Northwest3A Nation3, 4, 7A Oplnion6, 7A Weather8A LifeB Obituaries2B CrosswordSB Movles48 TV4B Comlcs5B SeniorsSB LocalC Region2C Almanac2C Gary MillerStatesman Journal Fire guts the historic St.

Mary's Catholic century-old wooden church was destroyed Church Sunday night in Albany. The almost within 20 minutes. No one was hurt. Halloween concerns parents Some fear holiday has its roots in paganism By Dave Berns The Statesman Journal ALBANY A four-alarm fire destroyed the St. Mary's Catholic Church here Sunday night, leaving only the steeple with a broken, smoking cross at its peak.

The structure at 822 Ellsworth St. SW, which was built in 1898, was the third oldest building in the Western Oregon Catholic Archdiocese, Bishop Kenneth Steiner said. Two Albany residents were injured about three blocks from the fire scene, when they were struck by a vehicle as hundreds of bystanders watched the blaze, which shot 100-foot flames into the sky. Emily Chaput, 39, suffered head injuries and was taken to the hospital, where she was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit. Her 13-year-old daughter also was treated for injuries and later released, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The fire department was alerted Rights group checks Gervais policy on drugs By Melaney Moisan The Statesman Journal GERVAIS The American Civil Liberties Union has been asked to review the drug testing policy adopted for Gervais Union High School students. But that is one of the few signs of possible opposition to the plan, according to students and community leaders. George Berger, the school board chairman, said he knew of only one parent and one student who had inquired about the policy. "We've had the advantage of watching other districts and writing a policy without many of the Turn to Gervais, Page 2A. Inside Nation CARRIER CRASH A jet crash on the Lexington leaves at least dead and 2 Injured.

2A TAMMY CARRIES ON Tammy Faye Baker says she'll continue the ministry of her husband. 7ANatlon LITMUS TEST Govern-ment scientists won't have to meet Ideological standards. D.C. Weather FAIR High 55-60 after morning fog. Back Page From left, Amy Daniels, Judy Wachtman and Sarah Hen-ney appear with an anti-drug and -alcohol poster at Gervais Union High School.

Wachtman and Henney, both members of Students Against Drunk DrivingOregon Safety Students On the Move, think the policy is gopd. Halloween safety tips PageIC that has its roots in pagan ritualism, Kearns said. To ease such concerns, teachers and principals at Salem-Keizer schools have met with parents to discuss how the day will be observed. "We're recognizing Halloween as a cultural event. It has nothing to do with paganism or religion," Kearns said.

But when teachers dress up like witches, Robert Guyer of Alachua County, said: "What happens to these little Christian kids like mine? How are they going to feel when it's dress-up day, and they don't dress up?" Others link the holiday directly What's in a name? Fox Crock, In the eastern portion of Marlon County, flows Into the Breitunbush River. It was named for trail-building party's camp cook, who died after falling into a fire during an epileptic seizure. Source: "Oregon Olographic Nimoi" by Lewis A. McArthur. 12 ixcreeja From staff and wire reports Some parents are sure that Satan lurks behind the cardboard black cats and witches that hang from classroom walls.

Armed with a recent federal ruling strengthening legal restrictions on religion in the schools, they are demanding that Halloween be banned. Those who view the day as an excuse to dress up and drink up and give children a night to wheedle sweets may be surprised that some people think that it's a religious holiday. Salem-Keizer school officials have heard complaints from three or four parents in the past 10 years who have raised such concerns, Superintendent Homer Kearns said. They're worried that school officials may be celebrating a day Sports HOT GOLFER Tom Kite takes the Nabisco Championship with an 8-under-par 276 and becomes the PGA Tour'i leading all- time money Tom Kit winner. 1FSports SEATTLE WINS Sea-hawks beat the San Diego Chargers, 10-7.

1FSporte BLAZERS WIN Portland takes its last exhibition game of the season, beating Utah, 100-91. 1FSports TO Bruca ThoraonStatesman Journal World WARSAW PACT Top Soviet officials say Hungary may leave the alliance if It wishes. 2A Money Matters MARKET SEESAW Stock analysts say the coast Isn't clear yet.4EMoney Matters Coming tomorrow MUSIC MAN Meet the new executive director of the Oregon Symphony, Don Roth. Life Local KEIZER LOOK Police get new uniforms like Sgt. Pat Bowe't (left).

Officer Kent Barker wears the old model. 1CLocal PT1 1) i Copyright 1989 The Statesman Journal Vol. 1 39, No. 21 7, 9 Sections, 76 Pages A Gannett Newspaper.