Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 2

2-A Monday January 14, 1991 Only stamped mail may be LONGVIEW TODAY Church open for prayers for peace Good morning, Longview. Sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today for residents who want to pray for peace in the Middle East. There will be no organized mailbox put in i ift V' i MIKE L-riJ HVEZDOSj SA program, said Dr. Conrad Winborn sett i minister.

The church just wanted to make the sanc ANSWER ft I INF Joyce Turner 31V Peace prayers Candlelight vigil largest of three By Toni K. taxeon Start Writer Caskets are already on order awaiting events, in Jhe Middle East "So our prayer for peace tonight is for a real need," said' Dr. Jim Elam Sunday at a candlelight vigil in Magrill Park. The minister of First Christian Church welcomed about 300 residents crowded around the park's rose garden gazebo to the third and largest candlelight vigil in a row to be held in Longview for VS. military.

Coordinated by Mary Lee Orr, the candlelight prayer vigil included members of more than a dozen churches along with those in the Red Cross East Texas Military Family Support Group. "This is the kind of issue that crosses ethnic, cultural, class and religious backgrounds," said Steve Crane, who assisted Orr in putting the vigil together. "Nobody wants war. "It's an opportunity for people to So something. To show support," Crane said.

The vigil was not a political statement, he added. It's purpose was as a moment of prayer end reflection. "Because, really, what happens now is in God's hands," Crane said The hour-long service included a reading of all the names of East Texans in the Persian Gulf by seven members of the support group, all of whom listed their own family members at the end of their lists. And Martha Whitehead, Longview City Council member, declared Sunday "Prayer for Peace Day" in lieu of Mayor Lou Galosy, who couldn't be there. Also, prayers for peace were By JuBr A.

jamMstaff photograph SteveCrane of Longview and his 2tt-year-otd son, Jacob, hold candles and listen to the words of prayer for our men In Saudla Arabia. The two were part of a large crowd that gathered at Magrill Park Sunday night. Besides a husband, Luens-mann's best friend is in Saudi Arabia. "And she's scared," Luensmann said. led by: Rabbi Bernard Honan from the Temple Emanu-EL Deacon Joe Pipak from St Anthony's Catholic Church, A PotltAi flAAVffa' Dsvsin s1 a Her friend's birthday is Tues- Arch-VriesV fron 55aO? dam Hussein to get out of thodox Church, Kuwait by the United Nations.

"Peace would be a great present for her," Luensmann said Fried said she would like to see peace, not just to keep her children from harm, but also to keep them from seeing what war can do. "My son's the type that cant stand to see an animal hurt," Fried said. The Rev. Homer Rockmore from the Red Oak Baptist Church, and Sheila McElroy from Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Among those at the vigil were lone Fried and her daughter Rayna Luensmann.

lone has two sons and a son-in-law in the military. AIL except for one son in Germany, are at the front, she said Are mail boxes your property or those of the federal government? In a recent incident, a little girl's invitations to a birthday party that were placed by. the girl in her friend's mailboxes were taken by the postman. They didn't have stamps on them. Is that legal? Also, what if a friend leaves a message tor yon in your mailbox? Can the postal carrier take it? Federal law says that mail receptacles "shall be exclusively for mall that uses postage." The law goes on to say: "Any mail matter not bearing postage found in, upon, attached to, supported by, or hung from the private mail receptacles is subject to the payment of the same postage as would be paid if carried by mail." When you earn money on a Jury and you turn this money over to your employer, do you count this money on your income tax or does he count it on his income tax? A The amount of money you turn over to your employer that comes from jury duty is an adjustment on your federal income tax.

The employer pays the taxes on it I mailed a local bill payment faf the -local'' mail box in Chapparral Shopping center on Friday afternoon at about 2 p.m. It did not reach the city's Water Department until Tuesday and I had to pay a late charge. I was told it was sent to Dallas and then returned to Longview. Is that so? Why would the post office do that? There's no reason why mail placed in a local box should be sent to Dallas, according to customer relations manager David Elwood, at the main Post Office on Mobberly Avenue. Under the circumstances described, Elwood says it should have never left Longview.

It's possible it was a sorting error, but the local post office has a 98 percent accuracy rate according to its rating service. Elwood says he would need to see the envelope, because if it was missent to Dallas, it should have been stamped by postal officials there. What element forms when fyou combine chromium and oxygen? A In the absence of large fees I normally don't do homework questions that can be answered from an inorganic chemistry book in Longview Public Library, but you asked a question about combining two elements to create another element That doesn't compute. Both chromium and oxygen are elements. When two are more elements are combined chemically, the result is called a compound.

There are many possible combinations the most stable is made up of two parts chromium and three parts oxygen chro- Fate of Harrison County engineer to be decided mic oxide. Chromium metal, commonly seen on car bumpers, is derived from an ore called chro-mite, which is a combination of iron, chromium and Oxygen. There have been several calls concerning the media: 1. On Channel 51, what happened to Rick Renner? Also, I am curious as to what is going on in Channel SI news? They seem to keep moving people around. 2.

What became of Al Bolton, the long-time professional and respected weatherman at KSLA-TV in Shreveport? 3. What has happened to the classic rock format of Tyler KISX, 107J. They arent playing the same music and there's no disk jockeys. 4. I would like to know what happened to the news team on KXAS Channel Brad Wright and Alyce Caron.

I always heard it was the best newscast in Texas and I wonder: Why the breakup? A I don't want to get into the business management 'of other people's businesses, but I passed the questions along and here are the answers I receive Renner took a position in Lansing, a move upward in his career. That created several interim changes, during which time news anchor Elizabeth Hoi-ley moved to a Central Texas in another upward career move. Such moves seem fairly frequent in the TV industry as young hopefuls try to become the next Barbara Walters or Peter Jennings, and it keeps the turnover high. i Bolton decided to retire abdut five months ago. KNUE leased KISX and during the first week they were on the air, there were no disc jockeys.

Now there are and the format is "Top 40." By Wright's request he has the noon and 5 p.m. news. Alyce Caron's contract was not renewed by the station. (Watch for Answer Line every Monday night at-6 p.m. on KETK Region 56, cable channel 9, afcd every Monday and Thursday in the Longview NewsJournal) CORRECTIONS ft CLARIFICATIONS Legislators' photos reversed in column In Sunday's Eye on Austin column, the photos of Sen.

Bill Ratliff and Rep. Jerry Yost were reversed. The NewsJour-nal regrets the error. Location of vigil wrong in caption A caption under a photograph on page 1-A of Sunday's News-Journal said a candlelight vigil was held in Magrill Park. The vigil was at the Red Cross meeting hall.

CORRECTIONS POLICY: It Is the policy of the Longview News-Journal to promptly correct errors. Please direct requests for corrections and clarifications to the managing editor, Keith Taylor, at 237-7759. Thank you. By Gail Bell News-Journal correspondent MARSHALL Suspended Harrison County Engineer Art Knoll-man will learn his fate Monday morning when the Harrison County Commissioners hold their regular meeting. On the agenda for the 9 a.m.

meeting is an item to either terminate or reinstate the engineer. Knollman, who has spent a decade on the Job, was suspended with pay in December. County Judge Rodney Gilstrap and Commissioners Telly Miller, Mike Ad-kisson and Buddy Power voted for suspension. Only James Mooney voted to retain Knollman. Since then, H.W.

McCoy replaced Miller on the court through an election. On Jan. 3, Gilstrap wrote Knollman, detailing six reasons for the suspension. They ranged from putting in culverts at the Karnack Post Office which is private property, to insubordination for refusing to work on private property when ordered to do so by the commissioners court until the job was approved by the district attorney. One of the charges is that he implemented a system of unequal treatment toward road problems and repairs in different pore-cincts.

Harrison County operates under the Unit Rule, which calls for road and bridge expenditures to be made according to need regardless of precinct line. tuary available. Good Shepherd Medical Center will offer "Heart 56086," a program about planning a heart-healthy diet, 7 p.m. Tuesday on the fifth floor of Medical Plaza, 701 E. Marshall.

Participants will learn about meal planning and calorie counting. Program is free and open to the public Applications for admission to Longview Independent School District's Hudson PEP School are available at the school, beginning today. Applications may be secured by calling the School, 7S3-7472, any LISD elementary campus or from some private kindergartens. St Andrew Presbyterian Church Mothers Day Out has several Monday openings for children, ages six months to age 4. For registration information, call Linda Boggs, Monday or Wednesday between 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 7584952.

Annual sale of Girls Scout cookies is under way and will continue through Jan. 27. Prices haven't changed this year, and popular flavors are still available, along a new variety Trail Mix Cookies. In case no one comes to your door, cookies will be available by calling the Scout office, 903-7534962. Price is $2.50.

Did you know polo is played in East Texas? East Texas Polo Club is looking for players, and experience isn't necessary. For information, contact Ben Guerra, 753-7721. Disabled American Veterans, H.N. Chapter and Ladies Auxiliary, will meet at 7 tonight in the Harvey Johnson Community Service Center, 1406 Bird-song. Members are urged to attend to prepare for publishing a chapter bulletin.

Pine Tree Texas State Teachers Association will meet at 7 tonight in Longview Bank and Trust's Convenience Banking Center. Vickie Bailey, District vm TSTA president, will present the program. National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet 10 a.m. today at the Community Inn in Kilgore. First Longview African Violet Society will meet 10 a.m.

Monday in the home of Fran-kie Mathews on FM 2011. For information, call 663-1464. Annual business meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pinecrest Country Club. Mrs.

Alto Tatum Jr. will be hostess. The first baby born in Long-view in 1991 is Ashlie Arnold, daughter of Amonica and Jason Arnold. She was born at Good Shepherd Medical Center at 5:51 a.m. Jan.

1 and weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Grandparents are Pete and Shirley. Wrigley and James and Betty Arnold, all of Long-view, and Wayne and Sue Mack of Fort Worth. TOPS 414 meets Mondays in the First Christian Church. Weigh-in is 5:304:30 p.m., followed by the meeting.

For information, call 663-2498. Celebrating birthdays today are Margaret Gatlin, Steve Cawthon, Tammie Goodloe, Jackie Finch, Noble Cammack, O.M. Cochran, Nellie Johnston, Rachel Sherwood, Suzanne Black, Nadean Baxter, Lee Bar-tot, Melissa French, Ann Roberts, Jerry Adair, Cathy Flsk, Chess Simmons, Kimberly FitheL Mabel Henderson, Daisy Moring, Aaron Cooke, Debbie Ledbetter, Earle Little, Kay Collum and Douglas Peace Jr. Couples who are celebrating wedding anniversaries' "Today are Dr. and Mrs.

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It was forced to add a digit to the number of 5.8 million telephones in the Tokyo area. Late last year London had to add a digit to telephone numbers. The basic problem for the United States is that it is running out of area codes. At present the United States has 122 area codes. By 1995 fax machines and cellular phones will exhaust the area code supply.

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