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B2 Sunday, October 29, 1995 Metro State ffi Austin American-Statesman Airlines link Houston with Calgary, Persian GulE lU Air Canada, Gulf Air to offer service'to oil-rich areas starting today Associated Press Simard. The Montreal-based airline's strategy has been to add nonstop routes between large U.S. and Canadian cities that currently don't have the service. It will fly the Houston-Calgary route using 131-seat Airbus A320 jets. Round-trip tickets purchased 14 days in advance start at $560.

sulting firm. Gulf Air will use a 255-seat wide-body Airbus A340 to fly to the Middle East four days a week. The carrier plans to expand to daily service next summer, said Kevin Page, Gulf Air's general manager for the Americas. Two of the 17-hour flights will be to the Persian Gulfs Bahrain, the carrier's hub, with a stop but no change of planes at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Page said the service will attract Houston business people who currently must change planes when flying to the Middle East Mayor Bob Lanier said securing single-plane service between Houston and the Middle East has been one of Houston's top air service development goals because of the energy links between the two areas. "Houston is pleased to welcome Gulf Air, the only Arab carrier serving the city," Paul Gaines, director of aviation for Houston, said in a statement Air traffic between Houston and the Middle East has grown an average of 14 percent annually since 1988, according to Gaines. Gulf Air is the national carrier of four Middle East countries United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. The lowest nonrefundable fares to Bahrain start at $2,773 round trip for tickets purchased 14 days in advance. Nonrestricted first-class fares are $4,452 each way and are fully refundable.

In Air Canada's case, it is taking advantage of an open skies agreement that deregulated the airline market between the United States and Canada earlier this year, said spokeswoman Nicole Couture- Forty-five minutes later, a Gulf Air flight is scheduled to land, beginning the only direct service between' Houston and the Middle East. "They're connecting the Houston area and its oil resources and corporate headquarters with the oil patch areas in Calgary and the oil patch areas in the Middle East," said Jack Stelzer, executive director of Worldwide Transportation Group, a Houston airline con Do you like Garage Sales? See the Classifieds Austin 1 HOUSTON Two foreign air-' lines plan to start service connecting Houston with the oil-rich areas of Calgary, Alberta, and the Persian Gulf. Air Canada Flight 766 from Calgary is scheduled jto land at Houston Intercontinental Airport at p.m. today, starting the only nonstop service between the cities, the Houston Chronicle in its Saturday editions. Selena trial may put more Hispanics on jury duty Associated Press HOUSTON Interest in the Selena murder case will be used to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at getting more Hispanics to participate on juries, Harris County officials and a civil rights group say.

District Clerk Charles Bacarisse, whose office coordinates juries, said he will team with Saldivar the League of United Latin American Citizens and its local leader, Johnny Mata, to stress the importance of serving on a jury. "LULAC has expressed an interest to partner up with my office to show the importance of jury selection in the Hispanic community," Bacarisse said. "With the conclusion of the Yo-landa Saldivar trial in the Selena case, this would be a good time to promote greater awareness in the importance of jury service." Saldivar's trial ended this week with the former Selena fan club president sentenced to life in prison for the Tejano singer's March 31 shooting death. The trial gener-; ated a huge following in the Hispanic community. Although details are still being worked out, the awareness campaign could take the form of meetings at community centers to explain the civic responsibility of jury duty, officials said.

The meetings would be Conducted in Spanish and English. Bacarisse and Mata have been at odds over the practice of referring prospective jurors lacking proficiency in English to language classes. Mata said he received complaints last month from some Hispanics who reported for jury duty and asked to be excused because they lacked fluency in English. Instead, court clerks told them that a judge would order them to attend English classes or be fined. The clerks then rescheduled the Hispanics, as well as some Vietnamese with similar language problems, to return to court in 12 weeks.

Garland youth hurt in accident by parachutist Associated Press GARLAND A Garland eighth-grader was hit in the head Friday by the foot of a professional skydiver blown off course during a program at a middle school, officials said. Duong Huynh, 15, was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital for a head the youth suffered no visible wound, doctors said such an injury could produce bleeding inside the skull or brain swelling. Hospital officials said test results, which would show if the boy suffered brain damage, were not available. He reportedly was in serious but stable condition. The accident occurred about 9:45 p.m., when students at Webb Look for the clearance signs throughout the store to save up to Now through October 30, JCPenney Credit Card Holders and those who wish to apply for a JCPenney Charge Account, take 3 1 UU.U the original prices of selected clearance merchandise.

every regular priced item in the store! Middle School gathered in a field arm u. -L 1 JCRean -a rr rani ira frn inn. to watch four professional skydiv-ers as part of Red Ribbon Week, which is meant to raise awareness of substance abuse. Duong, an immigrant from Vietnam, recently completed English as a Second Language classes. Lottery results There was one winner in Saturday night's $10 million state lottery drawing.

The winning ticket was purchased in San Antonio. The winning numbers were 1, 14, 15, 38, 41 and 42. The next drawing will be Wednesday night, and the pot will be an estimated $4 million. vsi i r. W- -Ml at i'tafit Li-.

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