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Weather Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. High, low 90s. Low, low 70s. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Details, A2.

Friday morning August 30, 1985 25 cents 6 South African toll mounts as wave of violence spreads thwarted efforts by clergymen to organize a march on Pollsmoor Prison to demand the release of Nelson Mandela, the jailed leader of the outlawed African National Congress. By official accounts, 16 people had been killed in the Cape Town area by Thursday. Elsewhere in the country, the police reported that three black people were killed in clashes with police. Charges against nine journalists accused of obstructing the police among the worst violence since a state of emergency was proclaimed in 36 districts around Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth July 21. Witnesses said that in Mitchell's Plain, a settlement for people of mixed racial descent, police officers fired tear gas, shotguns, and rubber bullets at primary school and high school students who had built barricades of blazing tires and old bedsteads across main highways.

flee path urricane i' A I IWm hhmimh Texas 'N Louisiana Miss I Austin I Houston 85 I i i ELENA i i i i 1.90.! By Alan Cowell New York Times Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa Violence spread in black townships and mixed-race suburbs around Cape Town Thursday as policemen firing shotguns and tear gas battled stone-throwing schoolchildren. The tally of killing across the country rose from 5 Wednesday night to at least 19 Thursday. All the victims were black. The clashes Thursday ranked Heat falls, hopes rise with rain By T. James Munoz American-Statesman Staff A brief shower dropped up to a half inch of rain on parts of Austin Thursday afternoon, bringing slightly lower temperatures and an expectation from city officials that water use will drop today.

The rainfall total was officially .35 of an inch at Robert Mueller Airport, the most recorded in Austin since .75 of an inch fell Juij 4. The last measurable rain was .16 of an inch on July 12. Jerry Lawson, director of the city Resource Management Department, predicted the rain will mean lower water use levels than expected for Friday. "People who might have been watering right now probably won't because of the rain," Lawson said. When the rain started falling at 6:43 p.m., the Austin temperature was 88 degrees.

Ten minutes later, the temperature had dropped to 79. Lawson said lower temperatures in the next few days could mean the city would consider dropping the Stage 3 water restrictions and returning to lesser restrictions. "We just need several days of lower temperatures, and ideally more rain," Lawson said. Water treatment plants in Austin pumped 151 milion gallons Wednesday, the seventh straight day that water use was below the critical level of 157 million gallons. The forecast for today includes a 30 percent chance of rain with high temperatures in the low 90s.

P.J. Louis, National Weather Service meteorologist in Austin, said the rain resulted from an unstable air mass, which moved from the Texas Coast to Central Texas. Louis said the rain was not associated with Hurricane Elena, Calls for reform South African business leaders say that only far-reaching race reforms can revive the country's beleaguered economy and currency. U.S. renews criticism Page A9 Staff Photo by Mario Vlllafuerte takes her dog Riffraff for a walk In a store to copy some papers.

station at 201 Chicon St. received .40 of an inch. Scattered thunderstorms spread from the coast at Matagorda west to the Hill Country. Heavy rain was reported at Victoria, Wharton, and El Campo. Scattered afternoon and evening showers are forecast for South Texas through Saturday.

Highs in the 80s and 90s are forecast, with lows in the 60s and 70s. By nightfall security forces were still battling residents in at least six townships, all of which had been cordoned off to the press. Witnesses said there was "a ring of fire" in black and mixed-race areas. "There are buildings burning everywhere," one witness said. Ambulance drivers and firefighters refused to enter the areas for fear of attack.

The Cape Town area had been relatively tranquil, but clashes began Wednesday when police PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) More than 125,000 people from Louisiana to Florida fled their homes Thursday as Hurricane Elena bore down on the Gulf Coast. Forecasters warned that Elena, the fourth hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, was moving slowly and gaining strength. They predicted that the 300-mile-wide hurricane would strike land today with winds up to 100 mph. Squalls from the fringes of Elena were hitting the coastal sections of the Florida Panhandle late Thursday night, the weather service said.

A hurricane warning was in effect from Morgan City, to Apa-lachicola, Fla. In addition, a tornado watch was posted for southern Alabama and northern Florida, and a flash flood watch was issued for northwestern Florida counties. The governors of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida declared a state of emergency in two dozen counties along the Gulf Coast, where up to 10 inches of rain was forecast. Schools closed early in southern Louisiana and Mississippi, shelters opened, and bumper-to-bumper traffic filled roads. Oil companies were airlifting thousands of employees from offshore rigs, where 20,000 workers were stationed.

At midnight Thursday, Elena's center was near Latitude 27 north and Longitude 87 west, or 285 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm was moving to the northwest at 10 mph with winds swirling at 95 mph. The hurricane was taking a more northerly course and was moving slowly, which forecasters said was not a good sign. "If it slows down a little, that gives it a chance to strengthen" before reaching land, said Dr. Neil 3 of Gulf The 300-mile-wide Hurricane Elena is expected to strike land today.

'v fA 4 II during rioting will be dropped, the South African Press Association said Thursday. Attorney General D.J. Roussouw of Cape Province gave no reason for the decision. The reporters and photographers were arrested Wednesday while covering rioting in Athlone after police broke up marchers who attempted to walk to Polls-moor Prison, This article was supplemented by reports from the Washington Post and the Associated Press. Alabama cr-1 -rt Staff Map by Sharon Kllday w-hm SHIWf AP forecasters said late Thursday, but because Elena was moving slower, it was more difficult to predict where and when it would come ashore.

Squalls and high tides of 8 feet to 12 feet above normal were forecast. "This is a very big storm," Zim- See Elena, A11 Boss on tour Tickets were selling at the rate of 500 a minute Tuesday in Southern California, but long lines and short tern-, pers were aided by a wristband system similar to that used by the Erwin Center. Page F2 Bruce Springsteen's nationwide tour has been greeted with drum rolls ordinarily re-, served for popes and hostages. A series tells why. Beginning Sunday in Lifestyle -f-.

Florida i v. VI. I 1V i 1 I til. I 85. i.i-.ll..L i.V; i I Debbi Loveland asks Deputy Gavin Price if she can return to Pensa-cola Beach, after it was sealed off to non-residents in preparation for evacuation.

She was allowed to go back to her business. Schoolteacher Sheila Morgan long-awaited rain as she goes which Thursday night was sweeping from the Gulf of Mexico toward the mouth of the Mississippi River. The most rain in Austin, half an inch, was recorded at the fire station at 506 W. Martin Luther King Boulevard. Parts of North Austin received no rain.

A trace was reported at the fire Station at 702 W. Ben White Boulevard, .10 of an inch fell at the station at .3009 Windsor Road, and a to Frank, director of the hurricane center. Forecaster Mark Zimmer of the National Hurricane Center, said winds of 100 mph are not out of the question. That would classify Elena as a Category 2, or moderate, hurricane. The most likely point for the eye of the hurricane to hit land was the mouth of the Mississippi River, Ittf-rHra Rocker Springsteen adds 2nd Dallas show Sale of KVUE is planned in deal with Gannett Co.

Dead magic Twenty years after the Grateful Dead began their transformation from band to phenomenon, their performances, like the one planned Saturday at Manor Downs, are still magical. Arts Entertainment, Fl School time Children might not be ready for school, but the schools are because of workers who have prepared all summer. Page El 'A Yl By John T. Davis American-Statesman Staff Bruce Springsteen and the Street Band have added a second show in Dallas Sept. 14 because of the demand for tickets, Alex Burnett of Pace Concerts in Houston said Thursday.

Tickets for the second performance will go on sale statewide at 10 a.m. today. Demand for tickets to Springsteen's Sept. 13 show swept across the state Thursday when tickets went on sale in major Texas cities. Long-distance lines to Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio were jammed, fans camped out at ticket sale sites, and radio stations were swamped with callers pleading for information.

The 60,000 tickets for the first show, which went on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday, were sold by noon, according to Pace, the concert promoter. Although a four-ticket limit had been established for buyers, the allotment was raised to six tickets sometime before noon. That limit also will be in effect for sales today. "This whole town's going crazy over Bruce Springsteen," said Robert Brock, the assistant ticket manager of the Cotton Bowl, where the concerts will be held.

Rainbow Ticket Masters, a statewide ticket network, is handling ticket sales. And even though the stadium is not selling tickets, Brock said the phone has been ringing constantly at his Dallas office. "It's the most 8m Bruce, A11 KNT News Service DETROIT The Evening News Association, owner of KVUE-TV in Austin, has accepted an offer by Gannett Co. of $1,583 a share for its publishing and broadcasting properties, Gannett Chairman Allen Neu-harth announced Thursday. Gannett will pay $717 million to company stockholders under the agreement which Neuharth and Peter Clark, chairman of Evening News Association, said was unanimously approved by directors of both companies.

Because Evening News Association owns a number of television and radio licenses, the transaction remains subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission. Evening News Association had been seeking a friendly buyer to counter a hostile bid by Hollywood television producers Norman Lear and A. Jerrold Perenchio. In addition to KVUE, Channel 24 Cable 3, Evening News Association owns the Detroit News and Detroit radio stations WWJ-AM and WJOI-FM, as well as four other television stations and other smaller newspapers. Its Washington television station WDVM-TV, a CBS affiliate has been regarded as its most valuable property.

KVUE officials said they were happy with the proposed sale, i "Gannett is a well-respected journalism and information company," said the station general manager and vice president, Joe Jerkins. "They operate good stations." Jerkins said he does not expect the acquisition to affect the station's news budget. The station has a news staff of about 40 people, Jerkins said. KVUE has held the ratings lead among Austin television newscasts for several years. "It's a relief," Jerkins said.

"Because once it became apparent that the company would have to merge or be taken over, that left you very nervous. There are all sorts of companies that might take you over that don't have a journalistic tradition. I can think of a half? dozen I would have been appalled over." The Evening News Association has owned the Austin station since 1979. Until Gannett launched its national newspaper, USA Today, in a financially daring move three years ago, the company was best known for becoming one of the nation's largest and most profitable newspaper chains by thinking safe and small. The Gannett communications empire is built on highly profitable newspapers without competition in small and medium-size cities.

Of its 86 daily newspapers, only a half dozen sell more than 100,000 copies a day. Together with 37 other newspapers, they provide about three-quarters of the company's $2 billion annual revenue. Gannett also owns six television stations and 16 radio stations. Gannett has increased its annual dividend in each of the 17 years it has been a public company. It recently reported its 71st consecutive quarter of higher earnings.

Last year the company reported $224 million in profit, up 17 percent from the year earlier, on a 15 percent increase in revenue. The Gannett purchase of Evening News Association will trigger sales of other media properties in Detroit, Oklahoma City, and Tucson, Ariz. Federal regulations prevent a single buyer from multiple ownerships of newspapers, television stations, and radio stations in a single metropolitan market -r Ann Landers Bridge Business Classified Comics Crossword Dear Deaths Editorials Starting UT-ex Tony football world in 1984, just another Bengals. the climb back Degrate, who was at the top of the after winning the Lombardi Trophy is working hard to prove he's not name after being cut by the Cincinnati Sports, HI E6 E8 Gl-6 D13-39 G7 E8 E3 B12 A14.15 Entertainment Fl-9 Nat Henderson CI Horoscope E8 Lifestyle El-10 Newsmakers A2 Personalities E2 Sports Hl-11 TV Log D40 Weather A2 (..