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ft ft Survey Teachers Elny Drop Cat -Page 10, Seel Saturday QA CompLu "Worni flew aper 25 CeiltS VOL.66 NO. 136 1996, The Tyler Morning Telegraph Tyler, Texas, April 20, 1996 (AP) The Associated Press 4 Sections Ex-President's Kin Joins City In Festivities '4 AUSTIN (AP) A federal appeals court agreed Friday to put on hold an anti-affirmative action ruling that had stopped Texas unk versities from considering students' race in admissions and scholarships. The stay was granted until May 13 by the 5th US, Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The court didn't back off its ruling, but said the stay would give the state time to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

After the state files its appeal, the stay will remain until it is acted on by the Supreme Court, said Ron Dusek, spokesman for Texas Attorney General Dan Morales. "We are optimistic that the Supreme Court will accept the case and give guidance to Texas and the nation on this important issue," Morales said. If the high court decides to hear the case, the stay will continue until the case is decided, Dusek said. If the court does not hear the case, the stay would be dissolved. The stay, signed by 5th Circuit Judge Jerry E.

Smith, means uni versities in states under the court's jurisdiction Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi again may begin considering race in making student decisions, Dusek said. "That's up to the universities! More than likely, the universities, will act cautiously in' whatever policies and programs they set up now in regard to admission," he said. Texas University said it planned to immediately resume using race as a factor in its deci sions. University of Texas System institutions that previously used race as a factor also will resums RULING Page 5, Sec. 1 By GREG JUNEK Staff Writer Harrison Ruffin Tyler, President John Tyler's grandson, told a nearly full hall at Harvey Convention Center Friday his grandfather met his grandmother, 30 years the president's junior, in a tragic twist of fate.

Tyler, addressing about 1,100 people at the TylerSmith County Sesquicentennial Banquet, according to an estimate by Mayor Smith Reynolds Jr, said an exploding gun on a U.Sj Navy ship, set events in motion that ultimately influenced Texas' annexation. Julia Gardiner was the daughter of one of President Tyler's great friends, Tyler said. Tyler was a widower and he admired Julia, although she caught the eyes of men much younger than the president. During a trip with the president on the Potomac River on the U.S. Warship Princeton, the ship's largest gun, the largest gun on any warship, was fired and it exploded.

FESTIVITIES Page 6, Sec. 1 ft I Mi il lil will i 1 mm MjJMjw 168 Seconds Of Silence staff Photo By J. Kyle Dalpe HARRISON TYLER, SEN. HUTCHISON PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE Portrait Of City's Namesake, President John Tyler, In Front Of Podium Oklahoma ity9 Nation Remembers Bombing 1501U Anniversary Celebration Winds Down With Parade OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Where there had been sirens, screams and smoke, on Friday there was silence broken only by the chirping of birds and the faint cries of a baby. At a ceremony marking first anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, hundreds of mourners paused at 9:02 a.m.

for 168 seconds of silence at the grassy site where the i federal building once stood one second -Z-- 1 ri I i i i i .1 i By GREG JUNEK Staff Writer Festivities in the TylerSmith Qounty Sesquicentennial Celebration did not end With Friday night's banquet; they continue with a' 10 a.m. Saturday parade around the Tyler square and the cutting of the giant Sesquicentennial Birthday Cake. -v Henry Bell III, parade chairman, said he wel-comes all citizens of Tyler and Smith County and visitors to enjoy this parade. "We're hoping we I ft' lA SMITH have 3,000 or 4,000 people come down and watch it," Bell said we have more, we'd be tickled to death." Sixty-nine units TlXAS SfWIfENiraNMI. CtUJMtAIION fj 'Hi for each person killed when a bomb exploded exactly one year earlier.

Motorists on highways nearby pulled over, their headlights on in remembrance. A flyover of four F-16 jets and the tolling of a bell in a bomb-damaged church signaled the end of the silence. Then the names of the 168 people who died were read slowly in alphabetical order, the speakers' voices i AP Lasorphoto WOMAN REFLECTS IN SILENCE Murrah Building South Wall Still Stands had registered to participate in the parade by late Friday morning, he said. "Its going to be a combination of different orga- nizations, groups and businesses in the Tyler-Smith County area and they're going to be depicting different eras during our 150-year history and they will also be depicting the diverse heritage," he said. The multitude of entries will travel north on South Broadway Avenue, circle the square counter clockwise to College Avenue and travel south on College.

Bell said parking is available around the parade route for parade-watchers, but the event will cause some downtown streets to be closed for a few hours. Some roadways will be closed beginning at 8:30 a.m. for the parade staging. Those roadways are College Avenue from Front to Elm streets and Woldert Street from Bois D'Arc to College avenues. The parade route will be closed at 9:30 a.m., Bell Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of President John Tyler for whom the city of Tyler is named, will serve as grand marshal.

Following his car will be those of Harrison Tyler's sons and President Tyler's great-grandchil-, dren Harrison Ruffin Tyler Jr. and William B. Tyler. These are scheduled to be followed by Homer Smith, the great-great grandson of Gen. James PARADE Page 6, Sec.

1 Anderson was killed by falling rub ble when she rushed to the scene to rescue people. "Peachlyn Bradley Peach-lyn's mother, Daina Bradley Bruce; gave birth Thursday to another child. "Mickey Maroney Maroney, a Secret Service agent, played on the University of Arkansas' champij onship football team in 1964. "Cnristi Rosas Mrs. Rosas was one of the last three victims recovered from the rubble, more than a month after the bombing.

"Chase Smith Colton Smitlj BOMBING Page 6, Sec. 1 at times cracking with emotion. During the litany, family members, some sobbing and embracing, laid wreaths, flowers and teddy bears on the site of the demolished Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. "Ted Allen Allen, an administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban Development office, left a widow and six children.

"Baylee Almon Baylee's bloody, limp body was photographed in the arms of a firefighter moments after the blast. The photo became a symbol of the 19 children killed in the blast. "Rebecca Anderson A nurse, Staff Photo By John Huseth IVAN HARRIS WORKS ON CITY OF TYLER FLOAT FOR PARADE City Personnel Volunteered Time; Parade Begins 10 A.M. Saturday Coming Sunday: The Priceless Vacation Texas City hip Channel Closed After Threat, Fake QSonili Fomtd tion with a budget in mind. The guide gives information on attractions, accommodations, restaurants and shopping throughout the city.

Readers will also find cost-saving coupons in the special section. TCA Cable Co-Foiutder Gets Honor I Tyler resident and TCA Cable. o-founder Louise Herrington Ornelas was honored Friday night at the 49th annual Horatio Alger Awards ceremony at the Grand Jlyatt Hotel in Washington D.C. Mrs. Ornelas was one of 10 peo Look in Sunday's issue of the Tyler Courier-Time's -Telegraph for an advertising supplement, on San Antonio travel.

The 8-page insert touts the "The priceless vacation now priced less." "San Antonio: Worth Every Memory" can in planning a vaca- What's Inside was called to a police emergency operator. Two devices described as dummy mechanisms were discovered Friday along fences that border two plants but authorities said there was no way they; could have detonated. As precautions, ships were cleared from the port of Texas City, a road through the petrochemical complex" was shut. The complex includes Marathon Oil the. world's largest Amoco gasoline refinery, a Union Car bide plant and a Sterling Chemicals Co.

plant. Grimm said no evacuations were planned but he suggested people who lived in the vicinity of thfc plants might want to go elsewhere until they werf TEXAS CITY (AP) A bomb threat to one of the world's major petrochemical complexes passed without incident Friday although authorities remained on alert after two fake devices were discovered. A caller had warned that seven bombs were planted, three would be duds and that something would happen at the Texas City refinery complex at 6 p.m. CDT Friday, Texas City officials said. The hour, however, passed without incident.

"We are not letting down our guard," Texas City Fire Chief Gerald Grimm said after the hour came and went. The Texas City Ship Channel, a branch of the heavily traveled Houston Ship Channel, was closed earlier Friday by federal authorities after the bomb threat CHANNEL Page 6, Sec. 1 ple honored this year by the Horatio Alger Association for rising from humble beginnings and achieving success through jiard work and courage. She was presented her special com-Jnemorative medallion Thursday bv Page Sec. Business 4-6 2 Classified 3 Classified Crossword 8 3 Comics 6 4 Crossword Puzzle 2 2 Editorial 4 1 Movies-Dining 3 2 Obituaries 8-9 1 Sports 1-5 4 TV Program 5 4 Variety 2 2 Weather ,12 3 Women's News 1-2 112th Cavalry Time Line 1918-Began at mounted unit of the Texai '-w 5s" i 1 National Guanl.

1930s -Unit used tor martial law duty In Texas. rr ORNEUS Forecast The forecast for Tyler and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy and not as warm Saturday, high middle 80s, southeast winds 10-15 mph; Saturday night: 60 percent chance of showers most after midnight; low middle 60s. Bible Thought These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulations; but be of gaood cheer. I have overcome the world.

John 16:33 3 1 944 Fought successfully and occupied Philippines. 1946-Unit deactivated. Uroop Gathers For 3rd Reunion Of Cavalry Unit The third reunion in Tyler for members of a mounted cavalry troop who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II will be held at the East Texas Fairgrounds The 112th Cavalry Regiment, a unit based in Dallas, will gather in Tyler Saturday. The 112th Regiment previously held reunions in Dallas, but met in Tyler beginning two years ago, in hopes of improving attendance. The reunion is a chance for members to "mingle and talk," Dorothy Toliver, widow of Charles B.

Toliver, a 112th 1st sergeant, said. She held the reunion in her home in 1994 and 54 members attended. Last year, 100 members attended, and this year organizers expect 150. Troop one of nine units which formed the TROOP Page 6, Sec. 1 Pacific Ocean Associate Justice Clarence Thomas fct the U.S.

Supreme Court. -f She is also one of four Texans honored by the association. Other Texas honorees include former University of Texas football coach Dar-y-ell Royal, now a special assistant for athletic programs to UT President Bob Berdahl; Melvyn N. Klein, president and CEO of JAKK Holding Corp. in Corpus Christi; and Henry B.

Tippie, chairman of the executive committee for Rollins Truck Leasing Corp. of Austin. Dr. Benjy Brooks, a retired pediatric surgeon now teaching at the University of Texas at Tyler, pated Mrs. Ornelas for the ORNELAS Page 5, Sec.

1 mill III 1IMI IHIIII HI W82956ll00250l StaH Graphic By Jim Rossman flOW (Industrials) Page 4, ss Sec. 2 24-Nsur 'I TimeTemptrature, u2'I-jI Tyler Forecast 533-0S00 Enter Coda 1000 1942 Shipped to New Caledonia (near Australia), olned island-to-island task force. Changed from mounted unit to mechanized strike force and saw heavy fighting. Later joined 1st Cavalry (Armored) Division..