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Is LONE STAR IN SPORTS: Jeff Russell signs one-year deal with Rangers PAGE 1C roN 70112 II gmum WEDNESDAY APRIL 12 1995 Fort Worth Texas Where The West Begins 25 in TarrantDallas counties 50t elsewhere 0 ittate abalkiaiNa iolani ita 4441aR1 "If we didn't control our emotions we'd still be floating around up there" 25 years ago Apollo 1 3 hung between Earth and moon 1 1 oxygen tank in the spaceship exploded 200000 miles from Earth four-fifths of the way to the moon Lovell and his crew Fred Haise and Jack Swigert managed to safely return to Earth Lovell is grateful for that But it was the second time he flew to the moon and didn't land "That is my one regret" said Lovell BY MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Every time Jim Lovell looks at the moon he feels cheated Twenty-five years ago this week the Apollo I 3 commander was supposed to land there Instead he wound up zooming around it in a race for his life after an 67 Lovell first circled the moon in 1968 on Apollo 8 a dress rehearsal for the first manned lunar landing the next year During the Apollo 13 mission he should have become the fifth man to walk on the moon and Haise the sixth Swigert was going to wait for them as they explored the Fra Mauro highlands It never happened "On the other hand the mission itself and the fact that we triumphed over an almost certain catastrophe does give me a deep sense of satisfaction Although I didn't land on the moon the achievement that was accomplished I thought was well worthwhile to participate in" Lovell said recently Many consider Apollo 13's safe return one of NASA's finest moments right up there with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's stroll on the moon nine months earlier on the Apollo 1 1 mission "Looking at it in retrospect I think it's probably one of the most amazing and incredible rescues of all history" said (More on SPACE on Page 15) Speedway is Fireball christens racetrack Inflation reports upbeat -1-7 4 i 's o'4Ski 0 1 I (''') 0-- ri tti i r)( 11 e- r) -i -r4 'N i 0- ---70 s) i'' do- 's' ii-? 4d 4 i 41 )1 (77 41h4f 1 4 1 0 tbrSi 111 'I f''" A 1 1)411 li: 10-- TT 4 0 l'''' i A 'r ------4 Ir 4a tim qrr)4 12 I 4 5' C' -1 l't 1 i i 1 4 1 7-- )- i 't o1 --7 (y) )'''''' 1 i th IC I -4411 a1 0404-ai- 4-- iii4 BY ROLAND MARTIN Fort Worth Star-Telegram DENTON COUNTY Track owner Bruton Smith kicked off major-league stock-car racing in North Texas with a big bang yesterday as nearly 1000 racing fans and dignitaries cheered the groundbreaking of his $100 million Texas Motor Speedway Smith pressed a lever detonating explosives that sent a fireball into the sky to signal the beginning of what he has said will be the "perfect speedway" The 15-mile oval track is expected to initially seat 160000 people and eventually seat 270000 It will be the nation's second-largest behind the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the site of the Indy 500 The targeted opening is spring I 996 "Race fans" Smith said "this is for you" Fort Worth Assistant City Man-(More on TRACK on Page 15) Figures show drop in food energy prices From Wire Reports For those who have feared the reium of inflation the news was decidedly upbeat on two fronts yesterday Government figures showed -that inflation vanished at the producer level in March as energy and food prices turned down And Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan declared in a speech that inflation is under control around the globe and that the job of central banks worldwide is to keep up the progress The government figures if followed today by similarly restrained consumer prices would further reduce the possibility that the Federal Reserve will raise in- terest rates soon analysts said The price of finished products was unchanged for the month constituting the best performance since October The economy: Key index stays level in March BUSINESS (S Speedway protest: Residents ask for answers PAGE I 5A Fort Worth Star-Telegram I 1AN MCVEA Balloons fly as racing magnate Bruton Smith takes the stage at groundbreaking ceremonies for his North Texas speedway 1 Clinton urges end to F-16 impasse Bairds go outside family for bakeries' new CEO Fort Worth raises goal for minority contracts An ordinance passes unanimously to steer an intended 25 percent share deity dollars toward minorities and women i 406 i i 1 -441- irl? i 's s'N) 4 i -ie 1 cl I 1 I BY WORTH WREN JR Fort Wonh Star-Telegram FORT WORTH Mrs Baird's Bakeries the nation's largest family-owned baking company has gone outside the Baird family for the first time in the company's 87 years to fill its 4 1Z- presidency and chief executive's post Larry Wheeler 49 a 26 -y a food Wheeler marketing specialist with long stints at Pillsbury and Coca-Cola Foods will succeed Carroll Baird 67 as president and chiefexecutive May 1 The Fort Worth-based firm said it still plans on reaching for a larger slice of the nation's bread cake and tortilla trade "We're trying to move from being a family business to being a business with a family heritage" said Allen Baird 72 who will continue as chairman of the board The company's headquarters are on the South Freeway in south Fort Worth Wheeler a top-gun merchandiser will handle daily executive duties and help the company expand into new markets and new products said Allen Baird a grandson of company founder Ninnie Baird Carroll Baird also a grandson said "I'm not retiring" He will continue on the company's board of directors "And we're not selling the business" he added He said Wheeler emphasized that he didn't want the job if the Baird family were trying to leave the business (More on WHEELER on Page 15) Passage of the ordinance means that "we will have more opportunities for minority and women businesses in this town" said Reginald Gates president of the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and chairman of a city advisory committee that helped draft the ordinance Mayor Kay Granger said that the 25 percent goal will be difficult to achieve but that it will result in a larger share of city dollars going to minority- and women-owned firms The council's unanimous support for the ordinance was "a show of faith that we are an inclusive city" she said "We recognize that a city won't be healthy an economy will not be healthy unless all people are a part of that economy" Council members voted to pass the ordinance after the Fort Worth (More on COUNCIL on Page 15) 1 BY JACK SMITH Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH An ordinance unanimously approved by the Fort Worth City Council yesterday sets a goal of awarding 25 percent of the city's contracting and purchasing dollars to minority- and women-owned firms The objective represents a two-thirds increase in the present goal (415 percent which the city has surpassed in construction and professional services contracts but has not met in purchasing of general goods and services The Associated Press resident Clinton looks on as Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto adjusts her scarf at the White House yesterday Clinton promised to work with Congress to resolve a disagreement rdth Pakistan over F-16 jets STORY ON PAGE I 6A 1 WEATHER Sunny with northwesterly winds at 5 to 15 mph High in the middle 70s low in the middle 40s Fun weather report on I IA 1 I 1 t2 III Women-owned businesses have Classified Horoscope 2D Comics 10-110 Index to features 2A highest survival rates study says Crosswords 10D 2F Movies SE IN BUSINESS Editorials 26A Obituaries 24-25A Encore 14A Television 4E -i171c111715Fra Dial DEL-IVER 89th year No 352 90 pain Copyright 0 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 995 7 4 NIFe.