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LONE STAR HANUKKAH: Holiday grows into lavish celebration Miiiinil ilium IN METRO PAGE 27A Hi SUNDAY DECEMBER 17 1995 impmiihiiu 'i" i "i Fort Worth Texas Where The West Begins Price $150 Ihm'iIh "i i fi tf nJ I ft ources: Granger likely to go GOP seek seat Family friendly' Congress isn't Mayor says she will decide 'midweek' 1 1 Fmmmmm V' I ByJackZSmith and Kristin Sullivan Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH Mayor Kay Granger is expected to announce probably Tuesday or Wednesday that she will run as a Republican for the congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Pete Geren of Fort Worth political sources said yesterday "I'd be amazed if she doesn't announce on Tuesday that she's running for Congress" said David Chappell a staunch Democrat and close friend of Granger's Chappell said he is uncertain which ticket partisan warfare and the budget stalemate with President Clinton has turned this session into a grueling endurance test that is fraying nerves tempers and marriages The private strains on congressional families went public last week when two Texans announced that they have had enough Rep Pete Geren D-Fort Worth and Rep Jack Fields R-Humble both cited family reasons in disclosing that they will not seek re-election next year They (More on CONGRESS on Page 24) Granger will choose The mayor's post is nonpartisan The popular three-term mayor said yesterday that she expects to make a final decision no later than "midweek" She has decided which party to declare if she does run she said But she declined to reveal her choice "I really think Kay is going to run as a Republican" said political consultant Bryan Eppstein who has worked for Granger and who primarily aids GOP candidates "The general consensus is that she's going to run as a Republican" said another political insider (MoreonGRANGERon Page 24) ByRonHutcheson Fori Worth Star-Telegram Washington Bureau WASHINGTON On the opening day of the 104th Congress Speaker Newt Gingrich underscored his commitment to a "family friendly" work schedule by hosting a visit from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the stars of a hugely popular children's TV program A year later Gingrich's goal has proved to be as unrealistic as the cartoonish action heroes The combination of an ambitious Republican agenda repeated outbreaks of Fort Worth Mayor Kay Granger has never run in a partisan political race nr Mill I Hi Budget impasse bruises programs Furloughs closings are surface problems I Gridlock guaranteed at raceway Traffic could back up for 25 miles in all directions on major race weekends at the Texas Motor Speedway By GChambers Williams HI and Barbara Powell Fort Worth Slar-Tclcgram Churches rlong Interstate' 75 south of Atlanta cancel Sunday morning services on major NASCAR race days because 35- 'IS i -w i ii NASCAR 4 North Texas A 1 The Texas Motor Speedway -Mi' -ilk '-V! By Robert Pear The New York Times WASHINGTON Bostonians shiver in subfreezing weather Corn growers agonize over how many acres to plant next year Investors hold onto stocks in a booming market waiting for Congress to cut the capital gains tax In various ways these people have all been caught in the political cross fire between Congress and the White House victims of uncertainty over the federal budget People focus on the temporary disruptions and inconveniences that occur when federal spending authority runs out as it did at 1 1:01 pm CST Friday after talks between congressional Republicans and the Clinton administration broke down again Thousands of federal workers stay home for a few days Visitors are turned away from the Washing- More on BUDGET on Page 14) ML- tnile traffic backups prevent worshipers from getting there During this fall's NAPA 500 super NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway south of the city cars were backed up four miles from the gate still waiting to get in 3 'i hours after the green flag was dropped to start the event At Charlotte Motor Speedway traffic backups begin during Friday and Saturday qualifying rounds that lead to Sunday's Win-' (More on ROADS on Page 25) The Associated Press Fogbound A Scandinavian UN soldier stands guard at zegovina yesterday Fog and clouds pre- party of paratroopers stalling the build-up the gate of the air base in Tuzla Bosnia-Her- vented US planes from landing an advance of American forces storyon page i 8A Teen-ager's prognosis: home for Christmas Communist gains expected in vote for Russian assembly is improving and is expected to be home in time for Christmas But she has no memory of what happened in the weeks after she became ill Her mother does Almost as soon as she arrived at Arlington Memorial Hospital on Oct 7 Libby faded into unconsciousness Not only had she contracted meningococcal meningitis in which a bacteria attacks the lining of the brain If ByJanJarvis Fort Worth Star-Telegram DALLAS The questions crept out over several days There was no panic no urgency in 17-year-old Libby Russell Newman's soft voice "Tell me again" she asked her mother "How did I lose my legs?" For Lou Newman the answer to her daughter's question had to be straightforward: "I told her she ByJamesPGallagher Chicago Tribune KOSTROMA Russia She's angry frightened and full of complaints Prices are too high the streets are not safe and her sons have been out of work for months On top of everything else her pension check has been arriving several weeks late So when Maria Goltsov goes to the polls this morning she will seek both relief and revenge by marking her paper ballot for the Communists "We have been deceived by the democrats" said a grumbling Goltsov 62 "They have reduced the Russian people to misery We Used to live much better in the old days The government took better Libby Newman who lost her legs to a deadly infection fights her way back care of us back then" Because most of the country's 40 million pensioners share Goltsov's bitterness about the way things are in Russia along with her rose-colored recollections of the way conditions used to be Communists are expected to make a dramatic comeback in today's pivotal elections for the State Duma the more powerful lower chamber in the Federal Assembly The upper chamber the Federation Council is not standing for election this time Just four years into Russia's punishing experiment with West-(More on RUSSI A on Page 20) Far-right leader: Joerg Haider is Austria's most successful politician Page8AA I) Fort Worth Star-Telegram JOYCE MARSHALL Reindeer games but doctors discovered that the same bacteria had entered her bloodstream and was destroying the rest of her body The second condition meningo-coccemia is rare doctors at (More on ILLNKSSon Page 24) had been very sick but she was getting better" More than two months after Libby first noticed a purplish rash creeping up her legs the early signs of a deadly bacterial infection she Stephen Harlan 14 gets a look at a reindeer yesterday during a tour of the Fort Worth Zoo The zoo invited hearing-impaired children to visit with a signing Santa Claus argiiWiiTtiiWnn Cowboys search for AVVOL offense IN SPORTS SECTION WEATHER Cloudy with rain and thunderstorms Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph High near 60 low in the middle 40s Full weather report on 1 5 A Dial DEL-IVER Classified Index to features 2 A Crosswords 4E2K Movies 2-3F Editorials 1C Obituaries 32-33A Encore 12-13A Parade Magazine Horoscope 4E Travel 90th par No 236 250 paget Fort Worth Star-Tete9ramJ995 5.