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LONE STAR IN SPORTS: Cowboys pick long shot Kavika Pittman of McNeese State PAGE 1B IN SPORTS: Cowboys pick long shot Kavika Pi 1 V1( 1- ftri 4 0 1Riy 4 i i anwc7oil 0 ginum SUNDAY APRIL 21 1996 Fort Worth Texas Where The West Begins Price $150 SUNDAY APRIL 21 1996 Fort Worth Texas Where 7 i Nuellear test ban accepted IRONWORKERS RUSH TO FINISH BASS HALL FRAME FOR 'TOPI'ING-OUT' CEREMONY I IRONWOk'KER 'NISEI BASS I-I i FOR 'TOTTING CEREtviONY G-7 Ukraine leave plan to close Chernobyl unresolved at summit BRUTAL FALLOUT From Wire Reports MOSCOW A half-century into the Atomic Age Russia and the Group of Seven industrial nations agreed yesterday to accept a ban on all nuclear tests from hydrogen bombs down to micro-warheads with "zero yield" However a lingering nuclear dispute between Moscow and Washington cast a shadow on the summit which critics called long on rhetoric and short on breakthroughs Also left unresolved were Western proposals to permanently mothball the Chernobyl nuclear plant site of the world's worst nuclear accident 10 years ago Friday Nevertheless President Clinton said "We took yet another step back from the nuclear precipice" He praised Russian President Boris Yeltsin who proposed the (More on SUMMIT on Page 14) jEtI is Et ts sost i memmwroote (it Eli ISS1A 5 1 I ill! 0 0 4 Even atter 10 yews Chernobyl's terrible human and enelmnme tal toll Isn't fully Moen An Mulatto kU raft-don sickness or cancer stalks the land a a a a a a a IwIu sTony ON 2A i i I Standing in what will be an orchestra pit Don LeMaster directed ballet of artists in steel as they fit into place a roof what is billed as the last great performance hall of tge 20th century For now the discordant throb of generators and the chatter of wrenches assail the ears as the Nancy Leeind Perry Bass Hall takes shape in downtown PortWorth But in two years if all according to plan those sounds will be replaced by symphonies and toccatas and fugues Ten months after '6reaking ground for the privately financed project Le Master and his troupe of hard-hatted iron workers perched 120 overhead were hustling last week to hang the last pieces of the huge i (More on HALL on Page 16) '1 1 1 -p ititsKt7tv I 7r cc 000-'S 1 1 4 :::1 1 -r 1 0 I 1 I t- 4 1 concert( ii w- 4' 1 I i ii I(' 1 r---' 1 cc tistvr tt-------- 1 1 41-4 I 11 kr-Ja -0 4 4 4's 1 kik I I 1 1 "Ilk) I lk -1 3 ts t4 1 471 44 I 0 ILI 1 '4 --4 1y'4' lw il '44' 4 '40 4-- -4- rh4i- 4 A117---4' 0 v4i a 1 4 44 44-'r- EW ALL Star-Telegram tanding in what will be an orchestra pit D011 LeMaster directed jai ballet of artists in steel as they fit into place a 40Aon roof tri Arik i what is billed as the last great performance hall of the 20th century For now the discordant throb of generators and the chatter of pn 4f1---1 1 1 I 1' i 14 wrenches assail the ears as the Nancy Lee-and Perry Bass Perfor 1 it- I 't Yi 1 Hall takes shape in downtown Port Wo'rth But in two years if all 1 i -1 0 9 I according to plan those sounds will be 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hustling last week to hang the last pieces of the huge (More on HALL on Page 16) ic it I 0 1 kin It 7c: Congress members become more upstanding in no-free-lunch era Stringent gift ban tough to swallow Star-TelegramRodger Mallison The Nancy Lee and Peny Bass Performance Hall on the comer of Fourth and Calhoun streets IS on scheduk for completion in 1998 at a cost of $60 million At top right ironworker Tim Atkinson guides a steel beam into place At top 1c14 An ironworker welds the steel that will support the mezzanine seats at Bass Hall The Nancy Lee and Peny Rtass Performance Hall on the comer of Fourth and Calhoun streets if on scheduk for completion in 1998 at a cost righ4 ironworker Tim Atkinson guides a steel beam into place At top left An ironworker welds the steel that will support the mezzanine seats at ngnt trunwonter on: autinson guiaes a stem into place At top 114 An ironworker welds the steel that will support the mezzanine seats at Bass Hall Stat-TelegramRodger Matson The Nancy Lee and Peny R'Bass Performance Hall on the comer of Fourth and Calhoun streets is on scheduk for completion in 1998 at a cost of $60 million At top BY RON HUTCHESON Star-Telegram Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Congress has a new code of conduct but the rules of etiquette are not likely to win approval from Miss Manners Rule 1: Cocktails and snacks are better than a wholesome meal Rule 2: If you do eat do it standing up Those are the unwritten guidelines The official do's and don'ts are spelled out in House Rule 52 a stringent gift ban that took effect for lawmakers and congressional staff members at the stall of the year For the first time since the Republic's founding lawmakers are prohibited from accepting free meals gifts or other favors from lobbyists (More on CONGRESS on Page 5) an aerial truss for pneumatic Performance goes arias feet steel an aer truss for pneumatic Performance goes arias feet steel 11 Oldahomans are left to bear grief alone BY LAURA VOZZELLA Star-Telegram Stall Writer OKLAHOMA The satellite TV trucks have hit the highway The network morning shows and nightly news are back to beaming from New York Oklahoma City's year of public grief ended with Friday's first anniversary of the April 19 bombing of the federal building Now comes the hard part as the spotlights switch off and the city is left to mourn 168 men women and children on its own "A lot of those folks are going to crash" said Gwen Allen director of Project Heartland Center which provides free counseling services to people affected by the bombing at the Alfred Murrah Federal Building Reporters from around the world have sought out (More on BOMBING on Page 12) Star-Telegram HELEN MU t-: 0 f-- (tittjt9 I ---r- Star-Telegram HELEN iALJ Bouncing with joy at Arbor Daze Samuela Maumalanga of Euless plays on the Texas Bounce during the Euless Arbor Daze festival STORY ON PAGE 3A -0' i N--- RACING To The Finish THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TOMORROW: The Texas Motor Speedway has not yet scheduled a race but ft already has received more than 45000 ticket requests from ardent racing fans WEDNESDAY: The Fort Worth City Council considers on Tuesday a final agreement with Speedway Motorsports Inc on road water and sewer improvements for the facility Developersays speedway will be the Ritz of racing BY JACK SMITH Star-Telegram Staff Writer FOIT WORTH Never one for understatement motor sports mogul Bruton Smith says his Texas Motor Speedway will be "the finest speedway that's ever been built" People involved with the gargantuan project as well as longtime observers of auto racing say Smith's boast is not an idle one They say his shrine to stock-car racing could indeed become the premier facility in motor sports (More on TRACK on Page 29) or- 74 RACING Developer says speedway To The Finish will be the Ritz of racing THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY BY JACK SMITH 1' Star Telegram Staff Writer do TOMORROW The Texas Motor FOIT WORTH Never one for understatement i-Y Speedway has not yet scheduled a motor sports mogul Bruton Smith says his Texas race but ft already has received more Motor Speedway will be "the finest speedway that's than 45000 ticket requests from i ever been built" fr ardent racing fans People involved with the gargantuan project as well WEDNESDAY: The Fort Worth City as longtime observers of auto racing say Smith's boast Council considers on Tuesday a final is not an idle one They say his shrine to stock-car rac- agreement with Speedway ing could indeed become the premier facility in motor Motorsports Inc on road water and sports sewer improvements for the facility (More on TRACK on Page 29) AMPNIMEPEIMNIMEEIEEIMEMIPMEIIIIMEMIEPIM 0111111011 4 li MAM161CNSMIMMUMnionna voMiNt9b MI I Classified Business Simulcast venue reflects new course in racing Crosswbrds 4E 2 Editorials 1 PAGE31A 11 Encore 4E Simulcast venue reflects new course in racing IA PAGE 31A WEATHER Windy with some sun thunderstorms around High 84 low 62 Winds south-southeasterly at 12 to 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