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I Retail forecast Merry and bright Brisk sales figures for the Thanksgiving weekend encourage optimism for the holiday season among merchants BUSINESS PAGE 1C fse but ynonna Tech's Hanspard gets Walker award After leading the Red Raiders to a 74 season the junior is honored as the best collegiate running back SPORTS PAGE 1D The female incarnation of Elvis star of this year's Goodnight Gala gives country a needed jolt of rock energy LIFE ARTS PAGE LE LONE STAR Zal gum 'ZA 1 -f5 oe 1 5t -4ki 4 4' 1'' k- I -oar i 'fl it -0 -1- 1 it' --9' Ari 1)7 Li 1 'ION r'' 71 I (1- i Ca '1)1 1( A $)orbr- TUESDAY DECEMBER 3 1996 50 CENTS Tarrant County Texas "Where The West Begins' MMenowMVV0Winigt110M1 4144111t4460g442 mtmag4741444 Checkered flag Women ask $14 million in suit against ex-pastor Smith wins right to use name Motor Speedway again 1-- '1 4 7id -1 'f IC N2s-74 I merchandise on hand" said Eddie Gossage the track's vice president and general manager "And we promise not to mark it up as a collector's item" By JOHN STURM Texas A Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH In its second name change in 82 days Texas Motor Speedway was reinvented yesterday elevating anything bearing the Texas International Raceway logo to instant collectible "We still have some Texas International Raceway souvenir Texas the trial that is expected to continue for at least three weeks The plaintiffs along with the husband of one of the women accuse Bailey of misusing his high-ranking position by making unwanted sexual advances and lewd phone calls sexually harassing several female church employees and seducing two women who sought counseling in (More on BAILEY on Page 13A) BY LINDA CANIPBELL Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH Eight women accusing former Methodist minister Barry Bailey of sexual exploitation are collectively seeking more than $14 million in damages according to court documents filed yesterday The disclosure came after a judge ordered the women to specify how much they were seeking Jury selection began yesterday in The WO million racetrack was originally named Texas (More on SPEEDWAY on Page 13A) Star-Telegratnrrony Record Barry Bailey and his wife Joan right leave a Tarrant County courtroom yesterday with his attorney Melinda Burk Ride em cut em Johnson cut from TCJC list Implant maker's offer is trimmed African-American leaders say race figured in her elimination from consideration for the chancellor's post I l''' 1 0 1 1 i 4 i 1 11 I 4 1 1 I 9 I I I 1 I 4 A 0 ti li 1 1 ii il i 1 i (I i i- i 1 i 1 I i 1 1 I 1 i 4' 4 4 A 1 0 I i I a 1 I IC i 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I i i I I 1 BY GRACE BONDS STAPLES Star-Telegram Staff Writer Dow Corning seeks 4 court ruling on illness 01 1 0011 ilf (IT iSP 1 'p rt a 1 I 11:1 041111kao 1 I 1 1 -glow '''i -469 064 4114' 4 A I kirl ''1--" "VIM ie 1 4 1 1 kr 111tq- '''1 I i 3 It 1 I 40? 0 111 44 I it 1) vi I 41 11 1 i (1( iix I' Illod 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4- s''' S- I r-q i ill Pw fre- 's-- A 1A--4 dr a L' (- f-----IN 1 74 fe I (ifol 4 0 1) A '1 A Nts 1r --0 1 I It" 1 4 I -4 "irr 1-t 1 4 0 to 4: e''' 2 '14' i -----4 kr At :4 0-'-v0 onl t'n-' nn-r a 11' FORT WORTH Erma Johnson the only Tarrant 0 --tfir County Junior College administ trator to apply for the chancellor's job has been Johnson eliminated as a candidate touching off a new round of controversy over the selection process Gwen Morrison the lone African-American on the three-member search committee resigned Wednesday one day after Johnson a black vice chancellor was notified by a hired search firm that she did not make the final cut "That was an appointed position and I have notified the president of the board that I would not be participating with the selection committee any further" Morrison said yesterday "I left the meeting with one understanding about the selection process and something different occurred and that's why I'm withdrawing from the selection committee" She declined to comment further The search for a successor to retired Chancellor CA Roberson The Associated Press NEW YORK Emboldened by new studies that were unable to prove a link between breast implants and disease Dow Coming Corp raised new obstacles yesterday to women seeking damages from the company Roughly 1 million American women have breast implants and many thou- sands say they have gotten serious immune-system diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus when the implants leaked or ruptured Dow Corning once the largest implant maker made a new $2 billion settlement offer but said it would only pay $600 million unless a court rules that the implants make people sick Dow Coming proposed paying $2 billion two years ago as part of an unsuccessful attempt to settle all implant claims around the world The stringent terms of the new offer partly reflect an accumulation of evi- dence that breast implants may not cause the litany of ills claimed by thousands of women the company said Those claims helped push Dow Corning into bankrup cy reorganization in May 1995 "The evidence disproving a link between implants and disease has been (More on IMPLANTS on Page 13A) Stal-TekgraITIrrOM PENNINGTON World Championship Cutting Horse Futurity at Will Rogers Coliseum SEE STORY IN SPORTS SECTION indy Birch and her mount Smart Starlight test their skills yesterday during first-day competition at the NCI1A 1996 (More on TCJC on Page 13A) Arlington Hispanic leader and diversity activist is Police chase down raindeerly departed Not afraid of fire historic village of specialty shops in the heart of downtown Smith tried to lure the deer back with food but she spooked and started running "And the chase was on" Smith said Several children and dogs took up the chase whep the deer ran through the housing complex Almost an hour later a dozen police and animal control officers cornered the doe in a fenced playground "We took it into custody" Smith said "and transported it back to Santa Claus" The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO "You're not going to believe this" officer Richard Smith called in breathlessly on Ms police radio "I'm in pursuit of one of Santa's reindeer" It was the beginning of a five-mile chase that wound through downtown San Antonio and a public housing complex Smith in crimefighter lingo described his quarry: "A dark brown deer headed south on Alamo east on Durango" The doe named Peppa escaped Sunday morning from a display of Santa's "reindeer" at La Villita a By RENEE LEE star-Telegram Staff Writer ARLINGTON Growing up in Rock Island a small barrio in east Fort Worth Salvador Morales remembers being influenced by leaders of the 1960s such as Martin Luther King Jr and Cesar Chavez "They all had an impact on me because of what they were fighting for" said Morales now an Arlington resident "Equality and fairness" Morales is leading an effort to address diversity issues within the city of Arlington's work force He plans to meet with officials within the next two weeks or so to present a proposal for an advisory council If the proposal is enacted by the (More on MORALES on Page 13A) star-Telegram tile Dallas firefighter Salvador Morales began campaigning for diversity at 17 I10ft 1 11 1111'1 1111111 931 WEATHER Clear with northerly winds at 5 to 10 mph High in the upper 50s low in the upper 30s Full weather report on 10A WEATHER Clear with northerly winds at 5 to 10 mnh Hinh in tha inner Snq triw in HOROSCOPE 4E MARKET LISTINGS 6-11C MOVIES 9E OBITUARIES 73 1 TELEVISION 10E HOROSCOPE ASE MARKET LISTINGS 6-11C MOVIES 9E CLASSIFIED a COMICS 6-7E CROSSWORDS 6E 20 EDITORIALS ENCORE SA CLASSIFIED COMICS 6-7E CROSSWORDS 6E 2G Brighten the holidays with the latest high-tech toys gadgets PAGES 6 and 7F IN CLASS ACTS 1 wwwstartextnet Brighten the holidays with i the latest high-tech toys gadgets Dial DEL-IVER inirt 1111111111 1111111 1' 1 7 88'727100001 4 91st year No 222: 78 pages 0ayright 0 Fort Worth Stir-T logram 1996.