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1 POI 7011h Shl rcToll A WIN ONE OF 18 VACATIONS OF A LIFETIME 0 Walt Disney World is celebrating its 25th anniversary and you could be part of the yearlong extravaganza SEE CONTEST DETAILS ON PAGE BB BILLIE PARKER Fort Worth's party maven talks about the good times the regrets and passionate love that most only dream about CITY FINAL ARTS THE CLASS OF '86: These brash young artists were supposed to revolutionize country music Why didn't they? gam Mary Chapin Carpenter Randy Travis 'I Dwight Yoakam WIN ONE OF 18 of IONS OF KM I A to vmance IN ARTS 4 'k VACATA LIFETIME mmerrt er 1 INI 0 Walt Disney THE CLASS OF '86: ti 7 131 World is celebrating li 44i 4 kf its 25th anniversary cliandy Travis 's'41 1 l'' 'i and you could be These 4 eill4 10 Ir part of the yearlong Lio extravaganza maven talks about the good times 1--' 44 revolutionize country Is BILLIE PARKER Fort Worth's party -4i supposed to were young Mary Chapin itl i Dwight 'Malan 0'4 the regrets and passionate love that i 1 music Why didn't SEE CONTEST DETAILS ON Carpenter most only dream about 1--- 1 4 Lyle -J they? l'wk- Lovett 4 PAGE BB 4 i 1 t'1 CITY FINAL 4 1 po yili TT() Icih Slitay7c) 11 0 olFam kro A 4 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1996 $150 Tarrant County Texas "Where The West Begins" -C' -4 I1 Rangers' fans camping at Ballpark aligned in the desire for playoff seats 'fans Irs i ip angers camping at matt I i attgned ln the destre or playo 1 I SECTION Florida 35 Georgia 15 Alabama 17 Tennessee 29 Texas Tech 12 Arkansas 7 Texas AMA 55 USC 26 Navy 19 North Texas 0 Houston 9 SMU 17 41 I- 1 1 1I tv- 1 ttg 4k 40 ---q- "77 oN -1Y '141r do :4 A )-11 -1 '--VPj4 't 1 tr( :1 4 1 41 --b os 1 4 '4' IA 4 oe tt 4 114 tk i kcp 1 1 'sot Notre Dame beats Texas 27-24 with field goal in final seconds A RETURN TO WINNING WAYS 40 The Rangers beat the Angels last night 7-1 to keep a one-game lead over the Mariners A RETURN TO bill the BY jAN jARVIS Star-Telegram Staff Writer THE BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON The village of tents and sleeping bags all-pight card sharks and zonked-out hound dogs was silent at 3 am yesterday except for the hum of a lone in-line skater cruising up and down the sidewalk Thomas Luecke 27 said he was too anxious about whether he BY jAN JARVIS Star-Telegram Staff Writer THE BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON The village of tents and sleeping bags all-pight card sharks and zonked-out hound dogs was silent at 3 am yesterday except for the hum ge67P' of a lone in-line skater cruising up and down the sidewalk Thomas Luecke 27 said he would get tickets to the team's first-ever division playoffs to bother with sleep "Besides" the Arlington resident said as he cruised along in the chilly weather "I have to wait until the guy I came with getalbut of my sleeping bag" Just a few hours earlier the line of overnight campers that whipped around The Ballpark in (More on TICKETS on Page 20) would get tickets to the team's first-ever division playoffs to bother with sleep "Besides" the Arlington resident said as he cruised along in the chilly weather wai until the guy I came with "I have to out of my sleeping bag" Just a few hours earlier the 1 me of overnight campers that whipped around The Ballpark in a nen Smith celebrates after a 39-yard field goal gave No 9 Notre Dame a victory over No 6 Texas yesterday before the largest home crowd in UT history 83312 at Darrell Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium SEE STORY ON PAGE ID 7) Star-TelegraMRALPH LAUER 'N7 Texas' magic number for clinching the American League West is 8 Texas' maaic numb( Between wives of candidates Dole has lead ii) ole Clinton to get 2 debates El Texans perceive the former Cabinet official as more traditional than first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton 114- 7 e7 tk 4 0 I -At CY" tAi14-lit 4 -1111 1 1 I k- 1 'it lb 1 if Clt I)) ik: 4 (: 1 1 4t ''-'----4N ts21 A I IMP' ti m6'1 4uk) 441 CZ) Pr14 Vitt VP Ntir77 tru'A Elizabeth Dole under flu' magnolia blossom" Hillary Rodham Clinton creating a new role Jr flit lady BY SANDRA SOBIERAJ The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Clinton and Republican nominee Bob Dole will face off in two debates without Dallas billionaire Ross Perot representatives from the two major parties decided yesterday after nine hours of negotiations Representatives of the Dole and Clinton campaigns said they agreed to debate Oct 6 in Hartford Conn and Oct 16 in San Diego Vice President Al Gore and GOP rival Jack Kemp will face off Oct 9 in St Petersburg Fla All three nationally televised debates will last 90 minutes and will begin at 8 pm CDT "It means they're substantive and they're meaningful rather (More on DEBATE on Page 20) ILLUSTRATIOtt Jim AthertonStar-Telegram 0 arm hearrRo BY MARIA RECIO Star-Telegram Washington Bureau WASEHNGTON If Elizabeth Hanford Dole and Hillary Rodham Clinton were running for president instead of their husbands it would probably be Dole by a landslide at least in Texas The latest Texas Poll released today shows Elizabeth Dole with a 72 percent approval rating among Texans compared with 50 percent for the first lady President Clinton meanwhile and his Republican challenger Bob Dole are in a dead heat at 41 percent each in Texas according to a Texas Poll published Thursday Even though political commentators often say that first ladies don't matter in the end voters in the Texas Poll said by a resounding 89 percent that a president's wife is an (More on POLL on Page 18) VMI retreats on tradition takes women Two years ago Lisa Rene of Arlington was kidnapped bludgeoned with a shovel and buried alive by a gang of drug traffickers who had been cheated by her brothers in a marijuana deal On Tuesday the second anniverswy of the teen-ager's abduction the last office men charged in the case is scheduled for sentencing Here is the stoly of Rene's terrible last hours a tale of terror brutality and missed opportunities to save her life INSIDE State plans blitz against fire ants other pests PAGE 1B BY LAURA VOZZELLA Steir-lilegirun Miff II Wel IT- JISA RENE WALKED HAND-IN-HAND WITH ONE OF HER CAPTORS down a dark path in an Arkansas nature preserve Flashlight beams danced on the ground a few yards away as two others searched for a fresh grave "Am 1 going to die?" Rene asked "Are they going to kill me?" Steven Beckley kept a firm hold on the 16-year-old who had come to place a measure of trust in him He had already raped her Later he would help bludgeon her with a shovel and bury her alive But he was the closest thing to kindness the Arlington teen had encountered since a gang of drug dealers kidnapped her in retaliation for a $5000 rip-off by her brothers "No you're not going to die" Beckley assured her "Keep quiet You're going to be OK" (More on RENE on Page 22) INio you re not going to we DeLAley iissuieu ner leep quiet Lou le gouig iv uc (More on RENE on Page 22) BY DAVID REED The Associated Press LEXINGTON Va Virginia Military Institute opened its barracks and parade grounds to women yesterday by retreating from 157 years of male-only tradition as the price of keeping its public funds Had VMI decided to go private rather than admit women on equal footing with men the school would have had to raise a minimum endowment of $200 million to generate the $10 million in annual operating funds now supplied by the state VMI Superintendent Josiah Bunting III said The alumni also might have had to buy the campus valued at (More on WI' on Page 20) saki The alumni also might have had to buy the campus valued at (More on VIVII on Page 20) 0- Texas top 10 household pests and pests most difficult to control GRAPHIC 411 )P They 're overrunning part of Australia scaring tourists in the Caribbean and occasionally killing dogs in Florida Beware of Bub martnus the poisonous marine toad BA difficult to control GRAPHIC 411 )P They 're overrunning part of Australia scaring tourists in the Caribbean and occasionally killing dogs In Florida Beware of Bub marinus the poisonous marine toad BA Spirituality intensely ingrained in Hispanic culture PAGE 1 1 0 i i i rverxrrepprompowaymomistantsonnowsom 1 i nr151111511 Spirituality intensely II Ilt 1 I in II an culture ingraine i PAGE 113 i ie i CLASSIFIED MARKET LISTINGS 6-7F CROSSWORDS 4G2M MOVIES 5H EDITORIALS lE NEWS FEATURES 25-36A ENCORE 14-15A (8)TUARIES 5-76 HOROSCOPE 40 TRAVEL I CROSSWORDS 4G2M MOVIES CLASSIFIED MARKET LISTINGS 6-7F 5H EDITORIALS lE NEWS FEATURES 25-36A ENCORE 14-15A ViTUARIES 5-713 HOROSCOPE 40 TRAVEL I WEATHER Partly cloudly with southerly winds 10-20 mph High In the upper 80s Low in the upper 60s Full weather report on 3B WEATHER 10-0 mph High In the upper 80s Partly cloudly with southerly winds 2 i Low in the upper 60s 1 Full weather report on 3B Dial DEL-IVER OAst yoar No 150 282 pogol Copyright 01996 Fort Worth Star-Tologrem 1996 Dial DELVER )1 )001 I' 1i in i 31 71111186727110bob21111i 1 1 1 4'.