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1 1 1 7' Uk7 If I El Report Section A Page 2 Monday June 23 199:7 IIMMEIMIMMMMININIM ERVIIIIIIII 4 FO 0 0 c) Ns Festival Stores 1 1 ees said they were running short on-products I Rock fans cleared out shelves of chips and soft drinks at Texae(i 4nd Diamond Shamrock on "We have nothing left Nogal No food No cigarettes Notiarjobt Freeman said "In terms of blurness this was better NASCAR Winston Cup racer the Indy race and CountryFest all combined" Curtis Willet owner of Shamrock said the only sales that rivals the RockFest was the weekend his came the town's first to lottery tickets to 114 At Dairy Queen every employee was working extatIZIea! hours and employees from stores in other towns were brought in to help Gilbreath said Business was expected to slack off Sunday but it stayed strong she said "I thought they were all gol)e gfits morning but they just keprcelm: ing" she said 1' The business was welcome em- I ployees said but the workWas hard "I definitely haven't recovered yet" Gilbreath said From Page 1 deli section yesterday "I've been working all night and they've been sending me home for about an hour at a time to rest" Sales this weekend easily surpassed profits from past Texas Motor Speedway events such as Country Fest '97 and the inaugural NASCAR races An estimated 400000 people jammed Texas Motor Speedway for Rock Fest to hear a lineup that included the Wallflowers Jewel and No Doubt Hundreds of concertgoers camped out all weekend at the speedway for Saturday's all-day all-night music show They came to Roanoke stores in droves to satisfy the munchies to buy cigarettes and to fill up their cars for the ride home "I've never seen so many teenagers here before in my life" said Dairy Queen manager Velma Gilbreath "Our line stayed from the counter to the door all day" By Sunday most retail employ 1 A 2 I 2itit i vs r4r 4tzt r''s''''''''' V- MtItE -'-e 47 1 'u "QWi4 0 VI' '1' 4 1 1 on it II 0 "'v' 14 1 7 'r Fa- 1 1 I 4441 4 lek-1 4 2A 7 4ii I 1 '4'1 k-'''-ertfli1-' iV' 'Iti141 ''4A t' V47 04 1(1 il 45 -1121 ep4 1-yi re Al 5- 171'1 T-441 ti Inti tzt r-i t- -I 7-tit tA i---41 1 i 1 I 41'r 4 A -V 1 1 ''r4' ti i i i i vp zbe4- 1 rr-: I 1 i -144 0:: 1" 'n: 'e ee 0--- 1' e- A' San Antonio schools others tighten dress codes David Egger 18 of Denison kicks around a foot bag at Texas Motor Star-Telegram CAROLYN BAUMAN Speedway over the weekend "We were spending an nate amount of time with prkm4rily female students coming to schopt in inappropriate attire" said Henderson vice principal at Taft High School nign From Page 1 Cook Children's Medical Center where he was taken with a head injury At 2 pm in the speedway parking lot most of those who remained appeared content to stay indefinitely "We're not leaving" Lisa Bar-tee 33 of Valley Ranch said yesterday afternoon drink in hand "In fact can you call work for me and make me up an excuse for not coming in tomorrow?" Bartee helped make Saturday's RockFest the largest possibly the second-largest gathering of people in Texas history with a crowd estimated at 400000 Drawn by a lineup that included the Wallflowers Counting Crows and No Doubt thousands of fans battled six-hour traffic tie-ups in sweltering heat to get to the 16-hour concert The largest crowd ever to gather for an event in Texas was a 1995 parade in Houston which drew 700000 fans celebrating the Rockets' rise to the NBA championship Pope John Paul 1I's 1987 visit to Texas drew an estimated 300000 to a worship service in a field outside San Antonio At Texas Motor Speedway cars were at a standstill well past 1 am yesterday as weary concertgoers tried to stay awake in their cars "I think I'm going to sit here and idle forever" said Mark Thinnes 17 of Abilene About 45 minutes later Thinnes' car had moved 20 feet Rather than fight traffic Susanne Peters 30 of Naples Fla planned to spend Saturday night in the motor home she had rented for the weekend In town to go to the concert and to visit relatives Peters said she looked forward to a good night's sleep outside the speedway's Gate 4 "We would have been exhausted and besides it would have taken forever" Peters said She was close Traffic problems did not dissipate until about 7 am when work crews with bulldozers began scooping up mounds of garbage A speedway official said crews expect the cleanup to take four days Yesterday's intermittent rain was expected to hamper work on taking down the massive scaffolding of the main stage Discarded sleeping bags and blankets steeped in mud thousands of crumpled beer and soda cans half-eaten food lawn furniture shredded coolers purses clothes and shoes were all strewn about like a garage sale organized by a tornado Most of the dozens of cars stranded along the roadways leading to the speedway were gone yesterday The hard-core partying had let up by 6 am but after a few hours' sleep some die-hards were still popping open beers in the 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Fisodsrah 4): 868000 dilly 810400 Sunday saying we needed more cabs" Staff writers Malcolm Mayhew and Gabrielle Crist and the Associated Press contributed to this report Russian Orthodox Church patriarch collapses at service The Associated Press VIENNA Austria The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Alexy II briefly collapsed yesterday during a religious service but recovered and will continue his visit to Austria Alexy 68 fainted near the end of a three-hour service at Vienna's Russian Orthodox cathedral He was taken to the nearby Russian Embassy and recovered in about 45 minutes the Austria Press Agency reported The patriarch took part in an ecumenical vesper service later at Vienna's main St Stephen's cathedral He is attending a European religious conference in the southern city of Graz this week There had been speculation he would meet Pope John Paul II during the visit in what would have been the first meeting between a Russian Orthodox patriarch and a pope But the Russian church's concerns about Roman Catholic efforts to win over traditionally Orthodox believers still stand in the way of a meeting was spent helping people who had become separated from their groups "I'm scared" said a barefoot woman from Norman Okla who identified herself as Amy 20 "I don't know where my friends are" she said weeping and clutching her drenched sandals and shirt "I called my dad at 4 this morning and he was supposed to come pick me up and he's still not here" she said at 8:30 am Keith Lara 22 of San Antonio drove up with friends Lara said he lost his friends after the show while they were searching for their car "I think a lot of it was just problems finding the cars" he said shivering in the rain near the south entrance to the infield "Everything started looking the same I was sick" Police also fielded calls from parents who reported missing children But they expected most of the detached teens to reunite with friends and relatives Tidewater said "Lots of moms and dads are calling we've had over 100 calls this morning" Tidewater said "It seems like every other call we're getting has been from parents" Cab companies did a brisk business yesterday morning shuttling concertgoers around the Metroplex and as far as Oklahoma "We had a lot of people calling from out there the speedway" said Diane Foster a dispatch supervisor for Yellow Cab Co which had more than a dozen drivers at the speedway "The drivers were "On any given school da4551AI- could walk our halls and find a dozen to a hundred violations It got to the point where the teachers just gave up because there were too many" Boys wearing baggy saggy pants hanging well below their waiS-tcali'o have been a problem ad- ministrators said Two days after Northside trustees changed the dress code 200 students at San Antonio Holmes High School staged a walkout that turned raucous when some threatened to burn the US and Texas flags At least 15 students were suspended Felix Tijerina a senior at San Antonio Lanier High School said some friends have trouble concentrating in class because girls wear sexy outfits His girlfriend's halter top distracts him he said Jason Albarado a sophomore at Holmes said baggy clothing doesn't hinder studying "I do all my work I try hard at school even when I'm dressed like: this" said Albarado who was sporting huge khaki pants Israel's high court bans gator wrestling shows The Associated Press JERUSALEM Israel's Su- preme Court yesterday outlawed alligator wrestling as a spectator event after appeals from animal rights groups that the spectacles are inhumane But alligator-fighting classes for backpackers headed to Latin America can continue Justice Mishael Cheshin said The high court's decision overturned a Tel Aviv court ruling last year that said the events at an al- ligator farm in northern Israel are no different from circus shows and need not be banned I I Pr The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO A San Antonio school board member says watching the movie Clueless convinced him that it was time to come up with a stricter student dress code "The very short dresses the spaghetti straps and outfits showing their navel and things of that nature in the movie that's what really prompted me" Tom Lopez a trustee for the San Antonio school district told the San Antonio Express-News "We need to get schools back in line" he said Clueless is a comedy about the trials and tribulations of a wealthy and popular high school girl The movie has spawned a TV situation comedy Lopez said he discovered that administratdrs teachers and parents felt the same way he did In the past six weeks seven area school districts East Central Harlandale Judson Northside San Antonio Seguin and Southside have approved new dress codes Students have been told that they'll have to find alternatives to baggy pants halters and shorts when they return to classes in the fall The domino effect began last month First the Northside school board barred students from wearing shorts and skorts shorts that look like skirts oversize and baggy clothing visible body piercing jewelry except earrings and unconventionally colored multicolored or spiked hair Principals at middle schools and high schools added their encouragement Lotto Texas numbers drawn Saturday June 21 28 31 34 41 43 47 No ticket purchased matched all six numbers The jackpot was worth $15 million There were 155 tickets sold with five of the six numbers for prizes of $1381 each 7135 matched four for $108 each and 127462 matched three numbers for $3 each Estimated Jackpot for Wednesday June 25:521 million CASH 5 4 10 11 29 36 Cash 5 numbers drawn Friday June 20 No tickets purchased matched all five numbersThere were 473 with four of the five numbers for $876 each and 15165 matched three for $27 each Confirm winning numbers with lottery vendor The Star-Telegram is not responsible for numbers numbers 163 Ti Fort Worth said "It was definitely the concert of the decade" said a 20-something woman with a drink in her hand Jeff Tinnen of Fort Worth said he has camped out for tickets before but Rock Fest was the ultimate concert Others were in no condition to celebrate Rickie Cassens 18 of Oklahoma City told police that he got into an argument with a youth and a man but does not recall how he sustained his injuries Cassens did not return dmessage yesterday Another concertgoer Sheri Hedge 28 of Granbury told police that she has a bump on her head from being struck with a full beer can Hedge told police she did not see who threw the can Police arrested at least two men who fought with them One turned violent when police attempted to wake him and another attempted to punch an officer who was arresting the man's girlfriend for public intoxication according to police reports Police also arrested a man who tried to grab a gun from an officer said David Tidewater a communications supervisor for the Fort Worth Police Department The man who was charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer was taken to a hospital for breathing problems after officers sprayed him with pepper spray police said Fort Worth police packed up their mobile command post at 6 am leaving two officers to patrol the speedway Most of their time CAR FOR SALE 1979 Cutlass 2-dr auto atc 76k Excellent condition $1600 "Great response! 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