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Classified Comics 10-11E Crosswords 10E 2F Editorials 108 Encore 4A Horoscope 4E Market Listings 6-11C Movies 9E Obituaries 8-9B Television: Today's complete Arlington listings Back page Life Arts Silent friend A mysterious tombstone changes a woman's life PAGE lE LIFE ARTS THURSDAY JANUARY 8 1998 Today: Partly to mostly cloudy and cool Winds northwest at 5 to 15 mph High 47 low 31 Full report on Page 12B 92nd year No 258 84 pages Copyright 0 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1998 To subscribe dial DEL-IVER TOM HICKS: "I'll sit down with the management of the Rangers and discuss what we can do and what resources we need to have the most competitive team" BY TR SULLIVAN Star-Telegram Staff Writer ARLINGTON The Rangers after just one division title in 26 seasons are looking to Tom Hicks and his deep pockets to take the franchise to the World Series Hicks a Dallas investor and owner of the Stars hockey team formally announced yesterday that he is buying the club as part of a $250 million deal contingent upon approval by major-league baseball owners "The Texas Rangers are one of the best baseball franchises in the country" Hicks said "The cur' rent ownership has done a great job of putting a competitive team together Our goal is to take it to the next level We want to add an American League pennant to the six flags and bring a World Series to The Ballpark in Arlington" The price also includes the lease to The Ballpark in Arlington Friday's Front Row Grill restaurant in The Ballpark a 165000-square-foot office build-(More on RANGERS on Page 17) inside 4194 )- How does Hicks At7e plan to boost the Rangers' value further? 14A )- Arlington projects may change if arena vote fails 15A Hicks says Rangers Stars can be basis of TV network 15A Columnist Jim Reeves: Rangers' ship comes in 18A Schleifer still club president wrestles with his emotions SPORTS PAGE 1C Tom Hicks hopes to use 270 acres adjoining the stadium to expand Arlington's already prosperous entertainment district TOM SCHIEFFER: "I think we've reached the point where if we're going to do more we need more capital We need to get bigger and better" Dallas investor Tom Hicks left shakes hands with Tom Schielfer the Rangers' president as general partner Rusty Rose looks BY LEIGH STROPE Star-Telegram Staff Writer ARLINGTON The man buying the Rangers has a vision for the 270 acres of undeveloped land adjoining The Ballpark in Arlington that includes hotels restaurants office buildings and other tourist draws "It's a great place" Tom Hicks said yesterday "It's part of what we found attractive about buying the team at this time" Arlington's entertainment district a top state tourist destination represents family entertainment which Hicks calls the growth GOV GEORGE BUSH: "The announcement of the sale is a bittersweet one The one thing I have missed as governor is my close association with baseball" Star-TelegramRICK MOON on Hicks announced yesterday that he is buying the baseball team as part of a $250 million deal Development planned around Ballpark industry of the next century At a news conference in which Hicks announced plans to buy the Rangers he frequently mentioned entertainment and media conglomerates such as Walt Disney Co that serve as models for what can be achieved with his new franchise and the entertainment district which includes the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park "It's one of the nation's top entertainment centers" Hicks said "We want to add an American League pennant to the six flags and (More on PLANS on Page 14) News Tip Fax Line: 261-1193 SibuccTo II An edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wwwstar-telegramcom Three airlines serve up hot coffee competition PAGE IC Java wars BUSINESS Fort Worth official faces harassment inquiry Employee files complaint against Don Magness I BY KRISTIN SULLIVAN Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH In the beginning Jay Seymour said she tried her best to comply with what some female employees at the Will Rogers Memorial Center call the "legs and lipstick" policy Don Magness the city's public events director frequently reminds women on his staff to wear short skirts and to be sure to wear lipstick preferably gam 25 CENTS a bright color three female employees and the complex's former assistant director say The women said that for years they tolerated jokes about sex comments about their bodies and pornographic cartoons from Magness as Donisms" But in October Magness criticized Seymour an event coordinator on her annual evaluation for not wearing enough make-(More on MAGNESS on Page 8) ENCORE Line dance Here's what you have to do to buy Garth Brooks tickets PAGE 4A BY Jo THOMAS The New York Times DENVER Terry Nichols escaped the death penalty yesterday after a deeply divided federal jury said it could not decide how active a role he played in planning the bombing that killed 168 people in Oklahoma City's federal building Judge Richard Matsch excused jurors yesterday morning and will himself sentence Nichols to a life term or possibly a lesser sentence Under federal law only the jury could have given Nichols the death penalty the sentence that was given to his co-conspirator Timothy McVeigh But Nichols could face another death penalty prosecution if a state grand jury in Oklahoma indicts him and his co-defendant McVeigh on state murder charges After the deadlock was announced some family members of Oklahoma City bombing victims expressed dis(More on NICHOLS on Page 2) Justice files first criminal tobacco case By MICHAEL SNIFFEN The Associated Press WASHINGTON A biotechnology company agreed yesterday to plead guilty to conspiring to grow high-nicotine tobacco secretly in foreign countries so Cigarette Brown Brown Williamson maker is Tobacco Corp could "control and manipu- imphcated late the nicotine levels in a plan to in its cigarettes" produce a In the first charges arising from the Justice high-nico- Department's 3-year- tine leaf old tobacco investigation action known as a criminal information was filed in Washington against DNA Plant Technology Corp of Oakland Calif The company agreed to cooperate with the investigation and no date was set for its plea The government cited the tobacco company as an unindicted co-conspirator but declined to name it Individuals familiar with the investigation said it was Brown Williamson the third-(More on TOBACCO on Page 13) Don Magness Et Is 0 A 0 St i3 )8 ins A VS Is 06 30 rk 47 ten El 1 LIFE ARTS BUSINESS ENCORE t- li Od 1 Lve yi tir 74 Silent friend Java wars R-4110'41 -'1100 1 4 Line dance 0 Nkz 70 ie N-- 144- 4 41 osioasA 4 1 6Witftifi A mysterious tombstone N1--' 1 Three airlines serve up Here's what you have to do A I 4 z- to buy Garth changes a woman's life i hot coffee competition ei-rr Brooks tickets -1 I 1-- 1 PAGE IE PAGE IC PAGE 4A 0 itiycliingiton to icivyal01)1 A THURSDAY JANUARY 8 1998 An edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 25 CENTS i Nichols 0 spared INIOCO Luivoncr)13r- Eging Eiiig TOM HICKS: "I'll sit down with TOM SCHIEFFER: "I think we've GOV GEORGE BUSH: "The death the management of the Rangers reached the point where if we're announcement of the sale is a i and discuss what we can do and going to do more we need more bittersweet one The one thing what resources we need to have capital We need to get I have missed as governor is my penalty 'i the most competitive team" bigger and better' close association with baseball" i' BY Jo THOMAS i The New York Times 1 1 1 DENVER Terry Nichols escaped Investor to the death penalty yesterday after a deeply divided federal jury said it li fr could not decide how active a role he 4 1 2- 0 --6 played in planning the bombing that ake SWing 'k A "vii 1 it 1 killed 168 people in Oklahoma City's 4 federal building 4 II As Judge Richard Matsch excused at pennant Illi'''1-i I i jurors yesterday morning and will him- self sentence Nichols to a life term or 1 it possibly a lesser sentence Under fed- 1 i tt BY TX SULLIVAN -A eral law only the jury could have giv- Star -Telegram Staff Writer AF -I -'4'4 t- 1 ARLINGTON The 1 Ipof 4- en Nichols the death penalty the sen- tence that was given to his co-conspir- I Rangers after just one division -s I ator Timothy McVeigh in title 26 seasons are looking to r'' 1- But Nichols could face another Tom Hicks and his deep pockets 1- death penalty prosecution if a state 4 to take the franchise to the World itt 1 A grand jury in Oklahoma indicts him '1 i Series 040 and his co-defendant McVeigh on 1 A A Hicks a Dallas investor and It state murder charges Al owner of the Stars hockey team i 1 After the deadlock was announced k- I formally announced yesterday some family members of Oklahoma 4 that he is buying the club as part City bombing victims expressed dis- of a $250 million deal contingent i 1 upon approval by major-league it (More on NICHOLS on Page 2) baseball owners I "The Texas Rangers are one of Tm I i the best baseball franchises in the Justice files country" Hicks said "The cur- i i rent ownership has done a great I job of putting a competitive team I i first criminal together Our goal is to take it to the next level We want to add an Ikk''''' League pennant to the i American 1 1 it tobacco case six flags and bring a World Series to The Ballpark in Arlington" li The price also includes the By MICHAEL SNIFFEN I lease to The Ballpark in Arling- The Associated Press ton Friday's Front Row Grill li WASHINGTON A biotechnoloP restaurant in The Ballpark a Star-TelegramRicK MOON gy company agreed yesterday to plead 165000-square-foot office build- Dallas investor Tom Hicks left shakes hands with Tom Schief- on Hicks announced yesterday that he is buying the baseball guilty to conspiring to grow high-nico- (More on RANGERS on Page 17) fer the Rangers' president as general partner Rusty Rose looks team as part of a $250 million deal tine tobacco secretly in Cigarette foreign countries so Brown Williamson Inside Tobacco Corp could maker is I "control and manipu- implicated Jgartt Development planned around Ballpark How does Hicks late the nicotine levels in a plan to i plan to boost the in its produce a Rangers' value fur- BY LEIGH STROPE industry of the next century In the first charges TI Star-Telegram Staff Writer 5 ther? 14A At a news conference in which Hicks arising from the Justice high-nico Arlin ton pro st Tom Hicks hopes ARLINGTON The man buying the announced plans to buy the Rangers he fre- Department's 3r- tine leaf i3 jects may -yea ef to use 270 acres Rangers has a vision for the 270 acres of unde- quently mentioned entertainment and media old tobacco investiga- change if arena vote fails 15A veloped land adjoining The Ballpark in Arling- conglomerates such as Walt Disney Co that tion action known as a criminal infor- )8 Hicks says Rangers Stars adjoining the ton that includes hotels restaurants office serve as models for what can be achieved with mation was filed in Washington 1 can be basis of TV network 15A stadium to expand buildings and other tourist draws his new franchise and the entertainment dis- against DNA Plant Technology Corp A )- Columnist Jim Reeves: Arlington's already "It's a great place" Tom Hicks said yester- trict which includes the Six Flags Over Texas of Oakland Calif The company Rangers' ship comes in 18A day "It's part of what we found attractive amusement park agreed to cooperate with the investiga 0- Schleifer still club president prosperous about buying the team at this time" "It's one of the nation's top entertainment tion and no date was set for its plea vs wrestles with his emotions entertainment Arlington's entertainment district a top centers" Hicks said "We want to add an The government cited the tobacco 7 SPORTS PAGE 1C state tourist destination represents family American League pennant to the six flags and company as an unindicted co-conspira- isrict 'N Is entertainment which Hicks calls the growth (More on PLANS on Page 14) tor but declined to name it Individuals familiar with the 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