The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

The Tacoma Mews Tribune Market Final Tacoma Washington Wednesday October 7 1981 99th Year No 184 25 out bank covered Stadium Bowl floor to divert bowl water Mud and debris from washed Efforts By JIM ERICKSON Workmen today were attempting to tap the flow of water gushing from broken storm and sanitary sewer lines and reduce the threat of further devastation to Stadium Bowl Both ends of the bowl washed away yesterday in a torrent that also washed out a section of North Street and forced the evacuation of a nearby apartment building Classes were canceled at Stadium High School and officials were not sure this morning when they would resume Unofficial damage estimates started at $1 million School officials said today that if the district has to pay for restoration the bowl be rebuilt An engineer said the bowl could be re The diversion line was to be placed beneath the existing storm line according to Chandler Odell City Public Works sewer engineer Then he said the existing storm line would be broken by a hydraulic shovel and the water would flow down into the new line If the plan failed water could begin gushing from that area however posing a threat to Bread-view Apartments which was evacuated last night and undermining the street through erosion But City Public Works director Ron Button said he believed the plan would work without any problems dismissing the notion that it was a gamble Yesterday when the battle to stem the tide began workmen encountered frustration at every turn A crane attempted to lower a Staff photo by Russ Carmack begun Tacoma attorney Ralph Baldwin one of hundreds of spectators who held vigil over the Stadium Bowl site said: "It's such a shame especially since so many people worked so hard to raise funds for the bowl project I just don't know how they can ever use the bowl again" Baldwin's young daughter Peggy a Stadium student was visibly shaken by the situation Fearing the football season would be canceled she wondered aloud whether the entire school was in jeopardy Standing in the bleachers Stadium football coach Ron Baines kept staring at the field and the water and debris that continued to inundate the field praying ior the rain to he said "so we can get into the blockhouse (at end of open end) and get out our equipment" parade source told The Associated Press there were six in the group one lieutenant and five enlisted men and that one had been killed The semi-official newspaper A1 Ahram reported police and troops killed one of the assassins and arrested four others leaving one unaccounted for but other papers published pictures of the bodies of two dead Military and police sources said earlier that Sadat's assassins were extremist Moslems that they pumped 15 bullets into him and Continued on Page A-2 Apartment residents safely evacuated Some 80 elderly residents of the Broadview Apartments which a ruptured storm sewer was undermining were evacuated safely last night and resettled in the nearby Doric Tacoma Motor Hotel Page A-5 City crews battle to reconnect sewer City crews battled through the night to reconnect a ruptured storm sewer that sent torrents of storm water through Stadium Bowl ravaging the bowl and glutting it with mud Page A-4 Stadium footballers down not out The storm-caused disaster at Stadium Bowl will put the Stadium High School football team "on the road" for the remainder of this season and perhaps seasons to come Sports Page B-l Bowl damage issue headed for court? The question of who is responsible for the massive storm damage to Stadium Bowl may be decided In court uay city officials A $22 million remodeling of the bowl a year ago was never officially accepted by the city Page A-5 Bowl may have seen last Stadium Bowl heavily damaged by mud slides yesterday may never be rebuilt School district official! said there was no flood insurance on the field Page A-4 The market The Dow Jones average of SO industrials closed at 86681 today up 1056 points Big Board volume: 50232800 shares Final New York stocks on Page C-6 Cooler less wet Decreasing showers with partial clearing tomorrow Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph (24 to 40 kmph) a 40 percent chance of rain and cooler High: mid-50s (around IS C) Low: mid-40s (around 7 C) Weather summary Page A-2 Index 64 PAGES 6 SECTIONS jack Anderson E-16 Classified Ads D-2-9 Comics E-20 Dimension E-1-9 Editorials A-10 Entertainment A-9 Financial News C-5-7 Funeral Notices C-3 MacGougan A-6 Obituaries C-3 People A-9 Sports B-1-8 Take Time E-18 Teen E-12 Television C-2 Vital Statistics C-3 section of pipe into the storm line but the force of the water was too much There were cheers as the pipe nearly was inserted and some people shouted on get But nature was working too last The bank was eroding quicker than anyone could believe Sidewalks began crumbling about 1 pm Workmen and heavy equipment threatened by the continued washout of the roadway moved back just minutes before a section they were on collapsed The rain kept falling a record 3 inches in a 2 4-hour period but people stayed on to watch the mud and debris create havoc on the bowl floor feel like I could sighed Dorothea Dellaplain a 1924 Stadium High School graduate Hosni Mubarak related to any group or country" Abu Ghazalla said that the assassins numbered four but he did not specify how many had been killed and how many arrested There have been conflicting reports on the number of people who took part in the attack that oc attack Egypt says assassins acted independently CAIRO Egypt (AP) The Egyptian government in its first official curred during a military Tuesday One military built but at great cost The question of liability remains clouded It was a city storm line that broke But Jardeen Brothers cot tractor on the recent bowl restoration project on two occasions within the past year had been called in to repair storm-line leaks on the bank where the rupture occurred according to Olivo1 Magnu-son administrator for grounds The line-repair plan started last night when workmen installed a diversion line running from North Second Street across a scfaool-and-city-owned parking lot parallel to North Street to an undamaged line at the intersection of North Third Street and Stadium Way A crucial part of that plan will be the hook-up of the new line with a storm line running down North Second Street yk VJ V' V- range into reviewing stand statement on the killers of President Anwar Sadat said today that the assassins acted independently of any political group or country and included one Moslem fanatic Meanwhile members of Parliament met in emergency session eulogising Sadat and preparing to formalize the nomination of Vice President Hosni Mubarak to succeed him The nomination a foregone conclusion meant Mubarak will be the only candidate in the referendum Tuesday In Washington Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr said the United States would view with any attempt by other nations to take advantage of political uncertainty in Egypt following assassination He also told a news conference that intelligence reports indicate Sadat's murder was not part of a Related stories Pages A-2 C-4 D-10-11 TNT editorial comment Pages A-10-11 coup and that there was no evidence of external involvement in the assassination Haig wiU head the VS delegation to funeral Saturday President Reagan will not attend for security reasons the White House said but he asked former Presidents Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon to attend with Haig Carter and Nixon accepted but there was no firm word from Ford The Egyptian statement on the assassins was made to reporters by Defense Minister Abdel Halim Abu Ghazalla who said is no coup It is an individual group and they are not I the economies of tmeincmdriali property prearrancement plair t' itnlpccimi duaV 'i sX' "t-1" p-- MounitalnViov FV Everything in one beautiful place- Gunman fired at point-blank.