Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 1

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the early 1980s and vith bone was diagnosed with bone cancer now thoroughly imbued in the fabric of the company" Samuel Moore Walton was one of the richest people in the United States In October 1991 Forbes magazine placed him and his four children as Nos 3 to 7 on -its list of the wealthiest Americans with a net worth of $44 billioneach Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store in 1962 By 1969 there were 18 stores but the company began growing explosively in file 1980s sometimes adding hundreds of new stores a year most of them in small towns in the South and Midwest -As of March 31 1992 there were 1735 Wal-Marts and 212 suicide attempt jumping from the same window ana landing a running leap because those windows Palombo said He dove through a double-paned window landing on the car buckling the roof and doors and smashing its rear windows Although dazed and bleeding from facial cuts the man got up and walked to the elevator a witness told police was cut up there was a trail of blood going into the hall up the elevator and into the room" Palombo said 1 Kenmore Police Lt Ronald Sardina arrived at the six-story building in time to see the man make his second jump onto the same crumpled car Inc But he added: was very instrumental in building a very strong organization He wanted this thing to continue Joseph Ronning an analyst with Brown Brothers Harriman Inc said Wal-Mart will continue to flourish because Sam Walton a fantastic job in establishing a corporate culture that is in 1990 He was hospitalized for treatment of the disease when he died Walton was a shrewd businessman who used high-tech management and lots of cheerleading to sell employees on a philosophy of efficiency and service to the customer That philosophy enabled Wal-Mart which began with a single -store in Rogers Ark in 1962 to on the same car The 80-year-old survived both 40-foot leaps and was in fair condition Sunday at a hospital in Buffalo police said a total of eight floors and other than a broken wrist and a broken ankle in as good Bhape as you or said police Capt Emil Palombo In his first attempt Saturday morning the man to take Walton Please see WALTON 6A Fishin in the rain Democrats march then dodse barbs From Reporter NowiwiroMndoM NEW YORK Democratic presidential rivals Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown joined a half a million abortion rights demonstrators who marched on the capital Sunday Then the candidates spent the day struggling to defuse new controversies about old activities as the contentious New New York primary denied making misleading statements about his Vietnam draft deferments And Brown denied a suggestion he had appointed judges in -California in return for canr--paign contributions The two contenders spent much of the day trying to keep the controversies ftam hobbling their campaigns In the debate each accused the other of sleazy campaign tactics Meanwhile former candidate its Paul Tsongas said he would unce Wed Wednesday whether The march which was the first abortions rights march on the capital in throe years was designed to show political muscle that marchers hoped would sway politicians and a conservative Supreme Court Patricia Ireland president of the National Organization for id file rally Women called re-enter the Democratic race But Tsongas whose name is on the New York ballot made it dear that he lead a stop-Clinton movement He said his main condition for getting back in would be a poor showing by the Arkansas governor Public and private polls showed a lead for Clinton who Sunday picked up endorsements from the New York Timet and the Daily News largest ever of any kind in this Both wmdidntAs attended the but neither spoke offi-i They later met at a tele- debate Clinton the Democratic front-runner and favorite in Don BlaklayRaportar-Nawi while other parts of the Big Country had more than an inch See area rainfall totals Page 3 A Junior Camacho of Abilene angles in rain at Cal Young Park Sunday Abilene got almost a half-inch of rainfall in McMurtry Country Start early to prevent dropouts did run into Texas author Larry McMurtry while I killing time in itybutldi City but I did hear officials with support from Archer City folks now aim on transforming it into a hoys treatment center Once a half-million dollars of renovations are done the facility will serve young lads in a huge part of West Texas including Abilene and the Big Country And take my word for it the place is badly needed in this day and Bill Whitaker rare old books been closed that afternoon Seems a fair chunk of Archer City is dosed up Monday afternoon try to enjoy life a little more out Michael Aulds the ever-witty funeral director explained later that day work 3V4 days and restSVfc Which sure does improve on the divine formula Along with Harmony official Richard Horn I motored up to Archer City a few weeks ago to tour the old Archer County age especially with so many abused neglected youths andnegli Archer he drinks cherry-lime Dr Pepper at the Dairy Queen and favors pork at the Texasville Cafe And somebody said his sister would gladly open up the family hook store some odd reason dubbed Blue Pig" Honest I did enjoy whiling away several horns in the town that Harmony Family Services is expanding into Still Civic leaders such as WC Abernathy Jr say the community is thrilled about presence in By KATHLEEN SYLVESTER Gowning Magukto Young people who drop out of school and those at risk of dropping out are getting more attention these days Not because the dropout problem is getting worse In fact dropout rates appear to have improved slightly in the last decade Rather policy makers are beginning to heed warnings that the dropout problem is symptomatic of a larger problem kids are the early' warning system of wrong with the schools in says I wish the Texasville Cafo named for Mr followup to The Last Picture Show and The Blue Pig ftdl of Hospital Like many rural hospitals it 30s Harmony Please see ARCHER 6A unites separated siblings Restruc- By DEBORAH CROWE BMcMWrllBr tviiiw Gary Wehlage associate director of the Organization for Ichools at the onain interest in dropouts is ip in several wa taring of Schools at the University of Wisconsin This showing up in several ways First there is a serious national On Feb 26 Neil Smith of Carrollton a Dallas suburb was idly flipping through TV channels whoa he saw copy of the photo on a segment of which often includes missing persons cases among its dramatizations Smith recognized the photo as the same pot-I -J same For more than 50 years the only record Barney Dewey had of his long-lost little sister Angelins was a faded black-and-white photograph The portrait had been used to market the 12-year-old brother and 8-year-old sister as prime orphans for prospective adoptive in the Abilene area parents With the help of staff Paul Smith was able to inform Barney that his was happily living at a Christian-sponsored community for mentally retarded adults called Rainbow Acres near Flagstaff Ariz Her natural and adopted families held a reunion there last week The reunion was filmed by for a Utter broadcast for Angeline" is among more than 15 cases solved so far this year from tips generated by the weekly show according to a show spokesman thank God that my search is said Barney who now lives in Stockton Calif tell you the truth just knowing where she is and that all effort under way to find out how many dropouts there realty are Educators are also rethinking their traditional narrow prescriptive approach to keeping kids in school They are beginning to talk more about trying to change schools instead of simply trying to change Btudents who function in them And there is new thinking about when dropout programs should begin The idea? As early as preschool Dropout-prevention specialists are turning their attention to elementary school Children drop out of elementary school but the specialists say the Barneys Unfortunately he and line were far from mate orphans in 1940 been taken from their mother in Haskell without her consent and later by different West Texas families Now with the aid of a national portrait his adopted sister Martha Jean had with her when brought home by his parents in 1941 His brother Paul Smith who lives in another Dallas suburb Angelina called Cedar Hill had attempted to find Martha birth TV show the photo that helped ter has separate brother and sister Photo py tha Stockton Ricord Barney Dewey holds a photo copy of himself and his sister Angelina been responsible for reuniting them family several years earlier He now had the clue he needed Please see REUNION 6A process starts there lit tm WI.