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Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 21

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ii Tribune-Herald I I REPAY July 31, 1 987 WISD grievances taken to cntnaeiss Dams west gate gets new tubing A lack of response to concerns about the district's desegregation plan Is cited as the reason for a petition. TribunwHonM staff wiNer The CoBccraed CBtaeaa Committea hopee MN Mgeatarea wm A. -A WVIUl WBW pUfUOl to hetweea the Weeo Indepen- Scfaool Dielrict end members of "There waa a time when we operated a dual system, one for and wMtm The goal of the court order was to forcu the district to go unitary. WeVe attained that Mate and are aMdng court to dli- Will tor, i Mn Etanon am doqb nvi km Ik. wIbuSB vl IN QBOBBIOB Qf OBHlIjf aBi aad that "a oomt twoaentenco defini-tion wffl have flawa Shu add Mm ho- MSrabere of the commute, which rep-enti prtlw of the communi pendent School District doesn't srant to solve the grievance Our plan of actioo to to go to the people to support our daimaDoattiona "The district disagrees with their fo-tenretation of the facta, and we feel that their grievances are not valid, mid havo haon complotey dor Gfoaoa.

a apokee-maa for the commiitee, which aim In-dadoa Fouler Totat and the Rev. Bo-bert GUbert "WeVe tried to avoid going to court, hut ifo Qbvioui the Wioo Inde- ty, art circulating a patHfoa that reiterate their oppoomon to tho dtalricth of-facta to wkfoiraw from a 1171 demgrega- om On eaM gate Thureday. FlexttetMxreia replacte stiff I on both gate baaumdtyofflctalib Hem It weald be km Ifeqr to Irak loon from the hydraulic cyhi the gates up and dowa. BLAZING BATTLES The dty lowered the eaM gate early the lake fills back up. The hydkauMc system that moves the Station's license challenged Group wants sale of KXXV-TV denied By CHARLES A.

FOE inounvfiirMisRiwvnir Memben of a local hroadcaM company which otMnally applied for KXXV-TV, Channel tS, are trying to halt the sale of the televi-Mon otation to Shamrock Broad- contractor FJL Young at a cost of mUhon. He has blamed the leaks oa coni-jnrted sand and recommends better pro- Wreck kills Waco man A 27-yeardd Waco man died late Wednesday when ha lost control of his motorcycle and crashed Into a telephone polk William Jones, of no N.Stth St, medof He was driving a 1971 Honda motorcycle about 11:15 nm. and waa westbound in the SM block of Sanger Avenue near Heart Of Carpi, which He laid down hie motorcycle in an attempt to avoid cnufaing, but then hit the about 7ft pern After yean of cote the Federal Com fogto the police report. ThecraMipoaMbiy was caused by the Matte to Central Team Broadcasting Co. Ltd, owned by port.

Mattox seeks volunteers Texas Attorney General Jim Mattes is askiag for volunteers to hefe Ms office po-Mce a growing load of cMkMnpport i ittox said Ms office has the raa KXXV-TV began March 8, INS, and miiimH mU q( gf diHwi Maylofthiayear. FCC AdmfadMratte Judge Edward Kuhhnaa originally awarded the Mutton la lKllo BMko-FOtaMi Corp. of Fort Worth, hnt a review A 5 port "We are only working on about percent of the cases actually hi our office because we do not have enough staff to help aa," said llattiox. "Thats why we need 9 FCC could not believe the principle advantage of Central Team. BreodcaMfan -Manol smarter ttehowould devote "Ml time to befa gensal maneger of the Matte wife aim his financial empire The volunteer program wffl be set up In Waco and nine other Texas dtfoa, Vofimta mH -Mu -fgudnHnm Waco Ihullflhlaii put out a great fire near Planlallon Food! Thurudny.FiiwofHdalu nay Waco tin not ranched Bin Appeal case postponed and seven llw FCC looks favorably on owners who agree to work at the station they are applying for, aad none of the other appocanto apparently made aa oner Mnrilar to The review hoard ruled there was not enough evidence to i Hot, dry weather signaling beginning of grass fire season Matte to Central Torn Heart Cf Texas i before Waco's 19th i in the murder case of High School Principal Joe D.

Bryan were postponed Thursday until Sept 4. Bryan was sentenced to II years far Smi in April IMS by a Boeque County fatter he was convicted of shooting wife in whatwas described as one of Cause of house blaze The cause of the fire that heavily damaged a house at Mil Sanger Ave. Inurs-. By MARK ENGLAND nount-mrsa ran wnisr The muring heat and dry weather typical of late Bummer in Waco put firefighters on edge. They Mart notidng the Worth, were turned down.

taM sucks up the windIVe seen a gram fire JuM whirl acrom a street I'd rather fight a houm fire than a gram fire any day." Through June of this year, Waco hai hadUgramfiresi LaM year, firefighters put out Ml pam firm for 14 yean. He knows what ia coming. "Gram ii like gaanBiw when ifi dry and theres a high wind, he laid. "It wifi go aad go fssL If you're not careful, youHgo.too. The thought of fighting gram fire nmsfs firefighters ua Zatopfk LL Jim Ferguson to Make their Cf Texas Broadcasting Corp.

filed the petition to deny the mis because they say Maim deceived the FCC hi Ms promise to work MB. In fighting a gram fire, Waco fireflgbtrw: "We fed Urn he obtained the B- mid Whea the Mm bleaches grass to where it looks Mm straw, firefighters gM ready. Grass Are aeaaonti mon them. That time li nearing. "We had a green spring, the mam is not browned out yet, Fire Chief Robert Mercer said.

"I imagine well really gM into the gram fire aeaaon in late September and October, unless we have some rain, which ta not likely." Ftreflgbter Boyce Zalopek has fought Shdby Scott, a and original (T Texas- Youre out in mmetimeu lOtdegree-plni weather, Zatopek said "aad you have the amoke and heat from the fire. From a human Mandpotat, those are not ideal etemenla." "A gram fire when it gets going can look juM like a tornado," Ferguson said "The fire Gaws oxygen to the lmat and it la Rent "Wedoat equipment as Mmple as a broom and as sophisticated as a one-ton, four-wheel drive GMC Siena pickup with a pumper in the bed Waco has two such pickups. "They're very maneuverable, Mercer Ptoaaosoo HOT, Page 2B Chief Jimmy Jones sail The fire did extensive damage to the Wi we attic; A police report indicated anon may have been the cause. Firefighters responded to the fire at am, and the me wh put out in about 30 minutes, Jones said. Firefighters returned to the house later in the morning on a report the fire had rekindled, but they foimd no fire.

Capital murder trial No jurors were selected Thursday in the capital murder trial of Joe Sidney given to Mm. oo GROUP, Pago 2B Crafly TSU teacher has designs on idea worked It on the mower now and working floe. "TMS one has no moving partsi The only piece that can go out ii a broom hushing, and it only coots $4J5, Lenamon mid Itlbeen on the mower about a month now and they teQ me it's juM going peat Habitat group finishes home in 5 days flat By LYNN BULMAHN AA I nounMigrgKi ran wnite The "Miracle on Twelfth Street" has occurred Waco Habitat for Humanity, os port of Habitat Home Hairing Week, said it would build at leaM one houm tMs week, ft did with only laM- tnlwiit. flrtaflu fa ffl lutslliiil Habitat called its amhttioua project "the Miracle on Twrifth StreeL Onlooken watch-fog the program of the houm at IN N. lfth SL no doubt would agree with the aame.

"Wrivu had ridd at about IN vuhmtere oot counting an the profeoskmal trades, oakl HaM-tat Director Joe Gatlta. He oMtanaied the total By UffDAMcNABB Walk, UamIM afAJI aMUna i nDUfw-nvrwa sun wnwr When Walter Lenamon read Ms horoacope Thuraday morning, it couldn't have Mt the mark any better. For Vhgre it foracaM: "Original ideas will prove highly profitable. Protect them bum theft. Apply for any copyrights or patr enta you need Lenamon, a machine Mnp pro-Techniau In- feasor at Tress State' Attorneys in the case questioned three prospective Jurors Thursday.

Wham is charged In the March 1MI beating and strangulation death of 54-yearold Juanita White of INI N. 15th SL Mrs. White was the mother of David Wayne Spence, who was sentenced to two death penalties for his part in the deaths of three teens at Lake Waco far 1ML A U-yearoid retired Veterans Administration Medical Center employee was choeen as a juror Wednesday, the first day that attorneys questioned proopec-ttve Jurors tndmdually. Jury selection will continue today and is expected to take horn two to three weeks, court officials have said Calvin Earl Washington, Ml also Is charged in lira Whites death. The men pie being tried separately.

They are I charged with killing Mrs. White while hurghnUag her home. She also i nelly assaulted. RISDE LOCAL Mudfwt each the 1 new height adjustment piece for a h. project "ItS aim to make aomethfaig not juM pm on a didf, add Leo Wood, who is about that will he used and not stttute; has been thinking patents a lot lately.

Ho get mm for the bright adjustment hIBvV Um nDBHsngii- nk ub vte is to When ftaiMMd, the houm wffl bo aold to lira. Petra do la Cnm a widow who is a sewing i Shu wffl chine operator at Waco AppareL She retraining utTSTT after bring laid off at General Tire. Lenamoa said he wffl try to patr sat aad market the piece hut Is aM sure what to expect The people at the golf courm ten me they have never seen any parts aM up like this; rm eo-couragedL" Lenamon sakL may aot amount to a MB of behre hat rm cag it tter.fr choongatf The ud one kept noire evert three to swtiiig the mmi flSI to $179 each time. Tbe dean of in-Mructioo asked Mm -to aee if he could redeMgn tho piece; and he Madly accepted the dMDamo. One week and three deMgns laier, he came up with aa idea that UWmEartay cany the houm with her six youngeMcMkkun.

Her huSboad, a stroke pMfoat coaflaed to a tt. du.l Wallsr Lwianien dluplayu height djuatmont dovtoa lm radooignod fotho TSTIgoHcouraomowar..

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