European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stabs and stripes tuesday december 10,1991 Pressman Terry Tarrants checks out the last edition of the Dallas times Herald. Times Herald s presses Roll for last time following buyout Dallas apr the Dallas times Herald printed its final edition sunday after agreeing to a $55 million buyout by Cross town rival the Dallas morning news. The demise of the times Herald ends 112 years of daily publication and makes Dallas the nation s largest City with just one newspaper. The Dallas morning news will be delivered to All times Herald subscribers beginning today. Quot this recession has been especially difficult for Media companies and particularly hard on the second newspaper company in a Market said John Buzzetta publisher of the times Herald which has been sold twice in the past five years. Quot this action was inevitable. In the last year we approached More than 100 potential investors or buyers or this  Roy e. Bode the times heralds editor said the paper had been on the Brink of bankruptcy. Quot through it All however thanks to a wonderful and very talented group of employees we have continued to publish a very High Quality newspaper Quot Buzzetta said. The Justice department which reviewed the transaction for antitrust violations approved the Sale As did times Herald creditors. The newspapers staff which includes 900 full time employees is being Laid off. Full time staff members 1 receive salary and benefits for 60 Days Bode said. F pc Wil salary and benefits for 60 Days employees trickled in through the Back doors of the times Herald building sunday afternoon with Blank looks and empty boxes after hearing the news. Some worked on the final edition others cleared out their desks. Quot in a sad for myself. In a sad for the newspaper a said staff writer Marty Sabota. Quot but mostly in a sad for the people of Dallas who have lost the advantages and the benefits of a two newspaper  a live never had one shot out from under me before. It hurts Quot said Molly Ivins a times Herald political columnist. Quot it hurts a lot More than i  Burl Osborne publisher and editor of the Dallas morning news said some times Herald employees May be added to the newspapers staff of 1,700. The times Herald newspaper won three pulitzer prizes. One was Given in 19o4 for a photo of Lee har Owaru 111 of a in. Tuv us Vui morning news also has won three pulitzer in 1986, 1989 and 1991. The latest times Herald figures put the papers daily circulation at 200,730, with sunday circulation at 289,284. The Dallas morning news has a daily circulation of 406,768 and a sunday figure of 618,283. Times Mirror co. Sold the times Herald in 1986 for $110 million to Media news group inc., a group led by Dean Singleton. In 1988, Singleton sold the paper to Duhme Dia inc., a group of investors led by Buzzetta. Terms of that Deal weren t disclosed. 10 killed in apartment Blaze Chicago apr a fire possibly caused by an electrical Fautt swept through a three Story apartment building Early monday killing at least 10 people  injuring another. Five of the victims were children. The Blaze heavily damaged the second floor where it broke out and then travelled to the top floor of the Brick building where All the victims were said police and fire officials. There were 11 people in one apartment. Quot one of the neighbors said they kept hearing screams people saying a open the door open the door they  find Thi door a said Rigo Montez 27, who lives next door. Police sgt. Nick Gaudio said a screaming woman engulfed in names was leaning out a third Story window when firefighters and police arrived. He said the woman was burned Over nearly 60 percent of her body. A i saw people were screaming from the windows asking for help Yelling a help help a a a said Bienvenido Perez 38, who lives across the Street. He said one victim threw a cat out the window. He also saw firefighters urging a woman to jump but she was afraid to. Police said the fire broke out shortly before 3 . In Humboldt Park a Low income mostly hispanic neighbourhood on the City a Northwest Side. Residents on the second floor Quot ran out the door and left the second floor door open and the fire vented up to the third floor and that a where All the victims were a said police sgt. De of Donnell. Gaudio said a resident reported the building had been having electrical problems. Six of those killed were dead on arrival at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center and two More died there said Hospital spokeswoman Margaret Sanfilippo. A 19-year-old Man was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Elizabeth a Hospital nursing supervisor Maria Tabuena said. A child believed to be about 12 was pronounced dead at Cook county Hospital said Mario Hodges a Hospital  helping his dog gets tangled in Christmas tree from wire reports Fremont neb. A 10-year-old boy trying to keep his dog from throwing up on a Rug was pinned when the family Christmas tree fell on top of him. The boy John Roemer was Able to reach a cordless Telephone and summoned rescuers Friday after the Accident which occurred after he pushed his nauseated dog off the Rug in the Nick of time. Police and firefighters pulled the artificial tree off the boy who was not  spurs protest Wichita Kan. A activists Are urging an end to the Selling of a doll portraying a homeless girl even though a portion of its Price is donated to homeless causes. The wide eyed Quot Street hearts doll shoeless and wearing a flannel shirt jeans and knitted Cap trivializes Quot the problem of homelessness and particularly homelessness among children a said the Rev. Richard schuster executive director of St. Luke s Community services. The non profit group runs a homeless shelter in Stamford Ginn. But Judy Conners salvation army development director in Wichita lauded the doll which is being sold by a Wichita Man saying it helps people realize the homeless Arentt just old men trunks or bag ladies. Retail Price of the doll is $50, and $5 from each Sale goes to  found on artefacts Buffalo . A scientists have found human blood a possibly 11,000 years old a on a Stone knife Blade discovered in Washington state. A this is the blood of the Clovis a Buffalo archaeologist r. Michael Gramley said referring to the culture believed to have populated North America just after the last ice age. Gramley Leader of last years excavation at the East Wenatchee wash., site said archaeologists also found the blood of Bison Deer and Rabbit on artefacts. He estimated the blood could be 11,000 years old. The dig was halted after indians protested claiming the area could be a burial  families win suit san Bernardino. Calif. A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages to the families of three boys who were molested by boy scout leaders in 1988. Jurors on Friday found the boy scouts of America and its Inland Empire chapter negligent in checking the backgrounds of two leaders. The boy scouts organization planned to Appeal. The three families from Twenty nine Palms calif., filed a lawsuit after the scout leaders pleaded guilty last year to molestation involving several boy scouts and a girl. The sex attacks took place Over 10 months in 1988. James Buxton of Twenty nine Palms pleaded guilty last year to 18 felony child molestation counts and was sentenced to 42 years in prison. Buxton was scoutmaster for wonder Valley s boy scout troop 341, which has disbanded. David Reed an assistant scoutmaster pleaded guilty to 16 felony molestation counts and was sentenced to 38 years in  cheaper report says los Angeles a the average nationwide Price for All grades of gasoline was 123.35 cents per gallon As of dec. 6, a decrease of 0.6 cents the Lundberg letter reported sunday. The drop since nov. 22, the Date of the last Lundberg Survey was the first since october said Trilby Lundberg publisher of the Petroleum Market newsletter. Based on a dec. 6 Survey of 13,000 gasoline stations nationwide the average Price of self service regular unleaded was 109.95 cents per gallon Premium unleaded was 126.81 cents and regular leaded was 104.84 cents. Prices for full service at the pumps were 138.20 cents for regular unleaded 153.35 cents for Premium unleaded and 138.41 cents for regular leaded