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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, December 14, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday december 14,1991massive addition planned for Disneyland los Angeles a the Walt Disney co. Will expand in Anaheim with a second theme Park six times the size of Disneyland the company said. At the same time the company said it would drop plans for a $3 billion Disney sea Park in Long Beach that had been opposed by environmentalists. The 470-acre Disneyland resort will include a $3 billion westcot Center patterned after Disney a Epcot Center in Orlando fla., said Peter Rummell president of Disney development co. The resort will be built on Disneyland a 100-acre parking lot and surrounding lands and will bring the 36-year-old amusement Park into the 21st Century with three new hotels shops restaurants a six acre Lake 30,000 parking spaces and the futuristic westcot Center. A the Walt Disney company has never built a Meg project like this Iiran existing Urban environment. It is complicated and expensive a Rummell said. Construction could begin As Early As 1993 if government approvals Are granted and the project could be completed by 1999. Rummell stressed a Many hurdles lie  the project requires City and state approvals and an environmental Impact  the City of Anaheim is delighted excited and enthusiastic about the decision to build a second attraction Here a said Anaheim City manager Jim Ruth. A we think we have arrived at a plan that is environmentally and economically  Burbank based Disney expects the $3 billion westcot Center and resort to create 27,900 jobs generate about $2.4 billion annually in the five county area and produce $125 million per year in state and local taxes. A this is the first Good news since the beginning of the recession a said Allan Hughes executive director of the Anaheim chamber of Commerce. The Long Beach project stalled when the Disney sea plans were scaled Down two months ago because of environmental concerns. Mayor Ernie Kell said he thought the project was doomed because the revised plans were too Small for Disney a ambitions. A a we re disappointed but understanding a said Long Beach City manager James Hankla that City a chief negotiator with Disney. An earlier report said a nautical theme Complex would create 36,700 jobs. Disney originally wanted to build a resort Complex Over 414 acres around the Long Beach waterfront making the City a major International tourist destination that would boost City tax Revenue by $55 million a year. But environmentalists opposed plans to fill in 250 acres of Queen Sway Bay. The California coastal commission took a Neutral position but state legislators in Sacramento opposed the  hero Kathle Vaughn of Indianapolis who is paralysed from the Waist Down has a big hug for eve her 5-year-old Rott Weller. Eve pulled Vaughn from her Van and dragged her 20 feet just before it caught lire wednesday. Plane crash victims were visiting workers Atlanta a top officers in the Brunovs supermarket Chain made it a christmastime tradition to Fly to six Southeastern states personally delivering yuletide greetings to their employees in 240 stores. On wednesday six of them handed out a Happy holidays buttons then boarded their twin engine Beechraft for the trip to another supermarket. Minutes later the plane crashed into a Mountain killing All six company officials an advertising executive and the two pilots. The Accident All but wiped out the upper echelons of the Chain founded in 1932 by the son of italian immigrants. Two of the dead were the founders Brothers. One was the presidents father. The grocery chains president and chief executive officer Ronald j. Bruno survived because he was with another plan Load of Brunovs officials spreading Christmas cheer in Mississippi and Tennessee. On thursday Ronald Bruno was named chairman. His father chairman Angelo j. Bruno was among those killed. A we have to Cany on in spite of our grief a Ronald Bruno 39, said in a statement from company Headquarters in Birmingham Ala. A we have a responsibility to our customers our employees and our shareholders and we intend to fulfil  Federal invest ii examining Craft. A whatever a whether its Little Colts and screws a All of its valuable information and we learn something from everything a said Brent investigators spent thursday burned remnants of the air they find up there a Bce a Bahler a spokesman for the National transportation safety Board. Investigators have said it could take up to six months before they determine the cause of the crash. The Brunovs Chain turned its attention to surviving the compounded loss of family and the management for its 21,600 employees. In addition to Angelo Bruno those killed were a his brother Lee j. Bruno vice  Sam Vacarella senior vice president of merchandise. A Edward c. Hyde vice president of store operations. A r. Randolph Paige jr., vice president of personnel. A Karl Mollica director of produce. Also killed were Mary Faust an account executive with Steiner Bressler Brunovs advertising Agency and pilots John Tosney and Rob Stamps. Joseph Bruno began his Enterprise with a Corner grocery in Birmingham and $600 borrowed from his family. Today a Ninon a annual sales exceed $2.6 billion with stores in Alabama Georgia Florida Tennessee Mississippi and South Carolina. The stores operate under various names Piggy wiggly food world food fair Foo Amax consumer warehouse foods Brunovs finer foods and Brunovs food and pharmacy stores. In a tradition going Back at least 15 years Brunovs executives had been visiting dozens of their stores for 10 Days when the crash occurred. They had 10 More Days of Holiday stops to go. Officers kill undercover agent two cocaine suspects in Dallas Dallas up a a policeman was mistakenly shot and killed by fellow officers As they attempted to come to his Rescue after an undercover drug buy broke Down police said thursday. Police chief Bill Rathbum said detective Lawrence Bromley 32, and two suspects were killed by police gunfire. Investigators initially thought that Bromley and been killed by the suspects wednesday night. Rathburn who called the shooting a an absolute tragedy a said an overnight investigation had determined that the Only bullets fired outside Bennigan a restaurant came from police weapons. Quot the Best information we have at this Point is that All the shots fired were fired by officers and that the suspects did not fire any shots at All a he said. The two suspects were in a car with Bromley As he and another officer were about to make a cocaine buy Rathburn said. One suspect pulled an automatic pistol and Bromley fired his pistol three times he said. When the three backup officers saw the muzzle flashes from Bromley a weapon they immediately closed in on the car and opened fire on the occupants hitting the officer and two suspects Rathburn said. The other officer in the car with Bromley was not injured police said. Bromley was taken to Parkland memorial Hospital where he died at 11 02 ., less than an hour after the shooting. Rathburn said the suspects were apparently trying to Rob the officers not knowing they were policemen. Bromley was attempting to buy two kilograms 4.4 pounds of cocaine from the suspects when he was shot. The identities of the slain suspects were not released but one of them was believed to have been 15 officials said. A Bromley a death comes nearly three years to the Day after a Dallas narcotics officer was fatally shot while attempting to make an undercover cocaine buy. Bromley a wife Cynthia is a Dallas police dispatcher and was on duty when her husband was  does big freeze to promote Charity Midland Texas up a disc jockey Hopes to put the freeze on hunger by spending 48 hours in a giant ice cube As part of a stunt to raise food and Money for Charity. A radio station a to station and used car dealer teamed up thursday to freeze Michael Lawrence in a 5,000-Pound Block of ice. Lawrence entered a Cavern inside the huge ice Block at 3 ., intending to stay there Tor 48 hours or until 3  Saturday. He is reclining on a Blanket with a Telephone by his Side but without food or water. The ice Block is in a refrigerated trailer on the car dealers lot Lawrence Hopes to encourage contributions of Money and food to the Christmas drive of the permian Basin food Bank a local Charity. Lawrence co Host of the morning show on Kgee-100 in Odessa plans to continue performing his daily broadcast from inside the Block of ice  
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