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          There was "heavy security presence" at Lowe's Motor
     Speedway (LMS) for Monday's UAW-GM Quality 500, but "no bomb
     threats were called in and no problems were reported,"
     according to Joe Macenka of the AP.  Security presence was
     increased due to "recent bomb-related problems associated
     with" Lowe's retail stores (AP, 10/11).  About 25,000
     attended Wednesday's pole qualifying event, down about
     10,000 from '98. LMS President Humpy Wheeler: "We've had a
     few people call and say they don't want to come, but it
     hasn't been many" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 10/11). 
          MORE NOTES: In Dallas, Robert Ingrassia reported on
     Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood Development and Tom Hicks'
     Southwest Sports Realty seeking to "convert a dormant swath
     of inner-city land" into a duplication of N.Y.'s Times
     Square around the city's new sports arena.  The group's plan
     "does not entirely mesh with Dallas zoning laws" (DALLAS
     MORNING NEWS, 10/10)....NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue,
     after touring the renovated Ralph Wilson Stadium: "The thing
     that's impressive to me is ... how the stadium looks like
     one unified piece of architecture.  But the fan services are
     the biggest thing, the size of the club areas and
     convenience of everything" (DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 10/11).   

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