11.   Rangers instead discovered the spent remains of a star parachute flare.

12.   The newspaper said Texas Rangers discovered a star parachute flare while sifting through a storage facility Friday for missing pyrotechnic tear gas grenades.

13.   There was no immediate report of casualties from the shelling, which began after dark with parachute flares illuminating the skies.

14.   They said two Israeli helicopter gunships strafed suspected infiltration trails in olive groves in several runs mounted under parachute flares that illuminated the region.

15.   Teleamazonas television said the Peruvian aerial attack on Ciramenza, which occurred Monday, was preceded by parachute flares dropped over the area to illuminate the target.