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Thursday, November 5,1987/The Battalion/Page 5 exaco, Pennzoil hope to agree out of court on pending lawsuit r 1 HOUSTON (AP) — Executives of . „ ^ • a i Pemuoil Co. and Texaco Inc. indi- — ■ | __ __ m 5. _ _ _ f ruptcy Code in April. 1 various Mikhail for a loiij -y of.. !r did noMted they hope to negotiate an out- ■-court settlement of their multibil- imunhi hon-dollar lawsuit, but they remain Ludu.iJ 1 apart on what terms would be ac- f uesdaiceptable. “an kM Pressure for a settlement in- ' of the enting f econonj >e occui nimunis /elo mem e consej astructioi alleged led the s| with plans [< >ss largest tt | ;d 54 pei: In the ret was 63 pet anything! ent effon led. We 1 irea unwi Safety panel: Nuclear plant has problems lensive so few ti it’s whatti lamed the r the st! ices will be th the wim y 1989. DALLAS (AP) — After dis cussions this week with plant owners and opponents, regula tors still have not said when they will resume the suspended licens ing hearings for the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant. Peter Bloch, an administrative judge from the federal Atomic s the 15Sf Safety and Licensing Board, said a schedule will be announced af ter plant owners and opponents file written statements on the is- en an els | sues to be discussed, which must iber per < ! be done by next Tuesday. >m 1949 i i Bloch also said a federal licens- bill of 1! ’■ ing panel says it assumes there i through ! was a breakdown in the quality- hat bill sdi i control program for construction to an els i at the plant. this year I The announcement came lecide. Tuesday as Dallas-based TU Elec- e state s mi trie, the primary owner of the $7 ch all favor I billion plant, sought a resumption of hearings on the utility’s request s of the for an operating license on the like to hat plant’s twin 1,150-megawatt reac- e people ar tors near Glen Rose in Somervell •esidentof County. Association But Bloch said his panel’s as- hose who! sumption does not mean the ras mislead board is leaning toward denial of ut a vote the plant’s operating license, but, in s( Utility officials said they are he issue, optimistic about the plant and do gainst an not believe the panel’s assump- of Edufli tion will delay their plans to begin against edi xl educad 1989. r bad ed» commercial operation of it in about $1' while the n a relad' ied on org vote. r expect > in educat t year’s xtions. o triple our people tor xot said. P struction review effort designed to provide quality assurances that the board has determined are lacking in Comanche Peak’s origi nal program will help the plant meet the two-year deadline. 1NYADS. BUT REAL HEAVYWEIGHTS WHEN RESULTS REALLY COUNT. 845-2611 Pennzoil says CBS is using media to influence court leased following the Texas Su- R'eme Court’s decision on Monday lat Texaco pay Houston-based pnnzoil $11.1 billion for wrongfully terfering on a Pennzoil’s planned erger with Getty Oil Co. "While we continue, as we have in ast, to remain open to a rea- nable and economic resolution of is case, we will not allow this unjust d ill-considered decision to be the sis for an extortionary settlement at would severely damage the in- ferests of hundreds of thousands of he rigidiB exaco shareholders, employees alstiucjand business partners,” Texaco md, is (president James W. Kinnear said at a mic If V ew York news conference Tues- fday. I In Houston, Pennzoil Chairman J. Jugh Liedtke said he believes “at lome point, settlement is the wise l» n g- , „ I vj I A settlement would allow both B w lompanies to proceed with their own . business without the disruptions m^J gemming from the litigation and I irexaco’s bankruptcy, he said. 1 I The executives accused each ether of impeding the settlement process. HOUSTON (AP) — A Pennzoil Co. attorney claimed the president of CBS was trying to improve Tex aco Inc.’s position before the Texas Supreme Court by using the media — specifically a “60 Minutes” seg ment on the state’s judicial system. The court on Monday upheld a lower court decision ordering White Plains, N.Y.-based Texaco to pay $11.1 billion to Pennzoil for interfer ing in Pennzoil’s planned merger with Getty Oil Co. Pennzoil attorney Joe Jamail said the segment on the television news show was prepared for broadcast when the Texas Supreme Court was deciding whether to hear Texaco’s appeal of its multibillion dollar law suit with Houston-based Pennzoil. Jamail said Lawrence Tisch, CBS president and a Getty board mem- ber during its negotiations with Pen nzoil and later Texaco, was “trying to improve Texaco’s position by us ing the media for some public rela tions gimmick.” Monday’s ruling came just as the “60 Minutes” segment was nearing completion, the Houston Chronicle reported. Roy Brunett, a spokesman for “60 Minutes,” confirmed that correspon dent Mike Wallace and the show’s producer, George Crile, have been researching and interviewing in pre paration of a report on the Texas ju dicial system, but he declined to give details on the project. Jamail pointed out what he be lieves ties Texaco to CBS. David Boies, Texaco’s lead attorney in its litigation with Pennzoil, represented “60 Minutes”, Crile and Wallace in a libel suit filed against CBS by retired Gen. William Westmoreland. Kinnear said,“Settlement is clearly a possibility. We are in favor of it.” But he added that Pennzoil has not been reasonable. Liedtke said Pennzoil had asked for S4.1 billion, but the offer was withdrawn when Texaco filed for protection under the U.S. Bank- Kinnear said,“Four billion dollars is a ridiculous number.” He said the court’s decision will not be a basis for a settlement. Kinnear said the lines of commu nication are open and that Texaco is not afraid to talk to anybody. Liedtke said,“Under normal cir cumstances, the party that is de feated usually initiates some kind of contact. Mr. Kinnear knows my phone number and he knows Mr. (Baine P.) Kerr’s. If he wants to call us collect, we’ll accept it.” Kerr, who retired as Pennzoil’s president in 1985, has been in charge of the Texaco litigation. Texaco attorney David Boies said the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court will claim Pennzoil’s contract with Getty was rendered void be cause the company violated a Securi ties and Exchange Commission rule on tender offers. The company also will claim the trial proceedings violated Texaco’s constitutional rights to due process and the full faith and credit clause of the constitution. Even if the Supreme Court be came involved in the case, it is un likely it would rule in favor of Tex aco, Houston appellate attorney Michol O’Connor said. “It’s a contract case,” O’Connor said. “The question is, did Pennzoil have a contract and did Texaco go in there and take the deal away from them? I think the answer is yes.” a little moreC; from Anco. .Anco. Insurance O - BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION 1753 Briarcrest Drive Bryan, Texas 776-AMCO Gerald Treece, assistant dean of South Texas College of Law Houston, said, “If the court grants review, they’re going to hold for Pennzoil.” Dallas families guard secret of having babies with AIDS DALLAS (AP) — Two Dallas fam ilies carefully guard a secret. It’s about their babies, 6 months and 8 months old, healthy looking and their tiny fingers already grasping for toys. They might never walk or talk. They might be dead by year’s end. The babies have AIDS, the only two Dallas infants diagnosed with having the fatal acquired immune deficiency syndrome. And it has stunned their families ■ that a killer disease they thought preyed only on homosexuals has crept into their homes. “AIDS can drop into anyone’s house just like it did mine,” said the grandmother of the 8-month-old. "If you had told me my home would be touched by AIDS, I would have laughed and tossed you out of the house.” Nationwide, 599 children younger than 13 have been diag nosed with AIDS; 378 have died. For infants, a diagnosis within the first year of life generally means death within six months, said Dr. Margaret Oxtoby the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Charles Haley, epidemiologist for the Dallas County Health De partment, said, “This is the begin ning and it’s going to get worse be fore it gets better. As more and more women become infected with the AIDS virus, which is sure to happen, then more and more of their chil dren will become infected.” For the two Dallas families, nei ther of which wants its identity re vealed for fear of neighbors’ reac tions, no diagnosis could have been more unexpected. Sam and Elizabeth, not their real names, have been married for nine years and are parents of two boys. They also wanted a daughter. The couple was ecstatic when Eliz abeth, 27, gave birth to a daughter. Two months ago, however, came the diagnosis of AIDS. Doctors believe Sam became in fected with the AIDS virus through tainted blood he received before de- “This is the beginning and ids going to get worse be fore it gets better. ” — Dr. Charles Haley velopment of a screening process to prevent AIDS-contaminated blood from being used in transfusions. He didn’t know he had the virus, and he passed it on to his wife. Though both are now infected, doctors don’t know if either husband or wife will develop AIDS. Sam said, “I don’t understand. I’m not Mr. Good Guy or Mr. Amer ica, but I’m not a criminal.” “This happens and you say, ‘Why? Why?’ — and all you know is it’s too late,” he said, grimacing as he spotted tears streaming down his wife’s cheeks. “It’s a little harder for Mamma.” Elizabeth wept silently as she ca ressed her baby, pleading softly, “Please, don’t let anything happen to my little pumpkin.” After discovering their daughters ailment, and also their own, they were confronted with the stigma at tached to AIDS. When they shared the baby’s diagnosis, the news cast a chill on relations with friends and relatives. “Folks get real skittish,” Elizabeth said. “It usually takes three days be fore they talk to us again. Some never do.” Today, Sam and Elizabeth fear neighbors will discover AIDS has in vaded their household. Neither of their sons is infected with the virus, but the couple is concerned people will harass the family. Most of Emily’s neighbors, whom she has known for years, aren’t aware that the woman’s 8-month-old granddaughter, Amanda, lives with her. Emily has kept that a secret, tell ing only the garbage man and her minister she is caring for Amanda and that the baby has AIDS. The garbage man said he would be careful handling the trash. The Methodist minister, she said, told her to stop bringing the baby to his church. While still in the womb, Amanda contracted the deadly disease from her mother, an intravenous drug user and now a carrier of the AIDS virus. Slightly smaller than other infants her age, Amanda has pink, plump cheeks and does not look despera tely ill. But every morning, Emily, 46, pumps the mucous out of Aman da’s nose with a syringe. Several times each night, she checks Aman da’s heartbeat. 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