state Metal mass costs thousands Houston art five stories high United Press International HOUSTON — It rises 55 feet above the plaza in front of the tallest building in the Southwest and nobody knows what it is, other than an angular red, black, blue and yellow stack of metal. Nobody knows, that is, except Spanish sculptor Joan (Juan) Miro and the purchasers who paid $800,000 to give Housto nians something to talk about besides the heat, the rain and the traffic. “I think we should get the Humanitarian Award of the Year for cleaning up all the junkyards in town,” said pedes trian Don Faith, an accountant with United Gas Pipeline Co. The sculpture entitled “Per sonage and Birds” was commis sioned by United Energy Re sources Inc., Texas Commerce Bancshares Inc., and Gerald Hines Interests Inc. — develop ers and operators of the 75- story, gray granite spire Texas Commerce Tower. Marvin Brown, spokesman for United Energy Resources, said: “It’s something everyone notices and everyone has a com ment about. It certainly evokes emotional responses.” One attorney, as he hastily walked into the of fice building, said: “I can’t believe anyone would waste money on some thing like that. It looks like something a kid would play on.” Not everyone had bad things to say about the free-standing sculpture. Melanie Trudeau of United Energy said: “I just love it. I find it childlike, whimsical and defi nitely not depressing. It really doesn’t match the building or surroundings, but it plays against the sober look of down town. It’s very revolutionary.” The sculpture, dedicated Tuesday, stands in front of the building amid large newly planted oak trees in a spacious plaza. It is the largest, most col orful sculpture downtown. 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Named as defendants were Kramer’s mother, Miriam; his sisters, Brenda Leritman and Arlene Kramer; Leritman’s hus band, Alvin; attorneys Harold Haimowitz, Lonnie VVurn and Frederick Lenczyk; and accoun tant Ben Hoffenberg. The suit charges the defen dants with stealing as much as $1.5 million from the estate of Kramer’s father, president of the Food Fair Supermarket chain until his death in July 1975. staff photo by Eric SI Spring is here , _IUnited Press In HOUSTON - bsof cancer ct i pleasures pi bican lifestyle vast majority of i Jim Charles, a junior marketing major from RoMiUles, a toxicolo Rock, enjoys the sun by getting out his skateboard jmal chemical fii after its winter hibernation. Charles was skateboard'] P 1 Richard K< ing in the Corps Quadrangle. 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