Page 12/The Battalion/Friday, December 6,1985
Photo by THOMAS OWNBEY
Yes, Carol Fetters is painting the flag pole. Texas A&M con
tracted Fetters to paint the flag poles at Kyle Field and at A&M’s
main entrance. It takes about three hours to paint one pole — if
the wind isn’t blowing, he said. Fetters’ company, Stepple Jack
Service, operates out of Des Moines, Iowa.
Radio pioneer
is hospitalized
after being shot
Associated Press
DALLAS — Gordon B. McLen
don, a millionaire businessman who
pioneered in Top 40 radio and the
all-news format, was hospitalized
Thursday night with a gunshot
wound, authorities said.
McLendon, 04, was admitted to
Methodist Hospital and was in crit
ical but stable condition Thursday
night, said night administrator Keith
Guier.
The former broadcaster, who
dabbled in movie production and
other enterprises, was in critical con
dition when he was airlifted to Meth
odist, said Otis Mantooth of the Den
ton County sheriff s department.
The shooting occurred about 2:30
p.m., but authorities weren’t notified
until 3:28 p.m., Mantooth said.
He suffered a wound in the face
that appeared to be self-inflicted,
Mantooth said.
McLendon was shot at his ranch,
Cielo, on Lake Lewisville, said Lake
Dallas police department dispatcher
R. McFadden.
Between 1947 and 1952, he cre
ated and owned, with his father, the
nationwide 458-station Liberty
Broadcasting System.
Calling himself “The Old Scotch
man,’’ McLendon did play-by-play
sportscasting of baseball and football
games.
His nationwide baseball “Game of
the Day” and football “Game of the
Week” were carried by the network,
and he teamed with such greats as
Dizzy Dean.
His family sold the last of their
broadcasting properties in 1978 and
invested the proceeds.
The family owned a string of
drive-in motion picture theaters,
and McLendon, a friend of the late
actor John Wayne, produced several
movies. He was executive producer
of the 1981 release, “Victory,” di
rected by John Huston and starring
Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine
and soccer star Pele.
McLendon wrote numerous edu
cational books, including “How to
Succeed in Broadcasting.
His last book, in 1981, “Get Really
Rich in the Coming Super Metals
Boom” established McLendon’s rep
utation as an expert in the field of fi
nancing in stragegic metals.
He also advocated investments in
precious metals, and was a popular
speaker at financial seminars.
His one foray into politics was an
unsuccessful Democratic primary
campaign against U.S. Sen. Ralph
Yarborough in 1964.
A native of Paris, Texas, McLen
don graduated from Yale University
with a major in Oriental languages.
He served in U.S. Naval Intelli-
ence as a Japanese language officer
uring World War II.
Following his discharge from the
Navy, he attended Harvard Law-
School.
In 1943 he married Gay Noe Mc
Lendon, daughter of former Loui
siana Governor lames A. Noe.
After an initial start in the radio
industry as owner-manager of
KNF.T, Palestine, he obtained a con
struction permit for KL1F — Dallas
in 1947.
McLendon’s 200-acre ranch north
of Dallas was his home and produc
tion facility for his early movies,
“The Killer Shrews,” “The Giant
Gila Monster” and “My Dog Buddy.”
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CINEMA Hllll
Major retailers’ sales
disappointing to some
Testimony to begin
Associated Press
Sales by the major retailers were
disappointing in November, but the
chains said Thursday that they were
cheered by a strong rebound in the
days following Thanksgiving as the
crucial Christmas selling season got
rolling.
Analysts said the November per
formance was below expectations
and voiced concern over continuing
psh consumer buying, whicr
the No. 3 re
said its sales increased 3 per-
has been the main force fueling eco
nomic growth in recent years.
Sears, Roebuck & Co., the nation’s
largest retailer, said its sales for the
four weeks ending Nov. 30 fell 4.4
percent from the same period a year
ago.
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K mart Corn., ranked second, said
its sales edged down 0.9 percent, al
though sales at stores open more
than a year fell 7 percent
J.C. Penney Co.,
tailer, si ‘ '
cent.
The news was better at the fourth
and fifth largest retailers, which
cater to higher-income customers.
Federated Department Stores Inc.
reported an 8.9 percent gain while
Dayton Hudson Corp.’s sales
climbed 23.1 percent.
The sales comparison with a year
ago was hurt by Thanksgiving fall
ing later this year, which meant
fewer days of Christmas shopping
were included in the sales reports.
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almost $12 billion, a sum Texaco of
ficials have said is beyond the com
pany’s ability to pay. The White
Plains, N.Y.-based company has a
stock market value of $8.6 billion.
Another Texaco attorney, Jim
Sayles, said the interest alone on the
bond would cost $800 million a year
and mean the “total destruction and
obliteration of T exaco.”
If the company had to post a $12
billion bond, Texaco officials said
they would seek all available legal re
medies, including reorganization
proceedings under federal bank
ruptcy laws.
Jamail told the judge it was a
“matter of urgency’ that the
judgment be entered for Pennzoil.
“Their assets are worth $23 billion
after debts,” Jamail said. “The
pleading, ‘we’re so big, don’t hurt us
is not a legal argument. We have to
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they’re saying, we’ll be reduced to a
unsecured creditor. It’s not fair, it’s
not just, and it’s not legal.”
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GUIDE
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uary 1984 in the second largest
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rge
merger in U.S. corporate history o
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nounced it “had reached an
agreement embodying all essential
terms and conditions of a trans
action” under which Pennzoil and
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