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FOUNTAIN FORUM: Karl Pallmeyer will speak and answer
questions about The Battalion at noon at Rudder Fountain.
JORDAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARE
NESS: Dr. Mikhail Barszap will criticize two films on Soviet
culture at 8 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
WESLEY FOUNDATION: Dr. Jim Wild, A&M professor of
biochemistry and genetics, wilt speak on “AIDS In Perspec
tive” at 8 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation.
GAY STUDENT SERVICES: a guest speaker will speak on
“The Bible and Homosexuality” at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rud
der.
MSC POLITICAL FORUM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 301 Rud
der.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will conduct a program on
resumes at 8:30 p.m. in 50 1 Rudder.
AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call 845-
5826 for location.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call
845-5826 for location.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold an Aggie supper
at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church.
MSC HOSPITALITY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 201 MSC.
TAMU MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in
404 Rudder.
WRESTLING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 260 G. Rollie
White.
OHIO HOMESTATE CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rud
der.
AGGIE BAR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP: Applica
tions are available through today in 103 Academic for se
niors planning to enter law school in the fall.
Thursday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 12:15 p.m. Call
845-5826 for location.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6 p.m.
Call 845-5826 for location.
TAMU ROADRUNNERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 404 Rud
der.
TAMU CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 105 G. Rollie
White.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will meet at 7 p.m. in
200 Heldenfels.
STUDENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM: will meet
at 7 p.m. in 607 Rudder.
AGGNOG: will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a demonstration on
squeezing and archiving files to save diskette space.
CENTER FOR RETAILING STUDIES: applications for se
nior positions are available in the CRS office through Fri
day.
STUDENT “Y” ASSOCIATION: applications for chairman
are available through April 22.
CHANCELLOR S STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD: appli
cations are available in the office of the Vice President for
Student Services, office of Student Affairs, Student Activ
ities office, Corps Commander’s office, MSC Director’s of
fice and Student Government office. Applications are due
at 5 p.m. Friday in 110 YMCA Building.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be
fore desired publication date.
Pennzoil unsure
about contesting
bankruptcy claim
HOUSTON (AP) — Pennzoil Co.
has not decided whether it will take
action to challenge the validity of
Texaco Inc.’s Chapter 11 filing, a
company spokesman said Tuesday.
“There’s a question as to which
way to go,” spokesman Mickey Gen
try said. “There’s some reasons to let
it stand.”
Pennzoil is taking time to review
its legal options following Texaco’s
Sunday filing for protection from
creditors, said retired Pennzoil Pres
ident Baine R. Kerr.
Pennzoil could determine that its
interests are protected better in the
bankruptcy court than with an ap
peals bond, Kerr said Monday.
“We have not made any decisions
yet,” he said. “But there are advan
tages to the bankruptcy court. First
of all, it is very difficult to get out of
there.”
Since all Texaco expenditures and
transactions have to be approved by
the bankruptcy court, Pennzoil, as
the largest unsecured creditor, will
have a say in how the funds are
spent, Kerr said.
“Bankruptcy essentially accom
plishes the same thing as a bond,” he
said. “It takes something out of the
hands of people that in my opinion
were acting irrationally and irre
sponsibly anyway. To get out of
bankruptcy, they are going to have
to come to terms with their biggest
creditor. I don’t quite see how they
have improved their position in any
way.”
Texaco filed for protection from
its creditors under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code Sunday. The
White Plains, N.Y.-based company
claimed it could not afford to post a
bond or other security in the appeal
of the $10.3 billion judgment it was
ordered to pay Pennzoil.
The litigation stems from Texa
co’s 1984 acquisition of Getty Oil Co.
In 1985, a Houston jury awarded
Pennzoil the multibillion-dollar
award after determining Texaco un
lawfully interfered with Pennzoil’s
attempted merger with Getty.
The Texas 1st Court of Civil Ap
peals upheld most of the award in
February but reduced the punitive
damages, making the 1 total $8.5 bil
lion. With interest, the judgment is
about $11 billion, the largest in U.S.
history.
Pennzoil attorney John Jeffers
said a decision to attempt to dismiss
Texaco’s bankruptcy petition has
not been made. However, he and
Kerr indicated that Pennzoil will put
a high priority on resuming the ap
peals process at the earliest opportu
nity.
Texaco attorney James B. Sales
said Texaco plans to proceed with
the state court appeal as soon as the
bankruptcy court gives its approval.
Sales denied that Texaco’s bank
ruptcy filing is an effort to evade the
jurisdiction of the Texas courts.
Last week, the high court directed
Texaco to pursue the appellate secu
rity issue in the state courts.
Texaco has dispelled earlier
claims that bankruptcy would force
it to shut down its business and put
thousands of people out of work.
Clements
concerned
over job loss
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem
ents, while voicing concern for the
jobs of 8,000 Texaco workers in
Texas, said Tuesday he is undecided
on legislation to lower the bond Tex
aco must post while appealing the
loss of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit to
Pennzoil.
“I’m concerned about the Texaco-
Pennzoil situation as it relates to
jobs,” Clements told reporters at his
weekly news conference.
Texaco has sought protection un
der federal bankruptcy laws after
being on the losing end of an $ 1 1 bil
lion judgment to Pennzoil, which al
leged that Texaco Inc. had inter
fered with a merger.
Under Texas law, the losing side
is required to post bond roughly
equal to the judgment to protect the
winning side while appeals are pur
sued.
Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur,
and Rep. Charles Evans, D-Hurst,
have introduced legislation that
would limit the amount of the bond
that must be posted to $1 billion.
Clemenfs said he hasn’t seen the
legislation or talked with Parker or
Evans.
“Until I see the bill, and I talk to
the sponsors and fully understand
the bill, I’m not taking a position on
the bill as such,” the governor said.
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FORT WORTH (AP) — Teaching schooi-age
children at home constitutes private schooling
and does not violate Texas’ compulsory school at
tendance law, a state district judge ruled Tues
day.
■judge Charles Murray said state law does not
require that children attend public school, but
that they attend a school with an organized cur-
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^Murray also ruled that the state Board of Edu
cation and the Texas Education Agency do not
have the authority to define what a private school
ifbecause they have jurisdiction only in public
schools.
■The judge ruled in a class-action lawsuit filed
against the state in 1985 by a group of parents,
| some from Arlington, who teach their children at
home. Four home-school curricula companies
| joined in the suit.
^Court records show that between 10,000 and
15,000 school-age children in Texas attend home
schools.
State law requires every school to offer a basic
curriculum of reading, spelling, grammar, math
ematics and good citizenship.
Most home schools use lesson plans from com
panies throughout the country that offer reli
gious-oriented material. Those home schools are
accredited through the companies, and therefore
comply with state law, the ruling said.
School districts throughout Texas had filed
criminal lawsuits against more than 80 couples
who teach their children at home, saying the par
ents were guilty of truancy.
Murray’s ruling prohibits Texas school dis
tricts from pursuing charges against parents who
teach at home. But his ruling does give school
district truant officers the authority to check oc
casionally to ensure that school-age children are
in school — whether public or private.
In the suit, the parents asked the judge to de
clare home schools are private schools and to de
cide whether such schools are bound by state
guidelines requiring proof that students are at
tending and following a basic educational plan.
“It’s incredible,” said Fort Worth attorney
Shelby Sharpe, who represented the parents.
“It’s a 100 percent victory for home education.”
“Needless to say, we’re very, very happy,” Gary
Lee per, whose wife Cheryl teaches their 10- and
12-year-old children at home, told the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. “We won everything we
wanted, and didn't sacrifice anything.”
The Leepers filed the initial lawsuit against the
Arlington school district.
But not everyone felt the ruling was a victory
for parents.
Ron Dusek, a spokesman for Attorney General
Jim Mattox, said Mattox considered the ruling “a
split decision.”
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