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Wednesday, April 22, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State In Honor Dr. Robert L. Walker, vice president for devel opment, and Cadet Col. Garland Wilkinson pre sented a wreath at the War Memorial rededication Photo by Sarah Cowan ceremony Tuesday in front of the Quadrangle. The memorial honors Aggies who gave tbeir lives in military service since the end of World War IT Kyle Field to get new, By Anthony Wilson Reporter Kyle Field is getting a Facelift — a bright green one with an eight-year guarantee. On Monday, workers began re placing the football field’s eight- year-old artificial turf at a cost of about $900,()()(), said Wallace Groff, associate athletic director for Fi nance. Of that, the cost of the turf alone is about $600,000, Groff said. The field will look virtually the same, said Billy Pickard, coordinator of training, equipment and facilities. said, and the new turf is guaranteed for eight years. The field’s resurfacing is sched- “You don’t fertilize and water it. It’s very minimal care —just the painting of the lines and the vacuuming of debris off of it. The reason to have it is for the multi use. ” — Billy Pickard, Athletic Department coordinator Funds for the re-turfing will he provided by The Aggie Club, an or ganization which gathers funds for the Athletic Department to use as it sees fit. It will be a brighter green, but the midfield and endzone designs will be the same. The fibers of the carpet will be mounted vertically rather than at an angle as they are now, he uled to be completed by August I. The synthetic track in Kyle Field, which is plagued with aif pockets, also will be removed, Pickard said. “The track essentially will be re- HELLO 99< DAYS FAST MEALS, HOT DEALS Say hello to Taco Bell and you'll meet up with some of the best deals around. These delicious Taco Bell treats at reduced prices durins 99< Days! 2 Res. 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Tribe, a profes sor at the Harvard Law School who was representing Pennzoil, said the bill, “would Accomplish nothing but constitutional mischief.” The legislative conflict stems from a 1985 state jury verdict that awarded Pehnzoil $10.53 billion af ter determining Texaco unlawfully interfered with Pennzoil’s attempted merger with Getty Oil Co. An appeals courts cut the judgment to $8.5 billion, but with in terest the judgment is about $11 bil lion. Under present Texas law, the los ing side fn a court suit must post a bond roughly equal to the judgment. The pending bill by Evans, and placed,” he said. “If you’re sitting in the stands, iFH look like there’s a running track. There will be a red .su,rface with lines painted on it. The tfaWic itself'wiH.be asphalt with a light spra}' coat bn top of it. It will not be a real running track. We wouldn’t hold a track meet on it. It will be for physical education classes.” Pickard pointed Out that artificial turf, which first was installed in Kyle Field in 1970, is more practical than natural grass': “You don’t fertilize and water it,” he said. “It’s very minimal care — just the paihting of the lines and the vacuuming of debris off of it. The reason to have it is for the multi-use. another by Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur, would limit that appeals bond to $1 billion. The House Judiciary Committee will not vote on the controversial proposal until next week, said com mittee Chairman Mike Toomey, R- Houslon. Evans, R-Hurst, asked that the bill be kept pending until a Senate com mittee can hear the companion mea sure next Tuesday. Evans’ measure also would set up a new system for providing security for real estate involved in judgments until appeals are complete. Evans told the committee that the bill, if finally approved, would not be retroactive for appeals bonds al ready posted. Texaco has not posted its appeals bond and would be affected by a $ 1 billion cap. “This bill is in the public interest,” Evans said. He noted the State Employees Re tirement Fund and the University of Texas investment system contains considerable amounts of Texaco stock. We have physical education classes every day on it from 8 to 4." Pickard said the turf is not being replaced because of an outbreak of injuries. The old turf will be offered for sale at 50 cents per souare foot. More than half of the field has been sold, Groff said, and anyone interested in buying a large amount of it should contact him. “We’re not interested in selling little pieces,” he said. “We’re looking to sell long rolls of it.” The football team will practice on the football practice field until the re-turfing is completed. Don Baker, an Austin attorney for Pennzoil, testified, “This bill is a hor rible example of overkill. “It would be terrible legislative policy to legislate like this for special interests. This hill would just invite frivolous appeals.” David Crump, professor at the South Texas College of Law, said the $11 billion bond requirement was unrealistic. Crump said the worldwide capac ity of firms that could grant appeals bonds was $ 1 billion to i| 1.2 billion. Harry Hubbard, president of the Texas AFL-CIO, urged approval of the bill, saying the jobs now held by, 8,500 Texaco union employees might be affected. Bernard Weinstein, an economist at Southern Methodist University, said, “Approvel of this bill would help our business climate.” Joe Jamail, Houston attorney lor Pennzoil, said, “Texaco is telling the world it is not going to put up with rules the way they are and they want you to change them. “Texaco could care less for' Texas.” x Corrections A story on Texas A&M’s ex pected enrollment growth that appeared in Tuesday’s issue of The Battalion incorrectly re ported that the number of fresh men and transfer students ad mitted for Fall 1987 was up 30 percent over last year. The cor rect Figure is 38 percent. * * * * In the same issue, a name , was misspelled in an article oYi the So : ciety for Creative Anachronism. The name of a source appeared in the story as Tammy Hobbes. 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