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By Yvonne DeGraw
Stun Writer
The College Station City Council
[approved a plan Thursday that
should extend the life of the city’s
[landfill by 10 years.
While the vote was unanimous
[and none of the audience members
spoke against the plan, the Council
Iwas asked to study recycling and
[composting methods.
Tne new plan calls lot' filling a
I ‘huge pit rather than individual
trenches. This is possible because the
clay liner in the newest phase of the
70-acre landfill on Rock Prairie
|Road is deeper. The pit would be SO
[feet deep and trash would be heaped
25 feet above the land’s surface. The
height of the area fill would be 20
[feet more than the height of the
trench fills.
The increased height and depth
add five years to the lif e of the land
fill. Five more years will be gained by
rerouting a drainage ditch and using
14 more acres of floodplain.
These changes must still be sub
mitted to state agencies for approval.
While this extends the life of the
landfill to 2000, Dr. Kirk Brown, a
soil and crops sciences professor at
Texas A&M, told the Council he has
reviewed proposed Environmental
Protection Agency regulations that
would make municipal landfills
more expensive to build. Double clay
liners and a pumping system could
be among the added requirements.
Brown, a vocal opponent to the
site proposed for Bryan’s new land
fill, said the cost of dumping waste
will increase from the current rate of
$8-10 per ton in Texas. Cities on the
East Coast currently pay as much as
$55-60 per ton, he said.
Brown asked the city to examine
options that would allow citizens to
voluntarily separate recyclable
materials from their trash.
“People said, ‘Nobody is going to
sort his garbage,’ ” he said. “But, it
turns out people will once they are
educated and know that it’s going to
save their community money.”
Councilman Dick Haddox ex
pressed support for investigating
options. Mayor Larry Ringer said
the city would look into the issue.
Another group, led by Dr. Greg
Shipley, asked the council to con
sider purchasing a part of Anderson
Park. Grace Bible Church has plans
to buy 4‘/a acres that are currently
used as soccer fields.
Ringer said the city had consid
ered the purchase, but the price was
exorbitant.
SEC files brief citing
Pennzoil for violating
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Securi-
| ties and Exchange Commission filed
la brief Thursday with the Texas Su-
Ipreme Court saying Pennzoil Co. vi-
|dated federal securities law in its al-
lleged contract to acquire Getty Oil
|Co.
Texaco Inc. is appealing to the
•'state’s high court a state court jury’s
order that it pay $10.35 billion in
damages to Pennzoil for wrongly in
terfering in Pennzoil’s attempted
[merger with Getty Oil.
The SEC decided to wait until af-
Iter the Texas 1st Court of Appeals
ruled on the case before it submitted
• any brief, said Eric Summergrad, as
sistant general counsel for the SEC
who worked on the brief.
“We felt it would be useful to see
what the intermediary court did,”
ISummergrad said Thursday. “We
jwanted to see how it focused on the
Sissue.”
He said the SEC also is concerned
with the impact the Pennzoil-Texaco
lease will have on similiar cases.
The position taken in the brief
would support a key point of Texa-
|co’s defense in its court dispute with
Houston-based Pennzoil, although
the SEC stressed it was not siding
with Texaco in the case.
At issue was SEC Rule 10b-13,
? ’which prohibits anyone making a
itender offer for a company’s shares
jfrom making private purchases of
those shares at the same time.
| Texaco has argued that while
■Pennzoil in 1984 had an outstanding
■tender offer for Getty shares, it also
had a private agreement to purchase
the shares held by the J. Paul Getty
Museum, of Malibu, Calif.
Texaco has contended Pennzoil
never had a merger agreement with
Getty, and therefore Texaco could
not have interefered in the deal. But
Texaco argued that even if there
had been an agreement, it would
have been invalidated by Pennzoil’s
violation of Rule 10b:-13.
White Plains, N.Y.-based Texaco
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection from creditors in April to
void a state requirement that it post a
$12 billion security bond, which it
termed potentially ruinous, in order
to appeal the judgment.
The Texas appeals court, in re
jecting Texaco’s argument, found
that Pennzoil could have obtained an
exemption from the rule, but the
SEC noted Pennzoil never sought ah
exemption. In addition, the SEC
stated that “based only on the facts
established in the court record, it
would have been highly unlikely that
an exemption would have been
granted.”
In its statement, the SEC said the
brief did not address any other issue
in the case, “and takes no position as
to the outcome of the case.” The
commission also stated the brief
“does not address Texaco’s conten
tion that if the alleged contract vio
lated Rule 10b-13, Texaco cannot be
held liable for interfering with the
contract.”
Texaco, in a statement issued
from its White Plains, N.Y. head
quarters, said it was “extremely
pleased” with the brief.
Pennzoil officials said Thursday
they were confident that the
judgment will be upheld by the
courts.
2 A&M professors warn riders to take
safety precautions when bicycling
Photo by Robert W. Rizzo
Tony Cornett, a senior journalism major, pulls They are training for a 100-mile event at the end
ahead of his roommate, Jay Larson, also a senior. of August called “hotter than hell.”
By Jeannette Nicholson
Reporter
Before they hop on their bicy
cles again, students interested in
riding these two-wheeled won
ders should take time out for
some sound and proper precau
tions — both for themselves and
for their bikes.
“Cycling is a good way to im
prove cardiovascular fitness,”
says Dr. Mary Ann Heussner, a
health education specialist with
the Texas A&M Agricultural Ex
tension Service. “But it’s also an
easy way to get hurt if you aren’t
physically or mentally prepared.”
Dr. J. Richard Coast, an A&M
assistant professor of physical ed
ucation, agrees with her. “It’s
both a good program for aerobic
conditioning, but it’s also good
for people who for some reason
or another can’t run ... if they’ve
got knee, ankle or hip problems.”
Bicyling is a good program of
aerobic conditioning, Coast says.
Depending on the person, ben
efits can be gained by getting the
heart rate up around 140 beats to
150 beats per minute and by
going between 13 mph to 1/
mph, he says. Also, depending
upon one’s speed, a person can
burn 300 calories per hour and
up while going 8 mph, or 1000
calories per hdur going 20 mph.
Other factors play a part also,
such as body weight and wind re
sistance.
Heussner says bicycling is like
any other form of exercise in that
stretching and a proper cool
down period are essential.
“You should stretch out before
and after each ride to increase
your flexibility and avoid muscle
and tendon pulls,” she says.
A beginning bicycler should
start with a 20 to 30 minute ride a
minimum of three to four times a
week, Coast says. If planning to
tour or race, the rider should
work up to 10-mile-a-day rides,
he adds.
Both professors agree the most
important piece of safety equip
ment a rider can have is a helmet
— a hard helmet, which should fit
snugly and always be worn. Coast
says a good one will cost about
$30 to $40 and is really a sound
investment. He says he’s con
vinced his helmet has saved his
life more than once.
Clothing should be designed
for both coolness and practicality.
Shorts are now designed to be
more aerodynamic with a pad in
the seat for comfort on long rides
and with tinier stitches for dura
bility, he says. He recommends a
sleeved shirt for sun protection
and proper shoes — cleated for
racing and non-cleated for tour
ing. Gloves are optional, he says,
but they do absorb shock and
protect the hands in case of a fall.
Heussner and Coast both say
the bike also should be in proper
riding condition. The bike should
be “tuned up” at least once a year,
the chain should be kept oiled,
the brakes should stop evenly and
the tires should be checked every
couple of weeks for wear and
tear, Coast says.
“I don’t think you can stress
riding smart enough though,”
Coast said. “On the body, it’s ex
tremely safe, but you always run
the risk of getting hit by a car.
“A lot more bicyclists get hurt
than runners in traumatic-type
injuries. At least once or twice a
week on campus some cyclist gets
hit by a car. I can’t stress being
cautious enough . . . obey the traf
fic laws, ride on the right side of
the road, signal when you turn
and stop when you’re supposed
to stop.
“If the cyclist will do predicta
ble things, then the person driv
ing the car will know where to
look for him.”
Heussner adds, “Bicyclists are
also more difficult to see, espe
cially at night. Because of this, cy
clists need to have their bikes
equipped with proper reflectors
and lights.”
In Texas, bicycles are consid
ered vehicles. Coast says, and are
therefore susceptible to the same
moving violations, such as run
ning a red light or failing to stop
at a stop sign. The University Po
lice penalty for such a violation is
$4 with a ten-day late fee of $5.
Unlike motor vehicle violations,
in which a student can get three
tickets before being blocked from
registration, only one outstand
ing bicycle violation is needed to
be blocked, a UPD employee said.
Cycling can be an enjoyable
way to get out and get exercise,
but people must make sure that
both the rider and the bike are in
good condition, and the rider
must follow the i ules of the road,
Heussner says.
Taxes still will be less for Texans than for most
AUSTIN (AP) — Texans will be carving out
more of their income for the tax man, thanks to a
record $5.7 billion tax increase, but they’ll still be
paying less than the national average.
The Texas tax man will be bringing higher
taxes for clothing, automobiles, cigarettes and
hotel rooms, and brand new taxes on private club
memberships, pest control services and yard
work, among other items.
Come Sept. 1, the state tax bill on an average
$12,500 car will go up $125. And Texans will pay
$60 more for a $6,000 car.
The state sales tax goes up three-quarters of a
cent in October, but the motor vehicle sales tax
goes up a full penny a month earlier. New license
and occupational taxes for doctors, dentists and
engineers go into effect Sept. 1, but lawyers don’t
have to pay them until January.
The new taxes are included in the new tax laws
passed earlier this week as the Legislature came
within hours of meeting a midnight deadline to
adjourn a special session devoted to forging a
new budget for the next two fiscal years.
If the total tax burden were split equally
among every man, woman and child in Texas,
the bill would be $730 a person, up from $667
last year. The national average is $973.
While most Texans will be worrying about
higher taxes, commercial anglers on the Texas
Gulf Coast may be delaying late September expe
ditions until early October to take advantage of a
benefit of the new bill, the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram reported.
After Oct. 1, any ice they buy will be tax
exempt.
In some cases, prudent buyers may need a
scorecard on the effective dates to try to avoid
the new taxes.
For other big-ticket items such as new cars,
major advertising campaigns to remind potential
buyers of the tax increases are certain.
Gene Fondren, president of the Texas Auto
mobile Dealers Association, said, “I certainly ex
pect that dealers will be publicizing the fact that
vehicles bought before Sept. 1 are subject to a
lower tax.”
The timing of the increase, just before new
models come out and prices on old ones go
down, will most certainly make the theme of car
dealers’ August advertising campaigns quite pre
dictable.
The new 6-cents-per-dollar sales tax rate — up
to 8 cents in some large cities — will make the
Texas sales tax among the highest in the nation.
But with no corporate or personal income tax,
Texas taxpayers will remain among the nation’s
least burdened, even with the huge tax increase.
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