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Thursday, November 1 , 1990
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Tickets for performances
of Bolshoi ballet go on sale
Tickets for the nine world pre-
iier.e performances of the Bolshoi
allet-Grigorovich Company at
exas A&M will go on sale at 10 a.m.
aturday.
In effect, a double world pre-
liere will unfold Nov. 23. The new
ompany will debut with the first
lolshoi version of “The Nutcracker”
erformed in the United States in
ver a quarter century.
The performances are sponsored
yMSC OPAS.
Tickets for the premiere weekend
jierformances of “The Nutcracker”
range from $15 to $50, and can be
purchased on campus, or at Ticke-
on outlets by calling 1-800-275-
Tickets for the Nov. 23, 24 and 25
performances are $30 for a balcony
seat, $40 for the last 13 rows in the
orchestra level and $50 for the first
rows in the orchestra level, the mez
zanine and boxes.
Tickets for the 2 p.m. Nov. 25
performance are $15, $25 and $35
for similar seating arrangements.
Ticket prices for the Nov. 30 and
two Dec. 1 performances of “The
Nutcracker” range from $15 to $35.
The Texas A&M performances of
“The Nutcracker” will feature exact
replicas of the sets and costumes
used at the Bolshoi Theatre, orga
nizers said.
On Nov. 27 and 28, 7 p.m. perfor
mances of “The Best of the Bolshoi”
will cost $15 for the balcony, $25 for
the last 13 rows on the orchestra
level and $35 for the first rows on
the orchestra level, the mezzanine
level and boxes.
“The Best of the Bolshoi” features
a mixed repertoire and Act II of
“Swan Lake.”
The Bolshoi Ballet-Grigorovich
Company is the first major Soviet
troupe independent of state subsi
dies — relying exclusively on income
from performances and touring sea
sons.
For more information about ticket
sales, contact OPAS at (409) 845-
1661.
ecovery plan approved for 7-Eleven;
itores plan to keep products on shelves
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DALLAS (AP) — A U.S. Bank-
ptcy Court judge has approved a
y operating plan that ensures the
■Eleven convenience store chain
keep products on its shelves
hile its parent, Southland Corp.,
oes through Chapter 11 reorgani-
ition.
Judge Harold Abramson on Fri-
ay approved a trade order that al-
iws Southland, the nation’s largest
jnvenience store chain, to pay the
220 million it owes its vendors for
/erything from candy bars to gaso-
lentialTasl Dallas-based Southland filed
aple fake$l Wednesday for bankruptcy after it
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iled to win the support of enough
editors for a restructuring plan.
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The vendors agreed Friday to
continue to offer Southland normal
credit terms while the company
struggles to emerge from bank
ruptcy.
The plan approved by Abramson
was a key test of Southland’s attempt
at a prepackaged reorganization in
which much of the negotiating with
creditors is done in advance to speed
the company’s course through bank
ruptcy.
“We’re very pleased about the
whole situation,” said Southland
spokeswoman Cecilia Stubbs Nor
wood. “We didn’t know if it would
work or not.”
Southland’s efforts to restructure
would have been crippled had
Abramson denied the request to pay
debts incurred before the bank
ruptcy filing, Southland attorney
Mike Sutherland said.
“In some other cases, the
relationship with vendors has been
impaired and it took a long time to
restore that relationship,” said Su
therland, who is with the Houston-
based Vinson & Elkins.
A key Southland vendor agreed
that it is important for the retailer to
maintain a positive relationship with
vendors and that the plan approved
by Abramson goes a long way to
ward that end.
“Everybody agreed it was in the
best interests of Southland and the
proposed (bankruptcy) plan,” An
heuser-Busch spokesman Russell
Munsch, said.
Under the agreement, the ven
dors can be forced to return pay
ments to Southland if they refuse to
offer credit in the future.
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‘I just forgot if
Richards: TV stumble shows
different man than commercial
FORT WORTH (AP) — Democratic gubernato
rial candidate Ann Richards said Wednesday that
Republican rival Clayton Williams doesn’t look good
when he’s not appearing in a scripted TV commer
cial.
Since Williams fumbled a question about a pro
posed constitutional amendment during a televised
interview Tuesday, Richards has said that shows vot
ers he isn’t qualified to be governor.
“I think they (the gaffes) have had an effect, be
cause the person that you see that talks informally in
response to questions is a different person than the
one you see in the carefully staged, memorized mes
sage, 30-second television spots,” she said.
The latest gaffe was on Williams’ mind as he got
some last-minute help from the GOP’s heavy hitters
— former President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Sen.
Phil Gramm.
“All I can tell you is that I’m familiar with the
amendment; I was familiar with the amendment,
voted for it, and I just forgot it,” Williams said while
attending a tribute to Reagan in Houston. “I don’t
think it’ll make the least bit of difference, but the
people of Texas are going to decide that in the final
poll next Tuesday.”
Richards said Williams’ latest stumble over the
proposed constitutional amendment on confirma
tion of gubernatorial appointments probably
wouldn’t damage the Republican by itself. But as one
of a series, it does, she said.
“I don’t think any individual action has all that im
pact,” Richards said. “I think that it has been a long
series of misstatements and inappropriate behavior.”
Williams has been criticized for making a joke
about rape and for saying he hoped Richards, a re
covering alcoholic who recently touted her 10th year
of sobriety, hadn’t started drinking again.
“The people see that,” she said. “They watch mil
lions of dollars worth of TV, and they see one per
son who’s self-assured, knowledgeable, knows it all.”
But when Williams is more closely scrutinized, she
said, “They see someone who is uncertain, who
seems to be under a lot of stress, not handling ten
sion well.”
Richards spoke in an interview, flying from a Fort
Worth rally at Tarrant County Junior College to one
in Tyler. U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen joined her.
During the Houston fund raiser, Williams com
pared the 1990 Texas gubernatorial campaign to the
1980 presidential election in which Reagan defeated
President Jimmy Carter.
“That election was about change and so is this
one,” Williams said.
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Political forum
hosts candidates
MSC Political Forum will sponsor
an election awareness day today
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the
MSC.
Candidates for local elections will
speak every 15 minutes in the MSC
Flagroom. Information on candi
dates and issues in the Nov. 6 elec
tion will be distributed in the MSC
main hallway.
The events and information are
free, and anyone interested in learn
ing more about the candidates and
issues is welcome.
Ijong respected as a fair, impartial, and efficient
administrator of justice, Judge Davie L Wilson won
the Houston Bar Poll by a margin of seven to one.
One glance at his credentials will tell you why.
He’s experienced.
Judge Wilson has over 18 years of experience as a lawyer, Justice of the
Peace, andjudge of the 333rd District Court since 1983-
He’s qualified.
A graduate of the University of Texas Law School in 1971, Judge
Wilson was confirmed by the Texas Senate by a bi-partisan unaminous
vote, reflecting his reputation for fairness.
He’s dedicated.
A devoted father, Davie Wilson and his wife Jeanne have three
children. And he is an active member of his community, serving
on the Executive Board of Spring-Klein Baseball and All-American
Youth Football, and the Champion Forest Baptist Church.
He’s conservative.
Judge Wilson understands that courts interpret the law, not make
new law; and he is committed to reducing needless delays in justice
by stopping endless appeals.
On November 6, promote
JUDGE
DAVIE L
WILSON
1st Court of Appeals, Place 3
Pol.Adv paid for liy Judge Davie L Wilson Campaign, Jeanne Wilson, Tieas., 15202 Morning Pine, Houston, Tfcxas 77068.
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