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That will be rectified Wednesday when owner Bob McNair officially christens the NFL’s 30th franchise after months of research with the league to come up with the most pleasing colors and logo. A delegation of Houston's pro foot ball past will be on hand for the cere mony, including former Oilers quar terback and assistant coach Don Trull. “I’ll still be an Oiler,’’Trull said. “Tennessee is not the Oilers. I’ll embrace what was here, but the Oil ers are no more. He’s supported the Tennessee Ti tans, “because of the people there that I know from the time I worked with the Oilers... but I guess if they ever play each other. I’d have to root for the Houston Whatevers.” They won’t be the Whatevers much longer. McNair has a lavish presenta tion ceremony planned for Wednesday with a downtown announcement ac companied by country music and Texas Southern University's Ocean of Soul Marching Band helping out. Former NFL kicker Raul Allegre will begin the day with a ceremonial kickoff at noon CDT in the As trodome, where the Oilers played. Former Oilers coach Bum Phillips also is expected to be among those helping McNair with the festivities. A 100-yard section of downtown Texas Avenue will be closed down for the naming ceremony with a football field installed complete with goalposts. “We’ll finally have an identity,” McNair said. “We’ll no longer be the Houston Whatchamacallits.” After he announces the nick name logo and colors, McNair will go to Enron Field, where the Astros are hosts the Florida Marlins. Mc Nair will throw the ceremonial first pitch with a football to Astros own er Drayton McLane Jr. Former Oilers defensive end Elvin Bethea also plans to be on hand to see the new era of pro foot ball in the city. “1 think it’s great for the city, all the hype and everything since Mr. McNair stepped out into the deep waters of the NFL,” Bethea said. “There are still a lot of players here from the old days. “People can associate the old days with 2000. We’re just going into a new era now. I think it’s very exciting.” A 69,500-seat retractable roof stadium is under construction about a football throw from the As trodome will house the team and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo beginning in 2002. STATE Wednesday, Septemher 6,2000 ■Wednesday, Septen THE BATTALION A vicious cycle BY STUART VILLANUEVATm B*mu» Ben Culp, a sophomore biomedical science major, and other members of the Aggie Cycling Team ride by Simpson Drill Field Monday during one of their afternoon workout rides. Fewer ft For the third the number < j nation’s 125 fell. Last yea applied for tf i a 6 percent < 50 thousand | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | i oIJLl—£ ’89- ’91- ’90 '92 Source: JAMA Bus usir Texans suffer from intense heat wave DALLAS (AP) — The sweltering heat in parts of Texas is taking its toll. Forty heat-related deaths have been confirmed this year in the com bined Dallas and Houston areas, which both saw all-time record high temperatures Monday. Dallas hit 111 — the hottest ever recorded in September— while Houston’s high was 109, the city’s all-time highest temperature. Most of the reached a record 111 degrees, wort ers at hospital emergency nximsit ceived at least one confirmed heatu latcd illness Monday, along wi! some dehydrated patients duringlii Labor Day weekend. Waco’s Labor Day high surpass the date’s pie\ ions record of 106* grees set in 1998. "When you bust a record by 5* grees like that, that’s something Alan Moller, Houston area heat victims did not have air con ditioning or avoided using it to save on their energy bills, ac cording to the Harris County Medical Examin er’s office, which has recorded 28 When you bust a record by 5 de grees like that, that's something.' NWS meteor. — Alan Moller MWS meteorologist told the Wacol bune-Herald. Houston reached its pre ous record of It on Aug. 23, B — a temperate that was tiedf week during tl summer’s bm heat-related deaths this year. That number does not include the current autopsies where heat is the suspect ed cause of death. Lack of air conditioning killed the Dallas area’s most recent of its 12 victims, Lillian S.wanson, authorities said. The 66-year-old diabetic, whom authorities said was in poor health, was found Saturday in her home with the air conditioner turned off. Dallas’ previous record was 108, set in 1980. The city's all-time high was 113 on June 26-27,1980, accord ing to the National Weather Service. In Waco, where the mercury also NAPERVI George W. Bi ing remark a I The New Yc picked up by: As Bush s Monday waiti he turned to n eney and use< scribe reportei nearby press with Bush’s a thought their n Karen Hug woman, said whispered at mate. It was r lie comment.’ Clymer sai in the goverm Cheney re gist in Fort Wofi 'The goverm ment to me. RETIRE heat and drought, said John Ze® Weather Service senior forecaste The state’s all-time high isl- degrees, which was recorded inti North Texas town of Seymout Aug. 23, 1980. Because of its distance fromit coast, North Texas is vulnerable the most extreme temperatures,ffi teorologists said. “We usually have more moistt in the air because we’re influenced the Gulf, so it’s not as hot,” Carol; Levert, a weather service meteorol gist, told the Houston Chronicle. 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