European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wed nonday. November 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 j 7-year-old wins Coon Hunt championship cu1.i.m\n. Ala. Api a 17 year old Hijii Lunil stud Cal was named the Lleni St Coon Hunter in the land after in and his Dor chased 12  up Trees in one week own llu1 i Niu ssi Onat Ken Nel tub win in Hampi Enship. Matthew Sims of Cullman received s5, of the s20.1ioo lop Prisc after Healing 41s other compel inn at ik1 Louri Amend. Hich look place ill Niphol m a wooded area of . Most of Llu mini a Clil to . Sparkman of stint Tiniro. Owner of Hagle the dog thu Lidit in Sims win. Raccoons huh Art nocturnal animals Are ran shut lit the contest Hul arc chased by Hunters with flashlights Ami is judges who award Points. Texas court upholds jury award of $11 billion in Pennzoil Case Austin. To asap tin Texas supreme court on monday a held a loner court decision ordering Texaco inc. In  is  billion to i can Oil c t. Lor in Crk eng in a planned merger of  and tit Isy Oil co. The l h5 jury award which also was upheld by the slate s i is court of appeals in i Ini Islon is the largest in the nation s Hinry the justices issued monday s ruling without in Nimens. Only saying Luiere was no reversible error in a Houston court of appeals . To Appeal llu1 Tower court decisions. To Saco had been ordered 10 Post an a peal Bond i hit forced the company in april to Fili for co Rani action under chapter 11 of the . Bankruptcy code Ivrin Oil spokesman Bob Harper said the company was not surprised that inc decision was upheld. This decision we think is amply supported by the record in the Case and by inc applicable  Texaco could ask the Texas supreme court to reconsider its decision hut company president James w. Kin car said to Chaco would go directly to the . Supreme court. Harper said i engr nil has remained will ing to negotiate an Oul of Cotrit sell Cuenl. We think it is info Unaie that Texaco s  has persisted in Wilsall or Noih Iny bluish us in this Caw and i not made 2 serious Effort to satisfy this judgment by sell Titei a i a i curl which Texaco could easily accommodate and which Pennzoil could justify to its  the Lasi offer we made to  was s4.i billion prior to today s ruling Harper said. Texaco spokeswoman Anita Larson said monday the company always has said in was willing to negotiate on a Ren Honable economic basis til would not discuss a specific Amouri the Battle Over control of titty began in december l 8.1 when Houston based Penn Oil offered $100 a share for Aboul 20 percent of Vietty sleek. On Jan. It. 1984, Texaco reached an agreement to acquire Dietly for $125 a share later raised los12k. I in Noil claiming inner Femine filed a lawsuit seeking s7.5j billion in actual dam Ages and $7,3 billion in punitive damages the lawsuit resulted ill a four Munich trial with Llie jury agreeing Etc Aco had in Lerf Rcd in the i Enn Oil Seliy Deal and i Enn Oil was entitled to Haiti arcs. Texaco was ordered to pay i Enn Oil s7.5.1 billion in compensatory damages and $3 billion in punitive damages. Slate District judge Solomon Casseb jr., upheld the judgment in december 1485 and added j600 million in interest. Herman eulogized As Frue Friend musical artist West Hollywood Calif. A bandleader Woody Herman was eulogized monday is a pied i Iper who used his musical Lent to touch millions of people around the world. About Iso mourners attended a roman Catholic funeral mass at St. Vic Tor s Church to pay homage to the jazzman who died thursday Al the age of 74. Welcome to Woody s Church said monsignor George j. Arna Sui. This was truly his spiritual  a group of pallbearers some former musicians who played with Herman in his famous band. The Young Thun Dering Herd ushered his closed Gray , adorned with an arrangement of red roses and while carnations up the Church aisle. Herman s Parish priest noted the bandleader and clarinet player had fallen on hard times in the months before his death. He suffered enormously Parnassus said. There were i n at ions. But up until the end there was no bitterness in him. He was truly a Man of peace. There was nothing phony about him. He was completely genuine. There were no aim Aboul him he was an easy Man to  he said Merman s daughter Grid Herman Reese relayed her father s re quest for irad Lional music to be played at the service rather than some of his own tunes. Friend Jack sicken said Herman was inc perfect role Model for any musician aspiring to Success. Ingrid Herman Reese daughter of bandleader Woody Herman comforts her Mother Inga Nisle Herman s Mother in Law. Woody proved you could reach your artistic goals and still he a right  Siefert said. Woody Herman was the rarest of human possessions he was a True Friend. We have lost the greatest pied 1 incr american music Lias Ever pre  numerous fund raising benefits Hon Oring Herman and designed to gather Money for his medical and tax debts did much to Case his pain during his waning Days Kees Esaid. It in Cunt a lot to my dad and in meant a lot to me she said. A million people have called to give their regards and i know that everyone who a oud be Here is  Herman known for such san Edards As Apple Honey Northwest passage Caledonia and the Wood chopper s Ball said in his Laler years that he continued to Lour because he still loved the music and because he needed the Money. Herman s financial decline culminated when inc internal Revenue service auctioned his House which he bought from Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in inc 1940s, to cover tax debts. Herman who continued to live in the House As a renter was to be evicted in september by the new owner for non payment of rent. But help from friends and fans including celebrities Frank Sinatra and Clint Eastwood Kepi him in the House and paid his Back rent. He was admitted to Cedars Sinai medical Center on oct. 1, and died there nearly a month later of heart failure. All the men who worked with him loved him bandleader los Brown Baid after the service. And he brought out inc Best in  boy faced with $52 Fine opts for driving school Boca Raton Fla. A a 9-Yea. Old who has never driven anything other than Hii bicycle is going to driving school rather than pay a $52 traffic ticket. Last month a police officer wrote out a traffic Lii let for Patrick Hurley jr., then 8, after the youngster failed to yield when he made a left Lurn around a Cor Ner near his Home right into the rain of Ufi oncoming car. Besides scrapes and bruises. Patrick needed 30 studies in close a Gash on his forehead caused  he smashed into the car s Windshield the police report estimated the damage 10 the car Al to 50 and to Patrick s bicycle Al Iso. While we were somewhat perplexed Why an Oltimer would cite a child of this age. We wan led Patrick to learn from the experience said Planck Hurley sr., the Hoy s father. So we had him do a series of House bold chores and then be done with  then Hurley d Cidad to contest the s52 Lintel. Figuring a dialogue with the Judee might git e his son a Leown about Safiy. Hut county judge Howard Harrison simply asked if Patrick want Dlo Pas Ibe Fine or go to driving school. Planck said or d pay the Fine big  Hurley said. Instead Al the urging of his parents the third grader is in school with his Mother. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 4. 1947 Secretary of stale George c. Marshall said in a report Sci acid by inc encyclopedia Fri Cannica Hal More than 15 million military members of 57 nations were killed or reported missing in world War ii. 30 years ago today. Nov. -1. 1957 russian scientists sent a dog dressed in a space suit and a transparent helmet travelling 932 Miles High around the Earth aboard a satellite. 20 years ago today. Nov. 4. 1467 Jung civilians As Shields in i Cong guerrilla troops stormed for the Sim a the defense of the Allied Damion of Luc nah. , and us ugh Vietnam Ese sharpshooters beat them Back and rescued some of the in asians. 0 years ago today. Nov 4. 1977 president Carter reaffirmed in fore a be Wiki audience thai lie did Mil prefer an Independent palestinian slave. Bill called Cumi a do nil Nii till the Wesl Hani illegal and a cause of Arab