ROCKETS LOOK TO MUSCLE THEIR WAY INTO A DEAL WITH COMPAQ

          The Rockets "want their own deal" with Compaq Computer
     Corp. before the team will drop its opposition to renaming
     The Summit after the company, according to John Williams of
     the HOUSTON CHRONICLE.  Rockets Senior Exec VP John Thomas
     said that Compaq officials "contacted" the team last week
     about "striking a separate deal with the team," and that the
     Rockets would like the Houston City Council to "again
     postpone" a vote on the agreement so the team's deal "can be
     finalized."  City Agenda Dir Dan Jones said that Mayor Bob
     Lanier "will ask" the council to postpone today's vote "for
     another week," and Jones said that waiting another week
     "will not hurt" the city's deal.  Thomas added that the team
     recently completed its corporate sponsorship with Hewlett-
     Packard (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/21).