European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse By John Barbour associated press ii ill Ted Lurker Minn a i Nul visit \ in " i ill his v " 11, -,1-,-. No re ,.f it. Ali Doc. I i re ill i a. At 41. In Riih the sri Liuell Lini Mustai lie tin straight line in ill the sir Ainsil lieu in a mid Llu Sta Ikhil line a Raili keens he Louail. The in in is do Al vex s his ,- is with. I . Now it s his Cable news network the Doc thous. Theav " one. Ill .1 sri Lead in an Ailini rate a a Jil i d the i inish Iii bum. I he Crew urged him to turn ii was. Risk the Lead to save i he i at from being a masted. Led Lurner Lair so. It was the lug that slackened Cable and Turner rude met in to Victory. He Calls hi.-, boat once he said. i Only had a Little humility d be i say a lot be says now in rare understate ment i leads to a lot Ether Ted Turner images. There is the Brash heretic challenging the Lilc sailing establish ment. There is the tobacco chewing Beer drinking base Ball owner pretending to be dead on the dugout roof while his team plays dead on the Field. There is the devoted father five taking his children sailing or for a walk in the Woods. There is the intimidator who tries to keep strangers off balance. There is the adored husband the Macho male the respected even loved Boss the Man with a penchant for saying shocking things. Hut the excuse for All this is Ted Turner the doer. He took his father s faltering venture into billboards and rescued it. Lie branched into radio and television. His super station in Atlanta Wilh its menu old movies old series and spurts is beamed via satellite As far West As Hawaii. Lie owns he Atlanta braves baseball learn the Atlanta Hawks basketball learn and inc Atlanta chiefs Socier to in he piloted courageous to win the Ameri Ca s up i Nii Ier sailing in 1977 and plans to defend in this ear. Ami that s Mil All. Lie is shaking i or thine in a be 24-hour i Ihk Sulci Isginn news my Oik. Thai Enterprise. Re Mir Ledly Cooling som Elhine like $5 1 million fur slur i is i Kan this week. He Hopes it will break what he Calls the stranglehold that network television Bason american values. Ameri can children. American Lime. Coincidental it will allow Ted Turner s View inc world to occupy the same space and maybe even make 1 de Turner a Lut Money. No one who knows him bets against Tell Eiju s David in his self declared War with Toliah and he dues it Wilh a kind teen age enthuse Asmi Here is something almost childlike in the Way he knocks Down history into Small Turners us capsules and uses them in a rapid fire drawling evangelistic Way thai carries him from armageddon to red China from Nero in Miller from Dot to Joan arc in minutes. All in punctual de Wilh aphorisms and quotations where there s a will there s a Way thai s a great statement and another is. What the mind Man can conceive and believe the mind Man can achieve. Idleness is the Devil s workshop. A Coward Dies a Ted Turner right in to control room i Only had a Little humility i d be h Ahtl pie tur. I he co Stales group can Sci old me but it Iron funny not a Broa Donto charge ing to attract Ted a year has to Batten with h first cd he selves Gann tur Cras Ion mood i he Bella Simon jobs thing in sail so i Oil Anchor desk All news to network beaming 24 hours a Day to Cable subscribers. Page 1-i the stars and stripes
