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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. February 21.19b8 the stars and stripes Page Union Accord clears Way for Post Sale new York a agreement was reached saturday on a 512 million pack age of Union concessions Hal will keep the new York Post publishing and clears the Way for owner Rupert Murdoch to sell the  Hall said the paper would Clow Friday unless the paper s Union provided concessions he needed to sell the Money losing paper to real estate Developer Peter Kalikow "1 want to say at this Lime that i wish or Kalikow great successful publishing of the new York  Murdoch raid in announcing the agreement. He s a very ambitious Man at Well As being a wealthy one i know thai he is determined to make it successful Mur Doch  s getting the newspaper now in but ice shape getting a newspaper with a Fine staff wonderful executives and i m sure thai he needs nothing More than a. New Start under new leadership and he goes ahead with that with my full  the agreement scheduled to take effect March 7, is subject to auditing of the savings by Kalikow s company and fast ratification by each of the 10 unions involved officials  Cost reductions amount to $10 Mil lion in the tint year. Is million in the Sec Ond and j6 million in the third with a s2million trois the Board Bonus for employees in the third year officials said. Murdoch said the agreement resulted from Good will on both sides. It has been a very difficult 12 Days for All ofus he said. At the Post s offices editors were pre paring the saturday edition. Murdoch met earlier Friday with Kali Kow said Union Leader George Mcdonald Kalikow had agreed to buy the paper for s37 million on condition Murdoch obtain concessions totalling $24 million Over the next three  alternative was to fold the paper because of a Federal regulation barring Murdoch from owning a newspaper Andev station in the same City. Murdoch owns a new in new York. On Friday morning Murdoch had declared flatly thai he would not Slop the clock to save the newspaper. On wednesday the unions Pui for Ward a proposal they said would save $33 million $9 million More than Mur Doch demanded and asked thai the extra Money go into pay raises. On thursday management knocked Down 111 million of the package As non negotiable under terms of the Deal with Kalikow. After 10 minutes with the negotiators at the grand Hyatt hotel on Friday morning Murdoch said the Gap in the concessions package amounted to s4 million Over three years. Murdoch chose to sell the Post following congressional rider engineered by sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., and sen. Ernest Hollins , that blocked the Federal communications commission from continuing to waive its Rule  both a television station and a newspaper in the same City. In Boston where he faces the same situation Murdoch has indicated he will Tell his to station and hold on to the Boston Herald. Unification Church linked to lobby for North Pardon Washington a a nationwide lobbying Campaign seeking a Pardon for i. Col Oliver North for his involvement in the ran Contra affair has been launched by. A conservative group Hal is working with activists from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon s unification Church the Washington Post reported  think North is a hero and he ought to be treated As  said Robert Grant chair Man of the lobbying group Christian voice and president of the new american Freedom  coalition has extensive links to Moon s unification Church movement according to the newspaper. It said do i Pak Moon s lop Deputy and president of the Washington times which is owned by Moon was instrumental in founding the group and Phillip san Chez one of Puk s chief political aides and president of Causa Usa. Is a member of the coalition s National policy  said Causa has Given the coalition a. Network of activists throughout the United states most of whom Are unification Church members to help build local sup , the coalition s literature never mentions the unification Church and Pak s name is not included on the group s five member Board of directors the Post said. The coalition chaired Fay former reps. Richard Ichord d-mo., and Bob Wilson r calif., recently sent More than a million let ters asking recipients to sign a Pardon Colo Nel North petition to president pc again. North is a target of the Iran Contra investigation being conducted by Independent coun Sel Lawrence Walsh but a not been indicted. Soviets Complete visit to Utah Salt Lake City up three soviet diplomats kit Ulah Friday following a 48-hour tour of Sites surrounding a defense Plant that once built rocket motors for intermediate Range 1 Pershing missiles. The diplomats primarily visited Sites where up to 30 technicians will work and live while based in Utah to verify . Compliance with the intermediate nuclear forces treaty signed two months ago by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. This is a very important treaty said Igor Khripunov first Secretary of the soviet embassy in Washington . We were favor ably impressed with everything we saw Here. The people Are very Friendly while the three soviets were in Ulah. A party of . Diplomats was in the russian City of vol kinks to conduct a similar Lour of the City about 600 mites cast of Moscow which will House an american inf treaty compliance learn. If the Senate ratifies the treaty the soviet learn would be based at he Hercules Bacchus works which manufactured peril Ling 11 motors from 1979 to August 1987, it would con firm thai no new motors for intermediate Range . Missiles Are being made at her Cules. Carey Cavin Mph of the slate depart ment s office of soviet affairs said the Diplo Mats found no negatives during their Utah visit. They were Here lok a living conditions and the general Lay of he  on the second Day of their Ulah tour the diplomats also visited Park City ski resort about 3s Miles East of Salt late City and attended a rehearsal of the mormon Taberna Cle choir balloon a 210-foot hot air balloon billed the largest tier built lifts off from frown Lake near Sundsb. Maine. In Whit org Tun of the project say May hive been a re Cord flight. The giant balloon Rose some so feet Inlo the air and remained loft for Serena minutes. A regular die balloon is in the background. Grading the presidential candidates from a to f Pittsburgh a George Bush must Lone Down Bis whining. Paul Simon should aim for a less professorial sound and Albert Gore or. Could help his Campaign Wilh a Lille humor says a University of Pittsburgh rhetoric professor. Ted Windt editor of two books on presidential rhetoric raid the candidates speaking style in this Campaign s Early grading period giving democratic Hope Ful Jesse Jackson the Best Mark a minus and former Colorado sen. Gary Hart the worst an f. Regardless of whether people Vole for him or not they respect and respond to his speaking Windt said of Jackson "1 do think rhyming periodic sentences will grow thin after a while. He should beef his theme up Wilh some less soaring  he s had four years to answer the question where s the beef he s still unable to do it the pro of Csor said of Hart although he talks new idea he s talking about the past in debates he cannot reply on the sensitive Issue without attacking the  on the Republican Side Bush frequently sounds like he s whining according to Windl who gave the vice president a a minus however in new Hamp Shire Bush changed his style which enabled him to capture the primary. In new Hampshire he began to speak rather than whine. He recognizes he s going 10 have to fight for the nomination with Dole and has begun to mix it up Windt said the rhetoric expert gave Bush s chief rival. Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas a b for the theme i m one of you which played so Well in the Iowa caucuses. The slogan however May prove shortsighted he said. Dole also has an incisive sense of humor Hal some think is mean Windt said former let Evision evangelist pal Robertson gets a b Sis a natural to  he s attempting to soften the hard image of a self righteous evangelical who s out to vanquish evil. In softening his image he Hai not Sci developed a Clear Cut image or person Windt said. Rep. Jack Kemp of new York although hard to Grade gets a a plus for being lacklustre in debates Windl said. Among the other democrats sen. Simon of Illinois jets a c for being professorial More a lecturer than a speaker Windt said. He should remember that Campaign is not a required course for students bul an elective that voters can choose to attend or skip. Gore get in incomplete for campaigning so Litile in Towa and new Hampshire. He does t project any sense of humor Anil still looks like he s running for class Prici Ideal of a very expensive preppy school Windt said. Massachusetts Cov. Michael Dukakis gets a c for coming across As a Technocrat mid a manager without human   
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