European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 screenwriters reach tentative Accord los Angeles a striking screenwriters reached tentative agreement with motion picture and television producers wednesday effectively ending a150-Day walkout that paralysed Hollywood and left the fall to schedule in shambles. It was time to bring it to a conclusion and the Deal was there said chief Guild negotiator Brian Walton at a joint news conference. We Are very pleased to have reached a tentative agreement said Nicholas counter Iii chief negotiator for the Alliance of motion picture and television producers. Asked who won counter said no one wins a  Walton said the agreement reflected some serious  members of the writers Guild of America were expected to ratify the contract at a membership meeting later this week and scriptwriters May return to work As Early As monday. The settlement announcement ends what had be come one of the longest and More painful strikes i modern Hollywood history surpassed Only by the Aga s 1960 walkout which lasted 23 weeks. The cur rent walkout began March 7, 21 a weeks ago. Federal mediator Floyd Wood said no details of the contract would be released until the Aga s Board of directors on the West coast and East coast is in formed of the agreement during an evening Telephone conference Call. The joint boards would then vote via Telephone and results revealed later during a news conference at Guild Headquarters in West Hollywood. It was a fair Deal negotiated not dictated audit was of said a member of the negotiating commit tee who asked not to be identified. News of the settlement came after two Days of in tense efforts by a variety of intermediaries to bring an end to the 22-week-Long walkout. Final contract details were ironed out at an 12-Hourmeeting Between Walton and counter that ended Early wednesday. The pair who had repeatedly sniped at each other throughout the walkout Shook hands after the announcement. As recently As last weekend it looked As though the two sides were at an impasse with a producers spokes Man saying talks were hopelessly  despite the strike settlement the fall television sea son cannot proceed As planned. Its Start will be delayed perhaps until november. The financial costs tothe networks could Range into tens of millions of Dol Lars. The Aga has 9,000 members most living an working in Southern California. The Alliance has 217 member companies responsible for 85 percent of net work prime time television and 90 percent of feature film production and distribution. The contract proposal reflects improvements in the foreign residual Structure and gains in the area of Crea Tive rights the main issues dogging negotiations said the Union negotiator. Ruling temporarily blocks Eastern s Layoff plans Washington a a Federal judge on wednesday temporarily blocked Eastern airlines plans to dramatically curtail service and Lay off 4,000 workers heeding complaints from the Carrier s unions that the cutbacks would violate Federal labor Laws. . District judge Harrington d. Par Ker tentatively scheduled a hearing for thursday to determine if his temporary restraining order should be extended beyond its 10-Day period. Eastern had planned to Cut its service by about 12 percent As of aug. 31, Leav ing it basically serving the country s East coast and latin America. Its work Force also would have been reduced by 12 per cent. But after a 3 /2-hour hearing Parker decided that a sufficient threat of in jury to the unions. Exists which in the judgment of this court warrants issuance of the temporary restraining  moments after Parker announced his ruling Eastern spokesman Robin Matell said the airline would give an Appeal an immediate and serious consider  Eastern planned to shut Down almost All of its operations in Kansas City which served As the Carrier s Hub in the Western United states. It also intended to dramatically reduce service in its East Ern Hub of Philadelphia and to Cut serv ice altogether to 14 cities. In All it planned to eliminate 140 of its 1,225 daily flights and 4,000 of 32,200 jobs. Company officials announced the plans july 22, saying that they were needed to help Stem Large losses. Eastern attorney Michael Madiga told the courtroom that Eastern had lost $68 million at Kansas City in 1987 and$33 million in the first three months of this year. The cuts he said were being made for a business  lost baggage reports per 1,000 passengers for 13 largest airlines september 1987 May 1988 Twa Continental Piedmont 16.51 Usa irr5.94 United 17.55 16.98 310.77 Delta 6.98 113.06 i 4.30 Alaska u9.84 pan am 14.06 Southwest 34.12 Chicago Tribune graphic source us department of transportation . Airlines continue of improve on time flight record during june Washington a the nation s 13 largest airlines in june had their Best record of on time flights since the government began issuing reports on the carriers performance the department of transportation reported wednesday. In its latest monthly report the department said84.3 percent of the airlines flights that were tallied operated on schedule. Since the government began re leasing the figures last september the Best previous performance had been in april when 82.6 percent of the flights were reported to be on time. The improvement came even As the airlines began their annual summertime crunch period a season when air traffic increases As people take vacations. America West airlines had the Best performance reporting that 92.8 percent of its flights were on sched ule. Southwest airlines was next Best at 90.8 percent and american took third place with an 88.2 percent record. At the other end of the spectrum pan american had the worst on time percentage at 72.2 percent followed by us air with 76.6 percent and trans world airlines with 79 percent. The department considers a flight to be on time if it arrives at or departs from a Gate within 15 minutes of schedule. Flights that Are delayed for mechanical Rea sons Are not counted because the officials who created the reporting system feared that otherwise they would penalize carriers that hold Back planes with equipment  airlines Are required to report their on time performances at 27 of the country s busiest airports although most carriers submit figures for More air Fields than that. At the required airports the 13 carriers Overall on time performance was 83.4 percent. In july the department logged 1,964 complaint from passengers about . Airlines up from the 1,707 complaints received in june. The total continued attend in which complaints have dropped dramatically from a year ago. Dot received 6,561 complaints in july 1987.As has been the Case before Continental airlines had the largest number of complaints per 100,000 Pas sengers flown 11.54. Pan am had the second highest ratio of complaints at 10.87, while Eastern airlines was third with 9.05.air Wisconsin had the lowest ratio of complaints with 0.46. Southwest was next Best with 0.98, while Delta airlines was third lowest with 1.19.it is believed that Only a Small number of passengers who have problems with flights bother to complain to the transportation department. Old Pershing 2 facilities inspected by soviet teams kinds Cape canaveral Fla. A a soviet military team inspected old per Shing 2 missile facilities wednesday under terms of the intermediate nuclear Force treaty. The 10-person group arrived at nearby Patrick fab in an air Force transport and immediately accompanied 10 Amer ican escorts in vans to Cape canaveral. Two other soviet teams were inspect ing Sites wednesday in Maryland and Oklahoma under the terms of the inf treaty signed in december by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail . Under the treaty All nuclear missiles with a Range of 300 to 3,400 Miles Mustbe eliminated within three years of the Date the treaty became effective. . Will destroy 867 Pershing 1a, per Shing 2 and ground launched cruise mis Siles in Europe while the soviets will destroy 1,752 ss-4, ss-12 and ss-20 mis Siles. Soviet and american inspection teams Are permitted under the treaty to visit selected missile Sites to Check on compliance with the document. At Cape canaveral the soviet team toured launch Complex 16, where per Shing 2 missiles were test launched As recently As last february and an Are where the missiles were assembled. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1948 officials of the american military government in West Germany predicted that they would fight Russia s currency blockade of Berlin and reject soviet demands for a financial  30 years ago foday. Aug. 5, 1958 in his first formal Public announcement Lebanon s president elect Fuad Shehab said the withdrawal of foreign troops from lebanese territory was Foremost among our National  20 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1968 France set off its 15th nuclear explosion. It was the third in series of tests that was expected to Lead up to the trial of Fiance s first thermonuclear device a Hydrogen bomb. 10 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1978 state supreme court justices from across the nation approved Resolution backing television radio and photographic coverage of court pro ave nos