European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 16,19b9 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Hotelier Renews bid to buy Eastern new York a billionaire hotel owner Jay renewed his Oiler Fri Day to buy is Tike crippled Eastern air lines sources said reviving the Chance of a Sale following the collapse of a Deal with former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth s investor grou p. Ueberroth Loo was said to be inter ested in reviving his bid for the airline and takeover Speculator Carl Icahn was meeting with Union officials Over the weekend to talk about a Deal sources and Union official said. They said the prick or proposal was essentially the one he had made before the Ueberroth offer was announced april 6. The value of f i liter s offer was t Clear but based on his earlier offer would be Worth about $500 million. Pride or s representatives presented what they described As an exploratory proposal Friday to a meeting of the i Ueberroth also still in picture member Eastern creditors committee in new York the sources said. The proposal called for Pritzkur to buy Eastern s Fleet of around 250 planes for an unspecified amount and lease them Bock to Eastern the sources said. In addition prick scr would pay East Ern around 00 million Cash receive All of Eastern s Stock except for an Insp Sci find amount la be owned by its unions and would forgive 1185 million in debt Eastern is owed by its Parent Texas air. Corp inc sources said. Pfow scr did not return i Clephone Cal a to his Chicago office and to As air aides. Declined to comment on the latest re ported Effort to buy the nation s seventh largest airline which has been mired in i Bilter strike and bankruptcy court mess. Loser in spelling Bee Sfung by California court Ventura. Calif. A a Sianii appeals court has Upolu old a ruling against a Man who claimed hit son was cheated out of a 1987 spelling Bee championship As for the judgment of the trial Appel Lac judge Arthur crib cart la spell it out a-1--f-1-r-m-e Leonard Mcdonald of thousand Oaks claimed his son Gavin then 13, lost the spelling Bee because iwo students instead of one from los Altos school in Camii Rillo were allowed by the sponsoring Ventura Star free press to Advance in Oie contest. In the Cainavillo Tomcsi Lor. Wane had spelled to is a. Steven Chen Pulc warning labels on cigarette pucks do not give to Bacco companies Blanket immunity from lawsuits by victims if lung cancer and other smoke a rely cd aliments the Minnesota has ruled. The decision i Idaj orders a Loer court to reconsider a lawsuit filed by the wife of a Man who died of cancer four cars ago after smoking unfilled it Camel cigarettes for 30 h 3" most suits again so tobacco companies have been dismissed before going to trial and Michael a cinch an attorney for plaintiff Ann for scr called the decision against re Reynolds tobacco co., maker of camels a major Victory. Cigarette companies have been Pul Ling warning labels on their products for More than a month. Ueberroth s Deal fell through because of in intractable dispute Between the unions and Texas air Boss Frank Loren 70 Over whether a court appointed trus Lee should run. Miami based Eastern until Ueberroth s group could assume control. After the Ueberroth Deal failed Texas air officials said they intended to re Structure Eastern As a smaller airline with about half of its pc strike work Force and flight schedule ,. . Bankruptcy judge Burton Lif land. However moved to lure other buy ers into inc . Overseeing Eastern s chapter 11 reorganisation ordered the parties in the Case to explain on should t invite other bids for Eastern Hal would include major assets it owned before Loren of bought the airline in 1986. Charles e. Bryan the Leader of East Ern s machinists Union said Friday he remained confident that the airline will Fly under a new owner and he noted that Ueberroth should t be ruled Oul As a candidate. It will be resolved. Trim s my prediction Bryan said in an interview. There arc several Oiher credible in. Addition to Ueberroth. Bryan would identify Only Icahn. Ueberroth said thursday that lie had not been in touch with any of inc parties involved including Lorenzo Texas air and bankruptcy court officials. He said he would not try to get in touch with them Noi expect to hear from them. Since the i %5 cigarette Labelling and advertising act but Reynolds set Oul to do Vei Jitsing it could to show that Label is no True whiner said in arguing the Case feb. S. Johnso Ruttjr a businessman who died at age -46 in june 1985, sued a Lew months before his death and Lesi ilk d that he began smoking partly because and suggested thai it was a Gravy a up Manly thing to do. Whiner said a in after warnings appeared on cig Irelta packs Forster Conr tin cd on claims by the tobacco Industry Thill cigarettes were Safe Forster s suit was dismissed in s87 by Hennepin county District judge Jon Athan Lebedoff who ruled that Federal Law pre empty d such claims. Fat cats hit big Apple Moo 32-Tnhiml a Tiu a in a no Viire to Pri Krum s fat cat con Ifni uses with owner Grey cd of Dora Illia before Lii link he Bright Light in the bit City Friday. Four year old Moo mop wok ssh killer of 4 in shooting spree ruled insane w1n5ton-Salcm,.n.c. A a jury has ruled that a 2s- car old Man was insane when he shot four passers Bilo death in their cars and wounded five others while sheriffs de mites watched and waned for orders from superiors. Michael Charles hit Al. S. A former moped shop operator from Davidson county was found innocent Friday on four Cums of first degree murder and eight counts of assault in the july 11 rampage. The tors the county jury deliberated 14 hours Ovit four Daj s Superior court judge James Beaty ordered la a taken to the John Umstead Hospital in duller for psych Hairic treatment before a hearing. The coun finds reasonable grounds that Michael Charles Hajes would probably be dangerous to himself and to others Beal said before sending him to the Hospi Tal Hayes cried when the u dict was read in inc Hiis filed courtroom family members of a Katims and some of the survivors Alsoc cd while others reacted with anger. Nick Nicholson father of Une of inc de did he said. After the so piling deputies we re criticised for waiting for pern Mission to so
