European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes monday March 12, 1990news update network Accord new York apr the directors Guild of America has reached tentative agreement with Abc and Abc on a three year contract covering about 275 Guild members at the networks according to Union and network officials. The new contract to succeed one that expires june 30, still must be approved by the guilds National Board and then submitted to Guild membership for ratification. In addition to staff members and free Lance employees at Abc and Abc the agreement covers Guild members at facilities the networks own Here and in Washington Chicago los Angeles and san Francisco. The proposed pact would boost salaries by 5 percent this july with another 5 per cent increase beginning on Jan. 1, 1992, according to a statement issued Friday by the Guild and the two networks. The Guild is negotiating a new contract with lbs said Chuck warn a Guild spokesman in los  offer Boca Raton. Fla. Apr a Small University that announced it had enough Money to offer scholarships to Black freshmen has been flooded with Calls from far More students than it can serve. Florida Atlantic University officials said they were having trouble explaining to callers from across the country that they planned to expand the tuition Aid program to just 45 spots in the fall up from 30 last year. A we got a mass of Calls from people who said they Are angry a said James Spear executive assistant to Anthony Catanese president of the state University. A news report said Black freshmen who met admission standards at Fau would be offered free tuition. The report did not note the number of scholarships available but in it officials spoke of expanding the program and seeking donations from the Community if demand surpassed  discharged Pittsburgh apr Stormie Jones the worlds first cart liver transplant recipient has been discharged from the Hospital 17 Days after undergoing a second liver transplant. The 12-year-old Texas girl will remain in the City for about two weeks for outpatient treatment at children a Hospital of Pittsburgh Hospital spokeswoman Lynn Mcmahon said. Stormie received her second liver transplant in a 10-hour operation feb. 20. She had undergone a heart and liver transplant in 1984. The heart has not caused any problems but she needed a new liver because the first was damaged by hepatitis. Mcmahon said surgeons arc pleased with her Progress. Is Robertv Sale w. German concert promoter pushing computer ticket sales by Anita Gosch staff writer concertgoers take heart. A computerized ticket sales system for Germany is on the horizon. Maybe. Marcel Avram head of West Germany a largest concert promotion conglomerate mama concerts amp Lippmann Rau Clr in Munich is trying to sell the idea to promoters ticket agents concert Halls and Heaters throughout the country. The system computer ticket service would provide easy Access to tickets for All sorts of cultural and sports events around the country much in the same Way that airline tickets Are now reserved. Similar systems have been in use in the United states for years. Avram the chief financial Backer of cts has been toying with the idea for 10 years said Jean Baptiste Doerr an Clr spokesman. Still ticket buyers  line up just yet. If All goes Well it would be at least two years before the system would be ready to go Doerr said. A Germany is in the 19th Century As far As ticket sales Are concerned he said. A German people Are afraid of technical developments and i think we need some time to explain to them what cts can  Doerr said the new service would increase the Price of tickets by 90 pfennig 50 pfennig paid by the ticket buyer and 40 pfennig by the concert promoters. The monthly Cost of leasing the system to ticket outlets would be 590 Marks. The proposal has prompted objections from other concert promoters in West Germany. Although they re not opposed to the concept of computerized ticket sales they re concerned that cts belongs to Avram. A a in a opposed to the idea that a competitor can just press a Button on a computer and find out How my concerts Are Selling a said Gert Hanke press spokesman for the Peter Rieger concert Agency near Cologne. Doerr denied the allegations. He said the cts system is secure from such Access. Although its Uncertain whether cts will come into use in Germany Doerr is sure that the age of computerized ticket sales is on its Way. A if its not cts it will be some other system a he said. Northwest May be fined $200,000 for engine that fell off near Tampa Eagan Minn. Apr Federal officials seeking a $200,000 Fine against Northwest airlines say improper maintenance was involved when an engine fell off a Northwest plane Over Florida in january. Northwest said it will seek to have the proposed Fine reduced. A three engine Boeing 727 in route from Miami to Minneapolis on Jan. 4 landed safely in Tampa fla., after losing the right rear engine which fell onto ranch land North of Tampa. There were no injuries. The National transportation safety Board said in january that preliminary findings showed Blue fluid that apparently leaked from the planets Forward lavatory solidified into chunks of ice As the plane cruised at 35,000 feet. The a Blue ice then flew into the engine damaging it until it broke Loose and fell off As the engines Are designed to do to prevent damage to the fuselage the official said. Northwest has maintained that various problems with the lavatory had been repaired several times in the weeks before the incident but the Federal aviation administration said late Friday that a leaking valve reported to the airline on several occasions Between dec. 23 and Jan. 4, Wasny to repaired. A was a result during that period the aircraft was operated in an Unai worthy condition on 53 flights a the Faa said. A Northwest spokesman Alan Mun Caster said Friday he expects the airline will negotiate with Federal officials in an attempt to get the Fine reduced. Pierce gets Gopas nod in mass. Governor races amps Frankfurt West Germany a the american consulate general will hold an auction of residential and office furnishings on March 31 at 8 30 . The Public Sale will be in the parking lot at Joachim Becher Strassl 19 in Frankfurt. All transactions will be in dollars and no checks will be accepted. Items will be sold As is and All sales arc final. Purchases must be removed the Day of the Sale. Property inspection will be conducted March 30 from 2 30 . To 5 30 . And March 31 from 7 30 . To 8 30 . For further information Contact the Frankfurt consulates general services office at German civilian 06975353781. Boston apr More than half the delegates to the Republican state convention endorsed Steven Pierce for governor saturday but one of his chief opponents in the gop primary vowed to stay in the race. Pierce minority Leader in the Massachusetts House received a so called a super majority a a margin wide enough to allow the gop to endorse him before the sept. 18 primary. His chief rival William Weld said he would remain in the race upsetting state gop Leader Raymond Shamieh a plan to get the party to unite behind one candidate. A third gop gubernatorial contender Paul Cronin failed to get enough votes to stay in the race and wont be on the primary ballot. Massachusetts Hasni to had a Republican governor since 1970, but the party a fortunes Rose after democratic gov. Michael s. Dukakis lost his 1988 presidential bid. Dukakis returned Home to find the Massachusetts economic Miracle he made a Centrepiece of his Campaign had collapsed. A i am very gratified and very excited about my Victory today a Pierce said. A a we re going to win the primary. I done to know what the margin will  the convention vote was 2,672 for Pierce or 52.6 percent. Weld received 1,845 votes or 36.3 percent. Cronin garnered 563 votes or 11.1 percent. Under convention rules candidates need at least 15 percent of the votes to go to the primary. The rules also provide that a candidate who beats his closest rival by 15 percent or More gets the super majority freeing the gop from neutrality. Weld a former Federal prosecutor made it Clear he planned to continue his Campaign though he did no to question the results of the vote. A i think my strength is in the primary a said Weld who has positioned himself As More moderate than Pierce. A i think it will be a real service to the party and the  Shamie stopped Short of saying he would ask Weld to drop out. At first Shamie said a i have no plans to ask Bill Weld to  but later saturday he said a i might i might when asked the same question. The state that bragged of having a budget surplus and one of the nations lowest unemployment rates before 1988 now has a budget deficit of More than $500 million and a jobless rate of 5.3 percent which equals the National average. The fiscal crisis is the top Issue in the gubernatorial race. On the democratic Side none of four top candidates for governor has emerged to Lead the pack. They Are state rep. John flood former state attorney general Francis Bellotti on leave Boston University president John Silber and it. Gov. Evelyn Murphy. . Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia told delegates to the gop convention that the democratic party in their state is the democratic candidates biggest problem. A if you Are running As a Democrat if you Are part of the democratic machine you Are the problem and electing you can to solve it a Gingrich  it a boy in traditional dress looks decidedly uncomfortable As he tries to Bear what ascetics do every year a a on fire a at the annual mount Taka festival in the Tokyo suburb on saturday. Thousands gathered for the event some to take the fiery walk to world peace and Good health