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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 17, 1991  pact i officials working to fix hastily signed text of Start by the Washington Post Washington a the final stage of negotiations for the new  treaty reducing nuclear weapons was so rushed that officials were unable to finish proofreading the Accord before it was signed. Now a series of glitches and textual errors in the Accord must be corrected . Officials said. The errors were made As both sides hastened to Complete and print a few copies of the Accord for the july 31 Kremlin signing ceremony by president Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The ceremony occurred Only 13 Days after the settlement of All major issues in the 9-old negotiations. The final round of talks involved four intensive Days of deliberations in Washington Between . And soviet foreign ministers meetings in Geneva Between negotiating team members and a concluding session in London Between Bush and Gorbachev. . Officials said the corrections Are not important enough to require that the Accord be signed again a unlike the 1972 Salt treaty that was signed twice first in a highly publicized ceremony and a second time secretly after some changes were negotiated. The Bush administration plans to Send a lawyer interpreter and typist to mos cow next week to obtain soviet approval of the revisions officials said. Chief . Treaty negotiator Linton Brooks who is in Geneva completing an official account of the final stage of negotiations said this week in a Telephone interview that Quot to the Best of my knowledge there Are no substantive issues surrounding the proposed corrections. But he added that a we Are still blowing through the  h administration officials have cited the proofreading process As the principal reason the strategic arms reduction treaty is not yet officially available for review by the Public Congress or the news Media two weeks after being signed. That fact contrasts with the immediate availability of the last two arms accords involving the United states and the soviet Union the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty and the 1990 conventional forces in Europe treaty which also involved 20 other countries. A a it a being worked on very hard right now a said Barry Daniel spokesman for the . Arms control and disarmament Agency. Allowing Public scrutiny now would cause too much disruption for lawyers and others involved in the painstaking process. Copies would be printed for Public distribution in about a month he  Simon brings out the Best in new York by the new York times new York a from up where the stars and the satellites reside it looked like some vast teeming Anthill swarming across new Yorkus front Lawn people spread out on a kaleidoscopic array of blankets a Plain plaid psychedelic. People huddling under fancy store bought tents and makeshift ones built of tree branches and painters plastic drop cloths. People Downing Beer and baked Beans Champagne and potato chips. And Mineral water. All this to see a Man who from not too far Back on the great Lawn seemed no More than 3 Millimetres tall. Paid Simon a concert in Central Park on thursday night was one of those collective ceremonial events the Way the super bowl still is or election nights used to be in which everyone was bound together electronically even if they were not there in person. And a lot of people were there in person a too Many to count one by one but by the mysterious calculus of police estimates 750,000 in All 250,000 More than at the concert that Simon and Art Garfunkel gave 10 years ago. The crowd thursday night appeared peaceful As the music began. By 11 p.m., 90 minutes after the concert ended police reported making Only four arrests a one for disorderly conduct one for Petty larceny one for grand larceny and one for robbery. A a that a a very Nice night for 750,000 people a said officer Andrew Mclnnis a police spokesman. The emergency medical service said an unidentified Man fell 70 feet from a tree in the Park he was listed later in serious condition at new York Hospi Lal Cornell medical Center. Officials reported treating 15 other minor injuries most involving Drunken fans. Some listeners said they were bumped and bruised As the crowd swept them along on the Way out. A crowd estimated by police at 750,000 jammed Central Park in new York City for a free Paul Simon concert thursday night. Others worried that the crowd had left the Park in a shambles with a Blanket of trash covering the Lawn. A few concert goers had brought their own plastic bags and were picking up the refuse before the sanitation Crews swept through. They turned the great Lawn into a collage of Tan Knees Bare feet dreadlocks official to shirt hawkers unofficial to shirt hawkers and exasperated police officers telling the latter to get lost. And As the Sun went Down and the spotlights came up and the 96-Channel microphone system switched on they listened As Simon retraced his 25,-year musical evolution from Bridge Over troubled water to Graceland to the obvious child r a this is the Woodstock of the �?T90s,�?� said Tom Mcdermott a 36-old free Lance stage manager from Manhattan. A Paul Simon a music is the whole worlds music. This concert is also Good for new York which needs something  it was an Only in new York crowd there were tie dyed throwbacks to the 1960s and dress for Success leftovers from the �?T80s. A i figured id do something crazy a said Jeff Zomper a personnel director who was wearing a red tie and a Blue Pinstripe suit and carrying a briefcase. A i Haven to been to a concert in 15  from the moment Simon bounced onto the stage in his dark Blue jacket and Light Bluet shirt people were standing on top of the portable toilets that the Parks department had installed clapping in  official orders insurance Rollback \ a los Angeles a almost three years after voters passed a landmark insurance Reform measure insurance commissioner John Garamendi said thursday he has ordered a $2.5 billion Rollback in Auto and Homeowner rates. A court fight was expected Over the mandated Rollback which amounts to More than $100 per car. Rebates for property owners had not yet been calculated Garamendi said. A when the insurance companies Sec my decision i fully expect they will cry a the sky is falling a a said Garamendi. A a. With 60 lawsuits already pending 1 expect there May be More. Insurers Are eager to assert their rights but reluctant to accept their  Garamendi said he would Tell individual insurance companies  to three weeks How much of a Rollback they must give. The rebates could go As High As 20 percent the commissioner said. Thomas a. Aceituno vice president of the association of California insurance companies said insurance companies Likely would sue. A if you were in a business threatened by government red tape and you were going to have to watch your customers Hurt by the rules what would you do a Dave Fountain of the personal insurance federation of California said Garamendi was a putting on great Media shows while papering Over the real problems a rising Legal and medical costs. Garamendi said he has examined insurance company profits and after eight months of hearings he has devised a formula for rate rollbacks under the proposition 103 measure. The formula Calls for a maximum profit margin of 10 percent new standards for insurers expenditures the exclusion of such expenses As political contributions and lobbying and salary Caps for executives  
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