European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday october 20, 1991 Arkansas Gazette folds after Long Battle with rival Little Rock Ark. Apr the Arkansas Gazette the oldest continuously run newspaper West of the Mississippi published its last edition Friday after being sold to the rival Arkansas Democrat. Democrat publisher Walter e. Hussman or. Said saturdays edition of his paper would be called the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. The $69 million Sale ends a bitter 12-year newspaper War. The last five years of the War pitted Hussman against National Media giant Gannett co. Inc., which owned the Gazette. A some people say a you won the newspaper War a a Hussman said Friday at a news conference announcing the Sale. A i done to think that san accurate Way to characterize it. I think we survived the newspaper  the Gazette won two pulitzer prizes in 1957 for its coverage of the juror Over integrating Little Rock Central High school. The 172-year-Ola paper was nicknamed the a old Gray  Moe Hickey publisher of the Gazette was unavailable for comment said his Secretary. Gannett said Friday in a statement announcing the Sale that it lost $25 million a year in Little Rock the last two years. Hussman once said he lost $40 million Between 1979 and 1986 during the newspapers Battle for readers. Only 200 of the gazettes 700 full time employees were offered jobs with the Democrat Gazette. Most of those Are production staff. Few editorial employees will be rehired Hussman said. A $3.6 million Severance package will give former Gazette employees at least 60 Days pay Hussman said. Gannett based in Arlington va., said it sold the paper to Little Rock newspapers inc., a subsidiary of we co Media which is controlled by Hussman. Federal anti Trust Laws required Justice department approval for the Sale. The department said its decision came after a nationwide search by Gannett failed to find a More competitive buyer. Some of the gazettes employees started emptying their desks thursday said Max Brantley a columnist and spokesman for an employees group. Some pinned their first Gazette stories to the newsroom bulletin Board. An employees group had tried to stave off the Sale but a lawyer representing the workers Walter Davidson wrote the Justice department on thursday that the a efforts have been in  Brantley said the workers committee decided suing the Democrat would be too costly and even if it stopped the Sale it  prevent the unprofitable Gazette from closing. We co bought the Democrat for $3.5 million in 1974 and five year Slater began to publish in the morning like the Gazette. The Democrat has 980 employees. Gannett bought the Gazette in 1986 for $51 million from the family Jeff Mitchell photo editor at the Arkansas Gazette hugs his wire after leaving the newspaper for the last time Friday. The Gazette ceased publication Friday. Of Hugh b. Patterson jr., who had married into the family of . Heiskell the papers editor from 1902 to 1972. Gannett also assumed $9 million in debt. The Competition forced both newspapers to increase their staff and their news space at a time when subscribers and advertising rates were falling. The democrats sunday circulation reached 229,765 earlier this year pulling ahead of the Gazette at 217,500, for the first time. The Gazette however retained a higher daily circulation according to the audit Bureau of circulation a National newspaper membership association. The 1991 editor and publisher International year Book listed daily circulation for the Democrat at 142,385 and sunday circulation at 223,663. It listed circulation for the Gazette at 163,540 daily and 213,110 on sunday. 7 migrant workers die in crash South Bay Fla. Up a a station Wagon carrying guatemalan migrant workers crashed into a canal along a Highway Friday killing seven people and injuring one the Florida Highway patrol said. Investigators said the 19-year-old Driver of the station Wagon drifted into the Center of the two Lane Road leading to the Oke Elanta sugar Mill swerved to avoid an oncoming bus and lost control of the car. A the vehicle spun 180 degrees counterclockwise went through the eastbound Lane and Down the embankment on the South shoulder of the Road overturning into a canal a said Joann Porter an Ftp spokeswoman for the Pahokee office. A the vehicle Sank immediately in 8 feet of water a Porter said. A one passenger got out and seven others drowned a he said. A a Driver a error is the suspected  investigators said the passengers tried to claw their Way out of the vehicle leaving Fingernail Marks on the roof of the car. Police withheld the identities of the victims All of whom were sugar Cane cutters pending notification of next of Kin. The injured worker who escaped through the Back of the station Wagon was taken to Belle Glade Hospital where he was listed in stable condition said Neil Whipkey a Hospital spokesman. The Accident occurred at 6 15 . Just outside the Mill Gates and seven Miles Southwest of South Bay. The migrant workers commuted from Indiantown in Martin county about 90 Miles away. The bus that the Driver of the station Wagon swerved to avoid was taking workers Home from the Mill. Mother fights off would be robbers Detroit up a Tonia Zinninger Wasny to about to let three punks make off with her  and her son. The 44-year-old Detroit woman successfully fought off the men who punched her and threatened to kill her in their attempted robbery and kidnapping. The incident took place late wednesday night after Zinninger had returned Home from Church work in Chicago. She picked up her 18-year-old son John who has Downs syndrome from his caretaker and then stopped at a Gas station in Northeast Detroit. While she was pumping gasoline she saw a Man trying to climb into the  with her son still inside. She pulled the Man away from the door reached in got the keys and locked the . Zinninger said one Man hit her in the head with a wine bottle while two other men held her one of them repeatedly punching her. She said two of the men threatened to shoot her during the assault. She cried a my songs in there you can to take  after about the third time her impassioned plea apparently started to sink in. One of the men who had been holding her said a forget it and started to walk away but the younger one  give up. He tried to wrestle the keys away from her but Zinninger Hung on to them. He finally threw the keys Down and took  test held at Nevada nuclear site from wire reports Nevada test site Nev. A the . Department of Energy conducted an underground nuclear test Friday detonating a device equivalent in explosive Power to As much As 150,000 tons of dynamite a spokesman said. The nuclear weapons test code named Lubbock was conducted at 3 12 . At the Nevada test site 175 Miles Northwest of Las vegas Doe spokesman Jim Boyer said. The device was detonated 1,500 feet below Yucca Flats Boyer said. A the Lubbock test was a very successful one a Boyer said. A we had no apparent  Boyer said a rolling ground movement was Felt at the control Center nine Miles from ground Zero but a a that a Normal for this Type of  the test was the seventh announced by the government this year at the Nevada test site and the 714th since testing began in 1951, Boyer  saves her car Albuquerque . A never underestimate the Power of a whistle. Former . Treasurer Francine Neff blew her whistle when confronted by two teen agers who tried to steal her car As she left an Episcopalian Church on thursday. One pointed a pistol at her head she said. Neff 65, said she had Only one reaction to the would be thieves a a done to be ridiculous. In a not going to give you my car. I need my  a i was angry instead of frightened a said Neff who was . Treasurer from 1974-77. A it was a How dare they take my  a her whistle Drew the attention of several people who chased Down two youths and held them for police. Authorities said two 15-year-Olds were being held Friday at a juvenile detention  denied bail new York a a judge on Friday denied bail for the subway Motorman who was allegedly drunk when his train crashed killing five people. Acting state supreme court Justice Daniel Fitzgerald ordered that Robert Ray 38, remain jailed pending another hearing nov. 22. Meanwhile Ray pleaded innocent at his arraignment on an assault indictment that superseded and was consolidated with a prior five count murder indictment. Ray is accused of showing a depraved indifference to life while recklessly driving a train that crashed while switching tracks Early aug. 28.dad gets 2-year sentence Pasadena Calif. A a Man who dangled his infant daughter from a Balcony in a quarrel with his wife was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for child endangerment. Superior court judge Jack Tso handed Down the sentence against Rudolfo Regalado 31. Regalado was arrested in december 1990 after a firefighter grabbed the 4-month-old girl from her fathers arms As Regalado stood on a third floor Balcony and threatened to jump. Regalado initially faced charges of attempted murder and assault harm. He was convicted of a single count of child  recalling cars. Montvale . A Mercedes Benz of North America said Friday it is recalling More than 96,500 cars with faulty parking Brake levers. The recall covers All 1984 to mid-1988 190-class models with hand operated parking brakes. The company said the grip on the Brake lever can bind with the release Button which can keep it from working properly. The defect could make the parking Brake release unintentionally allowing the car to move if the gear shift is not in Park or in first gear or in reverse in the Case of manual transmission models said Mercedes Benz spokesman Fred Heiler. Owners of the 96,541 affected vehicles will be contacted by mail and can get a new parking Brake grip installed free at any Mercedes Benz Dealership Heiler said