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innnnrmnnnnfinnnn Still ali vein '85 It's going to bo a big weekend for country music in Detroit Lakes 1C How small theaters fight the VCR trend 9B nnmiHMiin hum imimi Vikings sign top pick 1D Minneapolis Volume Number 127 i. i nri 1A.s Metro Friday August 9, 1985 .4 Sections mow Star and Copyright 1985 Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company ed 1 9 air fa ul'Prn Africa mots woir -w it lily 1 Foreign minister leaves, for talks with U.S. envoys tact with the South African government at this tense time." Neither country has an ambassador In the other's capital at the moment No details of the meeting were revealed. Press reports said as many as 22 blacks were killed in the Durban rioting since midday Wednesday. Hospitals confirmed 19 violent deaths and said 16 were riot victims.

More than 250 people were reported injured since Tuesday night A police statement last night said that 14 have been killed since Tuesday, and police acknowledge killing seven of them. Rioting persisted in the Durban townships into last night The townships of the Indian Ocean port city had been an area of calm In South Africa's racial storm and were South Africa continued on page 7A Associated Press Johannesburg, South Africa Rioting and arson swept the townships around Durban Thursday. At least 19 blacks were killed in South Africa's most serious violence in months, and Indians fled fiery devastation in their communities. The government imposed night curfews in the eastern Cape province, another flashpoint, and threatened tougher action to quell the yearlong tide of violence against white domination. At least 500 blacks have been killed.

Foreign Minister R.F. Botha went to Vienna for talks with U.S. officials who want South Africa's white rulers to talk with imprisoned black leaders, not just crush dissent. In Washington, State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb said: "We agreed to the meeting because of the Importance of our having direct con Staff Photo by Tom Sweeney One of the gang Ron Davis, clad In his Twins uniform, offeree) a little personal hospl- tallty to a fan waiting In line at the Metrotome to buy tickets for Thursday night's game. "How about some lemonade?" Davis said.

"It's good and cold. You should try some." For almost 20 minutes yesterday, Davis and rookie reliever Frank Eufemla circulated among the fans to spread goodwill after the short players' strike. A few hours later, Davis pitched the last four outs of a 4-2 Twins victory over the California Angels. (Stories In Sports section.) Successful mega-mall requires mega 25C Single copy says mezians' West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, the prototype for the Bloomington development Three real estate consultants assisted with the study on the condition that they not be identified. However, when the study was completed, their calculations were checked, by two other real estate consulting firms: Coopers 4'Lybrand, Minneapolis, and Pannell Kerr Forster, St Louis Park.

The consultants and analysts interviewed for the article cautioned that it is difficult to predict how well the project would do because it is far larger than any other development in this market In addition, the Gher- Outlook continued on page 8A proached by the woman about doing the job. After making arrangements through the private investigator, Tidgwell met the woman Wednesday at about 8 p.m. "I was supposed to be the hit man from out of town," he said. According to Tidgwell, the woman planned to pay for the murder in a week or a month with the money from her husband's life insurance policy. The would-be killing, scheduled for today, was supposed to involve an automobile crash arranged to look like an accident "She said she wanted him killed so that it would appear accidental," Tidgwell Arrest continued on page 7A New gallstone treatment The Mayo Clinic says its new treatment for gallstones, a few teaspoons of solvent is safe and effective, and eventually could become an alternative to gallbladder surgery.

Page IB. ft- L. study French firm asks for role in city's center bucks, of which is in the $100 million range, said John Cairns, an attorney representing LSGI, whose name translates as General Real Estate Corp. "It would be inconceivable that the Developer continued on page 8A The financial projections were drawn with available data about the financing of other Twin Cities developments and projections from real estate analysts familiar with the local market as well as with real estate brokers familiar with the Gher- By Dennis J. McGrath Staff Writer In what Minneapolis officials called a boost to the city's convention center efforts, the largest private development company in France said this week that it would like to build a tel rooms and retail space.

If loan payments remain constant and inflation continues at 5 percent per year, it could be 15 years before the project brings in as much money as it pays out annually in loan payments. By R.T. Rybak Staff Writer Can the Ghermezian brothers build their planned $1.5 billion shopping-entertainment-convention center in Bloomington without losing their shirts? If they charge what other developers in the Twin Cities are charging for hotel rooms and retail space, the answer is no. Using the going rates in the Twin Cities, the project could lose from $45 million to $70 million a year, according to financial projections compiled by the Star and Tribune. The project's economic outlook is expected to brighten in later years, as inflation raises the amount that developers could charge for the ho- Reuter I Mix -ilv Officer posing as 'hit man' arrests woman in alleged murder-f or-hire attempt ft CUml SJ Ctrz j-yS center tied in some fashion to the.

convention center and to the south end of Nicollet Mall. The size of the project is undetermined, but it would probably be similar in cost to the convention center or the convention center hotel, each much as retailers pay in other regional mails. In addition, the hotels would have to have exceptionally high occupancy rates, and virtually all retail space would have to be leased. U.S. acknowledges NSC role with contras The Reagan administration acknowledged Thursday that officials on the National Security Council were involved in the operations of insurgents seeking to topple the Nicaraguan government but said there was no violation of U.S.

laws regulating covert operations or prohibiting direct U.S. assistance to the rebels. President Reagan also signed legislation providing $27 million in direct U.S. aid to the rebels. Page4A.

The Witness for Peace group said 29 U.S. activists and 18 journalists reported kidnapped Wednesday were freed Thursday. Page 4 A. Anti-Sandinista rebels, under new arrangements with the Honduran army, have sent the bulk of their forces back across the border to resume attacks inside Nicaragua. Page 5A.

out early major retail shopping center in conjunction with a downtown convention center. Executives of La Soclete Generate Immobiliere (LSGI) will present a formal letter to city officials this morning, offering to build a shopping To make ends meet sooner, the mega-mall would have to charge mega-bucks. Hotel rooms would have to be at least as expensive as any now available in the Twin Cities, and the retail tenants would probably have to pay at least twice as sunglasses instead of plate glass. He said he worked plenty hard the rest of the week, so Friday morning "I made a few calls and cut out" Did he feel any guilt? "None." In this land of the Midwestern work ethic, of course, not everyone takes the early out But enough people find some way to get off work early on Fridays to: By Kevin Diaz Staff Writer Police said Thursday that a 28-year-old Minneapolis woman, reportedly despondent over her impending divorce, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly trying to hire a man to kill her husband. The woman, a native of Korea, was arrested in a parking lot at 5th St and Central Av.

NE, after allegedly offering an undercover police officer $35,000 to murder her husband. Lt Kenneth Tidgwell, of the department's organized crime unit said police learned of the case from a private investigator who had been ap Almanac Friday, August 9, 1 985 22 1st day; 144 to go this year Sunrise: 6:07. Sunset: 8:29 Today's weather Partly redundant Some clouds will stick around today, along with a 30-percent chance of more showers, but clear skies are moving in from the west. The high will be 85 to 90. Tonight's low will be in the mid 60s.

Two killed, 20 injured in bomb blast at U.S. base A U.S. soldier surveyed the damage after a car Injuring more than 20. Officials were seeking mem-bomb exploded Thursday at Rheln-Main Air Force bers of the leftist Red Army Faction in connection base outside Frankfurt, killing two Americans and with the bombing (story on page 7A). day for employees who cut Friday's a sly By Bruce Benidt Staff Writer This afternoon, as on many summertime Fridays, callers hot for business will hear the secretary's familiar refrain, "I'm sorry, the boss is gone for the day." Slipping out of work early on Friday afternoons is a summer tradition here, a bit of slightly illicit behavior Business 9-15B Obituaries 16B i Comics 12.13C Theaters 10.11C to which normally law-abiding Minnesotans are driven because nice summer days are so scarce.

"Fridays are made for leaving early," said Bob Hanson, a computer parts and systems salesman. His office is in Eden Prairie, but last Friday afternoon he was aboard his sailboat at Lake Calhoun with his dog Marian and a cold beer, looking at a beautiful summer day through Start rush hour at noontime instead of after 3 p.m. on the major boat routes heading north and west out of town Hwy. 10 and Interstate Hwys. 94 and 35.

Over the noon hour on a summer Friday "You're starting to see traffic as you would from 3 to 4 on a normal Friday," according to Caren Grantz-Miller of the Minnesota Department of Fridays continued on page 6A Corrections 3A Crossword 180 TV, Radio 14.15C Variety 1-16C Editorial 14.15A Weather 28 Classified ads 'V 4.