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12D The Times Leader, Wilkes-Borre, PA, Saturday, August 29, 1987 Kirk Douglas files $17.8 suit over firing A Unisys spokesman. Peter Hynes, said he could not comment on the lawsuit because "our lawyers have not yet seen it." The lawsuit, filed at federal court in Manhattan, named both Unisys and Sperry as defendants. Douglas, star of more than 70 films, including "Tough Guys," "Spartacus" and "The Champion," claimed he' was told his contract would not be termi- rr llion for lost profits. According to court papers; Douglas "devoted great effort and time, far beyond the requirements of the contract, working on Sperry's behalf," and charged Unisys and Spen-y "are gaining the benefits Tof Douglas's work while repudiating their obligation to him." Court papers claimed Douglas interrupted filming of "Tough Guys" to write, produce and act in a Sperry promotional film. natecT'if the Sperry product line or corporate Identity survived an acquisition or merger." Citing the continued market-' lng of products bearing the Sperry name and logo, the lawsuit claimed Unisys and Sperry "continue to benefit by the goodwill for Sperry which Douglas worked so hard to create." The suit sought $5.9 million for breach of contract.

$5.9 million for breach of an implied obligation of good faith and $6 -Xs Qv I- MW Mill III I -y- v.MaMMumMif. iwmiammiaMmi NEW YORK (AP) Actpr Kirk Douglas filed a $17.8 million breach of contract suit against Unisys Corp. Thursday for firing him as' Sperry Corp. spokesman after the company was purchased by Burroughs Corp. Douglas served as Sperry's corporate spokesman, making public appearances and television commercials, from October 1985 until it was acquired by Burroughs on Sept.

16. 1986. Sperry ended the agreement a month after the acquisition In an Oct. 23 letter to Douglas's California-based production company. The Bryna Company.

The letter noted that Sperry and Burroughs would merge operations under "a new company name and corporate identity." According to the letter, submitted with Douglas's court papers. Burroughs would not agree to assume his contract as Sperry spokesman. Unisys, a $9 billion information systems company based in Detroit and Blue Bell, was created in November 1 986. Douglas claimed Sperry had agreed to hire him as spokesman for a minimum of two years, beginning Oct. 14, 1985, for $2.5 million.

"The unilateral and unjustified termination of the contract." according to the lawsuit "has virtually eliminated any possibility that Douglas could enter Into a similarly prestigious and rewarding contract with any other major U.S. corporation." PTVk STARTS SEEPTEMiEPI 13th only in The Times Leader. AP LASERPHOTO Operation moose A three-month-old Moose called "Lucille" is seen recently under anesthesia as a surgical team at the Tufts Veterinary School in Grafton performs an operation to mend the animal's broken leg. Vets gather for the annual Soldier of Fortune convention 0 in pr 63 rfiawos-, rr Central America and a hypothetical invasion of Europe. James Harless of Gilbert Equipment Co.

of Atlanta extolled the attributes of the US-AS-12, an automatic shotgun his company imports from South Korea. "The ATF (U.S. Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms) turned us down," he said of efforts to sell the gun to the civilian market. "They said it had a lack of a sporting purpose.

It shot down a cinderblock wall with one 20-round drum. "ATF said, 'No, the civilian market does not need Harless recounted. The rapid-fire shotgun weighs 14 pounds fully loaded and "you can hit a pie plate at 100 yards all day long," Harless said. The cost of the weapon is $700, he said. Down the aisle a company touted the Guardian Zapper, a stun gun with a kick designed to "cause loss of muscle control in an attacker." A short distance away, browsers sifted through stacks of T-shirts.

Their messages carried a common thread: "God, Guns and Guts Made America: Let's Keep All Three." "I'd Rather by Judged by 12 Than Carried by 6." "War The Ultimate Competitive Sport." LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) As children romped in a nearby pool, aging warriors practiced chokeholds and camouflage-clad shoppers reveled in an array of deadly toys at the 8th annual Soldier of Fortune convention Friday. More than 4,000 veterans, mercenaries and others spoiling for a fight gathered at a Las Vegas Strip resort this week to engage in combat techniques, exchange war stories and examine the latest in exotic weaponry- A sign at the entrance to the Sahara Hotel's convention center admonished "No Carry-in Weapons," prompting one portly middle-aged man to ask, "That mean I gotta leave my Mac-10 (automatic weapon) at home?" The show has become an annual fixture here, with veterans rappelling down the side of the hotel, conducting pugil stick competition in the pool and listening to speakers exhort wars waiting to be fought. This year's competition includes a repeat of previous years, with parachute jumping, submachine gun shooting and small arms firing.

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