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Daily News from New York, New York • 134

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Sunday. March 18. 1990 6 DAILY NEWS 'Ivana will finish up with the one in Atlantic City, so I guess this is for i i i Sf i UJili ElHlDIFJSS C01MP35? r'o? Fen Lack of Ifjferest The collapse of Rupert Murdoch's mammoth deal for space at 1585 Broadway could mean deep trouble for husband-and-wife development team David and Jean Solomon. The shining couple of real estate could lose three new near-empty midtown office towers. Including 1585, unless they find other tenants soon, say well-placed sources.

Their biggest problem is the rising interest rates that keep them from offering the same smashing deals they did six months ago. And that's precisely what killed the Murdoch talks for 850,000 square feet The media mogul planned to borrow money from the Solomons at 10 interest to build Fox-TV studio space at 1585, reports our Roxanne Donovan. But as negotiations dragged on, rates climbed and Solomon couldn't get the money himself for less than 14. David Solomon was calm in the face of all the Sturm und Drang. "We feel very comfortable that with the quality of our product, these (buildings) will be as successful as our others." The Solomons made about $35 million on their first two projects, a condominium building and a midtown office tower.

They plowed that into the simultaneous development of 1585 Broadway, 750 Seventh Ave. and 712 Fifth Ave. at an estimated cost of $660 million. But without tenants to pay the freight, insiders wonder how long the Solomons can last. Holtzman used her own letterhead.

Other trustees were furious. "This is just another attempt by Liz to grab the spotlight," groused one trustee-politician. Asked about her violation of the stationery tradition, a spokesman said: "If that's the policy, we would be happy to work with them." ACTIVE EUSH WEAR She's not exactly a slave to fashion. But Barbara Bush did go directly to the high priests and priestesses of Seventh Ave. for her spring wardrobe.

At Adele Simpson, the size 14 First Lady was fitted for a navy suit with gold buttons, a three-piece silk black and white checked suit and a two-piece cotton outfit with blocks of blue and white. In a walk on the wild side, Bush also step- Barbara Bush i 3' "CiC. JF ped into a fuchsia double-breasted coat dress. She also visited Bill Blass, but a spokesman for the designer rather haughtily declined to divulge what the nation's trendsetter picked out. Sauce also hears she dropped in on Arnold Scaasi, who did her inaugural gown.

But we couldn't get confirmation. Scaasi was out of town. Donald Trump DONT HANGUP Now this is marketing genius. Just when we're supersaturated with the messy Trump separation, we get a Trump-ed up phone line. For a buck and a half a minute, callers get the very, absolute latest on Donald, Ivana, reputed other woman Maria Maples and those who claim to be other women.

Dial the number and you get five truly rad options, including a "re-enactment" of a Donald-Maria conversation and portions of an interview with a French actress who talks about her alleged affair with Donny boy. Ron Silverman, a principal in the Florida-based company, refused to tell how many calls they get. But he swore that even with 1,000 phone lines, Trump addicts are having trouble getting through. Until all is resolved. Silverman threat- David DInklns at Christie's on April 6.

Among the goodies up for sale: An all-expense-paid trip for two to the Indy 500; doubles slots for a match against David Din-kins and Billie Jean King; two luxury Garden boxes for Knicks and Rangers games, and a boxing glove signed by Muhammad All, Joe Frazler, Ken Norton and Larry Holmes. HERE EGO AGAlfl Another contretemps involving Elizabeth Holtz-man has erupted. This time, it's about the way she handled the announcement of the New York City Employe Retirement System's new plan to divest its pension funds of stock in companies doing business in South Africa. Instead of using the system's stationery, as is traditional in these matters, SPORTING AUCTIOFi The New York City Sports Commission, with its quixotic quest to bring the Olympics to New York in 2004, needs cash. So it's holding a fund-raising auction of sports memorabilia RCSIHHHLIS CKSULIS'i G33 The "fatal attraction" love slaying in Westchester County has Hollywood and publishing types in a feeding frenzy.

Accused killer Carolyn Warmus' attorney Charles Flore says more than eight film production companies have called up trying to cut a deal with the blond heiress for the rights to her story. But until his client is proved innocent in court, Fiore said, "We can't even talk about it." Warmus' ex-lover Paul Solomon, whose wife, Betty Jean, was allegedly shot to death by Warmus, also confirms that movie folk have contacted his lawyer. Solomon said he's not interested and has, turned down aN offers. a Private eye James Rus-'. mi FIEES VIA Aerosmith Is back on top, but In the '70s, even the Grateful Dead termed them the druggiest bunch of guys they'd ever seen.

0ur story is that basically we had it all and then we threw it all away," Steven Tyler tells Roiling Stone. i. snorted my airplane. I snorted forschet l.snorted my.h9use,7m.,: Carolyn Warmus so of All-Tech Investigations isn't so recalcitrant. His agent is sorting out offers from Lorimar, King World and others who want to buy his story about former client Warmus.

Russo said he has bids of $7,500 up front and an additional when' and, If, the' story' 3nto production. 1 1 24 hours a day.".

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