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Cfty D-3 -HI OS BUSINESS Uriel Partnership has contract to buy downtown hotel COLGATE-PALMOLIVE New toothpaste launched Convtiitfon Center probably would close Broadway Square says Colgate-Palmolive is betting $100 million on a new product launch aimed at dimming the smiles of Crest marketers in the tooth-and-gum battle for a place atop American toothbrushes new Total launched on Dec 15 is the only toothpaste the US Food and Drug Administration has approved as a fighter of gum disease Total sold in nearly 100 countries around the world contains the ingredient triclosan common in antibacterial soap The Food and Drug Administration stressed that nobody yet knows iust how triclosan works inside the mouth But in combination with fluoride the triclosan-containing toothpaste helped prevent tooth decay plaque and gingivitis the federal agency said TTie agency says no other toothpaste has proved an ability to prevent gum disease By JOE GOSE Staff Writer Read more about Howard and its history Go to The Stefs site at httjKArwwkansaad-and dick kansa8citycom Alliance announcement expected Broadway Square Partners has contracted to buy the 185-room Convention Center Hotel formerly a Howard Johnson at 610 Washington St The partnership which comprises financial interests of Kansas City businessman Joe Jack Merriman and DST Realty Inc is in the midst of evaluating the building and property said Bob Graham a spokesman for Broadway Square Graham said Broadway Square probably would close die hotel we complete the purchase our intention not to operate the he said at this time we have any definitive plans on what to do with the The Star Ron Singh of RS Hospitality which owns the hotel said the two parties still needed to complete the agreement is he said nothing where they have given us any money Singh said RS Hospitality bought the seven-story building about four years ago after a lender foreclosed on the previous owner The hotel sits north of the new $30 million 160000-square-foot headquarters building for Investors Fiduciary Trust Co at 801 Pennsylvania Ave The new office structure is part of DST Systems tax increment financing district that is reawakening the west side of downtown Penn Seven LLC a group made up of Broadway Square and Investors Fiduciary Trust owns the new office building and plans to build a second structure in the ing Group Executive Vice President Frank Gill will be about affiance with a leading enterprise software company to enhance desktop and systems Calder said Analysts said they heard anything about latest alliance They declined to speculate on the record about what company might be joining Intel Intel Corn said Monday it will announce today an alliance with a company that makes software for corporations that use networked computers The affiance will include product development marketing licensing and sales said Intel spokesman Bill Calder who declined to say who new partner will be announcement involving Intel Small Business Network Flight attendants to get raise UPN set to fade from KSMO network may jump to KMCI Employees of Dallas-based Southwest will continue to work lOVh hours a day compared to the 12- to 14-hour-a-day schedules at other airlines White said Of the ballots mailed in by Dec 15 1869 favored the new contract while 1364 opposed it Union and airlines negotiators talked for 19 months before agreeing on terms of the contract Southwest Airlines flight attendants will get a pay raise starting the first of the year under a new six-year contract approved by union members The newest employees will receive $1669 per flight up from $1514 under the current contract Those with the most experience will go from $3826 to $3981 per flight GENERAL MOTORS Taiwan market to grow in led to decision to terminate contract in January By AARON BARNHART L-i lflfillil i viwVioion wnici Capt Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager are used to boldly going where no one has gone before But in Kansas City soon be making a more mundane journey to another station Trek: and all other programs of the UPN television network are leaving KSMO Channel 62 effective Jan 16 spokesmen for UPN and Sinclair Broadcast Group the company that acquired KSMO in 19 said Monday Sinclair is ending its affiliations in the four markets where it still has deals with UPN including Kansas City In recent months relations between the station group and UPN have been poor because of legal battles the two sides have fought over Sinclair stations in other cities Besides Trek: UPN airs the teen-oriented luxury cars a lucrative niche where GM has been beat out in recent years in Taiwan by German rivals GM expects total Taiwan car sales to expand by 3 to 4 percent from about 355000 units in 1997 Kennedy said The Taiwanese government predicts 65 percent growth in gross domestic product in 1998 General Motors Corp expects sales of its cars in Taiwan to grow by as much as a third in 1998 as the company takes advantage of a relatively strong economy with several new models the top Taiwan executive said in an interview Monday Alan Kennedy managing director of General Motors Taiwan Ltd said some of the best gains should come in sales of day Tuesday and Wednesday nights and has announced plans for supplies shows tor younger on weekday afternoons Saturdays and Sundays The rift between Sinclair and UPN opened when Sinclair signed an $84 million deal in July with a rival network the WB Sinclair stations in five markets including Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Oklahoma City would drop UPN and become WB affiliates That prompted a legal battle that ended earlier this month when a federal judge ruled in favor KSMO was unaffected by that network switch But as the rhetoric heated up between UPN and Sinclair doubts were raised over the future of the four Sinclair stations still affiliated with UPN we can operate without Sinclair CEO Barry Baker said of UPN in an interview with The Kansas City Star in August All is not settled however The affiliation agreement with KCWB Channel 29 expires in September and Sinclair has shown its willingness to offer its stations up for long-term network deals igfoit KSMO could potra- tiaoy become the new lily pad for and adventure series It has been affiliated with KSMO since the network launched in January 1995 These shows are not likely to disappear even temporarily from Kansas airwaves Industry sources suggested that UPN would strike a deal within two weeks with KMCI Channel 38 the only other unaffiliated independent station in town KMCI is owned by Miller Broadcasting of Lawrence and is operated by Scripps Howard Broadcasting owner of NBC affiliate KSHB Channel 41 KSHB general manager James Swinehart said Monday that Scripps management would consider bringing UPN programming to KMCI interested in talking to us we would be interested in it yes but we really heard anything beyond said Swinehart A UPN spokesman said that are exploring our and that an announcement will be forthcoming before Jan 16 when affiliation agreement with the network expires As for Channel 62 it probably will plug the holes in its schedule with movies and other program- itfo of UPN Currently UPN suppfies its affiliates with Shofrs bn Mbn- DELTA AIR UNES Some international fares lowered flights to London Paris Seoul and Mexico City must be bought by Jan 22 and all travel must be completed by April 5 The fares are nprefuindable re-! a Saturday-night stay and in- Delta Air Lines said Monday it will offer lower fares to destinations in Europe India Brazil Mexico and Korea for travel origi-Mbetween Monday and Delta said tickets which include.