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MONROE ST. Downtown office building, garage OK'd yAmAj Ntw JEFFERSON ST. BUILDING FARM ff -rt frfj 'TM COURTHOUSE I LJ 1 Imj Two decks over the Abraham Lincoln lot, to be completed by August 1000, are expected to cost about $3.8 million. The mayor said he sees the future of downtown Bloomington as a professional office area, with retail business, generally specialty shops, serving people who work downtown. "It is vitalized, hustling, bustling, and a place of beauty," Smart said, adding that he had no position on Lincoln Park, the proposal by Bloomington Unlimited to clear the south side of the courthouse square and turn it into a ground-level park with 110 parking spaces underneath at a cost of up to $5.5 million.

By KATHY McKINNEY Pantagraph business writer A $6.5 million redevelopment of the 200 block of North Main Street on the east side of the Bloomington courthouse square finally is a go, Mayor Jesse Smart and developers announced yesterday. "There has been a great deal of effort and commitment on the part of all those Involved," Smart said. "We're very, very pleased." Twin City developer Jack Snyder will build an office complex for about $4 million that will front on Main Street. The city will construct a $2.5 million public parking garage between the Snyder building and the State Farm Insurance Cos. Fire Building.

The office building is expected to be completed by the summer of 1990. in bonds from the city to finance the parking garage, Smart said. That agreement and the garage plans are scheduled to go to the Bloomington City Council on Monday. The redevelopment of the square's enst side has been a battle. "It's been dead and alive several times," the mayor said.

"It was necessary to apply artificial respiration a couple of times. But there were people dedicated to making it happen. "Five years ago, downtown Bloomington was seen as one of the dullest places around," Smart said. "Now Heritage Enterprises is renovating the north side (of the square), the county and the Public Building Commission are helping with a parking deck on the Lincoln lot, and now we will add another 150 parking spaces and a new office building." The Unity Building, destroyed by a July 3 fire, will be demolished, as will the Marine Bank of BIoomington-Normal. Construction of the new office complex will not begin until October 1989 when Marine's new three-story headquarters at Oakland Avenue and Four Seasons Road on the city's east side Is completed.

The bank will sell Its downtown building to Snyder and, as part of that deal, acquire about 4,000 square feet in the Snyder development for its downtown branch, said bank president Stuart Brown. Demolition of the Unity Building will take place almost immediately to allow State Farm to repair Its adjoining building, which was damaged by the fire and is being further damaged by the cold weather. State Farm will purchase about $2 million NtW WASHINGTON ST. PROPOSED UNCOLNfl 'PARK' -EARKING III YA yA FRONT ST. Pi DOWNTOWN, next pag ru LTLrD L-J 62 pages, 5 sections Thursday, Dec.

8, 1988 Bloomington-Normal, Illinois 25c Treed wows 1 1 TV. fore cut Island meeting leaves superpowers upbeat By Pantagraph wire services UNITED NATIONS Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, condemning the "one-sided reliance on military power" that has shaped the nature of Soviet foreign policy in the past, yesterday announced unilateral cuts of half a million men, including six divisions based in Eastern Europe, in the Soviet armed forces over the next two years. In an address that departed dramatically from the traditions of Soviet rhetoric before the United Nations General Assembly, Gorbachev repeatedly struck notes of concilia- ill At" i 111 Gorbachevs tour Big Apple, A8 meeting. Reagan, who had his arm around the Soviet leader as he escorted Gorbachev to the ferry slip for the short voyage back to Manhattan, said in a shouted exchange with reporters that the meeting achieved "the continuation of what we've accomplished so far and to continue under the next administration." Of Gorbachev's decision to reduce Soviet military forces, Reagan said: "I heartily approve," adding that the United States "certainly would adjust" its troop strength if the Soviet cutback produced a situation of U.S. military superiority.

Bush deferred to Reagan throughout, saying much less than either of the other two in the private meeting and luncheon in the sun-splashed Coast Guard facility, even sitting in the fold-up "jump seat" while the other two rode in backseat comfort during the limousine ride to a harborside picture- taking session. Bush told reporters later that he was pleased by the meeting and the prospect of meeting Gorbachev at a time of his own choosing. By Washington Post GOVERNORS ISLAND, N.Y. Over lunch in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, President Reagan and President-elect George Bush passed the mantle of the superpower relationship yesterday with good feeling all around and a minimum of controversy. The spirit as well as the duration of Reagan's fifth and final round of meetings with Gorbachev were different from the more extensive and sometimes contentious previous meetings at Geneva, Reykjavik, Washington and Moscow.

There was no report of a debate or even a mention of Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense plan, which was the center of dispute in the earlier meetings. According t6 a U.S. participant, most of yesterday's 2V4-hour meeting was more like an evening-at-home dinner conversation than a meeting of the leaders of the two rival global blocs. "I think we're now at the threshold, present at the birth, of a new phase of our relations," said a pleased Gorbachev shortly after the The PanHsraphSTEVE SMEDLEY Singers at Eastview Christian Church became part of a 23-foot Living Christmas Tree during a rehearsal this week for a series of programs this weekend at the Bloomington church. Please see story on next page.

tion and hope. He combined this with far more specific and extensive announcements for what he described as rapidly changing world conditions. Gorbachev said the funds saved by reducing military expenditures would be invested in the Soviet Union's troubled civilian economy. He also signaled a major shift in domestic policy by publicly committing the Soviet Union to improving its human rights record and relaxing travel restrictions that have been sharply criticized in the West. Gorbachev's one-hour speech to the world body was the highlight of his three-day visit to New York and underscored the dramatic transformation in Soviet attitudes that has occurred as a result of his reform program known as per-estroika.

Late yesterday, a senior Communist Party official said Gorbachev would cut short his U.S. trip and cancel his planned excursions to Cuba and London to return home because of a devastating earthquake that struck the Soviet Caucasus region while the Soviet leader was in New York. A scientist in the capital of the republic of Armenia estimated the death toll would run into Arafat accepts Israel nians and 11 Israelis have died in what is known as the "intefadah." The PLO, said Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, "can declare anything when their intention and ambition and philosophy the destruction of the state of Israel remains unchanged." The statement issued jointly by Arafat and the five Americans "seems to be a little further clarification and I welcome that, but there's still a considerable distance to go," Secretary of State George P. Shultz said. Andersson, who orchestrated the secret six-month effort to get the two delegations together, called the four-point statement by Arafat and the Jewish leaders a historic turning point.

"It means a breakthrough in the peace process," he said at a press conference. At the same time, however, Arafat affirmed that the Palestinian uprising in Israel's occupied territories, which will mark its first anniversary Friday, will continue, evoking a sharp reaction from Israel. So far, at least 329 Palesti By Los Angeles Times After two days of talks with five American Jewish leaders in Stockholm, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat announced yesterday that he accepts the existence of Israel and opposes terrorism. The two issues have been prime obstacles to a U.S.-PLO dialogue for more than a decade, and to a major breakthrough in attempts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict for more than 20 years. Swedish Foreign Minister Sten thousands.

Hailing recent improvements in relations with the United States, the Soviet president called for the creation of a new system of international relations based on the principles of global interdependence and self-determination. After a warm farewell meeting and lunch on Governors Island with Gorbachev, President Reagan said "I heartily approve" of the troop cuts. Speaking in Washington last night, Reagan added that "if it is carried out speedily and in full, history will regard it as important significant." However, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, earlier in the day, said Soviet forces will retain superiority in important categories even after the announced reductions and therefore "there will be a lot of negotiating to do" to reach an East-West military balance. 'Phased release' seen in Mandela relocation i i Pearl Harbor raid marked by Navy tribute, prayers 011141 Abby C3 Business D1 Classified D3 Comics A12 Deaths C7 Entertainment B6 Focus CI On the Record C8 Opinion A10 Sports B1 mony yesterday aboard the Arizona Memorial, which spans the sunken hull of the ship as a tribute to the 1,177 men who wept down with the vessel.

The Arizona was one of 21 ships damaged or destroyed in the raid. A moment of silence was observed at 7:55 a.m. HST (11:55 a.m. CDT), the moment the first bombs fell. Then National Guard jets flew the "missing man" formation.

A Navy ship passed the memorial, and wreaths and flowers were presented as the national anthem and Navy hymn were played. Participants offered prayers and a 21-gun salute, and Marine Corps buglers played taps. HONOLULU (AP) The 47th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was marked yesterday with prayers, a moment of silence and a Navy tribute over the hull of the sunken battleship USS Arizona. "History was to prove these men did not die in vain We have become a symbol of freedom, of democracy and of world leadership," Adm. David E.

Jeremiah, commander in' chief of the Pacific Fleet, said at the USS Arizona Memorial. More than 2,400 people were killed and 1,200 wounded in the sneak attack Dec. 7, 1941, that brought the United States into World War II. The Navy held a small cere cal prisioners are given the same privilege." The transfer marked the first time since 1962 that Mandela has lived outside a prison cell, other than hospital stays. It was widely viewed as the beginning of a "phased release" for Mandela, an international symbol of black resistance to apartheid who is serving a life sentence for plotting sabotage against the white minority-led government.

By releasing Mandela in stages, political analysts say, the government hopes to demythologize the man whom millions of black South Africans most of whom have never seen nor heard him consider their leader. Over the years, Mandela ha? steadfastly refused any government deals for his release By Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The South African government last night transferred imprisoned black nationalist Nelson R. Mandela from a Cape Town clinic to a "comfortable and properly secured home" on a prison farm in lush wine country about 30 miles away. Justice Minister Kobie H. Coetsee also lifted all restrictions on family visits for the 70-year-old African National Congress leader, inviting Mandela's wife and children to live with him in the large ranch-style house, which has a swimming pool, covered patio and sweeping mountain views.

But Mandela's wife, Winnie, rejected the government's offer of unlimited access to her husband and vowed to take no longer than the 40-minute visits she has been allowed in the past "until all politi Today, mostly sunny, high around 30, north winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy and colder, low around 15. Friday, mostly sunny and high in the middle 20s. Complete weather on C8 Dally: 376 Pick 4: 8141 Cash 5: 8 11 14 20 21 Copyright 1988, Evorgraon Communications Inc..