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Signaling a thaw in relations between the Screen Actors Guild and its sister union AFTRA, SAG board members killed a referendum to negoitiate separately from AFTRA, possibly paving the way for relatively tension-free negotiations when the SAG contract with producers expires June 30. Budding tensions between the SAG and AFTRA boards had threatened to mar upcoming negotiations for a new actor's contract. But actors such as George Clooney and Tom Hanks have been lobbying SAG president Alan Rosenberg to avoid any confrontational approach in negotiations, especially in wake of the enmity of the recently ended writers strike.