European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 contenders for american music awards Ross top list of nominees Hollywood up Kenny Rogers captured six nominations and Diana Ross received four to head the list of contenders for american music awards to be selected through a National sampling of re Cord winners of the 15 awards five each in the three categories of country and soul will be presented 30 in a nationally televised program from the Abc studios in Rogers was nominated As favorite male vocalist in both the Poprock and country he also received two nations each for favorite country single and favorite country album for Coward of the dont fall in love with a which he recorded with Kim the Gambler and ten years of Ross picked up two of her nominations for her single upside Down tabbed for honors As the favorite single in both the Poprock and soul she also was nominated As favorite soul vocalist and for favorite soul album for Michael Jackson received three Nomi nations two for his album off the nominated in both the soul and pop Rock and one As favorite soul male double nominations went to As favorite Poprock group and Poprock single for another one bytes the dust Bob As favorite Poprock male vocalist and Poprock album for against the which he recorded with his Silver Bullet band and Crystal As favorite country female vocalist and country single for half the other double Nomi any human who been owned and trained by a cat will appreciate this International bestseller nees were George As favorite soul male vocalist and soul single for give me the and Teddy Pendergrass Asfa verite soul male vocalist and soul album for in the Poprock Billy Joel is competing with Rogers and Seger for favor Ite male vocalist and the eagles and rolling stones Are competing with Queen for favor Ite other Poprock nominees Are Olivia Linda Ronstadt and barbra Streisand for favorite female vocalist and Pink Floyd for the single another Brick in the part in the country Willie Nelson and Charley Pride Are competing with Rog ers for favorite male vocalist and Barbara Mandrell and Anne Murray Are competing with Gayle for favorite female other country nominees Are the Charlie Daniels Oak Ridge boys and the Statler Brothers for favorite group and books by Lead critics new York not the first Book awards of 1981 were announced monday As the National Book critics Circle picked the most distinguished books written by americans last year in four it was the closest voting in the six year history of the organization of professional critics and editors the winners Are fiction the transit of Venus by Shirley hazzard a essayist and is the author of the Bay of noon and of writ Ings about what she perceives As the ineffectiveness of the United where she worked 10 general nonfiction Walter Lipp Mann and the american Century by Ron Ald steel author of Pax has frequently written on foreign poetry Sunrise by Frederick Seidel among Eidels other books of poetry is final criticism part of part of us modern american poets by Helen Vendler Harvard University whose books include extended wings Wallace Stevens longer teaches English at Boston in the Field of the it took four for Mal ballots before hazzard was pronounced Winner by the author of Loon was ahead on the first trial but in the final vote William maxwells so see you emerged As the the nonfiction category which most critics regarded As stronger than fic Tion this year caused even More Contro after six the runner up title after steels biography was Alice James a by Jean the voting for Best Book of poetry also was deadlocked through four on the fifth formal Eidels Book closely followed by James merrills script for the Only in the award for criticism was Vendler Book the clearcut Choice from the according to Eliot Fremont the Village voice who is chairman and president of the he presided Over the four hour meeting of the 18 directors present at the Algonquin h h this no special Board award was Given to a last the Honor went to Flannery the National Book critics which has 300 has what it considers a Waylon Jennings greatest hits for favorite in the soul Jackson and Pendergrass Are competing for favorite male while Chaka Khan and Ste Phanie Mills Are competing against Ross for favorite female other soul nominees Are wind and Kool and the gang and the jays Fox favorite group and Larry Gra Ham for the single one in a million names of the nominees were compiled from yearned sales charts of major Indus try a spokesman for Dick Clark produces the awards said the sampling of voters will be balanced by sex and eth Nic origin of record in addition to the is competitive the program will include presentation of a special distinguished Merit previous winners of that Honor have included Irving Johnny Bing Ella Fitzgerald and Benny democratic method of selecting the Purtee winning the society entire membership elects up to three books in each category by mail ballot and the Board of directors determines the remainder of the nominations and makes the final twofold aim of the organization is to raise standards for the profession of Book criticism and enhance Public appreciation of Quality the winners will receive scrolls at an invitational ceremony on 22 in the timeline critics acclaim Hughes film Best in 80 new York a the National society of film critics has selected Melvin and a tale about a gasoline Sta Tion attendant who contended he was an heir to the Howard Hughes As the Best picture of the meeting moriday night at the Algonquin voted Peter Otoole Best actor for his role in the stunt Man and Sissy Spacek Best actress for Coal miners the critics named Martin Scorsese Best director for raging the Story of prize fighter Jake Joe Pesci was named Best supporting actor for his role As Lamotta the film finished in a tie for second in the voting for Best film and its Robert de was runner up for Best Mary Tyler Moore finished second to Spacek for her role in Ordinary the critics elected Mary Steenburgen Best supporting actress for Melvin and Howard Melvin Dummar claimed he picked up Hughes when the billionaire was hitchhiking and befriended a purportedly written by turned up and named Dummar As an but it was invalidated by a rights lawyer Dies new York a Robert a prominent civil rights attorney in the died in a new York Hospital after a lengthy he was