European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 v8ig river1 Rolls up flood of Tony awards new York a big a musical version of Mark trains the adventures of Huckleberry ran away with Broadways Tony awards sunday night by winning while Neil Simon captured his first prize for Best play with Biloxi big River won Best musical and Best score by Roger Miller in his Broadway the which opened near the end of a lean season that failed to produce a single smash hit also earned a Best featured actor award for Ron who plays the runaway Derek As the confirmed Bachelor Benedick who Falls in love in Shakespeare much ado about and stockard As the Mother of an incurably brain damaged child in Joe won As Best actor and actress in a Joe a Black comedy by Peter also won the award As Best Semi autobiographical whose Semi autobiographical world War ii comedy also won for direction by Gene Saks and featured acting by Barry Drew a big laugh from the audience with his acceptance speech at the 39th annual televised live from the Shubert i have always of winning a americas most Success Ful playwright i just didst think id have to dream through 22 plays to do but it was Worth the Simon has won two other tonys a special award in 1975 and in the since discarded category of Best author in 1965 for the Odd Frank Gilroy the subject was roses won Best play that who has had a career As a sing Erson writer and to i am deeply honoured and greatly thankful to a photo Derek Jacobi and stockard Channing awards for Best actor and Best actress be in such wonderful thank god for Mark big Rivers other prizes were to Wil Liam Hauptman for his adaptation of trains Des Mcanuff for his Heidi Landesman for Scenic de sign and Richard Riddell for Leilani who plays the Lead strip per in won the Tony for Best featured actress in a the show also picked up a Best costume design award for Florence who has won it three times featured acting awards in a play went to Judith who played a goo time party girl in David Rabes and Barry As the jewish intellectual who refuses to Compromise his ideals after being drafted into the this is one of your old Saks joked As he was handed the directing award by Veteran Tony Winner Mike it was Saks third this is icing on a very Rich said who starred in both much ado and Rostand Cyrano do by rec Rac during a visit by England Royal Shakespeare Yul now completing his fare Well engagement in the King and received a standing ovation As he came out to accept a special Tony from another longtime Broadway Mary turned out All right after thanking Martin and Rodgers and Brynner added 1 also want to thank Yul he turned out All right after big which received generally enthusiastic reviews but has not been sell ing led All shows with 10 nominations three of them for Best featured the Only category in which it lost was costume three other shows were up for Best musical an interracial Romance set in a 1930s Chicago burlesque House Leader of the a compilation of Rock v Roll hits by songwriter Ellie and a pageant about Pioneer women making Patchwork quilts that folded after 24 Philadelphia mayor counsels grads on decision making by the associated press Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode on sunday told graduates of Hofstra University Law school that one decision could change the whole Structure of while supreme court Justice Harry Blackmun advised Rutgers University Law school graduates not to Suc Cumb to the lure of easy actress Cicely urged Wesleyan University graduates to work for the Joy of rather than the addressing 237 new lawyers at the Newark said they should not get discouraged during lifes tougher times because you cant make the world better by withdrawing from its so easy to become sarcastic and cynical and to withdraw from the he Blackmun also warned the graduates not to succumb to the lure of easy you know or should know the difference Between what is right and what is he you know or should know the differ ence Between what is ethical or what is not you know or should know the value of ones Good work and ones Good the presence of who wrote the controversial 1973 decision legalizing Drew about 50 antiabortion demonstrators who peacefully carried signs and distributed literature across the Street from new arks symphony where the graduation was speaking before 191 graduates at the Law school in Only alluded to the confrontation last month Between Philadelphia police and the Radical group which ended with 11 dead and a neighbourhood destroyed in when you leave Here you enter the world of Goode you must recognize that one decision made in one hour of your life can change the whole Structure of who was Given an honorary doctor of Laws degree during the commencement asked the graduates to think about the appropriate role of an elected official in dealing with Urban terrorists and psycho logical warfare in a City Tyson spoke to 639 the largest class Ever to graduate from Wesleyan in passion makes you appreciate the process of labor rather than focusing on the you dont work for you work for the Joy of said who received an honorary doctorate of Fine other honorary degree recipients at Wesleyan included Reginald ambassador to Frank a Philadelphia civic Leader and Busi and Maxwell a jazz at commencement exercises in for graduates of Cornell hundreds of students wore red armbands and the slogan divest now on their mortar boards to protest the Ivy league schools investments in companies that do business in racially segregated South those of you graduating today hardly need remind ing about the dismal state of world Cornell president Frank Rhodes said in his commencement the Ivy league which has about million invested in companies involved with South has been the scene of numerous apartheid protests this with about demonstrators arrested during a two week period in third victim Dies Airport Security tries novel testing device in disease outbreak Detroit a a third person has died in an outbreak of legionnaires disease that May have affected As Many As 44 peo ele after a banquet at a suburban Detroit authorities said Lucille of died at Westland medical where she had been hospitalized for about four said Donald Wayne county health she had developed a High fever and suffered brain he Thomas was one of 10 people hospitalized following a pentecostal Church ban Quet held april 27 at the Airport Hilton inn in Romulus and attended by about 350 she was one of seven people with con firmed cases of legionnaires while another seven had probable cases and 30 had possible Lawrenchuk passenger unaware of grenade in purse Al Texas a an Airport Security guard put a hand grenade into a passengers purse to test Airport Security but instead gave the woman and her fam ily the scare of their her husband said Ken his and their 6monthold went through Security at Elpaso International Airport after their Carryon baggage came through an xray Mabryce said he saw a grenade in his wife my first thought was for the safety of my wife and said 1 grabbed for the intending to throw it away from not thinking about All the people coming up that a Secu Rity guard grabbed my hand and dont touch then the guard told me it was that they had put it there to make sure their machines were working Bryce i was said Spanish artist wins prize Madrid up Antonio Spain leading figurative has been awarded the Prince of Asturias prize for his contribution to Spanish the nine member jury cited Lopez paint Ings As painstaking and reflective the testimony of the artists wonder at but the Security people just laughed and said they believe we were upset about they didst even Bryce said he did not and the Security guards did not if the Gre Nade was live or a Airport authorities said they will investigate the we did have some irregularity or de Viance from said Airport manager George we Are on top of it and we will get to the both the airline management and the Federal aviation administration test those machines Perry but they usually coordinate with every one
