European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday March 10, 1986 file photo Steven Spielberg if some of you Are making a statement thank god i thank you for  Spielberg gets directors award and refers to Oscar snub Beverly Hills Calif. A snubbed by the motion picture Academy Steven Spielberg was Hon ored by his Peers in the directors Guild of America saturday with the award for Best direction of 1985 for his film the color  if some of you Are making a statement thank god i thank you for that Spielberg said making an obvious reference to the fact that his name was not among the five nominees for the Oscar for Best direction for 1985. The award to Spielberg Marks Only the third time that the directors Guild award has diverged from Theoscar. Joseph l. Mankiewicz the Only person Ever to win four oscars in two consecutive years won the Guild s . Griffith award for his lifetime contributions to film. The award presentations came As the Guild celebrated its Golden Jubilee at a dinner and dance at the Plaza hotel in new York with ceremonies also in Losangeles. The Guild has been giving out awards for 37 years and Only two winners for movie directing did not go on to win oscars. Last year s Guild Winner amadeus director Milos Forman also won the Best director Oscar for the movie. In addition to Spielberg Guild nominees were Ron Howard for cocoon John Huston for prizzi s Honor Sydney Pollack for out of Africa and Peter Weir for  the nominations for Howard and Weir were their first. Huston Pollack and Spielberg All have been nominated before but none has won. Of special interest was the nomination of Spielberg. Despite his Many hit films including "e.t. The extra terrestrial and close encounters of the third kind Spielberg has never won an Academy award for direction and was not nominated for the color purple although it received 11 other Oscar Nomi nations. Mankiewicz 77, won two oscars in 1949 for writ ing and directing a letter to three wives and in 1950 he won two for writing and directing a labout  he has been nominated for oscars 10 times the first for the screenplay of Skippy in 1931 and the most recent for directing the 1972 film  in 1950 he was elected president of the directors Guild but he declined re election after a bitter fight with Cecil b. Demille Over whether to Force loyalty oaths on directors in the controversy Over communism during the Mccarthy Era. In new York the Guild named winners in seven to categories Jay Sandrich for the Pilot of Golden girls in comedy will Mackenzie for moonlighting in nighttime drama Craig Sandy Tung for school break special in daytime drama Don Mischer for motown returns to the Apollo in musical variety Andy j kindle for lbs sports sunday in sports Harry Rasky for homage to Chagall the colors of love in documentary actuality and John Erman for an Early Frost in dramatic specials. Edward Bianchi won an award for directing commercials. Houses spared by civil War Torch May tall to fast food franchiser a a rom it Al 1 a a i i Madison a. A a plan to remove four old houses from a historical District to make Way for a fast food restaurant has roused the ire of some Madison Resi dents who Are trying to Stop it. We Are not against growth per be. It s the Type of growth that would harm a historic residential Community that we oppose said Marcie Miller the owner of an 1870gothic Home. We Don t want anybody else finishing off what Sher Man did t do said James e. Carter an attorney who has formed an organization called concerned citizens of Madison along with 35 other residents. Madison was one of the few cities in Eastern Georgia to be spared the Torch during Gen. William Tecumseh Sher Man s March to the sea in the civil War. About 50 buildings almost the entire town Are on the National Register of historic places. City officials said a franchise Holder wants to remove the turn of the Century houses just off the town s main Square. The citizens group says there is room for such development outside the downtown area. The owner of the property Everett Armour has declined to talk about the contract option he has with Garner food sys tems inc. Of Alpharetta. But real estate agents say the $ 188,000 Deal with Hardee s should be closed by Early april. Some residents have gotten together to make an identical offer to Armour for the property but so far they Veblen rejected. There is some concern that if the growth is not Man aged it could destroy the town Carter said. Thousands of tourists visit Madison every year to seethe Homes spared by Sherman. Madison was the Home of Joshua Hill who served in the . House and Senate. Hill tried to work out a separate peace for Georgia to spare the state the destruction of Sherman s troops and Sherman pledged to let Madison stand even if the pact fell through. The streets of Madison Are lined with victorian Homes As Well As antebellum mansions. There Are so Many people in this town who feel this Way said Rich Miller a Leader in the movement against strip development in downtown Madison. There Are 80-year-old people in this town who fought these same Battles 40 years  mayor Luke Allgood said the land is zoned commercial and a Developer May do As he pleases with the property. They Are not violating any building ordinance All Good said. I Don t think it s going to have any advers effect on the  stateside Spanish american War Veteran Dies in a Hospital at 107 los Angeles a Christian Steinle believed to be the oldest surviving Veteran of the Spanish american War has died at 107. Steinle died at the West los Angeles veterans administration medical Center where he had been cared for since 1979. He was the oldest survivor of the 1898 conflict said Karl Edgerton a Hospital spokesman. Steinle who was born in Germany came to the United states when he was 14 and settled with his family in Liverpool Ohio. City must compensate woman who lost kidney because of Boss Bremerton Wash. A the City of Bremerton must pay for the lost kidney of a Secretary whose restroom trips were restricted by former mayor Gene Nelson in 1982, a jury has ruled. The Kitsap county Superior court jury unanimously ruled that Carol Shreve s kidney infection was an occupational injury caused by Nelson s order to stay at her desk until another Secretary took her place. The jury ruled that because Shreeve was not allowed to use the restroom As Nessary an existing bladder infection spread to her right kidney which had to be remove Din 1983. When All is said and done this Case is about a dedicated worker whose dedication led to a tragic loss of her kidney said Richard Blumberg Shreeve s attorney. The verdict entitles Shreeve to state Industrial insurance benefits Blumberg said. She is to be paid $6,000 by the City which also must pay any future medical costs associated with the loss he said. Tiny used car brings big Price at auction in . $ 12,100 new York a an Anonymous new York col Lector has paid a record $12,100 for a used Caf so Small he could crush it with his foot. Auctioned off at Christie s East the 1910 toy Model of a Maerklin four seat touring car broke the record of $9,000 for a toy car set in 1984. For roughly the Price of a stripped Down Volvo the collector got a car that is 9% inches Long Green with Gold trim with Brown tufted upholstery and spoke wheels. It does not have am pm radio. The estimated Sale Price had been $1,500 to $2,000. The previous owner according to Christie s spokeswoman Jill Weitzman had very Little idea of its  panel to study design proposals for Kent state Campus memorial Kent Ohio a More than 600 design proposals will be considered for a Campus memorial to the 1970 shootings at Kent state University that left four people dead during an anti War protest. A panel of architects and artists will arrive at the University March 31 to review the entries said James Dalton director of Kent state s school of architecture and coordinator of the Competition. The Winner will be announced april 4. The first prize is $20,000. After the Competition University officials will open a Campus exhibit of entries. Kent state trustees last year approved construction of a memorial on Campus near the site of the May 4 1970shootings. It d.urin8 a demonstration against the Vietnam War Ohio National guardsmen opened fire killing four students nine other people were wounded. Kent state received an $85,000 Grant from the National endowment for the arts to help fund the Competition. Jet fighters crash in Arizona 1 Pilot killed another injured Ajo Ariz. A two f-15a Jet fighters crashed in Southern Arizona while on training missions killing one Pilot and injuring another an air Force spokesman said. , Nav id a Mccarthy 32, was killed and it.  b. Butt whose age was unavailable was listed in Good condition in the Hospital at Luke fab staff  Groves said. Both men were instructor pilots assigned to the base. Butt ejected from his Jet but Mccarthy did not Grove said. Officials would not say if the planes collided