European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Abc leading emmy Winner with 16 la. Law lbs s Promise co Heck 5 each Pasadena Calif. A Abc was the big win Ner sunday night in the longest and word est emmy award show in history with 16 emmy plus 16 other sin he Craft categories handed out a week earlier for a total of 32. Lbs Kot it plus four Craft awards. Abc won four plus is Craft awards and pcs Gol eight. Abc la. Law series and a poignant lbs movie about mental illness and responsibility Promise shared top honors Wilh five awards each As the 39lh annual prime Lime emmy awards show lasted just 20 seconds Short of four hours on the new Fox broadcast ing service which did no win an emmy. In was the first time the show had left the big three networks. The previous longest emmy Chow was a 3-hour, 35 minute Marathon in 1978. With no time restraints placed on either the presenters or winners by the acad Emy of television arts & sciences or the producer in turned into a Tal Kathon. The show had a production numbers but did have tributes to Fred Astaire by Mary Tyler Moore and to Jackie Gleason by Audrey Meadows. "l.a. Law Steven Bochco s Slick series about a los Angeles Law firm won for Best drama series Gre gory Hoblit s directing writing by Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher and for Art direction. Alfre Woodard won an emmy As Best guest performer in a drama series for an appearance in "l.a.  Hoblit called the show s Success a Fluke. It was a different area an upscale potentially Fluffy Law firm dealing with Complex issues he said. We decided to make Ilas Clear concise and entertaining As possible and we were surprised it did As Well As it  Promise in which a Carefree older brother i forced to care for his mentally ill brother was named outstanding drama or comedy special. James Woods was named Best Lead actor in a ministries or special for his role As the schizophrenic brother. Piper Laurie won As Best supporting actress for Promise and other emmy went to director Glenn Jordan and writers Richard Friedan Borg Kenneth Blackwell and Tennyson Flowers. Woods made special mention of James Garner his co Star and the co producer of Promise calling him a consummate actor and a great  abcs Golden girls won again As Best comedy series and one of its stars. Rue Mcclanahan was named Best Lead actress director Terry Hughes called the fifth Golden girl by Mcclanahan also picked up an emmy. Michael j. Fox of abcs family ties won for the second straight year As Best Lead actor in a comedy a Ali App not Sharon Gless holds her second straight emmy for her Rote As policewoman on lbs s Cagney &  series and Gary David Goldberg and Alan Uger won As Best writers. Gina Rowlands won As Best Lead actress in a minis pics or special for abcs the belly Ford Story which told of the former first lady s Battle against Alco hol and drugs. The person i really want to thank she said is the woman who shared Many of the dark moments of her life. The woman who is a National treasure Betty  Bruce Willis the irrepressible private Eye on abcs moonlighting stuck out his Tongue at the camera As he went to inc Siage to accept his emmy As Besl Lead actor in a drama series. I d like to share this award Wilh everyone on moonlighting " he said and included a Pacino an the three stooges Tor Good measure. Willis noted that cybill Shepherd his co Star and the object of his rapid fire repartee was absent because she s carrying to i pounds of  she it expecting twins. Sharon Gless picked up her second straight emmy As Christine Cagney on lbs s Quigney &  "il1 Lovely inc second Lime around she said. The emmy for inc outstanding ministries went to abcs a year in the life which is a regular series this season Bonnie battled collected her second emmy As Best supporting actress in a drama series for Abc s st.  her on screen and off screen husband William Daniels won last year As Best actor in a drama series but lost out to Willis this year John Larroque Clec the sarcastic skirt chasing prosecutor on Abc s night court won his third straight emmy As Best supporting actor in a comedy series. Of boy i m starting to get slightly embarrassed he said. If you really want to Embarrass me keep this  jacket Harry the Sampish actress who is dropping her last name won her first emmy As Best supporting actress in a comedy series for abcs "227." John Hillerman won his first emmy after four Nomi nations As the Stuffy major Domo Jonathan Higgins on lbs s magnum  Robin Williams was another first time Winner As Best individual performer in a variety or music pro Gram for lbs s a Carol burned special Carol Carl whoops &  British comic actor John it Csc was named Best guest performer in a comedy series for Abc s  Dancy Coleman was named Best supporting actor in a minis pics or special for Abc s sworn to is  the 1987 Tony awards an lbs won for Best Varic by music or comedy program and lbs s Cathy was named Best animated show. Grant tinker who brought Abc from third place to first place during his ensure As chairman received the television Academy s governor s award. "1 have the vague impression i should be accepting this award posthumously said tinker who leu he network in 1986 and now has his own production com Pany. This May be the final chapter but it will be a very Long  texan re enacts fake hanging of outlaw relative Giddings Texas a in a Effort id show Hal his great Uncle a murderer and an outlaw May have taked a Public hanging 109 years ago,67-year-old Woodrow Wilson re enacted the hanging on sunday and lived through in. Wilson who owns a Flea Market near Giddings suffered cuts behind his cars from rope bums when he dropped eight feel on his Home made Gallows before a crowd of 100 people. His body was sup ported by a conceal cd harness similar to what Mountain climbers use. He said he staged the reenact Mcnol to straighten out the record How his great Uncle. Dill Longley died or rather How he did t die. Of the rope bums Wilson said they la heal. I m just grateful that i m still Here. I la live Long enough to hang twice  official records showed that Longley was hanged in Giddings in 1878 for murdering at least 32 people. But Wilson whose Grandfather mar ried Longley s sister said he and a Cousin researched the Case and concluded hat the outlaw escaped death by bribing sheriff and using a body harness like the one Wilson used sunday. He said Longley red to Louisiana where he died 41 years after he was supposed to have been hanged. Wilson prepared for the hanging with simulated runs from a three fool drop. He said his body harness was similar to Mountain climbing equip ment. The harness had two Metal Hooks 10 attach to the noose. Handcuffed he climbed up the stairs to inc Gallows where the noose swung. One Man covered Wilson s head Wilh a Black Hood and secured the rope. An other chopped the rope that held the trap door shut. The crowd was silent As the watched Wilson fall through inc trap door. Then a cheer broke out when Wilson announced that he was of. I m alive he said. "1 did in the Way bilt Longley  Wilson Hopes the outlaw s history and his stunt will attract people to Giddings one of the Best Lille owns in  emergency diverts Colombia president s Jet to Kelly fab san Antonio. Teum up colombian presi Dent Virgilio Barco s jetliner was diverted sunday to Kelly fab for an emergency Landing because its nose gear failed to retract after its Takeoff from an air Force base in California. The Boeing 707, carrying 49 people touched Down safely at Kelly and was allowed to resume its flight to Bogota about an hour later with the nose gear still stuck in inc Down position air Force official said. No one was injured and air Force officials and the flight Crew decided after inspecting the Landing gear that the malfunction posed no danger 10 the aircraft said Cape. Lisa Bogdanski a spokeswoman for Kelly. It was cheeked for a malfunction and the night Crew said it was Safe enough for them to Fly on she said. The Blue and White Jet bearing Colombia s presidential Seal had left Travis fab Calif., for inc last leg of his return trip to Bogota following Barco s official visit to South Korea. Air Force officials were notified thai the plane would be diverted to Kelly for an emergency Landing because inc nose gear failed to retract. Kelly s emergency Crews stood by As a precaution. Bogdanik said adding that in was an uneventful  after the plane s arrival some passengers including Barco. Were taken to the base operations building while others were taken to the officers club while mechanics spent an hour checking the plane. They were not Able to determine the exact cause of the malfunction but the Crew deemed in was Safe Bogdanski old reporters As the plane taxied to the runway. The plane took on an additional 11 tons of fuel at Kelly because the lowered front wheels increased air drag against the plane increasing Fuet consumption Bogdanski said. She said the presidential plane landed at Kelly be cause the department of defense and the air Force have designated the base As the Landing facility in the san Antonio area for government leaders for Security reasons and because we Don t have heavy air traffic