European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday May 24.1988 breakthrough expected in to film writers strike picketing Fri tors Guild member enjoy a huh moment jul Side lbs head Quirton in new York. Los Angeles a the Fate of millions of dollars Worth of television and Movic produce Lions could be decided thursday when screenwriters vote on pro posed contracts with As Many As 24 Independent producers the members themselves Are making their decision. On thurs Day they la be voting to allow some members to go Back to work Che Ryl Rhoden a spokeswoman for the writers Guild of America said Over the weekend. Expected approval by West and East coast members would permit some writers to resume work on scripts. Leaden of the 9,000-Mernber Aga Are recommending ratification of the Independent contracts in Hopes of shortening the i a week old walkout against the Alliance of motion picture and television producers Rhodon said. The Aga struck March 7 Over issues of residual pay ments for reruns works distributed in foreign countries and creative control. A Federal mediator set a meeting for both sides on monday. Most of the 24 contracts the Guild membership isto consider thursday arc with Small producers who have been negotiating independently for More than a month Rhoden said. Some Are responsible for popular television shows and multimillion Dollar movies and the contracts will provide jobs for a substantial number of writers she said. The signing of the independents would not Avreet negotiations be cause they represent less than 10 percent of feature film and 15 per cent of television production. Producers claim the strike has Cost the Overall Industry More than s15 million in lost lobs and production time Boul 1,400 clerical work ers cast and Crew members have been Laid off. Cuomo urges Buffalo u grads to Complete Miracle of America by the associated Pic nov. Mario Cuomo urged University of Buffalo graduates sunday to use their talents to shape a world larger than the one that ends in your own Back Yard one of a number of activist messages at commence ment a a discs Over the weekend. Unless we fall into the trap of Sci Pill into the current intellectual fad of looking for the roots of de Cline and decay in every Comer of the Republic then there is much very much 1o be optimistic about and to Hope for Cuomo told 1,800 graduates at the alumni Arena at am Herm . Let s choose to go Forward together to Complete the Miracle of America and the family of in is. Paul Minn. Pulitzer prize winning play Wright August Wilson told Mac Alcoler College graduates saturday to remake inc truth of the society a that All americans can share in Freedom Justice and Equality. Wilson a is. Paul resident who won the 1987 pulitzer prize for drama for his play fences said Blacks today can share in 1hc american dream Only by deny ing their heritage and culture. Seventy years after my Grandfather came into Man Hood africans in America live in a society that refuses to recognize their manners and conduct As pan of a system that is fuelled by its own philosophy mythology history creative Motif social organization and said Wilson who received an honorary degree from the school. My Grandfather s quest for Freedom Justice and Equality continues unabated uncompromising along with the usual admonishments to fulfil their potential some of the nation s College graduates got new York got Mario Cuomo some Light hearted advice in commencement Cir discs Over the weekend. Author and humor columnist Russell Baker advised j68 Hood College graduates saturday not to mess up. Baker who received an honorary degree in ceremonies in Frederick my said he had been told 40 years ago to go Forth and i a Cal Forth "1 have done commencement speeches and told peo ple to go Forth. Many have gone Forth since then since i went Forth. And 1 feel the world gets worse with each generation that goes Forth. So therefore my advice to you today is it s All right to go Forth but Don t make any More mess of the world than it already is Baker said balloon races egg drops brighten science olympiad Dover Del a some of America s future chemists and physicists applied scientific principles to solving puzzles that included dropping raw eggs and slowing the ascent of balloons. About 1,200 Junior and senior High school students from 36 slates who had already competed in local state and regional contests met Here for inc fourth annual National science olympiad. Junior High Stu dents competed in 22 events and High school students entered 23 events. The Competition was sponsored by the army re Terve officer training corps. Two Georgia teen agers used motor Oil dough and foam to Cushion the Landing of a raw egg dropped 25 fact to win the naked egg drop. Laura Turner and Caroline Mccoy both 16 and from till county a High school said the key was the motor Oil blended into the half Inch thick Cushion. In the Competition medium size raw eggs were dropped from Heights and caught with Cushion containers designed to keep inv shells intact. The problem was t really keeping in from cracking but keeping it from bouncing aft said Turner. In the balloon race study nos dreamed up ways of slowing the ascent of balloons from the floor to a Ceil ing finish line Debra Martinsen a senior at Toledo High school near Olympia wash., and schoolmate Hangman Chan a Junior designed an accordion shaped construction paper Anchor for their balloon. Stateside soviet experts preparing to Monitor . Nuke blast Yucca Fiat nov a a nuclear War head was detonated underground at the Nevada test Silc during the weekend while visiting so Viet scientists made preparations to Monitor a future test a department of Energy spokesman said. The nuclear warhead was detonated about 1,200 feet underground a seven soviet Scien lists spent the weekend in Mercury nov about 32 Miles from ground Zero. The town House lest site workers. The soviets arc preparing for a joint Experiment inter his summer in which the soviet will Monitor a . Test More than two dozen american scientists Al Are at the soviet test she preparing to Monitor a soviet blast. Black lawmakers to fight minority status for cajuns new Orleans a Black Louisiana lawmaker will fight legislation making Ca Juns a legally recognized minority in the stale because the measure threatens Black economic development state sen. Jon Johnson said sunday. A measure granting cajuns minority status was approved 74-22 in the slate House of representatives wednesday Over the objections of Black lawmakers. They claim that counting cajuns As minorities would dilute the Black share of jobs on state projects thai must by Law hire 10 percent minority work ers. The Bill is now in the hands of the state Senate where Johnson a member of the legislative Black caucus said it must be killed. 400 in Boise build Home in less than 9 hours Boise Idaho a More than 400 people including suppliers helped build a single Story three bedroom two bathroom House in eight hours and 54 minutes to kick off a housing exposition. A gunshot gave the signal for members of he building contractors association of Southwest Idaho to Start. Since the Cement foundation already had been installed the miners went to work As if they were at an old fashioned barn raising. Spectators had � viewing stand across the Street and workers wore color coded to Shirik framers were in fuchsia electricians were in Lime Green. Also watching were the buyers of the House Brad Chappie and his Fiancee. Leslie Cozza who plan to move in june 6. They paid j6b.ooq for the House. Chappie Laid they Are gelling a 10-year War Ranty with the Home instead of the usual one year warranty Stagecoach horses Bolt crash injures 8 tourists gey5erville, Calif. Apr a team of horses pulling a Stagecoach bolted and ran out of control for almost a Quarter of a mile before the coach slammed into n Telephone pole injuring eight tourists authorities said. One woman was in serious condition at Healdsburg general Hospital after sunday s Accident the others were treated for minor injuries and released authorities said. The coach was part of a Vineyard tour in so Noma county said California Highway patrol officer Tom Hunter. Gryl Chen Urban of Chicago was the most seriously injured. I i
