European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday August 30,1988 2 Abc series win top emmy awards Pasadena Calif. A Abc s baby Boomer shows thirty something the ensemble drama on people in their 30s struggling in the 1980s and the 1960s-Npstalgia comedy the wonder years won As Best series at the 40th annual emmy awards sunday night. Tyne Daly won her fourth emmy for Lead actress in the police drama Cagney & Lacey and Michael of family ties won his third As Lead actor in a comedy series. Richard Kiley was picked As Best Lead actor in a drama for the cancelled but highly acclaimed series a year in the life and he criticized Abc for corporate myopia that killed a Fine John Larroquette won his fourth straight emmy As Best supporting actor in the comedy night Beatrice Arthur joined her two Golden girls co stars previous winners Rue Mcclanahan and Betty White in picking up the emmy for Best actress in a comedy series. Estelle Getty who plays the feisty matriarch on the Abc series won As Best supporting actress. Patricia Wettig the struggling Young Mother with a Rocky marriage on thirty something won As Best sup porting actress in a drama. Larry Drake picked up an award for Best supporting actor in a drama series for his sensitive portrayal of mentally retarded office boy on "l.a. his award and an editing emmy were the Only Hon ors won by "l.a. Law which led All shows with 19 nominations and was last year s big Winner. No one series or network dominated the won 21, Abc won 20 and Abc won 19. The Public broadcasting service won seven and Home Box office in the first year Cable networks were Eligi ble won three. Syndicated shows also won three. The murder of Mary Phagan Abc s fact based Story of a businessman wrongly convicted and lynched for the murder of a 13-year-old girl won As Best miniseries. Best Lead performances in a m miseries or special Michael j. Fox holds his emmy at awards ceremony. Went to Jason Robards in Abc s inherit the wind and Jessica Tandy for Foxfire hallmark Hall of Fame on lbs. British actress Jane Seymour s portrayal of Maria Callas on Abc s Onassis the richest Man in the world won her an emmy for Best supporting actress in a miniseries or special. John Shea won the support san Francisco nurses end strike san Francisco a striking nurses at six hospitals voted sunday to end a four week walkout by approving a contract that will raise their pay three times Over the next 34 months. Seventy seven percent of 1,200 registered nurse who voted approved ratifying the agreement the Union said. The California nurses association s 2,200members have been on strike mainly Over pay since aug. 2, when they joined 1,700 licensed vocational nurses and Hospital service workers who walked off their jobs july 26, striking mainly Over health benefits and went Back to work wednesday. The new contract will provide raises of 8 percent 7percent and 6 percent Over the life of the nurses con tract and Grant the increases a total of four month earlier than in a settlement rejected by a 2-1 margin on aug. 19. The rejected 36-month pact offered increases of 7.5 percent 6.5 percent and 6 percent. Under the contract a Day shift nurse at top scale will make $21.99 an hour by the end of the contract or $45,700 a year. Nurses Are expected to begin returning to work wednesday said Maureen Anderson a spokeswoman. Karen Henry chief negotiator of the affiliated hospitals the group representing the affected medical facilities said sunday night that the contract accomplished the hospitals bargaining she defined that mainly As avoiding Large pay raises in Atwo year period. It s not everything every nurse wants but i think it s probably enough to satisfy most nurses said re Becca Morrow a nurse and picket Captain at Mountzion Hospital. Karen Sano a critical care nurse at mount Zion disagreed. She said a lot of nurses were not that pleased with the increase or the contract length. Many nurses expressed concern that the contract would prevent them from striking with local 250 of the Hospital workers Union if that Union decides to strike when its new contract expires in two years. The nurses negotiating committee unanimously endorsed the tentative settlement. A week earlier it gave Only 5-4 support to the proposal voted Down on aug. The nurses strike had targeted children a marshal Hale St. Mary a St. Francis and mount Zion hospitals in san Francisco and Seton medical Center in dal City. Writer Max Shulman Dies of cancer by the los Angeles times comedy writer Max Shulman creator of the popu Lar Dobie Gillis television series and the author of numerous books and screenplays died of cancer Sun Day at his Hollywood Home. He was 69. The son of a russian immigrant House Painter Shulman started his literary career writing for the Cam pus humor Magazine As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota. A Doubleday editor was so impressed with the Young writer that he encouraged Shulman to write his first novel Barefoot boy with Cheek published in 1943. Novels plays screenplays and television scripts followed earning Shulman Praise and Success Over his four decade career. Among his works were the books rally round the Flag boys sleep till noon and i was a a teen age his Broadway credits included How now Dow Jones and the tender most recently he co wrote with Julius Epstein the screenplay for the 1978 Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson comedy Shulman was perhaps Best known for creating the starry eyed comic character of Dobbie Gillis about whom he wrote for years. The Many loves of Dobi Gillis was published in 1953, i was a teen age Dwarf also about Gillis was published in 1959 and from 1959 to 1963 lbs carried the Gillis sitcom the Saga of Young Gillis romantic heartaches and indecision about life. Topics ranging from Young love to garbage disposal were grist for Shulman s wit. He was a unique comic voice in american letters said George Kirgo Westcoast president of the writers Guild of America. Hell be sorely missed by the writing Community an anybody who loved he is survived by his wife Mary of los Angeles three sons a daughter a stepdaughter a sister an seven grandchildren. Ing actor award in that category for his role in Abc s baby Mas William Stern the natural father in the new Jersey surrogate Mother court Case. Writing awards went to lbs Frank s place Abc s thirty something and Jackie Mason on Broadway on emmy went to Abc s now cancelled drama St. Elsewhere Abc s comedy Hopperman the lbs miniseries the attic the hiding of Annefranc general foods Golden showcase and the Public to special celebrating Gershwin great per Williams won an emmy for Abc presents a Royal sunday night s show on Fox broadcasting reunited latime co stars Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke and William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy of Star trek As presenters of the television Academy of arts and sciences awards. Other presenters during the ceremony at the 3,000 seat Pasadena civic auditorium included Michael j. Fox Danny Devito Tracey Ullmann Sharon Gless Penny Marshall Garry Shandling and Alf. There was no single Host this year. Executive producer lome Michaels the creator of saturday night live was brought in by the Academy in Hopes of enlivening the emmy show which most critics considered a four hour Yawn last year. Last year the emmy telecast received its lowest rat ing on record. That was the first time the emmy had not been presented on Abc lbs or Abc. Fox outbid the big three networks and entered into a three Yea contract. For the first time this year programs broadcast on Cable were eligible As Long As they were available to 50 percent of the nation s population. Five Cable network managed to collect 21 nominations among them com pared to 114 for Abc 87 for lbs 75 for Abc and 27for pcs. The emmy telecast which normally is scheduled for late september was earlier this year to avoid competing with the olympic games said a to Academy spokesman Murray Weissman. Stateside to Winner goes the prize of an unexpected twin son Sioux Falls . A Michelle Seele gave birth to twins in the town of Burke. And in Winner 34 Miles away. Seeley went to the Burke Hospital last sat urday to give birth to what she thought was one baby. After she delivered a girl Danielle at 7p.m., her doctor said she was carrying a second baby but that it would have to be delivered by caesarean Section in the Winner Hospital. The second baby a boy she named Derrick was born at 10 30 that night in Winner. Seeley said she had no idea she was carrying twins. I think i was in such a state of Shock that i really did t know what was going on. When they told me i was having twins i think that when i lost the Mother and babies Are doing Fine officials said Friday. They Are the first children for Seeley and her husband Tom. Giant lobster caught off Massachusetts coast Boston a a monster lobster weigh ing 35 pounds and believed to be 140 years old made a big splash at a display in downtown bos ton during the weekend. The lobster was caught off new Bedford when it was dragged in with a Load of scallops said Heather roberts9n, spokeswoman for the bos ton and Maine fish co., which bought the Crea Ture. At about 3 feet Long the lobster is believed Tobe one of the largest and oldest Ever captured off the Bay state coast. I be been in the seafood business for Over decade and this is the largest lobster i be Ever seen said Larry Smith owner of the fish com Pany. The lobster was displayed at Boston s Faneuil Hall and was moved to the new England aquarium on saturday
