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The News Tribune Fri April 24 1987 D7 il A-bomb plants scrutinized on ABC special Tonight la an unsettling evening latest Cheeup (Channel 4 at 10 pm) la an hour look at Bomb specifically four of our nuclear weapons factories Including the Hanford Nuclear Reservation which correspondent Richard Threlkeld describes as ua national and accident waiting to happen" It is not a question he says of being either or The factories are among a complex of that threaten millions of lives because they are suffering from and The information that emerges Is enough to give one nightmares It is not Just that there are Intrinsic dangers In using nuclear energy But In more than one case we also learn that is at the paucity level" At one site are defective silos containing 9000 tons of radioactive There is of course a summary of the estimated human damage from the accident at Chernobyl a year ago This report indicates we can expect much worse if something is not done to correct a multiplicity of defects and problems soon On the cheerful side: High-level escapism is available on PBS Groat Ferformaneee (Channel 9 at 9 pm) repeats in America The Alvin Alley American Dance Theater Three by Three" That all-inclusive title tells you that in for an hour of three contemporary works formed by the terrific Alvin Ai-dancers There's Bill Jones' perfo ley formance by Joe Seneca as Blind Dog Fulton an 80-year-oid blues harmonica nun who made a pact with the devil is reason enough along with the music and the score to get deep enjoyment from Walter elided movie Ralph Mac-chlo plays a Juilliard-graduate itarist who seeks out the old man a hospital to plumb his musical secrets Book to the Future (HBO at 9 pm) The ultimate in delightful escapism even for the umpteenth time Judith Krauts is guest on Aak Dr am): Washington Post political writercolumnist David Broder Howie Mandel is host on The Lola Show Starring Joan Riven (Channel IS at 11 pm) Teri Garr and comedian Chevy Chase are Johnny Carson's guests on the Tonight Snow (Channel 5 at 11:30 pjn) Cable channels: On Hoad to the White Houaa series the subject is Jesse Jackson Viewers may call in and ask the candidate questions (at Croaaroada (Cmemax at 8 pm) Mad about the blues? The per game tin MecGyver (Channel 4 at 9 tonight only) MacGyver Is off to rescue a pretty botanist from a Central American slammer (hi Miami Vfca (Channel 9 at 9 pm) Crockett and Tubbs mix it up with the IRA On Stingray (Channel 9 at 10 pjn) Stingray helps a chemist expose a drag plot TV talk: Today on flood Morning America (Channel 4 at 7 am): Baseball greats Ralph Kiner and Brooks Robinson Actorparents David Birney and Meredith Baxter Blr-ney Today on Today (Channel 8 at 7 hopes of The show has not only lasted a staggering 38 yean but through its broadcasts in 54 countries to more than 100 million viewers Doctor Who has generated a phenomenal number of fan dubs conventions and publications So popular is the program in the Northwest it can be seen only on Bellingham station KVOS that KTPS has already received unsolicited contributions to help pay for Saturday's broadcast Puget science-fiction fan underground has trumpeted the Doctor Who special and generated 81000 In personal checks And whatwho is Doctor Who? He has been seven men actually as a divergent series of acton has portrayed him William Hartnell originated the role as a mysterious cranky sort who traveled through time to battle the villainous monsters the Daleks and to restore order to the universe Enabling the their hero Newman the creator of Doctor Who said the show was designed not so much for children but tor people with a childlike state of Could have fooled me Sad ao-tengec KING-TV weekend anchor Hattie Kauffman returns from New York at midnight tonight to conduct her final broadcasts for Channel 5 After six years with KING the Emmy Award winner has signed a three-year contract with ABCs Good Morning America The Northwest native will travel around America and abroad to report in 1 her unique style at least one story per week Kauffman reports to GMA work officially on May 11 although she met with her new bosses this week while scouringManhattan for an apartment Kauffman is flying back this evening in time to make her final ap Ruth (Lifetime at 7 pm) Local: As doctors try to pin down the cause of dlptheria in the city it is discovered that the source is armed and dangerous In KMor By Might (Channel 11 at 8 pm) An overprotective father has' many problems coping with his free-spirited daughter in college in Take Her Mine (Channel 13 at 8 pm) Judy Flander la a free-lance columnist baaed la Washington DC Local highlights are compiled by News Tribune ataff (c) MW UnIM Faaturn Syndicate to KTPS pearances oo KINGS Newt at 5 and 11 pm on Saturday and Sunday Kauffman will say goodbye to the many viewers who have made the station's weekend news a ratings leader And later she'll be kissing goodbye her two children Albert 13 and Umie 10 who will live with farmer husband Future Mac Look tor NBC to repeat the unforgettable Venus But-tertiy episode of LA Law This strictly adult drama introduces a bigamist who shares a sexual secret that makes women faint from ecstasy The cheeky script which is destined for Emmy honors airs Thursday at 10 pm Classic KING-FM paints the sky on May 1 with a 30-minute fireworks extravaganza that will be synchronized to music from the masters An EXPO nightly attraction the Concert in the Sky will be displayed at 9 pm over Lake Washington lx surprised by how money for college for ear i i Send more information about how to become a News Tribune carrier Zip Fever Camp set to new wave rock and disco music it has to do with male bonding Blues music is the background for Alley's Bluet Suita and Donald McKayles' depiction of a chain gang in Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder porta alert: The Seattle Mariners take on the Oakland A's in California at 7:30 pm on Channel 7 Series picke: career turns Prince Charming into a house husband on The Charminge (Channel 4 at pm) On Webster (Channel 4 at 8:30 pm) Webster gets a chance to pitch in a Little League fans have Doctor Who No 5 members of a 3-year-old Seattle organisation called the Society of the Rusting Tardis a fancy name for a gang that gathers biweekly at a Pizza They swap story lines and videotapes from the children's serial that was never expected to last six weeks vote today settlement by the network The network dropped two of those issues in the made Thursday Mangan Terms of the tentative contract were not Immediately available ex- -cept that it will last for 85 months and is retroactive to March 3 when the strike began ABC removed its proposals regarding non-union preparation of Its video feed for affiliated stations and a planned minority hiring program which would have paid less than union wages Guild members Mangan noted have been preparing the news feed a compilation of unused news dips from affiliated stations for IS years The union had some questions about whether ABCs proposed minority hiring program which the network had not presented in com-ilete detail wu discriminatory 'nder the proposal minority Journalism school graduates would be hired at less than union scale The guild said it would consider a minority hiring program when full details are presented The subject of temporaries was not a major area of contention with ABC and the provisions in this area are for the most part similar to those In the prior contract Mangan debut as cartoons based on the Cathy Guisewite strip on the trials and tribulations of the Modern Woman Guisewite wrote the script and her father William does the voice of the lead dad In this one Cathy goes into a panic about finding a date for a banquet ArteotMuicni TV HIGHLIGHTS Dr Far be it for me to suggest these folks are eccentric On Saturday a curious crowd in capes cricket uniforms and colorfully flowing scarves will pitch for pledges on Tacoma public television station KTPS These Doctor Whovlans as they call themselves will be particularly earnest in their pleas because the toon It of our nation? The future of the planet? No they an fighting forthe future of Doctor Who a low-budget BBC sci-fi series that has redefined the expression of disbe- Many of the Doctor Whovians are ABC writers on tentative NEW YORK A tentative settlement to a 53-day-old strike by writers and editors against ABC was -announced Thursday by the Writers Guild of America exactly a week after its strike against CBS ended The strikes caused deep divisions within the networks as many on-air personalities including the anchors of both major newscasts Dan Rather and Peter Jennings sided with the strikers and periodically carried picket signs denouncing their employers Dozens of politicians and celebrities also refined to cross picket lines often at the last minute wreaking havoc in studios of some live shows Job security was the major Issue in both strikes and the guild said that the proposal submitted Thursday fay ABC wu an Improvement in that area believe now that this long and difficult strike can finally be Mona Mangan the chief negotiator said in a prepared state-meat The union's negotiating committee recommended that its 175 members approve the pact at a meeting set for Saturday at 8 pm The Writers Guild ended its strike against CBS on April 16 and since then the talks with ABC had centered on several new issues raised 'Blonde 'Cathy' to Kmgm-wooer Ntwipepen bringing various Doctor Whos to trip through the eons is a strange machine called the TARDIS or Time and Relative Dimensions In Space It Just happens to look like an English police call box Ryan Johnson president of the Society of the Rusting Tardis has been instrumental in persuading KTPS Channel 38 to buy two 90-minute Doctor Who episodes for airing 7-11 pm on Saturday He further helped persuade the station to run each program without the interruption of pledge breaks instead calls lor cash will air before and after each episode If they can raise 113000 KTPS promises to buy a 53-episode series for regular broadcast The prospect thrills Johnson who JB TV program they consider TV In England would fly over the heads of most-television executives in America" the Rusting Tardis chief tells us kalJawteMiHtet More than 1600 young men and women deliver The News Tribune throughout Pierce County every day '111(7 cam fabulous prizes and dips Ui exotic places like Hawaii and Southern California They lor scholarships and earn free tickets to lop concerts and sporting events They get lessons in 1 business and self-discipline that jxw lifetime dividends Mostly they liave fun And you might much they cam clothes or mavbc a To find out how to become a News Tribune carrier mail this coupon today! i oooTCash GIVEN AWAY TO CARRIERS Carriers can get a FREE EACH MONTH IN special souvenir T-shirt BONUS BUCKS! to morning publication! I I I I I I I Name Address City Phone MaU to: The Tacoma Circulation Dept Morning News Tribune Box 1 1 OOO WA 98411 or call 597-8711 or 1-800-562-8101 Two of the best-loved comic strips will make their prime-time cartoon debuts May 15 half-hour specials on Blonde Lonl Anderson of NBCs Easy Street will provide the voice for surprise! Blondie In Bloo-die Dogwood The story line has Blondie getting a Job when nasty old Mr Dithers gives Dagwood the boot Following Blondie will he Cathy ia II 8:08 PM Ch 7 Must Viswisl Ds Yau 7 ft.