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MARCH 1975

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Mona was horrified to learn Phoebe had made Mona’s job the crux of an ultimatum: either Charles fired Mona or they could no longer live together. Mona resigned her job feeling this would ease the pressure on Charles. Furious, he told Phoebe she had to make a full apology to Mona or he would move to his club. Phoebe told Mona she was ready to expose this “middle-aged femme fatale of the desk set.” Charles asked Mona to stay. Phoebe told Ann she’d be patient and Charles would come to his senses.

Phil was informed Erica still refused to believe she had lost the child. Finally allowed to visit, Phil was devastated at her unkept appearance. Erica cried hysterically. The final blow for Phil was when he lost his job at the EPA due to lack of funding. He told Tara he was a loser. Tara and Phil both encouraged the closeness between Phil and little Phillip. Meanwhile, Mary was devastated when her mother died after another heart attack.

Tests on young Jamie Cole indicated his injuries are the result of repeated child abuse. Ann pressed Joe to talk to Stacy, the child’s mother whom she knew from her social circle. Stacy refused to listen and demanded that her child was released. However, Ann convinced Nick to conceal her and the child. Joe and Paul tried to stall the Coles while they looked for the child and Ann with Linc. Nick told Paul where Ann was and Paul forcefully convinced her to relinquish the boy. The Coles were jubulant but Stacy was furious when her husband Wyatt had to immediately leave for the office. Stacy began recalling her own mother, Mrs. Littleton whi verbally abused her as a child and she began to take her frustrations out on Jamie. Kitty arrived preventing injury. Stacy requested entrance in a parent therapy group.

Margo was annoyed by Paul’s preoccupation with Ann’s involvement in Jamie’s kidnapping. Claudette rarely missed an opportunity to point up the difference in Margo and Paul’s age and she showed Paul how she, Claudette, would be happier with an older man. Paul went to see Ann and as they talked about past misunderstandings, he suddenly kissed her and she passionately responded.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Determined to break up Robert and Lenore’s marriage, Carol was researching Lenore’s murder trial and the death of Walter Curtin. She did not succeed and changed her strategy: she apologized to Lenore for this intrusion. After assuring Robert that she and Carol could get along, Lenore began working in Robert’s office to free Neal and Carol for more specialized duties. When Lenore began making careless error after carless error, Carol jumped to Lenore’s defense. The errors were indeed part of Carol’s carefully laid sabotage plan. Lenore was beginning to fear she was losing control and Helen suggested she talked with Dr. Richard Gavin. Carol learned Lenore was hospitalized after Walter’s death but Ross insisted she did not have a nervous breakdown.

Marianne and Pat were at odds over Marianne’s adolescent sensitivity. When John decided Marianne could not accompany her grandparents on their planned trip to St. Croix, Marianne thought it was Pat’s doing.

Willis began dating young Angie Perrini and he told her he did not longer resent Steve. Alice was upset at the large total of the charge accounts Willis had made on the Frame accounts. Steve, pleased to realize his brother was no longer angry, told Alice the charges did not matter. Steve realized he had to go to Australia for business and began proceedings to make Willis a junior partner. Alice suggested to Steve that Willis was inexperienced and safeguards for Jamie should be insured. Vic would make policy decisions while Willis would learn. Steve told Robert there would be a job for him in Australia but Robert decided to wait before talking about it with Lenore. Carol told Lenore who was furious.

Rachel and Mac were back in Bay City and Mac was furious to learn Iris had managed to steal a copy of his new will from John’s firm. Rachel convinced Mac not to sign the will yet. Meanwhile, Iris told Phillip he had to do something to break up her father’s marriage. Phillip convinced Rachel to accept riding lessons with him. Mac was brought to Bay City General Hospital: Phillip was with Mac when he supposedly fell from his horse. Rachel blamed herself as she gave Mac polo equipment. Iris also blamed Rachel. Louise realized Rachel loved Mac and returned the stolen will.

Iris brought Liz to see Mac at the hospital. Upon seeing Rachel in the corridor, Liz attacked her and had to be restrained. Soon released, she told Alice she had to accept Rachel and Mac as a couple and she accompanied Jim and Mary in St. Croix. Dave told Rachel Mac would heal with time. Mac asked Barbara to bring him the new will which he signed at hospital. Iris tried to hire Alice as a private nurse for Mac when he came home but she refused. Linda, who had just god engaged to Zack, became Mac’s nurse. Meanwhile, Phillip was spending time with cocktail hostess, Clarice Hobson and she began wondering what he was doing with Iris. To ease the situation, Rachel asked Iris to be the executrix of the will and she accepted the honor to make Mac and Rachel believe she changed. In St. Croix, Jim and Mary’s second honeymoon was shattered when Jim discovered Mary unconscious on the patio.

As The World Turns

Written by: Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer

Produced by: Joe Wilmore

Bob was puzzled about Natalie’s attitude toward illness when he suspected cirrhosis of the liver. Tests showed she had Wilson’s Disease, a hereditary disease in which the body failed to rid itself of copper. He assured her that with daily medication, she could live a long time but because it was hereditary, Tom deserved to know. Lisa tried to make contact avec Natalie to please Tom and Tom asked Bob and Jennifer to invite Natalie and him to dinner.

Carol gave Lisa her notice and Jay asked her to come to work for him. Natalie lost her job and Tom asked Lisa to hire her. When Carol heard it from Jay, she decided to cut all ties with the Hughes. She invited Jay to dinner but she rebuffed his advances. He went to a bar when Mark had left Susan after an argument about her drinking. Jay and Susan spent the night together but did not remember it.

John noticed Kim and Dan were avoiding each other but Dan finally told Kim he loved her. Meanwhile, John was sent home. Kim admitted her feelings for Dan but insisted she had to honor her promise to stay with John until he had recovered.

Susan was rescued by Jay in a bar where she was accosted by a man and he told Mark he was neglecting Susan. David was concerned because Susan neglected her work. Dan received a call from the police: Susan was found too drunk to get home. He picked her up and they ran into Jay and Carol. Susan took another drink, Mark arrived and Susan sent both Dan and Mark away.

Grant accepted Joyce’s case after she confessed to deliberately killing a man. He learned the man was called Gregory Paget and Joyce dated him briefly after their divorce. He forced himself on her one night when she tried to cool down their relationship. She then came to Oakdale. Paget discovered her whereabouts and tried to blackmail her. She killed Paget when he tried to flag her down. She remembered hitting the brakes but couldn’t recall whether it was before hitting Paget. Dick interviewed Nancy and Lisa about Joyce’s hopes when she arrived in Oakdale and they gave opposite answers. Chris doubted Grant could get Joyce off. An early trial date was set.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: Betty Corday

Marty was stunned when Bill told him Maggie’s cyst was benign. He began having memories of his life as Mickey. Maggie was told she had an excellent chance of walking again but it would require months of therapy in Salem. Maggie and Tom encouraged Marty to drop by the law office to occupy himself. Bill told Laura he knew he would never be a father to young Michael. Michael expressed to both Bill and Laura his pride in Bill as a surgeon and assured Bill it was fine about the baby he and Laura were expecting.

Amanda did not kill herself and made it clear she was a new woman. Neil told Greg to watch out for Amanda. Susan met Eric for lunch to explain Greg’s involvement with Amanda was ruining their marriage and she asked Eric to date Amanda. He accepted because he loved Susan. Amanda made an attempt to pick up men at Doug’s place but Don pointed out to Amanda she couldn’t do it. He took her home where Greg told Don he was not wanted. Amanda refused Greg’s help but he kissed her. Neil arrived and told Amanda he asked Greg to keep an eye for her. She threw both of them out. Meanwhile, Greg accused Susan of being a mother and not a wife. When the word divorce was mentioned, it sobered them both as they realized how much was at stake.

Julie told Jim to start divorce proceedings but she was shocked to see Bob arrive at Doug’s Place for dinner with Phyllis. She told Bob she had filed for divorce. Phyllis and Mary were jubulant and Phyllis told Bob she’d be there for him. Julie told Neil to arrange for an abortion but he encouraged her to think furthere. Both Don and Laura tried to discourage Julie. Pressed by his stockbroker for the $20,000 he needed, Neil tried to make an approach to Phyllis and he realized he had to separate Bob from Phyllis. He went to Doug and mentionned “accidentally” that Julie was pregnant and planning an abortion. Doug told Jeri he couldn’t allow Julie to do that after what she suffered with David. He decided to break up with her to press her return to a life with a man she didn’t love. Jeri tried to show Doug he could be wrong but Doug pressed Bob to admit he wanted Julie back and encouraged him to make another attempt. Bob told Julie he loved her.

Afraid that Trish would learn the hold Jack had on her was the knowledge she once turned to prostitution to support her infant child, Jeri agreed to leave town before Jack returned from his most recent alcohol bender. Jack returned the night before she was to leave. He threatened suicide if she left. Trish was furious that Jeri was once more given it to Jack who, drunk, badly beat her once more.

The Doctors

Written by: Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

In Singapore, Mike’s fantasises about Toni became less poignant to deal with and the focus of his love turned towards Dawn. Mike was impressed with Dawn’s maternal affection for an abandoned Chinese boy. Dr. Lee Chaing, Dawn’s adopted brother, looked forward to the arrival his friend Zeb Kirk. Meanwhile, when Alan and Toni returned from their honeymoon in Hawaii, they found that Greta was hostile. She was sure Mike was alive due to her encounter with a stranger at the hospital who sounded just like her brother. Toni and Alan planned to have another baby when Steve gave Toni his reluctant O.K.

Hank and Laurie feared that professional record promoter Harry Auger would somehow lure talented medical student singer Andy Anderson away from his chosen career of neurosurgery.

Tom resented Dr. Chuck Weldon’s continual interference into his and Althea’s private lives. Althea, no longer on Iris’ case, refused to stop caring for her. She stole a sample of some herbs when she learned that Rex insisted that Iris drank them in a tea. She realized they were low in sodium. Later, Tom and Althea ran into Iris who insisted they toasted with her to her forthcoming marriage to Rex. Iris suffered a heart seizure. Matt suspected and tested for T.B. which was a far cry from the exotic African disease Rex had convinced Iris she contracted as her punishment for not finishing her dead husband’s charitable work among the poor natives.

Desert Vista, the warm haven for recuperating Ann, turned out to be a stormy environment because Nick felt she didn’t have enough trust in their love for the final commitment of marriage. Concerned about her permanent lung damage, Ann refused to tie Nick down to an invalid. Althea tried to convince Ann by phone that she lost Nick long ago because she refused to trust him and that Ann may lose Nick for good.

Karen was proceeding with plans to regain the love of Erich by becoming a constant visitor to the Aldrich home. Carolee and Steve learned from their lawyer that Carolee’s adoption status could be overturned in courts if Karen demanded Erich back.

Alerted by his brother Jason in Texas that Jason’s step-daughter, Stacy Wells, a student at Baldwin College, was having problems affeting her grades and her emotions, Steve visited the girl but she did not open to him. Stacy, whose personal esteem was shaken by believing herself an embarrassment to her socialite mother and her real father, fell in love with Peter Terrell, resident artist at Baldwin, only to learn he was married. Peter claimed he would divorce. Confused, Stacy contemplated a bottle of sleeping pills.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Danny tried to force a confession from Morlock about Babs’ death. He shot Morlock with his own gun and the police realized it was an accident and did not press charges against Danny. Believing he was dying, Morlock confessed to his numerous murders starting with the arrangements for seaman Floyd Porter’s plating of the bomb that caused the drowning death of Nicole. He had to kill Babs when she heard him talking with Porter who was silenced too while in prison. Morlock confessed in front of Bill that he killed Taffy just the way Adam had postulated. Unfortunately, his deathbed confession was inadmissable court evidence. Adam confronted Paul whose bravado facade crumbled and he gave the police the valid confession needed. Morlock survived and was sent to prison with Paul. The real head of the syndicate, Walter LePage, had not been revealed and Mike thought Morlock was the leader. Nancy became fearful for her husband’s safety when there was talk of the Crime Commission remaining a permanent commitee.

Johnny and Laurie settled into running the New Moon Café when Johnny’s double agent undercover work was ended. Laurie showed signs of being ill and was ecstatic to learn she was pregnant.

Brandy found her budding romance with Adam abruptly ended. Brandy’s brother, psychiatrist Quentin Henderson, notices she was depressed. Adam did not want to forgive Brandy for her forceful attack on Martha. Brandy and Nancy both suspected that the real reason for Adam’s attitude was his obsession that Nicole could be alive. Adam was shocked to learn from Geraldine, who asked him to add Kevin on her will, that Nicole had a first cousin, Serena Travis Faraday, the black sheep of the family, living in Capital City with her publisher husband. Mike asked Adam if his interest in Serena wasn’t another search for Nicole.

Phoebe was forced by Geraldine to make a decision and let Kevin leave without marrying her first. Geraldine pointed out the trip would be prestigious for Kevin’s career and that she would disinherit him if they married. Phoebe found herself without a fiance and without a job when Jim left for Canada.

Tiffany accepted without reservation Noel’s proposal ignoring Geraldine’s warning. Noel had been making regular intimate visits to Tracy’s flat reminding her of the old days in Chicago. Danny, with Babs’ ghost laid to rest, whent to Tracy’s and confessed he loved her. Following Noel and Tiffany’s wedding, Geraldine’s toast to the new couple was interrupted when her champagne glass fell from her hand and was shattered.

General Hospital

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: James Young

Steve discovered the unconscious body of Jessie on the floor of her home and rushed her to General Hospital where she underwent a critical operation to repair her lung lesion and began a favorable recovery. Diana, on the other hand, confessed in open court and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Diana’s younger sister, Beth, a recently graduated RN, arrived to care for baby Martha. Ross, fired for his bungling of Jessie’s case, was apologetic and before leaving town told Beth that the secret of the whole murder could lie in Jim’s mind. Beth believed in her sister’s innocence. Peter felt she had to be trying to protect him even though he had sworn to her he did not kill Phil.

Augusta was undergoing pressured and she confessed to Jane that she was pregnant but did not tell her who the father of her child was. Jane asked Peter’s help as he was a psychiatrist. He visited Augusta and found she was close of an emotional crisis.

Audrey forbade Jim to care for Tommy since he began drinking. Jim became enraged when he learned it was Audrey and not Phil who told Steve about his secret drinking. Blaming Audrey for all the mess, Jim stormed out. Lucille told Steve of Jim’s abandonment of his family. Audrey tracked Jim down to Johnny’s bar and pleaded him to try to remember what happened the night of Phil’s murder to save Diana. He accepted and tries to retrace his steps the night of the murder with Lee’s help. Everybody took the place they had the night of the murder. Augusta told Lee she was not feeling well but he insited her presence was crucial.

Lesley moved intro a comfortable English-style cottage. Cameron had become more involved with Lesley to Joel’s distaste. Lesley, upset by Joel’s refusal to culminate his proclaimed love for her in marriage, refused to see or speak to him. Joel went to her and told her she was the most umportant thing in his life. Cameron, finding out that they had become intimate again, warned her that Joel had not been honest with her. When Lesley asked Joel if he was proposing, he said he had to think about it.

The Guiding Light

Written by: Robert Cenedella

Produced by: Lucy Ferri Rittenberg

Ken’s hopes were dashed when Janet told him he should move to Barbara’s hope where his therapy was proceeding. To find a way to change Janet’s mind, he continued concealing the fact that his vision was returning and after hearing the radio report of a woman whose ex-husband remarried after her suicide attempt, he persuaded Ed to refill his prescription of sleeping pills. He told Mike, Barbara and Adam that he had no future. He maneuvered Barbara and Adam into accepting a dinner invitation. He took a few pills and threw a few others under the table. Adam and Barbara discovered him unconscious and he was rushed to hospital. Tests showed he didn’t take a fatal dose. Holly felt Janet was responsible and Janet herself felt guilty.

Peggy tried to remind Billy that they had good times before Roger. Peggy’s divorce from Johnny became final and Mike warned her not to let the Roger experience close her up to the world. She painfully realized her feelings for Roger were not dead. Determined to pay his debts to Adam and Holly, Roger was driving a cab days and waitering at the Metro at night.

Pleased by Holly’s pregnancy, Ed told Holly they had a real marriage. As soon as he left for Berkeley to attend a medical seminar, Holly insisted Roger he did not need to pay back the loan because she loved him.

Sara managed to break through the wall the young T.J. had erected around himself. Battered by his mom and abandoned, T.J. was found by the police and brought to Cedars for treatment. On the road to recoverey, he feared a foster home. Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence, experiences foster parents, agreed to take T.J. but after meeting him, they thought they could not handle him.

Pam was crushed to learn the baby had Hyalene Membrane disease. The baby, whom she named Samantha, managed to survive and began gain weight. Ed informed Tim he would be examined by an investigating commitee to determine the repercussions of Tim’s actions in this matter. He was relieved to see Pam was not angry and she convinced Steve to let her testify in Tim’s behalf. She said she and her baby were alive thanks to Tim’s actions. Tim outlined his own philosophy of medecine and he admitted being subjective. He said he would do the same thing again and was stunned when Steve announced he had been reinstated as Chief Resident but was on six month probation.

How To Survive A Marriage

Written by: Rick Edelstein

Produced by: Peter Engel

Johnny arrived for work to find J.B. being held at knife point by a supposed robber who was in fact one of the men who was passing conterfeit bills. Johnny fought with the man who fell and hit his head on the bar. J.B., sending Johnny for a nearby doctor, ascertained the man was dead, took the knife away, planted a picture of Johnny and the man passing counterfeit money and left. When Johnny came back, he was arrested and charged with murder as he was an ex-prize fighter. Lt. Bowling told Maria to get a lawyer. She went to Fran who sterred her to Peter. He took the case. Sandra assured Bowling that J.B. was suspect for telling Johnny to accept large bills late at night. Bowling asked J.B. for his bank statements and he refused until he realized he would look suspect. Sandra told Maria about Jerry Nelson and Maria was ready to trace him herself but Johnny asked her to back off. Joan told Larry her fears of Peter’s abilities in a criminal case. J.B. visited Jerry Nelson and told him the messenger was dead and Johnny was set up. Jerry had a copy of the picture and tried to blackmail J.B. but was surprised that Jerry had an envelope for the D.A. in his safe just in case. Bowling scared J.B. when he mentionned it was stranger that the counterfeit bills were passed the first night Johnny became manager when Johnny himself did not know he was going to be manager.

Larry felt Chris was rejecting him sexually to get revenge. Even if she did not want another child, Chris refused to take the pill. Dr. Robert Monday notices Chris’s pain and offered to help. She asked for tranquilizers but he refused. Susan set Chris up again to appear uncooperative widening the breech between Max and Chris. Larry wanted Chris to find another job but she refused and Larry went to see Sandra but she only wanted an honest relationship with him. Susan discovered Chris’ flask and subtly encouraged her to drink. Max found her drunk at work and drove her home. Larry arrived to find Chris in Max’s arms. She promised to stop drinking but she began thinking Larry spent time with Sandra. Larry withdrew his help from Maria as Sandra asked him to assuage Chris.

Bored and unable to bend about her feelings for Larry, Monica succombed to the charms of Robert. Max warned Robert that he wouldn’t tolerate Robert’s establishing a personal relationship with patients until Robert pointed out that Max had one with Joan.

Love Of Life

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Jean Arley

Rick was very broken up when Kate told him she was going to marry Ted and move to California but tried to pass it off as a business disappointment when Meg sensed he had feelings for Kate. After insisting that Beatrice, Kate’s mother, would come to California with them, Kate and Ted were married in Bruce’s office. Meg wanted to keep her personal relationship with Rick a secret and he gave her a free hand at decoration and she even consented to have Sarah faill the dining room with live green plants.

Ben tried again to ask Meg for the $500,000 she promised as a wedding present but Meg refused until he was married and Betsy wanted Ben to stand on his own. Ben decided he had to divorce Arlene “temporarily” because marrying Betsy was the only way to see the money but Arlene wanted $10,000 and avised him to get it from Rick. Rick told Arlene she shouldn’t try blackmail. Meanwhile, Betsy found a stone cottage she fell in love with.

Cal was upset over David’s mental relapse. David feared rejection from Cal and told Dr. Bryson she was his only reason to get well. Cal was going to take her grandmother with her for a vacation when Dr. Bryson called asking her to reassure David agitated after Meg visited him. Rick offered Cal the granary to get her away from Vanessa. Rick assured Cal that Meg had nothing to do with it, which was wrong, and she promised to consider the offer.

Diana got her divorce from Charles in Alabama and decided a child would make things perfect in her relationship with Jamie. At Kate’s wedding, Johnny did not apologize when he caused Jamie to spill punch all over Diana. A 42-year-old patient of Diana’s told her they were both too old to have children. Diana saw Dr. Bryson who advised her to get pregnant now before the risk got greater. Charles walked in when Van told Diana she hoped she did not want a baby to hold onto Jamie. Charles thought Diana was out of her mind and decided to go to Jamie.

Felicia started planting seeds of doubt in Charles’ mind about keeping Sarah as a housekeeper because her family might need her. Felicia’s headaches got worse but she refused to go back to Dr. Bryson. Felicia accused Sarah of resenting the time Charles spent with her but then begged for forgiveness. Felicia called Dr. Bryson for help when Charles attempted to make love to her then became upset when Dr. Bryson asked her who Charles reminded her of when he became agressive. Charles was dismayed that she resented his insisting they be intimate.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell

Produced by: Doris Quinlan

Joe and Viki were arguing over Joe’s reponse to everyone’s problems but hers when Viki got a call saying Victor was at Dorian’s where he had a heart attack. Larry came over and Dorian ordered an ambulance from Richmond Memorial Hospital were she was on staff. Matt was afraid Victor would die before his ambitions were filled. Jim arrived and Dorian told him she tried to save Victor and asked Matt’s help because Jim wanted to move Victor to Llanview Hospital and then, Victor would be out of their hands. Victor decided to go to Llanview but on the condition that Dorian went along. Jim said it was impossible but when Victor threatened re-evaluation of his funding for the hospital. The medical board conceded that Dorian could treat Victor and only Victor.

Tim Siegel left law school with only six months to go. He told his mother Eileen he had no respect for the profession. Eileen was trying to get Joe and Jim to use some of her trust fun to help Ben start an advertising business but they both did not like Ben and thought it was unwise. Julie thought Ben was only interested in Eileen’s money. As a test, Eileen offered Ben her house as office but left crying when he wanted capital. Julie decided to move out after another fight with her mother. Tim became friend with Jenny but was bewildered to find she was a nurse and shifted his attention to a new nurse, Sheila Raferty. Jim offered Tim a job at the hospital as he was doing construction work.

Pressure is getting Cathy down: she began to doubt herself but Steve told her she would be a good mom. Julie wondered if Cathy was still interested in Joe. Jim told Cathy that Dr. Thornby wanted Megan admitted to the hospital for tests so that she could be operated. Kathy was not sure but the child had an attack.

When nurse Susan Barry did not show up for work, Larry got the superintendent to let him into her apartment when knocking didn’t bring her to the door. She drank herself to sleep and refused Larry’s help when he said it was not because her mother was always drunk that she had to follow her steps. When Tim met Susan at the hospital, he was sure he knew her and she tried to talk to him before he told anyone that they once spent a weekend together. She told Tim she changed: she did no longer drink, did no longer see her mother and really liked Larry. She begged him not to tell Larry.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Ann Marcus / Raymond Goldstone

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Visiting Jennifer in prison, Scott told her he had moved up the hearing date and she had to be good until then. Jennifer had hidden tranquilizers in her cell but another prisonner, Marie, got rid of the pills out of fear Jennifer would use them. Scott started drinking his meals at bars and Jennifer’s father was making good on his threat to ruin Scott’s law practice. Kathy and Scott drew up their own divorce papers but when Scott told her how much he loved her, Kathy insisted on getting the divorce ummediately. Eric told Scott he’d always love Kathy and hate Jennifer. He asked Ellie if he could live with her. John and Ellie told Scott he had to get hold of himself. John became very angry when clients couldn’t even reach Scott. Eunice decided Doug would have wanted her to talk to him.

Tony insisted on seeing his chart because he didn’t believe he was being told the truth about his heart condition. He called John in to update his will so that Jo would be provided for. When Tony was released, Jo called Wade asking him to help Tony out of his depression without letting him know. Tony had convinced himself his career was finished and that he would never operate again.

Stephanie was depressed after realizing she had lost Tony forever. Wendy secretly went to Oakdale to see her father Dave and asked him to bring Stephanie out of her depression. Dave got a job as a construction foreman in Henderson and took Stephanie and Wendy out to celebrate.

Liza cancelled out an evening with Bruce, Amy and Amy’s brother, Steve to whom she felt a strong attraction. As Steve decided to stay in town, Liza asked him not to go. She realized she was falling in love and told Stu she had to break up with Bruce. Stu adked her to wait but Liza refused and told Bruce everything. Steve got an apartment and a job with Dave. Bruce told Steve that everything was fine before he arrived in Henderson but Liza told Bruce she was responsible for her own life. Janet was concerned Liza was rushing into this because the family did not know Steve. Liza prepared a meeting and Steve was upset she did not ask him first.

Somerset

Written by: Winifred Wolfe

Produced by: Lyle B. Hill

Worried about the anonymous notes she had received saying: “Those who live in sin, die in sin”, Heather was affraid to stay alone in the cabin. Jerry tried to reassure Heather by have Vic change the locks. Vic expressed hi distate that Heather was living with Jerry outside wedlock. With Heather’s blessing, Jerry accepted a staff position at the hospital from Stan. There, he overheard Eve expressing outrage that everybody knew about Jerry except her. Jerry told Eve the whole story about Wendy and why he left medicine: the New York police still hadn’t found Wendy’s murderer. Heather then planned a big wedding for Eve and Jerry. Heather found out Vic made a key for himself when he changed the locks and she asked Jerry to get the key from Vic. Heather and Jerry married in a simple ceremony and when they received another threatening phone call, Jerry made an appointment with Lt. Price and Vic gave up his key. Terri told Stan the person threatening Heather was deranged but could be anyone. Julian was worried and learned Vic’s wife died last year.

Ned asked Eve if the reason she had been spending so much energy on Heather’s wedding plans was because she wanted a marriage of her own. She assured him it was not the case and he hinted she was keeping herself for Julian.

A new reporter on the paper, Carrie Wheeler, complained to Julian that her talents were wasted on society news. Julian turned her down so she went to Kate who, when she learned Julian’s decision, backed him and upbraided Carrie who harborede jealous feelings against Greg. Ginger began tu play matchmake since Jill appeared out of the picture for Greg.

Skipped was released from the hospital and Ellen asked Jill to consider that her attraction to Scott may be to a father figure. Jill accused Ellen of using that as an excuse because she wanted Scott for herself. When Scott received an offer from Eastern University, he couldn’t turn down and asked Jill to marry him. She said it was too soon after Mitch’s death to make such a commitment. Jill then apologized to Ellen and realized she still cared for Greg.

Kate was entranced by the idea of bearing Julian’s child, telling Tom that having a child was the ultimate fulfillmebnt for a woman. Tom said Julian would insist Kate give up her job. Kate was torn and when her pregnancy was confirmed, Julian asked her to quit and focus on their baby.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Snapper was uptight thinking about the letter from his father requestin a visit. Chris came across the typed letter and thinking it may be from Sally, opened it. She assumed Snapper contacted his father. Snapper was ready to tell Liz but he noticed Sam had brought a smile on ther face and tear up the letter.

Gwen had donated the money she made as a prostitute to an orphanage run by Sister Theresa, a Mexican nun. Greg told Gwen how much in need of money they were and she persuaded an old “customer” to help. Then, she convinced Sister Theresa she could become a nun. Greg visited her and wished her well. When Chris saw Greg ask the Sisters to pray for his father, she told him about the letter and thought she remembered the letterhead saying “Regis”. She was indeed confusing with “Regent”. Liz cancelled a date with Sam when she remembered it was her wedding anniversary but Sam convinced her she had to live for the present.

Kay’s luncheon for Jill and Liz was successful in that it made Liz feel sorry for her but it convinced Phillip Kay was weel enough to be asked for a divorce. Phillip and Jill both agreed that Jill could no longer work for Kay. Kay persuaded her to give two weeks notice hoping it would be enough time to avert the divorce she was sure Phillip would ask for. Liz tried to convince Jill she could not built a happy marriage on another woman’s misery. Kay then offered Jill a college education at a good eastern school. Lorie was three months behind in her rent since Stuart disowned her and asked Phillip for a loan.

Jennifer’s daughters were concerned about her. Stuart called Bruce inadverbtenly giving him the information he needed: Jennifer’s destination, Key Biscayne, Florida. Lorie showed up at Leslie’s thinking Leslie would have joined their mother and she’d gave Brad for herself. Mark tried to make Stuart aware that he should convince Jennifer how much he needed her. Bruce found Jennifer and told her he would leave if she wanted him to but she invited him saying she was lonely. After several days, she decided to ask Stuart a divorce. Lorie called Mark to discuss the situation forcing him to break a date with Peggy. Peggy found Mark at Lorie’s and she broke down crying convinced her sister wanted to steal Mark from her. Leslie found out Jennifer was in Florida with Bruce and decided to fly there but was stopped by Lorie who said Jennifer was back and wanted to see the girls. She said them she would ask for a divorce. Stuart said Brad he wanted him to take over more responsibility so that he could fill the void in Jennifer’s life. Brad and Sam found Stuart unconscious on his office floor soon later. Brad massaged Stuart’s heart on the way to hospital and saved his life. Snapper was impressed and realized Brad was a doctor.

[quartermainefan]

That line is so Pheobe.

[Pine Charles]

Damn. Losing that baby must have really thrown Erica for a loop. Unkempt appearance??!

[MichaelGL]

These summaries really help clear up the mystery that is THE DOCTORS during this decade. Very few summaries are out there pre-Douglas Marland.

[Paul Raven]

Thank you so much Cedric for these summaries.As previously stated, they fill in a lot of gaps that other summaries do not mention - especially on The Doctors.

Please keep them coming!!

[All My Shadows]

LOVE these! I wish there was video available from this era

[DRW50]

What else was Winfred Wolfe involved in besides Somerset?

The Doctors stuff sounds interesting, although some of it seems a bit pseudo-mystertical. It's interesting they had an Asian character on the show at this time. Most soaps didn't.

I didn't realize Labine and Mayer were still at LOL by this time. Was the show still doing well?

Did they imply that Erica's breakdown over the miscarriage was because of her aborting Jeff's baby several years prior?

Wow, an SFT/ATWT crossover! Too bad it wasn't with an actual ATWT character.

Was Mary Frann still playing Amanda on DAYS? Or was she the only Amanda?

So EON...this was the debut of Serena Faraday, that Louise Shaffer character who bridged the gap between CBS and ABC.

[FrenchFan]

Mary Frann was the only Amanda from 1974 to 1979.

I was shocked to see SFT Wendy going to Oakdale. I love the fact that they used this city: P&G had its own universe.

Winifred Wolfe co-head wrote ATWT when Irna Phillips first left in 1970. She was replaced by Katherine Phillips when "A World Apart" was a failure. Wolfe moved to SOMERSET as a staff writer and was promoted to head writer after Robert J. Shaw left. She died in October 1981 from stomach cancer at 53.

LOL was nearly the bottom with 7.0 for 1974-1975 season (only Somerset et How To Survive a Marriage were behind). Labine and Mayer made it better before leaving for creating RH: 9 out of 14 soaps in 1975-1976. As soon as Margaret DePriest and the Schneiders took over, LOL fell again: from 7.2 to 6.3 in a year.

[DRW50]

Thanks.

53 At least she got to write Somerset to its end. So she was the one who came up with the stuff with Ellen and Jill, bringing them back? That's interesting. I always thought it was very ahead of its time to have Ellen involved with Jameson Parker. I didn't realize her daughter was involved with an older man. That's very good soapy drama. Ellen and Jameson's character were together to the end weren't they?

I didn't know that on GL, TJ had been around at this time. I thought he started a few years later. It's a shame they let the character basically drift away after Kevin Bacon left -- they could have used him in the teen scene of 83.

[FrenchFan]

I'm not sure she wrote Somereset until the end. Robert LaGuardia listed other HWs after her: Don Appell, Russell Kubec and A.J. Russell. I will try to find more.

T.J. had just begun played by T.J. Hargrave from late 1974 to 1976. He was absent from the scene until Kevin Bacon took over in 1980.

[JackPeyton]

Who was Amanda?

[FrenchFan]

Amanda Howard was a widow disturbed by persistent nightmares involving her dead husband and her physician, Dr. Neil Curtis, a compulsive gambler. Amanda's psychiatric problems were rooted in her having an affair with Neil while her husband was on his deathbe. The ensuing guilt reaction was being treated by Laura Horton; but Neil only made Amanda's condition wrse by insisting that she not tell Laura about her affair with him. Neil was a society doctor, worried about scandal. Self-involved, Neil had no intention of marrying Amanda - until mounting gambling debts forced him to propose to her for her money. On the night efore their wedding, Amanda found Neil in the arms of a prostitute, and then tried to kill herself. Of course, the wedding never took place. Dr. Greg Peters, Neil's associate, found himself responding to this beautiful woman's urgent need for live - because his wife Susan was turning into a nagging wife. Soon, Greg and Neil were at odds over Amanda's welfare (and affections), and Susan was beginning to suspect that her husband was not just taking Amanda's blood pressure every night.

Neil and Greg called a shaky truce in their war of male egos ove Amanda when her terrible secret was revealed: she had a brain tumour and ony six months to live! he refused to have a spectacularly dangerous operation that could have left her without memory or speech; but she was als condemning herself to certain death. Neil wed aging Phyllis Anderson only for her large settlement from ex-husband Bob, in order to pay of his gambling debts. But Neil had reformed, and had he known of Amanda's plight, he would have maried her instead of Phyllis- bcause he truly loved Amanda. Greg loved Amanda, too, and after divorcing Susan who left Salem, he begged Amanda to marry him, but she wouldn't; she still loved Neil. Both doctors finally persaded Amanda to have the operation, and when it was over her life was saved but she was almost a vegetable: no memory, no speech. There was some improvement, and one day she wrote on a piece of paper: "Which man do I love?" Nel proved his mettle when he allowed Amanda to be lied to, for her own good, because Neil was married: "Greg Peters". Greg and Neil eagerly awaited her further recovery. As Amanda slowly regained her memory, it was Neil, not Greg, she was drawn to, and Neil eventully responded, even though Phyllis was having his baby, Nathan, who died after birth.

Amanda had married Greg and Neil tried to strengthen his bonds with Phyllis. Amanda and Greg had a strong marriage fo a while. But after Greg was appointed Chief Of Staff at University Hospital, he developped an obsession with power and prestige which alienated Amanda. When he later took another position in Chicago, Amanda, feeling neglected, returned to Salem alone and started a passionate love affair with Chris Kositchek, who found Amanda wonderful after his many stormy months with strong-minded Mary Anderson, Bob and Phyllis' daughter. They planned on marrying, but then Greg came to Salem and talked Amanda into going back with him in Chicago.

[JackPeyton]

Wow, thank you. I have never heard of any of this before. It sounds fantastic too, i wish i could watch it.

Was the actress good?

[DRW50]

I don't think any of her time as Amanda is available, but Mary Frann did have a big hit as Joanne Louden on Newhart.

I remember reading a summary that talked about how Amanda's mother had died from the same thing Amanda had and how she found letters from her mother talking about dying, and this was one of the reasons she made peace with not having the operation. I wish I could see that, it sounds like classic Bill Bell (I think that was still Bill Bell).

I think she was also involved with Chris Koshiteck on the show, because Josh Taylor listed Mary Frann as one of the great ladies he worked with as Chris.

[FrenchFan]

She was involved with Chris late in her run. I wrote it at the end of her biography. Amanda was a classic character I wish I had seen.