SHORT TAKES : ‘All My Children’ Fetes 20th Year
<i> From Times staff and wire service reports</i>
ABC’s “All My Children” celebrates its 20th anniversary on Friday. It began on Jan. 5, 1970, and creator Agnes Nixon was the first daytime writer to acknowledge the Vietnam War when one of its characters was drafted and sent to Southeast Asia. His mother, played by Mary Fickett, gave an impassioned anti-war speech and earned the first Emmy award given to a daytime performer. The show has dealt with many controversial subjects.
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