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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRERSaturday, January 16, 1982 D-3 ollywood Radio Host Asks Help For Ben-Gals r-A 1 give the Ben-Gals first-class transportation to Michigan, the cheerleaders said the Bengals management would not accept "charity." But Morgan said: "We're not offering Paul Brown a ride. We're offering the Ben-Gals a ride. We heard the Ben-Gals are allowed to purchase an airplane ticket. We're going to make an effort for them to purchase a ticket for $1. We have a lot of rich benefactors that listen to the Morgan show and they're looking for ways to spend money.

We've got a lot of rich sheikhs out here." John Felz, producer of the morning show, said the strongest possibility for air transportation for the Ben-Gals appeared to be Playboy International. "Hugh Hefner's private plane is here in Los Angeles," he said. "It's parked out here at LA International Alport. They've shown an Interest." While Hefner no longer owns the plane, Felz said he leases it. Saying they have had "good luck" with the Hefner organization in the past, he said they are awaiting a call from their contact.

"What we're going to do is try," Felz said. "THERE IS a real possibility," said Morgan, who Included a few caustic remarks in his morning show. During a commercial for WD40, household oil, Morgan suggested if listeners had parts that squeaked, "like Paul Brown's pocket-book," they should usethesyn-thetic oil. "If Paul Brown is afraid of opening his pocketbook because the moths will escape, we have a lot here," Morgan said. "Moths are still in season out here." Morgan said he saw a wire service story about the Ben-Gals.

"I saw the item and I Just could not believe these girls were not invited on the plane," he said. Since his aired comments, "we've gotten fantastic listener response," Morgan said. "They want to donate money. We don't want to take our listeners' money. We want to get someone rich out here to do it." "The Ben-Gals have suffered BY GEORGENE KALEINA Enquirer Reporter The "plight" of the Cincinnati Ben-Gals and their pending bus ride to the Super Bowl was aired in Hollywood Friday, where a radio station lashed out at Bengals' General Manager Paul Brown.

Robert W. Morgan, host of the KMPC morning show of the same name, said Friday the station is working to get the 30 Ben-Gals air transportation to Pontiac, possibly on a plane leased by Hugh Hefner, head of the Playboy International empire. Al Helm, head of Bengals' public relations, declined comment Friday on any offers to fly the cheerleaders to Michigan. "As far as I am concerned and know, the case is closed," he said. "They're going by bus, period.

That's all I know." ATTEMPTS TO contact Brown Thursday and Friday were unsuccessful. Several messages left for assistant general manager Mike Brown and Bengals' entertainment director Shirley Bird also went unanswered. The Ben-Gals and other Cin-cinnatlans expressed disbelief after It was announced the cheerleaders will ride a Greyhound bus to the Super Bowl while the football team's office staff, media representatives and players' wives will be whisked to Detroit by jet. The cheerleaders will be given a box lunch during the five-hour trip to the Silverdome. "Certainly those girls aren't going by bus," Morgan said Friday.

"That's the most Mickey Mouse thing coming out of Cincinnati since WKRP." So Morgan, a Gallon, Ohio, native and Bengals' fan, lodged a radio campaign, detailing the "plight" of the cheerleaders. The Ben-Gals decided at a Thursday night meeting that they would ride the bus to the Super Bowl, described by one as a "once-ln-a-lifetime" event. Ben-Gal Sheila Massengale said the alternatives were "to go to the Super Bowl by bus or don't go." Another described it as an "ultimatum." EVEN THOUGH contributors were digging into their pockets to BEN-GAL DEBBE Pierson, right, practices Super Bowl routines with other Jerome Hauck; Attorney More Than 50 Years Jerome H. Hauck, 77, a local attorney for over 50 years, died Friday at a local nursing home. He was employed as attorney and was a member of, the boards of directors of Price Hill Eagle Savings and Loan, Hawthorne Building and Loan, United Savings and Loan, Big Four Building and Loan and Sycamore Building and Loan.

He was a member of the American and Cincinnati bar associations. He leaves his wife, Mildred Marx Hauck; a daughter, Jerl Ann Vollman, Fort Lauderdale, a brother, Burt Hauck; two sisters, -Lorynne Mathauer and Martha Winterhalter, and five grandchildren, all of Greater Cincinnati. There will be no visitation. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of 1 Lourdes Church, Westwood, with burial In St.

Joseph Cemetery, Pe-dretti Road. Clayton A. Lee, 79, a retired electrician, died Wednesday at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Mr. Lee, of College Hill, worked as an electrician for the Baltimore Ohio Railroad for 30 years.

He was a member of the Hoff-her Masonic Lodge AM. He was also a deacon at the Ninth Street Baptist Church. 'Mr. Lee is survived by his wife, Margie Simpson Lee; a daughter, Mrs. Bette Hollaender of Clr cln-natl; two brothers, Henry and Fred; three sisters, Mrs.

Ethel Boatwright, Mrs. Lena Moore and Annie May Alexander and two grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Sunday at the Anderson, Baiter and Sahnd Funeral Homes, 3412 Clifton Clifton. Service will be at 11 a.m.

Monday at the Ninth Street Baptist Church Chapel; entombment in Spring Grove Mausoleum. Memorials can be made to theNlnth Street Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society. Matt H. Center 80, of Newtown, died Wednesday In Gainesville, Fla. He was a retired carpenter and lived in the Newtown area for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Gipsy; two sons, Olaf J. Center of Melrose. Fla. and Lawrence Cen Bengalmania Sanctioned By Cincinnati's Mayor Zone Change To Help Big Firms Enquirer photo BY MARK TREITEL members of cheerleader squad. The city, in co-operation with the Chamber of Commerce, is displaying two giant greeting cards in the lobbies of the Westin and Stouffer's hotels.

Clncinnatians are asked to write in their messages to the Bengals and sign them. The cards will be given to wives of Bengals team members at the pep rally Thursday and forwarded to the team in Pontiac. A "countdown" sign, listing the number of days before the Super Bowl, will be erected on Fountain Square, Mann said. For instance, in 1976 the Klwanis Club of Price Hill paid $5,000 to renovate the auditorium at the Dunham Recreation Com-plex on Guerley Road. In exchange, the commission named the auditorium for Walter Weber, a Price Hill civic activist.

And William O. DeWitt or-mer owner of the Cincinnati Reds, contributed more than $50,000 during the late 1960s to build new baseball fields around town. Those fields are named for him. Ahlerlng said there are too many requests for such dedications to not have some type of criteria. "How many people are giving hundreds of hours of their time throughout the city? They can't all be honored by having ballfields named after them." THAT ARGUMENT doesn't satisfy Hartwell's Johnson.

For one thing, the Kroger Co. spent the money to rebuild and expand the existing playground. That was part of Kroger's deal with the city to build a new Hartwell superstore. "It wasn't built with city money," he said. "Most of us don't feel the recreation commission should have a lot of say in barring it from being named after the people we feel It should be named after." POLICE HAD tried to arrest him at his mother's home when Rodgers grabbed the boy and ran to the roof, at that point 30 feet above the ground, at 984 Delhi Sedamsvllle.

Kelly Rodgers watched from nearby as the midday drama unfolded. The boy had been living with Rodgers apparently Illegally for about 2t years until Rodgers returned here from Florida after being laid off from his Job. Capt. Dale Menkhaus, Cincinnati police District 3 commander, who talked with Rodgers during the standoff, said Rodgers never threatened to jump with the boy, but Menkhaus said he and Rodgers did discuss the possibility. than he would be as a Juvenile.

He also stated that he did not understand Flannery's decision to make a "cause" of the issue. "It seems to me there are a lot of causes out there I think causes are fine. There must be some better cause out there than this," Cartolano said. The judge also denied Flannery's request that he be dismissed as a witness before the grand Jury. Unless Flannery decides to testify, he could be in Jail for many months.

The grand jury, which was convened earlier this month, could remain In session for up to nine months If a Judge so decides. Bonner, 1542 Linn stabbed Mark Robinson, 20, Nov. 11 outside an Over-the-Rhlne bar. Robinson, 502 Clark died at General Hospital. The original charge was murder.

If they haven't done so already, Bengals fans may start acting a little strange on Monday. That's the beginning of Bengalmania Week, the official designation given the final days before Super Bowl XVI by Mayor David S. Mann. Mann, appearing In a press conference with Bonnie Anderson, wife of Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, announced Bengals events for the week, including a Fountain Square pep rally at noon Thursday and a welcome-home party about 1 p.m. Monday, Jan.

25. LlOllfY CONTINUED FROM PAGE A-l It isn't really quite that cut- and-dry. The commission will name, and has named since us start In 1926, its major sites or buildings without regard to financial contributions. There, the consideration is the "major contribution to the success and welfare of the recreation program." And the person must be deceased. Thus, several of the city's recreation centers have been named after former presidents of the commission or city council members, such as the Myron Bush Recreation Center in Walnut Hills.

But for secondary locations, such as a ballfleld within a playground or an auditorium within a building the commission gives out dedications only in return for financial contributions. "THIS IS to take care of people who come and say, 'We would like to remodel your building for you if you will name said Marian Ahlerlng, assistant recreation director. Since the recreation department has sustained some large funding cutbacks during the past few years, some of these projects wouldn't be undertaken otherwise. noDGins CONTINUED FROM PAGE A-l dav. (John) lust didn't come back.

I was crushed." In the court proceedings Friday, both the Rodgerses were present for Grossmann's ruling. Tyrone, however, did not appear. Attorney Richard Norton, representing Rodgers, said his client wanted to see his son soon and hoped to be granted visitation rights under terms of the divorce. He vowed to continue the fight for permanent custody. Grossmann said visitation was a matter for the two parties to work out.

Rodgers, 29, charged with child stealing and child endangering, is free on $2,500 bond. ILAI1UIRY CONTINUED FROM PAGE D-l originally appeared in Juvenile Court, but then was bound over to the grand Jury for possible indictment. DURING TWO hearings before Cartolano Friday, Flannery repeatedly told the Judge that he was interested in "maintaining the peace of my conscience." Flannery explained that If he has a "constitutional right to free speech" then he has a "moral right" to be silent. Cartolano, in trying to discourage Flannery from his course, noted that Blackwell might be treated more leniently as an adult with this team through their rot-, ten seasons," he said. "They went out and performed In sub-zero temperatures.

And now this." KMPC CONTACTED John Morley of Royal Travel Service in Cincinnati. "I told them (station representatives) it would cost $7,943 to charter a 44-passenger Jet," Morley said Friday. "I told them it would cost $5,292 to fly them on charter flights that are available out of Cincinnati." Morgan said they would finalize transportation plans before approaching the Bengals. "Busing is something we do out here to kids," Morgan said. "It's a way to get to school.

I didn't know that Paul Brown was into mandatory busing for his cheerleaders." rate media relations manager, said "no decision has been made to build anything. But If we do decide to build anything, It would be a rather large building." One stumbling block may be Holy Spirit Chapel, 435 E. Fifth owned by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and not for sale, Bradford said. The chapel is situated in the middle of the block and Is the last piece of property there to be acquired by the firm. also owns the old Heekln Can Building between New and Sixth Sts.

The Fontbonne, formerly a residence for women, and all other buildings east of Broadway on the block would be removed If decides to build. "-JOHN ECKBERG THOMAS TURNER could not cope and could not distinguish right from wrong, Fisher added. At least one more mental health expert is expected to testify for the defense when the trial resumes at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Defense attorneys have not yet said whether Turner will be called to the witness stand.

MARILYN DILLON Default Cases want to face the facts, or they couldn't," she said. "It's by their own total failure that weve come this far (arrests)." Rurrv said her office has no authority to arrest people who don't pay, but iederai juages ao have the right to arrest people for r-ivil eontemDt if they fall to ap- near In court to exDlain when and how they will pay or why they can't. RUT THE U.S. Attorney Is In volved in providing the Judge with the information that leads to that Arrest, she said. Berrv said her of fine is chareed with making sure Uncle Sam gets his due.

This time, that meant some arrests, mayoe with more to come in tne ooium hiis and Davton areas. "It's the ultimate sanction," she explained. "We had no real plans to take it this far, but we virtually had no other recourse." I to Erwin E. Hoffman, city administrator for land use and zoning. The change will allow and Prudential to construct downtown office towers yet avoid building additional parking.

presently controls more than 1,000 spaces in a parking deck north of Sixth Street. Downtown real estate is too precious these days to waste space on parking decks, city development officer Marty Griesel told the commission. Central parking, Griesel said, should have a premium price tag and be for short-term shoppers. A $1.5 million deck to be built by the taxpayer is also planned between Columbia Parkway and Eggleston Avenue Marjorle Bradford, corpo On Aug. 1 7, Experts Say Had Turner not ingested the drugs and alcohol, it is possible that he would not have committed the slaying, Cooper said.

But Dr. Roger H. Fisher, a clinical psychologist, testified that the drugs and alcohol played only a minor role In the killing. Because Turner only suffered mild withdrawal symptoms when incarcerated after Cerniak's death, it is unlikely that he had taken a sufficient quantity of drugs to affect his behavior, he said. The defense has stated that Cernlak picked up Turner Aug.

17 near Fountain Square. The pair then went to Cerniak's home, 916 Hill Mount Adams. THE DEFENSE attorneys said Turner went berserk when he believed Cernlak was trying to rape him. Fisher maintained that Turner's mind probably was flooded that night by flashbacks of a rape he, Turner, says occurred in Florida about three month's before Cerniak's death. The defendant probably was so overcome by those flashbacks, he Student Loan THE ARRESTS could be but the first of several for those who have not heeded the government's demand to repay or make arrangements to repay their loans, said assistant U.S.

Attorney Sandy Berry. Berry was put in charge of collection of some $663,859 In del 1-quent payments when Cissell announced his crackdown. Some 501 former college students were sued by the U.S. Attorney's office for non-payment of Federally Insured Student Loans or Illegal payments accepted by those who received loans under the GI Bill. Most of those who hadn't paid up when they were supposed to heeded warnings and letters from the U.S.

Attorney, Berry said Friday from her office in Columbus. I "Either they (the three) didn't The city planning commission boosted building plans for Procter Gamble Co. and Prudential Insurance Co. Friday when it approved a zone change for two blocks between Sycamore and Sentinel Sts. north of Fifth.

Off-street parking requirements are considerably looser under the C-l designation approved by the commission. Is considering an office building north of Fifth and east of Broadway. Prudential has announced plans to build a 29-story office complex at the site of Columbia Oldsmobile, northwest of Sycamore and Fifth Sts. Tentative plans for the building call for an structure, according Turner Insane Mental Health Thomas Turner was Insane and could not distinguish right from wrong last Aug. 17 when he fatally beat and stabbed Procter Gamble advertising manager Donald Cernlak, two mental health experts testified Friday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.

The two witnesses, however, had varying opinions on the effect drugs may have had on Turner's mental state the day of the crime. Turner, 19, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to two counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated robbery stemming from Cerniak's death. His defense attorneys have not denied that he killed Cernlak. DR. EMMETT Cooper, a psychiatrist, testified that the drugs and alcohol Turner had taken prior to the incident, combined with his mental illness, could have led to the killing.

Turner, he pointed out, had told him that he had had alcohol, marijuana and a street drug known as T's and B's, a combination of two drugs, Talwin and Pyribenzamine. 3 Arrested In Three Cincinnati men were arrested on federal warrants Friday after they failed to appear at default hearings on government loans. Federal marshals arrested Joseph B. Turner, 6032 Connecticut College Hill, Larry L. Woodford, 5491 Glengate Apt.

5, Norwood, and Allen Joseph Gentry, 5812 Monning Place, Silverton. In February, 1981, James Cls-sell, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, announced a crackdown on those who had defaulted on government-issued student loans or had been overpaid on loans under the GI Bill. U.S. District Judge Carl Rubin cited the men for civil contempt after they failed to appear before Rubin at a special hearing to show cause why they couldn't repay the Joans.

ter of Lake Pleasant, two daughters, Mrs. uoiaen uox oi Newtown and Mrs. Grace Spencer of Twining, two stepbrothers. John Carroll of Jackson. Ky.

and Clyde Carroll of Louisville, four sisters, Mrs. Bess Hale of Middletown, Mrs. Vinle Mcintosh of Fort Thomas, Mrs. Mary Eversole of Somerset, and Mrs. Ida Davidson of Tennessee; 20 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Sunday at the Moore Funeral Home in Newtown. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church or Newtown, uuriai win be at the Batavia Union cemetery. Albert G.

Schille, 67, retired Cincinnati restaurateur, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Schille, of Fairmount, had owned Schille Gardens Restau rant on East Miami River Road, Schille Cafe at Beekman Ave. and Knox and Schille Tavern at Spring Grove and Harrison Aves. He was a past master of his Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Schmidt Schille; a daughter, June Kraynon; his father, Harry Schille; three brothers, Arthur Harold and Robert Schille; 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. today at the Harry Meyer and Geiser Funeral Home, 4989 Glen-way with burial In Baltimore Pike Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. CCI Prisoner Hangs Himself A 23-year-old Corryvllle man killed himself in his cell at the Community Correctional Institution (CCI) Thursday night.

Victor Carrelli, chief Hamilton County sheriff's deputy, identified the victim as Gary Martin, 2728 Vine St. Carrelli said Martin hanged himself with a bedsheet tied to a bolt in the wall, about 7 to 8 feet above the floor. The bolt had been used as part of a supplementary locking system for the door. David K. Spencer, a CCI guard, said he found Martin hanging from the sheet and cut him down at 11:17 p.m.

A rescue squad rushed the prisoner to General Hospl-aal. where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Carrelli said Martin was taken to CCI Dec. 14 to await trial on charges of aggravated burglary, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of criminal tools, all filed by Cincinnati police. He was being held in lieu of $60,000 bond.

Norwood police had asked that Martin be held in connection with a theft in their city; Carrelli said Martin had given "no indication of suicidal tendencies" during his stay at CCI. Murder Charge Reduced, Man Pleads Guilty Cedric Bonner, 20, pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter and Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred Cartolano sentenced him to 4-25 years in prison..

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