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SECTION 2 16 PAGES TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961 SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS raniat In 'Kingdom Of Blind' Gruenther Says Hot War Unlikely In '61 ice to their country and community it is.eon-ceivable we could come out second-best In a contest where there is no prize for second li Atherton-Site Idea 'Not New. Noe Says Quarry-Area Location Was Rejected Because Of Costs An abandoned quarry area at Lexington Road and Grin-stead Drive as a site for the new Atherton High School was thoroughly explored three years ago before it was turned down, City School Superintendent Samuel V. Noe said yesterday. Noe's statement was in reply snt about W-000 in to a proposal by Grady Clay fees in determining whether that the school be located at the Lexington Road site would that site, which would be de- euitahlo "Reluctantly the board moved away from the site because of the great expense involved," he said. After considering several General Alfred Gruenther told Louisville business leaders yesterday that he doesn't think the new year will bring a "hot war" with Russia.

He warned that the long-standing Cold War will continue but said, 'i do not think the balance of power is about to change in any field military, economic, or psychological." Gruenther. speaking at the annual New Year's reception of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce at the Brown Hotel, added that the psychological factor was "probably closer to changing than the other two." It is in this psychological or spiritual area, he said, that Americans must "do more than we've ever done before" by voluntary dedication to public service' and by showing that we are as interested as the Russians appear to be in improving the lot of the downtrodden of the world. "I used to think security and military strength were synonymous," the former supreme Allied commander in Europe and former commander in chief of the United States European command told about 1,000 persons. Image Projecting Is 'Difficult' "But I have come to realize that security is much broader than the military aspect. If we think we're going to get security by military strength we're wrong." Gruenther, president of the American Red Cross since his retirement from the Army four years ago, said businessmen here and elsewhere can contribute to the economic factor in security by increasing their business efficiency and by having a broad-minded social policy.

"But the area in which we have the biggest problem is the psychological or spiritual side. This is the area in which the Soviets have tremendous skill and we have a lot to learn. The job of projecting the image of the United States is a difficult one." Gruenther said that about half the world's population of 2,900,000,000 have extremely low living standards and "if we lose a significant place." Still, he asserted, "I do not have any pessimism for the future. I hope I'm more than I an optimist. 1 have faith in our religious civi- ligation and in the dignity of the individual, which is the basis of our doctrine." 1 Before Gruenther's address, Boyce F.

(Mar- tin was installed for a one-year term as the 12th president of the chamber. Martin, president of Louisville Cement Com- pany, presented a silver bowl and a life mem- bership in the chamber to retiring President i C. Hunter Green, vice-president and Kentucky manager of Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company. Governor Combs, Lieutenant Governor Wil- son W. Wvatt, Mayor Hoblitzell, and County 1 Judge B.

C. Van Arsdale also spoke briefly. Combs recalled that he and Wyatt a year ago submitted to the General Assembly a four- point program for improved education, more highways, new industry, and improved hfHh and welfare programs. i "The basis on which it rests is a sound, realistic lax program," he said. "The program i is sound and progressive and it merits jour I support." Wyatt said 1961 will be "a year of execution for the program." Hoblitzell listed business and public projects here in I960 and said, "All of these things I cannot but help give Louisville new strength and vitality." Van Arsdale said he hoped the Court of 1 Appeals would reverse itself on its ruling against the County occupational tax.

With the tax money the County could buy more land for parks and provide needed services for residents and firms. And, he added, "we will be able to h)p the greatest municipality in Kentucky suming a larger share ot the county-wirta burden." veloped by urban- renewal funds. Clay, who submitted the proposal as an interested citizen, is on leave as real-estate editor of The Courier-Journal Noe said the City Board of Education turned down the lo cation because it would cost an estimated $628,900 to make the property usable. Called 'Open Sewer' ss Staff Photo AT NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION of Louisville Chamber of Commerce were, from left, new chamber President Boyce F. Martin; General Alfred M.

Gruenther, president of the American Red Cross, and C. Hunter Green, retiring chamber president. The site is largely a valley Miller, Wihry Associates, of wasteland and abandoned landscape architects and en-quarries. Beargrass Creek, gineers, reported to the board which flows through it, has if would cost $628,900 to pre-been described by landscape pare the Lexington Road site architects as "an open sewer." for the school. Before the site was turned Pleased With Bids down three years ago, Noe said, the board sounded out the The cost included diverting City to see whether the prop- Beargrass Creek in two places, erty could be developed under filling the old channels, con- the urban -renewal program, structing a levee, and filling But City officials apparently the old quarry, did not think it could be, Noe The Dundee Road site has in a climate now where the doesn't have an advantage." one-eyed man portion of them to the other side we've had it." "We're going to have to do more than we've done before in learning about other people, their civilization, and culture.

Then there is the problem of communication learning their languages. "In the kingdom of the, blind the one-eyed man has a big advantage. But we are operating Gruenther spoke of the difficulty of getting qualified men to serve in public posts and declared: "Unless we have people willing to give serv situes for the new Atherton school, the board, in August 1957, picked the Claggett estate on Dundee Road. The estimate at that time for preparing this site was $15,000. Earlier, Campbell Miller of been criticized as being too far away to serve the present Atherton school area.

City lawyers last week questioned the legality of locating the school there without first changing the City's master plan, During the television pro- gram, iNoe sam some Atnerton areas would be farther from the Dundee Road site than from the present location but that other areas would be closer to the new school. He also said he was "well pleased" with bids for construction of the new Atherton and that the costs "are in line." In answer to questions from viewers, Noe denied that the present Atherton is a "fire trap" and that the new school would have a college-type campus. Lallnc Completes 3-Year Program a Man Drowns In Bathtub At Oivcnsboro; Hit Faucet Three Killed In Traffie, First Of The New Year A Fort Knox man died in a two-car accident in Clark County last night, bringing Kentucky's traffic-death" 'toll for the new year to three. A 24-year-old Louisville man and a Memphis, woman were killed in other accidents earlier. State police identified the Bardstown noai and struck a Illootlmohilc To Visit Places In 3 Cities The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in New Albany tomorrow and at two locations in Kentucky Thursday.

Blood donors may visit the unit from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow at Pillsbury Mills in New Albany. On Thursday the bloodmobile will be at Building No. 3 at General Electric Company's Appliance Park from 10 a.m.

until 4 p.m. A unit will be at the Matheisen Chemical plant at Brandenburg from 1 p.m 5 p.m. Thursday. to Owensboro, Jan. 2 tf Louis Withers, 65, drowned in bathtub Monday night at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, with whom he lived.

Coroner James H. Davis, said Withers fell and struck his head on a tub faucet. A washcloth apparently clogged the drain, and the water had overflowed and put out a floor furnace in the bathroom when the body was found. The coroner said Withers had been dead about an hour when his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.

J. L. Mercer, returned home and found the body. Mercer tried to re- vive Withers. A verdict of accidental drowning was given.

Man Accused Of Drunk Driving A man listed as Burnis E. Morton, 42, of 632 N. 27th, was arrested here yesterday on a drunken-driving charge. School Dedication Set Sptclal to Tho Courltr-Journtl Hodgenville, Jan. 2.

Completion of a three-year building program that has consolidated the. school system and helped upgrade instruction will be marked by the dedication January 13 of the new LaRue County High School. Governor Combs, Lieutenant Governor Wilson W. Wyatt, said. Asked whether the site would be reconsidered if urban-renewal funds could now be acquired to improve the land, Noe said he had no comment until he sees Clay's complete proposal.

Clay submitted his proposal Friday to Mayor Hoblitzell, who sent it to Noe. The superintendent, however, said he had not yet received it. Would Be Sold To Board Under the urban-renewal program. City and federal funds would be used to prepare and improve the site, which then would be sold to the education board. Hoblitzell has said he is willing, if asked by the board, to use urban-renewal funds in helping to locate the school and would create a new renewal district to include the site.

Richard Beck, City urban-renewal director, has said he believes the property would be eligible for federal funds under the program. Noe said a new objection to the site may be the proposed Eastern Expressway route, which is planned to run through the valley. The expressway may not leave enough usable property for the school, he said. Clay said he believes there will be adequate room in the area for the school, expressway, and apartments. Discussed On WHAS Noe also discussed the site situation briefly last night on WHAS-TV's "What's Your Question." The superintendent said the Ex-Canipbellsvillian, W.

C. Martin, Dies Soociol to Tht Courit rjournil Campbellsville, Jan. 2. W. C.

"Abe" Martin, 48, died of a heart attack Sunday in West Winfield, N. He had been superintendent of the Tennessee Gas Transmission Corporaton pumping station there for nine years. A former resident of Campbellsville, he was assistant superintendent of the firm's pumping station at Saloma, Taylor County, for six years before moving to New York. He formerly was in the construction business with his brothers. A native of Taylor County, he was a past rtiaster of Pitman Masonic Lodge No.

124. Man, Wife Are Found Vsphyxiated IVt Dog Also Died At Apartment The custodian of an apartment building at 1361 S. Floyd had not seen Howard K. Foster or his wife take their small dog out for an airing since Sunday afternoon. He investigated at 6:30 a.m.

yesterday and found the couple and their dog dead in their first-floor apartment. Deputy Coroner Kenneth Murphy said Mr. and Mrs. Foster died of asphyxiation. Two gas heaters, one in the living room and the other Li the bathroom, were burning high, Murphy said.

Body Found In Chair Mrs. Foster's body was found slumped in a chair in the living room. Her husband's was found on the floor of the bedroom. The body of their dachshund, Preacher, was in the kitchen. The custodian, Kelly Jackson, who also lives at that address, said he could see Mrs.

Foster in the chair through a window Sunday night. He said he thought she was asleep. Jackson said he awoke once during the night and saw a light burning in the Foster apartment. This and the fact that the Fosters hadn't taken the dog for a walk caused him to enter their apartment to investigate. Death Set Sunday Night Murphy said the couple and the dog had been dead since early Sunday night Mrs.

Foster, the former Stella Hobson, was a secretary at General Electric Company's Appliance Park. She was 59. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Peter F. Domini.

Foster, 63, formerly worked as clerk at a motel here. No survivors were, listed. The funeral for the couple will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Pearson's, 1310 S. Third.

Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park. You To victim of the Clark County crash as Travis L. Tipton, 41. They said the accident occurred about five miles west of Winchester on U. S.

60. James A. Adams, 304 N. 32d, died at 10:45 p.m. Sunday at General Hospital.

Killed Near Manchester Chief Deputy Coroner J. Kenneth Murphy said Adams died, of a skull fracture and multiple fractures he received at 4:55 a.m. Sunday when an automobile in which he was riding ran off the right side of the street in front of 1954 TT 1 uetmomco Head's Wife Dies At 69 Mrs. Joseph T. Viviano, 69, wife of the founder and board chairman of Delmonico Foods, died of a heart attack about 9:30 last night in a hospital at Coral Gables, Fla.

Mrs. Viviano, the former Stella Palazzolo, lived here at 1812 Casselberry Road. She and her husband also maintained a winter home at Clearwater, Fla. She became ill while visiting in Coral tables Was Born In Italy Born in Palermo, Italy, Mrs. Viviano came here as a child.

She and her husband had been married 52 years. Besides her husband, survivors include two sons, Thomas J. and Peter J. Viviano; a daughter, Mrs. George Glaser; a brother, Anthony Palazzolo, and a sister, Mrs.

Sam Viviano, Coral Gables. The body will be brought to' Ratterman's, 3711 Road. utility pole. Mrs. Jean Holley, 33, of Memphis, was killed yesterday on Kentucky 421 about 16 miles south of Manchester when her car and a coal truck collided head on as she passed "another automobile.

Her three children were injured. Betty, 17, was taken to a Lexington hospital in critical condition. There have been five other deaths in Kentucky since the holiday weekend began at" 6 p.m. Friday. Three other persons died in traffic mishaps, one drowned, and another was stricken with a fatal heart attack while cleaning snow from his car.

The first traffic fatality in Louisville last year was, not recorded until January 19. Adams' Kites Wednesday Adams, a service-station employee, was returning to the station at Barret and Oak where he worked. The driver of the car, Richmond Smith, 21, of 1213 Rufer, received a fractured nose and face cuts. He was a native of Tomp-kinsville. Surviving are his wife the former Sandra A.

Hall; a daughter, Rita Adams; two sons, John S. and James A. Adams, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Adams; a brother, OUis M.

Adams, and four sisters, Mrs. Vclma Hurd, Mrs. Mary E. Hale, Mrs. Louise Austin, and Miss Elase Adams.

The body will be at the Heady Funeral Home," 1201 E. Oak, until 10 p.m. today." The funeral will be at 2 p.m. to-morrow at the Gamaliel, Baptist Church. Burial wDl be in the cemetery there.

Mate Superintendent of Public Instruction Wendell P. Butler, and the presidents of the University of Kentucky and the five State colleges will be among dignitaries taking part in the 1 p.m. ceremonies. The new high school, on U. S.

31-E about lVz miles south of Hodgenville, replaces three high schools that were inadequate, according to Mrs. Jewel Hamilton, supervisor of County schools. The system also was handicapped, she said, by too many 12 one-, two-, and three-room elementary schools, insufficient classrooms, and the poorest of cafeterias. On A 50-Acre Site The new building program, carried through the Superintendent Ova O. Haney and the Board of Education, gives the system a modern, centrally located high school on a 50-acre Altogether, LaRue County citizens have spent $1,372,290 in the last four years on educational facilities.

Most of the new high school was built through issuing revenue bonds but without any additional taxation. 30-Cent Property Tax Voted In March, 1959' The remainder of the program was aided by a properly tax of 30 cents on each $100 voted by citizens in March, 1959. There had been two unsuccessful attempts to pass the tax in the previous year. Mrs. Hamilton gave this thenandnow comparison of the school system: In 1952 the State Department of Education reported, after a study of the educational program in LaRue County, that the elementary program would not rate highly and that the curricula and daily programs of the three high schools offered a very circumscribed program at great per-pupil expense.

There was no foreign language 'available to any high-school student in LaRue County and only one school offered an extremely limited program in science and advanced mathematics. There was one library in the county. Today three years of foreign language are available to all students in LaRue County High School in a room equipped with a language laboratory. There are eight offerings in mathematics and four in science. Teacher-Pupil Ratio Cut Sharply In addition to one of the state's best-equipped high-school libraries under the guidance of a qualified librarian, each of the three large elementary centers has a central library directed by a certified librarian.

The inequalities of class size and teaching loads were indefensible in 1952. Today the teacher-pupil ratio is about 30 pupils to a teacher. A high-school guidance program under the direction of a qualified counselor was begun last year. A band was organized in 1955 and a football team in 1959. Mrs.

Hamilton added that the teaching staff has been increased from 66 to 99 in a seven year period. Daily attendance has increased from 87 to 95 per cent since 1952. And the cost of transportation has been reduced by $17.87 per pupil in that period. In 1952 there were about 1,900 pupils in school. This year there are 2,222.

Staff Photo OVA O. HANEY LaRue County superintendent site. It includes an auditorium-gymnasium, band room, 20 classrooms, two science laboratories, a darkroom, a library, a home-economics department, and an agriculture shop. Three large elementary centers remain in the system Buffalo, Magnolia, and Hodgenville. All-purpose rooms, have been added at all three.

Four additional classsrooms were constructed at Buffalo and five at Hodgenville. A new two-room school has been built at Lyons and two other small elementary schools have been remodeled. These Dogs (And Some Cats, Too) Would Like Give Them A Home 1 if fits jf-n 1 -'v? ''zy J-V i I Sxi xVA ARE THESE THE FEET OF MY FUTURE MISTRESS? That appears to be the wistful question of a terrier at the Animal Rescue Steedly Drive. He is one of 52 dogs and pups and 18 cats and kittens that are up for adoption at the league. Dogs are from $5 up; cats, $2.50 up.

Staff Photot APPARENTLY UNLOVED but willing to be loving is this pair of young cocker spaniels who peer eagerly at passers-by at the league. Claude Cunningham, manager of the league, said 60 dogs and 25 cats and kittens were given homes during Christmas week. But replacements come in steadily. HE COULDN'T CARE LESS Either worn out by holiday festivities or bored by it all, this beagie sleeps while prospective buyers of pets shop among the unwanted at the Animal Rescue League..