The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 15

rELEVteiOA, radio, spoims, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1969 SECTION FINANCIAL, AND COMICS Wit Time for Decisions On Civic Center, Consultant Says 3 c.iH of- 3 71 WW? L-js' -ws-v mJ. IT Boys Bound for New Orleans Baiik Files Suit Over College Debt A Louisville bank yesterday asked Jefferson Circuit Court to rule that the Kentucky Baptist Convention is obligated to pay it $294,839.54 on the indebtedness of Kentucky Southern College, despite the school's impending merger with the University of Louisville. Liberty National Bank Trust Company said it is due $61,382.89 for this year and $77,010 for the following three years. The suit said that the convention contends it is obligated to make no further payments to the bank for the account of the college because of a "merger-management arrangement" between Kentucky Southern and the of and because "the completion of such merger is imminent." Kentucky Southern, plagued throughout its eight-year existence by financial problems, has been operated since January on a management-contract agreement by the of L. The of is presently conducting an extensive analyses of Kentucky Southern's financial obligations and is expected to take over its assets and liabilities later this summer.

The Baptist convention raised funds for Kentucky Southern, which originally was connected with the church. Later when the school left the church's family of institutions, the convention agreed to allocate it $77,010 a year for five years, according to the suit. The bank originally loaned the college a total of $545,358.67. The suit said that various credits and payments had been applied to the sum so that there is now due $244,622.90 on the principal and $12,289.12 on the interest. When the convention released Kentucky Southern as a church school in 1967, the suit said, it 1 made available $300,000 to the college to care for debts and expenses and another $200,000 for expenses.

The bank's suit said that the $200,000 was applied to the debt to the bank. The suit said the bank released its lien (a legal notice of a claim) against the on the convention's promise to pay the college the $77,010 for five years to be assigned to the plaintiff bank. The bank contends the convention has made -an irrevocable pledge to make the payments and cannot now claim that it is not obligated to make them or to deny the validity of the assignment of the payments by the college to the bank. The suit was assigned to Jefferson Circuit Judge Lyndon R. Schmid.

SUPPLIES IN TOW, Mike Chandler, front, and Jim Nevitt strike out on the Ohio River from the foot of Louisville's Fourth Street, headed for the mouth of the Mississippi. They figure their arrival time at about three months and 252,999,999 paddle strokes out from yesterday's launch. Officials Outline Effort to Speed Cleaning of Louisville's Streets 0 Staff Photo Howard Mason and Douglass Boulevard, each from Nor-ris Place to Bardstown Road; Speed Ave. from Bardstown Road to Sulgrave Road; Eastvicw Ave. from Trevilian Way to Doupc Goldsmith Lane from Bardstown to Bon-Air and from Newburg Road to Peabody Ave.

Brownsboro Road from Country Lane to Story Story from Brownsboro Road to Main, Ohio St. from Story to Washington, Main from Johnston to Second, and Buchannon from Story to Franklin. Floyd from Broadway to Burnett, Fifth from Broadway to St. Catherine, Garvin Place from St. Catherine to Ormsby, Ninth from Broadway to Kentucky; Jacob from Preston to First, College from Preston to Second, Breckinridge from Preston to Ninth, and First, Third, Seventh, 11th and 13th, each from Broadway to Hill.

Cedar from 15th to 30th, Madison from 15th to South Western Parkway, Magazine from 12th to 30th, and Main and Jefferson, each from Eighth to 30th. proposed specific sites for government buildings in the civic center. Bob Kear, a representative of Vincent Kling Associates, a Philadelphia architectural firm, told the committee the buildings should be planned around a "spine system" which would carry utility lines and pedestrians from one building to another. The model included pedestrian bridges across Jefferson Street, a huge parking complex south of Jefferson, a new court complex south of Jefferson almost two blocks long, and a new jail, perhaps perched above the present Police Headquarters. But Kear said no more plans can be made until the Center City Committee and the rest of the community answer some basic questions.

He said renovation of the Courthouse would cost $2.4 million and. would yield only 7,150 square feet more of usable space than if the same money were spent to build a new structure. Remodeling City Hall would cost $1.6 million and would yield only 6,500 square feet more space than a new building. The economic value of saving those buildings, Kear said, is "very questionable." But if the community wishes them to be kept as part of a historic heritage, it might be worth the cost, he said. Remodeling costs for other buildings in the civic center were estimated as follows: Fiscal Court building, $1.6 million; City Hall Annex, $1.1 million; Police Headquarters, $1.5 million; First National Bank, Louisville Trust $707,000.

The two bank buildings were suggested only for temporary use, to house offices in other buildings while those buildings were being renovated. Still other buildings, such as the Sinking Fund building, the County Jail, the County Garage and the Criminal Courts-Courthouse Annex, should definitely be torn down, the report said. The consultants suggested the Courthouse, if it is saved, be used as an "executive center" for both city and county, including offices for the mayor and county judge, and chambers for the Fiscal Court and Board of Aldermen. An alternate use for the Courthouse might be as a museum, library, or "forum for thought" if government docs not need the space for offices, Kear suggested. The consultant's report also said nongovernmental uses ought to be included in the civic center to make downtown "the vital heart of Louisville." It said housing, schools, cultural facilities, restaurants and shops all might be appropriate, perhaps even built above low-rise government buildings.

All four of "the. major candidates for; this fall's election attended the meeting. Judge E. P. Sawyer and mayoral candidate John Sawyer, both Republicans, are members of the committee.

Their Democratic opponents, Todd Hollenbach and Frank Burke, were invited as observers. the car, and $5 for parking in a restricted area. Police also will be instructed to be more alert for litterbugs. The mayor said he would help by "taking down license numbers of people I see throwing litter from cars." Police would be asked to issue citations against owners of the vehicles. Putting debris or litter on streets is subject to a fine of $25 to $100.

Hyde said police also will be on the lookout for trucks hauling dirt, rocks, trash, and paper without proper containers and cover. Spillage from improperly covered trucks is subject to fines ranging from $10 to $50. Quick said that each street in the city will be cleaned once a month or once every six weeks under the new plan. Some streets have been cleaned only once every three months in the past, he added. Thirty sections of streets scheduled for cleaning Monday are: Roanoke, Rutherford, Alfresco Place By KATHLEEN ARNOLD Courier-Journal Staff Writer One of.

the consultants working on plans for Louisville's downtown government center yesterday gave notice that nothing more can be done until the community makes some firm decisions. The Center City Committee was told that the following questions must be answered now: fAre the Courthouse and City Hall so valuable to the community as historic buildings that they should be saved, or should they be torn down? Was a previous consultant's report correct to call for the main county jail to be outside the downtown area, and for "social service" functions of government to be situated elsewhere in town? Should private financing be considered for some of the public buildings in the civic center? Will the Louisville Water Company's new building be situated in the civic center? The questions came at the close of a presentation in which the consultants unveiled a plastic model of planned development for the civic center, from Market to Liberty between Seventh and Fifth. It was the first time consultants have Your He Didn't Bite Feeding Hand Noel Conklin, director of the Louisville and Jefferson County Data Processing Department, was right yesterday when he called The Courier-Journal to say he did not make a statement about-political patronage attributed to him in the newspaper. It was James E. Thornberry, president of the Louisville Board of Aldermen, who made the statement: "The day of political patronage is over anyway and we just might as well face it." Thornberry's name was inadvertently dropped from the story while it was being put together for printing in the newspaper's composing room.

The statement was made during discussion of an ordinance passed by the aldermen to place workers in date processing unaer civu service. Pnnlrlirt a rnliflal nifrnno? sir i j- pointee, is the only one excluded from thp nrflinanpp Fiscal Court must now give its approval before the workers can be covered by civil service regulations, Seats of "fr1 4 "nJi tet WMHM Hfc Witt A'Wv'vSf. By VINCENT CROWDUS Courier-Journal Staff Writer Louisville officials will launch a three-pronged attack Monday against litter and trash on streets and in alleys. Mayor Kenneth A. Schmied and Works Director Jack W.

Quick, whose department is responsible for cleaning the streets, outlined plans for a "very, very concentrated cleanup effort" at a City Hall news conference yesterday. "We think our street cleaners have done a good job, but we are very disturbed about cleaning streets one day and having them the very next day look like they did the day before," Schmied said. The new plan calls for: A reorganization of street-cleaning procedures and a "new approach" to the problem to give more frequent coverage of streets. Stricter enforcement of anti-litter-ing laws and parking restrictions on streets scheduled for cleaning. Efforts to get citizen cooperation in sweeping sidewalks and curbs and keeping paper and other trash off the streets.

"If the people will cooperate, the job for the street cleaners and police will be much easier," the mayor said. Disclosure of the plans came in the wake of criticism of the city's street-cleaning efforts by 1st, Ward Alderman Dr. Robert Lykins. He told the Board of Aldermen about 10 days ago that the streets were in a deplorable condition and that something should be done about it. Mayor Schmied said yesterday that the new plans were in the works before Dr.

Lykins spoke out. He accused the alderman of "playing politics" with the street-cleaning issue. Dr. Lykins is a Democrat on a predominantly Democratic board. The mayor is a Republican, "I think someone told Dr.

Lykins that we were doing it. I think he tried to preempt us with a little politics ahead of time," the mayor said. "We'll keep the streets clean and Dr. Lykins can act as alderman, as he should do," he added. Quick said there are approximately 750 miles of streets and alleys to be cleaned, and the biggest problem is that cleaning equipment often is blocked by parked cars.

Under the new plan, red and white "No Parking, Street Cleaning" signs will go up a day before (or on Friday for Monday- cleaning) a specific street is to be cleaned. If weather does not permit cleaning the day after the signs are posted, they will stay up until the street is cleaned. The old signs carried a specific day for cleaning and had to be changed if weather delayed the work. Parking restrictions will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

except on Saturdays and Sundays, when no cleaning is done. Police Chief C. J. Hyde, who appeared with the mayor and Quick at the news conference, said his men will be instructed to enforce the law strictly. A towed-in car would cost its owner $25 $15 for the towing fee, $5 for storage of Not ork of 'Mad i frtfsSw 'fix --J 1I i- if) PI 'fW- e-5Vv.

Pick Motel Is Sold Back To First Owner Louisville's Albert Pick Motel, which faces the North-South Expressway at Arthur Street, has a brand-new name and a not-so-ncw new owner. The nationwide Pick Hotels Corp. Thursday sold the motel back to the firm it bought it from in 1962-4he Louisville-based Interstate 65 Corp. The 150-room motel has been renamed the Continental Inn. The Interstate 65 Corp.

built the motel and opened it in December 1961 as the Diplomat Motor Inn. Seven months later it was sold to the Pick chain and its name changed to the Albert Pick Motel. Interstate 65 sold the motel for and, according to federal tax stamps attached to the deed, bought it back for $609,500. According to Morris B. Borowitz, Interstate 65's general counsel, a "complete renovation" of the motel has already begun, but no expansion is now planned.

Interstate 65, a Kentucky corporation, is a gasoline brokerage firm, Borowitz said. The Continental is Interstate 65's only motel, he said. Ministers to Study New Youth Program A meeting of West End ministers will be held at 3 p.m. today in a revival tent at 28th and Greenwood to discuss ways churches can help a new Youth Motivation Development program started in the area last week. The Rev.

Cornelius Booker, state representative for the Kentucky Christian Leadership Conference which is coordinating the project, said the group "needs the cooperation of all pastors because it is important to get young people involved in good Christian living." About 50 youngsters are taking part in the program, he said. Why bomb a building? The bomb squad chief says the reasons may range from outright harassment to personal revenge for a real or imagined slight by someone connected with the building. Why are bombings so hard to solve, and to prevent? Because usually the bombs explode late at night or in very early morning, when no one is around to witness any part of its delivery or detonation. Then, since anyone who really wants to can set off a bomb, police usually can't do anything until one actually goes off. The most noted "mad bomber," George Metesky, planted 32 bombs in New York City over a 16-year period before he was caught.

''i I Slaff Photo by Thomas Mitchell Careful Je's a Star BIMBO, A CHIMP at the Louisville Zoo plays with Rachel Wat-kins, a volunteer zoo worker, during his rehearsals yesterday for his part in the shows children will see when they visit the zoo. Rachel is the daughter of the-trainer, Buddy Watkins. Police Say 3 Blasts 4 Just Coincidence' Bomber9 Lt. Col. Priest M.

Fry, the department's chief of detectives, says there's nothing out of the ordinary about the number of bombings this year, other than that three of them have come so close together. Certainly there is no "mad bomber," he added. Although Raque said the department keeps no yearly statistical records on bombings, both men could recall only four in the past 12 months. The last was at the Zion Baptist Church, 22nd and Walnut, early on the morning of Aug. 14.

Police have not solved that bombing. The recent rash of explosions began about 10:40 p.m. on May 19. That night the front entrance at the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Elec By GERALD HENRY Courier-Journal Staff Writer Three bombs have exploded outside Louisville buildings in the past three weeks, but that doesn't mean the city has anything approaching "a mad bomber," in the opinion of the police. "It's just a coincidence we had these three together," says Capt.

Maurice Raque, head of the city police department's bomb squad. Raque added that the department has "a couple of suspects" in one of the bombings and "a good suspect" in a second. Right now the police are awaiting results of tests of physical evidence taken from two of the bombing sites and sent to the FBI laboratory for analysis, he added. trical Workers, Local 369, at 312 Armory Place, was damaged by an explosion. Next, two businesses in the 2600 block of Portland Ave.

were damaged June 3 when an explosive device was thrown or placed on the sidewalk in front of them at 2:34 a.m. Damaged were the Letter Press Shop, 2609-11 Portland and the Live Bait Shop, 2613 Portland Ave. Less than 24 hours later, at 1:19 a.m. June 4, the Wabasso Inn, 413 Wabasso, was blasted. A similar explosion hit the same tavern about a year ago.

It, too, is unsolved. There were no injuries in-any of the bombings, and physical damage was relatively small. Raque says he is satisfied that the bombings are unrelated. 't A' Sf 4 Staff Photo by Thomas Mitchell Learning A UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE workman meticulously aligns chairs for tomorrow's 171st commencement exercises which begin at 6:30 p.m. on the Quadrangle at the Belknap Campus..