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THE COUKiLR-JOURNAL, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1SS1 3 MARILYN BECK 0 At 85, George Burns looks ahead and he's planning a busy 1982 He insists he's not poking satirical If 0 1 11 HOLLYWOOD George Burns is going to be busy in 1982. His plans include a comedy for Warner in which he'll play a supposed homebody who leads a secret, swinging life; and "Where Pigeons Go To Die" the R. Wright Campbell novel about a man and his grandson who are racing-pigeon enthusiasts to which the veteran star has purchased screen rights as a starring vehicle for himself. He and his manager, Irving Fein, are trying to peddle "Pigeons" to a studio, and hope to have a deal set and production begun by the end of '82.

"It's a dramatic story. I'd like to do a dramatic movie," says the 85-year-young star between puffs of his cigar. "I think it's easier to make people cry than it is to make them laugh." He will be providing NBC-TV audiences with plenty of laughs on Nov. 16, when he stars in "George Burns' Early, Early, Early Christmas Special," which will feature guest spots by Bob Hope, Ann-Mar-gret, Hans Conrled, the Hawkins Family gospel group and five Playboy Playmates. The evening after the special airs, Burns will be in San Antonio, Texas performing with that city's symphony orchestra.

"I'll sing and talk and they'll play their instruments," he says. He adds that he'll be backed by 80 musicians, and "if Sinatra finds out, he'll kill himself. He only uses 79 The thought of working with 80 musicians pleases him because "I've worked audiences smaller than that." WHEN THE AUTHOR'S THE LAST TO KNOW: Judith Krantz had no idea that Warner Bros. TV intends to adapt her "Scruples" novel into an NBC-TV soap opera until she bumped into writers Oliver and Elizabeth Hailey at a party given by the Norman Lears for Betty Frledan the other night and the Haileys told her they'd been hired to write the project. She's not too happy about the thought of a "Scruples" soaper not when it could end up competing with "Judith Krantz Beverly Hills," a soap she's developing for CBS.

But there's nothing she can do about the situation. When Warners signed to produce the prime-time, miniseries version of "Scruples," they ended up with continuing film rights to the work. A MATTER OF RESPECT: Alice Cooper is trying a switch in image from punk to what he terms "patriotic" and claims he's being misunderstood. The rock star, who established a name for himself by coming onstage with such paraphernalia as guillotines, spiders, chickens and snakes, has switched to a military mood for his current U.S. concert tour with U.S.

paratrooper outfits as his stage getup, and with the backup band that he's dubbed Special Forces done up in guerrilla chic. 'v. Am Tonight, stay with WAVE, TV-3 for first-hand election results. Newswatch 3 at 6 Live on-the-scene election coverage plus reports from Dr. Ed Flynn, Polling Analyst.

Decision '81 at 7:30 30 minute election special featuring live interviews with the candidates and the latest vote tallys. Newswatch 3 tonight at 11 Comprehensive, complete wrap-up of all the day's election events. Updates Precise election updates as needed all evening long. David Wittman, Ann Wade and the Newswatch 3 team the people to watch for complete election North Carolina educator selected as president of Centre College coverage. jabs at the military as he has at everyone from school teachers to Richard Nixon in the past.

"Patriotism is not the last refuge of the scoundrel, he says. "It just that I'm marching to the sound of a dif ferent drummer this year." And to hear him tell it, he's just trying to keep in step with the fact that "there's a surge of love for America going on I can feel it from my audiences. What he's feeling is rejection from the ROTC. According to his representatives, Cooper's management contacted various branches of that organization to see if they want ed to involve themselves in his new onstage persona. They received a flat turndown.

"I suppose they still remember the old Alice," says Cooper. THE CINEMA SCENE: Producer Michael Douglas is waiting for Co lumbia Pictures' approval on the lat est version of the "Star Man" script, and is hoping that, with any luck, shooting of the story about an alien who falls in love with an earthling will get under way in January. Director Mark Rydell was origi nally set for the project. Adrian Lyne is now set to be the director, The special effects have already been worked out. And Douglas is ready to start the "Star Man" cast ing process as soon as Columbia gives the nod.

Editor's Nawi and Faaturat International From Chicago Naws Syndlcata the Massachusetts native's selection. Said Evans: "The book represents his philosophical view that educa tion, in its truest sense of the word. calls for the teaching of ethical val ues. And that is just as important as learning the disciplines of mathematics or science or English literature." He added that each member of the presidential screening committee, headed by federal Judge Pierce Lively of Danville, had read Morrill's book. Morrill and his wife, Martha, have two daughters, Katie and Amy.

Centre, whose enrollment dipped by 50 students this fall, is considered one of Kentucky's most prestigious and selective colleges. During the 24-year tenure of Spragens, an outspoken voice for educa tional quality and cooperation be tween public and private higher education, the school has grown considerably. When he became president in 1957, it had 450 students and 38 fac ulty members. Today it has nearly 700 students and 68 faculty members. The school's endowment in 1957 was about $2.8 million, and the value of its property was $1.9 million.

The endowment has grown to $18.6 mil lion, and the campus property's val ue has risen to $21.2 million. Also during Spragens' presidency, all of the college's academic facili ties and fraternity residences and most other student residences have been replaced. Most other facilities have undergone major renovation, and the school has built several buildings, including the $5 million Regional Arts Center. True Confessions Exclusive! Exclusive! Four Seasons liHTTTTTr-m 1244 1 WD laattlai Saturday the 14th By RICHARD WILSON Courlar-Journal Staff Wrltar DANVILLE, Ky. Dr.

Richard Morrill, president of Salem College and Salem Academy in North Carolina, will become the 18th president of Centre College. He will succeed Thomas Spragens, Centre's president since 1957. Spragens, who will be 65 in April, is retiring. James H. Evans, chairman of Centre's Board of Trustees, said yesterday that Morrill, 42, will take office at the end of this academic year.

Spragens has requested that he be relieved of presidential duties Nov. 16, to devote full time to the college's $30 million Fund for the Future campaign until his official retirement next year. E. C. Reckard, provost and dean of the college, has been appointed interim president.

Evans, in a telephone interview from his New York City office, called Morrill "an outstanding young man with great depth." Commenting after his appointment was announced yesterday, Morrill said, "By virtually any measure, Centre College presents a clear profile of unusual academic and institutional strength. Above all, Centre is that rare type of institution that is able to make a profound difference in shaping human lives." Morrill, president of the Winston-Salem, N.C., women's college and academy since 1979, was chosen as Spragens' successor after a national search that lasted nearly a year. Evans said that more than 70 candidates were interviewed. was educated in three of the nation's most prestigious 43-1270 4M-44S4 I aU 1244 All IIIC FM fltaMhtalM -H a all 9BTD te.w mm 2 1Z70 i E4RLY BIRD MATINEE $2 00 RICHARD MORRILL Now heads a college for women The Phi Beta Kappa history graduate of Brown University also earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Yale University and a doctorate from Duke University. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale.

At Duke he was a James B. Duke Fellow, the highest award of the university's graduate school. He has studied at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University. He has also had a meteoric rise in his career, becoming a college president 18 years after receiving his bachelor's degree in 1961. Before assuming the presidency at Salem, Morrill was executive assistant to the provost and affiliate professor of religious studies at Pennsylvania State University from 1977-79.

Before that he was associate provost and assistant to the president of Chatham College in Pennsylvania. He was also a professor of philosophy and religion at Chatham. In 1967-68 Morrill was an instructor in the department of history and philosophy of religion at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. He is the author of a 1980 book entitled "Teaching Values in College." Evans, the Centre board chairman, said the book played a role in r.lhejfench fieutenam 'oman Tt 1 COPYRIGHT MCMIXII JUNIPFHMLMS Ll HlfjHIsnt United Artists FIRST lilt rrtii" ') dawiiWitV'ir rt" Hal Holbrooke TONIGHT O'uurm idrbe $1 .00 From 6:30 To 7:00 PM CLASH of the TITAnsT FIRST MONDAY An I IN OCTOBER 7:00 9:15 (TO) I 7:30 9:30 () CADDYSHACKl NINE TO FIVE 7:10 9:05 (R) I 7:10 9:15 (PC) Your economy vehicle The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times can help you save time and money. Shop your newspapers for big savings.

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