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SATURDAY, NOV. 27, 1 976 Atlanta Journal and COISSTITUTIO 5-A Hitler: Controllers Thompson Qualifies For Race "When they go out, it takes two to three years to train another one." While the FAA is questioning the authenticity Qf some controller retirement claims, the president of the Atlanta chapter of the Professional Air. Traffic Controllers Organization Atlanta (PATCO) maintains that the retirements axe justified. Roy Blair, an air traffic controller for 24 years, said Friday, "I feel like if somebody is intentionally ripping off the government, he should be investigated. But, in my opinion, most or all of the guys I know who have retired are justified.

"I don't think if you were in an airplane you'd want someone whose nerves are shot or has heart trouble or ulcers sitting down there controlling traffic," he said. Blair said he did not believe that the retirement of 109 controllers from a full-performance-level staff of about 250 controllers is unusual. "I don't think it's too high," he said. "This job is very, very stressful." The PATCO president did not ques- tint 4tin fntt iUni L. If AL an explanation, the rector assured him that his drawings "showed my unfitness for painting, and that my ability obviously lay in the field of architecture." Meanwhile, in Urfahr, Klara Hitler was dying.

The postmaster's wife wrote Hitler and he rushed back. On Oct. 22 he again consulted Dr. Bloch, who revealed that drastic treatment was necessary to save the patient's life. Klara, it seemed, had been operated on too late and "there were already metastases in the pleura." By Nov.

6 Klara was receiving an almost daily dosage of iodoform. It was an agonizing procedure. Gauze was saturated with iodoform (which had a nauseating, clinging, odor) and then folded around the open wound. Hitler devoted himself to his mother, sharing the household duties with the postmaster's wife, Paula and Aunt Johanna. Each waking hour was filled with pain for Klara.

"She bore her burden well," recalled Dr. Bloch, "unflinchingly and uncomplaining. But it seemed to torture, her son. An anguished grimace would come over him when he saw pain contract her face." On the evening of Dec. 20 August Kubizek found Frau Hitler, mouth drawn and eyes sunken, sitting up in bed, supported by Adolf to ease the pain.

Hitler motioned his friend to leave. As he started out, Klara whispered, "Gustl." Usually she addressed him as Herr Kubizek. "Go on being a good friend to my son when I'm no longer here. He has no one else." By midnight it was apparent that the end was near, but the family decided not to disturb Dr. Bloch.

Klara was be- yond his help. In the dark early morning hours of Dec. 21 in the glow of a lighted Christmas tree, according to Hitler she died quietly. After daylight, Dr. Bloch came to the Blutengasse to sign the death certificate.

He found Adolf, face wan, at his mother's side. On a sketchbook was a drawing of Klara, a last memory Dr. Bloch tried to ease Hitler's grief by saying that in this case "death had been a savior." But Adolf could not be comforted. "In all my career," recalled Dr. Bloch, who had witnessed many deathbed scenes, "I never saw anyone so trate with grief as Adolf Hitler." SUNDAY IN THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: A Tramp in Vienna.

boy, but her only weapon was entreaty. Needless to say, this was no deterrent to Adolf's whenever anyone asked what he was going to be, the answer, was invariably, "A great artist." With no father and no school to deter him, the 16-year-old Adolf was free to drift, his own master, a despiser of authority. It, was an escapist existence. He read voraciously, filled sketchbooks with drawings, went to museums, the opera and the waxworks. He wandered the streets of Linz, (where the Hitlers now lived) solitary but not lonesome his mind churning with dreams of the future.

The company of others became tedious. Late in the fall of 1905 he finally met someone he could tolerate. August Kubizek, son of an upholsterer, also had a dream: he would be a world-famous musician. On Jan. 14, '1907, Adolf's mother, Klara Hitler, called on Dr.

Edward Bloch, a Jewish physician known locally as the "poor people's doctor." An examination indicated that Frau Hitler had "an extensive tumor of the breast." Dr. Bloch did not tell the patient she had cancer, but the following day he summoned Adolf and Paula. Their mother was "a gravely ill woman," and the only hope, and that but a slight one, was surgery. Bloch was touched by Adolf's reaction. "His long, sallow face was contorted.

Tears flowed from his eyes. Did his mother, he asked, have no chance? "Only then did I recognize the magnitude of the attachment that existed between mother and son." The family decided to risk an operation, and Klara Hitler entered the hospital of the Sisters of Mercy in Linz on Jan. 17. The next day Dr; Karl Urban removed one of her breasts. By September, 1907, Adolf was restless; and Linz had no more to offer him.

He yearned for the world outside, specifically Vienna. He convinced his mother that he should be allowed to enter the Academy of Fine Arts. He took his exam at the academy with confidence. The verdict was shocking: "Test drawing unsatisfactory." When the stunned young man asked for By JIM LEE Constitution Stall News Servic MACON-Former Macon Mayor Ronnie Thompson walked into the office of the Board of Elections Friday and paid his $675 qualifying fee to run for sheriff of Bibb County in a special election set for Jan. 4.

Last Tuesday, Thompson lost a court decision which could have given him the office. Bibb Superior Court Judge George Culpepper denied his plea for a writ of mandamus which would have forced the board to certify his election based on 394 votes written in by supporters in the Nov. 2 general election. Thompson still says he may appeal that decision. But he said Friday he was qualifying to run for the office on the advice of his attorneys.

Culpepper denied the writ because Thompson had failed to give notice of his write-in candidacy 20 days prior to the election as required by the state Constitution. Thompson announced his intentions to be a write-in candidate four days before the election. Veteran Sheriff Jimmy Bloodworth resigned Oct. 22 and was sentenced to a year in jail for a violating his oath of office by accepting money from a local gambling figure. Thompson contended in court that he had no chance to comply with the constitutional provision because Blood-worth, who was unopposed, did not remove himself from the ballot until 11 days prior to the election date.

Thompson said Tuesday that he hesitated to announce as a candidate for sheriff because it would mean "giving up my livelihood." He hosts a three-hour talk show on local radio station WCRY Monday through Friday, and said he cannot conduct the show as a candidate due to equal time provisions in Federal Communications Commission rules. He has three opponents: interim Sheriff Ray Wilkes, Deputy Don Arhett and former Sheriff James I. Wood. mm uiut muit. mail uau VI MIC 109 retired controllers were certified medically unfit by one doctor.

"I'm not a doctor. If a doctor certifies that they're medically disqualified, who am I to question a doctor's opinion?" Blair called Dr. Berger's credentials "impeccable." Berger criticized FAA's policies on air traffic controllers' duties in a report he prepared for the Atlanta Regional Commission, claiming there had been "innumerable instances when an air traffic controller has collapsed at his console" and "all too many instances where the overwhelmed air traffic controller has had to be carried by ambulance directly from his job to the hospital." ARC rejected Berger's report because his arguments were "substantially in dispute," according to an ARC spokesman. ARC'S Wade Medlock called Berger's arguments "substantially unorthodox and inappropriate." Dr. Berger could not be reached for comment on the FBI investigation rriday.

mm Adolf us: Fourth Child of Alois and Klara Hitler Olympics tafigiinM aM-nagtiiirM- iintrtft mnMr itirfriMnr wlwrtlin tif tf In" MiiiiirAiii TT-riinrf in- i twr hmmb ajiiiiii 1 1 urnn LI I I I I i OTTir-nr titt nnr i 'J -f If 1 Jf vf'Si 11 wtwwirtit J' "aL V. the Olympics to Atlanta was that most of the facilities needed were already here. That, he says, should keep down the cost of financing the games. He estimates the total cost of the venture as from $250 million to $300 million-all of it "self-financed." "The games in Munich and in Montreal generated an income of $300 million to $400 million," says Berkholtz. "They went in the hole because of poor organization, but Atlanta has outstanding organizers." It has been proved in the past that the games pan be self-financing, Berkholtz said, adding that gate receipts, TV rights and the sale of souvenirs generated $200 million in Munich and in Montreal.

Add to that the sale of food and other items, and housing "All the athletes pay their own room and board, amounting to another $1 million to 1 Vz million," he said and the total climbs quickly. The estimated cost of staging the Olympics in Munich, Berkholtz said, was $450 million, while the actual cost was $617 million. "Munich had to build new facilities everything and subsidize an underground transportation system," he explained. And in Montreal, where the original estimate was $400 million but the final bill came to $1.4 billion, the cost ran up because, in part, four new stadiums had to be built, Berkholtz said. "It doesn't have to be as hard as Montreal made it," he said.

"Atlanta has the men with the necessary organizational skills to get the job done." There is also the possibility, he said, that federal financing might be available. "The 1980 winter games will be held in Lake Placid, N.Y., and the federal government is financing 64 per cent of the estimated $78 million cost for that," he said. The first step in Berkholtz' plan will be the formation of a task force, probably four men, to make a feasibility study, with the project to be completed by April. "If we go on to stage two, it will mean that Atlanta is definitely going to make a bid for the Olympics," he explained. The bid would be made in late 1977 to the U.S.

Olympics Committee, which will select the American city's bid that will go to the International Olympics Committee, where the final selection will be made in the spring of 1978. Los Angeles is expected to enter a bid, said Berkholtz, and will probably have the edge over other American bidders. Washington, D.C., and New York City are also believed to be considering bids, he added. The Olympics have not been held in this country since 1932 in Los Angeles. The only other Olympics games in the United States were held in St.

Louis in 1904, Berkholtz said. The idea of holding the Olympics in Atlanta actually isn't new, Berkholtz said. In 1974, Lee Walburn, an Atlanta sports promoter, and Bob Askew, an architect, did a study aimed at making a bid for the Olympics. The idea was put aside because "the economy was on the slide and the timing wasn't right," Berkholtz said. He believes the economy and timing would work out fine this time around.

"Everything done in Munich and Montreal could be done better here," he said. "They had poor leadership, poor organization and poor planning, but we can do these things well here. We have the people and the expertise to do it. "Atlanta has 27,000 hotel and motel rooms available in the perimeter area," Berkholtz said. "Montreal had only 12,000 rooms, a real problem, and while Munich had 18,000 rooms, which is just about right, they had to build new hotels to get them.

"Everything is already here, and by 1984 most of the facilities will be connected by MARTA. Atlanta's perfect." Kattel was not named by Berkholtz as one of the business leaders with whom he talked, and Frazier said he does not believe the two have conversed on the subject. Neither Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, who is attending a convention in Denver, nor Gov. Georgia Busbee could be reached for comment on the matter Friday. But Busbee has been advised of the project and is interested, Berkholtz said, "because the state is headed in an international direction, and the Olympics would be an international drawing card." Other civic and government leaders are interested too, said Berkholtz, who explained: "What the city wants and what the games require are both on the same track, right down the line.

This is the greatest city ever for the Olympics. "This city can do a great job of hosting the Olympics. At the same time, the games can make the city as great as it wants to be." Berkholtz put together a 15-man work team and came up with the following tentative plan: Track and field events, opening and closing ceremonies, and soccer matches would be held at Georgia Tech's Grant Field, with Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium as an alternate site. Basketball and wrestling events would be held at the Tech Coliseum. Wrestling and judo matches would be staged in the city auditorium.

Team handball tould be played at the Civic Center, and fencing matches would be held in the Georgia State University gymnasium. The Omni would feature gymnastics, some basketball and the finals of team sports (volleyball, handball, boxing). Volleyball, boxing and weightlifting would be held downstairs at the World Congress Center, with the upstairs housing either television facilities or the headquarters of the International Olympics Committee. Outdoor events such as archery, rowing, shooting, canoeing and equestrian matches would be staged at Stone Mountain, with the Lakewood Fairgrounds as an alternate site. Preliminary team sports events would be held in other Georgia cities (Athens, Macon, Columbus), and yachting events would be held somewhere off the coast, probably at Jekyll Island.

A new facility would have to be built, preferably in conjunction with the YMCA, for the water sports (swimming, diving, water polo), because Atlanta has no facilities meeting Olympic requirements for these events. A downtown housing project also would have to be built to serve as Olympic Village during the games. After the games, it would become a public housing project. Probable site for the new project would be the Bedford-Pine area, with Techwood Homes as the alternate site. Though most of the basic facilities already exist, much preparatibn would have to be done before the games could be played here.

"There are no track and field facilities here that meet international requirements," Berkholtz said, to cite an example. "The best possibility is to remodel Grant Field, giving it an eight-lane track." The alternative is to build a new stadium, Berkholtz said, but he sees that as "virtually impossible to sell to the people." Berkholtz noted also that Clark and Morris Brown colleges boast new athletic facilities that, though "a bit small," could serve as alternate sites for some events. What was so promising to Berkholtz as he gave more and more thought to bringing bi ourPerimeter WE'VE GATHERED OUR FAMOUS QUALITY MENSWEAR I mWwiii FROM OUR 20 BARON'S STORES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WmtWzAmM 1 1 ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EVENT. Jf WfMt A EVERYTHING MUST GO SUIT, SPORT COAT, ill aJ I'W Wa EVERY PAIR OF SLACKS SPORT AND DRESS UVf SHIRT, EVERY TIE AND SWEATER IN Kj MfflM OUR PERIMETER MALL STORE HAS BEEN REDUCED UP' TV TSivV TO HALF-OFFI 'NVwSCj FAMOUS NAMES LIKE: EAGLE; GGG; GEOFFREY BEENE; WfmTi GIVENCHY; HAMMONTON PARK; ARISTOCRAT; DAMON; VSiiff LeBARON; CHARLES LYONS; OSCAR DeLaRENTA; DIPLOMAT; if.SSn-llSfcPW PRINCE RINALDI AND MANY.MANY MORE! ySS 'mMtSW ALL SALES ARE FINAL 11 feM Sfe NO RETURNS or ALTERATIONS A SHOES NOT INCLUDED yQypt V' fffflW The Following Stores are I I ictT: jijSjf now open Every Sunday I VtthB 12:30 tO 5:30 IXVJTSA 'mm mm mm EfeW kinTi ii it 1 1 I perimeter mail, r.L LJ LJ Crr l' 1 Your American Expraii, Master Cha'rg, BankAmerleard, or Baron'i Charge. 1 PERIMETER MALL STORE ONLY I ASHFORD DUNWOODY EXIT OFF 285 I OPEN WEEKDAYS 10 SUNDAY 12:30 5:30 MIMifcimarMtMMhia a 11 iriiaajMMaiuBflraMMi i Tn Hfm mimimmvW MMMr.