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-S PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE CI MESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1996 0-5 03ITUAMIS BARRY GRAY THEODORE CAIRD reator of radio Forceful, effective professor for freshmen at Amherst i' I 4: 1 A tk i A ''''S'''''' i. t. I if 1 1 i 7' i' 1 4 1, .4 to. tid i At: I 5'. i i Itli i i- 1 :1.

I i Itel ,.4 i 1 .1 1 r7 I i By Tom Long The Boston Globe Theodore Baird, a feisty professor of freshman composition who administered tough love to Amherst College students for more than 40 years, died Sunday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Mass. He was 95. According one school official, Mr. Baird's inventive approach to writing instruction was "widely noticed and often criticized or copied." His tenure defined an era and was chronicled by Robin Vamum in the book, "Fencing With Words: A History of Writing Instruction at Amherst College during the Era of Theodore Baird, 1938 to 1966," which was recently published by the National Council of Teachers of English. He was a tall, eccentric man who could always be counted on to let you know what was on his mind, delivering his opinions bluntly and forcefully.

such an experience as this? was no way that a teacher count on something that had pened the year before; he pick up a book and go in and course." Theodore Baird was born Warren, Ohio. He graduated Hobart College in 1921 and master's degree and doctorate Harvard University. He joined faculty at Amherst as an in 1927, retiring in 1969. A former book reviewer Saturday Review of Literature the New York Herald Tribunef was a prolific letter writer in touch with some of his for years. A longtime colleague at William H.

Pritchard, him as "a reader of great and intensity, and a mat the most original imagination encountered." He leaves no immediate yors. in civil talk show format By Nick Ravo The New York Times NEW YORK Barry Gray, the mooth-talking but sometimes tart4ongued host of a late-night radio (talk show, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 80. Mr. Gray, widely credited with creating the talk show format and a -dixture on the airwaves for almost -talf a century, died in his sleep after complications from surgery, said a statement by WOR radio, where he 'worked for the last seven years.

"He was one of the big influences in my life," said the CNN talk-show host Larry King, who once worked with Mr. Gray in Miami in the 19405. He was one of the great broadcasters, very, very special. He should have been mike well-known. He Was one of my genuine heroes." Born Bernard Yaroslaw in Red N.J., Mr.

Gray was an itiner ant disk jockey obstreperous and he was once called in Talifornia and Florida before being 'hired at WMCA in New York in 1950. He changed his act at the station, becoming thoughtful and onsiderate. Jack Gould of The New 'York Times called his show a 'tightly kaffeeldatsch which adds up to extraordinarily different and distinctive radio." r. Gray was the first radio host prove that an audience would up late to hear discussion, and music. His shows were 'broadcast from Chandler's Restaurant in Manhattan, from midnight to There could id hap- teach a in War-DM 110- Med a Irate at ied truptor for ate we AO ane, ho kept tudents rnhet, mbered breadth vit, with I eNir a survi- ItS41 neighite Hill" mbing 'a Aug.

because only by Shores' cked the ul regisdi-white plosion tain injured ured Shores' lam City who had council, for five his ham has about a fis." i i There could hap- couldn't teach a in from earned a at 6e instniptOr 1 for ate aid who kept students ri Amhmt, remembered brea(lth wit, with I survi- Hill" bombing'a Aug. because only by Shores' rocked the all-white explosion killed injured Shores' City who had council, for five viewed his hs about a citizens." Associated Press Talk show host Barry Gray in 196 in New York's WMCA Radio studio. He is credited with creating and popularlizing the talk show format. NAACP lawyer, prominent By Eric Pace The New York Times structure in a middle-class black neighborhood known for a time as "Dynamite there had been almost a the last decade. after the first bombing, on home was the target of bombers in an area previously occupied bombing did heavy damage to Mr.

Sept. 4, 1963, another bomb all the glass in its front. bombing followed the peaceful registration black children in a previously elementary school. The bomb's rioting in which one black was were injured. About eight of the officers.

attempts were made to bomb the bombs malfunctioned. being appointed to the Birmingham in 1969 to replace a white Shores was elected to the in a field of 20 candidates vying balloting, he declared that he as he put on a course designed to bring the aspirations of all her As the talk show format exploded in popularity, Mr. Gray faded to the background and is little-known today to New Yorkers under 40. Even so, he was voted 1996 Talk Show Host of the Year by the National' Association of Talk Show Hosts. He was also the author of a book, "My Night People." He is survived by his wife, Nancy Kellogg Gray, and three children.

for lilting voice few years was a national star. Her first recording, "Heartbeat," sold 200,000 copies, followed by another big hit, "Softly, Softly." She married twice, first to singer Bernard Burgess, by whom she had a daughter and a son, and then to show business agent Ray Lamar. Both her husbands and her children were with her when she died. Arthur D. Shores, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement in Alabama in the 19505 and '60s, died on Dec.

16 at his home in Birmingham, Ala. He was 92. Mr. Shores was one of the first blacks to practice law in Alabama, and for a decade he was the only practicing black lawyer in the state, his family said. He maintained his practice for more than 50 years, well into the 1980s, before retiring.

In his later years, his work mainly involved probate law. As the civil rights movement progressed, he was repeatedly involved in desegregation cases. In that turbulent period, his house was bombed twice during Birmingham's racial troubles in 1963, but he was unharmed. And he went on to be elected to the Birmingham City Council in 1969, becoming the first black to secure such a victory there. In the legal arena, he worked for Autherine Lucy in her brief effort in the 19505 to desegregate the University of Alabama.

And, among other cases, he helped with the lawsuit that secured the admission of Vivian Malone and James Hood to desegregate that university in 1963. In those embattled years, Mr. Shores was known for maintaining a calm and low-key manner, despite the physical danger he faced. But he took to standing guard with a shotgun on his own front porch'. His house was a Irish singing star, remembered By The Associated Press Ruby Murray, an Irish singer lilting voice carried her to the of the charts in the 1950s --including one week in which she five hits died last Tuesday.

She was 61. ,) Miss Murray, whose early sue- -ss deteriorated into a long battle Against alcoholism, died of liver BE "'VALUES Each September, he explained his philosophy to his students: "Your teacher does not exist to give you the answers. His function is to ask questions, and if by inadvertence he should ever chance to tell you something, you should immediately turn the questioning on him. Whatever answers you reach in this course, they will be your own. He taught composition by posing questions "Where are you?" "What is conflict?" "What is a game?" and asking his students to explore them in writing.

"The work was always open, the questions always there," Mr. Baird recalled in an oral history prepared about 15 years ago, "and the answers were just as obscure and fleeting as they ever had been, so that the student and the teacher were on the same footing. They were both perplexed and they were both putting what mind they could on the immediate problem: how do you tell, how do you put into words ARTHUR D. SHORES grandchildren. Friends received Thurs.

2-4, 7-9 and Fri. 1 1 am-2pm at which time service will be held at H. P. BRANDT FUNERAL HOME, 1032 Perry Perrysville, JOANNE GYCE LOCKLEY On Friday, Dec 20, 1996; beloved wife of Randolph Kimball; daughter of Eugene Garvin and the late Marmetta Wilds; sister of Gene Wilds Henderson, Donald Joel Wilds and Cheryl Lynn Wilds; also a host of aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and concerned friends. Visitation Thursday, 2-9 p.m.

at the THE NEW SAMUEL E. COSION FUNERAL HOME, 427 Lincoln Ave. Funeral Service Friday, 1:30 p.m. in the Cornerstone Baptist Church. HOMER A.

LUDLAM Of Carnegie, on Dec. 23, 1996; son of the late Clara and William Ludlam; brother of Virginia Wagner, James W. and Eugene G. Ludlam and the late Alberta Metalik. Visitation 2-4 7-9 Thurs.

only at BRADWELL NIRELLA, FUNERAL HOME, Chartiers Ave. at Mansfield Carnegie where Funeral Service will be held at Fri. 11 am JOSEPHINE PAANI ET On Saturday, December 21, 1996, Josephine Mertz Maniet of Mt. Troy in her 90th year. Wife of the late Joseph Maniet; beloved mother of Rose Marie Stehle and Marlene Collet of L.A.; survived by five grand, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Family will receive friends Monday 7-9 PM and Tuesday 2-7 PM at the OSCAR MILLER FUNERAL HOME, Troy Hill. Funeral Mass, Mbst Holy Name Church, Thursday (time later). Christian Mothers and Friends invited. DR. WILLIAM M.

MARKLE Age 87, of West Newton, on December 20, 1996; former owner of the Markle Veterinary Hospital in West Newton; husband of the late Jeanne Al Markle; father of Nancy Smith of Westmoreland City; grandfather of Rheinhold Robert and Shiloh Schmitt; great-grandfather of William Walter Schmitt; brother of Mary Donaldson of San Diego, Dr. Cyrus P. Markle of Belleair, FL and Dr. Howard E. Markle of West Newton.

Friends received at the McCAULEY FUNERAL HOME, 901 Vine West Newton, on Thursday, 7-9pm. Services Friday at 1 lam in the 1 low, red-brick that was because by 1963 year there for It was presumed 1963, that his he had built it whites. That first home. Then, on house, shattering The September of two Birmingham was followed by and at least 18 were police Two other house, but the It was after Council earlier died that Mr. placing second open seats.

After the election as a sign really embarked fulfillment of 3 a.m. His guests included Eddie Cantor, Danny Thomas, Phil Silvers and most of the entertainment stars from New York's golden era. Over the next 39 years, he became radio's longest-running, highest-paid. and most controversial interviewer, loathed and loved by his listeners. In 1964, he was suspended by the station for calling an aide to Sen.

Kenneth Keating "oily." RUBY MURRAY cancer in Torquay, southwest England, her family said. "You're a hell of a great singer and I am your greatest fan," Frank Sinatra once told her, according to Press Association, the British news agency. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ruby Murray moved to England when she was 19 and within a Chartier and John Flanagan; brother of Patricia A. Tanta lo and Jim Flanagan; nine grandchildren. Memorial Service Dec.

27, 1996 at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, 1 1 am. MARY CATHERINE FLYNN Of Pleasant Hills, on Dec. 22, 1996; beloved wife of the late John Paul Flynn; loving mother of Catherine Males of VA, John Paul Flynn Jr. of OH Daniel Flynn of McMurray; grandmother of Jennifer, Kevin, Philip, Erinn, Jack Jeff.

Funeral Arrangements by Friends welcome at 2828 Washington Road, Peters 941 -321 1 Tues. from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon. Mass of Christian Burial 12 noon Tues. at St.

Benedict the Abbot Church. Interment Forest Lawn Gardens Cemetery. Contributions to: In-Home Health Hospice, 980 Greengate North. Plaza, Greensburg, PA 15601 SAUL FRANKLIN Of W. Palm Beach, FL on Sunday Dec 22, 1996, beloved husband of Rosella Franklin.

Father of Ms. Elaine Shreiber; Charles I. and Susie Franklin. Brother of Harry Franklin, of Fox Chapel, PA; Gertrude Rosenblum-Weinerman; Yetta Picovsky-Solarz both of PA. Also 6 grandchildren.

Services at the BURTON L. HIRSCH CHAPEL, 2704 Murray Sq. Hill, (Opp. Morrowfield Apts.) on Tuesday at 1 PM. Interment Temple Sinai Memorial Park.

Visitations 1 hr prior to services. Family suggests Contributions to a charity of the donors choice. DANEEN M. GALLOWAY On Monday, December 23, 1996; beloved daughter of Paulette Galloway; mother of Jamar and Channell Gardner; also two sisters, two brothers, a niece, nephew, cousins, other relatives and friends. Visitation Christmas night, 6-9pm, at the THE NEW SAMUEL E.

COS-TON FUNERAL HOME, 427 Lincoln Ave, where Services will be held Thursday, December 26, at 10am. OLIVE ROSE IIITCHON Age 78 of Mt. Lebanon on Dec. 21, 1996; beloved wife of Allan Hitchon; mother of Derek and Neville; sister of Rev. Dorothy Wynn Smith, Marjorie Newbury, Robert, Charles and William Turvey; also survived by 3 grandchildren, Andrew, Alan, and Mrs.

Hitchon was a founding member of the Mt. Washington Lioness ql 11 Cont. from page B-4 MARY P. DARLING 'c On Dec. 22, 1996; beloved pife of the late Nathan Darling; beloved mother of Macy Darling of India, Esther Resnick and Joan Darling, both of Los Angeles, CA; "tister of Helen Levin of also survived by five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Services at the RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL, 5509 'Centre Shadyside, on Tues. 2 p.m: Visitation one hour prior p.m.). Interment Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Heart As- 701 Rodi PA 15235. ROMAN A.

EICHENLAUB On Sunday, December 22, 1996, tpoman A. Eichenlaub, age 93, (graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, and was and treasurer CM. Eichen. laub beloved husband of Bridgeman Eichenlaub; fa. of J.

Fred Eichenlaub, Jane Bissell and Carol Nehrbas; also 11 brother of Carl and Alfred Eichenlaub and the late Ottslmar Eichenlaub. Funeral from McCABE FUNERAL HOME 6214 Walnut Shady- side, on Friday at 9 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Bede Church at 10 a.m. Visitations with family Thursday 2-4 7-9 p.m.

Family suggests contributions may be bmade to Diabetic Association, PO lc-Box 363, PA 15235, or the Arrow PO Box tc17297, PA 15235. JOSEPHINE MILLER FEDOROVICH if Of McKees Rocks, peacefully on Sun. Dec. 22, 1996; wife of the late 'Henry C. Miller Nick Fedorovich; beloved mother of Robert S.

H. Wayne Miller; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; dear sister of Marie D. Hunter, Stephanie P. Gadoor the late Joseph Gabor (Pauline Wahl. Friends received CAed.

Thurs. 2-4 7-9 FUNERAL HOME, ,71225 Chartiers McKees -t Rocks, Mass of Christian Burial riOam Fri. in St. John of God Parish, St. Mark's Church.

Family suggests that memorial contributions may be to Family Hospice S.H.M.B., suite 516, 575 Coal- Valley Clinton, PA 15025. (412) 469-7370 tir THOMAS FLANAGAN Died December 12, 1996 in CA; Lfather of Debbie Meyers, Dianne 04,4 CLASSIFIED Club and was the secretary for a number of years. Funeral Arrangements by BEINHAUERS. There will be no public visitation, A Memorial Service will be held on Fri. at 9:30 am in the Chapel of St.

Paul's Episcopal Church, 1066 Washington Mt. Lebanon. Family suggests Memorial Contributions to St. Clair Hospital Foundation, 1000 Bower Hill Pgh, PA 15243 DR. WILLIAM R.

JOHNSTON 'A retired Presbyterian Minister of Redstone Presbytery, on Sun. Dec. 22, 1996; beloved husband of Bar-. bara Beacham Volk Johnston; father of Elizabeth Johnston of OH, Susanne Leggett of Mary Jacob of Fox Chapel, Nancy Shannon of Scott Sarah Kolcun of OH and Dr. William Nevin Johnston of WV; step-father of Christopher, David, Amy and Timothy Volk; brother of Marian Washington of FL; also survived by 17 grandchildren.

Preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Sloss Nevin Johnston. Family to receive friends at Wallace Memorial Church, 1146 Greentree Road, Monday 2-4 6-9 and Thursday 9:45 to 10:45 AM with memorial service at 11 AM. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Camp Scholarship Fund of Pine Springs Camp cio Dr. Robert Cahn, 1004 Mt.

Pleasant Rd, Greensburg, PA 15601 or Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church Accessibility Fund, 1146 Greentree Road, Pgh 15220. Arrangements WILLIAM SLATER ll FUNERAL SERVICE, 921-5350. HILDEGARD R. (HILDA). MDT On Sunday, December 22, 1996, of Sheraden; beloved sister of Mrs.

Loran L. Lewis (Alice), Mrs. Harry W. Moore (Edna), and beloved niece, Mrs. Philip Resch (Diane); aunt of Lance Lewis, Janet Webster, Craig Moore, Robert Moore, William F.

Judt and David Judt and other great-nieces and nephews. If desired, memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Sheraden where memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by SPEER-ANTHONY KAPRIVE FUNERAL HOME, 2927 Chartiers Sheraden, Pgh. RUTH M. KAMM' on Sun.

Dec. 22, 1996, Ruth M. Kakilty formerly of Avalon; daughter of the late John and Anna Louise Snowdon Kakilty; sister of the late Edith, Effie and Robert 1 ADVERTISING Kakilty. Private Interment will be held Tues. at Uniondale Cemetery.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Reformed Presbyterian Home, 2344 Perrysville Pgh. on Fri. Dec. 27 at 2 p.m. Friends invited.

Memorial.contributions are suggested to Northminster Presbyterian Church, Bellevue or Reformed Presbyterian Home. Arrangements by McDONALDLINN FUNERAL HOME, AVALON. ELEANOR PAGENHARDT KING On Sunday, December 22, 1996, Eleanor Pagenhardt King, age 84, of West View; beloved wife of the late William A. King; sister of Gladys Gierl husband Joe Gierl, Willard Pagenhardt the late Helen Orsborn, Edna Loftus Edward Pagenhardt; aunt of Thomas Gierl wife Mary Lou; great aunt of Brian Danny Gierl. Visitation Tuesday from 12:00 noon until time of service at 1:00 p.m.

at SIMONS FUNERAL HOME INC. 7720 Perry Hwy. Contributions may be made to Northmont Homemakers, CO Gladys Gierl, 136 E. Fairview Pittsburgh, PA 15237. CELESTINE (SALLY) BERNADETTE KRAUTH Of Dravosburg, born May 2, 1936 in Homestead; died Dec.

22, 1996 in McKeesport, age 60, former 40 yr. Homestead resident; member of Glassport Assembly of God; daughter of the late Andrew Leskanic and Pauline Gerosky Leskanic of Crafton; wife of Robert N. Krauth of Dravosburg; mother of Paula M. Kelly of Baldwin, Kimberly A. Rager of Glassport, Candace R.

Haddik of Conneaut Lake: sister of Andreatte Balukin of Plum, Clement Leskanic of Evans City, Thomas Leskanic of Crafton, deceased son Timothy Link; three grandchildren. Two Memorial Services: Tues. Dec. 24 6 p.m. Assembly of God, Glassport, Rev, Norman Lascher and Sat.

10 a.m. Guardian Angels Parish, St. Martin Worship Site, Crafton Rev, Mark Thomas. Family suggests Contributions American Diabetes Assoc. or Glassport Assembly of God.

Arrangements by I.M. FINNEY FUNERAL HOME, Dravosburg, MARGARET E. BOLICK LEININGER Of Ross, on Dec. 23, 1996; wife of the late Harold S. Leininger; mother of Harold Charlotte M.

Abbott, Terry and Dennis' W. Leininger; sister of Eleanor Glover; also eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four great-great Yr Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the West Newton United Presbyterian Church or a charity of one's choice. CAROLYN A. McCOY On Sunday, December 22, 1996, of Mars, formerly of Gibsonia; beloved wife of James H.

McCoy; daughter of Henrietta Kress Martin and the late Andrew Martin; sister of Paul Martin and Margaret Henry. Memorials to St. Kilian FL C. Church, Mars, PA 16046. Arrangements private by McDONALD-AE- SEMI FUNERAL HOME, Mars, PA.

MADE McCRAY On Dec. 21, 1996, 93 of Beltzhoover; Beloved wife of Willie Frank Mc Cray; mother of Warren Parrott, Mamie Podolsky of Pittsburgh, PA and Pearl Adams of Florida; sister of Beulah Martin; 11 grandchildren, 30 greatgrandchildren; 19 great-greatgrandchildren and a host of other relatives. Funeral Services will be held on Tues. at 11 am at the ODELL ROBINSON FUNERAL HOME, 614 N. Taylor ELEANOR S.

MILLER Of Churchill, on Dec. 19, 1996; beloved wife of the late Fred mother of Carol Madera and Fred Miller also survived by six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be held Thurs. Dec. 26, 1996 10 a.m.

in St. Joseph Church, Verona. Arrangements by WILLIAM F. GROSS FUNERAL HOME, WILLIAM JOHN MITCHELL Age 79, of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Pittsburgh, on Monday, Dec. 23, 1996.

Husband of Helen Mitchell of Vero Beach, FL; father of Kevin A. Mitchell of Orlando, FL, Kim I. Mitchell, of Winter Garden, FL, and William J. Mitchell, of Orlando, FL; brother of Bessie Clark of Pittsburgh; grandfather of Erich Mitchell, Heather Ann Mitchell, Jason Mitchell Gomola and Kellee Ann Gomola all of Orlando, FL. Services will be held at the BALDWIN-FAIRCHILD FUNERAL HOME, 428 E.

Plant Winter Garden, FL 34787 on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996. at 4:00 PM. Cont. on page 0-6.