Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1977-09-15

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9 turn. Boone County Court
raeats, County-Cit- y Building,
fifth floor, court chambers.
2:4$ pan. "Roots'seccnd half
of episode No. J, Waters
Auditorium, University, free.
7 p.m. Lecture, Budgeting and
Saving, Memorial Union
Auditorium, University, free.
7:38 and 9:99 p.m. "Gd,"o
pJay by Woody Allen, Studio
Theatre, basement of Gentry
Kail, University, 25 cents.
8 pjn. Boone County Planning
and Zoning Commission meets,
County-Cit- y Building, fifth floor,
court chambers.
9 gun. "Clarence: A Teen-ag- e
Melodrama," Gladstone
Manufacturing Co., adults $1,
children under 10 free.
Exhibits
See Sunday's Vibrations
magadne for continuing exhibit
schedules.
Movie listings on page ISA
Insight
Carter plan
may assist
Missouri
By Randy McDonnell
Washington reporting program
WASHINGTON If Congress ap-proves
intact the Carter ad-ministration's
welfare plan, Missouri's
share of welfare costs would decline
sharply, payments to low-inco- me
families would increase and persons
now ineligible would likely be added to
welfare rolls.
As presented by Carter Aug. 6, the
plan's $4,200 minimum annual payment
represents an increase of more than 20
per cent over the $3,428 Missouri now
allows for a family of four with no in-come.
The Carter proposal would replace
the aid for dependent children, sup-plemental
security income and food
stamp programs with lump-su- m cash
payments. The able-bodi- ed poor in
many cases, however, would have to
work in a mammoth . public jobs
program to continue receiving, any
benefits, .- -;
That $3,428 now received by a
Missouri welfare family consists of
$2,040 in AFDC and $1,428 in food
stamps. Of mat, the federal govern-ment
now contributes about three-fourth- s,
or $2,631.
But if Congress approves the Carter
plan, the federal government's share of
welfare expenses will increase to 90 per
cent Missouri's state and' local
governments would save more than
$22.1 million in welfare costs the first
year. By the program's fourth year, the
state and local governments would be
require to pay none of the basic costs,
which now total more than $100 million
annually.
Administration officials argue that
the existing welfare benefits are
"neither fair nor rational," varying
greatly from state to state.
The Carter plan still would allow
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STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HITT & LQWRY ST.
COLUMBIA, MO. 65201
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69th Year 'No. '305 '"'" Gomlfttarning! It Thunday Sept, IS, 1977 2 Sections - 28 Pages 15 Cents
Early warning
Water from the Missouri River began covering
bottomland hear Easley Wednesday as the river
left its banks and began rising to an expected
record crest of 28 feet (8.4 meters). As the river
continued to rise, Nelson Creason of Columbia
attempted to drive his truck through a portion of
road which was washed out by the rising water.
Speedy parole for Gant not anticipated
By Mark R. Henderson
Missourian staff writer
James Gant, 21, convicted of murder
and sentenced to prison for life plus 198
years, will beccme eligible for parole in
five months.
But it will be years, if ever, before he
is released, officials said Wednesday.
Prosecuting Attorney Milt Harper
said Missouri law provides that a
prisoner becomes eligible for parole
"after his first year or one-thir- d of his
time, whichever is shorter."
Gant received credit for the seven
months be spent in the Boone County
Jail from the time of his arrest Feb. 12
until his sentencing Monday.
"So in five months he can demand an
official parole hearing. If he requests
the hearing, he automatically has to be
considered for parole," Harper said.
Dick Vermillion, Missouri Probation
and Parole Board chairman, said
Harper is correct, but he added, "I try
to be realistic. He should expect to
serve an awfully long time.
"A prisoner can ask for a hearing
after 12 months, according to state
statutes, but that's all it is," Vermillion
said.
"There's no way be will be paroled in
five months, not if he comes in with
that amount of time."
But Vermillion added: "Who can tell
what a person will be like in 10 years?
Some people come to the penitentiary
and cannot read or write. Ten years
later they can operate a computer and
their whole life has changed. "
Dick Moore, a member of the parole
board, agreed. "Some lifers are
paroled, but this is life plus 198 years.
Some people die in prison. He may
never be paroled."
If Gant is paroled, "it certainly
wouldn't be in five months, he would
have to serve a substantial amount of
time before the board would seriously
consider parole," Moore said.
"The offenses certainly would be
weighed seriously by the board" before
parole would be granted, Moore said.
Gant, a nephew of Kansas City
. organized crime boss Sam Haley, re-ceived
a life sentence for the murder
of Breanda Hendren, 16. Circuit Court
Judge Frank Conley also sentenced him
to two consecutive 99-ye- ar terms in
prison on charges of assault with intent
to kill.
"I've seen people sent down for rape
to serve 35 years, and serve six or
seven" and then be paroled, Harper
said.
"But I don't think he'll be released. I
hope he will never be released, or if he
is, it won't be for a very long time,"
Harper said.
In accepting blacks
M.U. Greeks last in Big 8
I By Jeff Gordon
3 Bflssomian staff writer
Although other Big Eight. schools
I have limited integration in fraternities
I and sororities, only the University of
I Missouri has a completely segregated
I Greek system, a Columbia Missourian
I surveyshows. '
I There are no Mack members of white
1 sororities here. Although a few Mack
men have been members of white
I fraternities in the past, 28 of ihe,
1 white fraternities report no black I . members now, and too olfcew decline
B cofiunmii.. ii
Even' two of itbe other, three
B University campmww have integrated
B systems. The St .Louis campus has a'. I segregated Greek system, said Jenny: I Bowie of student activities. She said a
B service fraternity : is coed ?acd in--m
tegratod. ' "''-- '
The Rolla campus has an integrated a Greek system, eaM Sam Burton of the
I M,IJo Greeks
student personnel office. Burton said a,
black-- was Vpresident of -- the ,
predominantly Jewish fraternity last
year." ;"' '. - "-'"--
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, Kit Truer, a program adviser at the
Kansas City campus,1 said the Greeks.
. are integrated there, although exact .
- numbers are not available. : ,
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.-W-hile.
Jsuxie.Baimlhg, vice ,chan--, -
eellor for stalcnt affaire, is meeting
. with University officials today, to. seek- - J
i:3bltt1ohsto.theJkal Greek seggH6nv,!S
. problem, UoivebfKansas officials v :
alreahaveaae'--
: --r IMagifttioaaf;- - the? Kansas Gnwdr
system has Decode "a really big issue
this year? oakl CLida --
. Osness,;1
Panhellenic president She said black
students unsuccessfully rushed in the
white Greek system in January, and as
a result steps were taken to end the
segregation.
Currently, Ms. Osness said, none of
the white sororities has black mem-bers,
but two fraternities have been
integrated. "Black groups have been
invited to Join the Panhellenic and
. Iuterirsternity Council," she said.
.
-- Kansas State University fraternity
adviser Jerry Lilly said, ."We don't go
eround keeping records of integration."
'.i "I have been here 11 years and, for.
our minority population, 'I think our
integration is pretty, good," Lilly said.
At any cae time,-b- e said; there have t ..
(been .VbiA'or"twd"do'''ibdn6ri
students in the Greek system.
' vlilly said there are three' fraternities . .
and- - two sororities " which; ' are ,
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County farmers
brace for crest
expected today
By G. Dean Houghton
Missourian staff writer
For Boone County farmers owning
flood-threaten- ed Missouri River bot-tomland,
Wednesday was a day of
waiting, watching and preparing for
today's river crest.
The river is expected to crest 6V4 feet
(2 meters) above flood stage at Boon-vill- e,
resulting in "quite a bit of
flooding" of low-lyin- g ground in Boone
County, said David Horner, weather
specialist at the Columbia Regional
Airport.
That could mean millions of gallons
of water battering bumper crops on the
fertile bottom land.
The river is to crest at 27.5 feet (8.2
meters) at Boonville early today, and
crest at 28.5 feet (8.6 meters) at Jef-ferson
City this afternoon.
Some agricultural flooding was oc-curring
Wednesday night along creek
bottoms, another spokesman for the
weather service said. And a new storm
system developing over Arkansas could
bring heavy rain to the area today,
posing new creek flooding problems, he
said.
John Sam Williamson, a fanner near
McBaine, said he believes his outside
levee will hold back the water from his
1,200 acres (480 hectares) of bot-tomland
if the river crests at forecast
levels.
"We had to reinforce them a little,
but the levees are in good shape," he
said. "I think they'll hold."
Williamson, like most other farmers,
has a large percentage of his crop still
in the field, vulnerable to flood damage.
Bob Kennish, a New Bloomfield
farmer with more than 600 acres (240
hectares) of bottomland near Easley,
said floodwater damage to crops is
"extremely variable."
Kennish said damage to his crops
could run as high as $100,000. "That's
not just profit I'd be losing," he said. "I
would lose the money I !utd invested in
the crop."
For John Vandiver, who spent most
of Wednesday overseeing repairs made
on his levees near Easley, the threat of
flood is "just another part of farming."
Vandiver, 77, said he has seen the
river rise so many times "I don't pay
any attention to it any more.
"We'll just have to wait and see what
the river does," he said. "Whatever
haDoens. haDoens."
Carter declares K.C.
major disaster area
From our wire seryices
President Carter Wednesday
declared flood-stricke- n Kansas City a
major disaster area, freeing federal
recovery funds for Jackson and four
nearby Missouri counties.
At least 22 person died in the flood,
Kansas City's worst in 26 years.
Police said more than a dozen per-sons
still are missing.
Officials said Francis X. Tobin,
Kansas City regional director of the
Federal Disaster Assistance Ad-ministration,
was appointed federal
coordinator of relief efforts now in
progress.
FDAA administrator Thomas P.
Dunne designated Clay, Jackson,
LaFayette, Platte and Ray counties as
being eligible for federal assistance.
The FDAA and state officials will
establish disaster assistance centers in
the flood area with announcements on
the location to be made soon, officials
said.
Temporary housing assistance will
be provided by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to
individuals and families who are
homeless, officials said.
Homeowners and businessmen who
suffered property damage may be
eligible for Small Business Ad-ministration
loans. The interest rates
range from one per- - cent to 6 per cent,
depending on the amount of the loan.
Farmers who suffered losses may
apply for several Department of
Agriculture programs from the Far-mers
Home Administration,
Agricultural Stabilization and Con-servation
Service and the Soil Con-servation
Service.
Records in Washington indicate that
approximately 989 federally subsidized
flood insurance policies valued at more
than $22.2 million have been purchased
by homeowners and businessmen in the
disaster area.
A spokesman for the American In-surance
Association said very few
businesses damaged by the waters
were covered by flood insurance.
"As far as we can determine, there
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Opinion.. ....4
People 5
Record 13
Sports 64
Weather 13
Experts disagree whether X rays
cause or detect breast cancer
WASHINGTON (UPI) A leading
cancer specialist said Wednesday X
rays offer the first real possibility of
reducing the death rate from breast
cancer, but a government researcher
warned the radiation risk might
outweigh the benefits for some
women.
The pros and cons of breast X rays
were debated at the opening of a
three-da- y meeting sponsored by the
National Institutes of Health to
evaluate the benefits and risks of the
mammograms when used to search
- for, breast cancer in-wome- n without
. symptoms.
Breast cancer is expected to strike
, one of every 14 American women1'
sometime during her lifetime and it is
estimated the disease will claim,
83,030 lives tnb year.
L Dr. Benjamin Byrd, chairman of . J ""American Cancer Society,; task
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force on breast cancer, said mam-mography
is the first significant
modern advance in detecting early
breast cancer when doctors say it can
most successfully be treated.
"Mammography offers the first
real possibility of reducing the ever
constant mortality rate from breast
cancer," Byrd said. "If indeed
presumptive risks do exist, this
should not nullify the life-savin- g
potential of low-do- se mam-mography."
'
But Dr. John Bailar, editor of the
Journal of the,, National Cancer In--.
stitute and an epidemiologist,
reiterated bis view that, even though
radiation doses have been reduced
considerably during the past two
years, radiation emitted during the
exacts might cause some cancer
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.. later, u.f -
"This problem Is particularly acute
nanHnmnaBaamMBauHaMBai
for women under 50, for most of
whom this risk is actually greater
than the expected benefit," he said.
"By the time one considers the
radiation risk of the procedure, the
balance is clearly tipped against
mammography in any population
group with a low breast cancer in-cidence
and a long life expectancy.
"Thus I conclude that young
women, and in this context mat
means women underSO, should not be
screened by mamancgraphy except hi
the most unusual circumstances." ,
The panel's opinion oh whether the
risks of mammography outweigh the
benefits is expected to affect; the use
of X rays at 27 breast cancer
detection i casters Across the nation
spexwered by the National Cancer . Institute and tha American Cair ; v
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