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STATE' HISTORIC 1!. SOCIETY 19334 HITT & LOWRY ST. 1 COLUMBIA, MO. 652Q1 ST. 3- 1- 4- 74 ' ',. ' StoryonPagel2 r 70th Year - No. 127 - ' Gabti Morning! It's Tuesday, Fob. 14 1978 12 lars- ISCV- iii I Crossing Tenth Street was no easy task Monday m- u-l Snow provides relief from daily routine By Laura Kavesh, Valerie Glauser and Bill Wirth Missotzrian staff writers Three Japanese girls stood in the snow along Ninth Street looking like living porcelain dolls, giggling and tossing back their heads to catch the falling crystals in their mouths. A friend kneeled in front of them, up to his shoulders in drifts, snapping pictures from every angle with his Nikon camera. " I can't believe it. I've never seen anything Bke this in my life," he laughed. " Can you believe this is reajly happening?" Most Columbians, however, found Monday's storm a believable excuse to stay indoors, venturing out only for an occasional errand or to dig themselves out of their driveways for a day when the " cancelled" sign is taken downfrom the city. It was a day to wonder what to do with' the kids or to catch up on projects long overdue or long put off. Orjust to sit and relax. Judy Roper, 2216 Ridgefield Road, needed to go to the supermarket, but couldn't because of all of the you know what, so she stayed at home with her children who like every other school child in Columbia were not in classes. - " They thought it was fantastic," she said. Melanie Hedrick, Route 6, a University stu-dent, took advantage of cancelled classes to catch up on sleep, " since it was after a weekend." Between snacks, she and her roommates also spent some time trying to dig out their cars. For some Columbians, the snow meant little more than a new color on the ground. " I have not been doing much for the last couple of months, and I'm not going to change my plans," said bricklayer Larry Smarr, Route 6. " I'm going uptown to get a chainsaw sharpened and I don't plan to have much trouble." The storm opened doors fcr Bill Barnett, owner of Barnett's Drugs, 3101 S. Providence Road, but the wrong ones. A snowmobiler who Tost control of the machine " came right in the ' out' doors" of the store. No glass was broken, however, and Barnett thought he would be able to lock the doors. That may not have mattered as much as some nights, though, since Barnett wasplanning to spend the night in the store. The silence that the snow carried to Columbia did not extend to the National Weather Service, where the telephone rang incessantly with would- b- e travelers and others inquiring about the weather. " We've been a little more busy than usual, but it hasn't bothered me a bit," said Joe Zimmer, a weather service employee. HMBBBMaiBBininaHiaMHUBBHaMaHlHSBaaBHHnnBBHHNnHanMMlBBHHMaHHHMHHiH By Mark Cowing Missourian staff writer Take a typical Monday morning, add 8 inches ( 20 centimeters) of snow, and what do you have? A city standing still. Classes at the University were cancelled for the first time in memory. Columbia Regional Airport ' was inoperable. Persons who weren't stranded had nowhere to go. And the flakes kept falling. The weather service expected Columbia's winter blanket to be as much as 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) thick when the statewide storm finally moves out and into the Ohio Valley sometime this morning. Most public schools and businesses were holding their breath and their decisions to reopen until the fury subsided. Columbia College also suspended classes, but Stephens College remained open. University Chancellor Herbert Schooling said classes would be held today, but University students discovered Monday they never can be too sure. The 7: 30 a. m. cancellation announce-ment came too late for those who left early to trudge to their first classes at 7: 40 a. m. Schooling delayed the decision until he was stranded en route to the University and had to walk the rest of the way to work. " That's the first time in my life something like that hap-pened to me," he said. Despite the confusion, most students were willing to ignore the inconvenience for an unexpected holiday. Even after walking across campus to discover a darkened classroom, five Some business goes on Page 12 Forecast in detail Page 7 coeds celebrated the historic closing in the vacant Francis Quadrangle with a refrain from " The Impossible Dream." Bob Kren, director of the University Office of Public Information, could find no record of the last time classes were cancelled, but several professors who have been- a- t the University for more than 20 years said they could not recall a precedent. The majority of University employees, however, were not so lucky. All " essential services," such as the hospital, physical plant and residence hall food services, remained open. " We were trying to maintain all normal services, but we weren't able to maintain them in a very normal fashion," Schooling said. " Some people just weren't able to get in." The University library remained closed because there were not enough employees to provide adequate security, Schooling said. The city has fared a bit better than the University, but the ' round- the- cloc- k struggle with the snow has been far from easy. Snowplows hit the streets at 9 p. m. Sunday and still are scraping and hauling to keep city streets open. Public Works Director Ray Beck threatened to tow cars still parked on Broadway Monday night to expedite the clearing operation. City roads " are passable but slick in some spots," said Capt. Earl Ludwigsen of the Columbia Police Department Monday night. " We're definitely discouraging traffic." Buses ran about 15 to 20 minutes late but maintained full strength throughout the mor-ning, said Verdell Lewis, foreman of the Columbia Area Transit System. " Our dif-ficulties are in the stalled cars in front of us," he said. A. O. Cappadony, manager of Columbia Regional Airport, said it probably would be late tonight " before we can open up. The snow has been drifting on us." Heavy snow cripples activity throughout state From our wire services Activities ground to a halt across most of Missouri Monday as the heaviest snow in years swamped many areas. If it wasn't the snow, it was freezing rain that closed schools, businesses and factories and made driving hazardous at best. The band of heavy snow stretched from Kansas City to St. Louis, where freezing rain turned to snow by nu'd- mornin- g. The paralyzing weather reached northeast as far as Kirksville. Only the southeast corner of the state seemed to be escaping the wrath of the winter storm. Kansas City International Airport was open to limited traffic as was Lambert Field in St. Louis. Both facilities were using snow plows to keep runways clear. The Missouri General Assembly called off its sessions and tentatively rescheduled them for 4 p. m. today. The Kansas Legislature met as usual, though not all members were able to reach Topeka. The Universities of Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri canceled classes. Businesses in Kansas City shut down. Most federal govern- - ment employees were asked to stay home for the day. Schools closed in Kansas City, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., and scores of other cities and towns. Heavy snow warnings or travelers' advisories covered the entire state. Many roads were closed in the Kansas City area with the in-terstate highways limited to one- la- ne traffic in many locations. Roads and bridges were covered with a base of ice under the snow, the result of freezing rain that preceded the snow. Macon reported 11 inches ( 27 centimeters) of snow by 9 a. m., St Joseph and Kansas City had 10 ( 25 centimeters), Chillocothe 9 ( 22 cen-timeters), Columbia 8 ( 20 centimeters), Kirksville 7 ( 17 centimeters), Jefferson City 6 ( 15 centimeters), and Springfield and Joplin 3 ( 7 centimeters). Snow continued late in the day in most locations, with Kansas City expecting at least 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) and 12 to 15 inches ( 30 to 37 centimeters) forecast for Columbia by tonight. It marked the heaviest snowfall in Kansas City since 14 inches ( 35 centimeters) fell Jan. 18- 1- 9, 1962. St. Joseph's record of 13.9 in-ches ( 34 centimeters) also was in jeopardy. The blustery storm swept across a vast belt of the midlands from the Plains to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. The latest in a long string of winter storms swept eastward into Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, threatening to plaster an additional 8 inches ( 20 centimeters) of snow atop the hobbling remains of a January blizzard. Heavy snow and new rains struck Southern California. Some of California's worst storms in history already had claimed 14 lives in the southern part of the state and three more in the northern Sierra. China now reversing ; Mao's basic policies ' : By Charles R. Smith ' - united Press International HONG KONG ( UPI) Sweeping : changes taking place in China today : are a repudiation of some of the : most sacred policies laid down by fee late Mao Tse- tun- g. , Lip service is being paid toffee : former chairman of the Communist Party while many of his most basic - policies are being revised or . reversed. Every change is made in the name of Mao. Somehow, a quotation or ra-tionalization links Mao to the new policy, even if it isa direct reversal of what he advocated in the past and more often, than not, that is the case. f Iiasight In no field has the change of direc-tion been so abrupt as in education. The latest change was announced Sunday by the Ministry of Education in a directive on the period for primary and secondary school study. The directive, broadcast by Peking Radio, said the period would be 10 years five for primary and five for secondary studies under a standardized system. Originally, the system provided . ( See CHINESE, Page 7) Stephens College freshman Pam Rippey uses a cafeteria tray for a sled " hemUvex Schooling gives ax to lab school By Deborah Morton Missourian staff writer The fate of the University Laboratory School was sealed Monday. Chancellor Herbert W. Schooling Monday afternoon told five parents that he supported College of Education Dean Bob Woods' decision to close the . school permanently July 7. " We are confronted wife some very serious budget problems," Schooling said Monday. " The deans were looking at the least important programs in their departments. When Dean Woods made his decision, I just backed him up." Woods said the closing was necessary because of department budget cut-backs, the need for more space and the changing trend in teacher training which places more emphasis on training in the field, rather than in lab schools. Despite lab school parents' offers to pay higher tuitions, Woods said last week feat he would stand firm on his position. The parents met with Schooling to discuss fee situation. " I think the closing was inevitable," conceded Dan Hamer, one of the ( See MANY, Page 7) Dean of students at Columbia College fired By Karen Wafleasafe MfosooriaB staff writer , Allan Rodgers, dean of studxents att j Columbia College, was locked out of his office Monday an unmistakable indi-- I cation that he had been fired. I Rodgers said he was " not surprised" when the locks on his office door were I changed without his knowledge. I- - . " That is tte way the administration here deals with people who havent done what they were- tol- d to do." he WhaJ Rodgers said he was " told to do" was resign from Ms position at the college. Bruce Kelly, president of the college, could eot be readied for comment Monday on any of Rodgers' statements. Rodgers said Kelly, told him Jan. 23 that he was " too expensive. He told me feat fee college could not afford my x services and for financial reasons my contract would not be renewed on June 30." Kelly told Rodgers he would hire a dean of students to replace him at a tower salary, Rodgers said. On Friday, however, Rodgers said Kelly handed him a letter that fee president had composed. " The letter was addressed to himself, but was typed as if I had written it," Rodgers said. " It was a letter of resignation in which I supposedly said that I wished to be relieved of my duties so that I could look for a job fun time." Kelly asked him to sign fee letter, Rodgers said, so " I could get a good recommendation from himself and the Board of Trustees." The dean said 1 " told fee preside ' ' No, I'm not signing feat letter.' TSr!-"- askedwiiyardlssidYearewaa-tto" Wik meto sign a Be.' " .-- ?-- f 3 . ' if' '?&
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Item.Transcript | STATE' HISTORIC 1!. SOCIETY 19334 HITT & LOWRY ST. 1 COLUMBIA, MO. 652Q1 ST. 3- 1- 4- 74 ' ',. ' StoryonPagel2 r 70th Year - No. 127 - ' Gabti Morning! It's Tuesday, Fob. 14 1978 12 lars- ISCV- iii I Crossing Tenth Street was no easy task Monday m- u-l Snow provides relief from daily routine By Laura Kavesh, Valerie Glauser and Bill Wirth Missotzrian staff writers Three Japanese girls stood in the snow along Ninth Street looking like living porcelain dolls, giggling and tossing back their heads to catch the falling crystals in their mouths. A friend kneeled in front of them, up to his shoulders in drifts, snapping pictures from every angle with his Nikon camera. " I can't believe it. I've never seen anything Bke this in my life," he laughed. " Can you believe this is reajly happening?" Most Columbians, however, found Monday's storm a believable excuse to stay indoors, venturing out only for an occasional errand or to dig themselves out of their driveways for a day when the " cancelled" sign is taken downfrom the city. It was a day to wonder what to do with' the kids or to catch up on projects long overdue or long put off. Orjust to sit and relax. Judy Roper, 2216 Ridgefield Road, needed to go to the supermarket, but couldn't because of all of the you know what, so she stayed at home with her children who like every other school child in Columbia were not in classes. - " They thought it was fantastic," she said. Melanie Hedrick, Route 6, a University stu-dent, took advantage of cancelled classes to catch up on sleep, " since it was after a weekend." Between snacks, she and her roommates also spent some time trying to dig out their cars. For some Columbians, the snow meant little more than a new color on the ground. " I have not been doing much for the last couple of months, and I'm not going to change my plans," said bricklayer Larry Smarr, Route 6. " I'm going uptown to get a chainsaw sharpened and I don't plan to have much trouble." The storm opened doors fcr Bill Barnett, owner of Barnett's Drugs, 3101 S. Providence Road, but the wrong ones. A snowmobiler who Tost control of the machine " came right in the ' out' doors" of the store. No glass was broken, however, and Barnett thought he would be able to lock the doors. That may not have mattered as much as some nights, though, since Barnett wasplanning to spend the night in the store. The silence that the snow carried to Columbia did not extend to the National Weather Service, where the telephone rang incessantly with would- b- e travelers and others inquiring about the weather. " We've been a little more busy than usual, but it hasn't bothered me a bit," said Joe Zimmer, a weather service employee. HMBBBMaiBBininaHiaMHUBBHaMaHlHSBaaBHHnnBBHHNnHanMMlBBHHMaHHHMHHiH By Mark Cowing Missourian staff writer Take a typical Monday morning, add 8 inches ( 20 centimeters) of snow, and what do you have? A city standing still. Classes at the University were cancelled for the first time in memory. Columbia Regional Airport ' was inoperable. Persons who weren't stranded had nowhere to go. And the flakes kept falling. The weather service expected Columbia's winter blanket to be as much as 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) thick when the statewide storm finally moves out and into the Ohio Valley sometime this morning. Most public schools and businesses were holding their breath and their decisions to reopen until the fury subsided. Columbia College also suspended classes, but Stephens College remained open. University Chancellor Herbert Schooling said classes would be held today, but University students discovered Monday they never can be too sure. The 7: 30 a. m. cancellation announce-ment came too late for those who left early to trudge to their first classes at 7: 40 a. m. Schooling delayed the decision until he was stranded en route to the University and had to walk the rest of the way to work. " That's the first time in my life something like that hap-pened to me," he said. Despite the confusion, most students were willing to ignore the inconvenience for an unexpected holiday. Even after walking across campus to discover a darkened classroom, five Some business goes on Page 12 Forecast in detail Page 7 coeds celebrated the historic closing in the vacant Francis Quadrangle with a refrain from " The Impossible Dream." Bob Kren, director of the University Office of Public Information, could find no record of the last time classes were cancelled, but several professors who have been- a- t the University for more than 20 years said they could not recall a precedent. The majority of University employees, however, were not so lucky. All " essential services," such as the hospital, physical plant and residence hall food services, remained open. " We were trying to maintain all normal services, but we weren't able to maintain them in a very normal fashion," Schooling said. " Some people just weren't able to get in." The University library remained closed because there were not enough employees to provide adequate security, Schooling said. The city has fared a bit better than the University, but the ' round- the- cloc- k struggle with the snow has been far from easy. Snowplows hit the streets at 9 p. m. Sunday and still are scraping and hauling to keep city streets open. Public Works Director Ray Beck threatened to tow cars still parked on Broadway Monday night to expedite the clearing operation. City roads " are passable but slick in some spots," said Capt. Earl Ludwigsen of the Columbia Police Department Monday night. " We're definitely discouraging traffic." Buses ran about 15 to 20 minutes late but maintained full strength throughout the mor-ning, said Verdell Lewis, foreman of the Columbia Area Transit System. " Our dif-ficulties are in the stalled cars in front of us," he said. A. O. Cappadony, manager of Columbia Regional Airport, said it probably would be late tonight " before we can open up. The snow has been drifting on us." Heavy snow cripples activity throughout state From our wire services Activities ground to a halt across most of Missouri Monday as the heaviest snow in years swamped many areas. If it wasn't the snow, it was freezing rain that closed schools, businesses and factories and made driving hazardous at best. The band of heavy snow stretched from Kansas City to St. Louis, where freezing rain turned to snow by nu'd- mornin- g. The paralyzing weather reached northeast as far as Kirksville. Only the southeast corner of the state seemed to be escaping the wrath of the winter storm. Kansas City International Airport was open to limited traffic as was Lambert Field in St. Louis. Both facilities were using snow plows to keep runways clear. The Missouri General Assembly called off its sessions and tentatively rescheduled them for 4 p. m. today. The Kansas Legislature met as usual, though not all members were able to reach Topeka. The Universities of Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri canceled classes. Businesses in Kansas City shut down. Most federal govern- - ment employees were asked to stay home for the day. Schools closed in Kansas City, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., and scores of other cities and towns. Heavy snow warnings or travelers' advisories covered the entire state. Many roads were closed in the Kansas City area with the in-terstate highways limited to one- la- ne traffic in many locations. Roads and bridges were covered with a base of ice under the snow, the result of freezing rain that preceded the snow. Macon reported 11 inches ( 27 centimeters) of snow by 9 a. m., St Joseph and Kansas City had 10 ( 25 centimeters), Chillocothe 9 ( 22 cen-timeters), Columbia 8 ( 20 centimeters), Kirksville 7 ( 17 centimeters), Jefferson City 6 ( 15 centimeters), and Springfield and Joplin 3 ( 7 centimeters). Snow continued late in the day in most locations, with Kansas City expecting at least 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) and 12 to 15 inches ( 30 to 37 centimeters) forecast for Columbia by tonight. It marked the heaviest snowfall in Kansas City since 14 inches ( 35 centimeters) fell Jan. 18- 1- 9, 1962. St. Joseph's record of 13.9 in-ches ( 34 centimeters) also was in jeopardy. The blustery storm swept across a vast belt of the midlands from the Plains to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. The latest in a long string of winter storms swept eastward into Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, threatening to plaster an additional 8 inches ( 20 centimeters) of snow atop the hobbling remains of a January blizzard. Heavy snow and new rains struck Southern California. Some of California's worst storms in history already had claimed 14 lives in the southern part of the state and three more in the northern Sierra. China now reversing ; Mao's basic policies ' : By Charles R. Smith ' - united Press International HONG KONG ( UPI) Sweeping : changes taking place in China today : are a repudiation of some of the : most sacred policies laid down by fee late Mao Tse- tun- g. , Lip service is being paid toffee : former chairman of the Communist Party while many of his most basic - policies are being revised or . reversed. Every change is made in the name of Mao. Somehow, a quotation or ra-tionalization links Mao to the new policy, even if it isa direct reversal of what he advocated in the past and more often, than not, that is the case. f Iiasight In no field has the change of direc-tion been so abrupt as in education. The latest change was announced Sunday by the Ministry of Education in a directive on the period for primary and secondary school study. The directive, broadcast by Peking Radio, said the period would be 10 years five for primary and five for secondary studies under a standardized system. Originally, the system provided . ( See CHINESE, Page 7) Stephens College freshman Pam Rippey uses a cafeteria tray for a sled " hemUvex Schooling gives ax to lab school By Deborah Morton Missourian staff writer The fate of the University Laboratory School was sealed Monday. Chancellor Herbert W. Schooling Monday afternoon told five parents that he supported College of Education Dean Bob Woods' decision to close the . school permanently July 7. " We are confronted wife some very serious budget problems," Schooling said Monday. " The deans were looking at the least important programs in their departments. When Dean Woods made his decision, I just backed him up." Woods said the closing was necessary because of department budget cut-backs, the need for more space and the changing trend in teacher training which places more emphasis on training in the field, rather than in lab schools. Despite lab school parents' offers to pay higher tuitions, Woods said last week feat he would stand firm on his position. The parents met with Schooling to discuss fee situation. " I think the closing was inevitable," conceded Dan Hamer, one of the ( See MANY, Page 7) Dean of students at Columbia College fired By Karen Wafleasafe MfosooriaB staff writer , Allan Rodgers, dean of studxents att j Columbia College, was locked out of his office Monday an unmistakable indi-- I cation that he had been fired. I Rodgers said he was " not surprised" when the locks on his office door were I changed without his knowledge. I- - . " That is tte way the administration here deals with people who havent done what they were- tol- d to do." he WhaJ Rodgers said he was " told to do" was resign from Ms position at the college. Bruce Kelly, president of the college, could eot be readied for comment Monday on any of Rodgers' statements. Rodgers said Kelly, told him Jan. 23 that he was " too expensive. He told me feat fee college could not afford my x services and for financial reasons my contract would not be renewed on June 30." Kelly told Rodgers he would hire a dean of students to replace him at a tower salary, Rodgers said. On Friday, however, Rodgers said Kelly handed him a letter that fee president had composed. " The letter was addressed to himself, but was typed as if I had written it," Rodgers said. " It was a letter of resignation in which I supposedly said that I wished to be relieved of my duties so that I could look for a job fun time." Kelly asked him to sign fee letter, Rodgers said, so " I could get a good recommendation from himself and the Board of Trustees." The dean said 1 " told fee preside ' ' No, I'm not signing feat letter.' TSr!-"- askedwiiyardlssidYearewaa-tto" Wik meto sign a Be.' " .-- ?-- f 3 . ' if' '?& |