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r state: : iir? . ricv r: HITT &. LCV. 3Y ' JT. COLUMBIA, . M,. 65. ) 1 ST. 3- 1- 4- 74 1 - Story on Page 6 70th Year - No. 185 Good Morning U Saturday. April 22. 1 978 14 Pages - 1 5 Cents .- - Wilson now old veteran of council Sixth Ward likes his political style Clyde Wilson has represented Columbians in the southeast part of the city for so long that some of them can't recall who their previous councilman were. Wilson is the only councilman to serve the Sixth Ward, created in 1973. He has served on the council since 1971, when he was elected by the old Fourth Ward. " He's the dean of the council, if you're going by survival," says Ken-neth Rail, 1121 Danforth Drive. Because of his experience, Wilson is probably the best- qualifi- ed to judge the performance of this council midway through its term. " The most striking difference be-tween this and the other councils I've served on," he says, " is that up to now, fiisigM This report the sixth of seven articles on the City Council. In the series, the opinions of each city council member and the mayor and those of some of their constituents about the council's mid- ter- m per-formance are reported by Cathy ReSman, Cameron Cohick, John CaOison and Kaf-- I Yen of the Missourian's special reporting team on government and politics. it really doesn't ' have any firm direc-tion. It hasn't developed a program. Even the lines of division on the council are not established as yet." WQson says this council doesn't work together as smoothly as it should, but -- he's not sure why." "" The council's diverse,""..-- r. Be says. " That's sort of a good thing, but it also means people are coming from a lot of different directions. It's difficult for me to tell, if I work on a bill, whether I'll be able to get it passed." Not all the council's problems are political, Wilson says. " I know some of it is personality. It shouldn't make any difference, but it does." Wilson once was quoted in an " un-guarded moment" as saying this council was the worst of the four he had served on. After a year, Wilson has softened his attitude. " It's difficult to compare councils," he says. " Some have more opportuni-ties man others. I mink we're in a period of relative calm right now. " I thought Flat Branch was going to be the thing that would characterize this council, but the first time we had an opportunity to do something we backed away from it." Wilson said some of the council's problems were exemplified by the decision to dismantle the downtown loop. " I was disappointed in the action of the council. It was the first time I got an inkling of what this council might be like whether it would follow through with its programs or whether it would fold under the pressure." Wilson feels experience is important for council members. " You reach a point where the ex-perience doesn't add much to your knowledge and background," he says. " But up to a certain point, I think it's ( See CONSERVATIVE, Page 14) Lee Meyer Officer Tom Halford of the Missouri State Highway Patrol searches the van abandoned by two armed suspects early Friday morning. Halford had chased the suspects from In-terstate 70 south on U. S. 63, then west on Missouri 163 to Bennett Lane, where they abandoned the van. Fleeing youth shot, dies after leading wild chase By Larry King Missourian staff writer James Phipps and Anthony Lilly, a pair of 17- year- o- lds from Kansas City, Kan., were heading west on Interstate 70 at 7: 30 a. m. Friday, returning from a trip to Arkansas. Within the next hour and a half, Phipps had used a sawed- of- f shotgun stolen in Arkansas to take Lilly hostage, and, after holding that shotgun to Lilly's head, was shot and killed by a Missouri State Highway Patrol captain on the edge of a rural wooded area south of Columbia. As the episode ended, local officials had only begun to piece together a bizarre tragedy that involved a high-speed chase, airplane and helicopter surveillance, a march through a wooded ravine and the evacuation of several frightened citizens from their country homes. As police reconstructed the incident, Phipps and Lilly decided to stop for gas at the Millersburg exit east of Columbia at about 7 : 30 a. m. With them in the van was Robert Paul Hudson Jr., a San Francisco- boun- d hitchhiker. Hudson was not present at the shooting. He had fled Lilly's van at the Millersburg exit after he first suspected trouble. The trouble began when Lilly and Phipps openly plotted to steal some gasoline at Millersburg, Hudson told police. He said the pair had agreed to display the shotgun if trouble arose with station attendants. Hudson said he persuaded Phipps to drop him off before they stopped for gas. He then caught a ride to Columbia, and told his driver of the robbery plans he had overheard. After dropping Hudson off near the Providence Road exit, the driver called Columbia police, who picked up Hudson. Meanwhile, Phipps and Lilly put $ 5.90 worth of gas in the van and drove off without paying. The station attendant notified authorities. As he approached Columbia, Phipps turned onto U. S. 63 South where he was spotted by highway patrol troopers Tom Halford and Greg Overholt. They began a high- spee- d chase which ended on a dead- en- d gravel road near Pier- pon- t. During the chase, which included a U- tu- rn near Ashland, Phipps bumped the highway patrol car twice, forcing Halford to run into the highway's median. Upon reaching the dead end, the suspects abandoned the van and ran into a nearby barn. At that point, Phipps, whom highway patrol officers said was wanted in Kansas for escaping from a detention center, turned the shotgun on Lilly. When Halford and Overfelt tried to talk with Phipps from outside the barn, they were met with obscenities. Phipps threatened to " blow ( Lilly's) head off," and vowed not to be captured alive. Phipps then left the barn and walked into a wooded area, pressing the gun against Lilly's head. Halford and Overfelt followed at a safe distance, but were close enough to speak with Phipps. While other officers from the high-way patrol, the Boone County Sheriff's Department and Columbia police arrived at the scene, residents in the area were warned to evacuate their homes. A highway patrol plane and helicopter flew low over the woods, following the suspects and the troopers through the woods. The four walked through a deep and densely wooded ravine. Upon seeing a partially constructed house in a nearby clearing, Phipps demanded of officers waiting in the clearing that his van be driven around to the house, at which time he would release his hostage. Halford said, " They disappeared up over the ridge. I heard some shouting ( Phipps' demands) and then I heard the shot." After entering the clearing from the woods, Phipps apparently had been briefly confused by the officers on either side of him and had lowered his gun for a moment. That was long enough for highway patrol Capt. N. E. Tinnin to shoot Phipps in the abdomen with a high- power- ed rifle. It was about 8: 45 a. m. Phipps was taken to Boone County Hospital, where he soon died. After the shooting, doubts arose among officers about whether Lilly had been a bona fide hostage. " We feel like they were partners and were just trying to fool the officers in order to escape," said Boone County Sheriff Charlie Foster. " The hitchhiker had told the police ( See VICTIM, Page 14) Area residents still shaken by incident Missourian staff writer In the grass at the edge of a woods near Pierpont Friday afternoon, the only remaining signs of James Phipps were a six- inc- h ( 15- centime- ter) circle of blood, a doctor's syringe, a blood- staine- d button and the imprints in the mud where Phipps fell after he was shot by a highway patrolman. Elsewhere in the area, it was a quiet, sunny, spring day in a countryside dotted by farms and houses. But inside some of those houses, dwellers still were shaken by the morning's events that had forced a police order for them to evacuate their homes. Mrs. James G. Thome lives on Cheavens Road across the clearing from where Phipps was shot. Mrs. Thome had not heard the evacuation notice, so when she saw area officers crouching with guns at the end of her driveway, she decided to investigate. " I was the surprise they weren't expecting," she told a highway patrolman Friday afternoon. " I walked out just before the excitement." When the officers saw Mrs. Thome " they were obviously vesy upaet and shouted for me to get out of here," she said. " I was here alone and asked them how I was supposed to leave. All they said was ' Just get out of here ! ' " Down the road, Clarence Stallman had been warned of the situation by officers, and noticed the circling airplane and helicopter. " I said, ' Are they headed this way soon?' and they said ' They're here,' " said Stallman. After Stallman notified his neighbors, he picked up Mrs. Thome at her home and left the area just before the shooting. On the next street over, Ronald Nichols had no intention ofrimafag: - -- - - " I didn't know what was happening," said Nichols. " The wife was scared to death and didn't know what to do. I grabbed my gun and looked for them." Another neighbor, Mrs. Charles Emmons, first was alerted by the sound of the surveillance plane. " The plane was flying so low I thought it was going to come into the house," she said. " I was frightened. This is something you think will never happen to you. " Then Mrs. Emmons flashed a relieved smile. " It's been quite a morning," she said. Panel votes to increase postal rate to 15 cents N. Y. Times Service WASHINGTON The Postal Rate Commission, accused in the past of being . a rubber stamp agency, has rejected an administration proposal and voted tentatively to raise postage on first- clas- s letters from 13 cents to 15 cents, according to a commission of-ficial. The decision, if it becomes final May 12, would constitute a rejection of a two- tier- ed postage rate advocated by the Carter administration and recommend-ed to the commission by the United States Postal Service. In the past the commission usually has concurred with the main elements of rates recom-mended to it. The two- tiere- d system would have kept the postage rates on ordinary letters at 13 cents, but increased the rate on first- cla- ss business letters from 13 cents to 16 cents. The commission source, who insisted on anonymity, indicated that the chances were good that the 3-- 1 vote was likely to stand as the official verdict of the rate commission. Only Simeon Bright, an appointee to the commission by President Carter, voted against the 15 cent stamp, the rate commission source said Friday. Since business letters constitute the major share of first- clas- s letters, 75 per cent or more in most years, a decision against raising that rate to 16 cents would " cost" the postal service $ 500 million or more in projected revenues, postal officials say. In towi tslsy - 9 a. m. to 4: 15 p. m. Conference on" Human Sexuality and the Health and Caring Professions," Windsor Auditorium, Stephens College. 10 a. m. Missouri Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, con-ference. Memorial Union. 1 p. m. College baseball, Missouri vs. Iowa State, Sim-mons Field. 7: 30 p. m. Prince of Wales Club benefit horse show, Stephens Stables arena. 8 p. m. " The Afro Ball," semi- form- al dance, Lela Raney Wood Hall ballroom, Stephens College. 8: 15 p. m. Missouri Contempor-ary Music Competition Concert, j Vincent Persichetti, guest I composer, Fine Arts Recital I I Hall, University. j I Comiiiff Mnclay Shooting a star Though University student Louis Psihoyos earned only $ 85.43, the chance to photo-graph the filming of Sylvester Stallone's new film " F. LS. T." I was worth it Louis relives his Vibrations. experience Sunday in i f Rating their rate of pay What do University faculty members think about their jobs and their salaries? Is it true that low salaries are driving good faculty members away from Columbia? A survey designed to see what the faculty members think is the subject of a three- pa- rt series of articles beginning Sunday. The first articles deal with job satisfaction and salaries. A woman's place is? Even with the advent of woman's liberation it is unusual to find a woman farmer. It was even more unusual 22 years ago when Helen Flet- cha- ll began managing the farm she and her husband, a University agriculture professor, purchased. " She's the boss," her husband says. And this includes caring for the 50 head. of cattle on the farm. Mrs. Fletchall is featured in a photo story in Sunday's People section. Fish tales It is estimated that 60 million Americans are active fishermen. They spend half a billion dollars annually on the sport. Among the most popular fish sought is the bass. Bass clubs exist in 49 of the 50 states. Sunday's Sports section examines bass clubs in Missouri. mum iiMiiiiiiiiiBii Mawwinwiiim J Missouri Senate approves new campaign finance law ByJodyCox State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri Senate Friday approved a House- Senat- e conference committee's version of a proposed new campaign finance law. The vote was 22- 1- 0. The bill, a replacement for the 1974 voter- approve- d Campaign Finance and Disclosure Law ruled unconstitutional last year, now goes to the House for consideration. Sen. Warren Welliver, D- Boo- ne County, voted for the bill. Senate action came after three hours of debate, concerned mainly with corporation and union gifts, which the Senate had prohibited earlier in the current session, but which the con ference committee replaced this week. If union and corporation con-tributions were allowed, contended Sen. Cliff Jones, R- S- t. Louis, a campaign would be turned into an auction. " The little guy is going to be let out," Jones said. " They'll beat you if you don't vote the way they want you to." But Sen. John Schneider, D-- St Louis, who sponsored the original bill and served as the Senate's chief negotiator on the conference committee, said, " There is no way you're ever going to prevent business and labor from contributing. It's a fact of life." By allowing union and labor con-tributions, Sen. Richard Webster, R-- ( See BILL, Page 11) 2 arrested in kidnap of Columbia children By RingoF. Cbu and Brent Spsnton Missourian staff writers The father of two Columbia children and another man were arrested in Jefferson City Friday in connection with the abduction of the children from their mother's home at 4700 Orchard Lane at about 5: 35 a. m. Thomas Larry Freeman, 33, the father of the children, and Johnny Dolan Stablier, 23, both of Rogers, Ark., were being held in Cole County Jail Friday night in lieu of $ 5,000 bail on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. The Boone County prosecuting attorney's office filed charges on one count of assault, one count of auto tampering and two counts of kid-napping against the two men. Jefferson City policeman William Mete was patroUng U. S. 63 in that dty at 6: 12 ajn. when he heard over bis police radio that two men had abducted two children from a Columbia residence and were thought to be heading south. Soon afterward Mete spotted two men and two children in a 1964 Lincoln with expired Louisiana license plates. He noticed that the men fit the description of the men involved in the adbuction in Columbia. Metzsaid the two men offered no resistance and the children James Freeman, 7, and David Freeman, 4 were not harmed. He said he found two loaded guns in the glove compartment Jefferson City police said the two men had gone to the basement apart-ment of the mother, Dinah Kathleen TumbuIL Friday morning, and, after a dispute, tied her up at gunpoint, and took the cfaudren with them in Ma. Turnbull's car. She called Columbia police when she got free. Ms. TumbuH and Freeman were divorced in 1875 and police said they had been having a court fight over custody of the children. Police said the men told the children they were taking the children on vacation to Arkansas. The children were returned to their motherFridayaftenxxu.
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Item.Transcript | r state: : iir? . ricv r: HITT &. LCV. 3Y ' JT. COLUMBIA, . M,. 65. ) 1 ST. 3- 1- 4- 74 1 - Story on Page 6 70th Year - No. 185 Good Morning U Saturday. April 22. 1 978 14 Pages - 1 5 Cents .- - Wilson now old veteran of council Sixth Ward likes his political style Clyde Wilson has represented Columbians in the southeast part of the city for so long that some of them can't recall who their previous councilman were. Wilson is the only councilman to serve the Sixth Ward, created in 1973. He has served on the council since 1971, when he was elected by the old Fourth Ward. " He's the dean of the council, if you're going by survival," says Ken-neth Rail, 1121 Danforth Drive. Because of his experience, Wilson is probably the best- qualifi- ed to judge the performance of this council midway through its term. " The most striking difference be-tween this and the other councils I've served on," he says, " is that up to now, fiisigM This report the sixth of seven articles on the City Council. In the series, the opinions of each city council member and the mayor and those of some of their constituents about the council's mid- ter- m per-formance are reported by Cathy ReSman, Cameron Cohick, John CaOison and Kaf-- I Yen of the Missourian's special reporting team on government and politics. it really doesn't ' have any firm direc-tion. It hasn't developed a program. Even the lines of division on the council are not established as yet." WQson says this council doesn't work together as smoothly as it should, but -- he's not sure why." "" The council's diverse,""..-- r. Be says. " That's sort of a good thing, but it also means people are coming from a lot of different directions. It's difficult for me to tell, if I work on a bill, whether I'll be able to get it passed." Not all the council's problems are political, Wilson says. " I know some of it is personality. It shouldn't make any difference, but it does." Wilson once was quoted in an " un-guarded moment" as saying this council was the worst of the four he had served on. After a year, Wilson has softened his attitude. " It's difficult to compare councils," he says. " Some have more opportuni-ties man others. I mink we're in a period of relative calm right now. " I thought Flat Branch was going to be the thing that would characterize this council, but the first time we had an opportunity to do something we backed away from it." Wilson said some of the council's problems were exemplified by the decision to dismantle the downtown loop. " I was disappointed in the action of the council. It was the first time I got an inkling of what this council might be like whether it would follow through with its programs or whether it would fold under the pressure." Wilson feels experience is important for council members. " You reach a point where the ex-perience doesn't add much to your knowledge and background," he says. " But up to a certain point, I think it's ( See CONSERVATIVE, Page 14) Lee Meyer Officer Tom Halford of the Missouri State Highway Patrol searches the van abandoned by two armed suspects early Friday morning. Halford had chased the suspects from In-terstate 70 south on U. S. 63, then west on Missouri 163 to Bennett Lane, where they abandoned the van. Fleeing youth shot, dies after leading wild chase By Larry King Missourian staff writer James Phipps and Anthony Lilly, a pair of 17- year- o- lds from Kansas City, Kan., were heading west on Interstate 70 at 7: 30 a. m. Friday, returning from a trip to Arkansas. Within the next hour and a half, Phipps had used a sawed- of- f shotgun stolen in Arkansas to take Lilly hostage, and, after holding that shotgun to Lilly's head, was shot and killed by a Missouri State Highway Patrol captain on the edge of a rural wooded area south of Columbia. As the episode ended, local officials had only begun to piece together a bizarre tragedy that involved a high-speed chase, airplane and helicopter surveillance, a march through a wooded ravine and the evacuation of several frightened citizens from their country homes. As police reconstructed the incident, Phipps and Lilly decided to stop for gas at the Millersburg exit east of Columbia at about 7 : 30 a. m. With them in the van was Robert Paul Hudson Jr., a San Francisco- boun- d hitchhiker. Hudson was not present at the shooting. He had fled Lilly's van at the Millersburg exit after he first suspected trouble. The trouble began when Lilly and Phipps openly plotted to steal some gasoline at Millersburg, Hudson told police. He said the pair had agreed to display the shotgun if trouble arose with station attendants. Hudson said he persuaded Phipps to drop him off before they stopped for gas. He then caught a ride to Columbia, and told his driver of the robbery plans he had overheard. After dropping Hudson off near the Providence Road exit, the driver called Columbia police, who picked up Hudson. Meanwhile, Phipps and Lilly put $ 5.90 worth of gas in the van and drove off without paying. The station attendant notified authorities. As he approached Columbia, Phipps turned onto U. S. 63 South where he was spotted by highway patrol troopers Tom Halford and Greg Overholt. They began a high- spee- d chase which ended on a dead- en- d gravel road near Pier- pon- t. During the chase, which included a U- tu- rn near Ashland, Phipps bumped the highway patrol car twice, forcing Halford to run into the highway's median. Upon reaching the dead end, the suspects abandoned the van and ran into a nearby barn. At that point, Phipps, whom highway patrol officers said was wanted in Kansas for escaping from a detention center, turned the shotgun on Lilly. When Halford and Overfelt tried to talk with Phipps from outside the barn, they were met with obscenities. Phipps threatened to " blow ( Lilly's) head off," and vowed not to be captured alive. Phipps then left the barn and walked into a wooded area, pressing the gun against Lilly's head. Halford and Overfelt followed at a safe distance, but were close enough to speak with Phipps. While other officers from the high-way patrol, the Boone County Sheriff's Department and Columbia police arrived at the scene, residents in the area were warned to evacuate their homes. A highway patrol plane and helicopter flew low over the woods, following the suspects and the troopers through the woods. The four walked through a deep and densely wooded ravine. Upon seeing a partially constructed house in a nearby clearing, Phipps demanded of officers waiting in the clearing that his van be driven around to the house, at which time he would release his hostage. Halford said, " They disappeared up over the ridge. I heard some shouting ( Phipps' demands) and then I heard the shot." After entering the clearing from the woods, Phipps apparently had been briefly confused by the officers on either side of him and had lowered his gun for a moment. That was long enough for highway patrol Capt. N. E. Tinnin to shoot Phipps in the abdomen with a high- power- ed rifle. It was about 8: 45 a. m. Phipps was taken to Boone County Hospital, where he soon died. After the shooting, doubts arose among officers about whether Lilly had been a bona fide hostage. " We feel like they were partners and were just trying to fool the officers in order to escape," said Boone County Sheriff Charlie Foster. " The hitchhiker had told the police ( See VICTIM, Page 14) Area residents still shaken by incident Missourian staff writer In the grass at the edge of a woods near Pierpont Friday afternoon, the only remaining signs of James Phipps were a six- inc- h ( 15- centime- ter) circle of blood, a doctor's syringe, a blood- staine- d button and the imprints in the mud where Phipps fell after he was shot by a highway patrolman. Elsewhere in the area, it was a quiet, sunny, spring day in a countryside dotted by farms and houses. But inside some of those houses, dwellers still were shaken by the morning's events that had forced a police order for them to evacuate their homes. Mrs. James G. Thome lives on Cheavens Road across the clearing from where Phipps was shot. Mrs. Thome had not heard the evacuation notice, so when she saw area officers crouching with guns at the end of her driveway, she decided to investigate. " I was the surprise they weren't expecting," she told a highway patrolman Friday afternoon. " I walked out just before the excitement." When the officers saw Mrs. Thome " they were obviously vesy upaet and shouted for me to get out of here," she said. " I was here alone and asked them how I was supposed to leave. All they said was ' Just get out of here ! ' " Down the road, Clarence Stallman had been warned of the situation by officers, and noticed the circling airplane and helicopter. " I said, ' Are they headed this way soon?' and they said ' They're here,' " said Stallman. After Stallman notified his neighbors, he picked up Mrs. Thome at her home and left the area just before the shooting. On the next street over, Ronald Nichols had no intention ofrimafag: - -- - - " I didn't know what was happening," said Nichols. " The wife was scared to death and didn't know what to do. I grabbed my gun and looked for them." Another neighbor, Mrs. Charles Emmons, first was alerted by the sound of the surveillance plane. " The plane was flying so low I thought it was going to come into the house," she said. " I was frightened. This is something you think will never happen to you. " Then Mrs. Emmons flashed a relieved smile. " It's been quite a morning," she said. Panel votes to increase postal rate to 15 cents N. Y. Times Service WASHINGTON The Postal Rate Commission, accused in the past of being . a rubber stamp agency, has rejected an administration proposal and voted tentatively to raise postage on first- clas- s letters from 13 cents to 15 cents, according to a commission of-ficial. The decision, if it becomes final May 12, would constitute a rejection of a two- tier- ed postage rate advocated by the Carter administration and recommend-ed to the commission by the United States Postal Service. In the past the commission usually has concurred with the main elements of rates recom-mended to it. The two- tiere- d system would have kept the postage rates on ordinary letters at 13 cents, but increased the rate on first- cla- ss business letters from 13 cents to 16 cents. The commission source, who insisted on anonymity, indicated that the chances were good that the 3-- 1 vote was likely to stand as the official verdict of the rate commission. Only Simeon Bright, an appointee to the commission by President Carter, voted against the 15 cent stamp, the rate commission source said Friday. Since business letters constitute the major share of first- clas- s letters, 75 per cent or more in most years, a decision against raising that rate to 16 cents would " cost" the postal service $ 500 million or more in projected revenues, postal officials say. In towi tslsy - 9 a. m. to 4: 15 p. m. Conference on" Human Sexuality and the Health and Caring Professions," Windsor Auditorium, Stephens College. 10 a. m. Missouri Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, con-ference. Memorial Union. 1 p. m. College baseball, Missouri vs. Iowa State, Sim-mons Field. 7: 30 p. m. Prince of Wales Club benefit horse show, Stephens Stables arena. 8 p. m. " The Afro Ball," semi- form- al dance, Lela Raney Wood Hall ballroom, Stephens College. 8: 15 p. m. Missouri Contempor-ary Music Competition Concert, j Vincent Persichetti, guest I composer, Fine Arts Recital I I Hall, University. j I Comiiiff Mnclay Shooting a star Though University student Louis Psihoyos earned only $ 85.43, the chance to photo-graph the filming of Sylvester Stallone's new film " F. LS. T." I was worth it Louis relives his Vibrations. experience Sunday in i f Rating their rate of pay What do University faculty members think about their jobs and their salaries? Is it true that low salaries are driving good faculty members away from Columbia? A survey designed to see what the faculty members think is the subject of a three- pa- rt series of articles beginning Sunday. The first articles deal with job satisfaction and salaries. A woman's place is? Even with the advent of woman's liberation it is unusual to find a woman farmer. It was even more unusual 22 years ago when Helen Flet- cha- ll began managing the farm she and her husband, a University agriculture professor, purchased. " She's the boss," her husband says. And this includes caring for the 50 head. of cattle on the farm. Mrs. Fletchall is featured in a photo story in Sunday's People section. Fish tales It is estimated that 60 million Americans are active fishermen. They spend half a billion dollars annually on the sport. Among the most popular fish sought is the bass. Bass clubs exist in 49 of the 50 states. Sunday's Sports section examines bass clubs in Missouri. mum iiMiiiiiiiiiBii Mawwinwiiim J Missouri Senate approves new campaign finance law ByJodyCox State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri Senate Friday approved a House- Senat- e conference committee's version of a proposed new campaign finance law. The vote was 22- 1- 0. The bill, a replacement for the 1974 voter- approve- d Campaign Finance and Disclosure Law ruled unconstitutional last year, now goes to the House for consideration. Sen. Warren Welliver, D- Boo- ne County, voted for the bill. Senate action came after three hours of debate, concerned mainly with corporation and union gifts, which the Senate had prohibited earlier in the current session, but which the con ference committee replaced this week. If union and corporation con-tributions were allowed, contended Sen. Cliff Jones, R- S- t. Louis, a campaign would be turned into an auction. " The little guy is going to be let out," Jones said. " They'll beat you if you don't vote the way they want you to." But Sen. John Schneider, D-- St Louis, who sponsored the original bill and served as the Senate's chief negotiator on the conference committee, said, " There is no way you're ever going to prevent business and labor from contributing. It's a fact of life." By allowing union and labor con-tributions, Sen. Richard Webster, R-- ( See BILL, Page 11) 2 arrested in kidnap of Columbia children By RingoF. Cbu and Brent Spsnton Missourian staff writers The father of two Columbia children and another man were arrested in Jefferson City Friday in connection with the abduction of the children from their mother's home at 4700 Orchard Lane at about 5: 35 a. m. Thomas Larry Freeman, 33, the father of the children, and Johnny Dolan Stablier, 23, both of Rogers, Ark., were being held in Cole County Jail Friday night in lieu of $ 5,000 bail on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. The Boone County prosecuting attorney's office filed charges on one count of assault, one count of auto tampering and two counts of kid-napping against the two men. Jefferson City policeman William Mete was patroUng U. S. 63 in that dty at 6: 12 ajn. when he heard over bis police radio that two men had abducted two children from a Columbia residence and were thought to be heading south. Soon afterward Mete spotted two men and two children in a 1964 Lincoln with expired Louisiana license plates. He noticed that the men fit the description of the men involved in the adbuction in Columbia. Metzsaid the two men offered no resistance and the children James Freeman, 7, and David Freeman, 4 were not harmed. He said he found two loaded guns in the glove compartment Jefferson City police said the two men had gone to the basement apart-ment of the mother, Dinah Kathleen TumbuIL Friday morning, and, after a dispute, tied her up at gunpoint, and took the cfaudren with them in Ma. Turnbull's car. She called Columbia police when she got free. Ms. TumbuH and Freeman were divorced in 1875 and police said they had been having a court fight over custody of the children. Police said the men told the children they were taking the children on vacation to Arkansas. The children were returned to their motherFridayaftenxxu. |