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HITS '. j. 6501 STi 1 Primary elections, referendum near I He's a Yankee again H I I Chiefs ' win' scrimmage with Cards I I Boone County voters won't have many decisions to make in 1 j a stunning announcement unprece- - iK The Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Cardinals got 1 I next week's primary elections for county offices, but state 1 dented in baseball history, the New York O S Aether in Columbia Saturday to give mid- Misso- uri fans and 1 1 races and proposed constitutional amendments make it an I Yankees Saturday rehired Billy Martin as m3 I acies Marv Levy and Bud Wilkinson a preview of what to I interesting election nonetheless. For a review of what's at j manager for the 1980 season only days MlhMlImm 1 exPec m e coming season. Neither team is expected to be 1 1 stake in the Aug. 8 voting, see the Columbia Missourian's pre-- i afr ne was forced to resign. For the raPPgiOI I 1 an NFL contender but m s confrontation, the Chiefs came 1 1 primary wrapup on Pages 4A and 6A. I details, see Page 7A. PvitaiP& i& i 1 1 outontoP- For- a complete report, see Page 7A. 70th Year No. 268 (;( Hni Morningl It s Sunday July SO, 1978 5 Sections - 64 Pages 35 Cents From oar wire services WASHINGTON The Carter ad-ministration Saturday unveiled the broad outlines of a national health plan that appears to place as much em-phasis on curbing inflation ' and other economic considerations as on assuring health care for all citizens. The guidelines drew criticism even before they were made public. In a directive to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano, the president said his goal is " a universal, comprehensive national health plan to contain skyrocketing costs and to provide all Americans with coverage for basic health services and with protection from catastrophic expenses." " The American people will not ac-cept, and I will not propose, any health care plan which is inflationary," the president said. There were few details. The president did not specify how medical care would be parceled out, how much such the massive program would cost or how it would be financed. Califano, explaining the outline of the plan Saturday, said he had been directed to develop a tentative program by the end of this year. This draft would be translated into a legislative proposal in 1979, and if enacted, the plan would be phased in over a period of years, perhaps starting in 1983. Califano would not estimate the cost of the. program, but he did say that the administration hoped to keep the price within the bounds of current federal health care programs. This would be done by trimming costs and reducing waste from the existing health care system. But health experts, including an HEW official, said Saturday that any broad national health insurance program inevitably would make heavy demands on the federal budget' Cost projections of similar programs, designed without consideration of curbing inflatioiury trends, ranged from $ 23 billion to $ 40 bilhon annually. Carter had endorsed national health insurance during his presidential cam- - paign, as have Democratic presidents since Harry Truman. But the cautious timetable and one- step- at- a- ti- me ap-proach for the plan sparked criticism even before it was made public. " The president's failure of leadership on this issue now will make our effort more difficult in the future," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mas- s., a leading proponent of federal comprehensive health care insurance. Kennedy joined AFL- CI- O President George Meany and a coalition of labor and consumer groups to challenge the Carter guide- - lines as too vague and too cautious. Kennedy said he believed that " built- i- n self destruct buttons," triggered by adverse economic conditions or other factors, could abort the national health program. Carter's guidelines will lead to a number of bills, Kennedy said, which he said will make them vulnerable to the well- financ- ed health care lobby. As an alternative, he said his Senate health subcommittee will submit a compre-- ( See INFLATION, Page 12A) Hoiicymooii finished for Begin But he remains in firm control By William E. Farrell N. Y. Times Service JERUSALEM Thirteen months ago, when Menachem Begin assumed the post of prime minister, he urged his colleagues in parliament as well as the Israeli people to grant the new government " moral credit at least For the first year of its tenure." Current events have provided another strong indication, one of a series lately, that the government's grace period is over. Last Monday, in a huff over the budget, Begin's minister of commerce, industry and tourism, Yigal Hurwitz, resigned from the cabinet, an in-creasingly acrimonious battlefield where decorum has given way to debacle. And in parliament, former Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, an of-ficial of the opposition Labor Party, rose and called on Begin to resign. Later, Begin, incensed at recent allegations by Labor Party officials that he was mentally and physically Insight unfit to lead the nation, unleashed a scathing attack in parliament, setting off a verbal furor that made that deliberative body sound like a boxing arena after the spectators discover that the fight has been rigged. While Begin was castigating his critics in parliament, about 400 members of the " Peace Now" movement picketed his house to protest his refusal to countenance a territorial compromise on the Israeli- occupie- d West Bank and Gaza in return for peace with the Arabs. The day's events only added to the problems that have beset Begin lately. They include: v Increasing international criticism of his hard- lin- e stand in the sagging exchanges with Egypt. Picket lines that include those agitating for peace, ultranationalists who say his hard line on territory is too soft and religious Jews seeking greater sway in laws that govern secular and religious Jews alike. k-- An economic policy that is in-creasingly under fire as inflation continues unchecked. - Condemnations by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt that he is the ( See HEALTH, Page 12A) AlanEorrcd Plenty of drivers were on hand for the Boone County Fair's tractor pull despite excessive heat, noise and dust. By Veita Jo Hampton REssonrian staff writer As the parade was forming to kick off activities for the 1978 Boone County Fair Saturday morning, Dog Days shoppers and spectators lined both sides of Broadway from Garth Avenue to College Avenue waiting for that first scream of the lead police car siren. A toddler wandered into the street announcing, " Here comes; here comes." He was jerked to the curb by an irritable woman as the parade- leadin- g police car cruised by. Thirty- nin- e horses and nders, followed by a gray dog and a street- washi- ng machine, led the parade. Ten floats sponsored by area 4-- H clubs, conforming to a theme of " 4-- H is for Everyone," were spaced out among other vehicles along the route. One old red firetruck and two bright lemon- lim- e colored ladder trucks, six silver Ford Granadas belonging to a local realty company and several convertibles carrying the 23 Boone County Fair Queen candidates were sprinkled among mini- carava- ns of heavy farm vehicles and carloads of politicians with their families and friends. Twenty men and women running for elective offices in Columbia and Boone County tossed candy and balloons, distributed campaign flyers or waved and spoke to potential voters along the- parad-e route. The Shrine Clowns and one group of young clowns seemed to find the high temperature non- conduci- ve ' to comfort in bulky costumes and thick make- up-. The largest vehicles in the parade were technological masterpieces of Allis Chalmers, Sperry- Ne- w Holland, Ford, and Case. Backboes, plows, and a giant- size- d gleaner gave spectators a view of the world of agriculture as it has come to in the name of comfort and high- volu- me farming operations. As the parade turned west on Business Loop 70, a spectator told her small daughter, " I don't know why there wasn't a band. Sometimes parades just don't have bands." Down Clinkscales Avenue, activity at the Boone County Fairgrounds picked up and owners of small tractors registered for competition in the tractor and four- whe- el drive pull contests which began at noon. The mood changed from passive ob-servation to active involvement as men and -- machines lined up for final check before entering the tractor arena. Tractors with racing stripes, stripped- dow- n, souped- u- p and weighed in for competition against their strongest challenger the ' motion menace' a rusty, red mechanical sled. Randy Richards, 28, Sturgeon, in a partnership deal on a mini- ro- d with Garland Shern, 28, Route 7, Columbia, said, " The farther you pull that sled, ( See TRACTOR, Page IDA) N. Y. Times Service NEW YORK The widespread assumption among parents and others that smaller classes lead to better education is only partly valid, ac-cording to a new study by Educational ' Research Service. In an 84- pa- ge review of research on - the controversial topic of class size, the nonprofit educational organization found that certain kinds of students ' , those in the lower grades, disadvantag- - "-- ed children and those with lower , academic abilities benefit from small classes when teachers adjust their methods to a more intimate setting. On the other hand, the study said, decades of research on the issue " fail to justify small overall reductions in class size or pupil- teach- er ratio by a school board as a matter of general policy." The report represents the most com-prehensive survey in recent years of an issue whose financial and educational consequences are debated regularly by virtually every local school board in the country. The study suggested that school boards should invest funds in smaller classes only when they have in mind " definite pupil- benef- it objectives for specific groups of pupils." Over the years most educators in this country have assumed that classes of 28 to 30 are adequate at the elementary and secondary level but that smaller classes are more effective. Class size has been raised as an issue with increasing frequency in recent years in teachers' contract negotia-tions, and opinion polls consistently show that voters will build new buildings or start half- sessio- ns rather than to depart from traditional norms. Polls also show that class size is an important factor in teacher morale. Despite the unanimity of opinion about the benefits of small classes,- researc- h on the educational effects of class size dating back to 1833 has produced little confirmation of the common wisdom or practical guidance for school policy makers. Existing evidence tends to be contradictory. Last year, for example, Lynne Johnson and associates at the South Carolina Department of Education conducted a $ 250,000 study of 50 first- grad- e classes in 23 public schools and found that smaller classes significantly improved reading ability and overall achievement A 1978 ctody, however, by the Madison, Wis., Metropolitan School District found that class size had little effect on reading achievement among first to third graders. A study conducted for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in 1975 by Anita A. Summers and Barbara L. Wolfe found that being in classes of fewer than 28 students had a positive effect on low achievers in the sixth and eighth grades but a negative effect on high achievers. The Educational Research Service, which surveyed these and dozens of ( See OPTIMUM, Page 12A) Carter sees independent Namibia From our wire services WASHINGTON President Carter said in remarks made public Saturday that he believes the creation of a new black African state of Namibia out of the territory of South- We- st Africa is imminent " We are now on the brink of suc-cess," Carter told visiting news editors in an interview Friday. The president also said he die not oppose all reductions in capital gams taxes apparently softening an earlier threat to veto tax legislation emerging from Congress. But Carter, in the transcript of Friday's interview, expressed con-tinued opposition to dropping the capital gams tax rate from 49 percent to 35 percent calling the move " unac-ceptable." Basing his comments on Namibia on a report from the United Natms by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Carter said he was convinced " a new nation will be established, formerly South- We- st Africa, now Namibia." The U. N. Security Council endorsed a Western plan Thursday for leading South- We- st Africa, currently under control of South Africa, to in-dependence. As a result Carter said he believed the outlook for resolving issues concerning Rhodesia had improved. Speaking of capital gams, Carter said, " I am not opposed to . . . reduc-tions as such. I am opposed to the . . . approach where you eliminate the application of minimum tax to people that, through tax shelters and other means, wouldn't pay any taxes at all. " I think that is an unfair approach and it is unacceptable to me," he said. Legislation approved by the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday would provide a $ 16.2 billion tax cut to citizens and businesses next year, as well as sharp drops in the capital gains tax rate. Carter said he will accept a tax package that reduces and simplifies taxes and makes taxation more fair and progressive. " I am flexible enough," he added. " But outside of those guidelines I would be fairly inflexible." Carter earlier had threatened to veto the legislation taking shape m the House tax writing panel, chiefly because the measure's reductions in capital gains taxes represented " huge windfalls for the millionaires and two bits for the average American." -- Mil town ttosisiy 1 pan. Kaleidoscope Festival, readings, dance performance and a play, " Langstai The Talking Drum," Jesse Hall Auditorium, University. 7 p . MFA Gardens Concert, Columbia Barbershop Quartet MFA Gardens, West Broadway, free. 7: 89 p . " Once Upon A Mattress." Msplewcod Barn Theater, Mttong Park. 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Item.Transcript | HITS '. j. 6501 STi 1 Primary elections, referendum near I He's a Yankee again H I I Chiefs ' win' scrimmage with Cards I I Boone County voters won't have many decisions to make in 1 j a stunning announcement unprece- - iK The Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Cardinals got 1 I next week's primary elections for county offices, but state 1 dented in baseball history, the New York O S Aether in Columbia Saturday to give mid- Misso- uri fans and 1 1 races and proposed constitutional amendments make it an I Yankees Saturday rehired Billy Martin as m3 I acies Marv Levy and Bud Wilkinson a preview of what to I interesting election nonetheless. For a review of what's at j manager for the 1980 season only days MlhMlImm 1 exPec m e coming season. Neither team is expected to be 1 1 stake in the Aug. 8 voting, see the Columbia Missourian's pre-- i afr ne was forced to resign. For the raPPgiOI I 1 an NFL contender but m s confrontation, the Chiefs came 1 1 primary wrapup on Pages 4A and 6A. I details, see Page 7A. PvitaiP& i& i 1 1 outontoP- For- a complete report, see Page 7A. 70th Year No. 268 (;( Hni Morningl It s Sunday July SO, 1978 5 Sections - 64 Pages 35 Cents From oar wire services WASHINGTON The Carter ad-ministration Saturday unveiled the broad outlines of a national health plan that appears to place as much em-phasis on curbing inflation ' and other economic considerations as on assuring health care for all citizens. The guidelines drew criticism even before they were made public. In a directive to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano, the president said his goal is " a universal, comprehensive national health plan to contain skyrocketing costs and to provide all Americans with coverage for basic health services and with protection from catastrophic expenses." " The American people will not ac-cept, and I will not propose, any health care plan which is inflationary," the president said. There were few details. The president did not specify how medical care would be parceled out, how much such the massive program would cost or how it would be financed. Califano, explaining the outline of the plan Saturday, said he had been directed to develop a tentative program by the end of this year. This draft would be translated into a legislative proposal in 1979, and if enacted, the plan would be phased in over a period of years, perhaps starting in 1983. Califano would not estimate the cost of the. program, but he did say that the administration hoped to keep the price within the bounds of current federal health care programs. This would be done by trimming costs and reducing waste from the existing health care system. But health experts, including an HEW official, said Saturday that any broad national health insurance program inevitably would make heavy demands on the federal budget' Cost projections of similar programs, designed without consideration of curbing inflatioiury trends, ranged from $ 23 billion to $ 40 bilhon annually. Carter had endorsed national health insurance during his presidential cam- - paign, as have Democratic presidents since Harry Truman. But the cautious timetable and one- step- at- a- ti- me ap-proach for the plan sparked criticism even before it was made public. " The president's failure of leadership on this issue now will make our effort more difficult in the future," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mas- s., a leading proponent of federal comprehensive health care insurance. Kennedy joined AFL- CI- O President George Meany and a coalition of labor and consumer groups to challenge the Carter guide- - lines as too vague and too cautious. Kennedy said he believed that " built- i- n self destruct buttons," triggered by adverse economic conditions or other factors, could abort the national health program. Carter's guidelines will lead to a number of bills, Kennedy said, which he said will make them vulnerable to the well- financ- ed health care lobby. As an alternative, he said his Senate health subcommittee will submit a compre-- ( See INFLATION, Page 12A) Hoiicymooii finished for Begin But he remains in firm control By William E. Farrell N. Y. Times Service JERUSALEM Thirteen months ago, when Menachem Begin assumed the post of prime minister, he urged his colleagues in parliament as well as the Israeli people to grant the new government " moral credit at least For the first year of its tenure." Current events have provided another strong indication, one of a series lately, that the government's grace period is over. Last Monday, in a huff over the budget, Begin's minister of commerce, industry and tourism, Yigal Hurwitz, resigned from the cabinet, an in-creasingly acrimonious battlefield where decorum has given way to debacle. And in parliament, former Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, an of-ficial of the opposition Labor Party, rose and called on Begin to resign. Later, Begin, incensed at recent allegations by Labor Party officials that he was mentally and physically Insight unfit to lead the nation, unleashed a scathing attack in parliament, setting off a verbal furor that made that deliberative body sound like a boxing arena after the spectators discover that the fight has been rigged. While Begin was castigating his critics in parliament, about 400 members of the " Peace Now" movement picketed his house to protest his refusal to countenance a territorial compromise on the Israeli- occupie- d West Bank and Gaza in return for peace with the Arabs. The day's events only added to the problems that have beset Begin lately. They include: v Increasing international criticism of his hard- lin- e stand in the sagging exchanges with Egypt. Picket lines that include those agitating for peace, ultranationalists who say his hard line on territory is too soft and religious Jews seeking greater sway in laws that govern secular and religious Jews alike. k-- An economic policy that is in-creasingly under fire as inflation continues unchecked. - Condemnations by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt that he is the ( See HEALTH, Page 12A) AlanEorrcd Plenty of drivers were on hand for the Boone County Fair's tractor pull despite excessive heat, noise and dust. By Veita Jo Hampton REssonrian staff writer As the parade was forming to kick off activities for the 1978 Boone County Fair Saturday morning, Dog Days shoppers and spectators lined both sides of Broadway from Garth Avenue to College Avenue waiting for that first scream of the lead police car siren. A toddler wandered into the street announcing, " Here comes; here comes." He was jerked to the curb by an irritable woman as the parade- leadin- g police car cruised by. Thirty- nin- e horses and nders, followed by a gray dog and a street- washi- ng machine, led the parade. Ten floats sponsored by area 4-- H clubs, conforming to a theme of " 4-- H is for Everyone," were spaced out among other vehicles along the route. One old red firetruck and two bright lemon- lim- e colored ladder trucks, six silver Ford Granadas belonging to a local realty company and several convertibles carrying the 23 Boone County Fair Queen candidates were sprinkled among mini- carava- ns of heavy farm vehicles and carloads of politicians with their families and friends. Twenty men and women running for elective offices in Columbia and Boone County tossed candy and balloons, distributed campaign flyers or waved and spoke to potential voters along the- parad-e route. The Shrine Clowns and one group of young clowns seemed to find the high temperature non- conduci- ve ' to comfort in bulky costumes and thick make- up-. The largest vehicles in the parade were technological masterpieces of Allis Chalmers, Sperry- Ne- w Holland, Ford, and Case. Backboes, plows, and a giant- size- d gleaner gave spectators a view of the world of agriculture as it has come to in the name of comfort and high- volu- me farming operations. As the parade turned west on Business Loop 70, a spectator told her small daughter, " I don't know why there wasn't a band. Sometimes parades just don't have bands." Down Clinkscales Avenue, activity at the Boone County Fairgrounds picked up and owners of small tractors registered for competition in the tractor and four- whe- el drive pull contests which began at noon. The mood changed from passive ob-servation to active involvement as men and -- machines lined up for final check before entering the tractor arena. Tractors with racing stripes, stripped- dow- n, souped- u- p and weighed in for competition against their strongest challenger the ' motion menace' a rusty, red mechanical sled. Randy Richards, 28, Sturgeon, in a partnership deal on a mini- ro- d with Garland Shern, 28, Route 7, Columbia, said, " The farther you pull that sled, ( See TRACTOR, Page IDA) N. Y. Times Service NEW YORK The widespread assumption among parents and others that smaller classes lead to better education is only partly valid, ac-cording to a new study by Educational ' Research Service. In an 84- pa- ge review of research on - the controversial topic of class size, the nonprofit educational organization found that certain kinds of students ' , those in the lower grades, disadvantag- - "-- ed children and those with lower , academic abilities benefit from small classes when teachers adjust their methods to a more intimate setting. On the other hand, the study said, decades of research on the issue " fail to justify small overall reductions in class size or pupil- teach- er ratio by a school board as a matter of general policy." The report represents the most com-prehensive survey in recent years of an issue whose financial and educational consequences are debated regularly by virtually every local school board in the country. The study suggested that school boards should invest funds in smaller classes only when they have in mind " definite pupil- benef- it objectives for specific groups of pupils." Over the years most educators in this country have assumed that classes of 28 to 30 are adequate at the elementary and secondary level but that smaller classes are more effective. Class size has been raised as an issue with increasing frequency in recent years in teachers' contract negotia-tions, and opinion polls consistently show that voters will build new buildings or start half- sessio- ns rather than to depart from traditional norms. Polls also show that class size is an important factor in teacher morale. Despite the unanimity of opinion about the benefits of small classes,- researc- h on the educational effects of class size dating back to 1833 has produced little confirmation of the common wisdom or practical guidance for school policy makers. Existing evidence tends to be contradictory. Last year, for example, Lynne Johnson and associates at the South Carolina Department of Education conducted a $ 250,000 study of 50 first- grad- e classes in 23 public schools and found that smaller classes significantly improved reading ability and overall achievement A 1978 ctody, however, by the Madison, Wis., Metropolitan School District found that class size had little effect on reading achievement among first to third graders. A study conducted for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in 1975 by Anita A. Summers and Barbara L. Wolfe found that being in classes of fewer than 28 students had a positive effect on low achievers in the sixth and eighth grades but a negative effect on high achievers. The Educational Research Service, which surveyed these and dozens of ( See OPTIMUM, Page 12A) Carter sees independent Namibia From our wire services WASHINGTON President Carter said in remarks made public Saturday that he believes the creation of a new black African state of Namibia out of the territory of South- We- st Africa is imminent " We are now on the brink of suc-cess," Carter told visiting news editors in an interview Friday. The president also said he die not oppose all reductions in capital gams taxes apparently softening an earlier threat to veto tax legislation emerging from Congress. But Carter, in the transcript of Friday's interview, expressed con-tinued opposition to dropping the capital gams tax rate from 49 percent to 35 percent calling the move " unac-ceptable." Basing his comments on Namibia on a report from the United Natms by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Carter said he was convinced " a new nation will be established, formerly South- We- st Africa, now Namibia." The U. N. Security Council endorsed a Western plan Thursday for leading South- We- st Africa, currently under control of South Africa, to in-dependence. As a result Carter said he believed the outlook for resolving issues concerning Rhodesia had improved. Speaking of capital gams, Carter said, " I am not opposed to . . . reduc-tions as such. I am opposed to the . . . approach where you eliminate the application of minimum tax to people that, through tax shelters and other means, wouldn't pay any taxes at all. " I think that is an unfair approach and it is unacceptable to me," he said. Legislation approved by the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday would provide a $ 16.2 billion tax cut to citizens and businesses next year, as well as sharp drops in the capital gains tax rate. Carter said he will accept a tax package that reduces and simplifies taxes and makes taxation more fair and progressive. " I am flexible enough," he added. " But outside of those guidelines I would be fairly inflexible." Carter earlier had threatened to veto the legislation taking shape m the House tax writing panel, chiefly because the measure's reductions in capital gains taxes represented " huge windfalls for the millionaires and two bits for the average American." -- Mil town ttosisiy 1 pan. Kaleidoscope Festival, readings, dance performance and a play, " Langstai The Talking Drum," Jesse Hall Auditorium, University. 7 p . MFA Gardens Concert, Columbia Barbershop Quartet MFA Gardens, West Broadway, free. 7: 89 p . " Once Upon A Mattress." Msplewcod Barn Theater, Mttong Park. 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