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.. ... I STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 19334 HITT & LOffRY ST.. SEHV COLUMBIA, MO, 65201 71st Year No. 132 Cowl Morning! It's Thursday. February 15. 1979 2 Sections 24 Pages 15 Cents Guerrillas attack U. S. embassy in Iran By Nicholas Gage New York Times TEHRAN Armed urban guerrillas attacked the American ambassy Wednesday morning, trapping Ambassador Willaim H. Sullivan and his staff inside for more than two hours. Two VS. Marines were injured and two Iranians were reported killed. Embassy employees attributed the low number of American casualties, despite heavy fire, to the cool leadership of Sullivan, who ordered the 19 Marine guards in the compound not to engage the enemy with firearms and collected his staff in protected rooms of the chancellery. " They attacked the compound from three sides," Sullivan said later. " They shot up my home, my office and the chancery. We telephoned the Khomeini people and they arrived in the nick of time. An interesting Valentine's Day." It was not clear who led the attack. Some supporters of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed the responsibility on the Communist Tudeh Party, while others said the invaders were Fedayeen, a Marxist guerilla group, which denied responsibility later in the day. Whoever was responsible, the assault dramatized the failure of the Ayatollah's forces to bring the country under complete control. Khomeini was defied Wednesday by large numbers of his followers who did not heed his order of Tuesday to turn in weapons seized when the country's armed forces capitulated last weekend. Rival groups waged pitched battles at Related story on Page 5A several points in the capital Wednesday night, including Iran's national televisoion center. In an effort to end the chaos in the country, the Ayatollah issued a proclamation Wednesday asking all Iranians to return to their jobs on Saturday, the beginning of the Moselm week. " Now that you have demolished the pillars of the Pahlavi dynasty and the revolutionary temporary government has been established ... all workers, merchants, office staffs, students and teachers are hereby requested to resume work on Saturday," the proclamation said. Because of strikes, " the country is now in such a state" that the economy must be immediately revived, the proclamation said. " Those who disobey the revolutionary government will be regarded as opponents of the revolution." In several cities outside the capital, armed opposition to the Khomeini forces has been reported. In Tabriz, the capital of the northeast Azerbbaijan province, pitched street battles have been fought for the past two days. Reports said that both loyalists to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and left wing Azerbaijan separatists were fighting revolutionary forces. Eyewitnesses in the city said there were a number of casualties in Wednesday's fighting but that no figures were available. Piecing together the various accounts of the embassy attack, it appeared likely that ex- teremi- sts called Khomeini commando posts, reported SAVAK agents had occupied the embassy and were firing from it, knowing the commandoes would rush to the scene and open fire themselvs. The extremists apparently hoped to kill a number of Americans, thereby disrupting relations between Washington and the Khomeini government. Police officer I cracks some ' ' tough nuts9 By Scott Morgan Missourian staff writer Columbia Police Sgt. Bob Muse calls it teamwork. His peers say it is his uncanny knack for wheedling confessions from crooks. Whatever his secret, there is no disagreement that Muse has cracked some of the toughest nuts in town when others couldn't Police found a Columbia woman stabbed to death in a field north of the city. The prime suspect was an ex- convi- ct, suspected by St. Louis police of kidnapping and murdering a 13- year-- old girl, who had just moved to Columbia. But there wasn't enough evidence to charge the man unless he admitted his guilt. He had refused to confess under interrogation by St Louis authorities, and Columbia police weren't optimistic that they would have any better luck. Muse says he " sat down and talked with the man face to face." A few hours later, the nut cracked. Police had a confession and a case. " I still can't figure out why he copped out when he was able to stand up to the St. Louis experts," Muse says. " He was smart enough to know we didn't have a chance of convicting him on what we had." Columbia Police Chief David Walsh says, " Muse's greatest expertise is his ability to communicate with crime suspects. And this expertise has been used on many occasions to bring difficult cases to successful conclusions. x " There have been many cases where we were stopped dead. We couldn't make the right connections. Then Muse stepped in and put everything together for us." Muse says simply, " I do my homework. When I talk to them, I baffle them silly with what I know about them." The detective, who is " somewhere around 40," spends most of his working day staying in contact with those he calls " street people." He investigates rapes, robberies, asaults and murders. " My life is threatened usually every day," he says. " A lot of people I've busted, people that I've sent up to the pen, hate my guts. They want to get even with me." Although he says he has " learned to live with threatening phone calls," he still is afraid for his family's safety and is careful not to reveal anything about his home life. Muse describes a typical day at the police station as, ( See CROOKS, Page 13A) HDI9Qi9BBHflBEKiflB&- iVBiBS9HB9Ra3K5ii9Hu9ISjWHIGaE-H rMlriffMllBWOHffflfMWraTffMrrrHi ' IIhUIWHIHIwM AJ. ScmdBtrvni Detective Sgt. Bob Muse, a 13- ye- ar veteran of the Police department. Insight Polar ice could melt into disaster By Walter Sullivan New York Times GENEVA There is a real possibility that some people now in their infancy wiD live to a time when the ice at the North Pole will have melted, a change that would cause swift and, perhaps catastrophic changes in climate. Although many uncertainties affect the possibility, the change could come about because of rapid increases in foel- bumi- ng and a consequent rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide allows sunlight to enter the atmosphere and heat the earth, hut it inhibits the escape of heat radiation into space. This soolled " greenhouse effect" was discussed by several specialists reporting to the World Climate Con-ference here, and the conferees were urged to assign top priority to assessing thecarbon dioxide threat in the 20- ye- ar world climate program now in preparation. ' In a study being presented to the conference by the International In-stitute to Applied Systems Aiiarysis in Aestria, it is projected that global energy use may increase from tfcrcc to ( gee ARCTIC, Page 13A) Tentative sites for gasification plants selected By Mary Wells Missourian staff writer The sites for the two Missouri coal gasification plants, one near Columbia, have been tentatively selected by the proponents of the project. Neither site is in the area originaDy announced in the phase II study completed last year, but will be located within five miles ( eight kilometers) of those selections. Russell Streich, project manager of Consumer Energy Corp., the nonprofit organization supporting the coal gas plants near Columbia and in northern Missouri, said Wednesday the primary and secondary sites for each plant have been selected pending a final in-vestigation. The phase II study said possible sites in mid- Misso- uri were near Rocheport, northwest Howard County or either Putnam or Sullivan counties. Another plant will be located in the Green Hills region of north central Missouri. Streich said the new sites are no more man five miles ( eight kilometers) from the original sites. The plants will gasify high- sulph- ur Missouri coal and bum the gas to produce electricy. Proponents also hope to be able to sell the excess synthetic gas and the sulphur byproduct. The proposals have been the subject of heated debate in Columbia. A special city task force in 1977 criticized the project, saying it was ill- concei-ved and questioned whether the technology exists to make the project work. Additional, glimpses into the progress of the proposals are offered in a progress report obtained this week by the Columbia Missourian. The report, written by the Kansas City, Kan., engineering consulting firm of Lutz. Daily and Brain, was submitted Dec. 17 to the Ozark Regional Com-mission. The cover letter to the report states that some of the engineering firm's original concepts have been " modified" and that there are evident " differences in the marketing outlook between the two regions." The letter's author, Henry H. Sch- mal- l, refused to say what the modifications are or answer any questions about the report. The report does reveal, however, the following glimpses of the project: - Consumer Energy plans to seek a grant from the U. S. Department of Energy for funds to conduct an en-vironmental impact study and engineering feasibility study. - Consumer Energy will try to finance construction of the plants through industrial revenue bonds. Each plant will seek to entice industries to an industrial park located at the plant sites, but the industries may be different for each plant. These will be crucial to the success of the projects, Streich said. Streich said he has " received many inquiries from industries wishing to purchase gas from the facilities." 9 a. m. Boone County Court meets, fifth floor, County- Cit- y Building. In SAWn 7: 30 D-- m- " The Mousetrap." J8. M & VWKH University Main Stage Theater. 7: 30 p. m. All- Ci- ty Secondary Vocal tlay Concert, Jefferson Junior High. Movie listings on Page 15A gpi . -- mjgf m Portillo criticizes gas veto, 9 but talks ' relaxed, friendly9 From onr wire services MEXICO CITY Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo publicly criticised President Carter Wednesday for vetoing the sale of Mexican gas to the United States two years ago, warning that " surprise moves and sudden . deceit" could backfire on VS. interests. Lopez Portillo eluded Carter for tfiie sudden VS. interest in Mexico's newly discovered ofl and gas reserves and warned that the United States should not take the oil for granted. On the whole, though, the two leaders' opening discussions were described by aides as a " frien-dly, relaxed exchangs" of assessments of global and regional affairs, skirting the overriding issues of oil and aliens. Carter, looking weary after a night in which he was awakened several times to be informed of developments in Iran and Afghanistan, had considered delaying his departure for Mexico, a White House aide said. Carter decided to leave as scheduled only after receiving word that the American Embassy in Iran was secure, and the Americans were safe. In a welcoming ceremony under smog- leade- n sides at Juarez International Airport, the two presidents exchanged handshakes, as their wives gave each other the traditional Latin abrazo, or embrace. About 3,000 onlookers sat in a makeshift grandstand, with floral decorations of the American and Mexican flags, and portraits of the two leaders. Military' and mariaehi bands provided the music, and the spectators waved pompons and sounded noisemakers. " Very objectively, Mr. President, few countries in the world have so much to talk about, so many matters as we do," Lopez Portillo told Carter. The Mexican president, speaking in Spanish, spoke of the " enormous interest" and great ex-pectations with which his countrymen viewed Carter's visit, and said that " you will find this expectation in all mass communication media, press, radio, television, in the streets and also on signs on the wall." The visit appeared to generate little enthusiasm on the streets of Mexico City, however. No crowds lined the routes traveled by the official motorcade, although the lampposts were adorned by portraits of the two leaders and their wives. Carter, speaking first in Spanish and then in English, said that " I cannot imagine a more ap-propriate day for our own reunion and to express the feelings that the people of my country have toward yours." " Happy St. Valentine's Day," Carter told his guests. " Long live Mexico." Carter and Lopez Portillo then drove to the National Palace for a ( Sec PORTILLO, Page 16A ) Outgoing Beck sees a smooth changeover By Wayne J. Heflman MisHmrian staff writer Acting City Manager Ray Beck is preparing to turn over his duties Monday to City Manager- designa- te Stuart Campbell. ltjBHWlMWjl He reflected Wednesday on BBpfflrBBlSHl his eight months in the city's HE& KbHH He said he has a favorable HhBHSH first impression of Campbell, HwBBHH who was hired by the council lWffl deteriorated. Beck would not IsHhSBS say whether be would apply MmGutmSM for any other dry manager i ' mBHSBom Jobs. He plans to return to his hSEBSHSt old Job us city public works '" HIB" director. BCCK 1 Beck said he expects an orderly transition when Campbell arrives in Columbia. He cited his own work with four city managers and nine councils during Ma 17 years as public works director as an example of bis flexibility. The only problem Beck said he will leave Campbell is the appointment of a new water and light director before J. H. Lund- stea- d retires March 1. Referring to the selection process of Campbell, however, Beck said the City Council fchould have followed the guidelines set up by the International City Management Association during its search. But Beck refused to elaborate on how the city may not have followed those guidelines. ' Tvegotreflectionson it, but I think it's better if I keep it. to myself," he said, adding that Ms feeltagsafe eat necessarily derogatory. Beck was one of five finalists encouraged to apply for the Job by the council, but he was not picked. At one print in the eight- mont- h selection process, Beck was offered the job, but he refused it because he had not applied. Turning to other issues Wednesday, Beck blamed delays of the West Broadway wktening on pressures applied on state officials by opponents of the project. He said the cost of the $ 1.5 million project will increase because the project cannot begin during this year's construction season. Beck also denied the city has lost 3,300 tons ( 2,970 metric tons) of coal listed as unaccounted for in the city's 1977- 7- 8 audit by Price- Waterhous- e Inc. The status of the coal, worth $ 105,000, is the subject of an investigation. The coal was not in the dry's stockpile, though it was still listed in its inventory. Beck said the difference was probably due to an inaccuracy in weighing the coal before it is put in the power plant's boilers. Housing code rule called no 6big deal9 By B. J. Martin Mbsoarlan staff writer Acting City Manager Ray Beck said Wednesday it is " next to impossible" to enforce a section of the housing code that requires the city to notify tenants is? sub-- -- standard housing when legal action Sf taken : against their landlord. Furthermore, Beck said during erem ( See TENANT, Page 16A) " .,
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Item.Transcript | .. ... I STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 19334 HITT & LOffRY ST.. SEHV COLUMBIA, MO, 65201 71st Year No. 132 Cowl Morning! It's Thursday. February 15. 1979 2 Sections 24 Pages 15 Cents Guerrillas attack U. S. embassy in Iran By Nicholas Gage New York Times TEHRAN Armed urban guerrillas attacked the American ambassy Wednesday morning, trapping Ambassador Willaim H. Sullivan and his staff inside for more than two hours. Two VS. Marines were injured and two Iranians were reported killed. Embassy employees attributed the low number of American casualties, despite heavy fire, to the cool leadership of Sullivan, who ordered the 19 Marine guards in the compound not to engage the enemy with firearms and collected his staff in protected rooms of the chancellery. " They attacked the compound from three sides," Sullivan said later. " They shot up my home, my office and the chancery. We telephoned the Khomeini people and they arrived in the nick of time. An interesting Valentine's Day." It was not clear who led the attack. Some supporters of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed the responsibility on the Communist Tudeh Party, while others said the invaders were Fedayeen, a Marxist guerilla group, which denied responsibility later in the day. Whoever was responsible, the assault dramatized the failure of the Ayatollah's forces to bring the country under complete control. Khomeini was defied Wednesday by large numbers of his followers who did not heed his order of Tuesday to turn in weapons seized when the country's armed forces capitulated last weekend. Rival groups waged pitched battles at Related story on Page 5A several points in the capital Wednesday night, including Iran's national televisoion center. In an effort to end the chaos in the country, the Ayatollah issued a proclamation Wednesday asking all Iranians to return to their jobs on Saturday, the beginning of the Moselm week. " Now that you have demolished the pillars of the Pahlavi dynasty and the revolutionary temporary government has been established ... all workers, merchants, office staffs, students and teachers are hereby requested to resume work on Saturday," the proclamation said. Because of strikes, " the country is now in such a state" that the economy must be immediately revived, the proclamation said. " Those who disobey the revolutionary government will be regarded as opponents of the revolution." In several cities outside the capital, armed opposition to the Khomeini forces has been reported. In Tabriz, the capital of the northeast Azerbbaijan province, pitched street battles have been fought for the past two days. Reports said that both loyalists to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and left wing Azerbaijan separatists were fighting revolutionary forces. Eyewitnesses in the city said there were a number of casualties in Wednesday's fighting but that no figures were available. Piecing together the various accounts of the embassy attack, it appeared likely that ex- teremi- sts called Khomeini commando posts, reported SAVAK agents had occupied the embassy and were firing from it, knowing the commandoes would rush to the scene and open fire themselvs. The extremists apparently hoped to kill a number of Americans, thereby disrupting relations between Washington and the Khomeini government. Police officer I cracks some ' ' tough nuts9 By Scott Morgan Missourian staff writer Columbia Police Sgt. Bob Muse calls it teamwork. His peers say it is his uncanny knack for wheedling confessions from crooks. Whatever his secret, there is no disagreement that Muse has cracked some of the toughest nuts in town when others couldn't Police found a Columbia woman stabbed to death in a field north of the city. The prime suspect was an ex- convi- ct, suspected by St. Louis police of kidnapping and murdering a 13- year-- old girl, who had just moved to Columbia. But there wasn't enough evidence to charge the man unless he admitted his guilt. He had refused to confess under interrogation by St Louis authorities, and Columbia police weren't optimistic that they would have any better luck. Muse says he " sat down and talked with the man face to face." A few hours later, the nut cracked. Police had a confession and a case. " I still can't figure out why he copped out when he was able to stand up to the St. Louis experts," Muse says. " He was smart enough to know we didn't have a chance of convicting him on what we had." Columbia Police Chief David Walsh says, " Muse's greatest expertise is his ability to communicate with crime suspects. And this expertise has been used on many occasions to bring difficult cases to successful conclusions. x " There have been many cases where we were stopped dead. We couldn't make the right connections. Then Muse stepped in and put everything together for us." Muse says simply, " I do my homework. When I talk to them, I baffle them silly with what I know about them." The detective, who is " somewhere around 40," spends most of his working day staying in contact with those he calls " street people." He investigates rapes, robberies, asaults and murders. " My life is threatened usually every day," he says. " A lot of people I've busted, people that I've sent up to the pen, hate my guts. They want to get even with me." Although he says he has " learned to live with threatening phone calls," he still is afraid for his family's safety and is careful not to reveal anything about his home life. Muse describes a typical day at the police station as, ( See CROOKS, Page 13A) HDI9Qi9BBHflBEKiflB&- iVBiBS9HB9Ra3K5ii9Hu9ISjWHIGaE-H rMlriffMllBWOHffflfMWraTffMrrrHi ' IIhUIWHIHIwM AJ. ScmdBtrvni Detective Sgt. Bob Muse, a 13- ye- ar veteran of the Police department. Insight Polar ice could melt into disaster By Walter Sullivan New York Times GENEVA There is a real possibility that some people now in their infancy wiD live to a time when the ice at the North Pole will have melted, a change that would cause swift and, perhaps catastrophic changes in climate. Although many uncertainties affect the possibility, the change could come about because of rapid increases in foel- bumi- ng and a consequent rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide allows sunlight to enter the atmosphere and heat the earth, hut it inhibits the escape of heat radiation into space. This soolled " greenhouse effect" was discussed by several specialists reporting to the World Climate Con-ference here, and the conferees were urged to assign top priority to assessing thecarbon dioxide threat in the 20- ye- ar world climate program now in preparation. ' In a study being presented to the conference by the International In-stitute to Applied Systems Aiiarysis in Aestria, it is projected that global energy use may increase from tfcrcc to ( gee ARCTIC, Page 13A) Tentative sites for gasification plants selected By Mary Wells Missourian staff writer The sites for the two Missouri coal gasification plants, one near Columbia, have been tentatively selected by the proponents of the project. Neither site is in the area originaDy announced in the phase II study completed last year, but will be located within five miles ( eight kilometers) of those selections. Russell Streich, project manager of Consumer Energy Corp., the nonprofit organization supporting the coal gas plants near Columbia and in northern Missouri, said Wednesday the primary and secondary sites for each plant have been selected pending a final in-vestigation. The phase II study said possible sites in mid- Misso- uri were near Rocheport, northwest Howard County or either Putnam or Sullivan counties. Another plant will be located in the Green Hills region of north central Missouri. Streich said the new sites are no more man five miles ( eight kilometers) from the original sites. The plants will gasify high- sulph- ur Missouri coal and bum the gas to produce electricy. Proponents also hope to be able to sell the excess synthetic gas and the sulphur byproduct. The proposals have been the subject of heated debate in Columbia. A special city task force in 1977 criticized the project, saying it was ill- concei-ved and questioned whether the technology exists to make the project work. Additional, glimpses into the progress of the proposals are offered in a progress report obtained this week by the Columbia Missourian. The report, written by the Kansas City, Kan., engineering consulting firm of Lutz. Daily and Brain, was submitted Dec. 17 to the Ozark Regional Com-mission. The cover letter to the report states that some of the engineering firm's original concepts have been " modified" and that there are evident " differences in the marketing outlook between the two regions." The letter's author, Henry H. Sch- mal- l, refused to say what the modifications are or answer any questions about the report. The report does reveal, however, the following glimpses of the project: - Consumer Energy plans to seek a grant from the U. S. Department of Energy for funds to conduct an en-vironmental impact study and engineering feasibility study. - Consumer Energy will try to finance construction of the plants through industrial revenue bonds. Each plant will seek to entice industries to an industrial park located at the plant sites, but the industries may be different for each plant. These will be crucial to the success of the projects, Streich said. Streich said he has " received many inquiries from industries wishing to purchase gas from the facilities." 9 a. m. Boone County Court meets, fifth floor, County- Cit- y Building. In SAWn 7: 30 D-- m- " The Mousetrap." J8. M & VWKH University Main Stage Theater. 7: 30 p. m. All- Ci- ty Secondary Vocal tlay Concert, Jefferson Junior High. Movie listings on Page 15A gpi . -- mjgf m Portillo criticizes gas veto, 9 but talks ' relaxed, friendly9 From onr wire services MEXICO CITY Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo publicly criticised President Carter Wednesday for vetoing the sale of Mexican gas to the United States two years ago, warning that " surprise moves and sudden . deceit" could backfire on VS. interests. Lopez Portillo eluded Carter for tfiie sudden VS. interest in Mexico's newly discovered ofl and gas reserves and warned that the United States should not take the oil for granted. On the whole, though, the two leaders' opening discussions were described by aides as a " frien-dly, relaxed exchangs" of assessments of global and regional affairs, skirting the overriding issues of oil and aliens. Carter, looking weary after a night in which he was awakened several times to be informed of developments in Iran and Afghanistan, had considered delaying his departure for Mexico, a White House aide said. Carter decided to leave as scheduled only after receiving word that the American Embassy in Iran was secure, and the Americans were safe. In a welcoming ceremony under smog- leade- n sides at Juarez International Airport, the two presidents exchanged handshakes, as their wives gave each other the traditional Latin abrazo, or embrace. About 3,000 onlookers sat in a makeshift grandstand, with floral decorations of the American and Mexican flags, and portraits of the two leaders. Military' and mariaehi bands provided the music, and the spectators waved pompons and sounded noisemakers. " Very objectively, Mr. President, few countries in the world have so much to talk about, so many matters as we do," Lopez Portillo told Carter. The Mexican president, speaking in Spanish, spoke of the " enormous interest" and great ex-pectations with which his countrymen viewed Carter's visit, and said that " you will find this expectation in all mass communication media, press, radio, television, in the streets and also on signs on the wall." The visit appeared to generate little enthusiasm on the streets of Mexico City, however. No crowds lined the routes traveled by the official motorcade, although the lampposts were adorned by portraits of the two leaders and their wives. Carter, speaking first in Spanish and then in English, said that " I cannot imagine a more ap-propriate day for our own reunion and to express the feelings that the people of my country have toward yours." " Happy St. Valentine's Day," Carter told his guests. " Long live Mexico." Carter and Lopez Portillo then drove to the National Palace for a ( Sec PORTILLO, Page 16A ) Outgoing Beck sees a smooth changeover By Wayne J. Heflman MisHmrian staff writer Acting City Manager Ray Beck is preparing to turn over his duties Monday to City Manager- designa- te Stuart Campbell. ltjBHWlMWjl He reflected Wednesday on BBpfflrBBlSHl his eight months in the city's HE& KbHH He said he has a favorable HhBHSH first impression of Campbell, HwBBHH who was hired by the council lWffl deteriorated. Beck would not IsHhSBS say whether be would apply MmGutmSM for any other dry manager i ' mBHSBom Jobs. He plans to return to his hSEBSHSt old Job us city public works '" HIB" director. BCCK 1 Beck said he expects an orderly transition when Campbell arrives in Columbia. He cited his own work with four city managers and nine councils during Ma 17 years as public works director as an example of bis flexibility. The only problem Beck said he will leave Campbell is the appointment of a new water and light director before J. H. Lund- stea- d retires March 1. Referring to the selection process of Campbell, however, Beck said the City Council fchould have followed the guidelines set up by the International City Management Association during its search. But Beck refused to elaborate on how the city may not have followed those guidelines. ' Tvegotreflectionson it, but I think it's better if I keep it. to myself," he said, adding that Ms feeltagsafe eat necessarily derogatory. Beck was one of five finalists encouraged to apply for the Job by the council, but he was not picked. At one print in the eight- mont- h selection process, Beck was offered the job, but he refused it because he had not applied. Turning to other issues Wednesday, Beck blamed delays of the West Broadway wktening on pressures applied on state officials by opponents of the project. He said the cost of the $ 1.5 million project will increase because the project cannot begin during this year's construction season. Beck also denied the city has lost 3,300 tons ( 2,970 metric tons) of coal listed as unaccounted for in the city's 1977- 7- 8 audit by Price- Waterhous- e Inc. The status of the coal, worth $ 105,000, is the subject of an investigation. The coal was not in the dry's stockpile, though it was still listed in its inventory. Beck said the difference was probably due to an inaccuracy in weighing the coal before it is put in the power plant's boilers. Housing code rule called no 6big deal9 By B. J. Martin Mbsoarlan staff writer Acting City Manager Ray Beck said Wednesday it is " next to impossible" to enforce a section of the housing code that requires the city to notify tenants is? sub-- -- standard housing when legal action Sf taken : against their landlord. Furthermore, Beck said during erem ( See TENANT, Page 16A) " ., |