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G-- T- - tUJT SERV 71m ear No. 236 , imm Morning! il Sunday mJuh I. 1979 5 Sections 56 Pages 35 Cents Inside today Environmental Is the UJS Environmental Protection Agencv doing it s job m regulating the transport and disposal of toxic wastes" That all depends on whom you ask. The EPA says yes, cnbxs beg to differ Todav's Background Page examines the agencuys " jigsaw puzzle,'' with a special eve to a number of recent incidents m the state of Missouri. Senatorial J Roger Wilson doesat look like I a senator NnBethpfess. attfaeage of 30, the Columbia Democrat is I the ytnfligestsnd newest mesnber i I ot the Missouri General Assembtvs upper hocse. For a g loos at uson as he learns the I Senate ropes, torn to today's j Vibrations. I 2ei& wii j today i 2 pan. Seascape, Arrow Rock Lvceum Theater Adults, $ 4, students $ 3.53 2 39 to 4 3d pjn. Opening of University Fme Arts Gallery exhibition of prints and paintings by Virginia Roeder, Mary Packwood and Edward Lambert. 7 38 pun. Twelfth Night," Maplewood Bam Theatre, Mfong Park. Adults S3, semor citizens and students 6 and older $ 1, children under 6 free. IffigHiiR& y 9 aan. to 5 gun. Photo exhibition by Don Freese and Don Kirsch. Columbia Gauery cf Fhotographv, 310 N Tenth Si. Free. 7 p. m. Grv Council nwets, County- Cit- y Bmklmg, council chambers. I Iiad2E I ' I Oxssnled . .1- 4- C I Movies .. 12,12a Ojpteun ... 4B People . 1- 3- E BecsnL . .11A Sports .. .. 7- li- A S& M& s . 6,73 L 8s4e'j' J . """" - jMk jBmK. VV HBHHBDttHOH . KfmSKBBmUKunBSJlKBulUKf Jest . mMsOF'xk B. & HEtk! 3HnuBHL " JHEz tf Brightly colored confetti fills the air, above, as South Koreans welcome President Carter and his family to Seoul Ylith the Carters in the limousine is South Korean President Park Chung Hee At right, Carter and Park bid farewell after their Saturday meeting at Park's presidential mansion, the Blue House The two leaders discussions ranged from the North Korean situation to the U. S military presence in South Korea and questions of human- righ- ts violations by the Seoul regime The president and his family will leave for Washington this afternoon tgimifwini IQflSHBjInXaHHBEL tBdBBBpBpBSm HHWBBlBfiTEHBBrBffBBBHn " i BrnHnrBrK U. S. promoting three- part- y talks with both Koreas SEOUL The United States and South Korea will issue a joint call today for three- wa- y talks with North Korea in a major new effort to reduce tension on this divided peninsula, diplomatic sources said here Saturday II North Korea agrees to participate and officials here think there is at least a 50- 5- 0 chance mat it will talks on the ambassadorial level could begin in about two months. President Carter would name a special representative to participate in the talks on behalf of the United States. A ate for the discussions remains to be selected, but it probably would be in a third country away from the polemics and pyrotechnics mat have surrounded the inconclusive armistice discussions at Pamunjom. One possible ate officials here sad would be the United Nations headquarters m New York. The proposed talks, which represent a major new dsplomatir initiative for the Carter administration, win be aimed first at reducing the tension between the to Koreas and. even-tually, at unification of the divided country The initial objectives ar likely to oe more modest, however such as procedures for the reuniting of families and movement back and forth across the demilitarized zone Nonetheless, with the United States participating Lne would be She first such full- sca- le political talks between the two Koreas in more than 25 years Carter discussed the idea for the three- wa- y talks at length Saturda with South Korean President Park Chung Hee during the first formal meeting of their two- da- v sumxiat conference here Park reportedly dropped his long-standing oppoahon to the concept of three- side- d discussion after Carter assured bee, sagds& salfr taat the United States would be a fall partner m the talks and would not allow them to become a forum for separate negotiations towards normalization of relations between Washington and Pyongyang This fear has caused Seoul to oppose three- wa- y talks in the past. North Korea has resisted them as well hoping instead to draw the United States into bilateral discusaons that would effectively isolate the South Korean government, which they have never recognized. Carter and Park discussed con-tinued efforts by North Korea to acquire a military preponderance" on the Korean peninsula, and wavs to reduce tensions. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said. Korean security has been a major issue between the two allies since Carter announced his intention to withdraw all 30 000 American combat troops from South Korea Although American officials insist that mere is no coanecfesn between the South Korean agreemert to participate in the talks and the troop withdraw! issue it seems clear mat successful negotiations between the two Koreas would reduce the tension on the peninsula and make it possible for Carter to precede with his pull- o- ut plans. The North Koreans have sent a number of signals in recent months that seem to indicate a softening of then position A Pyongyang government official recently said that ' at a certain stage in the slaters! discussions ( United States- Nort- h Korea) South Korea could jam in a statement officials regard as a partial but significant shift in the Norm Korean position The North Koreans also gave visas to a few American correspondents earlier this vsar and admitted an American ping- pon- g team to an international tournev there Both moves were in-terpreted in Washington as an ex-pression of North Korean desire for greater contact, in sd& toso, when U. N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim was m Pyongyang a few weeks ago, government officials there spoke to hnn ( See U. S., Page 14A) Cambodian refugee relates trials of escape NewYorkTsmes NEWYORK On Mav 13 a former Cambodian schoolteacher escaped cer the border into Thailand. Within hours he was caught by Thai officials and taken to Taphva a camp of some 2,000 refugees Two weeks later. Thai soldiers, asserting that they were taking the refugees to waiting airplanes that would take them to freedom, buse4 h Cambodians back to the border and, firing shots at the reluctant ones, herded them down a steep mountain to the thick jungle valley that is the Cambodian frontier Recalled it the Valley of Hell, the Cambodian said here the other day Ht escaped and assent back mto Thailand. He was caught, sent back to the frontier vaQey and escaped agaji Last week he and a slim, sad- eye- d Cambodian youth he befnended on the way arnved in this country to recount the story of their escape They are here to plead for help for the thousands of Cambodians who are caught between a homeland to which return probably means death ana a neighboring country Thailand where they are not welcome The 34- year- - oi schoolteacher calls himself Cbey Rith, which is not his name because be fears for the safety of his son m Cambodia His wife a dark- haje- d beauty according 10 tne picture be carries in the pocket of his jeans died in 1S76 after the birm of their son The Pol Pot regime had separated the members of the family and sent them to labor camps As a reward for extra hours of work, howeyer, Rith had been allowed a brief reunion with his wife only to find that she was dvuig He savs the Pol Pot regime killed his father his aunt, his nephew his sister- in- la- w and his brother- in- la- w Asformy life, the tried to kiU me three times anaialwavs came out ahead, he said. His 20- year-- old companion does not have a new name He does not speak about his past and ap-pears utterly exhausted. Rith tells cf the youth s courage on the journey What is striking about Rim as he recounts in fluent French his awful journey hia voice breaking at moments and his eyes wetting with tears when he speaks of the people he left behind, is his sense of wonder and. even, his sense of ( See CAMBODIANS, Page 11A) Woman raped; not same assailant, police say ByMSkeMansur SQsseortx? staff writer S The rape of a 20- year- o- ld woman 1 occurred Saturday morning after the I woman had accepted a nde to her home i m Woodstock Trailer Court, just a southeast of Columbia. This was the jl nurd reported rape in the Columbui I area in three days and the fifth mhttle I morethan a week. 8 Boone County Sheriff Charlie Foster 1 said he does not thmk the man is the j same one being sought by aty police in connection with rapes which took place I on June 28 and 29 a " It's possible it's the same person," Foster said, but I don t believe it is This is an entirely different situation. In the latest rape, the sheriffs department is seeking a 25-- to 27- vear-- okl black male who is reported to be & feet to 6- fe- et. 2- mc- hes ( 2-- to 2.1- mete- rs) tall, 200 pounds ( SO kilograms and wearing white pants and a light- colore- d shirt. Sheriffs deputies also are looking for arwhite male, described as in his late 20s or early 30s, in connection with a June 17 rape winch took place in northern Boone County Foster said that three or four suspects had been questioned, but no arrests have been made Columbia pohce also are locking for a man who may be responsible for four rapes in the aty since June 22. The victim of the June 29 rape described her attacker as 5- fe- et, 11- mcf- aes ( IJmeters) tsU and weighing 170 pounds ( 76.5 kilograms) The suspect in the June 28 rape is described by pohce as about Meet, 8- wc- nes to 6- f- eet ( L. 7- t- o 2- met- ers) tan and 130 to 135 pounds ( 58.5 to 60.8 lnkgrams) Saturday's suspect is not only described differently, but unlike the rapist m the four previous incidents, there was no forced entry, nor were weapons or other articles were used. Saturday's rape, in addition, oc-- curred between 8 ajn. and 8 30 am. The four previous rapes occurred between 3 ajn. and 5 am. Shenff s deputy Dan Bryson who answered the caU Saturday morning said the victim was walking home from work and was made the trailer court when toe man offered her a ride, saying he would be glad to take her the rest of the way ( home) " The man reportedly was driving a light- blu- e passenger car Foster cautioned any females who intend to walk by themselves, especially after dark. ' It'd be a lot cheaper to get a taxi cab," he said. Study shows 6image of future9 for Columbia ByM& eDefifott Bffissaerias staff write? Two hundred and ninety- thre- e of Ctiumtaa's community leaders looked mto the future recently, and this is what fteysaw Energy costs wiDccotmue to nse The esindWreJ bass ; r! 1 grew and diversify FccdwSSfe& eahijghei percentage of family income. While these events seem inevstable, sid even bssraite to tossy, scssf m the group's ether predictions have seneas caastsjoencssfoftessnty The cruae rate wiSwcreasts Stephens CoSege or Coiumbta CoSege, or both, will be forced to dose Tbe da& v& ym Iwssasss district wffl be revitalized. Unmjgoymswfll increase. These fiaaSngs are the ressB of a sasvef taken by Paul A. Lele, cess-- Insight munay development specialist from the University Extension Center, and gradusSe assistant Alhaji Abdu Ho Ussag S3 gjwsKS, ttsy cucraptted a psetef of tfe fjgsse wfswees! by cuwawsty leaders. Lose hopes the findings wiD fadp these leaders in ptasreos fcB- tfeeffs& o-re. " Essentially the whole pur-pose ofthxsistocoeaeopwdhsoro unties cf the fotcre. The CSSy Coastal sod ctfetr city agencies lave been cnnceruBd with the lack of atfaen h vrivexss& m the decisKHMnJkfcg process,' Lotr said. U o4y officials are going to deal u & 38& xZly wSSfe tS zaresssi. fee aaM, they must isolate the larger social iasae and, mewe tasfortaast, const the creative energy of the community And who are these 293 individuals currenUy wielding the community's power7 The ust reads bice a Who's Who mBooneCounty One is president cf the Columbia Board of Education, Patsy Gamer, one is a member of the City Council, Jon Goodrich, two are judges Frank Ccaley of the Orctst Court and Fred Daouow cf SIuaaaS Cotert and one is presdmg judge of the Booae County Court, Bill Frecb- - City PSaanmg Ehrectcr Mkitael Bathke answered the survey along with Cdkn Cime, former chairman of the Aaport Advjscry Board, Barbara ifehung asd Herb SchosSing present and past University chancellors, and Stephens CoUege Pissdent Arlacd CbnsWaner From the mayor's c5ce were Clyde WSstss asd his presfecessss- - Les Proctor FnimOiebnaxKSffccsQmufuh were Bassk Waters, pofcSsafeer of the Columbia Daily Trabune, and Marqms Landrum, president of the First National Bank and Trust Co and chairman of the Downtown Special Business District. " The whole phtloscphy behind this," survey developer Lutz says, is that in the past, change occurred so slowly you cceM sSord aa& Sa& ER. & sce WerSd War 3d, the rate of change has grcsrn ex-ponentially, so that decisions, once made, moreeaddy became obsolete " The comcramty leaders were asked to rack S3 passable fctures on the basis of impact, probability, d& srabSity and fits degree to which the possibilities ccs& S be cootrsakd. The assoont of coffi& roj, Lc& said, is as indicator of bow Gptizmstzc leaders are about the fetore." Asd bow tsmch optimism is there7 We3, & SepeaSs on the qsestoau TlsBt efty tusd county governments wJS margs and become one is seen by these leaders as being the most con-trollable possibility In terms of probability, however, it ranks a limp 44th. Optimism about justice for victims of crime ranks third, but the probability of its coming to pass is close to last, ranking 28th. The leaders are least optuntstsc about controlling the family food budget. Lutz has worked with mid- Missour- i's development for the last 12 years. This most recent project of has started in the summer cf 1977, because of major shortcomings in the ctfy's cagh- bcrbco- d assoctahons program. Neighborhood associations are popular throughout the country, Lutz said. They tend to be forazd m aSes with centralized and diffused power structures. Cotemtota's poJitscs have historically had a deosottralfceed power ( See STUDY, Page lift) Fuel expected to he available through holiday By Chuck Cantor Missoonaa staff writer Gasoline shortages are causing serious problems in many areas, and the situation in Missouri could become more troublesome as a result of the nationwide strike by independent truckers Nevertheless, sources around the state are cautiously optimistic about gasoline availability through the Fourth of July holiday Actually. July 4th. fatting m the middle of toe week, may be a godsend this year" Don Scbults, executive director of the Lake of the Oxarks Association, said Saturday He said stations that would be closed on Sunday wQl be cam during thp wees, providing more gasoline for tourists Schultz said gasoline supplies are ' near normal" in the lake area, Missouri's No 1 vacation spot ac-cording to a 1978 Missouri Tcunsm Commission report. Some stations hstre Lusted the amounts sold to each customer," Schultz said, but gasoline is generally available Mormcg hoofs are the beat time to buy gasohne, he said. One factor effecting gasohne supplies around the state coma ce the frodisers strike ' If the truckers' strike dsesnt cartaO dekvesTtes, if travelers wil! boy their fuel early in the day, if they'll be aware that more st& ttoas are cpea along major highways and fewer are open en Sundays, then it's s& B relatively easy to travel in Missouri," a June 27 ftfiastazn Dmstoa of Tourism ( See LOCAL, Pfeg UA)
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Item.Transcript | G-- T- - tUJT SERV 71m ear No. 236 , imm Morning! il Sunday mJuh I. 1979 5 Sections 56 Pages 35 Cents Inside today Environmental Is the UJS Environmental Protection Agencv doing it s job m regulating the transport and disposal of toxic wastes" That all depends on whom you ask. The EPA says yes, cnbxs beg to differ Todav's Background Page examines the agencuys " jigsaw puzzle,'' with a special eve to a number of recent incidents m the state of Missouri. Senatorial J Roger Wilson doesat look like I a senator NnBethpfess. attfaeage of 30, the Columbia Democrat is I the ytnfligestsnd newest mesnber i I ot the Missouri General Assembtvs upper hocse. For a g loos at uson as he learns the I Senate ropes, torn to today's j Vibrations. I 2ei& wii j today i 2 pan. Seascape, Arrow Rock Lvceum Theater Adults, $ 4, students $ 3.53 2 39 to 4 3d pjn. Opening of University Fme Arts Gallery exhibition of prints and paintings by Virginia Roeder, Mary Packwood and Edward Lambert. 7 38 pun. Twelfth Night," Maplewood Bam Theatre, Mfong Park. Adults S3, semor citizens and students 6 and older $ 1, children under 6 free. IffigHiiR& y 9 aan. to 5 gun. Photo exhibition by Don Freese and Don Kirsch. Columbia Gauery cf Fhotographv, 310 N Tenth Si. Free. 7 p. m. Grv Council nwets, County- Cit- y Bmklmg, council chambers. I Iiad2E I ' I Oxssnled . .1- 4- C I Movies .. 12,12a Ojpteun ... 4B People . 1- 3- E BecsnL . .11A Sports .. .. 7- li- A S& M& s . 6,73 L 8s4e'j' J . """" - jMk jBmK. VV HBHHBDttHOH . KfmSKBBmUKunBSJlKBulUKf Jest . mMsOF'xk B. & HEtk! 3HnuBHL " JHEz tf Brightly colored confetti fills the air, above, as South Koreans welcome President Carter and his family to Seoul Ylith the Carters in the limousine is South Korean President Park Chung Hee At right, Carter and Park bid farewell after their Saturday meeting at Park's presidential mansion, the Blue House The two leaders discussions ranged from the North Korean situation to the U. S military presence in South Korea and questions of human- righ- ts violations by the Seoul regime The president and his family will leave for Washington this afternoon tgimifwini IQflSHBjInXaHHBEL tBdBBBpBpBSm HHWBBlBfiTEHBBrBffBBBHn " i BrnHnrBrK U. S. promoting three- part- y talks with both Koreas SEOUL The United States and South Korea will issue a joint call today for three- wa- y talks with North Korea in a major new effort to reduce tension on this divided peninsula, diplomatic sources said here Saturday II North Korea agrees to participate and officials here think there is at least a 50- 5- 0 chance mat it will talks on the ambassadorial level could begin in about two months. President Carter would name a special representative to participate in the talks on behalf of the United States. A ate for the discussions remains to be selected, but it probably would be in a third country away from the polemics and pyrotechnics mat have surrounded the inconclusive armistice discussions at Pamunjom. One possible ate officials here sad would be the United Nations headquarters m New York. The proposed talks, which represent a major new dsplomatir initiative for the Carter administration, win be aimed first at reducing the tension between the to Koreas and. even-tually, at unification of the divided country The initial objectives ar likely to oe more modest, however such as procedures for the reuniting of families and movement back and forth across the demilitarized zone Nonetheless, with the United States participating Lne would be She first such full- sca- le political talks between the two Koreas in more than 25 years Carter discussed the idea for the three- wa- y talks at length Saturda with South Korean President Park Chung Hee during the first formal meeting of their two- da- v sumxiat conference here Park reportedly dropped his long-standing oppoahon to the concept of three- side- d discussion after Carter assured bee, sagds& salfr taat the United States would be a fall partner m the talks and would not allow them to become a forum for separate negotiations towards normalization of relations between Washington and Pyongyang This fear has caused Seoul to oppose three- wa- y talks in the past. North Korea has resisted them as well hoping instead to draw the United States into bilateral discusaons that would effectively isolate the South Korean government, which they have never recognized. Carter and Park discussed con-tinued efforts by North Korea to acquire a military preponderance" on the Korean peninsula, and wavs to reduce tensions. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said. Korean security has been a major issue between the two allies since Carter announced his intention to withdraw all 30 000 American combat troops from South Korea Although American officials insist that mere is no coanecfesn between the South Korean agreemert to participate in the talks and the troop withdraw! issue it seems clear mat successful negotiations between the two Koreas would reduce the tension on the peninsula and make it possible for Carter to precede with his pull- o- ut plans. The North Koreans have sent a number of signals in recent months that seem to indicate a softening of then position A Pyongyang government official recently said that ' at a certain stage in the slaters! discussions ( United States- Nort- h Korea) South Korea could jam in a statement officials regard as a partial but significant shift in the Norm Korean position The North Koreans also gave visas to a few American correspondents earlier this vsar and admitted an American ping- pon- g team to an international tournev there Both moves were in-terpreted in Washington as an ex-pression of North Korean desire for greater contact, in sd& toso, when U. N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim was m Pyongyang a few weeks ago, government officials there spoke to hnn ( See U. S., Page 14A) Cambodian refugee relates trials of escape NewYorkTsmes NEWYORK On Mav 13 a former Cambodian schoolteacher escaped cer the border into Thailand. Within hours he was caught by Thai officials and taken to Taphva a camp of some 2,000 refugees Two weeks later. Thai soldiers, asserting that they were taking the refugees to waiting airplanes that would take them to freedom, buse4 h Cambodians back to the border and, firing shots at the reluctant ones, herded them down a steep mountain to the thick jungle valley that is the Cambodian frontier Recalled it the Valley of Hell, the Cambodian said here the other day Ht escaped and assent back mto Thailand. He was caught, sent back to the frontier vaQey and escaped agaji Last week he and a slim, sad- eye- d Cambodian youth he befnended on the way arnved in this country to recount the story of their escape They are here to plead for help for the thousands of Cambodians who are caught between a homeland to which return probably means death ana a neighboring country Thailand where they are not welcome The 34- year- - oi schoolteacher calls himself Cbey Rith, which is not his name because be fears for the safety of his son m Cambodia His wife a dark- haje- d beauty according 10 tne picture be carries in the pocket of his jeans died in 1S76 after the birm of their son The Pol Pot regime had separated the members of the family and sent them to labor camps As a reward for extra hours of work, howeyer, Rith had been allowed a brief reunion with his wife only to find that she was dvuig He savs the Pol Pot regime killed his father his aunt, his nephew his sister- in- la- w and his brother- in- la- w Asformy life, the tried to kiU me three times anaialwavs came out ahead, he said. His 20- year-- old companion does not have a new name He does not speak about his past and ap-pears utterly exhausted. Rith tells cf the youth s courage on the journey What is striking about Rim as he recounts in fluent French his awful journey hia voice breaking at moments and his eyes wetting with tears when he speaks of the people he left behind, is his sense of wonder and. even, his sense of ( See CAMBODIANS, Page 11A) Woman raped; not same assailant, police say ByMSkeMansur SQsseortx? staff writer S The rape of a 20- year- o- ld woman 1 occurred Saturday morning after the I woman had accepted a nde to her home i m Woodstock Trailer Court, just a southeast of Columbia. This was the jl nurd reported rape in the Columbui I area in three days and the fifth mhttle I morethan a week. 8 Boone County Sheriff Charlie Foster 1 said he does not thmk the man is the j same one being sought by aty police in connection with rapes which took place I on June 28 and 29 a " It's possible it's the same person," Foster said, but I don t believe it is This is an entirely different situation. In the latest rape, the sheriffs department is seeking a 25-- to 27- vear-- okl black male who is reported to be & feet to 6- fe- et. 2- mc- hes ( 2-- to 2.1- mete- rs) tall, 200 pounds ( SO kilograms and wearing white pants and a light- colore- d shirt. Sheriffs deputies also are looking for arwhite male, described as in his late 20s or early 30s, in connection with a June 17 rape winch took place in northern Boone County Foster said that three or four suspects had been questioned, but no arrests have been made Columbia pohce also are locking for a man who may be responsible for four rapes in the aty since June 22. The victim of the June 29 rape described her attacker as 5- fe- et, 11- mcf- aes ( IJmeters) tsU and weighing 170 pounds ( 76.5 kilograms) The suspect in the June 28 rape is described by pohce as about Meet, 8- wc- nes to 6- f- eet ( L. 7- t- o 2- met- ers) tan and 130 to 135 pounds ( 58.5 to 60.8 lnkgrams) Saturday's suspect is not only described differently, but unlike the rapist m the four previous incidents, there was no forced entry, nor were weapons or other articles were used. Saturday's rape, in addition, oc-- curred between 8 ajn. and 8 30 am. The four previous rapes occurred between 3 ajn. and 5 am. Shenff s deputy Dan Bryson who answered the caU Saturday morning said the victim was walking home from work and was made the trailer court when toe man offered her a ride, saying he would be glad to take her the rest of the way ( home) " The man reportedly was driving a light- blu- e passenger car Foster cautioned any females who intend to walk by themselves, especially after dark. ' It'd be a lot cheaper to get a taxi cab," he said. Study shows 6image of future9 for Columbia ByM& eDefifott Bffissaerias staff write? Two hundred and ninety- thre- e of Ctiumtaa's community leaders looked mto the future recently, and this is what fteysaw Energy costs wiDccotmue to nse The esindWreJ bass ; r! 1 grew and diversify FccdwSSfe& eahijghei percentage of family income. While these events seem inevstable, sid even bssraite to tossy, scssf m the group's ether predictions have seneas caastsjoencssfoftessnty The cruae rate wiSwcreasts Stephens CoSege or Coiumbta CoSege, or both, will be forced to dose Tbe da& v& ym Iwssasss district wffl be revitalized. Unmjgoymswfll increase. These fiaaSngs are the ressB of a sasvef taken by Paul A. Lele, cess-- Insight munay development specialist from the University Extension Center, and gradusSe assistant Alhaji Abdu Ho Ussag S3 gjwsKS, ttsy cucraptted a psetef of tfe fjgsse wfswees! by cuwawsty leaders. Lose hopes the findings wiD fadp these leaders in ptasreos fcB- tfeeffs& o-re. " Essentially the whole pur-pose ofthxsistocoeaeopwdhsoro unties cf the fotcre. The CSSy Coastal sod ctfetr city agencies lave been cnnceruBd with the lack of atfaen h vrivexss& m the decisKHMnJkfcg process,' Lotr said. U o4y officials are going to deal u & 38& xZly wSSfe tS zaresssi. fee aaM, they must isolate the larger social iasae and, mewe tasfortaast, const the creative energy of the community And who are these 293 individuals currenUy wielding the community's power7 The ust reads bice a Who's Who mBooneCounty One is president cf the Columbia Board of Education, Patsy Gamer, one is a member of the City Council, Jon Goodrich, two are judges Frank Ccaley of the Orctst Court and Fred Daouow cf SIuaaaS Cotert and one is presdmg judge of the Booae County Court, Bill Frecb- - City PSaanmg Ehrectcr Mkitael Bathke answered the survey along with Cdkn Cime, former chairman of the Aaport Advjscry Board, Barbara ifehung asd Herb SchosSing present and past University chancellors, and Stephens CoUege Pissdent Arlacd CbnsWaner From the mayor's c5ce were Clyde WSstss asd his presfecessss- - Les Proctor FnimOiebnaxKSffccsQmufuh were Bassk Waters, pofcSsafeer of the Columbia Daily Trabune, and Marqms Landrum, president of the First National Bank and Trust Co and chairman of the Downtown Special Business District. " The whole phtloscphy behind this," survey developer Lutz says, is that in the past, change occurred so slowly you cceM sSord aa& Sa& ER. & sce WerSd War 3d, the rate of change has grcsrn ex-ponentially, so that decisions, once made, moreeaddy became obsolete " The comcramty leaders were asked to rack S3 passable fctures on the basis of impact, probability, d& srabSity and fits degree to which the possibilities ccs& S be cootrsakd. The assoont of coffi& roj, Lc& said, is as indicator of bow Gptizmstzc leaders are about the fetore." Asd bow tsmch optimism is there7 We3, & SepeaSs on the qsestoau TlsBt efty tusd county governments wJS margs and become one is seen by these leaders as being the most con-trollable possibility In terms of probability, however, it ranks a limp 44th. Optimism about justice for victims of crime ranks third, but the probability of its coming to pass is close to last, ranking 28th. The leaders are least optuntstsc about controlling the family food budget. Lutz has worked with mid- Missour- i's development for the last 12 years. This most recent project of has started in the summer cf 1977, because of major shortcomings in the ctfy's cagh- bcrbco- d assoctahons program. Neighborhood associations are popular throughout the country, Lutz said. They tend to be forazd m aSes with centralized and diffused power structures. Cotemtota's poJitscs have historically had a deosottralfceed power ( See STUDY, Page lift) Fuel expected to he available through holiday By Chuck Cantor Missoonaa staff writer Gasoline shortages are causing serious problems in many areas, and the situation in Missouri could become more troublesome as a result of the nationwide strike by independent truckers Nevertheless, sources around the state are cautiously optimistic about gasoline availability through the Fourth of July holiday Actually. July 4th. fatting m the middle of toe week, may be a godsend this year" Don Scbults, executive director of the Lake of the Oxarks Association, said Saturday He said stations that would be closed on Sunday wQl be cam during thp wees, providing more gasoline for tourists Schultz said gasoline supplies are ' near normal" in the lake area, Missouri's No 1 vacation spot ac-cording to a 1978 Missouri Tcunsm Commission report. Some stations hstre Lusted the amounts sold to each customer," Schultz said, but gasoline is generally available Mormcg hoofs are the beat time to buy gasohne, he said. One factor effecting gasohne supplies around the state coma ce the frodisers strike ' If the truckers' strike dsesnt cartaO dekvesTtes, if travelers wil! boy their fuel early in the day, if they'll be aware that more st& ttoas are cpea along major highways and fewer are open en Sundays, then it's s& B relatively easy to travel in Missouri," a June 27 ftfiastazn Dmstoa of Tourism ( See LOCAL, Pfeg UA) |