Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1979-07-18

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Carter to decide on Cabinet resignations
By Terence Smith
T New York Times
WASHINGTON President Carter's Cabinet and all
members of his senior White House staff offered their
resignations Tuesday, and top aides said later that Carter
would accept some within the next few days.
The offers, which were made orally at two separate
meetings with the president Tuesday morning, clear the way
for a reshaping of the Carter administration.
The national security team, including Secretary of State
Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and
Zbigniew Brzezinski, the president's national security ad-viser,
is expected to remain, but several other Cabinet
secretaries and staff members are likely to leave or transfer
to the Carter- Monda- le campaign committee.
Vice President Walter Mondale, speaking with reporters in
Topeka, Kan., said the upcoming changes in the ad--
ministration represented " a new emphasis, a new direction."
He said there would be changes in " the staffing of the White
House, the Cabinet and other executive personnel."
The news of the impending shakeup was announced by
press secretary Jody Powell, who called reporters into his
office at midaf temoon to read the following statement from a
hastily typed sheet of paper:
" The president had a serious and lengthy discussion with
his Cabinet and senior White House staff today ( Tuesday)
about the priorities of his administration. He reviewed with
mem the progress of the past few years and the problems
which remain.
" All members of the senior staff and Cabinet have offered
their resignations during this period of evaluation. The
president will review these offers of resignation carefully and
expeditiously."
Powell declined to say whether . the president had
specifically sought the resignation offers himself, although
officials said later that Carter knew they would be tendered at
the meeting and had made no move to stop them. " You can
assume that he would have stepped in if he didn't like the
idea," one official said.
While the president apparently did not ask for the
resignation offers himself at the meeting Tuesday, Patrick
Caddell, his pollster, said late in the day that he " assumed"
they had been Carter's idea. Another source said the idea for
such offers had been proposed to the president at Camp David
by Hamilton Jordan, his top political aide.
The meeting with the Cabinet was called for 10: 30 a. m. for
" prinicpals only," meaning that the members should not
bring the aides mat frequently accompany them at routine
meetings. That was the first suggestion that it would be an
unusual session.
The meeting began with a long talk from Carter, who said
he was going to change not only some members of his Cabinet
but, as one participant quoted him later, " my lifestyle and my
way of working."
At that paint, Jordan tried to break the tension by saying
that he was going to change his life style, too, but there was no
laughter.
At one point when the president began to trail off in his
presentation, one member of the Cabinet spoke up.
" Rather than putting you in the position of having to ask,
why don't we all put in our resignations and free you to act as
you choose." suggested the Cabinet member, who was not
identified.
Some of the members noted that the president already had
their unsigned resignation, while others proposed to put them
in writing.
Vance reportedly said that that did not seen necessary,
since the oral expressions of their willingness to resign were
just as good. Brown seconded that point, but Attorney General
Griffin Bell said it would be better if they were written. He did
not push the point, however, and no written offers were
( See 33, Page 14A)
City Council replaces I
Dannov; Ms. Laughrey
new municipal judge
By Sheila Davis
ftfissourian staff writer
Missouri Assistant Attorney General
Nanette Laughrey is the new Columbia
municipal judge because of
'' philosophical differences" between
Mayor Clyde Wilson and current Judge
FredDannov.
Aetizg during an open meeting
Monday night, the Columbia City
Council voted, 5-- 2, to appoint Ms.
Laughrey, the wife of Boone County
Clerk Chris Kelh, to replace Dannov.
Ms. Laughrey says she was surprised
at the appointment. " When I saw that
Judge Dannov had reapplied, I
assumed that he would be reappointed,
she said Tuesday."
But, Dannov" s independent ideas
about his court and its role recently bad
brought a cold shoulder from the
council. Although none of the council
members criticized Dannov's per-formance
as judge, only Sixth Ward
Councilman Lew Stoerker en- thusiastic- ally
supported him.
Mayor Clyde Wilson said he had " no
reservations about Dannov as he sits as
a judge." But, Wilson said, he and
Dannov have " philosophical dif-ferences
about the nature of the court"
that influenced his decision to support
Ms. Laughrey.
During the Monday night session,
WOson pointed to his and Dannov's past
disagreements about the separation of
the court and the city government, the
proper jurisdiction of the court and the
fuD- o- r part- tim- e status of the judge. He
said his contact with Dannov on these
issues had been unsatisfactory.
Wilson, initiating council discussion
of the applicants, said Dannov had
come before the council mentioning
laws and asking for an increase in the
scope of the court's activity. " It is
irregular for a judge to make those
appeals," Wilson said.
Dannov says he cannot understand
exactly to what Wilson is objecting.
' Tve appeared ( before the council)
twice in 1979 once in regard to court
costs and at the request of the counselor
( See GOODRICH, Page ISA)
Wilson's vote
opens meeting
The decision to name a new
municipal judge for Colombia was
made during an open meeting of the
City Council, the first time in recent
years the council hasnt made such a
personnel change behind closed doors.
Mayor Clyde Wilson said afterward
he voted for an open meeting only
because " if the feeling about a closed
meeting is not unanimous, then it is
worse wan having an open meeting.''
The council's feeling about the
meeting was not unanimous it was
split 3-- 3 when Wilson's name was called
to vote.
Sixth Ward Councilman Lew Stoerker
suggested the open meeting and got
support from Fifth Ward Councilman
Ed Vaughan and First Ward Coun-cilman
Richard Knipp.
Wilson broke the tie in favor of the
open meeting.
Kennedy undaunted
by Chappaquiddick
By Robert Blair Kaiser
NewYork Times
WASHINGTON Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy reaffirmed Tuesday that he
believed be acted irrationally and
irresponsibly in the aftermath of a fatal
automobfle accident at Chappaquiddick
Island 10 years ago Wednesday. But he
said that be did not believe that his
performance in that crisis meant that
he could not meet the pressures of the
presidency if be chcae to run- i- n
the first detailed interview he has
granted in five years on the death of
Mary Jo Kopechne, Kennedy thus
addressed himself directly to an issue
flat has occupied politicians and
political journalists ever since the
accident: whether the events at Chap-paquiddick
represented a fatal blow to
any presidential hopes the senator
might barber.
In the interview Tuesday, Kennedy
said that his actions in driving the
aatomobSe eff a bridge, which resulted
sva& ss Kopedme's death, and bis
faSure to report the accident promptly
to the authorities, bad been " irrational
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respottHbflity."
Bathe said be did not believe the
tngedy on Sfiariba's Vineyard in
Insight
Massachusetts en me nights of July 18
and 19, 19S9 posed the same kinds of
tests that be had met in 17 years in the
Senate and that he would face if chosen
president.
He said be bad met the issues of war
and peace in public Hfe since Chap-paquiddick
and " have felt no hesitancy
about involving myself in them and
taking stands onmanyofthem."
Seated in a high- backe- d colonial
chair in his Senate office, Kennedy
appeared tense and occasionally swept
by emotion as he described the 10- year- o- W
trauma, Tfceagh his recollections
were largely the same as bis earlier
testimony, be disclosed for the first
time that be bad ordered two long- tim- e
friends who were with Was fliat night,
Joseph KL Gargan and Paul M& rkham,
not to report the accident to the police
" because I was the responsible person
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suggestion that a new inquiry into
Chappaquiddick would lay to rest any
of tbedoabteabeutfitemekSent.
Kennedy agreed to an interview on
( SJKENNEDY, Page 14A)
Officials await president's word
WASHINGTON ( UPI) Anxious
hours lie ahead for the presidents
cabinet after their offers of
resignation as they await his
pleasure.
Some obviously are safe, some may
be in trouble and the fate of the
others may depend entirely on how
deeply Carter wishes to cut.
Here's a rundown of the major
Cabinet officers and the likelihood
their resignations will be accepted:
Cyrus Vance, secretary of state:
A senior U. S. official says Vance's
resignation was " pro forma." Vance,
leading spokesman for foreign policy
and national security matters, has
said he will step down at the end of
Carter's first term.
Harold Brown, secretary of
defense: His resignation also is a
formality, the senior official said.
Griffin Bell, attorney general:
Carter's close friend and trusted
adviser has been asking for several
months to be relieved.
Ray Marshall, labor: An aide
said Marshall has not come under
criticism and seemed an unlikely
candidate for firing.
Bob Bergland, agriculture:
When farm prices were low and
farmers unhappy, Bergland's name
appeared on lists of Cabinet members
who might be on the way out.
Michael Blumenthal, treasury:
It appeared highly unlikely
Blumenthal, one of the ad-ministration's
most visible top of-ficials,
would be dropped. Last month
Carter selected him as his main
economic coordinator. Blumenthal
has clashed a number of times with
senior White House staffers on
economic policy, but apparently with
no lasting scars.
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Workmen hoist " La Coloraba" onto its
temporary foundation in front of the
Columbia Public Library. The sculpture is
to be moved to Guitar Square Park at a
later date. Nikki Crawitz and her son, top,
inspect the newly- arrive- d work of art.
Awaited sculpture
finally arrives in city
Peter Chinni's abstract sculpture " La Cblomba" finally
asrived in Columbia Tuesday, eight months after the con-troversy
it has caused.
The sculpture was selected last October by the Columbia
Arts Council to adorn Guitar Square Park, which is planned for
the area between the County- Cit- y Building and the Farm and
Home Savings Association.
The park is to commemorate the work of famed Missouri
artist George Caleb Bingham, whose studio was located on
Guitar Square.
" La Colomba" was chosen from more than 50 sculptures
submitted to the Columbia Arts Council for consideration.
Fifty- year- o- ld Chinni from Katonah, N. Y., picked up a $ 40,000
prize for his work. But some Columbians were upset by the
selection of Chinni's sculpture, and demanded that it be
replaced by a bust of Bingham.
The sculpture was given a temporary home in front of the
Columbia Public Library Tuesday, and will remain there until
Guitar Square Park is ready for it.
8sa towsa. today
2 pjn. " The Pleasure of His Company," Arrow Rock
Lyceum Theater, $ 4.
7 pjn. Brass Band Concert, north steps of the University's
Jesse Hall, free.
7: 39 pjn. " Oliver," Maplewood Bam Theater, $ 2 for adults,
$ 1 for students.
S: 1S pjn. " Madame, Will You Walk?" Arrow Rock Lyceum
Theater. $ 3.50 for students with valid identification, $ 4.50 for
others.
. 8: 15 pjn. " The Amorous Flea," University Repertory
Theater, $ 3. University students enrolled in summer school,
free.
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After more than three hours of
fireworks in Seattle's
Kingdome, a simple base on
balls decided the outcome of
baseball's 50th All- St- ar game.
Lee Mazzilli of the New York
Mets drew a bases- loade- d
walk from New York Yankee
ace Ron Guidry in the ninth
inning to break a tie and give
the National League a IS wia,
its eighth consecutive 8
triumph. Mazzilli was indeed 8
the hero, as his solo bonier IB 8
the eighth tied the score at 94. j
Tum to page 6A for details. 8
Somoza vows
to return
to homeland
From our wire services
Defiant and angry, Anastasio Somoza went
into political exile in Miami Beach Tuesday
charging that he was a victim of a " inter-national
conspiracy with a Communist
majority," and vowing that some day he
hoped to return to Nicaragua.
But in a news conference at his Sunset
Island estate, the just- resign- ed ruler of the
largest Central American republic conceded
that he might be in exile for life.
Somoza likened his loss of Nicaragua to
Marxist- oriente- d Sandinista guerrillas to
Communist leader Fidel Castro's takeover of
Cuba.
" Remember, Nicargua is the size of Cuba
and you haven't been able to do a damn thing
about it," he warned. " But Nicaragua is part
of America and that's what worries me."
Somoza's private Lear jet, one of several
planes bearing his family, aides and top party
officials, about 45 persons in all, touched
down at Homestead Air Force Base at 10 ajn.
A motorcade of 10 cars Somoza rode in a
blue Cadillac whisked the party the 45
miles ( 72 kilometers) north to Miami Beach,
where the deposed president took up
residence at least for the moment on an ex-clusive
Miami resort island.
Somoza will live in a sprawling blue- and- wh- ite
stucco home he apparently owns on the
waterfront. It was purchased recently from
former Miami Archbishop Coleman Carroll
for a reported $ 575,000.
Secret Service men led the entourage as it
barreled up Florida's turnpike into the palm
tree- shade- d estate.
Somoza met reporters minutes after his
arrival.
" I've been thrown out by Nicaraguans, it
was an international conspiracy of the An-dean
Pact countries," he charged angrily.
Maintaining that he received assurances
before he left that neither his remaining top
aides or National Guard officials would suffer
reprisal, he nevertheless predicted future
possible violence against Somoza loyalists
remaining in the country.
The 53- year- o- ld general left behind a
country still gripped by civil war and in ap-parent
disarray over a previously negotiated
plan for a rebel- back- ed provisional junta to
take over the government.
On Tuesday morning a joint session of
Nicaragua's Congress accepted Somoza's
resignation and named the president of the
Chamber of Deputies, Francisco Urcuyo
Maleanos, to succeed him. The plan worked
( See NEW, Page MA)