Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1979-10-05

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By Colleen Coble
Missourian staff writer
The environmental impact of a regional shop-ping
mall is a subject that hasn't been brought
before Columbia citizens, but the Sierra Club
would like to see that changed.
A Sierra Club- sponsor- ed committee held an
organizational meeting Thursday night to de-termine
what it can do to change the issue from
an unknown to a major factor in the decision of
where to place a mall.
The committee, staffed by several persons
with environmental backgrounds, plans to fo-cus
on the sites south of Columbia, particularly
the Perry- Philli- ps site where the May Co. holds
an option. The 492- ac- re ( 196.8- hectar- e) site's
southern border abuts Rock Bridge State Park.
" What we're doing now is trying to save the
character of Rock Bridge State Park," said
committee chairwoman Marti Kardinal. The
committee is not seeking to halt all growth in
the park area, " but we want to assure that the
environmental quality-- of the area is pre-served,"
Mrs. Kardinal said. " Time is needed
in order to develop solutions to the problem."
As the committee views it, the " prime" prob-lem
with a Phillips site would be the effect on
the Gans Creek basin from development.
The 720- acr- e ( 288- hectar- e) area surrounding
the creek was designated a " wild area" in 1978.
The wild area policy allows for designated land
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to be permanently protected.
The city Planning Department has outlined a
plan for the construction of a pump station in
the area by 1982. The pump station is to be built
even if a mall is not. The committee is ded-icated
to ensuring that its construction con-forms
to guidelines.
But plans allow for sewage discharge to be
pumped into a nearby drainage basin that could
overflow into the creek. The committee would
like a study done on the potential of a " no dis-charge"
policy for the area, similar to one in
Vandalia, Mo. The discharge would then be
used for irrigation purposes in the region's ag
ricultural acreage.
Time for the committee may be gained
through a reclassification of Gans Creek in 1980
by the Missouri Clean Water Commission. The
creek would then be protected against algae
growths, such as those that result from sewage
discharges.
Other concerns of the committee, relating to
mall development, are the effects of urban
sprawl in the drainage basin of the park, the ur-ban
runoff from a large concrete area, and the
general impact construction would have on the
area.
A plan of action, designed to " alert the public
that there is a threat to the park," includes a
presentation before the City Council at its Oct.
15 meeting and a planned meeting with the May
Co. to determine its findings on the mall's envi-ronmental
impact.
Two other potential mall sites, one at the
northwest quadrant of the U. S. 63 and county
Highway WW interchange and one at the south-west
quadrant, concern the committee, also.
Although the locations are not being considered
by developers, the committee asserts if they
are, they are in need of regulation to guard
against an urban and storm water runoff.
These sites are near the Hinkson and
Grindstone creeks.
The committee's next scheduled meeting is
Thursday, when it will, among other business,
select a name.
Kennedy
and Carter
in Florida
By David Powell
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Like
Frankenstein's monster, which turned
on its maker, the Florida Democratic
Party's county caucuses Oct 13 have
become a major source of grief for
party leaders.
Although they started cut as only one
step toward the mid- Novemb- er Demo-cratic
State Convention, the 67 county
caucuses have become a closely
watched presidential battleground, pit-ting
President Carter's re- electi- on
campaigners against the backers of his
undeclared rival. Sen. Edward M. Ken-nedy,
D- Ma- ss.
More than 50,000 Democrats are ex-pected
at the caucuses to elect 879
state convention delegates. Along with
838 delegates named by party leaders
and elected officials, they will vote in
the convention's nonbindiflg presi-dential
straw ballot Nov. 18.
Believing the straw vote may have a
psychological effect, backers of Carter
and Kennedy are spending thousands
of dollars trying to push their own dele-gates.
But the delegate candidates are
identified only by their own names
not by those of whom they're backing
and some candiates are backing nei-ther
Carter nor Kennedy.
Carter did gain early attention in the
straw vote prior to the 1976 election by
coming out ahead of then- Go- v. George
Wallace of Alabama, an old southern
favorite.
However, there will be no other real
prize in the caucuses or straw vote be-cause
Florida's delegates to the 1980
National Democratic Convention will
be chosen in the March 11, 1280, prima- -
ry--
Thus many state leaders are con-vinced
an undeserved emphasis has
been placed on the seemingly trivial
caucuses.
" It's an important process but we've
lost sight of the real reason we are hav-ing
the caucuses and convention to
formulate our platform and build our
party," says state Democratic Chair-man
Alfredo Duran of Miami. " That's
all been lost in the shuffle. It started
with the press but everybody's gotten
into it It's become an important part
of the Carter campaign and the draft- Kenne- dy
campaign."
Even so, the caucuses have become
the first presidential testing ground
and party leaders have had to change
plans to accomodate the huge crowds
they expect
The struggle began months ago when
some Democratics who were the
mainstay of Carter's 1976 Florida cam-paign
broke with Carter over dis-agreements
on patronage, policy and
leadership questions.
Led by Democratic National Com-mitteeman
Sergio Bendixen and Dade
County Chairman Mike Abrams, both
of Miami, they set up a draft- Kenne- dy
campaign. Their first goal was to em-barrass
Carter on the straw ballot at
the St Petersburg convention and hope
that a strong Kennedy showing would
entice the senator into the race.
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Bazaar today
The University International Stu-dents
Office is sponsoring an Inter-national
Bazaar today, from 9: 30
a. m. to 3: 30 p. m. in front of Gentry
Hall on Hitt Street.
Representatives of 15 countries, in-cluding
China, Iran and several Afri-can
nations will participate with na-tive
dress, songs and dance, cooking
demonstrations and food samples.
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John Paul celebrates
harvest time' Mass
in rural Middle West
DES MOINES. Iowa ( UPIj Pope
John Paul n left the big cities of the
Eastern seaboard Thursday and flew
to the rural Middle West where he cel-ebrated
a " harvest time" Mass be-fore
thousands of Corn Belt Catholics.
" Here in the heartland of America,
in the middle of the bountiful fields at
harvest time, I come to celebrate the
Eucharist," the pope told the esti-mated
350,000 gathered in the autu-mn-
nipped fields of a sprawling
farm museum.
Braced against the chill winds
blowing across the fields at Living
History Farms, he asked the faithful
never to forget that though they plant
the seed. " God makes it grow."
The pope flew to the farms by heli-copter
after visiting St. Patrick's
I Church in nearby Curnming, a 111- year-- old
white frame home of the old-- 1
est parish in the Des Moines Diocese.
I The church bell pealed as the pope ar--
rived to visit the tiny congregation of
1 204 people.
9 The pope won a more tumultous re
ception at the farms. A Polish girl in
native dress presented him with a
bouquet of flowers and he returned
the gift by kissing her on the cheek.
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John Paul reminded the crowd they
were stewards of the soil and that
they must be generous with their har-vest
bounty.
" In order to bring forth fruit, the
land would depend upon the genius
and skillfulness, the sweat and the
toil of the people to whom God would
entrust it," he said.
" You who are farmers today are
stewards of a gift from God which
was intended for the good of all hu-manity,"
he said.
" Recall the time when Jesus saw
the hungry crowd gathered on the
hillside. What was his response? He
did not content himself with express-ing
his compassion. He gave his dis-ciples
the command: " Give them J
something to eat yourselves."
The Midwest Catholics turned out
in cars, pickups, buses, campers and
motorcycles. They traveled from
Montana, Kansas, Missouri and Ne-braska,
from Illinois and Indiana and
Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as
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gives papal blessing at the
Living History Farms, Des PM Moines, Iowa, at an outdoor 1 '
Mass attended by some 200,-- aP 000 people. The pontiff hugs 9-- fif S.
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1 Pontiff a thrill for Columbians
I ByKatnyShewell
and Rhonda Stearley
S Missourian staff writers
1 DES MOINES. Iowa When the
I members of the Columbia Newman
I Center group first saw the crowd of
J 350,000 waiting to hear Pope John
j Paul II speak Thursday, their re- -
3 sponse was unanimous.
I " Oh my God."
I The contingent of 45 left Columbia
I at 6: 15 a. m. about five hours too
S late, according to the Rev. Mike
I Quinn of the Newman Center and it
had no idea the crowd would be so
I large. When the bus rolled in to the
parking area of Living History Farms
I at 11: 30 a. m.. hundreds of buses had
I already been abandoned by travelers
1 waiting for just one glimpse of the
pope.
But being behind most of the visi-tors
didn't seem to dampen the
group's spirit. Bundled against the
blustery 50- degr- ee Fahrenheit flO- de- gr- ee
Celsius) weather, Columbians
wormed their way through the crowd
to a space about one- quart- er mile ( .4
kilometers) from the pope. They
didn't mind the distance.
As Eleanor Shaheen Braddock, 1029
Bourn Ave., said, " A lot of people
wished they could go. but couldn't.
It's nice just to be here."
The trip, Quinn said, sprouted from
a suggestion from one person who
wanted to go but didn't have a way to
get there. So Sister Sheila Carroll and
Quinn decided to try and take a bus
from the Newman Center. The idea
became a reality Thursday morning.
" We prayed, we sang and we
talked," said Sister Carroll. At sun-rise,
the group even had a service.
" It's neat to develop a sense of
a common goal and excitement" that
the trip provided, said Mrs. Brad- doc- k.
Jim McElroy, 22, of 207 St. Joseph
St., said. " I really came to hear what
he has to say and to support him."
Andrea Novacky, 15, of 15311 Crown
Point, had a different reason for
wanting to go. " I've wanted to see the
pope ever since I found out he was
Polish," she said.
Andrea also wanted to see the pope
because she said he is different.
" He's too nice to be true. Can you
imagine all the people he's touched
and talked to and helped? '
Wholesale price jump largest in 5 years
New York Times
WASHINGTON The nation re-ceived
a new inflation jolt Thursday as
the government's index of producer
prices shot up 1.4 percent in September
the largest monthly increase in five
years.
The acceleration in wholesale prices,
which anticipates what consumers will
pay in a month or two, was caused
largely by increases in fuel costs and a
sharp boost in food prices, especially
beef and veal, according to economists
from the Labor Department.
The jump in September producer
prices, the largest since a 2 percent
monthly increase in November 1974,
was a reversal for the Carter adminis-tration,
which has been unable to con-tain
the nation's inflationary spiral, de-spite
signs of a deepening recession.
" We are still hopeful that we will see
moderation by the end of the year,"
said Jody Powell, the White House
press secretary.
Other Carter administration offi-cials,
including Alfred E. Kahn, chair-man
of the Council on Wage and Price
Stability, have predicted that consum
er prices would fall from their current
annual rate of 13 percent.
However, the wholesale figures for
September the third consecutive
monthly rise of more than 1 percent
suggest inflation for the year will most
likely run at a double- dig- it figure.
" There would have to be a very sub-stantial
deceleration in the rate of in-creases
in producer prices for the in-dex
to drop to less than 10 percent for
the year," said Andrew G. Clem, a La-bor
Department economist.
Wholesale prices for energy products
rose by 6.8 percent last month, a one
percentage point increase from the
previous month. The sharp nse re-flects
in part increases by the Organi-zation
of Petroleum Exporting Coun-tries,
but the boost in energy prices
was also caused by the administra-tion's
phased deregulation of domestic
petroleum prices.
Consumer food items increased by
1.8 percent, the second consecutive
large increase, which followed a four- mon- th
lull in wholesale food prices.
Beef and veal prices, for example, rose
sharply in September following four
months of decline.
However, economists were encour-aged
by the precipitious price declines
in fresh vegetables and fruits since
these wholesale prices are reflected al-most
immediately in consumer prices.
Wholesale prices of non- foo- d con-sumer
goods rose 1.3 percent in Sep-tember,
about the average increase for
each of the last six months.
A wholesale price decrease of 0.7
percent was recorded for automobiles,
which analysts attributed to rebates of-fered
by auto manufacturers seeking
to reduce their inventories of 1979 mod-els.
ftfall issue resolved
A city in Wisconsin recently an-swered
the question : Should a region-al
shopping mall be built? Page 14A.
7: 33 p. m. Play, " I Do! I Do!" at
Stephens College Old Auditorium.
Admission $ 4 for general public, $ 2
for students.
7: 29 p. nx. Play, " Romeo and Juli-et"
at the University Theater. Ad-mission
$ 3 for public, $ 1.50 for Uni-versity
students.
8 jua. Football Hickman High
vs. St Joseph Central, Hickman
Field.
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Beat goes
on; chimes
ring again
By Patricia Lycdj
Missourian steff writer
The University's Westminister
chimes haven't missed a beat since
Wednesday when Robert Brock, direc-tor
of the Memorial Union, tightened a
bolt in the trip hammer mechanism.
Anne Trembley, a University student
and bell- love- r, noticed four tones miss-ing
on Monday as she was walking to
class. On Tuesday, Ms. Trembley con-tacted
the Union director's office,
which was unaware of the missing
notes.
" We can't hear the chimes very well
from inside," Brock said. After read-ing
about the missing tones in the Co-lumbia
Missourian Wednesday, Brock
said he went up into the tower to check
out the problem.
" It was a very easy thing to see,"
Brock said. " I just screwed back en a
bolt that fell out.
" The whole process didn't tt? long," he said. " Just five mWles td
walk up the stairs, two mimitss to att- ach the bo! t and five mimges to vraSt
back downstairs to my office." :