Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-08-08

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t Spainhower to seek Senate nomination
By Michael S. Weiaberg
Mbsourian staff writer
JEFFERSON CITY - State
Treasurer James Spainhower Saturday
entered the race for the U. S. Senate
nomination touched off by the tragic
death of Rep. Jerry Litton last week.
Spainhower entered his bid for the
Democratic nomination at a press
conference of the executive board of the
Democratic State Committee. The
board earlier met behind closed doors
to choose a date and place for the state
committee convention.
The 60- mem- ber Democratic State
Committee will convene Aug. 21 at the
Capitol to select a replacement for Mr.
Litton, who won the primary election
Tuesday but died with his family in an
airplane crash that same night
Committee Chairman John Mcllroy
said the board did not discuss any
preference for a nominee in spite of the
presence at the meeting of former Gov.
Warren E. Hearnes' campaign
manager. Hearnes finished second to
Litton in Tuesday's voting
Mcllroy, who also serves on the full
state committee, would not disclose his
personal choice for a nominee He did
say, however, that whoever is selected
" probably" will defeat Atty. Gen. John
Danforth, the Republican candidate, in
the November general election.
Spainhower stressed that the
committee " cannot turn to a candidate
who will divide and alienate the voting
public."
Without apparent reference to
Hearnes, Spainhower urged the
committee to choose a candidate " who
brings with him or her no additional
handicaps." Hearnes has been the
subject of a federal grand jury
investigation, but no charges have been
brought against him
Although Hearnes frequently has
been mentioned for the nomination,
Spainhower asked the committee to
" seek out" a new nominee who will
unify the party as did Litton.
Mcllroy said the mandate of the
people in an overwhelming vote for
Litton cannot be ignored when choosing
the nominee He said the Litton
organization expressed a strong
interest in the welfare of the
Democratic party and he " assumes
they will support any new candidate. "
Even though some executive board
members also are part of the larger
state committee and will vote Aug 21,
Spainhower said his announcement was
not intended to rally support
He added that he would not authorize
anyone to solicit support on his behalf
The announcement, Spainhower said, is
to serve only as a means of letting the
committee know he is available
" Without question," he said, " I
believe the public wants the committee
to select a candidate who is chosen
through a process that permits each
member to express his choice freelj ,
not as the consequence of arm twisting
and unwarranted political
maneuvering " Again, Spainhower
denied he was making reference to
Hearnes
Benjamin Goins, an executive
committee member and Hearnes
supporter, told reporters the former
governor should get the nomination " if
we as Democrats hope to continue the
Democratic system
" To deny Warren Hearnes the
opportunity to run as the Democratic
candidate would completely destroy the
Democratic party in the state "
iIm fcwm, today
8 a. m. to 3 p. m. Thirteenth
annual All- Bre- ed Dog Show and
Obedience Trial, University Live-stock
Center, Ashland Gravel
Road
8 a. m. Missouri Open Golf
Tournament, Country Club of
Missouri
Exhibits
Continuing: Public Library,
Scenes from Columbia, Lois
Mikrut, watercolors and
Twentieth Century Doll Collec-tion,
Lois Miller. Colombia
Gallery of Photography, photo-graphy
by Douglas Faulkner and
Huntington Withenll, 9 aso. to 5
p. m. Columbia Art League, Art
and the City: A Celebration of
Columbia and Boone County,
30 am. to 3 IS p m. Ellis 110Library, Italian Baroque
Drawings and Textiles Through
TwoMillenia, 2pm to5pm
Monday
7: 50 a. m. City Junior Golf
Tournament, Municipal Golf
Course.
S: 45 a. m. MFA Convention
convenes. Speakers include Sen.
Bob Dole, R- Ka- n, and Sen.
Thomas Eagleton, D-- Mo , at the
Hearnes Center
Exhibits:
Continuing: All exhibits listed I Sunday continue Monday
Insight
Newcomers
may alter
legislature
By Michael S. Welsberg
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Along with the
result of last Tuesday's statewide
primary elections conies the increasing
possibility that one of the largest
freshmen classes in the history of the
Missouri Legislature will be heading to
the capital next year
The number of incumbents defeated
in the primary was higher than ex-pected
as nine representatives and two
senators failed in their bids for re-election
in the primary. All of the 163
House seats and 17 of 34 Senate seats
are to be filled this year.
Those defeats and the 40 incumbent
lawmakers who are retiring or seeking
higher office, mean there will be at
least 41 newcomers to the House and 10
to the Senate.
Depending on the number of incum-bent
legislators across the state who
lose at the polls in November, more
than 25 per cent of each legislative body
is guaranteed to be of freshmen status.
The outlook for Boone County,
however, appears to be more stable
than the statewide picture.
At most, Boone County residents will
send four new legislators to the 79th
General Assembly. Two of the five
races for state representative are cer-tain
since Rep. John Rollins, D- 47- th
District, and Rep. Joe Holt, D- 10- 9th
District, remain unopposed in
November's general election.
Area residents will have three new
representatives in Jefferson City in
January only if James Lemon beats in-cumbent
Rep Ray Hamlett for the 48th
District seat; if James Devier defeats
Rep Harold Reisch in the 110th
District; and if Rep Larry Mead loses
his 111th District seat to Steve Faber.
No matter who wins Boone County's
( See SURVIVAL, Page 8A)
68th Year - No. 270 Good Morningl It Sunday, Aug. fi, 1 976 4 Sectionh-- 40 Pages-- 35 i ents
Tax bill gives break to almost all Americans
WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The
voluminous tax bill passed by the
Senate Friday would give some sort of
tax break to almost every American
Almost lost in the furor over the
special interest amendments added to
the bill which would cost more than
$ 10 billion in tax revenue in the next five
years were amendments which will
affect the lives of almost everyone
Among the " special interest groups"
in the bill are some who don't think of
themselves as such working parents,
the elderly, the divorced, and college
students.
Amendments would benefit
individual industries or groups,
including railroads, airlines, the
maritime industry, bus companies
banks, oil companies, mutual funds,
trade shows and fairs
The bill goes to a conference with the
House- passe- d bill, probably in late
August or September, where many
provisions will be dropped or changed
Here are the major provisions of the
Senate bill and how they compare with
the House version
Tax cuts
Individuals All current tax cuts
would be extended at least through
1977, leaving present tax withholding
rates unchanged The House is
expected to agree
Business Lower tax rates on the
first $ 50,000 of corporate income are
made permanent
Minimum tax
This is the greatest tax increase in
the Senate bill It will force the wealthy
to pay more taxes on " preferential
income" which would not otherwise be
taxable without special provisions The
House version is tougher on the rich
Child care
Working parents could subtract from
their tax bills 20 per cent of necessary
child care expenses up to $ 2,000 per
year for one child and $ 4,000 for two or
more children a tax saving of $ 400 to
$ 800 Itemizing deductions would not be
necessary Ihe House bill is almost
identical
Alimony
Alimonj payments would be
deductible even if the taxpayer doesn't
itemize deductions
Retirement income
The retirement income credit is
expanded and liberalized Those over 65
now may subtract from tax bills 15 per
cent of retirement income such as
( See COLLEGE, Page 8A)
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As part of its preparation for the Republican National Con-vention,
Kansas City is undergoing a cleanup campaign. A
workman approximately 25 feet ( 7.5 meters) above the
ground cleans the front of Municipal Auditorium.
( Missourian photo by Susan Waters)
Kansas City still seeking
image for modern era
By Walter Fee
Missourian staff writer
KANSAS CITY It is the host for the
1976 Republican national convention,
but what else is Kansas City'
When the " colorful" politics,
gambling casinos, jazz clubs and
bordellos associated with the reign of
political bo.-- s Tom Pendergast
vanished in the 1940s, nothing visible
replaced them Chicago has the " real"
stockyards and " eastern" nval St
Louis has its arch Kansas City went
shopping in search of an image
It still is looking
A Diogenes seeking the true image of
Kansas City has to start with the words
cow town A large statue of a stSer
overlooks a bluff on the western edge of
the city and can be seen easily from
Kemper Arena, the site of the
convention and next door neighbor to
the stockyards
" Cow town has a friendly - not a
negative image for me," says Nikla
Nicholson, associate director of sales
for the Kansas City Convention and
Visitors bureau
Says Henry W Bloch, president of the
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
and of H& R Block, Inc , the income tax.
preparation company " Kansas City
has that image of a cow town but people
who come in from out of town are
pleasantly surprised when they see
Country Club Plaza ( a luxury shopping
center) and our residential sections "
Bruce Hicks, a representative of Carl
Byoir & Associates, a New York public
relations firm, says, " Cow town is a
creation of the media It is a straw man
we continually knock down We use it as
our way of saying Kansas City has
changed "
When Hicks says Kansas City has
" changed" he is referring to the new
construction that has altered the face of
the city since 1970 Kansas City
International Airport, Arrowhead and
Royals Stadiums, Kemper Arena,
Crown Center, H Roe Bartle
Exposition Hall, the Worlds of Fun
amusement park and the renovation of
the River Quay area have convinced
the business elite that Kansas City is
ready to take its place among the great
urban centers of the country
It was this conviction that led Bloch
and several other businessmen to
retain the services of Carl Byoir &
Associates in 1971 Bloch says he
wanted the public relations firm to
create a reputation for Kansas City He
proceeded on the assumption that any
reputation was better than the image
void m which Kansas City was living at
the tune
The Byoir company developed what it
called the prune- tim- e campaign Its
slogan was One of the few livable
cities left ' Hicks, a former reporter
for United Press International,
contends that his firm s program has
been highly successful
Carl Byoir & Associates originally
became famous for its promotion of the
city of Miami Beach in the 1920s The
company also handles the accounts of
the National Broadcasting Company,
Honeywell, the State of Missouri s
economic development program and
Hallmark Cards, possibly Kansas
City s most famous industry
Hicks says his firm s public relations
strategy is unique because it uses no
paid advertising Instead, Byoir relies
on using the news columns of
magazines and newspapers to get its
message across
U S News & World Report, the
Saturday Review, National
( See KANSAS CITY'S, Page 5A)
u. I.
Generosity doesn H pay
CINCINNATI ( UPI) - P-hilanthropist
J Ralph Corbett last
month gave the city $ 160,000 to
install a new acoustical shell at
Music Hall, home oj the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra
Corbett this week got a strange
thank you note for his generosity
a bill from the city for another $ 6,080
as a " service charge" for
administrative handling of the gift
Corbett, who has given the city
millions of dollars over the years,
said he was " astounded" by the bill
and announced he was withdrawing
his financial support of the project
Red- fac- ed city administrators
then decided it was a mistake" to
have tacked on the service charge
and said they hoped Corbett would
change his mind
Corbett said he would, if he gets a
letter from the city manager and
other municipal officials assuring
that anyone giving a gift to the city
will not be charged for their
generosity
I have no doubt that it ( the
acoustical shell) will be finished, but
I wanted to teach the city a lesson "
Poll finds differences in parties9 backers
By Allison Finn
Missourian staff writer
Democrats differ significantly from
Republicans in political philosophy, a
survey of voters in Tuesday's primary
election has found
" Voters m the Democratic primary
were distinctly more liberal than voters
in the Republican primary,
contradicting the common assertion
that the parties are Tweedledee and
Tweedledum," the study conducted by
KBIA radio and KOMU- T- V reported.
Boone CounUans leaving the polls
were asked to describe their political
leanings. More than 700 Democrats and
about 175 Republicans were
interviewed
Forty- si- x per cent of voters in the
Democratic primary called themselves
liberal, compared to 15 per cent of the
Republicans. Twenty- seve- n per cent of
the Democratic voters labeled
themselves as conservatives, along
with 54 per cent of the Republican
voters
They also were asked about federal
programs such as health insurance,
consumer protection and employment
and whether they thought the federal
government is doing " too much, too
little or the right amount." Almost 40
per cent of the Democratic voters said
" too little," and only 17 per cent of the
Republican voters agreed
The political differences are all the
more remarkable, survey project
director David Leuthold said, because
about one- ha- lf of the respondents in
each primary described themselves as
independents
" You would expect that with a large
number of independents the voters in
one primary would be a lot like the
voters in the other," Leuthold said
" Despite the independents, there is a
rather sharp difference between the
voters in the two primaries "
The educational level of voters in
both primaries was almost identical
The finding indicates a breakdown in
Boone County, Leuthold said, of the
traditional alignment of working people
with the Democratic party
1 he results of the poll are within 10 to
15 percentage points of those that would
have been obtained if all Democratic
and Republican voters had been
questioned, Leuthold said
Rising costs may drive trash, sewer rates upward
By K. C. Martin
Missourian staff writer
Columbia residents may pay a little
more next year for flushing their toilets
or putting plastic bags in their garbage
cans.
The city's proposed $ 23.3 million
enterprise budget for the fiscal year
starting Oct. 1 calls for a revenue
Increase of 25 per cent in the mixed
refuse ( trash collection) utility, and a
20 per cent hike in sewer utility rates
Why the proposed increases?
According to Charles Hargove,
assistant city manager, a number of
factors justify the rncreases, ranging
from inflation to the quadrupling of oil
prices
Hargrove said a change in a state law
regarding workmen's compensation is
one of the major reasons for the
proposed increase in trash collection
rates.
The change forces the city to pay
more into the state workmen's
compensation fund The city paid
$ 17,000 last year This year the figure
has jumped to between $ 30,000 and
$ 35,000.
" We have to pay more workmen's
compensation in mixed refuse than any
other city utility," Hargrove said
" There is a higher injury rate in refuse
than mall other city departments It's a
more dangerous occupation than other
aty jobs, according to workmen's
compensation experience."
Trash collectors often develop back
problems, Hargrove said, or get serious
cuts from broken glass. Leg strains are
another common problem, he said.
Personnel costs climbed 8 per cent in
the refuse utility from an estimated
$ 465,000 in 1975- 7- 6 to $ 506,000 proposed
for 1976- 7- 7.
Hargrove also said new equipment is
needed to maintain the present level of
trash collection The equipment
accounts for the bulk of the increased
cost, he said
The refuse utility needs a revenue
increase of $ 200,000 next year; $ 170,000
of which will be spent to purchase new
equipment.
The biggest item in the refuse budget
is $ 80,000 for a new bulldozer. Other
items include $ 44,000 to be spent on
chassis for two trucks and one new
pickup truck; $ 24,000 for two garbage
truck compactors and $ 20,000 for trash
bins.
Even the cost of those plastic trash
bags that the city leaves on doorsteps
has gone up The city pays roughly
$ 140,000 a year for the bags, but within
the last couple of years, the cost has
gone up from 4' 2 cents to 8 cents each
because of rncreases in the price of oil
used to produce the bags
In the budget report, City Manager
Terry Novak said the mixed refuse
utility lost $ 60,000 during the current
fiscal year. The loss occurred despite a
refuse collection rate increase of 35
cents per month in 1974
Currently, the trash collection rate is
$ 3.10 per month for each household
This year's proposed trash budget
totals $ 1,166,131, up 21 per cent from the
estimated 1976 figure of $ 961,000
The proposed budget includes a 20 per
cent increase in sewer rates Last year
the council approved a 10 per cent
increase in the sewer rates
Stricter federal and state clean water
regulations are a major cause of the
proposed increase in sewer rates,
Hargrove said
" There is a nationwide emphasis on
cleaner water. We are being affected by
this now, and we will be affected by it in
the future In the next five years, the
city will spend $ 30,000 for various
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