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state BisnaxcM. socm? -- l- 72nd Year No. 30 Good Morning! ir Thursday. October 18, 1979 3 Sections 30 Pages 15 Cents Representatives of Smith and Donnelly halls already are in line to buy season tickets to Mizzou basketball games. They'll have a bit of a wait; student tickets don't go on sale until next Wednesday. Students from the two dorms are taking turns at holding their place in line. On this shift were, from left, Gim Leong, Leisa Cool, Brian Ireland and Joe Blake. Their vigil is made more interest-ing with the company of a stray cat, a horde of bugs, a TV, a ste-reo and a refrigerator. ( Story on Page 6A) . The solution is ' udderly9 fantastic! If you're worried about chap-ped skin, take a tip from the boys at the feed mill. Udder Ointment, a cream that prevents chapping on cow's ud-ders, also worts " real well" on human skin, says Norbert Free- bourn- e, sales manager df Bourne Feed and Supply Inc., 4011 1-- 70 Drive SE. The cream is used by mill workers and salesmen, Free- bour- ne says. And, he says, it works " quicker than all- get- out- ." The cream's ingredients in-clude eucalyptus oil and camp-hor. Udder Ointment is available at Bourne in 1- po-und ( 454- gram- ) packages for $ 3.45, and in 5- gal-- km ( 19- lite- r) cans for $ 46.50. Bourne employees agree that the cream is " udderly" effec-tive. Jr M- IL- f-cf JlLI-?-- - JLaJLJag'iC JaJsLiLP W JrJL JL y IJr yf liflyjlL ByJIBfferweU j Columbia firefigf& er Robert Rennick i anticipates ' problem?" when be re-- ports to work Nov. 16 as iefferean atystidrdfirechiefinl3mont8js. Nevertheless, he takes over after one I former chief was fired and fitter Ms I imsng& sZe predecessor was desosted. In atMJtp jpflnftnit aa con-s' Qni fey a spl! CSSy Cesndl fesi fe-- bated wlsBSfoer & waited a CohanbSa Qreft! s2jr to take over at the hates cf i tfcgjeiiima City E Department. i Kfwtniipfe afofftflamS tVsesday E$ at to 1 be tncaicenMd start tbecondiFjBde-- v bate ccncendjsg Ms sgpelflfai8gs or about me preStasss the degssrtssent testeidwimprevtofflsfirechiefs.- - IF'" ? " I don't know why I was hired and, as Car as rm concerned, I don't partic-ularly care," said Rennick, driHmas- t- er for the Columbia Fire Department and anine- ye- ar veteran. Btst Jefferson City Mayor George Harts& eki said he will refresh Ben- nick- ' s memory of discussions sar- rotsos&- ng bis appointment " when tfee time draws near." HasMleM said, " I'm sure Rennkfc is awas cf the arguments thai the Job aoeM have been given to scmeoEe lo-cally Es ( ResEick) has had seve-ral Jefferson City employees m Ms IfarteffkM said he Referred net to ffirvffiflt fl SBCftr Cs3fi ilXIBBl iftft " fii'PrfilWs CKy farce because it " has bad very weak leadership for many years." In September 1978, then- Fir- e Chief Vincent WiDmeno was fired by the City Council after an audit of fire depart-ment records revealed that 9,000 was missing. WQlmeno had served as chief for nine years. The firefighter who replaced WQlme-no as chief was Donald Thompson, a 21- y- ear veteran. But it became obvious after eight or nine months, Hartsfield said, that Thompson " had been moved up through me ranks of the department too fast It was obvious to me and the council that he ( Thompson) was over his head." WartsfjpM said he believes Rennick is " the type of individual who will keep those discussions in mind and ap-proach the new fire personnel slowly and cautiously." Earlier this month, council members argued for about 15 minutes over de-moting Thompson. Then, after the council approved that demotion, one council member said he had a " firm conviction" that " the new fire chief should come from the ranks of the Jef-ferson City Department." The argument had nothing to do with Rennick personally nor the Columbia Fire Department, HartsSeid said. Nor, he added, did the council debate Ren- nick- ' s $ 22, O0O- a- ye- ar salary. Rennick announced earlier this month be had been offered the position of fire chief, and that he and Columbia Fare Chief Girard Wren had been dis-cussing the fTip since be applied for the post in July cf this year. Volcker believes rate of inflation soon could slow WASHINGTON ( UPI) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volck-er told Congress Wednesday inflation could fall below double- dig- it levels in coming months if the government's new tight credit policy is successful and imported oil prices remain stable. " If there are no really important in-creases in imported oil prices through the end of this year, I think there is a reasonable prospect that the current inflation will not be built into the econ-omy," he said. " The general level of inflation will relax back to the kind of structural, home- bre- d inflation we have of some-thing under 10 percent," he predicted. Consumer prices have soared at an annual rate of more than 13 percent during the first eight months of this year, the largest dose of inflation since the end of World War n. In addition, if Federal Reserve Board action succeeds in making loans more expensive and harder to obtain, " I look forward to a decline in the in-flation rate of appreciable proportions in not too many months," Volcker said. Volcker and Treasury Secretary G. William Miller appeared before Con-gress' Joint Economic Committee to discuss the effects of the Federal Re-serve's Oct. 6 policy changes and to discuss the overall economic situation. In other economic developments Wednesday: Housing construction rose by 4.2 percent during September to an annual rate of 1.88 million homes and apart-ments. But that was before the Federal Reserve's move to boost interest rates and many industry officials are pre-dicting hard times in the future for housing. Americans' personal income rose by 0.6 percent last month, the same gain as in August. The increase fell far short of the average monthly rise in in-flation of 1 percent this year. The nation's factories operated at 85.1 percent of capacity during Sep-tember, a small increase from the pre-vious month but still the second lowest level of 1979. - The administration's new pay board held its first session at the White House under the direction of former Labor Secretary John Dunlop. Volcker said he was " very reluc-tant" to estimate when interest rates might decline. " I do firmly believe that by acting forcibly now we'll bring the day of lower interest rates and equita-ble conditions in financial markets sooner, not later," he said. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Tex- as, chair-man of the congressional panel, sug-gested a tax cut is needed to offset the effects of the recession. Volcker acknowledged " there is a basic need for tax reduction and tax re-structuring that will help deal with longer- ter- m problems." But, he said, " this is not the time" because nobody knows which way the economy will go in future months. Hickman urges second look at downtown mall site ByMazkEaocb BfissneriaB staff writer Cokanbia should look again at the possibility of a downtown shopping mall even if such a site might cost the taxpayers more money than a perime-ter mall site, according to Second WardCouncilman Holme Hickman. Hickman said Wednesday be opposes the building of a mall on any site at the edge of town, whether it is inside the city limits or not. " I do not support the Philips prop-erty as a site on the southern edge of Columbia, or any other perimeter site as the location for a regional shopping mall," be said. Hickman added be has nothing against the May Co. nor any other de-veloper but is opposed to sites on the edge of Columbia. The May Co. is in-terested in developing a regional mall on the 530- acr- e ( 212- hectar- e) Philips land south of the city near U. S. 63. The company holds an option to purchase 120 acres ( 48 hectares ), Hickman said. Another proposed mall site on the edge of Columbia, but within city lim-its, is owned by Robert TuH and Ferry Ewing. The land is near the intersec-tion of Interstate 70 and Route PP. Leo Eisenberg and Co. of Kansas City has expressed interest in developing that land. A third proposed mall site is north of Biscayne Mall along Stadium Boule-vard in the northwest part of Colum-bia. General Growth Corp. of Des Moines, Iowa, has expressed interest in developing a mall there. A downtown shopping center, Hick-man said, " would be far less devastat-ing to the city than a regional mall lo-cated a considerable distance from the central part of the city . " Avoidance of this economic devasta-tion downtown is so important the city should be willing to support a general obligation bond issue to provide funds necessary to make a downtown loca-tion as attractive to a developer as the suburban or perimeter sites, Hickman said. A general obligation bond issue prob-ably would be used to finance construc-tion of streets that would connect exist-ing highways to the mall, he added. Hickman said be includes the Flat Branch area as part of downtown, and he does not support any particular site for a downtown mall. The Philips site does not have the lead over other proposed mall loca-tions, Hickman contended. " There is no way it has the lead," he said. " The City Council can, if it wishes, control the Philips site so nothing is built." " The City Council can prevent- th- e construction of a mall on the PMips property if the council has courage and does not panic," he added. The key issue for the Philips site, Hickman said, is not if the developer has enough money to build a mall there even if the city does not annex the land, but whether it would be profita-ble enough for the company to do so. . County farmers find in- to- wn jobs more profitable than agriculture In the contemporary version of " Old MacDonald," one can forget about the chickens, pigs and cows. What's more important to the survival of many of today's small farms is a well- payi- ng town job on the side. According to a recent survey, more man one- thi- rd of all Boone County farmers earned substantial portions of their incomes last year from occupa-tions ether than farming. A seasonal profession, farming is even less time- consumi- ng today with tractors and corobiiwa as comfortable and easy to maneuver as luxury auto-mobiles. Farmers find it profitable to-day to get full-- or part- tim- e jobs, farm-ing only after hours and on weekends. Some, like Ralph D. Gates of Route 1, have turned over the key to the family combine to their wives. " It's relaxing to drive the tractor," says Mary Ann Gates. She points out that economic necessity and washing npinM have taken more women cot of me kitchen sod into the fields. But for her, fanning is a matter cf choice. " I quit my job teaching English at ffitfman ( High School) and so far I haven't been disappointed. There isn't Insiggfet This report on the states of farming hi Boone Grouty was written by Chris Laades and Sarah Fisher 1 the Cotam- fai- a MEssosrlaa's special reporting team SB business. as much pressure and there's nothing out here that can't be done tomorrow or the next day." Her husband began working at First National Bank in Columbia in hopes of earning enough money to be able to farm full- tim- e someday. Now Gates enjoys banking so much that, although he has all the farmland he wants and the financial security he once dreamed of, he is reluctant to quit His wife, however, assures him that she intends to continue working the land as long as profits remain high. Mrs. Charles Foster also has opted for me farm life. She stepped into her husband's work boots last year when he became Boone County sheriff. At their farm on Route 6 she operates a 135 horsepower AUis- Chalme- rs tractor from its air- conditio- ned cab. To fend off a feeling of confinement, Mrs. Fos-ter can listen to a stereo radio or a two- wa- y set For now she says she'd rather be farming than doing housework. Most " part- time- " farmers have tak-en jobs out of necessity. They would rather be farming than doing anything else, but a second job can make life bearable during the lean years. " A farm is an expensive operation," explains Mrs. Clayton Gray, Route 1. She and her husband live primarily on income from bogs they raise on their 60- ac- re ( 24- hectar- e) farm. The Grays are not malting as much as they usual-ly do because hogs are not selling for much these days. So Gray decided to work as a fireman in order to maintain their standard of living. " Hogs don't require much atten-tion," Mrs. Gray says. To feed the hogs she simply pushes a button. This leaves time for her to take care of her children and babysit for others in her home. If the farm chores were more difficult, she would not do them. " If my husband had wanted a hired hand, ( See SMALL, Page 12A) Columbian to clefend woman in rape case By Laddie Hirsch Missourian staff writer Columbia lawyer Joseph Matteson has been retained to defend a Moberiy woman who is believed to be the first woman accused of rape under Missou-ri's new criminal code. Debra Lee Timmons, 27, has been charged with three counts of illicit sex with juvenile boys. Police arrested Miss Timmons last week after neigh-bors reported that teen- ag- e and pre- tee- n boys were entering and leaving her home late at night Miss Timmons, a divorced welder, was charged with one count of statuto-ry rape involving a 12- year-- old boy and two counts of first- degr- ee sexual as-sault involving intercourse with two boys ages 14 and 15, authorities said. Authorities are not sure who ini-tiated the acts, but sex between adults and juveniles is a crime even if the ju-veniles are willing participants, according to the new criminal code which went into effect Jan. 2. The new laws stipulate that sexual relations with anyone younger than 14 is statutory rape, and sexual assault occurs when an adult has sex with any-one between the ages of 14 and 16. If convicted. Miss Timmons could face a maximum of 15 years in prison for the rape charge and seven years on each of the sexual assault charges. Under the old criminal code, Miss Timmons could have been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, an offense punishable by a maximum of six months in jail. Under the old laws, rape required a woman victim, according to attorney Edward Hunvald, executive director of the committee that drafted the new criminal code. A woman involved in a rape would have been charged with an-other crime or named as an accessory to rape, he said. Miss Timmons was released Monday after spending five days in Randolph County Jail. A preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for Oct. 30. A second rape charge against a woman was filed in Wright County this week. Connie Supanicic, 27, of Moun-tain Grove was charged with rape and second- degre- e sexual assault in con-nection with incidents involving boys aged 13 and 14. Miislsi fitay Pirates take series The Pirates won the seventh game of the World Series 4-- 1, be-coming the fifth team in twball history to win the series after hav-ing trailed 3 games to 1. Story on PageSA. Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa cf Calcutta, a Ro-man Catholic mm who devoted her fife to India's poor and sick, won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Story on PageSA. MEW splits rap President Carter signed a bin cre-ating a new UJS. Department of Ed-ucation. Story co Page 2A. Marines land More than 2,000 UJS. Marines landed at Guantanaxoo Bay in a dis-play of force meant to impress the Soviets and Cubans. Story on Page 3A. IS aja. Boone County Cost 1 masts, County- Cit- y BsalkMcg, g&& I floor. I 7 gTiffi, Planning sssd Zoning Cess- - mission workshop to fssm s paHey g plan tor ths city. Ceisaty3ty SMM-- mg, thigdaocr. 1 7guB3. Pag& 38SK3iJgcgeff$ taaCgES- - .1 rifflktft Bsegfas, Ggstzy BdkSsjg, I SegggghiaBSBtaBfl Broadway. 1
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Item.Transcript | state BisnaxcM. socm? -- l- 72nd Year No. 30 Good Morning! ir Thursday. October 18, 1979 3 Sections 30 Pages 15 Cents Representatives of Smith and Donnelly halls already are in line to buy season tickets to Mizzou basketball games. They'll have a bit of a wait; student tickets don't go on sale until next Wednesday. Students from the two dorms are taking turns at holding their place in line. On this shift were, from left, Gim Leong, Leisa Cool, Brian Ireland and Joe Blake. Their vigil is made more interest-ing with the company of a stray cat, a horde of bugs, a TV, a ste-reo and a refrigerator. ( Story on Page 6A) . The solution is ' udderly9 fantastic! If you're worried about chap-ped skin, take a tip from the boys at the feed mill. Udder Ointment, a cream that prevents chapping on cow's ud-ders, also worts " real well" on human skin, says Norbert Free- bourn- e, sales manager df Bourne Feed and Supply Inc., 4011 1-- 70 Drive SE. The cream is used by mill workers and salesmen, Free- bour- ne says. And, he says, it works " quicker than all- get- out- ." The cream's ingredients in-clude eucalyptus oil and camp-hor. Udder Ointment is available at Bourne in 1- po-und ( 454- gram- ) packages for $ 3.45, and in 5- gal-- km ( 19- lite- r) cans for $ 46.50. Bourne employees agree that the cream is " udderly" effec-tive. Jr M- IL- f-cf JlLI-?-- - JLaJLJag'iC JaJsLiLP W JrJL JL y IJr yf liflyjlL ByJIBfferweU j Columbia firefigf& er Robert Rennick i anticipates ' problem?" when be re-- ports to work Nov. 16 as iefferean atystidrdfirechiefinl3mont8js. Nevertheless, he takes over after one I former chief was fired and fitter Ms I imsng& sZe predecessor was desosted. In atMJtp jpflnftnit aa con-s' Qni fey a spl! CSSy Cesndl fesi fe-- bated wlsBSfoer & waited a CohanbSa Qreft! s2jr to take over at the hates cf i tfcgjeiiima City E Department. i Kfwtniipfe afofftflamS tVsesday E$ at to 1 be tncaicenMd start tbecondiFjBde-- v bate ccncendjsg Ms sgpelflfai8gs or about me preStasss the degssrtssent testeidwimprevtofflsfirechiefs.- - IF'" ? " I don't know why I was hired and, as Car as rm concerned, I don't partic-ularly care," said Rennick, driHmas- t- er for the Columbia Fire Department and anine- ye- ar veteran. Btst Jefferson City Mayor George Harts& eki said he will refresh Ben- nick- ' s memory of discussions sar- rotsos&- ng bis appointment " when tfee time draws near." HasMleM said, " I'm sure Rennkfc is awas cf the arguments thai the Job aoeM have been given to scmeoEe lo-cally Es ( ResEick) has had seve-ral Jefferson City employees m Ms IfarteffkM said he Referred net to ffirvffiflt fl SBCftr Cs3fi ilXIBBl iftft " fii'PrfilWs CKy farce because it " has bad very weak leadership for many years." In September 1978, then- Fir- e Chief Vincent WiDmeno was fired by the City Council after an audit of fire depart-ment records revealed that 9,000 was missing. WQlmeno had served as chief for nine years. The firefighter who replaced WQlme-no as chief was Donald Thompson, a 21- y- ear veteran. But it became obvious after eight or nine months, Hartsfield said, that Thompson " had been moved up through me ranks of the department too fast It was obvious to me and the council that he ( Thompson) was over his head." WartsfjpM said he believes Rennick is " the type of individual who will keep those discussions in mind and ap-proach the new fire personnel slowly and cautiously." Earlier this month, council members argued for about 15 minutes over de-moting Thompson. Then, after the council approved that demotion, one council member said he had a " firm conviction" that " the new fire chief should come from the ranks of the Jef-ferson City Department." The argument had nothing to do with Rennick personally nor the Columbia Fire Department, HartsSeid said. Nor, he added, did the council debate Ren- nick- ' s $ 22, O0O- a- ye- ar salary. Rennick announced earlier this month be had been offered the position of fire chief, and that he and Columbia Fare Chief Girard Wren had been dis-cussing the fTip since be applied for the post in July cf this year. Volcker believes rate of inflation soon could slow WASHINGTON ( UPI) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volck-er told Congress Wednesday inflation could fall below double- dig- it levels in coming months if the government's new tight credit policy is successful and imported oil prices remain stable. " If there are no really important in-creases in imported oil prices through the end of this year, I think there is a reasonable prospect that the current inflation will not be built into the econ-omy," he said. " The general level of inflation will relax back to the kind of structural, home- bre- d inflation we have of some-thing under 10 percent," he predicted. Consumer prices have soared at an annual rate of more than 13 percent during the first eight months of this year, the largest dose of inflation since the end of World War n. In addition, if Federal Reserve Board action succeeds in making loans more expensive and harder to obtain, " I look forward to a decline in the in-flation rate of appreciable proportions in not too many months," Volcker said. Volcker and Treasury Secretary G. William Miller appeared before Con-gress' Joint Economic Committee to discuss the effects of the Federal Re-serve's Oct. 6 policy changes and to discuss the overall economic situation. In other economic developments Wednesday: Housing construction rose by 4.2 percent during September to an annual rate of 1.88 million homes and apart-ments. But that was before the Federal Reserve's move to boost interest rates and many industry officials are pre-dicting hard times in the future for housing. Americans' personal income rose by 0.6 percent last month, the same gain as in August. The increase fell far short of the average monthly rise in in-flation of 1 percent this year. The nation's factories operated at 85.1 percent of capacity during Sep-tember, a small increase from the pre-vious month but still the second lowest level of 1979. - The administration's new pay board held its first session at the White House under the direction of former Labor Secretary John Dunlop. Volcker said he was " very reluc-tant" to estimate when interest rates might decline. " I do firmly believe that by acting forcibly now we'll bring the day of lower interest rates and equita-ble conditions in financial markets sooner, not later," he said. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Tex- as, chair-man of the congressional panel, sug-gested a tax cut is needed to offset the effects of the recession. Volcker acknowledged " there is a basic need for tax reduction and tax re-structuring that will help deal with longer- ter- m problems." But, he said, " this is not the time" because nobody knows which way the economy will go in future months. Hickman urges second look at downtown mall site ByMazkEaocb BfissneriaB staff writer Cokanbia should look again at the possibility of a downtown shopping mall even if such a site might cost the taxpayers more money than a perime-ter mall site, according to Second WardCouncilman Holme Hickman. Hickman said Wednesday be opposes the building of a mall on any site at the edge of town, whether it is inside the city limits or not. " I do not support the Philips prop-erty as a site on the southern edge of Columbia, or any other perimeter site as the location for a regional shopping mall," be said. Hickman added be has nothing against the May Co. nor any other de-veloper but is opposed to sites on the edge of Columbia. The May Co. is in-terested in developing a regional mall on the 530- acr- e ( 212- hectar- e) Philips land south of the city near U. S. 63. The company holds an option to purchase 120 acres ( 48 hectares ), Hickman said. Another proposed mall site on the edge of Columbia, but within city lim-its, is owned by Robert TuH and Ferry Ewing. The land is near the intersec-tion of Interstate 70 and Route PP. Leo Eisenberg and Co. of Kansas City has expressed interest in developing that land. A third proposed mall site is north of Biscayne Mall along Stadium Boule-vard in the northwest part of Colum-bia. General Growth Corp. of Des Moines, Iowa, has expressed interest in developing a mall there. A downtown shopping center, Hick-man said, " would be far less devastat-ing to the city than a regional mall lo-cated a considerable distance from the central part of the city . " Avoidance of this economic devasta-tion downtown is so important the city should be willing to support a general obligation bond issue to provide funds necessary to make a downtown loca-tion as attractive to a developer as the suburban or perimeter sites, Hickman said. A general obligation bond issue prob-ably would be used to finance construc-tion of streets that would connect exist-ing highways to the mall, he added. Hickman said be includes the Flat Branch area as part of downtown, and he does not support any particular site for a downtown mall. The Philips site does not have the lead over other proposed mall loca-tions, Hickman contended. " There is no way it has the lead," he said. " The City Council can, if it wishes, control the Philips site so nothing is built." " The City Council can prevent- th- e construction of a mall on the PMips property if the council has courage and does not panic," he added. The key issue for the Philips site, Hickman said, is not if the developer has enough money to build a mall there even if the city does not annex the land, but whether it would be profita-ble enough for the company to do so. . County farmers find in- to- wn jobs more profitable than agriculture In the contemporary version of " Old MacDonald," one can forget about the chickens, pigs and cows. What's more important to the survival of many of today's small farms is a well- payi- ng town job on the side. According to a recent survey, more man one- thi- rd of all Boone County farmers earned substantial portions of their incomes last year from occupa-tions ether than farming. A seasonal profession, farming is even less time- consumi- ng today with tractors and corobiiwa as comfortable and easy to maneuver as luxury auto-mobiles. Farmers find it profitable to-day to get full-- or part- tim- e jobs, farm-ing only after hours and on weekends. Some, like Ralph D. Gates of Route 1, have turned over the key to the family combine to their wives. " It's relaxing to drive the tractor," says Mary Ann Gates. She points out that economic necessity and washing npinM have taken more women cot of me kitchen sod into the fields. But for her, fanning is a matter cf choice. " I quit my job teaching English at ffitfman ( High School) and so far I haven't been disappointed. There isn't Insiggfet This report on the states of farming hi Boone Grouty was written by Chris Laades and Sarah Fisher 1 the Cotam- fai- a MEssosrlaa's special reporting team SB business. as much pressure and there's nothing out here that can't be done tomorrow or the next day." Her husband began working at First National Bank in Columbia in hopes of earning enough money to be able to farm full- tim- e someday. Now Gates enjoys banking so much that, although he has all the farmland he wants and the financial security he once dreamed of, he is reluctant to quit His wife, however, assures him that she intends to continue working the land as long as profits remain high. Mrs. Charles Foster also has opted for me farm life. She stepped into her husband's work boots last year when he became Boone County sheriff. At their farm on Route 6 she operates a 135 horsepower AUis- Chalme- rs tractor from its air- conditio- ned cab. To fend off a feeling of confinement, Mrs. Fos-ter can listen to a stereo radio or a two- wa- y set For now she says she'd rather be farming than doing housework. Most " part- time- " farmers have tak-en jobs out of necessity. They would rather be farming than doing anything else, but a second job can make life bearable during the lean years. " A farm is an expensive operation," explains Mrs. Clayton Gray, Route 1. She and her husband live primarily on income from bogs they raise on their 60- ac- re ( 24- hectar- e) farm. The Grays are not malting as much as they usual-ly do because hogs are not selling for much these days. So Gray decided to work as a fireman in order to maintain their standard of living. " Hogs don't require much atten-tion," Mrs. Gray says. To feed the hogs she simply pushes a button. This leaves time for her to take care of her children and babysit for others in her home. If the farm chores were more difficult, she would not do them. " If my husband had wanted a hired hand, ( See SMALL, Page 12A) Columbian to clefend woman in rape case By Laddie Hirsch Missourian staff writer Columbia lawyer Joseph Matteson has been retained to defend a Moberiy woman who is believed to be the first woman accused of rape under Missou-ri's new criminal code. Debra Lee Timmons, 27, has been charged with three counts of illicit sex with juvenile boys. Police arrested Miss Timmons last week after neigh-bors reported that teen- ag- e and pre- tee- n boys were entering and leaving her home late at night Miss Timmons, a divorced welder, was charged with one count of statuto-ry rape involving a 12- year-- old boy and two counts of first- degr- ee sexual as-sault involving intercourse with two boys ages 14 and 15, authorities said. Authorities are not sure who ini-tiated the acts, but sex between adults and juveniles is a crime even if the ju-veniles are willing participants, according to the new criminal code which went into effect Jan. 2. The new laws stipulate that sexual relations with anyone younger than 14 is statutory rape, and sexual assault occurs when an adult has sex with any-one between the ages of 14 and 16. If convicted. Miss Timmons could face a maximum of 15 years in prison for the rape charge and seven years on each of the sexual assault charges. Under the old criminal code, Miss Timmons could have been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, an offense punishable by a maximum of six months in jail. Under the old laws, rape required a woman victim, according to attorney Edward Hunvald, executive director of the committee that drafted the new criminal code. A woman involved in a rape would have been charged with an-other crime or named as an accessory to rape, he said. Miss Timmons was released Monday after spending five days in Randolph County Jail. A preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for Oct. 30. A second rape charge against a woman was filed in Wright County this week. Connie Supanicic, 27, of Moun-tain Grove was charged with rape and second- degre- e sexual assault in con-nection with incidents involving boys aged 13 and 14. Miislsi fitay Pirates take series The Pirates won the seventh game of the World Series 4-- 1, be-coming the fifth team in twball history to win the series after hav-ing trailed 3 games to 1. Story on PageSA. Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa cf Calcutta, a Ro-man Catholic mm who devoted her fife to India's poor and sick, won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Story on PageSA. MEW splits rap President Carter signed a bin cre-ating a new UJS. Department of Ed-ucation. Story co Page 2A. Marines land More than 2,000 UJS. Marines landed at Guantanaxoo Bay in a dis-play of force meant to impress the Soviets and Cubans. 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