Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-10-19

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In twitt. today
8: M ajn. Boone County Court
meeting, County- Cit- y Building
8 p. m. Boone County Demo-cratic
Wine and Cheese Fest,
Columbia College.
Exhibits
Noon until midnight Exhibit of designs for a proposed
cwnmunlty park between the
County- Cit- y Building and Farm
and Home Savings Association;
Columbia Art League, 12 N.
Tenth St.
Conttmdng: University Fine
Arta Gallery, drawings by
Brooke Cameron, 9 a. m. to 3
p. m.; Colombia Public Library,
Acrylics by Evelyn Jorgenson, 9
a m. to 9 pjn. ; Columbia Gallery
of Photography, photographs by
Ansel Adams, 11 a m. to 3 p m.,
Colombia Art League, heraldic
banners by Gary Hennigh and
paintings by William Sapp, 10- 3- 0
a m. to 3 15 p m., Betty Robins
Gallery, pastels and paintings by
Suzanne Vanasse, 10 30 a m. to
3 15 p m ; Columbia College Art
Center Gallery, oil paintings and
watercolors by Frank Stack, 8
am to 4 30 pm
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69th Year No. 31 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, Oct. I I 976 14 Pages 15 Cents
100 firms lose natural gas
By Jeffrey M. Christian
Missourian staff writer
Natural gas supplies of an estimated
100 large businesses in Columbia were
interrupted Monday as unseasonably
cold weather forced Missouri Utilities
Co to cut back gas consumption
Among the institutions affected by
Monday's action are Boone County
Hospital, the 3-- M Corp, McGraw- Ediso- n
and the Columbia Public
Schools
Jack Moore, vice president of
Missouri Utilities Co , said the inter-ruption
probably will last until Nov
1 when the company will receive its
next monthly fuel allocation from its
distributor It already has used 31
million cubic feet ( 930,000 cubic
meters) more than usual by this tune of
the month, he said
Residential supplies will not be
affected
If the weather becomes wanner the
company may be able to supply its
large industrial customers with gas
before the end of October, Moore said
Temperatures more typical of late
November than mid- Octob- er struck
nud- Misso- un this week Record lows
were recorded Saturday and Sunday
when the temperature dropped into the
upper 20s
Most of the businesses mvolved m the
cutback seem prepared for
interruptions and have auxiliary fuel
supplies for such occasions
Jack Zaneis, director of buildings and
grounds for the Columbia Public
Schools, said he expected an
interruption sometime this winter, but
not this early " I was caught a little off
guard. Just three weeks ago Missouri
Utilities sent out a newsletter saving it
had bought some extra fuel to guard
against this "
The school district has all schools on
interruptible schedules They are
equipped with auxiliary fuel oil supplies
to use for heating when their gas
supplies are interrupted
Charles Johnston of McGraw- Ediso- n
said his company was switching to
propane heating He said the firm had
anticipated heavy interruptions this
winter and stocked large amounts of
propane
Both Boone County Hospital and the
3-- M Corp, along with most of the
interrupted industries, have switched
to fuel oil until regular sources are
available again
Indications are that Columbia's large
consumers of natural gas will face such
cutbacks throughout the winter
While Missouri has slightly more
natural gas this year than last, a
continued nationwide shortage of the
fuel and an expected severe vnnter
probably will negate any positive effect
the increased supplies might have The
Federal Power Commission is
predicting a 22 per cent shortfall in gas
supplies this winter nationally
Moore said Missouri Utibes has " just
enough natural gas to get us through a
normal winter "
The National Weather Service's 30- d- ay
outlook calls for below- norm- al
temperatures and above- norm- al
precipitation from now until mid- Novem- ber
Dave Horner of the
service's station at Columbia Regional
Airport said this means Columbians
can expect temperatures below 50
degrees Farenheit ( 10 degrees Celsius)
and more than two niches ( five
centimeters) of precipitation
Moore said his company has taken
every possible measure to locate and
purchase sufficient gas to guarantee
the Columbia area a steady supply this
winter
The company bought some extra gas
supplies from a firm m Oklahoma to
meet the demand for gas in October
The extra purchase, which Moore
termed " emergency gas," was onp
( See COLD, page 11)
Bond, Teasdale disagree
on food sales tax repeal
By Marian McDowell
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Three issues
tax reform, the role of the Missouri
Public Service Commission and bund
trusts have dominated the
gubernatorial campaign this year
All three have been made major
. issues by the aggressive attacks of
Ljoseph Teasdale, the Democratic
achallenger, against the incumbent,
Republican Christophers Bond
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Hgnn. Bond opposes a proposed
pdment on the November ballot
sHreould repeal the sales tax on food
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HBasdale believes the sales tax is
nKrecsive " Regressive means unfair.
Wpepoor and middle class pay the same
Hmeunt as people who have more
Buying power," he says Bond believes
Hue sates tax exemption would hurt the
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says the state cannot afford a $ 180
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tax exemption goes through, there will
have to be significant tax increases or
material cuts in services "
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he would shift the tax burden from the
poor and middle class to the multi- stat- e
corporations.
Teasdale says he would raise
corporate taxes by eliminating the
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corporations, which would amount to
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spelled out how he would replace the
remaining $ 130 million Bond says he
would wait for a report from a tax study
group
Teasdale often points out that
Missouri is one of only seven states
which allows the federal tax write- of- f
for state income tax purposes
Bond said Missouri's low corporate
income taxes have been an important
selling point in attracting new industry
to the state and providing jobs
Taxes are not the only consumer
issue in the campaign
Teasdale has crossed the state
attacking the utilities and blaming
Bond for rate increases granted by the
Missouri Public Service- Commissi-on
The PSC, which regulates the rates and
operating procedures of private
utilities, is appointed by the governor
Teasdale charges the PSC has
favored utilities at the expense of
consumers " People feel they have
been greatly abused by the Public
Utility Commission it's not the
Public Service Commission They ( PSC
commissioners) give the public utilities
anything they ask for," Teasdale says
" In 1975, Union Electric Co
increased its profits by 50 per cent, it's
really hard for me to feel sorry for it,"
Teasdale says " The first thing I'll do if
I'm elected governor is ask for the
immediate resignation of the PSC
members That is the area where
people feel most abused "
Bond said his opponent is attempting
to politicize the PSC, an independent
regulatory agency " My opponent has
talked about nothing but platitudes He
has implied he can lower peoples'
utility rates "
Teasdale has brought up the
( See BOND, page 14)
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This crab apple tree typifies the paradox of mid- Misso- un
weather, which even Mother Nature
can't always understand. Despite temperatures
Monday which hovered around the freezing
Columbians had better turn up their
furnaces and dust off their winter
wardrobes because freezing
temperatures and predictions ot snow
have announced the early departure of
autumnal weather
Temperatures are not expected to
rise above the upper 30s F ( 2 C) or
lower 40s F ( 4 C) today, accompanied
by a possible mixture of rain and snow,
according to the National Weather
Service Temperatures are expected to
be colder Wednesday and Thursday,
mark, the tree managed to show off its blossoms
behind the University's Fine Arts Building,
giving students their last glance of the fading
summer. ( Missourian photo by Bert Monk)
Snowy weather ahead
ranging from the upper 20s F ( 2 C) to
the lower 40s F ( 4 C)
Kansas City first reported the
precipitation Monday morning that was
expected to spread throughout the state
by Monday night Snow and rain were
expected to end today, but there is a
chance of snow in northern and central
Missouri
The weekend was chilled by record- breakin- g
lows of 26 F ( 3 C) Sunday
and 30 F ( 1 C) Saturday
The freezing temperatures will not
affect most crops because of another
quirk in this year s weather Most of
the soybeans and corn matured early
and have been harvested already The
drought took care of that," said Bud
Wilson, assistant state statistician for
the Missouri Crop and Livestock
Reporting Senvce
A weather service spokesman said
the average temperature for this time
of the year is 57 F ( 14 C) Freezing
temperatures normally do not occur
until mid- Novemb- er, about a month
before winter officially begins Dec 21 Bwine flu inoculations begin here
bySteven Rosen
BOssoorian staff writer
B Persons with a touch of the sniffles or
Wbl fever should delay getting swine Ou
Knots when the first inoculation
programs begin today, city and
university health officials said.
H The common cold and other
Respiratory infections could cause
Hniner reactions in persons receiving
Bhe swine flu shot, said City Health
Director Michael Sanford.
H " With someone already ill, the shot
Rould cause them to feel a bit worse,"
ST " People having upper respiratory
Mnnpflaffl should delay getting the shots
toe think ifs better to wait"
" People allergic to eggs should not be
Bracdnated, because tie fin vaccine is
grown in eggs," said Dr. William
Kaleota, director of the University's
fctudent Health Oinic.
Persons allergic to eggs could
experience reactions ranging from skin
rashes to more serious reactions after
the injections, Dr Galeotasaid.
Persons who recently received
another inoculation, such as a diptbena
shot, also should wait and take the
swine flu shot at a later date, Dr
Galeotasaid.
The city will offer 6S0 doses of
monovalent vaccine from 8- 3- 0 to 10 30
a m. today at the Municipal Building,
600 E Broadway An additional 670
doses of monovalent vaccine will be
offered to students from 1 to 4 p. m at
the University StudentHealth Clinic
The vacdne will be offered on a first- com- e,
first served basis Persons must
sign a consent slip before the vaccine is
administered.
Monovalent vaccine, which is given
to most persons, protects against the
swine flu.
Sanford stressed that persons need-ing
bivalent vaccine should not come to
the health department clinic Bivalent
vaccine protects against bom swine flu
and A- Vict- oria influenza. It is given to
persons 65 and older, and to high risk
patients, such as those with heart
problems
The University dime, however, will
offer bivalent vaccine. It is available to
members of the University community
65 and older Students 25 and older with
heart, lung or kidney problems, or with
a history of diabetes or metabolic
disorders, also would receive the
vaccine
The University has 200 doses of the
bivalent vaccine " It will be available
until we run out," said Dr Galeota " A
lot of people have been coming in for
it"
There still is some apprehension
about the shot because of deaths in
other areas of the country last week of
persons who were inoculated Sanford
said, however, that most persons will
have " no reaction from the vaccine
" In some cases there will be some
tenderness around the injection," he
said, " but 95 per cent of the people
should have no problem."
Dr Galeota said he expects the
reaction to the vaccine " generally will
be mild"
Officials at the Center for Disease
Control in Atlanta, who last week
stressed that the immunization
program is safe, said Monday they
would not know until later this week
how badly the deaths had hurt the
nationwide inoculation program.
Since last week, thirty- fiv- e persons
have died after receiving flu shots
Most of the dead were elderly persons
with a history of heart disease or other
chronic illnesses ( Busing vote not school hoard idea
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HMJBMorian staff writer
fhynMq school board members
sought to make one thing perfectly
dear Monday night the school busing
change and accompanying tax rate
increase on the November ballot are
not their ideas.
Responding to what they said have
been numerous questions from the
public about the board's position on the
issue, board members approved a reao-" luti- on
explaining that the transporta-tion
vote U not a resutt of board initia
tive but a result of a petition filed by a
citizen group legally compelling the
board to submit the issue to a vote
" The board's submission of tins
transportation issue to the voters . . .
does not constitute any endorsement of
this proposal by the board," the
resolution states.
The resolution states also that the
board does not have money to fund the
proposal if it passes, so board members
were forced to put the 19- ce- nt tax
increase on the ballot topay forit
Free transportation was reduced in
August from2 miles ( 4 kilometers) to
3 miles ( 4 8 kilometers) for high school
students. A group of parents presented
the board with a petition bearing
enough signatures to require the board
to submit the question of free trans-portation
to Columbia voters Nov 2.
The board also approveda request by
Hank Steere, assistant superintendent
for instruction, to pursue federal and
state grants to fund special programs
for handicapped students. Steere said
the programs were discontinued this
year because of lost funding.
He said he applied Oct 1 for approxi-mately
( 49,000 in state and federal aid
But the real problem is getting aid for
next year Only 118,000 is guaranteed by
the state The school system must find
tite rest of the needed funds Steere said
he has talked to several organizations
about providing the remaining funds if
the extra state funding does not come
through next year.
The program would include a special
educator, a speech and language
therapist, two aides, a physical
therapist, transportation and materials
and equipment He said that, if the
money can be found, it is possible to
( See SCHOOL, page 11)
Desert kingdom
may get iceberg
PARIS ( AP) A French engi
neenng firm said Monday that oil- nc- h
Saudi Arabia is considering a
plan to tow icebergs from the
Antarctic to the Red Sea to provide
more water for the desert kingdom
The firm said the 5,000- mil- e ( 8,000- kilomete- r)
voyage, at a snail's pace,
could take from 6 to 12 months and
cost about $ 80 million
The company, Cicero, located in
the Pans suburb of Marly- Le- Ro- i,
said it was contacted about a year
ago by Saudi officials who wanted a
fresh approach to their country's
water shortage problems Contract
discussions are in the final stage,
Cicero officials said
Company engineers worked out
the plan to use icebergs, which are
salt- fre- e and melt as fresh water, in
coordination with French polar
experts They said they are
confident it is feasible.
A company spokesman said that
for the trial run, five ocean- goin- g
tugs, each driven by 20,000 horse-power
engines, would travel to the
Antarctic where special crews
would pick out a suitable iceberg
The ideal one would have a more- orJe- ss
rectangular shape to prevent
tipping, weigh about 100 million tons
( 90 million tonnes), be about one
mile ( 1 6 kilometers) long, 900 yards
( 810 meters) wide and 750 yards ( 675
.
meters) high, one- fortie- th of which
would be above water
He said that after the iceberg is
selected, experts will fix an 18- in- ch
( 45- centimet- er) thick special plastic
cover over it for protection from the
melting rays of the sun and the
destructive force of waves and
currents Special cables then will be
rigged between the mothballed
iceberg and the tugs, and the long
trip will begin
But there are two problems
The first is heat Icebergs are
rarely sighted beyond 40 degrees
latitude and, Cicero's confidence
notwithstanding, it is not known
whether the iceberg can survive the
torrid portion of the long trip
The second problem is ocean
depth. Though the waters off the
Saudi capital of Jidda are 1,800 feet
( 540 meters) deep and could accom-modate
the iceberg, the Straits of
Bab al Mandab, connecting the Gulf
of Aden with the Red Sea, are only
120 feet ( 35 meters) deep
Cicero engineers, however, have
thought of a solution. They plan to
slice the iceberg into smaller
sections with special electrically
heated cables before entering the --
straits, then tow the chunks to
special basins where the sun can
liquefy them over an 18- mo- nth
period.