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TVTE hi 7, RICL 3CIETY 19334 HITT & LOWRY oT. COLUMBIA, MQ. 65201 I ' ST. 3- 14- - 74 Council to hear more on budget HjT SteveaRseeSI MtencteiitBtt writer Pnpond mcreaaa in Columbia's ewer and trash collection charges are among items to be discussed Tuesday night at theOtyOwndTssecond public baarfng on the dty administratkn'a lS7- 7- 7 budget propoaato, oatur major Items on the agenda for taa meeting at 7 pan. In the Municipal BufkHng Include: A report on the program of negotiations with two city employe anient and consideration of pay and ah leave- emergen- cy leave emmancee. A vote on an ordinance to set the city's property tax rate. A resolution expressing' the council's support of a general property reassessment for tax purposes An ordinance restricting parking in Grasslands subdivision, west of tbe University campus. The proposed budget includes a 20 per cent increase in the sewer service charge to provide sufficient funds for payment of principal and interest on a $ 2 million bond issue The city now charges a minimum sewer service fee of $ 1.32 per 100 cubic feet ( 3 cubic meters) of water based on average monthly water use The budget proposal also includes an increased the monthly trash collection charge to $ 3 75 from $ 3 10 to help meet rising costs. The administration has proposed a $ 9 4 million general fund budget and a $ 23 3 million enterprise budget The enterprise budget is for city departments that make direct charges for services, such as tbe water and light department Other budget areas to be discussed Tuesday are protective inspection, general revenue sharing, capital projects, debt service, revolving funds, parking utility, golf course, airport, bus system, planning department, community services offices, community development and city contributions to non- cit- y programs The council also is expected to vote on whether to increase some recreational fees for city faculties Greens fees at the Municipal Golf Course and admission fees for the Hickman and Albert- Oaklan- d swimming pools could be hiked. At last week's lengthy budget hearing, the council did not cut the proposed budget instead, it added $ 28,260 to the total Amidst vocal opposition from two employe unions, the council also will attempt to draw the line on its city employe pay scale formula Public Service Employes Union Local 45 and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1055 have attacked Novak's proposal for a 6 per cent raise for most city employes and a 6 1 per cent raise for police and fire department supervisors Local 45, which represents about 110 aty employes, turned down Novak's pay raise proposal at a meeting last week The union wants a 35- ce- nt per hour across- the- boa- rd increase for all aty employes The city and the fire fighters union have reached an impasse on several administration proposals The fire fighters want a 4 45 per cent cost- of- livi- ng adjustment on top of a pay raise, for a total increase of about 11 percent Another proposal to consolidate sick and emergency leave time for city employes and cut the total from 24 days a year to 18 also has been criticized. Leave tune for members of the fire department would be cut to 240 hours a year from 576 hours The fire fighters have indicated they will consider accepting the leave time reduction only if their salary request is granted The union also demands that the ( See COUNCIL, Page 14A) In town s today trpjn " Shaft" movie, free for University students, Jesse Auditorium. Sbamwttal Ceatiaalag: Columbia Art League, works of Ariand Christ- Jane- r, Russell Green, Donald Bartlett and Greg Scheiszer, S to 5 p. m. Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, lithographs, paintings and drawings by the late Albert Christ- Janer- , 1-- 90 to S pa Ellis Library, Italian Baroque Drawings and Textiles Through Two IffiDenia, 2 to 5 pjn FafaHe library, pbotograghs by Jeff Mints, l to 5pjn. Monday 2 pjn. First Senior Citizens Organization, Oak Towers Exhibits Conthwitag; University Fine Arts Gallery, Professional Design Exposition, 9 son to 3 pjn. Columbia Art League, works of Ariand Christ- Jane- r, Russell Green, Donald Bartlett and Greg Scheiszer, 10 30a m. to 3 15 pjn. Colombia Gallery of Phctegraphy, photographs by Peter Miner and JinfBll, 9 a. m. to 4 pjn. Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Ifthographe, paintings and drawings by the late Albert Christ- Jane- r, 8 ajn. to 5p. m. 1: 39 a. m. Boone County Court, County- Cit- y Building Nooa Lunchbag Seminar Taking Our Bodies Back, University Women's Center Exhibits Ostinamg: Ellis Library, Italian Baroque Drawings and Textiles Through Two Millenfa, 2 to 5 pm Public Library, photographs by Jeff Miniz, 9 aan. to 9 pjn. Other exhibits same as Monday See Page ISA for movie listings. V f Insight Disclosure veto likely to be upheld Chances of House overriding Bond's veto seen as slim ByMarkDrasda State fapttal bwrrau JEFFERSON CITY - The Misaourf General Assembly will meet Wednesday in a special veto session to reconsider a bDl designed to loosen the requirements of the 1974 campaign disclosure law, but some legislators do not expect success Legislators think the Senate may override the veto but do not bold much hope far passage in the House. When me veto session meets. Sen. A. If. SpradUng Jr., D- Cs- pe Girardeau, who authored the hfil, will make his final motion on the Senate floor. SpradUng, who is retiring after 25 years In the Senate, will lead tbe attempt to override Gov. Christophers BofxTsveto. There has been onJyone successful veto override in tbe Missouri General Assembly hi the last 137 yearaThat override, of the nursing practices act in January, also was initiated by The campaign finance fctft was passedin the closing minutes oaths last day of the regular session,, and vetoed by Bond raJiaa.' ltJw3m! have exempted all candfttdSs for public office in Missouri w& mttl teas than Jaw) en meir ramnaignjpm making financial disclosures. Tbe bill further would have ammnatod tbe necessity for caadkfcftt to report gifts, salaries and ( SeeMKAO. PatettA) ' mwaBMBMBBMBBBBmwaWBMBBaBMBlMB 68th Year No. 294 t, mnl Morning! IfV Sunday Sepi. 5. 1976 4 Sections 48 Pages 35 Cents awHlSaBBHFCJ-- j MmBxlkwjB HBHbBBHBHBbHBBhBk - T SurJiBBBKSBBlBBBP'- 3s2ErVQBBlBwiBBn- S HBHHHHHfMHHMSg iHHBBB? Pvv'JSBBBBB9BBH& K! BHHBBBMBa HBBE9iHSBimrl- KcruLl9MBHI9HHlHHKv9EffEBaBBfl- v jfiHISH B9BBflBsBHHBBBBSFE1kuBjBBHBBB9BlBBBnHBBBuBBBKBHHBBBBBMKBK ' RBiBBHBBBlBBsBHBBBBBESBBBEBBBBBaBBBHBBBnBBn JHHBHqSv , vmJhbbDbsbIbbbbbbbbIbHbbbbbIbb I Farmers adjusting I after long drought ByRJckStoff and Bruce Van Voorhis Missourian staff writers Turner Vemer has spent most of his 47 years working his farm on Route 2, and he says he can remember only one summer when the area's crops were in I worse condition than they are this year That was 1954, the year he returned from four years in the Air Force " There wasn't a grain of corn in Boone County, but that wasn't my I loss," Vemer says " I didn't plant any I ofit" f This summer, however, Vemer is I among the " roughly 800" Boone County I farmers who Don Emery, head of the 9 county Agricultural Stabilization and !- - Conservation Service, expects will tL- JuJf-ldrer oughtstehvaetrehaslobsrsoeusghbtetchaeusderiest Juthlye. 1-- and August in National Weather I Service history to thearea I Vemer has 200 acres COO hectares) planteffa corn and expects his yield at I harvestwill be only one- thir- d of what it would have been in a normal year I In a good year, Vemer would expect his fields to yield about 100 bushels of corn an acre This year, be expects only j 30 to 40 bushels anacre " We haven't been blessed with any moisture, that's for sure," says Bill White of Ashland He has 15 acres ( 6 hectares) planted in corn and expects to harvest " about half a crop " He says his fields should have yielded about 85 bushels an acre based on the amount of fertilizer he used, but probably will yield only 35 or 40 Bill Lipscomb of Sturgeon has 60 acres ( 24 hectares) planted in corn and says his production probably will be 40 per cent below normal, reducing his yield from 100 bushels an acre to about 65 The problems of area farmers, Vemer says, have been worsened by the fact that me drought has largely been a local condition. " If everybody had a drought, corn prices would go up, -- ma- ybejctl a biwhrflTJao." - But since other corn- growi- ng areas are not experiencing such harsh conditions, prices will not go up, Vemer says He expects to get about $ 2 a bushel for his crop, giving him a gross return of approximately $ 80 an acre " It's nothing for someone to spend $ 60 an acre on a corn crop just counting seed, fertilizer, and chemicals," he says " You might say I'm breaking even " JBHbWC1BBLbbbbBb1BbbmbbbWbK3BjDBJb1 t HaiLBHBHnHLmBm'iL. -- , v KHKSBSBmtBt - BJBBJIBflBaMBBHDI; -- JiEXlBBHBBlBBkttBHBH& BaEBfewMCb-.- . JsH31B! tBiSsz38& f&& tnKEBli & Z HHHHHHHHaBBMBmBnBnn j Mid- Missou- ri's drought has taken its biggest ton on corn. These ears from the University's Sanborn Fields are, left, from irrigated plots and from nonirrigated plots. The drought also is responsible for the dry lake on the farm of Turner Vemer, Route 2. Before the drought, Vemer's cattle drank from the lake. ( Missounan photos by Doug Atkins and David Elkinson ) We're lucky to break even," says Jimime Davis of Centralis Davis says his costs continue to go up, but the prices farmers get for their crops remain steady He says a tractor part that cost him $ 13 three years ago now costs 40 The drought also has made it more difficult for farmers to care for their cattle Vemer says he already has begun feeding his winter hay to his 150 cattle to make up for the pasturage that has been depleted " You have to keep them fed to keep them out of somebody else's corn," he says If they say the corn your cattle ate was going to make 80 bushels an acre when you know it was only going to make 30 or 40, you're still liable for 80 ' Lipscomb says he knows of many hay to their cattle now because their pastures have dried up, even though they usually do not have to start until November He says this may cause a . hay shortage this winter ( " You really have to watch the water supply, too," says Vemer Because the ponds from which his cattle normally drink have dried up, he has had to begin ( See LIVESTOCK, Page 14A) Losses up as drought -"-- continues By United Press International Drought has tightened its crop- stunti- ng grip and farmers' losses are ! mounting daily in a wide belt of the I upper Midwest A survey of the drought situation in I the Midwest showes The drought is worsening in South Dakota, particularly in the northeastern part of the state, where I rainfall is 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) below normal, and crop and livestock I loses are estimated at more than $ 1 ! billion Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Jon Wefald predicated i the state's farmers would bank only about one- ha- lf as much this year as they would have with normal weather Wisconsin Gov Patrick Lucey has asked disaster aid for 45 counties Farmers are estimated to have lost more than $ 500,000 Fire fighters Saturday reported progress in then- batt- le to contain forest and range blazes in some drought- stneke- n areas A federal Forest Service spokesman in Nebraska said a rangeland fire that bad burned more than 2,800 acres ( 1,120 hectares) of national forest and private land might be brought under control by today Non- votin- g American is no joke By Christopher Lydon N. Y. Times Service NEW YORK - O- riginally it was the Joke . " Don't vote it only encourages em." But an unnrecedenuy large group of Americans will act on mat principle, seriously and consciously, by avoiding the polls this faJL Non- voter- s, who are approaching majority status in the adult population, seem to know better man ever just why they want nothing to do withwlittca. Two4birdfl of mem, in a new national sampling made public this weekend, agree on the theme, '' Candidates say one ming and then do another," as reason enough to stand off from tbe presidential election Almost as many explain non- voti- ng with the view that, " It doesn't make any difference who is elected because things never seem to work right" One- ha- if tbe non- vote- rs say simply " I just don't bother with politics." Roughly 70 million qualified, voting- ag- e Americans almost certainly a record total are expected to choose not to vote Nov 2. As tbe non- vote- rs described themselves in extended Interviews, they Include a terg complement of younger, poorer; relatively unschooled citizens who never saw much to share or care about in political activities But those traditional non- votin- g ranks axe being swelled, it appears, by a large group of new drop- out- s middle- clas- s onetime voters who are breaking the habit with a purpose Among those who do not plan to choose thisyear between Jimmy Carter and President Ford, one out of every eight non- vote- rs cared enough to vote in 1 1971 That ratio implies a four- ye- ar growth of nearly 10 million non- vote- rs. Polling of 1,486 non- vote- rs lately " the target of bom political and academic inquiry was conducted in late July by Peter D Hart Research Associates, Inc , of Washington, D C , for non- partisa- n, labor, business and foundationupported study of the shrinking American electorate These were some of the preliminary findings of the on- goi- ng investigation Post card registration and other simplifications of the voting process cannot hope to expand participation sharply because It is primarily active attitudes, not outside obstacles, that keep people from the polls. Non- voti- ng inclinations remain notably high in the post- Wor- ld War n " baby boom" generation that came of age in an era of protest and seemed to have accepted non- participati- on in j ( See SOME, Page 14A) No paper Tuesday Because of the Monday Labor Day holiday, there will not be an issue of tbe Columbia Missourian ; on Tuesday , Sept. 6. Missourian publication will '. I resume Sept. 7. 1 I I.
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Item.Transcript | TVTE hi 7, RICL 3CIETY 19334 HITT & LOWRY oT. COLUMBIA, MQ. 65201 I ' ST. 3- 14- - 74 Council to hear more on budget HjT SteveaRseeSI MtencteiitBtt writer Pnpond mcreaaa in Columbia's ewer and trash collection charges are among items to be discussed Tuesday night at theOtyOwndTssecond public baarfng on the dty administratkn'a lS7- 7- 7 budget propoaato, oatur major Items on the agenda for taa meeting at 7 pan. In the Municipal BufkHng Include: A report on the program of negotiations with two city employe anient and consideration of pay and ah leave- emergen- cy leave emmancee. A vote on an ordinance to set the city's property tax rate. A resolution expressing' the council's support of a general property reassessment for tax purposes An ordinance restricting parking in Grasslands subdivision, west of tbe University campus. The proposed budget includes a 20 per cent increase in the sewer service charge to provide sufficient funds for payment of principal and interest on a $ 2 million bond issue The city now charges a minimum sewer service fee of $ 1.32 per 100 cubic feet ( 3 cubic meters) of water based on average monthly water use The budget proposal also includes an increased the monthly trash collection charge to $ 3 75 from $ 3 10 to help meet rising costs. The administration has proposed a $ 9 4 million general fund budget and a $ 23 3 million enterprise budget The enterprise budget is for city departments that make direct charges for services, such as tbe water and light department Other budget areas to be discussed Tuesday are protective inspection, general revenue sharing, capital projects, debt service, revolving funds, parking utility, golf course, airport, bus system, planning department, community services offices, community development and city contributions to non- cit- y programs The council also is expected to vote on whether to increase some recreational fees for city faculties Greens fees at the Municipal Golf Course and admission fees for the Hickman and Albert- Oaklan- d swimming pools could be hiked. At last week's lengthy budget hearing, the council did not cut the proposed budget instead, it added $ 28,260 to the total Amidst vocal opposition from two employe unions, the council also will attempt to draw the line on its city employe pay scale formula Public Service Employes Union Local 45 and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1055 have attacked Novak's proposal for a 6 per cent raise for most city employes and a 6 1 per cent raise for police and fire department supervisors Local 45, which represents about 110 aty employes, turned down Novak's pay raise proposal at a meeting last week The union wants a 35- ce- nt per hour across- the- boa- rd increase for all aty employes The city and the fire fighters union have reached an impasse on several administration proposals The fire fighters want a 4 45 per cent cost- of- livi- ng adjustment on top of a pay raise, for a total increase of about 11 percent Another proposal to consolidate sick and emergency leave time for city employes and cut the total from 24 days a year to 18 also has been criticized. Leave tune for members of the fire department would be cut to 240 hours a year from 576 hours The fire fighters have indicated they will consider accepting the leave time reduction only if their salary request is granted The union also demands that the ( See COUNCIL, Page 14A) In town s today trpjn " Shaft" movie, free for University students, Jesse Auditorium. Sbamwttal Ceatiaalag: Columbia Art League, works of Ariand Christ- Jane- r, Russell Green, Donald Bartlett and Greg Scheiszer, S to 5 p. m. Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, lithographs, paintings and drawings by the late Albert Christ- Janer- , 1-- 90 to S pa Ellis Library, Italian Baroque Drawings and Textiles Through Two IffiDenia, 2 to 5 pjn FafaHe library, pbotograghs by Jeff Mints, l to 5pjn. Monday 2 pjn. First Senior Citizens Organization, Oak Towers Exhibits Conthwitag; University Fine Arts Gallery, Professional Design Exposition, 9 son to 3 pjn. Columbia Art League, works of Ariand Christ- Jane- r, Russell Green, Donald Bartlett and Greg Scheiszer, 10 30a m. to 3 15 pjn. Colombia Gallery of Phctegraphy, photographs by Peter Miner and JinfBll, 9 a. m. to 4 pjn. Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Ifthographe, paintings and drawings by the late Albert Christ- Jane- r, 8 ajn. to 5p. m. 1: 39 a. m. Boone County Court, County- Cit- y Building Nooa Lunchbag Seminar Taking Our Bodies Back, University Women's Center Exhibits Ostinamg: Ellis Library, Italian Baroque Drawings and Textiles Through Two Millenfa, 2 to 5 pm Public Library, photographs by Jeff Miniz, 9 aan. to 9 pjn. Other exhibits same as Monday See Page ISA for movie listings. V f Insight Disclosure veto likely to be upheld Chances of House overriding Bond's veto seen as slim ByMarkDrasda State fapttal bwrrau JEFFERSON CITY - The Misaourf General Assembly will meet Wednesday in a special veto session to reconsider a bDl designed to loosen the requirements of the 1974 campaign disclosure law, but some legislators do not expect success Legislators think the Senate may override the veto but do not bold much hope far passage in the House. When me veto session meets. Sen. A. If. SpradUng Jr., D- Cs- pe Girardeau, who authored the hfil, will make his final motion on the Senate floor. SpradUng, who is retiring after 25 years In the Senate, will lead tbe attempt to override Gov. Christophers BofxTsveto. There has been onJyone successful veto override in tbe Missouri General Assembly hi the last 137 yearaThat override, of the nursing practices act in January, also was initiated by The campaign finance fctft was passedin the closing minutes oaths last day of the regular session,, and vetoed by Bond raJiaa.' ltJw3m! have exempted all candfttdSs for public office in Missouri w& mttl teas than Jaw) en meir ramnaignjpm making financial disclosures. Tbe bill further would have ammnatod tbe necessity for caadkfcftt to report gifts, salaries and ( SeeMKAO. PatettA) ' mwaBMBMBBMBBBBmwaWBMBBaBMBlMB 68th Year No. 294 t, mnl Morning! IfV Sunday Sepi. 5. 1976 4 Sections 48 Pages 35 Cents awHlSaBBHFCJ-- j MmBxlkwjB HBHbBBHBHBbHBBhBk - T SurJiBBBKSBBlBBBP'- 3s2ErVQBBlBwiBBn- S HBHHHHHfMHHMSg iHHBBB? Pvv'JSBBBBB9BBH& K! BHHBBBMBa HBBE9iHSBimrl- KcruLl9MBHI9HHlHHKv9EffEBaBBfl- v jfiHISH B9BBflBsBHHBBBBSFE1kuBjBBHBBB9BlBBBnHBBBuBBBKBHHBBBBBMKBK ' RBiBBHBBBlBBsBHBBBBBESBBBEBBBBBaBBBHBBBnBBn JHHBHqSv , vmJhbbDbsbIbbbbbbbbIbHbbbbbIbb I Farmers adjusting I after long drought ByRJckStoff and Bruce Van Voorhis Missourian staff writers Turner Vemer has spent most of his 47 years working his farm on Route 2, and he says he can remember only one summer when the area's crops were in I worse condition than they are this year That was 1954, the year he returned from four years in the Air Force " There wasn't a grain of corn in Boone County, but that wasn't my I loss," Vemer says " I didn't plant any I ofit" f This summer, however, Vemer is I among the " roughly 800" Boone County I farmers who Don Emery, head of the 9 county Agricultural Stabilization and !- - Conservation Service, expects will tL- JuJf-ldrer oughtstehvaetrehaslobsrsoeusghbtetchaeusderiest Juthlye. 1-- and August in National Weather I Service history to thearea I Vemer has 200 acres COO hectares) planteffa corn and expects his yield at I harvestwill be only one- thir- d of what it would have been in a normal year I In a good year, Vemer would expect his fields to yield about 100 bushels of corn an acre This year, be expects only j 30 to 40 bushels anacre " We haven't been blessed with any moisture, that's for sure," says Bill White of Ashland He has 15 acres ( 6 hectares) planted in corn and expects to harvest " about half a crop " He says his fields should have yielded about 85 bushels an acre based on the amount of fertilizer he used, but probably will yield only 35 or 40 Bill Lipscomb of Sturgeon has 60 acres ( 24 hectares) planted in corn and says his production probably will be 40 per cent below normal, reducing his yield from 100 bushels an acre to about 65 The problems of area farmers, Vemer says, have been worsened by the fact that me drought has largely been a local condition. " If everybody had a drought, corn prices would go up, -- ma- ybejctl a biwhrflTJao." - But since other corn- growi- ng areas are not experiencing such harsh conditions, prices will not go up, Vemer says He expects to get about $ 2 a bushel for his crop, giving him a gross return of approximately $ 80 an acre " It's nothing for someone to spend $ 60 an acre on a corn crop just counting seed, fertilizer, and chemicals," he says " You might say I'm breaking even " JBHbWC1BBLbbbbBb1BbbmbbbWbK3BjDBJb1 t HaiLBHBHnHLmBm'iL. -- , v KHKSBSBmtBt - BJBBJIBflBaMBBHDI; -- JiEXlBBHBBlBBkttBHBH& BaEBfewMCb-.- . JsH31B! tBiSsz38& f&& tnKEBli & Z HHHHHHHHaBBMBmBnBnn j Mid- Missou- ri's drought has taken its biggest ton on corn. These ears from the University's Sanborn Fields are, left, from irrigated plots and from nonirrigated plots. The drought also is responsible for the dry lake on the farm of Turner Vemer, Route 2. Before the drought, Vemer's cattle drank from the lake. ( Missounan photos by Doug Atkins and David Elkinson ) We're lucky to break even," says Jimime Davis of Centralis Davis says his costs continue to go up, but the prices farmers get for their crops remain steady He says a tractor part that cost him $ 13 three years ago now costs 40 The drought also has made it more difficult for farmers to care for their cattle Vemer says he already has begun feeding his winter hay to his 150 cattle to make up for the pasturage that has been depleted " You have to keep them fed to keep them out of somebody else's corn," he says If they say the corn your cattle ate was going to make 80 bushels an acre when you know it was only going to make 30 or 40, you're still liable for 80 ' Lipscomb says he knows of many hay to their cattle now because their pastures have dried up, even though they usually do not have to start until November He says this may cause a . hay shortage this winter ( " You really have to watch the water supply, too," says Vemer Because the ponds from which his cattle normally drink have dried up, he has had to begin ( See LIVESTOCK, Page 14A) Losses up as drought -"-- continues By United Press International Drought has tightened its crop- stunti- ng grip and farmers' losses are ! mounting daily in a wide belt of the I upper Midwest A survey of the drought situation in I the Midwest showes The drought is worsening in South Dakota, particularly in the northeastern part of the state, where I rainfall is 12 inches ( 30 centimeters) below normal, and crop and livestock I loses are estimated at more than $ 1 ! billion Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Jon Wefald predicated i the state's farmers would bank only about one- ha- lf as much this year as they would have with normal weather Wisconsin Gov Patrick Lucey has asked disaster aid for 45 counties Farmers are estimated to have lost more than $ 500,000 Fire fighters Saturday reported progress in then- batt- le to contain forest and range blazes in some drought- stneke- n areas A federal Forest Service spokesman in Nebraska said a rangeland fire that bad burned more than 2,800 acres ( 1,120 hectares) of national forest and private land might be brought under control by today Non- votin- g American is no joke By Christopher Lydon N. Y. Times Service NEW YORK - O- riginally it was the Joke . " Don't vote it only encourages em." But an unnrecedenuy large group of Americans will act on mat principle, seriously and consciously, by avoiding the polls this faJL Non- voter- s, who are approaching majority status in the adult population, seem to know better man ever just why they want nothing to do withwlittca. Two4birdfl of mem, in a new national sampling made public this weekend, agree on the theme, '' Candidates say one ming and then do another," as reason enough to stand off from tbe presidential election Almost as many explain non- voti- ng with the view that, " It doesn't make any difference who is elected because things never seem to work right" One- ha- if tbe non- vote- rs say simply " I just don't bother with politics." Roughly 70 million qualified, voting- ag- e Americans almost certainly a record total are expected to choose not to vote Nov 2. As tbe non- vote- rs described themselves in extended Interviews, they Include a terg complement of younger, poorer; relatively unschooled citizens who never saw much to share or care about in political activities But those traditional non- votin- g ranks axe being swelled, it appears, by a large group of new drop- out- s middle- clas- s onetime voters who are breaking the habit with a purpose Among those who do not plan to choose thisyear between Jimmy Carter and President Ford, one out of every eight non- vote- rs cared enough to vote in 1 1971 That ratio implies a four- ye- ar growth of nearly 10 million non- vote- rs. Polling of 1,486 non- vote- rs lately " the target of bom political and academic inquiry was conducted in late July by Peter D Hart Research Associates, Inc , of Washington, D C , for non- partisa- n, labor, business and foundationupported study of the shrinking American electorate These were some of the preliminary findings of the on- goi- ng investigation Post card registration and other simplifications of the voting process cannot hope to expand participation sharply because It is primarily active attitudes, not outside obstacles, that keep people from the polls. Non- voti- ng inclinations remain notably high in the post- Wor- ld War n " baby boom" generation that came of age in an era of protest and seemed to have accepted non- participati- on in j ( See SOME, Page 14A) No paper Tuesday Because of the Monday Labor Day holiday, there will not be an issue of tbe Columbia Missourian ; on Tuesday , Sept. 6. Missourian publication will '. I resume Sept. 7. 1 I I. |