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Ibi town n today 8: 39 a. m. Boone County Court, County- Cit- y Building. Noon Sen. Thomas F, Eagleton address, open to public, Columbia College. 7: 30 p. m. PTA parent education discussion, West Junior High. 8 p. m. Julian Bond speaks, Jesse Auditorium, University. Exhibits New: Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, paintings, drawings and prints by Ashley Bryan, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Columbia Art League, batiks by Fnedenke Adams, ceramic wall pieces by Joyce Weller, paintings and drawings by Donna Moore, ceramics by Mara Bosch, oil landscapes, surrealist paletteknife works, ink drawings by William Stavricos, 10- 3- 0 a. m. to 3: 15 p. m.; KIrtley Library, Columbia College, floor plans, pencil sketches, watercolors and perspectives by Marianne Clough, 2 to 10 p. m.; Brady Commons Art Gallery, Craft Studio teachers' exhibit, 2 to 10 p m.; See Sunday Vibrations for continuing exhibit schedules. See page 15A for movie listings. Insight Candidates have similar sentiment Danforth, Hearnes differ on specifics of some programs By Laura Patrick State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY The anti- Washing- ton sentiment shared by both Missouri candidates for U. S. Senate, Democrat Warren Hearnes, and Republican John Danforth, makes their positions on several issues strikingly similar. When differences do appear, they often concern the specifics at certain federal programs rather than basic objectives. Bom proposed a federal takeover of all welfare programs, " the federal government already makes all the rules and the states just provide the money," Hearnes asserts. Danforth goes further to advocate a " family assistance plan." The concept, proposed several years ago by Daniel Moynihan, would incorporate existing welfare payments into a single cash grant paid to families on the basis of need. Danforth would retain the requirement for able- bodie- d adults to look for a job. " Let people in need make the decisions on how to run their own lives," Danforth says Hearnes brands the family assistance approach as a " guaranteed annual income," a term considered repugnant to most political conservatives. The program would pay $ 16 billion annually to 42.2 million families, Hearnes says. Adoption of such a plan, he says, " would mean our government's repudiation of the work ethic." Hearnes does not specify how he would remedy welfare problems, but he proposes a complete federal takeover of welfare programs. Danforth denies advocating a guaranteed annual income. " Either Mr. Hearnes has deliberately misrepresented my view or he simply does not understand the entire issue," Danforth said. " I have proposed that the present confusing collection of programs AFDC ( Aid to Families with Dependent Children), food stamps, rent supplements and the rest be scrapped in favor of creating a single ( See MAJOR SPENDING, page 7A) " TITS Hir70RIC4T, SOCIETY HITf & LOVRY GT. COLUMBIA, MO. 65201 ST. 12- 5-- 74 69th Year - No. 34 ;, Morning! Ils 77mirv. Oct. 28. 1976 2 Section - 28 Page - 1 5 ( etits Joe E. Smith, above, and Mary HOssabargSr, " right, were among several General Telephone Co. customers who argued against a $ 2.1 million rate increase sought by company during a Missouri Public Service Commission hearing Wednesday. ( Missourian photos by Tim McKay) Citizens oppose phone rate hike By Ken Fuson Missourian staff writer " I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette every time I pick up the telephone I've never been satisfied with the phone service and I've lived here 23 years," said Mary Bussabarger, 1914 Princeton Drive. Her complaint was representative of comments made at a public hearing held by the Missouri Public Service Commission Wednesday to discuss a proposed $ 2 1 million rate increase sought by General Telephone Co The commission staff recommended Oct 16 that General Telephone be given only $ 1.1 million to $ 1 5 million of its $ 2 1 million request Dale Sporleder, attorney for General Telephone, said the staff recommendation would mean a monthly rate increase of $ 1 instead of the $ 1 50 hike foreseen by his client The full commission will begin its formal hearing on the rate request Nov 3 General Telephone last received a general rate increase in August 1973 of $ 800,000 Nearly all 21 persons who testified at the hearing opposed either the rate hike or complained about the quality of General Telephone service The average residential customer would pay an extra $ 18 60 each year if the PSC approves the company's rate hike request The average business customer would pay $ 36 more The proposed 21 per cent local service rate increase was criticized by several persons who asserted that many individuals needing telephones for medical reasons might be unable to afford them Louise Kuechler, Route 7, insisted on receiving a quid pro quo m return for a higher rate " I'm living on a fixed income and I don't want an increase If we do get an increase, I want some additional services, such as free calls to outside towns " The assistant director of the Human Development Corporation, Chris Kelly, 1712 Riback Road, said there was a basic conflict between General Telephone's need to make a profit and ( SeeSOMESAY, page 16A) Resident reports gas leak in blast vicinity By Geoff Cross and Jeffrey M. Christian Missourian staff writers A Missouri Utilities Co crew turned off the gas supply to the Lynn Martin residence Wednesday morning after Ruth Martin reported a leak in the underground pipe leading from the street to their house The Martin residence, 919 Hulen Drive, is about six blocks south of the J. W. ' Chub' Phillips residence, which was destroyed in an explosion Saturday night The cause of the explosion is still unknown, although authorities suspect a leak and subsequent build- u- p of natural gas After turning off the gas, the crew from Missouri Utilities Co told Mrs Martin she would have to get a plumber to repair the leak Plumbers worked at the Martin residence all day Wednesday to locate and repair the damaged pipe, but then they told the Martins they would have to wait until this morning for the utility company to turn on the gas supply The Martins have lived in the house for 5cj years, and Mrs Martin said the leak has been in their yafd as long as she can remember The Martins said they had the utility company check the leak snortly after they moved in, and Mrs Martin said both a meter man and a contractor told her a few years ago there was a leak She said she had presumed the two men reported the leak to Missouri Utilities Co In Missouri, utility companies are responsible by law for maintaining gas mams and feeder lines to the curb of the street only It is the individual customer's responsibility to run the gas into his house " Though we try to prevent it, if a customer's piping blows up his house, it's his problem Our responsibility goes to the property line," said Jack Moore, vice president of Missouri Utilities Co Moore said the company tnes to prevent gas leaks through " constant periodic inspection" of the Columbia area Two men are assigned full time to a leak survey crew, which patrols on foot an area of the city each day, using a highly sensitive " flame pack" to detect signs of escaping gas " If we find a leak we give the customer our standard warning, which has been publicized in many of our ads If the odor is strong, go next door and call us, leave a window open for ventilation, and don't, under any circumstances, go look for the leak yourself with a match You'll be sure to find it," Moore said In reply to Mayor Bob Pugh's ( See UTILITY, page 16A) Season's first major snow blankets Rockies, Plains By United Press International The season's first major snowstorm left up to a foot ( 3 decimeters) of snow Wednesday on the Rockies and central Plains, while off- the- la- ke snow squalls hit Chicago and Milwaukee The wintery blast slowed thousands of travelers, including President Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter, who were delayed in departing from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for about a half hour because of swirling snow A foot ( 3 decimeters) of snow covered sections of the Colorado Rockies, and up to 11 inches ( 2 8 decimeters) fell in areas of western Kansas. Southward, the snow spread into New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas Ex- sheri- ff now patrolman Meyer has Florida job BySneStankey Missourian staff writer Jack Meyer resigned as Boone County sheriff and took a job as a patrolman in Palm Beach, Fla , because he was " just fed up with the whole thing," his wife Connie said Wednesday afternoon. Meyer began work three weeks ago as a patrolman at a salary of $ 11,803 in Palm Beach, an exclusive resort community on the southeast coast of Florida, about 70 miles ( 112 kilometers) north of Miami He resigned as sheriff and left Boone County Sept 30 " He wasn't fed up with being sheriff, he was just fed up with what he had to put up with from the county," Mrs Meyer said " He wasn't the problem He just wouldn't sit there and let them walk all over him He wanted the county to appropriate money to things that had first priority His whole thing was law enforcement That's what he lived on, but he realized he needed backing, and he didn't have it here He didn't leave the office a mess They ( the County Court) made their own bed " I think the county has lost someone who did them good Maybe they don't want to improve law enforcement Maybe law enforcement just isn't their thing No matter what he did, he'd hear ( See MEYER, page 16A ) Budget crunch causes busing controversy By Jon Peck and Carter Dunkin Missourian staff writen Critics of the Columbia Board of Education's decision to abandon district- operate- d busing and hire a private busing firm question the board's reasons for doing so. They say the board just didn't want to be in the basing business any longer. But school officials say rising-- costs and tight budgets forced the district to turn the service over to a private firm and reduce free service. Transportation costs increased 133 per cent during the last five years, they point out. Ed BartolaccL a leader of the petition drive which compelled the school board to put a proposal for increased free busing on the Nov. 2 ballot, says be believes the board did not try hard enough to maintain district- operate- d busing. " My personal opinion is that the board wanted out of the transportation business," he says. Interim school Supt. Russell Thompson disagrees " I think there are some board members who hated to get out of the busing service, but the economic situation began to dictate the need for getting out" R. W. Harmon and Sons of Kansas City this fall began furnishing bus service under a contract that will cost the school district an estimated $ 480,000 this year. The net savings to the school district is estimated to be $ 70,000 when compared to last year's expenditures for district- operate- d buses Despite the savings, which represents a 10.4 per cent cut in the district's transportation budget, the board found itself embroiled in a controversy with parents who were able to get a proposal to increase the free service on the ballot Tuesday voters will decide whether the district will provide free bus service for all children living one- ha- lf mile ( 8 kilometer) or more from school and whether an additional property tax of 19 cents per $ 100 assessed property valuation will be levied to finance the busing. Each proposal need3 a two- thir- ds majority to pass. This spring Columbia voters twice rejected a proposed 44- ce- nt tax rate increase for the schools, forcing the school board to make extensive cuts in this year's budget. One major cut was in transportation -- free bus service was eliminated for secondary students living between 2 and 3 miles ( 3 2 and 5 6 kilometers) from school, and Harmon and Sons was hired to provide the busing. School district financial records show transportation costs more than doubled since 1972 Key areas in the transportation budget increased by even more. Operation and maintenance rose by more than 3 times from about $ 53,000 m 1972 to about $ 195,000 last year. In the same period the need for contracted and leased buses increased each year. That cost more than tripled, from about $ 42,000 to about $ 145,000. Insurance on all the buses more than doubled during the period, from about $ 8,000 to about $ 17,000 Enrollment in the same period increased rapidly. The average number of students transported per day increased 22 per cent: from 3,906 to 4.775. " As our enrollment increased and we required more buses, the funds were not available to buy the buses," said Ed Saunders, school district business manager Leasing provided the needed buses at less initial cost, he said But as transportation costs rose, school administrators began seeking less expensive alternatives " We were scrutinizing it ( the transportation program) very carefully over the past three or four years, constantly looking for more efficient and more economical ways of doing things," Thompson says " If it appeared mat another agency could do it more economically than we could, we would bring it to the attention of the school board" When the tax rate increase faded and money became extremely tight this year, the school board felt it was forced to make a decision. On July 12, the board approved the Harmon and Sons bid to provide the district's busing at the curtailed limits. Jim Ritter, administrative assistant to the superintendent and former director of transportation, says the bus service cutback was necessary so that budget cuts in academic areas could be lessened. " I think the board members knew they were going to have to cut back bus service," Ritter says " They could not have provided service for those people living between the 2 and 3 mile ( 3 2 and 5.6 kilometer) limits " State law prohibits a school district from charging for transportation. However, a private company can charge, so those students losing free busing can pay for that service. " The board wanted to provide that option," Ritter says. " In order to save money, you cut back on services," he adds " When it came to a squeeze, we had to cut back on bus service."
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-10-28 |
Description | Vol. 68th Year, No. 34 |
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Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
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Item.Transcript | Ibi town n today 8: 39 a. m. Boone County Court, County- Cit- y Building. Noon Sen. Thomas F, Eagleton address, open to public, Columbia College. 7: 30 p. m. PTA parent education discussion, West Junior High. 8 p. m. Julian Bond speaks, Jesse Auditorium, University. Exhibits New: Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, paintings, drawings and prints by Ashley Bryan, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Columbia Art League, batiks by Fnedenke Adams, ceramic wall pieces by Joyce Weller, paintings and drawings by Donna Moore, ceramics by Mara Bosch, oil landscapes, surrealist paletteknife works, ink drawings by William Stavricos, 10- 3- 0 a. m. to 3: 15 p. m.; KIrtley Library, Columbia College, floor plans, pencil sketches, watercolors and perspectives by Marianne Clough, 2 to 10 p. m.; Brady Commons Art Gallery, Craft Studio teachers' exhibit, 2 to 10 p m.; See Sunday Vibrations for continuing exhibit schedules. See page 15A for movie listings. Insight Candidates have similar sentiment Danforth, Hearnes differ on specifics of some programs By Laura Patrick State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY The anti- Washing- ton sentiment shared by both Missouri candidates for U. S. Senate, Democrat Warren Hearnes, and Republican John Danforth, makes their positions on several issues strikingly similar. When differences do appear, they often concern the specifics at certain federal programs rather than basic objectives. Bom proposed a federal takeover of all welfare programs, " the federal government already makes all the rules and the states just provide the money," Hearnes asserts. Danforth goes further to advocate a " family assistance plan." The concept, proposed several years ago by Daniel Moynihan, would incorporate existing welfare payments into a single cash grant paid to families on the basis of need. Danforth would retain the requirement for able- bodie- d adults to look for a job. " Let people in need make the decisions on how to run their own lives," Danforth says Hearnes brands the family assistance approach as a " guaranteed annual income," a term considered repugnant to most political conservatives. The program would pay $ 16 billion annually to 42.2 million families, Hearnes says. Adoption of such a plan, he says, " would mean our government's repudiation of the work ethic." Hearnes does not specify how he would remedy welfare problems, but he proposes a complete federal takeover of welfare programs. Danforth denies advocating a guaranteed annual income. " Either Mr. Hearnes has deliberately misrepresented my view or he simply does not understand the entire issue," Danforth said. " I have proposed that the present confusing collection of programs AFDC ( Aid to Families with Dependent Children), food stamps, rent supplements and the rest be scrapped in favor of creating a single ( See MAJOR SPENDING, page 7A) " TITS Hir70RIC4T, SOCIETY HITf & LOVRY GT. COLUMBIA, MO. 65201 ST. 12- 5-- 74 69th Year - No. 34 ;, Morning! Ils 77mirv. Oct. 28. 1976 2 Section - 28 Page - 1 5 ( etits Joe E. Smith, above, and Mary HOssabargSr, " right, were among several General Telephone Co. customers who argued against a $ 2.1 million rate increase sought by company during a Missouri Public Service Commission hearing Wednesday. ( Missourian photos by Tim McKay) Citizens oppose phone rate hike By Ken Fuson Missourian staff writer " I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette every time I pick up the telephone I've never been satisfied with the phone service and I've lived here 23 years," said Mary Bussabarger, 1914 Princeton Drive. Her complaint was representative of comments made at a public hearing held by the Missouri Public Service Commission Wednesday to discuss a proposed $ 2 1 million rate increase sought by General Telephone Co The commission staff recommended Oct 16 that General Telephone be given only $ 1.1 million to $ 1 5 million of its $ 2 1 million request Dale Sporleder, attorney for General Telephone, said the staff recommendation would mean a monthly rate increase of $ 1 instead of the $ 1 50 hike foreseen by his client The full commission will begin its formal hearing on the rate request Nov 3 General Telephone last received a general rate increase in August 1973 of $ 800,000 Nearly all 21 persons who testified at the hearing opposed either the rate hike or complained about the quality of General Telephone service The average residential customer would pay an extra $ 18 60 each year if the PSC approves the company's rate hike request The average business customer would pay $ 36 more The proposed 21 per cent local service rate increase was criticized by several persons who asserted that many individuals needing telephones for medical reasons might be unable to afford them Louise Kuechler, Route 7, insisted on receiving a quid pro quo m return for a higher rate " I'm living on a fixed income and I don't want an increase If we do get an increase, I want some additional services, such as free calls to outside towns " The assistant director of the Human Development Corporation, Chris Kelly, 1712 Riback Road, said there was a basic conflict between General Telephone's need to make a profit and ( SeeSOMESAY, page 16A) Resident reports gas leak in blast vicinity By Geoff Cross and Jeffrey M. Christian Missourian staff writers A Missouri Utilities Co crew turned off the gas supply to the Lynn Martin residence Wednesday morning after Ruth Martin reported a leak in the underground pipe leading from the street to their house The Martin residence, 919 Hulen Drive, is about six blocks south of the J. W. ' Chub' Phillips residence, which was destroyed in an explosion Saturday night The cause of the explosion is still unknown, although authorities suspect a leak and subsequent build- u- p of natural gas After turning off the gas, the crew from Missouri Utilities Co told Mrs Martin she would have to get a plumber to repair the leak Plumbers worked at the Martin residence all day Wednesday to locate and repair the damaged pipe, but then they told the Martins they would have to wait until this morning for the utility company to turn on the gas supply The Martins have lived in the house for 5cj years, and Mrs Martin said the leak has been in their yafd as long as she can remember The Martins said they had the utility company check the leak snortly after they moved in, and Mrs Martin said both a meter man and a contractor told her a few years ago there was a leak She said she had presumed the two men reported the leak to Missouri Utilities Co In Missouri, utility companies are responsible by law for maintaining gas mams and feeder lines to the curb of the street only It is the individual customer's responsibility to run the gas into his house " Though we try to prevent it, if a customer's piping blows up his house, it's his problem Our responsibility goes to the property line," said Jack Moore, vice president of Missouri Utilities Co Moore said the company tnes to prevent gas leaks through " constant periodic inspection" of the Columbia area Two men are assigned full time to a leak survey crew, which patrols on foot an area of the city each day, using a highly sensitive " flame pack" to detect signs of escaping gas " If we find a leak we give the customer our standard warning, which has been publicized in many of our ads If the odor is strong, go next door and call us, leave a window open for ventilation, and don't, under any circumstances, go look for the leak yourself with a match You'll be sure to find it," Moore said In reply to Mayor Bob Pugh's ( See UTILITY, page 16A) Season's first major snow blankets Rockies, Plains By United Press International The season's first major snowstorm left up to a foot ( 3 decimeters) of snow Wednesday on the Rockies and central Plains, while off- the- la- ke snow squalls hit Chicago and Milwaukee The wintery blast slowed thousands of travelers, including President Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter, who were delayed in departing from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for about a half hour because of swirling snow A foot ( 3 decimeters) of snow covered sections of the Colorado Rockies, and up to 11 inches ( 2 8 decimeters) fell in areas of western Kansas. Southward, the snow spread into New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas Ex- sheri- ff now patrolman Meyer has Florida job BySneStankey Missourian staff writer Jack Meyer resigned as Boone County sheriff and took a job as a patrolman in Palm Beach, Fla , because he was " just fed up with the whole thing," his wife Connie said Wednesday afternoon. Meyer began work three weeks ago as a patrolman at a salary of $ 11,803 in Palm Beach, an exclusive resort community on the southeast coast of Florida, about 70 miles ( 112 kilometers) north of Miami He resigned as sheriff and left Boone County Sept 30 " He wasn't fed up with being sheriff, he was just fed up with what he had to put up with from the county," Mrs Meyer said " He wasn't the problem He just wouldn't sit there and let them walk all over him He wanted the county to appropriate money to things that had first priority His whole thing was law enforcement That's what he lived on, but he realized he needed backing, and he didn't have it here He didn't leave the office a mess They ( the County Court) made their own bed " I think the county has lost someone who did them good Maybe they don't want to improve law enforcement Maybe law enforcement just isn't their thing No matter what he did, he'd hear ( See MEYER, page 16A ) Budget crunch causes busing controversy By Jon Peck and Carter Dunkin Missourian staff writen Critics of the Columbia Board of Education's decision to abandon district- operate- d busing and hire a private busing firm question the board's reasons for doing so. They say the board just didn't want to be in the basing business any longer. But school officials say rising-- costs and tight budgets forced the district to turn the service over to a private firm and reduce free service. Transportation costs increased 133 per cent during the last five years, they point out. Ed BartolaccL a leader of the petition drive which compelled the school board to put a proposal for increased free busing on the Nov. 2 ballot, says be believes the board did not try hard enough to maintain district- operate- d busing. " My personal opinion is that the board wanted out of the transportation business," he says. Interim school Supt. Russell Thompson disagrees " I think there are some board members who hated to get out of the busing service, but the economic situation began to dictate the need for getting out" R. W. Harmon and Sons of Kansas City this fall began furnishing bus service under a contract that will cost the school district an estimated $ 480,000 this year. The net savings to the school district is estimated to be $ 70,000 when compared to last year's expenditures for district- operate- d buses Despite the savings, which represents a 10.4 per cent cut in the district's transportation budget, the board found itself embroiled in a controversy with parents who were able to get a proposal to increase the free service on the ballot Tuesday voters will decide whether the district will provide free bus service for all children living one- ha- lf mile ( 8 kilometer) or more from school and whether an additional property tax of 19 cents per $ 100 assessed property valuation will be levied to finance the busing. Each proposal need3 a two- thir- ds majority to pass. This spring Columbia voters twice rejected a proposed 44- ce- nt tax rate increase for the schools, forcing the school board to make extensive cuts in this year's budget. One major cut was in transportation -- free bus service was eliminated for secondary students living between 2 and 3 miles ( 3 2 and 5 6 kilometers) from school, and Harmon and Sons was hired to provide the busing. School district financial records show transportation costs more than doubled since 1972 Key areas in the transportation budget increased by even more. Operation and maintenance rose by more than 3 times from about $ 53,000 m 1972 to about $ 195,000 last year. In the same period the need for contracted and leased buses increased each year. That cost more than tripled, from about $ 42,000 to about $ 145,000. Insurance on all the buses more than doubled during the period, from about $ 8,000 to about $ 17,000 Enrollment in the same period increased rapidly. The average number of students transported per day increased 22 per cent: from 3,906 to 4.775. " As our enrollment increased and we required more buses, the funds were not available to buy the buses," said Ed Saunders, school district business manager Leasing provided the needed buses at less initial cost, he said But as transportation costs rose, school administrators began seeking less expensive alternatives " We were scrutinizing it ( the transportation program) very carefully over the past three or four years, constantly looking for more efficient and more economical ways of doing things," Thompson says " If it appeared mat another agency could do it more economically than we could, we would bring it to the attention of the school board" When the tax rate increase faded and money became extremely tight this year, the school board felt it was forced to make a decision. On July 12, the board approved the Harmon and Sons bid to provide the district's busing at the curtailed limits. Jim Ritter, administrative assistant to the superintendent and former director of transportation, says the bus service cutback was necessary so that budget cuts in academic areas could be lessened. " I think the board members knew they were going to have to cut back bus service," Ritter says " They could not have provided service for those people living between the 2 and 3 mile ( 3 2 and 5.6 kilometer) limits " State law prohibits a school district from charging for transportation. However, a private company can charge, so those students losing free busing can pay for that service. " The board wanted to provide that option," Ritter says. " In order to save money, you cut back on services," he adds " When it came to a squeeze, we had to cut back on bus service." |