Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-10-13

              f In town- - -- v
today
9: 30 asa. League of Women
Voters to conduct tours, County- Cit- y
Building
7: 88 p. m. " Motel," from
American Hurrah, Gentry Hall
University.
8: 15 p. m. " Labyrinth,"
performed by University music
students, Womens Gym,
University.
Exhibits
Continuing: Columbia Gallery
of Photography, Photographs by
Abigail Heyman, 11 a m. to 3 p. m.
Columbia Art League, Main
Gallery, Gary Henmgh heraldic
banners and William Sapp's
paintings, stretched- hid- e and
dimensional works, 10 30 am. to
5 p. m. Betty Robins Gallery,
pastels and paintings by Suzanne
Vanasse, 10 30 a m. to 5 p m.
Columbia College Art Center
Gallery, oil paintings and water
colors by Frank Stack, 8 a m to 5
p. m. Stephens College Student
Art Gallery, multi- medi- a show
featuring painting, sculpture,
photography, ceramics and glass
works, 1 to 5 pm Davis Art
Gallery, Navajo handiwork, 8
a m. to 5 p. m Brady Commons
Art Gallery, Environment Art by
Lee Snyder and drawings by Rich
Guyette, 2 to 10 p. m University
Fine Arts Gallery, Gallery Art
Faculty, 9am to 3 p m Kirttey
Library, Columbia College,
Drawings by Leonardo Da Vina,
8am to 10pm
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Insight
School funding
major problem
in Missouri
An elderly couple who owns 250 acres
( 650 hectares) of land within the
Columbia city limits has no children
attending school here and has always
supported school tax rate increases,
until this year They think their taxes
are too high.
" If you were in our position, you
would think so too," says the woman
A young roamed homeowner votes
against school tax rate increases to
protest what he considers an inefScient
educational system, and because he has
no children
" You can educate a child more
efficiently by keeping turn with you
than by throwing him into a
classroom," says Jim Butler, 212 W
Forest Drive " And I'll be damned if
I'm going to pay for someone else's
kids' education "
Butler thinks schools often are
dumping grounds for children whose
parents want to escape their
educational responsibilities.
A homeowner with 15 grown children
minks that people without children in
school shouldn't have to pay any school
tax, and also questions whether the
money raised from taxes really goes to
education.
Why do Columbians reject school
tax rate increase proposals? This
analysis was prepared by Marion
Love, J. M. Morpby and Melissa
Stnrges of the Colombia Mis- sotuia- n's
special reporting team on
education.
" Why should I have to pay for
something I don't need7 I don't believe
a person who doesn't have a family
should have to pay it," says Leonard
Cook, Route 4
" I suppose school tax is all right if the
tax money went where it was supposed
to, but I think it's a racket," Cook says
Whatever their reasons, 40 per cent of
Columbia voters decided against
increasing the school tax rate twice last
spring, and that was enough to defeat
the referendum.
But why Columbian voters decided
against the school tax rate increases is
a little more difficult to determine than
calculating how many voted against
them
" A number of voters do not realize
why the school needs additional
monies," says Russell Thompson,
interim superintendent of Columbia
public schools.
James Oglesby, school board vice
president, says sometimes people
without children in school are
especially uninterested in school
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COLUMBIA, MO. 6501
69th Year No. 26 Good Morning1. It's WedntxUi . ( Pel. I.' L 1976 4 Sections 44 Pages 1 5 Viik
Barnes to be write- i- n
By T. D. Wilson
Missourian staff writer
Pat Barnes realizes that be has a sum
chance of winning the November
election as a wnte-- m candidate for
sheriff, but he told the County
Republican Committee, which
endorsed him Tuesday night, that he
would do hxs best to put together a
viable campaign.
Barnes' nomination comes just two
weeks after Sheriff Jack Meyer
announced his resignation Meyer
defeated Barnes in the Republican
primary for the office In that primary,
Meyer withdrew from and then re-entered
the race for nomination and
won by a narrow margin
Meyer's resignation came too late for
the Republicans to remove bis name
from the ballot and nominate a
replacement As a result, the party was
left without a real contender in the
election
Barnes was endorsed by a unanimous
vote after several members of the
committee had voiced their fears that
Meyer might re- ent- er the race, as he
had in the primary
Barnes said he will remain a write- i- n
candidate even if Meyer should re- ent- er
the race.
" If Meyer s here," Barnes said,
" there will be three candiiates "
One of the Republican committee's
fears voiced at the meeting was that
Boone County voters would not know
how to vote for a wnte-- m candidate
Campaign strategy will be centered
around plans for informing voters of the
wnte-- m procedures
Lou Ashley, Republican County
Committee Chairwoman, said she will
urge county Republicans not to vote for
Meyer Mrs Ashley said she will
oppose straight Republican ticket
voting because such votes would be
counted for Meyer
Mrs Ashley said the two- part- y
system in Boone County would be
damaged if no viable Republican
candidate opposed Charles Foster,
Democratic candidate for sheriff
Barnes said he had expected to spend
about $ 7,000 for his campaign if he had
been nominated in the August primary
However, Barnes said he does not plan
to spend much money now financing his
campaign
Barnes said he has received several
offers of financial or other campaign
support But even Barnes' most
optimistic supporters realize their
candidate will probably go down to
defeat in this election in the company of
past wnte- i- n candidates such as
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Elvis
Presley
The three Republican candidates for
the county court also addressed the
meeting
., . , Missourian photo Pat Barnes
GOP wnte-- m candidate
Mr. and Mrs. HowanTDbrow study a sign in
Pittsburgh announcing the cancellation of swine
flu shots at a local clinic. Allegheny County shut
down its swine flu clinics Tuesday following the
deaths of three elderly persons who received the
shots on Monday. ( UPI telephoto)
Five die; flu
shots halted
By our wire services
At least five elderly persons died
after receiving swine flu immunization
shots in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma
Tuesday, but health authorities say the
deaths are not related to the mocula
tions
Missoun health officials said the
deaths would have no effect on the
swine flu program in the state
The deaths of three elderly persons in
Pittsburgh after they received the in-oculations
was due to ordinary heart at-tacks
and not the vaccine, according to
preliminary findings by the federal
Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
Health authorities m at least nine
states suspended immunization pro-grams
after two women and a man died
Monday within hours of receiving vac-cinations
at the South Side clinic of the
Allegheny County ( Pa ) Health Depart-ment
But Dr H Denny Donneil of the
Missoun Division of Health said the
state has no intention of stopping the
immunization program He said he
believed the deaths have " no physical
relationship to the vaccine "
CDC Director Dr Robert bencer said
autopsy reports, field studies taken
Tuesday by CDC epidemiologists in Pit-tsburgh
and results of vaccine inocula-tions
elsewhere indicated that the three
died of heart attacks unrelated to the
flu shots
It looks as though this is a cir-cumstantial
situation where three peo-ple
just happened to have heart attacks
close together," saidSencer
Sencer urged state and local health
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Flu shots continuing
The swine flu immunization program
in Boone County will proceed as
planned, said City Health Director
Mike Sanford Tuesday
He said the swine flu ad hoc
committee of the Boone County Medical
Society does not believe there is, at this
time, sufficient evidence of a rausal
lelationship between the flu vaccine
and the three deaths in Pittsburgh, Pa
to warrant suspension or cancellation
of the project
Butcher: jail to be built even if levy fails
By Scott Sonde
Missourian staff writer
The proposed 48- m- an addition to the
county jail will be built even if Boone
County voters defeat the proposed tax
increase that would fund the proposal,
Presiding Judge James Butcher told
the County Court Tuesday
Butcher said if voters reject the one- ye- ar
15- ce- nt property tax increase on
Nov 2, the 1977 court would be forced to
make drastic cuts m county services to
finance the addition
Butcher's comments about the jail
came after the four County Court
candidates and Charles Foster,
Democratic candidate for sheriff,
expressed support for the jail addition
" It's no longer a question of whether
or not to build the addition, but how to
pay for it," Butcher said " If people do
not pass the bond issue, I think the next
court will have to build it "
Butcher said that if the tax increase
failed, the county would not have
enough money to finance the addition
unless drastic cuts in county services
were made
The cuts could mean county
residents, for example, may have to
wait an hour or longer to be helped at
county offices or the county may not
provide money for foster care, he said
" When that happens, you're going to
have a line of people down here 10 miles
long screaming bloody murder, and it's
going to be their own fault," Butcher
said
He added, " The people have just got
to realize that they are going to suffer "
Richard Farmer, Democratic
candidate for Northern District judge,
said the jail would act as a deterrent for
crime and could " save the lives of
younger offenders" by providing an
alternative to state prisons
Foster told the court that the present
31- m- an county jail is overcrowded He
said in August the jad's average daily
occupancy was almost 45 prisoners
The City Council has passed an
ordinance that will close the city jail to
county prisoners on Dec 1
Northern Distnct Judge Rodney
Smith said the cost of the tax increase
would be about $ 11 25 for the average
county homeowner ' I'd like to write
out my check for $ 11 25 now," he said
The addition also would mean that
the county could put more pnsoners on
a work- relea- se program, Whitehead
said But he said if the county did not
build the addition, you're going to
have to turn them ioose on the streets
Who's to say which one of those persons
goes loose'"
To promote the tax increase, the
court- appoint- ed jail committee is
organizing an advertising and
information campaign County Auditor
Don Caldwell, committee treasurer, is
soliciting funds to pay for the
committee's advertising, and the
committee also plans to send speakers
to county groups to explain the addition
and its need
City Finance Director Mike Scanlan
told the court that if voters approved a
constitutional amendment eliminating
the sales tax on foood and drugs, the
city may have to use a new method of
property tax assessment
" We just don't want to be in a position
to scramble around to find $ 800,000,"
Scanlan said It is estimated that repeal
of the tax would cost Columbia $ 847,000
in revenue
The city probably will investigate
using an econometnc system of
reassessment Under that system
property values would be adjusted by
combining statistical data, such as the
inflation rates and increases in home
values This method would cost the city
about $ 4,000 to $ 5,000, while traditional
reassessment would cost about
$ 750,000, Scanlan said
The econometric system would allow
property to be more equally assessed,
he said Under present assessment, a
house last placed on the market m 1965
is taxed at 1965 rates But a house sold
in 1975 is taxed at 1975 rates
In addition, Scanlan told the court
that the econometnc model could
provide more revenue for the county by
broadening the tax base
The court also discussed road and
bridge department guidelines
concerning work performed on pnvate
property The court last discussed the
guidelines on Sept 7
Smith said the guidelines were
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UAW approves Ford contract
DETROIT ( UPI) - The United Auto
Workers Union announced late Tuesday
that 170,000 Ford Motor Co workers
have narrowly approved a new $ 1
billion phis contract and will begin
returning to their jobs today
Some 25,000 skilled tradesmen, who
threatened to scuttle the agreement
because of dissatisfaction with several
provisions, passed it by a 489- vo- te
margin, union officials said. Slightly
more than 17,000 skilled workers voted
Their vote was 8,957 in favor and B, 468
opposed
UAW President Leonard Woodcock
and UAW Vice President Ken Bannon
said out of the 145,000 production
workers, the vote to approve the
agreement was 35,192 in favor and
22,026 opposed
A majonty of each group had to ratify
the agreement
Ford labor vice president Sidney
McKenna said four of 19 assembly
plants would begin operations today
and Thursday The start of all 102 Ford
facilities in 22 states would depend on
local contract negotiations where only 70
of 99 agreements have been completed
Without these local agreements, on
such issues as washrooms, parking lots,
cafetenas and production standards, to
supplement the national agreement,
Ford will not start all the assembly
lines that have been silent since
midnight Sept 14
In 1967, a national contract was
ratified in the 47th day of a nationwide
strike, but the local agreements
dragged the walkout on for another 19
days
The Ford contract becomes the basic
industry agreement that will have to be
matched by General Motors, Chrysler
and Amencan Motors for the 530,000
workers they employ
The union did not indicate
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Doctor feared for baby's life
By Steve Snyder
Missourian staff writer
Three months before 15- month-- oId
Ira Rayshawn Hatton died, a
University Medical Center psychiatrist
recomended that the child be taken
from her mother because he thought
the child's life was in danger, the
Columbia Missourian has learned.
But the group of medical personnel
and social workers to whom Dr. Syed
Huaain made the recommendation was
unable to reach agreement on what
should be done, said persons close to the
case.
The baby, who had been placed in a .
foster home, was returned to her
mother
Miss Hatton was charged last week
with murdering Ira and was taken to
Fulton State Hospital for a mental
examination Boone County Medical
Examiner Lawrence Henry said
Tuesday that an autopsy established
the cause of the child's death as
" asphyxiation due to manual
strangulation."
Dr. Husain met with about 10 others
directly Involved in Miss Hatton's case
in July after Ira was admitted to the
University Medical Center June 30 for
treatment after swallowing bleach Dr.
Husain evaluated Miss Hatton while the
baby was treated He told the group he
had concluded that the mother might
harm herself or her child, sources told
theMissounan
Another meeting took place Aug 17
involving the same medical personnel
and social workers. Three
representatives of the State Division of
Family Services, investigating the
case, also attended. The state
representatives asked for
recommendations.
Those at the meeting disagreed as to
whether Miss Hatton was incompetent,
and whether she might hurt Ira
Several who knew her disagreed with
Dr. Husain's conclusions
Four alternatives as to who should
take custody of Ira were discussed, the
courses said These were to leave her in
the custody of the child's grandmother,
Lena Mae Hatton, to leave her m a
foster home, to return her to the
custody of her mother under welfare
supervision or to leave her in her
mother's unsupervised custody The
sources said there was no agreement
reached
The child was also admitted to the
medical center Sept 13, for treatment
of seizures and discharged Sept 19 She
was admitted agam Oct 6 and died that
afternoon.
:
! t "" Billiard ban
spells trouble
By Thomas Hargrove
Missourian staff writer
Professor Harold Hill would say
Columbia is headed for trouole
That's " trouble with a capital T
and that rhymes with ' P' and that
stands for pool "
Municipal Court Judge Fred
Dannov, no Music Man, declared
Tuesday that a 1932 city ordinance
prohibiting teenagers from entering
a pool hall is unconstitutional
The ordinance made it " unlawful
for the owner or keeper of any
billiard parlor or pool room to
permit any person under 16 years of
age to enter such pool room or
billiard parlor without the
permission of the parent or
guardian "
The ordinance was too " vague,"
Dannov said " This basically would
mean any person who had a
pool table anywhere in a pnvate
home, bowling alley or anywhere
else would be violating the law if
you follow the ordinance "
The ruling came in a case
involving Philip Spudich, 1904
Garden Dnve, who owns the
Columbia Billiard Center, 114 S
Ninth St Spudich was charged with
allowing a 15- year-- old boy inside his
pool hall on June 9
Spudich said he had not thought
the city was still enforcing the 44- year-- old
ordinance " It was one of
those ordinances that seemed so
silly that we didn't bother with it,"
he said
Harry D Boul, 2705-- A Summit
Road, Spudich's attorney, said the
ordinance was " awful,
unconstitutional and totally unfair "
" I don't think it is a proper
function of the government to
impose upon Mr Spudich and other
people in his business a duty to
supervise the leisure activities of the
children of this community at least
to any greater extent than such a
duty would be imposed on a bowling
alley or other legitimate amusement
industries," he said
Boul noted that the City of
Columbia owns several pool tables
at the Columbia Teen Center. If the
city had succeeded in prosecuting
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