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Richard Wixom, 700 N. Sixth St, was enjoying a float around
Finger Lakes State Park Saturday when his dog, "lobo," got
tired of the dog paddle and decided to join him on the inner
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sunshine while his master did all the work. (Missourian photo
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Social life
can affect
prison term
More life studies
used by court
in criminal cases
By Sharon Camsco
Missourian staff writer
The courts seem to be playing
Russian roulette
Recently, a 23-year-- old man admitted
selling 3 5 grams of heroin worth 91,425
to an undercover police officer. The
circuit judge placed him on
unsupervised probation because the
offender had no prior arrest record.
Not long before, another man, also 23,
admitted selling 3 grams of heroin to an
undercover police officer One
misdemeanor marked his past.
Currently, be is serving a 10-ye- ar
prison sentence
Freedom and imprisonment alone do
not distinguish these cases from one
another One judge ordered a pre-sentence
investigation before impnrfng
the prison sentence while the other
judge ordered no investigation before
granting probation.
Pre-senten- ce investigation is an in-dep- th
look into the individual's
background and present situation, says
Bill Stotts, probation and parole
supervisor for Boone and Callaway
counties "We look at information such
aa his family life, home life,
employment and school records and
any prior offenses We try to cover
every facet of his existence "
According to state statutes, pre-sentence
investigations are requested
at the judge's discretion. After a finding
of guilty usually for a felony or
serious misdemeanor the court may
ask the probation and parole board to
conduct the investigation.
The board then puts together a
character profile by collecting
enormous amounts of information on
the individual's social and criminal
history
This painstaking process, much like
putting together a jigsaw puzzle, is an
attempt to place the individual in
perspective with his offense Is the
offense a reflection of the individual's
past life or an isolated incident
"The investigation gives the court as
complete a picture as possible in order
to make a sensible judgment in terms of
sentencing," Stotts says.
"When a man enters a plea of guilty
(See HISTORIES, Page DBA)
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. 3-14- -74 6 primaries
test leaders
By R. W.Apple Jr
N.Y. Times Service
NASHVILLE, Tenn Ronald
Reagan's and Jimmy Carter's
presidential campaigns suffered sharp
setbacks this past week. But they are
expected to recoup in Tuesday's six
primaries the most ever held on a
single day
The primaries are grouped in two
regions In the South, voting will take
place m Tennessee, Kentucky and
Arkansas In the Northwest, voters wul
go to the polls in Nevada, Oregon and
Idaho One hundred seventy-si- x
Republican and 179 Democratic
delegates are involved
Oregon seems likely to produce the
closest contests
President Ford is favored in the
Republican race Among the
Democrats, Carter is being pressed by
both Gov Edmund G Brown Jr of
California and Sen Frank Church of
Idaho
The results in Oregon also wdl hae
the largest reverberations in the
political community The state affords
Ford what may be bis only chance to
avert an embarrassing shutout, and it
affords Democratic candidates a
chance to demonstrate anew Carter's
vulnerability outside his own region
A loss for Carter m Oregon,
furthermore, probably would reduce
his score for the day from a creditable
four victories and two defeats to a
mediocre three and three
The former Georgia governor is
favored heavily in the three southern
states but is believed to trail Brown in
Nevada and Church in Idaho Reagan, a
former California governor, is believed
to lead everywhere but in Oregon
Missouri, the largest nonpnmary
state, wul hold Democratic district
conventions Tuesday Carter is
expected to convert his solid backing
from the party establishment into about
50 of the 54 delegates at stake
Ford, anticipating a difficult day
Tuesday, persuaded the leaders of the
big, largely uncommitted delegations
in New York and Pennsylvania to swing
behind him before then As a result, the
President stands to gain about 200
delegates, giving him a clear national
lead over Reagan
Arkansas
Republicans (27 delegates)
Although the state permits cross-over-s,
allowing Democrats and Independents
to vote in the Republican primary, they
are not expected to hurt Ford here as
they did m Texas
Kentucky
Republicans (37 delegates)
Although the delegates will be bound
for the first ballot by the results of the
primary, 26 of them are pro-Reaga- n,
which shows the political mood in the
state
Harold Rogers, the President's state
chairman, said the Cakfonuan is
probably ahead" because of Ford's late
start Ford's victories in Maryland and
Michigan on Tuesday, plus a visit to
Louisville this past week helped to
close the gap, he asserted
Reagan is running a massive media
campaign He spent $700 for radio
commercials in four days on one station
in tiny Frankfort
Democrats (46 delegates) Howard
Hunt, the state party chairman
expects Carter to win 35 or 36 of the
delegates Few Kentuckians would
argue with him
Anti-busin- g sentiment in the blue-coll- ar
suburbs of Louisville and his
traditional following in the western part
of the state should give Wallace some of
the delegates
Tennessee
Republicans (43 delegates) Like
North Carolina, whre Reagan beat the
President on March 23, Tennessee has a
two-facti- on Republican party The
faction based in the eastern mountains
where Republicanism has been a way
of life since the Qvil War, is for Ford
The faction that grew out of the
campaign of Sen Barry Goldwater of
Arizona in 1964, based in the suburbs
and west Tennessee, is for Reagan
Sen Howard Baker Jr the leader of
the first faction, supports Ford. Sen
William E Brock, the leader of the
second, privately backs Reagan
Baker is playing it too cute," said
one analyst of Tennessee politics, and
it's hurting the President Everyone
(See IDAHO, Page 12A)
4 M.U. officials mentioned for interim post
By Chris Ceaway
Missoariaa staff writer
Acting University President A G
Unklesbay said Saturday he would
accept an appointment as interim
University president if asked by the
board of curators
Unklesbay is one of four University
administrators most frequently
mentioned in speculation on who will be
appointed interim president in the wake
of the resignation Friday of C Bnce
Ratcbford,
Other names mentioned by faculty
and administrators contacted by the
Columbia Missourian are Mel George,
vice president for academic affairs,
Columbia campus Chancellor Herbert
Schooling, and Kansas City campus
Chancellor James Olson
Several curators said Saturday that
although a number of names were
discussed as possibilities for the
interim position, a decision was put off
toa later date
"About a dozen odd names were
thrown about, but nothing is crystal
clear," said one curator who asked not
to be identified
Another curator confirmed that
Unklesbay and Schooling were among
the names mentioned
The board is expected to make an
interim appointment at its regularly
scheduled meeting m Columbia Friday
Unklesbay, 62, was named acting
president by the board Friday, after
Ratchford resigned
"I would be willing (to accept the
position of interim president) if I were
asked, but I dont know if I win be,"
Unklesbay said
Unklesbay has served as vice
president for administration since
January 1967 Prior to that
appointment, he served as executive
assistant to former University
President John Weaver Unklesbay
usually has acted for Ratchford in
Ratchford's absence
Unklesbay is seen by many faculty
and administrators as a capable
administrator who is weU acquainted
with the Umversirj He maintained a
low profile during Ratchford's years as
president
Unklesbay, who is neanng
retirement, is not seen as a contender
for the job of president on a permanent
basis, which several administrators
consider a positive factor m his favor at
being appointed interim president
George, 40, returned to the University
in July 1975 as vice president for
academic affairs after serving as dean
of the College of Arts and Science at the
University of Nebraska Prior to that,
he was associate dean of the Graduate
School at the Columbia campus
George is seen as an effective
administrator who commands respect
from students, faculty, other
administrators and the board of
curators But George may suffer the
handicap of being viewed as a potential
candidate for permanent appointment
as president which several
(See CURATORS, Page 12A)
In closed meeting with curators
Ratchford requests quick reply? vanishes
By Chris Cosway
Missaurfaa staff writer
Determined to resign, an apparently
relaxed and optimistic C Brice
Ratchf ord began Ha final presentation
as University president Friday by
outlining his accomplishments
Behind the closed door of a meeting
room in the Memorial Union, as
reporters waited impatiently outside,
Ratcbford concluded by telling the
board of curators he was resigning and
asking for prompt acceptance or
rejection.
The events during the closed meeting
were outlined for the Columbia
Missourian by one curator and
confirmed by another Both asked mat
their names not be used.
The following chronology emerged
Curators began arriving about 9 a.m.
as reporters milled around the Union's
third floor, where the meeting was to
take place There was a brief argument
between reporters and University
Police Chief Ron Mason. He had been
instructed by board president John Hall
Ballon to ban reporters from the third
floor Dalton relented, though He
allowed reporters to remain on the
floor's lobby area, but banned them
from the corridor adjacent to the
board's conference room.
Only the curators, Ratcbford and
Jackson Wright, general counsel to the
curators, were allowed in the room.
After all the curators had arrived,
Dalton turned the podium over to
Ratcbford. After Ratcbford ended his
presentation of his accomplishments,
several curators praised his work
during his 5 years as president
Ratcbford then disclosed what most
curators bad concluded over the past
few weeks was inevitable he had
decided to resign.
Ratcbford said die ngors of the
presidency had damaged his health, his
wife had been urging him to step down
for mere than a year and he wished to
return to teaching. He asked the board
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for a prompt acceptance or rejection of
his resignation
Without waiting for the board's
decision, shortly before noon Ratcbford
dashed across the hallway to a room
that leads to the Faculty Alumni
Lounge He walked the length of the
lounge, went down a back stairwell and
vanished.
Soon after Ratcbford left, the board
voted unanimously to accept his
resignation and approved a three-mont- h
sick leave and a year's
sabbatical at one-ha- lf his $47,500
presidential salary
Dalton then phoned Ratcbford and
informed bun of the decision Dalton
assigned curators to telephone the four
University chancellors A G
Unklesbay, vice president for
administration, who has served as
acting president during Ratchford's
absences, also was notified
Meanwhile, Ratcbford returned to his
office suite on the third floor of
University HaU He assembled his staff
and told them he had resigned
Unklesbay, who was at the meeting,
said Ratchf ord ' seemed sort of
relieved it was ail over with.' '
Mel George, vice president for
academic affairs also at the meeting
said Ratchford seemed in good spirits
and we wished him and Betty
(Ratchford) the best"
As Ratchford met with his staff
during the lunch hour, sandwiches were
delivered to the curators conference
room, where the board continued to
meet behind closed doors
The curators discussed potential
candidates for the appointment as
interim president About 12 names were
mentioned
The curators decided Unklesbay
should continue as acting president and
an interim president would be named
shortly, probably at the board's
regularly scheduled meeting Friday in
Columbia
The curators then began to draft a
statement praising Ratchford's
(See RATCHFORD, Page 12A)
Council moves to avoid deficit
ByJimlmbeaa
Miaseortaa staff writer
With rough financial seas looming
ahead, th City Council has decided to
"fort its sails before the storm bits,"
CSty Manager Terry Novak says.
The "stonn" Novak refers to is a
possible $2 minion city deficit in 1978.
To help avoid a potential crisis, the
counctt took three steps hnt Monday
Creation of a special loan fund for
capital improvements
Specification mat 25 per cent of the
city sales tax receipts will be allocated
to the public improvements fund and 75
per cent to the general operating fund.
Approval of a plan to develop long-rang- e
capital and operating budget
projections.
Novak said the changes wfll define
more clearly the city's fiscal policy
The changes are m addition to
consideration of an earnings tax.
The purpose of the sales tax
allocation, Sixth Ward councilman
Clyde Wilson says, was to limit
expenditures from the operating fund
"What the council is saving is that we
are going to place 25 per cent of the
sales tax receipts m the public
improvements fund regardless of what
is needed in the general operating fund.
This wfll commit the council to keeping
(operating) expenditures down,"
Wilson says
Asst City Manager Bob Black says
the sales tax allocation also was
designed to keep money in the public
improvements fund for future
construction. Since the sales tax went
into effect in 1971, a declining
percentage of the receipts has gone into
the public improvements fund and the
remainder has been spent on
operations
The establishment of the special loan
fund wfll serve as a type of bank for the
dty For example, if the city wants to
buud parking lots, it would loan money
from this fund to the "parking utility"
within fee city to pay for the lots.
The utility that borrowed the money
would repay the loan with interest This
means the dry would be paying interest
to itself rather than to a bank
Wilson also points out that the fund
could be used to pay for small projects
without costly bond issue elections.
"It is often hard to fund projects that
would cost around $300,000," Wilson
(See FUND, Page 12A)
Is Anti-Monop- ly a game?
Chicago Dafly News
CHICAGO Ralph Anspach has
found that his game of Anti
Monopoly has turned into the real
thing for him
As an economics professor, at San
Francisco State University, he
became concerned several years
ago mat his sons were playing
Monopoly, a board game that he
thought taught his children to
become monopolists
So at the urging of some of his
students, he, his 8-- and 13-year-- old
sons and his wife designed Anti-Monopo- ly
to teach about trust
busting while having fun. But when
he started to market the game in
1073. be found out the game industry
is serious, business In particular, he
found that Parker Brothers, now a
division of General Mills Fun Group,
did not like his game especially
the name
Now a part-tim- e teacher at San
Francisco State, Anspach was in
Chicago this week to give a paper at
the University of Chicago on Adam
Smith, whom Anspach said was the
Ralph Nader of his day During the
stopover be talked with a reporter
about the game problems
In December 1973, bis company
was able to sell 200 games the
entire initial run. "For about 10
days, we kept filling up the car to
restock the stores," be said
On the basis of that performance,
(See GENERAL MILLS, Page 12A)