Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-06-09

              Decisions
awaited
on prisons
New correction
ideas, crowding
cause argument
ByDeeaisEcmes
Misseoriaa staff writer
Criminal correction in Missouri is at
a crossroad.
Prison overcrowding has long
hindered wide range inmate
rehabtktahon. But now, the proposed
programs for decreasing inmate
overpopulation have spawned new
controversies Both state and local
groups are embroiled in what direction
and form these programs should take
The overcrowding itself has brought
a class action suit which could result in
the court-ordere- d closing of the
Missouri State Penitentiary in
Jefferson City The American Cml
Liberties Union has charged mat
overcrowding and inadequate medical
care at the prison constitute cruel and
unusual punishment The current
inmate population at me penitentiary is
2,164 The prison was designed for 1,500
"Man for man we're spread mm,"
says Bill Armontrout, associate warden
of program services at the
penitentiary 'And the number one
priority of the prison is to provide for
the safety of the inmates and staff, and
if you're doing that you can't have the
educational and vocational programs
functioning fully "
In regard to inmate population across
the state, "Citizen's Voice," a
newsletter by the Missouri Association
for Social Welfare (MASW), quoted
Edward E Haynes, director of
Missouri's Division of Corrections.
Haynes stated inmate population of the
seven institutions within the division's
jurisdiction was 4,332 on Jan 20
Normal capacity is 3,850 During the
last three months, the population has
increased an average of 64 each month,
the population could reach 5,000 by
January 1977
In anticipation of the overcrowding,
the executive committee of the social
welfare association's task force on
corrections prepared a resolution
recommending that two future
tnediuneeuf prisons, smtftanaari
by the 1975 legislature, be constructed
in or near the St Louis or Kansas City
areas With the feeing that the ubran
centers would provide the needed
resources for effective inmate pro-grams,
the association almost
unanimously adopted the resolution It
was presented to Gov Bond Nov 5,
1975
But now, the final prison balls have
caked for a 200-acr-e (SO-hectar- e) land
allotment for each of the two meduim-secunt- y
prisons, which corrections
task force members feel will almost
guarantee that a rural area must be
chosen
One 200-ac- re site that had been
chosen for construction in Buchanan
County has been changed Because of
custody and transportation problems
with Kans?, the site was moved 1 mile
(1.6 kilometers) from the French
Bottoms location to northwest St
Joseph, approximately 55 miles north
of Kansas City It has also been
decreased in size to a 120-ac-re (48-hecta- re)
tract
But because of its location, Dr J
Noel Heermance, corrections task
force chairman and organiser of the
Missouri Coalition for Correctional
Justice (MCCJ), says the location is
poorly chosen
' Ninety-eig- ht per cent ofroe inmates
will be coming back out into society
Almost 60 per cent of those are from the
St Louis and Kansas City areas, and
this is where they'll return. And to put
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Impressive victory in Ohio sets tide rollingfor Georgian
By United Press Intemattonal
Jimmy Carter scored a landslide
victory in the Ohio primary Tuesday
and appeared headed for the
Democratic presidential nomination on
the first ballot Key Democrats,
including some of bis opponents,
conceded it was virtually impossible to
stop him
Carter, the former Georgia governor
who previously had won 18 primaries,
crushed two liberal challengers,
Arizona s Morns UdaU and Idaho's
Frank Church, inOhio
Carter swept to an easy victory in
the New Jersey popularity contest
California Gov Edmund G Brown
won a landslide victory m his home
state, but Carter soil was expected to
pick up some delegates there
Carter, who went into the year's final
three primaries with 911 delegates of
the 1,505 needed for nomination was
oicktng up 148 in Ohio and New Jersey
The former Georgia governor
estimated he would be within 250 votes
of the nomination when all the votes
from the three primaries are counted
At 12 midnight CDT, the primaries
stood this way
Ohio With 45 per cent of the
precincts reporting Carter had 255 941
or 53 per cent and was leading for 122
delegates, while UdaU had 94,633 or 20
per cent and 17 delegates
New Jersey With 71 per cent in
Carter had 155 938 or 67 per cent in the
preferential vote and was leading for 35
rtgipgatfx; The uncommitted slate was
leading for 42 delegates
California With per cent of the
precincts reporting, Brown had 137,958
or 57 per cent and was leading for 190
delegates, while Carter had 47 905 or 20
per cent and 64 delegates
Ford wins 2, but Reagan scores California landslide
By United Press International
President Ford took a commanding
lead in Ohio, swept to an unopposed
victory in New Jersey but trailed
Ronald Reagan m California's winner-take-a- ll
primary as the two challengers
continued their increasingly hitter
battle for the GOP nomination
Reagan, twice governor of the
nation's most populous state, had a
landsoed lead in the California polling
He was expected to win, but early
returns showed him further ahead than
polls had forecast He won all 167 of the
state's delegates
Ford appeared to be building a solid
cushion in Ohio and New Jersey to
soften the blow of Reagan s victory m
California
Ford, going into the last three
primaries, ted Reagan 823 to 690 in
pledged delegates and was certain to
retain a lead However, he is soil well
short of the 1 130 needed for the
nomination
This means Ford and Reagan will
have to forage in the 13 states which
have not selected all or part of then
delegations and among the
uncomnutteds for the deciding edge
At 12 midnight CDT, the primaries
stood this way
Ohio With 45 per cent of the
precincts reporting Ford had 231 453 or
55 per cent and was leading for 91
delegates, while Reagan had 190 118 or
45 per cent and six delegates
New Jersey Ford was unopposed in
the preferential primary and the
uncommitted slate was winning 59 of
the 67 delegates
California With 7 per cent of the
precincts reporting, Reagan had 125,477
or a9 per cent, and Ford had 86.201 or 41
percent
Ford telephoned tcanks to campaign
workers in Columbus Tuesday night
after his win in Ohio and said it
foreshadowed first ballot nomination
and broad rejuvenation of the
Republican part
We will win in Kansas Citj Ford
said We ve got a long hard way to go
but we ve got the right programs we ve
got the right people and well stick
together and build a Republican part
from the courthouse to the White House
and we 11 have a good four j ears
QareaceDrew MieouHMf)
Resigned effective immediately
Drew cites ill health
in resignation letter
By Susan Winter
Mtssouriao staff writer
Two weeks after his doctor gave him
a "clean bill of health,' Clarence Drew
has resigned his seat on the Boone
County Court upon advice from my
physician," he said
In another two weeks, the grand jury
is expected to report its findings in an
investigation of allegations that Drew
violated state law by misusing county
facilities and equipment
Drew resigned in a one-senten- ce
letter to Gov Christophers Bond The
letter was dated June 7, and his
resignation was effective immediately
Tuesday, he was reported to be visiting
a daughter in New York and
unavailable for comment
Dr Donald Daut, Drew's physician,
told the Columbia Missourian I
strongly feel Clarence was pushing
himself too much. It was foolish, and I
told him so"
The 68-year-- old Drew has had two
major heart attacks, the most recent m
1974 Two weeks ago, however, he told a
reporter that a week long series of tests
at the Audrain County Medical in
Mexico had found him to be in sound
health
The five-ter- m Northern District
judge had announced in April after his
possible law violations were disclosed
in a series of Columbia Tribune
articles, that he would not seek
reelection He gave his health as the
Who might succeed Drew?
See Page MA
reason for that decision, too
The newspaper articles reported that
Drew filled the tank of his own car
with county gasoline as well as having
it repaired and washed by county
employes
When Drew took over the duties of
superintendent of the county s roads
and bridges three vears ago he was
granted $250 per month for mileage His
salary as county court judge was $8 500
The legality of the mileage procedure
was questioned last year and the three
Coanty Court judges were ordered to
itemize their mileage vouchers
The Tribune reported that Drew
itemized his vouchers incorrecth
claiming mileage for county business
trips he apparent! nev er made
In reply, Drew saia I m pleading
guilty to everything but stealing On
the matter of the mueage payments he
said I never made a nickel
In April, the Missourian reported that
county officials said many of Drews
practices were known and approved by
other county officials
The grand jury was charged with
investigating county government
mismanagement The jury has heard
testimony from the three County Court
judges and other county officials
including road and bridge workers The
grand jury began its sessions May 12
and has until June 20 to complete them
Presiding Judge Bob Brown said he
was unaware of Drew's resignation
plans but refused to comment further
until he had a chance to talk to Drew
All I can say," Brown said is that I
am shocked and surprised
Southern District Judge Carolyn
Lathrop said she was also shocked but
I feel Drew should follow his aoctor s
recommendation
Jury hears of $10,000 bribe suggestion
By Mary Morris
Missourian staff writer
The Boone County Grand Jury has
heard testimony that Presiding Judge
Bob Brown told attorney David Bear m
that a $10,000 payoff would assure
County Court approval of a
controversial rezoning request by
Bear's client
A source close to the case said to the
Columbia Missourian that Brown told
Bear the presiding judge would vote for
the rezoning and that Northern District
Judge Clarence Drew might fail to
appear to vote
It was not made clear to the grand
jury to whom the payoff would go
however Nor was it clear whether
Drew knew anything about the offer
the Missourian was told.
Brown told the Missourian last week
that he neither "solicited nor accepted
a bribe" from Bear or Bear s client, J
M Morris, who was seeking the
rezoning to build an asphalt making
plant Contacted Tuesday, Brown said
he stood by the earlier statement
Brown told the Missourian Thursday
that he neither 'solicited nor accepted
a bribe" from Bear or J M Morris,
who sought a zoning change to build an
asphalt-makin- g plant
There are three county court judges
If one of the associate judges is absent,
the vote of the presiding judge
determines the outcome of all balloting
On April 22, after Bear and Hartley
Banks Jr , president of the First Bank
of Commerce told Prosecuting
Attorney Milt Harper about alleged
irregularities in the case the county
court voted 3-- 0 to reject the rezoning
request
Morns had made arrangements for a
loan at the First Bank of Commerce to
finance the asphalt plant construction
The loan was contingent, in part upon
approval of the rezoning request the
Missourian has been told.
Bear said at the April rezoning
hearing that Morris was committed to
invest 'about $500,000 in land and
equipment "
Brown, Moms and Bear, who
represented Moms in the rezoning
hearings all have testified before the
grand jury which has until June 20 to
issue its report and return indictments
The Missourian also learned that
Bear was not granted immunity from
prosecution to testify before the grand
jury Sources close to Bear said the
attorney said be had nothing to be
granted immunity from.'
Brown told the Missourian Thursday
that he neither sohcted nor accepted a
bribe from Morris or Bear He said he
never requested a meeting with Morris
but that Bear did come to Browns
office to discuss the rezoning appeal
Grasslands was slow to develop
after first home built in 1925
By John Black
Missourian staff writer
James S Rollins II built the first
home in Grasslands in 1925 and platted
the area one year later Butforthenext
several years, there were more cows
than customers interested in the
pastureland.
"My father didn't sell a lot for
years," James S 'Jimmy Sid" Rollins
HI, recalls "You go back 50 years or so
and things were pretty tough Columbia
then had a population of about 10,000
and people just weren't building
homes"
Today, Grasslands is a success story
Three generations of the Rollins family
have seen Grasslands develop into one
of the most attractive residential
neighborhoods in the city. Most of the
street names in Grasslands we
individual's names in the Renins'
family "My greatrandfather'B naroa
was Clarkseo and my sen's name Is
Clarkson LaGrange was my
grandfather's original home," Jimmy
panoMEaHaipnnaniBMnaKaBMiaaBaRauanBaai
Sid Rollins says
Bingham Read is named after the
artist George Caleb Bingham
"My great-grandfath- er was a patron
of his and helped him get started as an
artist. He did a lot of portraits of my
family My grandfather was named
after him George Bingham Rollins
but we aren't related," Rollins says
Bounded by Stadium Boulevard on
the south, Providence Road on the east
and the MKT Railroad on the west and
north, the triangular-shape- d area was
part of a farm owned by James S
Rollins I The original farm extended
west to College Avenue, south to
Hinkson Creek and north to Rollins
Street and included Grasslands on the
west
Jimmy Sid Rollins has been
connected with the development of
Grasslands for 20 years Since 1973
when his father died, lie has run The
Grassland Development Co It s a one-sto- p
shop for a prospective homeowner
After selling a lot, ranging in price from
about $3,000 to (15,000, Rollins helps
sketch a house plan and acts as the
subcontractor
Buying a lot from Rollins is an
informal matter His close personal ties
with the area are reflected in the way
he conducts his business A prospective
buyer might drive around the
neighborhood with Rollins in his 1972
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I- - JamesS.RoIUss
His boyhood Grasslands home a success