Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-11-16

              Intown j today
8:31 ajn. Boone County Court
meeting, County-Cit- y Building
7:S6 p.m. "Orpheus
Descending," Playhouse
Theatre, Stephens CoCege
8:15 pjn. Concert, violin by
Franco GulH, and piano by
Enrica Cavauo, Jesse Ball,
University
fiKnOftS
New: Columbia Public
Library, Childrens book
showcase exhibit, 9 turn, to 6
pan.; University Fine Arts
Gallery, pastels by Nancy Klapp
and Ts Assodatica of American
University Presses' 1978 Book
Exhibit, 9 ajn. to 3 pjn.;
Bfaseam ef Ait and Aichasolior,
15th- - to 19th-centu- ry paintings
and sculpture, Renaissance
prints and drawings, early
Christian and Byzantine v art,
African and pre-CoIombi- an art,
Asian, Oriental and Oceanic art
and modern art, 4 to 19 pjn.,
Cohmnhta Gallery of Pnotc-gragh- y,
1975 Missouri Photo
Workshop exhibit, with gum
bichromate prints of Michael
ndschmann, 9 aoa. to 5 pso. See
Sunday's Vibrations for
eaetbndag exhibit schedules.
See page IS for movielistings
Insight
6t kaai talke
and rite real
good alredy9
Freshmen reflect
poor language skills
of young Americans
BylBe&ael8.Wekberg
BfiasoarJas staff writer
There would be room for six persons
in a fallout shelter daring a nuclear
raid. Twenty college freshmen were
assigned the responsibility of choosing
from a list of 10 who would make it and
who would not
Almost without hesitation, a
"boring" bookkeeper was sentenced to
death. A "too old" rabbi awiajbto-ctwwdelalraweeliilMraetB'MteuAtrflif- lB'
freshman composition class,, in an
exercise designed to4each idea classifi-cation,
wrote off a successful author
All She students agreed with the young
man wearing a "Support water sports.
Date a swimmer' T-flh- irt when he said,
"Anyone can write "
Anyone9
Notvery Iftely and, ironically, that is
whythese students are in English 1 on
the University of Missouri campus
Along with half the freshman class,
they flunked me Missouri College
English Test, bringing enrollment to
200 students in 97 freshman compo-sition
classes this year That'suplSper
cent in the last five years, 20 per cent in
the last 10 Solving mis problem, won't
be as easy as A, B,C
Attention centers on what is said to be
an imbihty of American students to
read or write the Engrfah language One
survey of writing skills taken by the
National Assessment of Educational
Progress, first in 1870 and repeated in
1974, found mat students aged 17 used
simpler vocabulary in more awkward,
run-o- n sentences and more incoherent
paragraphs than in 1974. ,
In deciding who should wear the
dunce cap for tins apparent failure,
high schools blame junior Ugh schools
who in turn blame elementary schools. .
wlnifred Homer, University pro-fessor
and director of lower division
English courses, finds such bock-passi- ng
ridiculous. "We are aU in this
together Any problem at the college
level is shared by the entire English
discipline," she says.
The way Bis. Horner sees it, an
English department has two purposes.
The first is to give studenfysome under-staading- cf
their literary heritage. The
second reason English is studied, she
says, is to stow students how thay use
language and bow they are Baed bjt it
''These cannot be separated and they
shouldn't be"
Spelling out one reason these goals
(Sea GRADUATE, page 11)
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69th Year - No. 50 Good Morning! It's Tuesday Nov. 16, 1976 14 Pages - 15 Cents,
When furnaces don't provide warm air to combat the cold,
Columbians summon furnace repairmen like J.W. Moss to
restore their heat. (Missounan photo by David Elkinson)
Repairmen warm up
as furnaces go cold
By Jennie Patrte
KOsoKBtan staff writer
When the cold air comes, the heat
goes on in homes with working
furnaces, anyway
Furnace servicemen have been
swamped with last-nunu- te calls to
repair, clean and check furnaces
since a cold snap bit late last week
They've been working "Saturday,
Sunday, nightime, overtime, an the
&me" to meet the demand, said
Joseph Brodin, owner of J B & Co ,
28 Rainbow Village Trailer Court
Unless it's an emergency, some
customers may have to wait a week
before a repairman can get to their
furnaces for routine checks, said
Don Stamper of Davis & Stamper,
Inc ,1205 Range Line St
Most service calls are to repair
gas valves and thermocouples and to
dean pilots and furnaces, said Helen
Strawn, owner of Home Service Co ,
125N NinthSt.
People don't realize that a furnace
needs constant maintenance,
Stamper said They should be
checked each year for gas leaks
Safety valves and controls also
should bs checked
If a furnace isn't working, there
are several things a person can
inspect before calling repairman
Homeowners can check the pilot
light to see if it's lit, check to see if
the electrical breaker is working
and oil the motor They also can
change the air filters to ensure free
air circulation
"Every homeowner needs to know
how to change a filter," Stamper
said If homeowners would check
and change their own filters once a
month, they could save $15 to $25 m
repair costs by putting in an 85 cent
item, he said
What can homeowners do until
they can get heat7 'We loan electric
heaters until we don t have any,"
Strawn said "We don't aim to go to
bed with any people on our list who
have no heat unless it's just
something that can't be fixed "
M.IL gets $4,5 million
ByEKsabethAwtar
lOnoarias staff writer
Wtt five ym physicians may be .
able to use cornputota to find pat what
type of medication patiente should be
takmg and where they can get it as a
result of research conducted at the
University's new health care
The center, the only one of its kind in
the nation, was established in October
with a fiva-ywa- r, $4J5-mPs- n grant
from the National Center for Health
Services Research. Its creation-w- as
announced Monday at press
conference.
The University was chosen for fee
grsnt titer applications were received
bom 98 academic and nonprofit
Center studies
medical care
research institutions, including
Harvard University i Stanford
University and Mount Sinai Medical
School In New York.
Research undertakfn in the center
will Involve the University School of
Medtdne, the College of Engineering,
the College of Arts and Science, the
School of Journalism and the
University Extension Division.
"We wer selected because they felt
the University campus was the best
pUceJathaUdtad States to do tWs kind
of interdisdpHnary research," said
project director Dr Donald Iindberg
Lindberg said the schools and
colleges will work together to
determine the potential use of new
technological developments to improve
national health care. The opinions of
social scientists and journalists will be
sought in considering the ethical and
practical implications of technology for
health care The Extension Division
will evaluate rural effects of these
developments.
One of the center's projects is to
study the use of automated information
systems by physicians tq help them
determine which drugs their patients
need and how those drugs would best be
administered.
"Two good drugs used for two good
(See COMPUTERS, page 14)
Separatists win vote;
Quebecmayececle
MONTREAL (UPI) - Separatist
forces scored a major upset victory
over Quebec's Liberal government
Monday, paving the way for an attempt
to separate the province from the rest
of Canada
Two hours after the polls dosed,
former journalist Rene Levesque's
Parti Quebecois had won 42 seats in the
llOeat assembly and was leading in 26
others.
Premier Robert Bourassa's liberals
trailed with only 14 seats won and a lead
in 13 other constituencies Three
smaller parties shared 15 seats
Levesque's Parti Quebecois,
promising a referendum within three
years on whether Quebec wQl remain
within the Canadian union, scored
heavily in the province's rural areas
and mad? solid gains in traditional
liberal territory in the more heavily
populated areas
Shortly before 8 pm CST, the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
declared the Parti Quebecois the
winner on the basis of returns showing
the separatists leading in 66 consti-tuencies
Only 56 seats were needed for
a majority in the legislature, known as
the National Assembly
Constitutional lawyers said, however,
Levesque would have a rocky road
toward a separation even if Quebec
voters should give his party a mandate
for separation from Canada
They said such a decision would need
approval not only from the federal
government but from Canada's nine
other provinces and the British parlia-ment
itself
"The British North America Act
(Canada's constitution) is an act of the
British parliament and for a province to
secede it would have to be passed by the
British parliament,' said Montreal
lawyer David Kirshenblatt
He said the British parliament "will
not act unless it has the agreement of
the rest of the provinces and the
Canadian federal government
Levesque played down the separation
issue during the 28-da-y campaign but
observers said a win by the Parti
Quebecois could materially affect the
future of modern Canada
The main race shaped up between the
Liberals and the Parti Quebecois but
pollsters predicted the recently
rejuvenated Union Nationale Party led
by Rodngue Biron a 42 year-ol- d indus
tnahst, could end up holding the
balance of power should a minority
government emerge
At dissolution Bourassa s Liberals
held 97 seats in the UO-se- at asembh
the Parti Quebecois 6 the Parti
National Populaire 2, Union Nationale
1, Ralliement Creditiste 1 and
Independent 1 There were 2 vacancies
Carter outlines
economic goals
PLAINS, Ga (AP)-Presiden- t-elect
Jimmy Carter said Monday that tax
rebates and increased government
spending may be needed to spur the
nation's economy, and he discounted
the likelihood of wage and price
controls
Carter said at a news conference that
he believes unemployment can be
reduced to4 to4 5 per cent in two to four
years, which he said would be
equivalent to 3 per cent of all adults
overSoin the jobless ran Currently,
unemployment is 7 9 per cent
The president-ele- ct also repeated his
belief that inflation can be held down by
applying federal programs to areas of
highest unemployment rather than
through a uniform national program
Carter said he cannot at this pouit be
specific on details of his plans to
decrease unemployment or the possi-bility
that he night call for a general
tax reduction or one-tim- e tax rebate
But he said that his possibilities for
increasing the money supply include
"tax rebates and spending "
Carter, at his second news conference
since his election, announced he will fly
to Washington next week to meet with
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur
Burns and some of President Ford's
cabinet members, possibly including
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Carter announced also that Jody
Powell, his press secretary as governor
of Georgia and during his presidential
rerppn'gn, will be White House press
secretary
In a three-minu- te statement
preceding the question-and-answ- er
period Carter said his selection of
cabinet members and other top
government officials will be slow and
deliberate and that he personally will
interview top contenders for each
choice
He said those who are not selected for
cabinet rank may well be in line for
other top government positions
inHnri.ng fimhasqarinrshipn nhroari
"I have not made a decision up to this
point on anv one of the appointments "
And he warned against speculation,
saying that he win remain tight
mouthed and that "no one on my staff
or in my family is authorized to speak
forme "
He noted that he plans to meet soon
with leading members of Congress and
business and labor leaders to discuss
jobs and taxes among other subjects
Federal Reserve Chairman Burns
has said he does not intend to resign his
key monetary post and Carter said he
believes he will be able to work
harmoniously with Bums
But he alio said that he intends to
seek a relaxed monetary policy
He said he sees no Jicompatibility
between goals of lowering unemploy
ment and inflation while 'pursuing
aggressively the promises I have made
to the American people '
He mentioned most prominently
welfare and tax reform and the insti
tution of a comprehensive health care
program for all Americans
Formaaadmhtbtration
Jody Powell wi !
To be press secretary
Zoning panel members criticize chairman
ByDavid Simpson
Mbsouriaa staff writer
The Boone County Planning and
Zoning Commission chairman
participated in a rezoning case last
September although he once sold land
in another county to toe person seeking
the zoning change
Seven of the eight other
commissioners, informed of the
relationship, said they would have
abstained.
"Yes, 1 sold some land to (James)
Hofmann," commission chairman
Lynn Drane said. "But I've sold land to
others, too. This has absolutely no
bearing whatsoever on my job as
planning and zoning chairman And it's
none of your business "
Howard County records show that
Drane sold 202 acres (80 8 hectares) of
farmland to Hofmann March 23, 1967
But Hofmann's wife, Carol, pointed
out that her husband no longer owns
this land. He sold it for agricultural
purposes, she said
The planning and zoning commission
did not exist when Drane sold the land
to Hofmann. The commission was
established m April 1971 and Drane was
appointed to the commission May 1,
1972
On Sept 16, 1978, Drane made the
motion to rezone 120 acres (48 hectares)
of farmland in southeast Boone County
that Hofmann wants to buy His motion
came after a proposal by commission
member Kay Roberts not to rezone the
land died for lack of a second.
The County Court denied the request
to have tin land Hofmann wants to buy
rezoned from agricultural (A-- l) to
urban-agncultur- al (A 2) The A-- 2
designation would have allowed the
construction of a house on every three
acres (12 hectares) The land is
currently owned by Raymond Meyers
The court in denying the request
strongly suggested last Tuesday that
the planning and zoning commission
study the rezoning of a major part of
southeast Boone County
Rather than rezoning a small parcel
of land, Southern Distinct Judge
Carolyn Lathrop and Presiding Judge
James Butcher said, the commission
should work on rezoning the roughly
67,000 acres (28,800 hectares) between
Columbia and Ashland Much of that
land was zoned for agricultural use
although it is not suited for this
Butcher said
Butcher also said he thought the
commission should re-evalua- te the
zoning of this land because the zoning
was made "in haste" four years ago
' The other commission members
particularly the chairman are
personally acquainted with the
Hofmanns, and I feel strongly that he
should've abstained from the rezoning
motion Mrs Roberts said Yet he
was the one who made the motion
' Although I can't say for sure there
was a conflict of interest, chairman
Drane's personal relationship with Mr
Hofmann got in the wav of his
perception of present land use and its
need"
Drane said Mrs Roberts knows
nothing about the land and isnt
qualified for the job" as a commission
member "Mrs Roberts is a University
professor We've been working with the
land all our lives"
Mrs. Roberts is a research specialist
in family and community medicine She
(See MOST, pagel4)
Sedalia man reunites with wife
six months alter his funeral
SEDALIA, Mo (AP) Harold
Goldberg and his wife are trying to
put the piecaThelriife-togethe- r
after a three-ye-ar separation
marked by a funeral service forMm
six months ago
Goldberg, 87, , disappeared in
January 1974 as he was returning to
bis home from a business trip. A
decomposed body pulled from the
Missouri River last April bore a
number of characteristics a scar,
a bent finger and missing teeth
that led to Identification by
Goldberg'sscn,Bul.
Early this month, Irene Goldberg,
the missing man's wife, received a
letter from her husband in Forsyth,
Mo , the first indication she had that
he was alive On Nov 7, she went
with friends to the Ozark resort-commu-nity
and Goldberg returned
with them to Sedaha, where be has
been reported resting
Mrs. Goldberg said Monday she
had no douot that it was her husband
when she first saw him "He has
changed very little in appearance
except thathe put onalittie weight
!!We're going, to have towork
things out and put the pieces
together again," she said
Goldberg attributes his disappear-ance
to a loss of memory, and family
members agree. Mrs Goldberg said
herJiusband.has been recalling bits
and pieces of his past life but noted,
"There'sstmiotsrdliketoknow "
There is still some mystery about
where he went and why he
Disappeared, as well as whose body
is buried in Goldberg's grave
Goldberg, a cook and restaurant
owner before he disappeared,
(See MAN, puff 11)
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