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57ATE r.I.'T:RICL COCIETT UITT & LCfcRY ST. CLU3I, K). 652C1 ST. 12-5-- 74 g vT antitrust immunity 69th Year No. 89 (iood Morning! It's Tuesday, Jan, 4, 1976 16 Pages 15 Cents ' N Piigli adopts different role as 'fair9 mayor By Ransdell Pierson Missourian staff writer Both the political fnends and foes of outgoing Mayor Bob Pugh say he is different from his days as Fourth Ward councilman Something like the difference between the sound of a freight train's hornand the whistle of a teapot "Bob went from a very abrasive, caustic and profane councilman to a very open-minde- d, moderate mayor," says his good fnend Les Proctor, the Fourth Ward coun-cilman Proctor said he believes Pugh was serious last weekend when the mayor repeated a promise that he Insight would not seek re-elect- ion this April First elected to the Fourth Ward seat in 1973, Pugh defeated former Mayor Tom Anderson and two other opponents in the 1975 mayoral race with 53 per cent of the vote Pugh, 36, said his decision to leave politics "permanently" was based on a need to devote more tune to his job as comptroller of the Missouri Store Co "Four years is quite a long tune in the council," he said "I can't afford to do it two more years " Three-ter- m Sixth Ward Coun-cilman Clyde Wilson, who says "political obituary may be LPuprgehm'sature," agrees that as Mayor Mayor Bob Pugh "" "Basically a good fellow " Pugh has become a strong council leader only by abandoning his previous firebrand sty le "He's worked very hard to keep the council together and didn't do that as a councilman that's what's remarkable. He has realized that you don't have the same freedom of expression as a mayor because your efforts have to be directed at reaching a compromise when you have a split He was not as divisive a force as some people thought he might be " Although Wilson admits that Pugh "is not an innovator and doesn't claim to be," he says the mayor has greatly improved the administration of city business by prompting (See PUGH, page 10) Adds another conservative vote ByAlanJocfa and Mary Wood Missourian staff writers The 4-- 3 conservative-liber- al split on the City Council apparently became a 5-- 2 split Monday night as the council elected Don Mosby, 42, of 1707 Doris Drive, Second Ward councilman to rtplace resigned Councilman David Ltndstrom. Mosby, who was elected by a 4--2 vote, described himself after his selection as "more conservative than liberal He did not attend the meeting but listened to it at home on the radio. Mosby, a State Farm Insurance agent, said he "definitely" plans to seek a full two-ye- ar term m the April election He said he has three-fourth- s of the needed signatures on his nominating petition. Mosby's statement of his intention to run came on the same day that Third Ward Councilman Phil Hanson announced he definitely plans to seek a third term. Also Monday, Fourth Ward Councilman Les Proctor said he will make a statement today about his decision whether to seek re-electi- on. Meanwhile, a fnend of Proctor's, Jim Goodrich, 1252 Sunset Drive, Monday picked up a nominating petition and said he was considering seeking Proctor's seat However, he said Proctor's plans will "have a definite bearing" on whether he decides to run Mosby has been a Columbia resident since he was 7 He attended the University for two years and worked for the Missouri Division of Employment Security before becoming a State Farm agent 13 years ago President of the Parkade Neighborhood Association since 1970, Mosby also chaired an 18-mem- ber citizens committee that successfully promoted passage of a sewer bond issue in 1972 In nominating Mosby, Mayor Bob Pugh cited Mosby's work with tne Parkade Association and involvement with the sewer bond issue as qualifications for filling the council seat "In looking for criteria, I sought someone who had neighborhood and citywide leadership experience," Pugh said. "He clearly stands out as a proven (See MOSBY, page 16) Don Mosby daii New Second Ward councilman Annual county audits overlooked; Caldwell cites law's interpretation By Chris Conway Missourian staff writer Boone County Auditor Don Caldwell does not annually audit county officers despite a state law which most other second class county auditors interpret as requiring annual audits Auditors of six of Missouri's other 11 second class counties contacted Monday said they annually audit county officers because they think state law requires the audits According to the law, the auditor is required to "audit the accounts of all officers of the county annually or upon their retirement " But Caldwell said he interprets the law to mean he is required only to audit county officers after they leave office He said he has audited the books of most county offices at one time or another since 1989, but lacks the time and staff annual audits would require A Columbia Missourian study also found that The current audit of County Clerk Murry Glascock is the first audit of Glascock since Caldwell became auditor in 1969 The current audit of the county Planning and Zoning Commission is the first time that office has been audited since it was created in 1974 Although state law requires an audit of officials who leave office, Caldwell has not completed an audit of former county Collector Woodrow Wilson, who died last Apnl of leukemia while in office Caldwell said he recently completed an audit of former Probate Judge George Adams, who committed suicide in November 1975 while in office Offices that do not handle money, such as the prosecuting attornej, are not audited because of staff and tune limitations, Caldwell said The audit of Glascock so far has revealed missing county fees that Glascock has been unable to account for In December, Glascock wrote the county a $3,097 84 personal check to make up for the missing fees Caldwell said most county offices, in effect, are audited on a continuous basis because county officials are required to submit monthly statements to his office "It's a process of monthly (See CALDWELL, page 16) Charles Condra checks the ice on Hulen Lake and finds that the recent frigid weather has produced just enough to skate on. Missouri in path of 'dangerous9 storm If you've been hoping for a break from winter's recent onslaught, revise your hopes and hang on at least another week. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch in Missouri for today and tonight, predicting freezing rain and possibly heavy snow for the Columbia area The extended forecast for Missouri calls for continued cold through the rest of the week with a chance of snow on Saturday. Today's storm watch results from what the weather service describes as a "massive, widespread and dangerous" system heading for the Midwest. The storm was centered in south-centr- al Wyoming Monday night Winter storm watches were issued Monday from California and Oregon to Missouri and Iowa. Effects of the system should reach Columbia early today, officials at the National Weather Service at Columbia Regional Airport said. The weather service predicts light freezing rain will fall on Columbia through the morning, changing to snow by the afternoon with a possible accumulation of two Inches before tapering off Wednesday. That same storm pummelled the West with up to six inches (15 centimeters) of ram and three feet (90 centimeters) of snow In the South, an ice storm shackled traffic and gave hundreds of thousands of children an extra day of vacation The storm trapped motorists in flood-strande- d automobiles in California, pleased skiers with waist-dee- p snows in the California-Nevad- a Sierra, and slugged into the intermountain West The storm brought the first signs of an end to a two-ye- ar drought for California farmers. But it was too late for the navel orange crop which already is being harvested Snow fell at an mch (2 5 centimeters) an hour through the day at Flagstaff, Ariz , leaving a foot (30 centimeters ) on the ground and closing schools. In the Sierra at Shaver Lake, Calif , up to three feet (90 centimeters) of snow fell. Winds were so strong they blew the roof off the mobile fire station inBerenda, Calif Together the two storms were blamed for at least six traffic deaths and a 16-c- ar pileup in Alabama "This is the worst ice storm that we can remember in the past quarter of a century," said Michael Prudhomme, a spokesman for Central Louisiana Electric Co. "It's almost like a major hurricane hitting the CLECO system " Up to 10 mches (25 centimeters) of snow fell in Tennessee's Great Smoky mountains, bringing a bonanza to ski resort owners, and up to five inches (12.5 centimeters) blanketed the middle part of the state. The storm moved out of Texas but left most of the state shrouded in fog that cut visibility to one-four- th nule ( 4 kilometers) along the Mexican border Winds gusting to 40 miles (64 kilometers) an hour threatened to blow motorists off the road in southwestern Texas School children in hundreds of cities and counties m Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee got an extra day to build snowmen and toss snowballs as an ice storm continued through its second day. IIItWM '"" today 8:30 a.m. Boone County Court, County-Cit- y Building 2 pan. First Senior Citizens Organization, Oak Towers 7:30 p.m. Columbia Human Rights Commission, Public Library. Exhibits New: Public Library, collection of ships and bottles, 9 am to9pm See Sunday Vibrations for continuing exhibit schedules. See page 15 for movie listings. Hopes to streamline government Carter discusses reorganization PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - A bill authorizing president-elec- t Jimmy Carter to propose a sweeping reorganization of the federal government should sail through gngress, the chairman of the House vernment Operations Committee said Monday. Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Te- x., chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, told reporters after conferring with Carter that a bill will be ready soon seeking "statutory autlwrity" for Carter to reorganize the government "I think Congress shares his deep concern about making the federal government more efficient and economical," Brooks said. Asked if he expected strong opposition, Brooks replied, "I really don't think so " But he said "of course there will be some who object . all the lobbyists ... all the lawyers and public relations persons . . who want the government to jump through the hoops" Brooks was accompanied by Budget Director-designat- e Thomas "Bert" Lance, who will be be in charge of Carter's government reorganization project. Lance, turning to another subject, told reporters he still believes "we're going to have some sort of tax (cut) proposal" to stimulate the ailing economy He said that would be one of the options presented to Carter Thursday when he meets with his economic advisers to decide on the package he will send to Congress Lance said Carter's advisers are "still waiting to see" how much the economy has unproved in view of mixed reports on Christmas sales, plant expansion and other indicators Brooks made the comments after discussing the reorganization authorization bill with Carter and Bert Lance, the designated head of the Office of Management and Budget, at Carter's home here County hospital rates rise By Debbie Quinn Missourian staff writer Patients will pay as much as 34 per cent more for a semi-pnva- te room and 32 per cent more for a private room at Boone County Hospital beginning this week The room rate increases will provide revenue for a $13 1 million budget for 1977 adopted unanimously Sunday by the hospital's board of trustees A semi-pnva- te room now costing $52 50 and $62 per day will increase to $72 and $82, and the $58 50 and $62 50 charges for a private room will increase to $77 and $82 The higher of the two rates will be charged for rooms on remodeled floors "The adjusted room rates reflect a fuller implementation of the hospital's philosophy that the patient should pay for what he gets," Jack Estes, chairman of the board of trustees, said Monday Even the increased hospital room rates do not reflect the cost to the hospital of operating the rooms, said B J Stewart, Boone County Hospital comptroller Stewart said hospitals traditionally have limited daily room rates to keep them within the range of what health insurance companies are willing to pay "Normally," Stewart said, "hospitals hold down room rates and increase the cost of ancillary services (such as lab work, X-ra-ys, drugs, operating room) to make up for lost revenue " For example, m most hospitals, a patient pays $40 for a room that costs the hospital $50 to operate To make up for the lost revenue, the hospital charges the patient $20 for an X-r- ay that costs $10 to make The room rates adopted by the board Sunday still do not include the entire cost of operating the rooms, and thus the charges for ancillary services will not be lowered. The board rejected an alternative proposal that would have decreased ancillary services charges and increased room rates to cover the full cost of operating the rooms Under this plan room rate increases would have been $6 or $7 more than the increases actually adopted, Estes said Stewart said that so large an increase in room rates at this time would appear "shocking" to the public. The new rates for private and semi-pnva- te rooms are comparable to rates at the University Medical Center. The medical center charges $77 per (See RATES, page 10)
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Item.Transcript | 57ATE r.I.'T:RICL COCIETT UITT & LCfcRY ST. CLU3I, K). 652C1 ST. 12-5-- 74 g vT antitrust immunity 69th Year No. 89 (iood Morning! It's Tuesday, Jan, 4, 1976 16 Pages 15 Cents ' N Piigli adopts different role as 'fair9 mayor By Ransdell Pierson Missourian staff writer Both the political fnends and foes of outgoing Mayor Bob Pugh say he is different from his days as Fourth Ward councilman Something like the difference between the sound of a freight train's hornand the whistle of a teapot "Bob went from a very abrasive, caustic and profane councilman to a very open-minde- d, moderate mayor," says his good fnend Les Proctor, the Fourth Ward coun-cilman Proctor said he believes Pugh was serious last weekend when the mayor repeated a promise that he Insight would not seek re-elect- ion this April First elected to the Fourth Ward seat in 1973, Pugh defeated former Mayor Tom Anderson and two other opponents in the 1975 mayoral race with 53 per cent of the vote Pugh, 36, said his decision to leave politics "permanently" was based on a need to devote more tune to his job as comptroller of the Missouri Store Co "Four years is quite a long tune in the council," he said "I can't afford to do it two more years " Three-ter- m Sixth Ward Coun-cilman Clyde Wilson, who says "political obituary may be LPuprgehm'sature," agrees that as Mayor Mayor Bob Pugh "" "Basically a good fellow " Pugh has become a strong council leader only by abandoning his previous firebrand sty le "He's worked very hard to keep the council together and didn't do that as a councilman that's what's remarkable. He has realized that you don't have the same freedom of expression as a mayor because your efforts have to be directed at reaching a compromise when you have a split He was not as divisive a force as some people thought he might be " Although Wilson admits that Pugh "is not an innovator and doesn't claim to be," he says the mayor has greatly improved the administration of city business by prompting (See PUGH, page 10) Adds another conservative vote ByAlanJocfa and Mary Wood Missourian staff writers The 4-- 3 conservative-liber- al split on the City Council apparently became a 5-- 2 split Monday night as the council elected Don Mosby, 42, of 1707 Doris Drive, Second Ward councilman to rtplace resigned Councilman David Ltndstrom. Mosby, who was elected by a 4--2 vote, described himself after his selection as "more conservative than liberal He did not attend the meeting but listened to it at home on the radio. Mosby, a State Farm Insurance agent, said he "definitely" plans to seek a full two-ye- ar term m the April election He said he has three-fourth- s of the needed signatures on his nominating petition. Mosby's statement of his intention to run came on the same day that Third Ward Councilman Phil Hanson announced he definitely plans to seek a third term. Also Monday, Fourth Ward Councilman Les Proctor said he will make a statement today about his decision whether to seek re-electi- on. Meanwhile, a fnend of Proctor's, Jim Goodrich, 1252 Sunset Drive, Monday picked up a nominating petition and said he was considering seeking Proctor's seat However, he said Proctor's plans will "have a definite bearing" on whether he decides to run Mosby has been a Columbia resident since he was 7 He attended the University for two years and worked for the Missouri Division of Employment Security before becoming a State Farm agent 13 years ago President of the Parkade Neighborhood Association since 1970, Mosby also chaired an 18-mem- ber citizens committee that successfully promoted passage of a sewer bond issue in 1972 In nominating Mosby, Mayor Bob Pugh cited Mosby's work with tne Parkade Association and involvement with the sewer bond issue as qualifications for filling the council seat "In looking for criteria, I sought someone who had neighborhood and citywide leadership experience," Pugh said. "He clearly stands out as a proven (See MOSBY, page 16) Don Mosby daii New Second Ward councilman Annual county audits overlooked; Caldwell cites law's interpretation By Chris Conway Missourian staff writer Boone County Auditor Don Caldwell does not annually audit county officers despite a state law which most other second class county auditors interpret as requiring annual audits Auditors of six of Missouri's other 11 second class counties contacted Monday said they annually audit county officers because they think state law requires the audits According to the law, the auditor is required to "audit the accounts of all officers of the county annually or upon their retirement " But Caldwell said he interprets the law to mean he is required only to audit county officers after they leave office He said he has audited the books of most county offices at one time or another since 1989, but lacks the time and staff annual audits would require A Columbia Missourian study also found that The current audit of County Clerk Murry Glascock is the first audit of Glascock since Caldwell became auditor in 1969 The current audit of the county Planning and Zoning Commission is the first time that office has been audited since it was created in 1974 Although state law requires an audit of officials who leave office, Caldwell has not completed an audit of former county Collector Woodrow Wilson, who died last Apnl of leukemia while in office Caldwell said he recently completed an audit of former Probate Judge George Adams, who committed suicide in November 1975 while in office Offices that do not handle money, such as the prosecuting attornej, are not audited because of staff and tune limitations, Caldwell said The audit of Glascock so far has revealed missing county fees that Glascock has been unable to account for In December, Glascock wrote the county a $3,097 84 personal check to make up for the missing fees Caldwell said most county offices, in effect, are audited on a continuous basis because county officials are required to submit monthly statements to his office "It's a process of monthly (See CALDWELL, page 16) Charles Condra checks the ice on Hulen Lake and finds that the recent frigid weather has produced just enough to skate on. Missouri in path of 'dangerous9 storm If you've been hoping for a break from winter's recent onslaught, revise your hopes and hang on at least another week. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch in Missouri for today and tonight, predicting freezing rain and possibly heavy snow for the Columbia area The extended forecast for Missouri calls for continued cold through the rest of the week with a chance of snow on Saturday. Today's storm watch results from what the weather service describes as a "massive, widespread and dangerous" system heading for the Midwest. The storm was centered in south-centr- al Wyoming Monday night Winter storm watches were issued Monday from California and Oregon to Missouri and Iowa. Effects of the system should reach Columbia early today, officials at the National Weather Service at Columbia Regional Airport said. The weather service predicts light freezing rain will fall on Columbia through the morning, changing to snow by the afternoon with a possible accumulation of two Inches before tapering off Wednesday. That same storm pummelled the West with up to six inches (15 centimeters) of ram and three feet (90 centimeters) of snow In the South, an ice storm shackled traffic and gave hundreds of thousands of children an extra day of vacation The storm trapped motorists in flood-strande- d automobiles in California, pleased skiers with waist-dee- p snows in the California-Nevad- a Sierra, and slugged into the intermountain West The storm brought the first signs of an end to a two-ye- ar drought for California farmers. But it was too late for the navel orange crop which already is being harvested Snow fell at an mch (2 5 centimeters) an hour through the day at Flagstaff, Ariz , leaving a foot (30 centimeters ) on the ground and closing schools. In the Sierra at Shaver Lake, Calif , up to three feet (90 centimeters) of snow fell. Winds were so strong they blew the roof off the mobile fire station inBerenda, Calif Together the two storms were blamed for at least six traffic deaths and a 16-c- ar pileup in Alabama "This is the worst ice storm that we can remember in the past quarter of a century," said Michael Prudhomme, a spokesman for Central Louisiana Electric Co. "It's almost like a major hurricane hitting the CLECO system " Up to 10 mches (25 centimeters) of snow fell in Tennessee's Great Smoky mountains, bringing a bonanza to ski resort owners, and up to five inches (12.5 centimeters) blanketed the middle part of the state. The storm moved out of Texas but left most of the state shrouded in fog that cut visibility to one-four- th nule ( 4 kilometers) along the Mexican border Winds gusting to 40 miles (64 kilometers) an hour threatened to blow motorists off the road in southwestern Texas School children in hundreds of cities and counties m Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee got an extra day to build snowmen and toss snowballs as an ice storm continued through its second day. IIItWM '"" today 8:30 a.m. Boone County Court, County-Cit- y Building 2 pan. First Senior Citizens Organization, Oak Towers 7:30 p.m. Columbia Human Rights Commission, Public Library. Exhibits New: Public Library, collection of ships and bottles, 9 am to9pm See Sunday Vibrations for continuing exhibit schedules. See page 15 for movie listings. Hopes to streamline government Carter discusses reorganization PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - A bill authorizing president-elec- t Jimmy Carter to propose a sweeping reorganization of the federal government should sail through gngress, the chairman of the House vernment Operations Committee said Monday. Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Te- x., chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, told reporters after conferring with Carter that a bill will be ready soon seeking "statutory autlwrity" for Carter to reorganize the government "I think Congress shares his deep concern about making the federal government more efficient and economical," Brooks said. Asked if he expected strong opposition, Brooks replied, "I really don't think so " But he said "of course there will be some who object . all the lobbyists ... all the lawyers and public relations persons . . who want the government to jump through the hoops" Brooks was accompanied by Budget Director-designat- e Thomas "Bert" Lance, who will be be in charge of Carter's government reorganization project. Lance, turning to another subject, told reporters he still believes "we're going to have some sort of tax (cut) proposal" to stimulate the ailing economy He said that would be one of the options presented to Carter Thursday when he meets with his economic advisers to decide on the package he will send to Congress Lance said Carter's advisers are "still waiting to see" how much the economy has unproved in view of mixed reports on Christmas sales, plant expansion and other indicators Brooks made the comments after discussing the reorganization authorization bill with Carter and Bert Lance, the designated head of the Office of Management and Budget, at Carter's home here County hospital rates rise By Debbie Quinn Missourian staff writer Patients will pay as much as 34 per cent more for a semi-pnva- te room and 32 per cent more for a private room at Boone County Hospital beginning this week The room rate increases will provide revenue for a $13 1 million budget for 1977 adopted unanimously Sunday by the hospital's board of trustees A semi-pnva- te room now costing $52 50 and $62 per day will increase to $72 and $82, and the $58 50 and $62 50 charges for a private room will increase to $77 and $82 The higher of the two rates will be charged for rooms on remodeled floors "The adjusted room rates reflect a fuller implementation of the hospital's philosophy that the patient should pay for what he gets," Jack Estes, chairman of the board of trustees, said Monday Even the increased hospital room rates do not reflect the cost to the hospital of operating the rooms, said B J Stewart, Boone County Hospital comptroller Stewart said hospitals traditionally have limited daily room rates to keep them within the range of what health insurance companies are willing to pay "Normally," Stewart said, "hospitals hold down room rates and increase the cost of ancillary services (such as lab work, X-ra-ys, drugs, operating room) to make up for lost revenue " For example, m most hospitals, a patient pays $40 for a room that costs the hospital $50 to operate To make up for the lost revenue, the hospital charges the patient $20 for an X-r- ay that costs $10 to make The room rates adopted by the board Sunday still do not include the entire cost of operating the rooms, and thus the charges for ancillary services will not be lowered. The board rejected an alternative proposal that would have decreased ancillary services charges and increased room rates to cover the full cost of operating the rooms Under this plan room rate increases would have been $6 or $7 more than the increases actually adopted, Estes said Stewart said that so large an increase in room rates at this time would appear "shocking" to the public. The new rates for private and semi-pnva- te rooms are comparable to rates at the University Medical Center. The medical center charges $77 per (See RATES, page 10) |