Full Page |
Previous | 1 of 274 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
This page
All
|
nil. i. - ' - -- "' isTo 5-1.- -74 69th Ifear No. 203 f(W Morning! It Sutuitn. ftn .. I'JTT . Sutton .f Iat ;. rut stor on page 7A - ai "Vi' bAI JL AL JsL IsL H m kJ' " ,,1 N.Y. Times Service MOSCOW The Soviet Union published a harsh and significant at-tack on China Saturday that seemed to move relations between the two former Communist allies hack to their low point before the death of Mao Tse-tun- g eight months ago A lengthy authoritative commentary in the Communist party newspaper Pravda charged that Peking was preparing for war against the West as well as against the Soviet Umcn. "China is today the only country in the world whose official circles ad-vocate publicly and without any camouflage a new world slaughter," it said. Pravda went on to warn the West that any military aid it sent to China eventually would be used to launch a new world war It criticized Western politicians "who think naively that they would not be touched by the sword of Chinese militarism." Instead, it con-tended, the West should be closing ranks with the Soviet Union to contain Chinese ambitions. The article, which a Western diplomatic analyst termed "very tough," constituted an admission that the Kremlin has been unable to make any progress with the new leadership in Peking It was signed I Aleksandrov, a pseudonym used to indicate en-dorsement by the Soviet leadership The last commentary on China with such a signature appeared last October, after Chairman Mao's death It had taken a visibly more conciliator) line, contending that mere were no problems that could not be resolved between the two neighbors The article, excerpts from which were circulated by the Soviet press agency, Tass. dismissed China's persistent contention that the Soviet Union was preparing to attack the West and argued that the Chinese were the ones nurturing aggressive designs because they wanted to return to the time not only of the cold war but of a shooting war as well " The timing of the article seemed significant m view of the talks that are to resume in Geneva this week on a new Soviet-America- n accord limiting strategic arms Soviet officials have maintained pnvatelv that they could not afford to reduce the size of their ruclear arsenal to the level proposed in March by the Carter administration as long as China posed a threat The Pravda commentan, which suggested Moscow's rising" concern over the rapprochement that China has sought with the United States and other Western countries and over the prospect that Western arms might reach the Chinese, said The fact that the Peking hegemorusts hae stopped attacking American imperialism and Japanese militarism does not at all mean that the consider the UJS A and Japan their friends The would like to use them for the struggle against the Soviet Union now but in the future to strike a blow at thes countries if possible The clear implication was that the Russians who have a substantial technological lead oer the Chinese in both nuclear and conventional weapon wouid not sit dh b if the West started sendini. --ims to the Chinese though Pra da die not specifv what the reaction might be Recalling that appeasement of the aggressor had led to Uor'd War II the article complained that the leaders of the militarv --industrial complexes of the USA West Germam Japan and some other capitalist countries are activ el discussing the possiUlitv of supplying China with arms and militarv equip-ment The arucie s appearance supported indications that Moscow had made no progress in patching up its rift with Peking since Chairman Mao death U.S. to review strategic policy N.Y. Times Service WASHINGTON The Carter ad-ministration has started a thorough reassessment of a Ford administration strategic policy, which hypothesized crippling the Soviet Union's ability to recover in a nuclear war The review has been undertaken by the National Security Council and the Pentagon It marks a potential shift from a policy enunciated earlier this year by former Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld setting the strategic requirement of delaying the recovery of Soviet power and influence for as long as possible The new retaliatory doctrine publicly was outlined for the first tune by Rumsfeld lSLthDefense Department's Annw' Tfiscal year 1978 The doA &2aan ued Jan 17, three &&. $ fte administration to&& teatuL Almuagh ranattmne was put for-TrfflfiT- by RuTtaogM ttS&T was shaped by hispnnIecessor, James R. Schlesinger. according to ad-muustra- tion sources Schlesutger, who is now the chief designer of Carter's energy program, declined to comment on the strategy review A spokesman said that the former defense secretar had made it a policy not to discuss Pentagon issues while holding his current job Defense Department officials con-firmed that the strategic retaliatory concept, which goes beyond previous such doctrines, was under study as a result of ? "decided difference of perception between Harold Brown and his predecessors" Defense Secretary Brown has said mat the concept which required the United States not only to retaliate but also to attack Soviet cities, military targets, industry and economic centers would lead to "unlimited ex-penditures, ' on each side, thereby accelerating the arms race Beyond this, Brown has indicated that the concept of "recovery" following a nuclear exchange was too blurred to serve as the cornerstone of a new strategy It would be hard to tell what recovery meant," Brown has said. According to administration officials, the potential shift in doctrine could Isasiglit have an impact on the development of weapons programs now under way These include the M--X mobile missile, which is set to augment fee Mumtemen 111. the present backbone of the American land-base- d missile system. Development of the Bl bomber, set to replace the B-5- 2, also could be affected by a shift in doctrine, according to administration sources As stated by Rumsfeld, one approach to the retaliatory strategy would have planners target major cities, assuming that population and industry are correlated with them, and measure effectiveness as a function of the number of people killed and cities destroyed. Thus, as an example, prompt Soviet fatalities of about 30 per cent and 200 aties destroyed would constitute a level of retaliation sufficient to assure deterrence A different approach views assured (See STRATEGY, page 10A) Plan against smoking begun for youngsters CHICAGO (UPI) The American Cancer Society is so concerned about young people smoking that a special warning program has been started for kindergarten children The program includes a free kit with coloring books and projection tran-sparencies designed to keep the at-tention of youngsters and to warn them of the dangers of smoking The coloring book shows a smoker's lungs with instructions to "color brown." A cigarette figure to the side says, "My smoke goes into their lungs It makes their lungs dirty." "For a long time," said Dr Charles H P. WestfaU, spokesman for the cancer society, "we used hit children later on. But we're finding out that fifth and sixth grade children have already picked up the smoking habit They're using lunch money to buy cigarettes " Aaron Spitzer, ACS director of public education in Illinois, said a national survey of teen-age- rs showed 60 per cent of those who smoked picked up the habit before their 13th birthday. "Now we are running into the problem that twice as many teen-age- d girls smoke as they did in 1968," Spitzer said "By the fifth grade, we found that half the students have tried smoking," he added "The Story of a Cigarette Coloring Book," is available on a free loan basis along with the senes of overhead transparencies for kindergarten teachers Transparencies include pictures of a house made by connecting numbers, food, athletes, hearts, lungs and some broken down coughers Other teacher aides include in-structions on putting together a soft plastic Dottle containing cotton which is squeezed to inhale a cigarette Later the bottle is opened for the children and cotton balls passed around to show discolor and smell If that does not work, the cancer society has the "Huffless Puffless Dragon" film Im town today Noon "The Women's College Graduate in Today's Per-spective," commencement ad-dress, author Abigail McCarthy, Stephens College Assembly Hall 7 p.m. Columbia City Council, County-Cit-y Building. 7:S0 p.m. Hickman-Roc- k Bridge choral concert, Hickman High School Auditorium. See today'i Vibrations magazine for continuing exhibits schedules. Movie listfnji en page 11A. - i iJ AnYm 1 Graduates of the College of Business and Public Administration pass through columns Olsons education funds declining ByOdeliaShapira, Bill Storey and Jean Becker Missoorian staff writers James C Olson, in his first major address since being named president of the University, Saturday told the 1977 graduating class that he was concerned with the "increasing evidence of eroding support" for public higher education in Missouri "By almost all tests Missouri ranks low in its willingness to tax itself for higher education," he said He said that m fiscal 1976. Missouri h r'j' " ripn.fflttiWiiiiiW -- . - taxpayers ranked 44th among the 50 states in devoting personal income to the state support of higher education That amounted to about only one per cent of their income "Equally depressing is the fact that the appropriations for higher education as a per cent of the total state budget have steadily declined during the 1970s," he said Olson said the best statistical in-formation available shows that from 1970 to 1975 the percentage of Missouri public funds devoted to higher education has declined from 15 per cent to little more than 12 per cent ' I am not a prophet of doom, ' he told the audience m the Hearnes Center, but I must confess that in my view, the future of higher education is bleak indeed unless we can reverse the trend in support ' He concluded that the future lies in the hands of the graduates and wished them Godspeed" m all their en-deavors Earlier Saturday the steamv, hot weather was no barrier for hundreds of relatives, friends and curious undergraduates as they gathered at RTDcrVsaVoOTfeb the nine divisional commencement ceremonies in the morning and af-ternoon Sen Thomas Eagleton D-M-o , addressed the convocation at the School of Agriculture ceremon in the Livestock Center before a crowd of about 240 ' We are in first place and probablj alwavs will be in agriculture, production of food and fiber, he told the audience 'We want to keep that position not for the (See EAGLETON, page 12A ) Sen Thomas Eagleton tells parents and graduates at the University's College of Agriculture commencement that unlike some other statistical categories, America still ranks first in agriculture Missouri investors lose in co-o-p collapse KANSAS CITY (UPI) - Missouri investors may lose millions of dollars because of the sudden collapse of Progressive Farmers Association, a farm cooperative linked by federal and state investigators to fraudulent co-o-p3 in 10 other states in the South and Midwest The bankruptcy of PFA was forced Friday by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, which obtained an order in federal court at Springfield against further sale of PFA securities on grounds of "fraud and misrepresentation " 1 How much will be lost has yet to be totaled. A company lawyer told the bankruptcy court that there were "literally thousands of creditors" and the company hasn't had time to make a list of them Investors in the company will be the last in line when the com-pany's few assets are divided Investigators told UPI the action is likely to be only the first of a series of legal moves involving present and former company officials The U.S attorney's office is working with the postal inspector and the FBI on the case The SEC and Internal Revenue Service also reportedly are involved, although those agencies have policies against revealing ongoing investigations The information is being funneled to a federal grand jury in Kansas City Federal sources said there are two main aspects of its investigation Whether mail fraud was com-mitted in the sale of PFA's "estate builder" investment plans to an estimated 7,000 Missouri residents who put $11 million into the company In-vestigators said PFA officials used questionable accounting practices and inflated estimates of real estate holdings to exaggerate the company's assets by at least $4 million and thus attract investors Whether direct ties can be proven between PFA officials and co-op- s that were set up in other states with vir-tually identical sales brochures and similar corporate structures PFA differs from the Missouri Farmers Association of Columbia because the Springfield-base- d cooperative could issue stock, Marion Thurston, state commissioner of securities, said Saturday Bob Maupin, legal counsel and secretary-treasur- er of MFA, said the co-o- p had received a number of inquiries from persons who had con fused the two companies and feared MFA a!so might be a candidate for bankruptcy "We are definitely not," he said, stressing the different financial structures of the two cooperatives The two original organizers of PFA, Russell Phillips and Donald Gibson, are under securities fraud indictment in Oklahoma and Arkansas However, charges against Phillips in Arkansas are expected to be dropped Monday and Gibson is expected to plead guilty Phillips was indicted in March on a charge of conspiracy to murder a (See FARMERS, page ISA)
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1977-05-15 |
Description | Vol. 69th YEAR, No. 203 |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date.Search | 1977-05-15 |
Type | Newspapers |
Format | |
Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
Title | Full Page |
Date.Search | 1977-05-15 |
Type | page |
Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
Item.Transcript | nil. i. - ' - -- "' isTo 5-1.- -74 69th Ifear No. 203 f(W Morning! It Sutuitn. ftn .. I'JTT . Sutton .f Iat ;. rut stor on page 7A - ai "Vi' bAI JL AL JsL IsL H m kJ' " ,,1 N.Y. Times Service MOSCOW The Soviet Union published a harsh and significant at-tack on China Saturday that seemed to move relations between the two former Communist allies hack to their low point before the death of Mao Tse-tun- g eight months ago A lengthy authoritative commentary in the Communist party newspaper Pravda charged that Peking was preparing for war against the West as well as against the Soviet Umcn. "China is today the only country in the world whose official circles ad-vocate publicly and without any camouflage a new world slaughter," it said. Pravda went on to warn the West that any military aid it sent to China eventually would be used to launch a new world war It criticized Western politicians "who think naively that they would not be touched by the sword of Chinese militarism." Instead, it con-tended, the West should be closing ranks with the Soviet Union to contain Chinese ambitions. The article, which a Western diplomatic analyst termed "very tough," constituted an admission that the Kremlin has been unable to make any progress with the new leadership in Peking It was signed I Aleksandrov, a pseudonym used to indicate en-dorsement by the Soviet leadership The last commentary on China with such a signature appeared last October, after Chairman Mao's death It had taken a visibly more conciliator) line, contending that mere were no problems that could not be resolved between the two neighbors The article, excerpts from which were circulated by the Soviet press agency, Tass. dismissed China's persistent contention that the Soviet Union was preparing to attack the West and argued that the Chinese were the ones nurturing aggressive designs because they wanted to return to the time not only of the cold war but of a shooting war as well " The timing of the article seemed significant m view of the talks that are to resume in Geneva this week on a new Soviet-America- n accord limiting strategic arms Soviet officials have maintained pnvatelv that they could not afford to reduce the size of their ruclear arsenal to the level proposed in March by the Carter administration as long as China posed a threat The Pravda commentan, which suggested Moscow's rising" concern over the rapprochement that China has sought with the United States and other Western countries and over the prospect that Western arms might reach the Chinese, said The fact that the Peking hegemorusts hae stopped attacking American imperialism and Japanese militarism does not at all mean that the consider the UJS A and Japan their friends The would like to use them for the struggle against the Soviet Union now but in the future to strike a blow at thes countries if possible The clear implication was that the Russians who have a substantial technological lead oer the Chinese in both nuclear and conventional weapon wouid not sit dh b if the West started sendini. --ims to the Chinese though Pra da die not specifv what the reaction might be Recalling that appeasement of the aggressor had led to Uor'd War II the article complained that the leaders of the militarv --industrial complexes of the USA West Germam Japan and some other capitalist countries are activ el discussing the possiUlitv of supplying China with arms and militarv equip-ment The arucie s appearance supported indications that Moscow had made no progress in patching up its rift with Peking since Chairman Mao death U.S. to review strategic policy N.Y. Times Service WASHINGTON The Carter ad-ministration has started a thorough reassessment of a Ford administration strategic policy, which hypothesized crippling the Soviet Union's ability to recover in a nuclear war The review has been undertaken by the National Security Council and the Pentagon It marks a potential shift from a policy enunciated earlier this year by former Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld setting the strategic requirement of delaying the recovery of Soviet power and influence for as long as possible The new retaliatory doctrine publicly was outlined for the first tune by Rumsfeld lSLthDefense Department's Annw' Tfiscal year 1978 The doA &2aan ued Jan 17, three &&. $ fte administration to&& teatuL Almuagh ranattmne was put for-TrfflfiT- by RuTtaogM ttS&T was shaped by hispnnIecessor, James R. Schlesinger. according to ad-muustra- tion sources Schlesutger, who is now the chief designer of Carter's energy program, declined to comment on the strategy review A spokesman said that the former defense secretar had made it a policy not to discuss Pentagon issues while holding his current job Defense Department officials con-firmed that the strategic retaliatory concept, which goes beyond previous such doctrines, was under study as a result of ? "decided difference of perception between Harold Brown and his predecessors" Defense Secretary Brown has said mat the concept which required the United States not only to retaliate but also to attack Soviet cities, military targets, industry and economic centers would lead to "unlimited ex-penditures, ' on each side, thereby accelerating the arms race Beyond this, Brown has indicated that the concept of "recovery" following a nuclear exchange was too blurred to serve as the cornerstone of a new strategy It would be hard to tell what recovery meant," Brown has said. According to administration officials, the potential shift in doctrine could Isasiglit have an impact on the development of weapons programs now under way These include the M--X mobile missile, which is set to augment fee Mumtemen 111. the present backbone of the American land-base- d missile system. Development of the Bl bomber, set to replace the B-5- 2, also could be affected by a shift in doctrine, according to administration sources As stated by Rumsfeld, one approach to the retaliatory strategy would have planners target major cities, assuming that population and industry are correlated with them, and measure effectiveness as a function of the number of people killed and cities destroyed. Thus, as an example, prompt Soviet fatalities of about 30 per cent and 200 aties destroyed would constitute a level of retaliation sufficient to assure deterrence A different approach views assured (See STRATEGY, page 10A) Plan against smoking begun for youngsters CHICAGO (UPI) The American Cancer Society is so concerned about young people smoking that a special warning program has been started for kindergarten children The program includes a free kit with coloring books and projection tran-sparencies designed to keep the at-tention of youngsters and to warn them of the dangers of smoking The coloring book shows a smoker's lungs with instructions to "color brown." A cigarette figure to the side says, "My smoke goes into their lungs It makes their lungs dirty." "For a long time," said Dr Charles H P. WestfaU, spokesman for the cancer society, "we used hit children later on. But we're finding out that fifth and sixth grade children have already picked up the smoking habit They're using lunch money to buy cigarettes " Aaron Spitzer, ACS director of public education in Illinois, said a national survey of teen-age- rs showed 60 per cent of those who smoked picked up the habit before their 13th birthday. "Now we are running into the problem that twice as many teen-age- d girls smoke as they did in 1968," Spitzer said "By the fifth grade, we found that half the students have tried smoking," he added "The Story of a Cigarette Coloring Book," is available on a free loan basis along with the senes of overhead transparencies for kindergarten teachers Transparencies include pictures of a house made by connecting numbers, food, athletes, hearts, lungs and some broken down coughers Other teacher aides include in-structions on putting together a soft plastic Dottle containing cotton which is squeezed to inhale a cigarette Later the bottle is opened for the children and cotton balls passed around to show discolor and smell If that does not work, the cancer society has the "Huffless Puffless Dragon" film Im town today Noon "The Women's College Graduate in Today's Per-spective," commencement ad-dress, author Abigail McCarthy, Stephens College Assembly Hall 7 p.m. Columbia City Council, County-Cit-y Building. 7:S0 p.m. Hickman-Roc- k Bridge choral concert, Hickman High School Auditorium. See today'i Vibrations magazine for continuing exhibits schedules. Movie listfnji en page 11A. - i iJ AnYm 1 Graduates of the College of Business and Public Administration pass through columns Olsons education funds declining ByOdeliaShapira, Bill Storey and Jean Becker Missoorian staff writers James C Olson, in his first major address since being named president of the University, Saturday told the 1977 graduating class that he was concerned with the "increasing evidence of eroding support" for public higher education in Missouri "By almost all tests Missouri ranks low in its willingness to tax itself for higher education," he said He said that m fiscal 1976. Missouri h r'j' " ripn.fflttiWiiiiiW -- . - taxpayers ranked 44th among the 50 states in devoting personal income to the state support of higher education That amounted to about only one per cent of their income "Equally depressing is the fact that the appropriations for higher education as a per cent of the total state budget have steadily declined during the 1970s," he said Olson said the best statistical in-formation available shows that from 1970 to 1975 the percentage of Missouri public funds devoted to higher education has declined from 15 per cent to little more than 12 per cent ' I am not a prophet of doom, ' he told the audience m the Hearnes Center, but I must confess that in my view, the future of higher education is bleak indeed unless we can reverse the trend in support ' He concluded that the future lies in the hands of the graduates and wished them Godspeed" m all their en-deavors Earlier Saturday the steamv, hot weather was no barrier for hundreds of relatives, friends and curious undergraduates as they gathered at RTDcrVsaVoOTfeb the nine divisional commencement ceremonies in the morning and af-ternoon Sen Thomas Eagleton D-M-o , addressed the convocation at the School of Agriculture ceremon in the Livestock Center before a crowd of about 240 ' We are in first place and probablj alwavs will be in agriculture, production of food and fiber, he told the audience 'We want to keep that position not for the (See EAGLETON, page 12A ) Sen Thomas Eagleton tells parents and graduates at the University's College of Agriculture commencement that unlike some other statistical categories, America still ranks first in agriculture Missouri investors lose in co-o-p collapse KANSAS CITY (UPI) - Missouri investors may lose millions of dollars because of the sudden collapse of Progressive Farmers Association, a farm cooperative linked by federal and state investigators to fraudulent co-o-p3 in 10 other states in the South and Midwest The bankruptcy of PFA was forced Friday by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, which obtained an order in federal court at Springfield against further sale of PFA securities on grounds of "fraud and misrepresentation " 1 How much will be lost has yet to be totaled. A company lawyer told the bankruptcy court that there were "literally thousands of creditors" and the company hasn't had time to make a list of them Investors in the company will be the last in line when the com-pany's few assets are divided Investigators told UPI the action is likely to be only the first of a series of legal moves involving present and former company officials The U.S attorney's office is working with the postal inspector and the FBI on the case The SEC and Internal Revenue Service also reportedly are involved, although those agencies have policies against revealing ongoing investigations The information is being funneled to a federal grand jury in Kansas City Federal sources said there are two main aspects of its investigation Whether mail fraud was com-mitted in the sale of PFA's "estate builder" investment plans to an estimated 7,000 Missouri residents who put $11 million into the company In-vestigators said PFA officials used questionable accounting practices and inflated estimates of real estate holdings to exaggerate the company's assets by at least $4 million and thus attract investors Whether direct ties can be proven between PFA officials and co-op- s that were set up in other states with vir-tually identical sales brochures and similar corporate structures PFA differs from the Missouri Farmers Association of Columbia because the Springfield-base- d cooperative could issue stock, Marion Thurston, state commissioner of securities, said Saturday Bob Maupin, legal counsel and secretary-treasur- er of MFA, said the co-o- p had received a number of inquiries from persons who had con fused the two companies and feared MFA a!so might be a candidate for bankruptcy "We are definitely not," he said, stressing the different financial structures of the two cooperatives The two original organizers of PFA, Russell Phillips and Donald Gibson, are under securities fraud indictment in Oklahoma and Arkansas However, charges against Phillips in Arkansas are expected to be dropped Monday and Gibson is expected to plead guilty Phillips was indicted in March on a charge of conspiracy to murder a (See FARMERS, page ISA) |