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Residents of Everyday People, 209 Price Ave., prepare their own breakfast.
By Mindy Matthews
Missourian staff writer
People who fall between the cracks in Colum-bia,
seemingly with no place to turn, can land on a
cushion called Everyday People.
Based in a white frame house at 209 Price Ave.,
the service agency furnishes a bed, breakfast and
sack lunches to people who need temporary help
with the bare necessities of life.
Recently, the number of people turning to the
house for meals has increased significantly.
" At breakfast, we usually feed between 10 and
20 people. In each of the past two months, we have
fed 65 people," says staffmember Donna Cooke.
Tfie people who ask for help are not just the
" chronic poor" or the " chronic welfare recipi-ent,"
she says.
" We are now seeing a rising number of middle
class people who don't know the system. Who, for
example, don't know how to get food stamps when
they need them. It is very traumatic for them."
She believes that hunger is an invisible need in
the city.
" The problem in Columbia, is that people think
HUNGER:
Close to Home
there s no problem in Columbia."
Everyday People is funded by a block grant
from the city. It takes in people who are looking
for work, waiting on a first paycheck or traveling
through Columbia without adequate funds peo-ple
who have nowhere else to go
The agency provides the food for two meals
each day, but residents prepare those meals for
themselves.
" These people would rather be able to buy and
cook their own food than get it here," says Ms.
Cooke.
Food for breakfast is set out at about 8 a in dai- l.- v-
On a recent weekday morning, the breakfast
fare being cooked by a female resident is fried
eggs and toast.
Other diners zander into the kitchen and seat
themselves at the kitchen table or in the sofa and
chairs in the room. They eat quicklv. then wash
and stack their dishes individually.
Conversation centers around local job prospects
and tips on potential emplojment, along with oth-er
plans for the day.
" I'm going down to give blood todav," savs one
man. " I bear you get $ 5 dollars for it."
Even this early, residents are on the phone trac-ing
employment leads and scheduling interviews.
The Everyday People kitchen is stocked with
peanut butter, bread and fruit to be used for sack
lunches. Residents are referred to the Loaves and
Fishes soup kitchen for dinner.
" Most people here need to be out looking for a
job or housing during the day and can't make it
back for lunch " savs Ms Cooke.
Sundaj : one family who made it
Sour mote tarnishes Mliii- Mlzzoi- i's brass
By Denise- Mari- e Santiago
Missourian staff writer
Like a twirling baton, the status of
the University's Mini- Mizzo- u pep
band is up in the air.
Band Director Dale Kennedy of
the University music department is
considering silencing the 35- mem- ber
band that for 10 years has played at
Tiger basketball games, high
schools and civic organizations.
Kennedy, who declined to discuss
the matter, says he'll make his deci-sion
Aug. 1 on Mini- Mizzo- u's fate.
Student members of Mini- Mizz- ou
say Kennedy is considering the ac-tion
because he believes the pep
band should be an incentive for
Marching Mizzou, the University's
190- memb- er school band that plays
at Tiger home football games.
Under the auspices of the music
department, Mini- Mizz- ou members
do considerable traveling, including
an annual statewide high school
tour, play at road games for the Ti-ger
football and basketball teams,
and conduct concerts outside of Co-lumbia.
In addition to being a school band,
Mini- Mizz- ou also is a student club. It
has been reported that there is con-tention
over ownership of the band's
sound system whether it belongs
to the music department or the pep
band club. The club owns the uni-forms,
and most student members
own their instruments.
Thursday, students in the band
met to discuss the rumors and prob-lems
that the band has encountered
since March, when Kennedy met
with band members for the first
time since assuming the directorship
last August.
In the March meeting, Kennedy
announced to students that each
member of the pep band wouid be re-quired
to play in the Marching Miz-zou
band.
" That limited our personnel pool
because of the time requirements in-volved,"
said Cindy Pflieger, Mini- Mizz- ou
vice president and a member
of both bands.
" Marching requires 17 hours a
. week." added Neal Paton, a mem-ber
of both bands " To make it a pre-requisite
to Mini is unfair because
students get no credit for the time
spent in Mini- Mizz- ou first semester
Second semester, we receive one
hour credit."
Students enrolled in Marching
Mizzou receive two hours credit per
semester.
Since then, students have been
concerned that the Mini- Mizz- ou band
would be dropped by the music de-partment
When thev questioned
Kennedy about the band's future, the
students said they didn't get a clear
answer.
That's when the rumors began
" We've heard that Mini won't be
playing at the basketball games, but
that the Marching band will be split
up into four pep bands and rotate
playing at the games under the Mini- Mizz- ou
name," Paton said
" The problem with that is that it
will be disorganized," said Andrea
Moore, a seven- j- ea- r member of
Mim- Mizzo- u. " Sometimes we're
called at the last minute to do a gig."
Regardless of what happens to the
pep band, members said that the
group will continue as a student
club.
A A.
Adds sixth suspect
By Julie Blomquist
and David Corder
Missourian stall writers
The Boone Countv Prosecutor', of-fice
obtained a warrant Thursdav
for the arrest of a man the arson
task force believes is responsible for
one of the suspected arsons in the
Columbia area
It was the task force's last official
action as the group announced it dis-solution
Fndav The task force was
formed Mav 3l"
Robert Kintner. 2. J. of Route 10. is
sought in connection with second- degre- e
arson for a Feb 27 fire at the
Brown Derbv Ijquor Store. 120 S
Ninth St . according to court re-cords
Bond will be set at $ 75,000
As of Fndav night, the Sheriff
Department had not located Kintner
Bob Muse, head of the task force,
said the suspect was last seen in Co-lumbia
Wednesdav afternoon but
that authorities have no idea of his
whereabouts
Kintner is one of six pnmarv sus-pects
the task fore e has been investi-gating,
said Muse
Muse said new evidence on Kintn-er
was uncovered last week, which
enabled the prosecutor's office to ob-tain
a warrant
" We are also verv close to a war-rant
for another suspect who mav be
responsible for two fires." said
Muse.
Kintner would be the seconn sus-pected
arsonist arrested this sum-mer
. John H Kodgers. 5.? of KouU 10
was arrested in . June and barged
with arson m connei lion with a
March Jl Kivheport fire The task
force members have not ruled out
the possibihu that Kodgers also
mav be involved in the Columbia
fires
Don ChnsUan. fire marshal ami
task force member, said the task
force break- u- p is not because of a di
nunished c one em for the arson prob-lem
in Columbia
" I he leads are lewer now. so we
can go back to our regulat jobs and
still investigate new leads which
c ome m. " said Christian
Tlie Columbia Fire Department
will handle the arson investigations,
said ChnsUan, but the task force
members will help if needed
If. God forbid, another major fire
happens we will start the task lorce
agam within eight hours." said
Muse
Muse and ChnsUan said thev will
be meeting with the citv administra-tors
soon, at the cilv's lequest. to
discuss the possibility of terming a
permanent arson scuuid
Main fires of suspicious origin
have occurred hero since late Feb- ruar- v
The estimated cost of damage
is more than Sa million
Reagan may create
panel on C. America
WASHINGTON 1UPI1 - Presi-dent
Reagan, having spent the week
trying to shore up his domestic sup-port,
turned to foreign affairs Fri-day.
He workpd on a speech on Cen-tral
America and considered the
prospects of a U S -- Sov let sumnut in
light of the new security agreement
with the Sov let Union
Reagan fled the sweltering heat of
Washington to his Camp Dv id. Md .
mouniamtop retreat Fndav af-ternoon,
and planned to give another
in his series of weekly radio address-es
today, possiblv on foreign affairs.
Reagan also is working on a
speech on hii Latin American policv
to the International longshoremen's
Association convention in Hollv- woo- d,
Fla., Mondav
Reagan's spokesman. Larrv
Speakes, told reporters Fiidav the
president mav announce the cre-ation
of a bipartisan studv commis-sion
to make wide- rangin- g recom-mendations
on U S policv in Central
America.
The Washington Post reported to-day
that Reagan definitely plans to
announce such a commission some-time
next week.
The newspaper quoted administra-tion
and congressional sources as
saving the commission could devel-op"
a possible Marshall P'an" for
the region.
Reagan said in a statement late
Fndav that the 35- nati- on Madrid
pact on European security and hu-man
rights was the best agreement
the United States could have ob-tained
from the Soviet Union and
that he hopes it w ould lead to a more
constructive relationship with Mos-cow
Although VS. negotiator Ma
Kampelman said the agreement
could lead to a summit between Rea-gan
and Sov let leader Yuri ndro- p- o,
presidenUal spokesman I- a-rrv
Speakes was less enthusiastic
" I don t think we're prepared to go
that far." Speakes said
Negotiators reached the new
accord after haggbng over the issue
of familv reunification between Kat
and West, part of the human rights
section in the f'nal portion of the 1175
Helsinki agreement
We have agreed to this conclud-ing
document, as we did in l't75 to
' he Helsinki Final Act itself, with no
illusions about the nature of the Sov i-- et
Union or about the svslem which
it seeks to impose over much of Eu- rope- ."
Reagan said
We will sign it with the hope that
it will serv e as a step toward achiev-ing
our objecUve of a more stable
and constructive relationship with
the Sov let Lnion." Reagan said
Kampelman said the agreement
increased the chances of a summit.
tte feel in the United States that
such a summit would be highlv de-sirable,
and I hope that we can soon
begin the preparations for it," he
said
For most of the past week, the ad-ministration
has concerned itself
with increasing contacts with mi- non- tv
groups Reagan proposed leg-islation
to expand the federal role in
enforcing child support collecUons
WASHINGTON ( UPI) - Reps.
Gerry Studds, D- Mas- s., and Darnel
Crane, R- Il- l., who admitted sexual
trysts with teenage pages and face
House reprimands, went into seclu-sion
Friday to try to ride out the
scandal.
Spokesmen for both men said they
would not resign their posts.
But the chief House ethics commit-tee
investigator said Studds, who ac-knowledged
sexual relations with a
male page, and Crane, who acknowl-edged
relations with a female page,
broke a " special trust" between
Congress and its young pages.
A Massachusetts newspaper
called for Studds' resignation.
Studds and Crane admitted Thurs-day
to having sex with teenage
pages. The admissions came as a
House ethics committee uivesuga-- .
tion cited them with sexual miscon-duct
and recommended they be rep-rimanded
bythe full House.
Crane, 47, who admitted having
sex four or five times with a 17- year-- old
female page in 1980, spent Fri-day
at his father's farm near Hill- sbcr- o,
Ind., mowing the lawn anc
swimming with his children, aides
said.
Crane was not available for com-ment
but scheduled a news confer-ence
in Danville, 111., Saturday to
discuss the controversy. His press
secretary said the congressman
would not resign and would seek re-election.
Studds, 46, acknowledged being a
homosexual in a dramatic speech
Thursday on the House floor and
said he had sex with a 17- year-- old
male page in 1973.
He was checking in with his office
periodically from an undisclosed lo-cation
Fnday, aides said, and
wanted a few days to himself.
Studds office received more than
500 unsolicited telephone calls and
telegrams since the disclosure with
470 supportive and 57 critical of his
actions, aides said.
House leaders were uncertain
when the House would vote to repri-mand
Studds and Crane, although
Crane's attorney said he expected
the action to come next week. A rep-rimand
results in no loss of a mem-ber's
rights.
The Quincy, Mass., Patriot Ledger
one of the largest daily newspa-pers
serving Studds' congressional
district called for the resignation
of Studds, saying his effectiveness as
a congressman is " irreparably shat-tered."
" It is much more than ... the fact
that Studds says he is homosexual,
something that many of his constitu-ents
suspected, but properly consid-ered
the congressman's pnvate life
was his own business," the newspa-per
said m an editorial.
" The most serious part of the mat-ter
... is that the congressman took
advantage of his office to seduce a
teenage page.
" Whether the acts were consen-sual
or not, it is plain misconduct for
a member of Congress to take ad-vantage
of impressionable young
people whom congressmen are sup-posed
to protect and educate, not se-duce,"
the newspaper said.
Joseph Califano, the committee's
special counsel who led the investi-gation
into the sex page scandal,
was critical of Studds and Crane.
" There is a special trust" between
Congress and the pages, Califano
said on ABC's " Good Morning Amer-ica"
program.
" The pages, when they come to
Washington, hold the Congress in the
highest esteem," added Rep. Nick
Rahall, D- W. V- a., a member of the
ethics committee.
" They are children, essentially,"
Califano said of the high school jun-iors
and seniors who act as runners
for members of Congress, carrying
messages and documents between
the House floor and their offices.
In a related incident, Crane's
press secretary, William Mencarow,
apologized to Congress for trying to
defend Crane bv suggesting sexual
misconduct among House members
was common
" If they required the resignation
of all congressmen who have slept
with young ladies, vou wouldn't have
a Congress," he told reporters
Thursday.
" That v. as a verv intemperate re-mark,"
Mencarow said on ABC's
" Good Morning Amenca." " I'm
very sorry for it and I apologize to
Congress font."
Mencarow said he believes
Crane's constituents would forgive
him.
" We feel our constituents will look
at Mr. Crane's total record, not what
he once did privately." he said.
The chief investigator for the
House ethics committee estimated
$ 1 million nad been spent on the
probe that uncovered the affairs.
Committee investigators con-ducted
some 700 interviews, took
more than 125 formal statements
covering more than 6,000 pages, and
traveled almost 100,000 miles to
more than 50 cities.
Air Force
jet crashes
off Virginia
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE
BASE. NJ. ( UPI) - An Air
National Guard F- 1- D fighter
bomber that left McGuire Air
Force Base Fndav on a train-ing
mission crashed and ex-ploded
in flames off the Vir-ginia
coast, military officials
said
The conditions of the two
crew members aboard the
twin- engin- e jet were not im-mediately
known, said offi-cials
of McGuire Air Force
Base. Their names were with- el- d
pending notification of
their families.
The jet crashed shortly be-fore
noon in Chesapeake Bay
off Tangier Island, Va , ap-proximately
20 miles south-east
ot Point lookout State
Park, officials said.
A helicopter search was
launched within five minutes
of the crash and nearby civil-ian
boats joined the search.