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76th Year No. 31 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, October 19, 1983 8 Sections 56 Pages 25 Cents
Judge opens arson suspects' records
By J. Harry Jonas
Mlssourtan sUH writer
MEXICO, Mo The confessions
of two Audrain County arson sus-pects
were released Tuesday, and
both documents reflect that the sus-pects
knew what they we're signing.
Associate Circuit Judge James E
Heim released the confessions short-ly
before Columbia residents Hazel
Musgrove, 50, and her son Robert
Dole, 22, were arraigned on second- degr- ee
arson charges stemming
from an Audrain County fire that de-stroyed
a mobile home on Aug. 24
Mrs. Musgrove owned the trailer,
which had been vacant for about a
month.
Both suspects have contended they
did not know the content of their con-fessions,
neither of which contains
any mention of arson in Columbia.
Aadrain County Sheriff James
Barber has said the two also are un-der
investigation in connection with
an October 1982 fire that damaged
one wing of the Hobday House apart- -
Mother, son implicated in Audrain blaze
ments in Columbia Three people
were injured in the blaze, which did
$ 1 million m damage
Mrs Musgrove and Dole said man
Oct 5 interview with the Columbia
Missounan that they cannot read
and signed the confessions without
knowing their content The confes-sions
indicate, however, that the two
agreed the written statements had
been read and were accurate. Their
signatures are scrawled at the bot-tom
of the statements
Though the confessions differ on
the way the fare was started, they
agree that bom participated uj start-ing
the blaze.
Mrs Musgrove said earlier that
she owed $ 8,000 on the trailer and
that it would make no sense to burn
the home smce itwat insured.
" I set the trailerpn fire because
my husband was mad at me for hav-ing
to make the payments when it
was not rented out," Mrs Mus- grov- e's
statement said
Dole, in his statement said," Some- bm- e
about two or three months ago
my mother, Hazel Musgrove, started
talking about burning our trader in
Mexico, Mo My step- fathe- r, James
Musgrove, bad been cussing about
having to make the payments on the
trailer"
Later in his statement Dole de-scribed
the incident " My mom and I
went into the trader and looked
around We took some items out of
the trailer and put them in my car.
My mom told me to bring a gasoline
can that I had in the car into the
trailer.
" I took the gasoline can into the
trailer and gave it to my mom. My
mom pour ( sic) the gasoline on the
floor of the kitchen and the living
room. My mom then lit the gasoline
with a match and we left "
Mrs Musgrove's statement gener-ally
agreed with her son's though it
indicated the fire was started from
trash in the room Her statement im-plicates
only herself
" I went inside ( the trailer) and I
could smell a funny odor The trailer
was a mess and I was worry ( sic) I
could not rent it," according to her
statement " There was a sack of
trash sitting by the kitchen cabinet
The trash had matches laying
arouna it I took one of the matches
and lit the trash and walked out of
the trailer"
Dole's statement was taken Sept
20 at the Columbia Police Depart-ment
and was witnessed by two peo-ple
Bob Muse, an investigator for
the Boone County prosecutor's office
and Jim Arnold, a Columbia police
detective.
The Columbia investigators were
called into the case at the request of
Audram County officials and at the
request of Don Richey, an officer of
the state fire marshal's office
Ken Hoover, Fire Chief of the
Little Dine Fire Protection District
and who investigated the blaze, said
in an interview that an " accelerant"
had been used in starting the trailer
fire
Mrs Musgrove's statement was
taken the next day at the Boone
County prosecutor's office and was
witnessed by Arnold Both
statements were handwritten by
Muse and signed by Dole and Mrs
Musgrove
Muse Tuesday declined comment
on the confessions tut said that,
whenever more than dne person are
involved in a crime, confessions will
vary.
" I've never found two people in--
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volved in a crime that described it in
the same way," Muse said
He added that he does not have the
" luxury of trying my case in the
newspaper like they have I have to
do it in court "
Though Mrs Musgrove and Dole
have said they cannot read or write,
the confessions indicate otherwise
" I have a tenth grade education,"
Dole said in his statement
Mrs Musgrove's statement reads
" I only went to the fourth grade but I
have taught myself to read newspa-pers
and a few other things "
At the end of Dole's confession, he
printed m large, irregular charac-ters,
" I have read is statement is
true No threats or promises made to
me"
The ext court date for Mrs Mus-grove
and Dole has been set for Oct
28 in Audram County A public de-fender
to be appointed to the case
could enter a plea at that time As
for the Hobday House fire connec-tion,
Muse said the investigation is
continuing
Truth can be hard to find
but for some all they
have to do is look for
By Carolyn Hudson
Mlssourtan staff writer
The script calls for a weary voyag-er
to end his quest for truth in a rock
quarry. True, this is an unusual
, place to find truth, but it is here that
the traveler finds " The Great Talk- -
ing Rock," the ageless rock of wis-dom.
' So begins a regular feature of
" Quarry," a new locally produced
new comedy show.
The half- ho- ur show is scheduled to
air Fridays at 9 pjn. beginning Oct.
28 on cable television channel 15
The Rock, an imaginary character
said to be a cross between a New
York cab driver and a Boston law-yer,
will explore such timely topics
as " the meaning of life."
Philip Keekr Haglin, 1512 Sylvan
Lane, is the show's executive pro-ducer.
He says people should think
of " Quarry" not as a hole in the
ground but as " precious, uncut
material that people can polish with
their own sense of humor."
The format of the show will loosely
resemble " Saturday Night Live"
and the British show " Benny Hill,"
Haglin says. Sketches from one to 10
minutes long will be typical. " The
National Enquarrier," a spoof on
gossip magazines will be a regular
feature. Interspersed between
sketches will be satirical commer-cials
such as " Quarry Ox," the de-tergent
that cleans the shroud of Tu-rin.
" Vikki Morgan, owner of You Gotta
Be Kidding, 1025 E. Walnut St , has
been involved since the show was
Just an idea.
Group W Cable Co , 25 S Fourth
St, is providing an-- tune on the pub-lic
access channel Group W has pro-vided
cameras, tape, studio tune,
technical assistance and air tune
free of charge, Haglin says
" Quarry" members work with
Sheila Jaskot, local origination di-rector
for Group W. She is im-pressed
with the people involved be-cause,
she" says, they have the
commitment it takes to make a show
work. And she added, " Quarry is
one of the funniest groups I've seen
here."
Some sketches will be taped in the
studio, but for variety, many will be
shot on location around Columbia,
Haghn says. He says the writers
want the show to appeal to the col-lective
pride of Columbians. Haglin
and Crosby say they dont want to of-fend
anyone with their humor, but
" Quarry" will try to poke a little fun
at Columbia.
" Everything we do has to have a
point to it, whether it's funny or in-teresting
or offers something to
think about," Haghn says
Hi
Thoma E. McCarvtr
" The Great Talking Rock" will air October 28.
Sen. Mathewson seeking
flat- rat- e tax on income;
Bond opposes proposal
Governor sticking with his own tax plan
By Mary Kaull
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Despite a
rebuff from Gov. Christopher S
Bond, a special Senate taxation com-mittee
will continue to draft its own
tax increase package at a meeting
tins morning
Bond has indicated he would not
support a flat- rat- e income tax pro-posal
presented to him Monday by
Sen James Mathewson, D- Seda- lia,
chairman of the Senate Select Com-mittee
on Taxation and Revenue.
The plan, which would be subject
to voter approval and is designed to
generate $ 200 million in new state
revenue, would set the same tax rate
for all income levels, Mathewson
said The proposal is a substantial
change from Missouri's current
graduated tax system, in which tax
rates increase as individual income
increases
Mathewson said he met with Bond
for two hours Monday to discuss sev-eral
committee proposals and to
" overview the entire fiscal situa-tion
"
But what surfaced during a post- meeti- ng
interview of Bond by an As-sociated
Press reporter was the gov-ernor's
opposition to the flat- ra- te
tax. Bond said he will not include the
measure as part of his tax package,
scheduled for presentation to the
General Assembly's opening session
today.
Although Bond ran for governor on
a no- ta- x increase platform, last
month he announced his support for
a tax increase to pay for the cost of
St Louis school desegregation and to
maintain state services
Bond said last week he is leaning
toward a combination of business
tax increases raising the cor-porate
tax from 5 percent to 7 per-cent
and doubling the franchise tax,
which since 1929 has remained at
012 percent of total assets The Bond
administration estimates that, to-gether,
these measures would gener-ate
about $ 71 million, well below the
estimated $ 150 million in new taxes
that could be imposed under the
Hancock amendment revenue lid
Bond said Monday he would need
to examine a detailed proposal of the
Senate committee's tax plan before
he could consider it Nancy Vessel, a
spokeswoman for the governor, said
Tuesday that Bond has not shifted in
his opposition to the plan " The Gov-ernor
feels as he always did he
does not favor an increase m individ-ual
income taxes "
Mathewson said he's disappointed
that Bond has " closed the door" to
the plan before the special session
begins
" The way we left it ( after the
meeting) was that his mind was still
open about everything," Mathewson
said " Now I'm a little confused
about what he wants "
Mathewson's tax committee, cre-ated
m May after the close of the
Legislature's regular session, is
charged with examining Missouri's
revenue needs.
Water, light officials enlighten public about vote
ByToddCopUevtte
Wlttourtin staff writer
Bond issue elections tend to be
boring next to a heated race among
candidates. So Columbia Water and
Light Department officials are try-ing
a little show biz to interest voters
in their upcoming revenue bond
vote.
On Nov. 8 Columbians will be
asked to approve the sale of $ 15.5
million in revenue bonds to helpren- ovat- e
the city's power plant While
there is no tax increase attached to
the wte, department officals are
maMng sire voters understand that
rates will increase 3 percent to 5 per-cent
as me bonds are sold.
" We feel like It is not at controver-sial
Issue," Water and Light Depart-ment
Director Dick Melon said.
" We're more worried than anything
that people don't know what it is and
DGaaymu
without some background may be
hesitant to vote onit"
The department, with the help of a
citizen's committee appointed by the
Qry Council, is making sure the vot-ers
know about it through pamph-lets,
slide shows and videotaped pre-sentations.
Before the ballots are cast water'
and light officials, along with mem-bers
of the citizens committee, will
have made at least 16 presentations
of their qcestioxNuid- arurwe- r slide
show or a videotape showing renova-tions
needed atmedty power plant
Columbians also will receive an in-formational
brochure wife their- elect-ric
bOL Department officials
are also fieWtog questions not only
on the bond issue but the utility's op
erations in general.
" I feel we have the important task
and responsibility of telling people
what it is we're doing with their
money," said Dave " Wollersheun,
chairman of the Water and Light Ad-visory
Board. Advisory Board mem-bers,
along with other kej personnel
from the electric litiKtyr have been
pressed into service to make the pre-sentations.
'
The awareness campaign is under
the control of ' the citizens commit-tee,
which is responsible for assem-bling
the materials and finding fund-ing
for the projects The committee
is expected raise and spend $ 1,500 on
the campaign.
The vote actually is the last step
down a long road the utility has tak--
en- ta, prepa- re Itself to meet for the
city's energy needs for the next 25
years. '
In May. e city received a $ 120,- -
;
000 report outlining whether it would
be more efficient to rebuild the exist-ing
power plant or build a new one
It suggested the former
The bond money will be used to
implement the suggestions the study
made, namely:
- Rebuilding two coal fired boil-, ei- s.
Rebuilding two generators
v Rebuilding, and in the process
upgrading, two steam turbines.
Replacing one cooling tower.
Inspecting and improving the
plant's gasou- fire- d steam turbine
and generator unit
v Overhauling the combustion
gas turbine.
Expanding the power plant sub-station
y Rehabilitating the plant's water
well and modifying the piping used
to cool the towers with the well wa-ter,
reducing the plant's dependence
ence on the city's water supply
If everything stays on schedule,
the improvements would be com-pleted
by March 1987, Wollersheun
said
Although approval of the bonds
will result in a one- sh- ot rate in-crease,
Wollersheim said the bonds
actually will protect consumers
from future rate increases if the city
were forced to buy power from other
utilities at open market prices.
" The lights arent going to go out if
this doesn't pass," he said " But the
power will have to be paid for some-how."
As part of its long- ter- m power sup-ply
plan, the city has arranged to be
able to purchase power from plants
in Sikeston, Mo , and Nearman, Kan
A renovated local power plant will
supply 86 megawatts.
Witt power from the two other
plants and from a hydroelectric pro-- i
ject on the Mississippi planned for
the 1990s, the city should be able to
meet its energy commitment into
the 21st century with a total capacity
of more than 171 megawatts, Malon
said
" We've spent a lot of tune devel-oping
this plan," Wollersheim said
" It's not a seat- of- th- e pants type
thing."
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