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.-- ' VS.- -- '" r? 72nd Year No. 281 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, August 13. 1980 7 Sections 62 Pages - 15 Cents Missonrians I fight hard for planks By J. Russell King and Jennifer Hun Missoorian staff writers NEW YORK Missouri " pro- life-" delegates to the Democratic National Convention were expecting a floor fight on the platform's abortion plank Tuesday night, and they very nearly got the real thing. Congressman Harold Volkmer of Hannibal was involved in a scrape on the floor with unidentified persons who supported a minority report that, in eu- phemi- stic language, called for federal funding of abortions for needy women. Volkmer and others in the Missouri delegation were attempting to display a sign representing their anti- abortio- n position, only to have their efforts th-warted by the " pro- choic- e" forces who stood in front with their own sign, de-liberately blocking Volkmer's mes-sage. A momuntary scuffle ensued, with a few demonstrators ending up on the floor. No one was hurt, and Volkmer left the floor shortly after the incident. Emotions had run at a high pitch throughout the day, however, as the delegates debated and voted on several minority reports supported by Sen. Ed-ward Kennedy and opposed by Presi-dent Carter. The abortion issue was one where the Missouri delegation was out of step with the convention as a whole; while the federal funding plank got only a very few of Missouri's 77 votes, the rest of the convention passed it by a surprisingly large margm. That vote had a particular impact in the Missouri delegation; Frances Noo- na- n of Des Peres was the national con-vention leader of Democrats for life. A candidate for state representative, she had said earlier that it was difficult for her to run when her party's platform ( See DELEGATES, Page 12A) Colombian Linda Locke urges Democratic support for the ERA plank "" mmmmurnBM"" MMMi f TO Til Bolivian government releases Missonrian By LemMan- k- it Missoorian staff writer " Hallelujah!" was James Spool-er's reaction to the news about his daughter's release by the Bolivian government Tuesday night Mary Helen Spocner, a 28- year- o- ld, free- lan- ce writer from St. Louis, had been detained without being charged for a week by the military regime in Bolivia for send-ing to London over the Laun- Reut- er News Agency wires an article im-plicating Bolivia's leaders in co-caine trafficking. Her release came after the Boliv-ian authorities accepted " express-ions of regret" from two British publications, the Financial Times and the Economist, for which she works, United Press International reported. Representatives of both publica-tions arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, earlier this week to negotiate for the freedom of Miss Spooner, a 1976 graduate of the University School of Journalism. Miss Spooner left Bolivia Tuesday night. She is scheduled to arrive in Luna, Peru, this morning. The Bolivian military regime ear-lier indicated it would prosecute Miss Spooner with " defamatory li-bel," which could carry a sentence of three to 15 years m jail. A Tunes spokesman said her material was not published. Miss Spooner left Bolivia Tuesday night. She is scheduled to arrive in Lima, Peru, this morning. The Bolivian regime earlier indi-cated it would prosecute Miss Spooner for " defamatory libel," which carries a jail term of three to 15 years injaiL Spooner said he and his wife will talk to their daughter by phone to-day when she arrives in lima. But Spooner expects more phone conversations than that today. " I got a lot of people to call," be said. " I didn't know I had so many friends until this thing happened." Researcher uses psychology to humanize technology ByReginaVieira Missoorian staff writer Anyone who's been burned reaching over a hot stove to turn a control knob knows some machines aren't designed with people in mind. That's a problem people like Benjamin Somberg are working on. A University doctoral candidate in experimental psychology, Somberg is one of three candidates nationwide to receive a $ 20,000 grant from Honeywell Corp. He and his colleagues will study how machines can be designed for their most efficient use. Somberg is one of many researchers in the fast- growin- g field cf " human factor psychology," the study of man's relationships with the machines he cre-ates. There are two major aspects to the field, as he describes it First, human responses to different stimuli are ex-plored in the laboratory. Information obtained in experiments is then used to design such diverse items as lounge chairs, stoves and computers. In fact, nothing man creates to make his life easier is beyond the realm of human factor psychology. And Som-berg says the field will grow even more as man surrounds himself with bigger, better and more complex machines " One of the reasons people hate ma-chines is that they can be so frustrat-ing to use," he said, using the typical household stove as illustration. The average electric range has four burners " and there are any number of ways to arrange the controls," he said. If they are placed poorly, a person is forced to check the burners to make sure they used the right controls. A more serious application of human factor psychology is in aircraft design. " You don't want to put two controls with opposite effects next to one anoth-er," Somberg said, noting that confu-sion between nearly identical instru-ments has led to some plane disasters. At Honeywell's Minneapolis office, Somberg will use psychological experi-mentation to design more efficient ma-chinery and work environments. " When you know the way a human op-erates, you can design a machine that he can use efficiently for instance, placing the controls where an operator can use the machine most easily," he said. An application of such knowledge is in the booming small- comput- er mar-ket. Such advances as the integrated circuit make it possible for small busi-nesses and even individuals to afford computers. These computers have to be easy to operate by a wide range of people, Somberg said. " Certainly in our society, everyone has oeen touched by the computer," he said, even if one never sees a silicon chip in his lifetime. Still, there is a lot of uneasiness and downright fear of modern technology. Somberg is sym-pathetic. Often the only contact someone has with a computer is when he receives a Kennedy rouses delegates in call for party unity NEW YORK ( UPI) Sen. Edward Kennedy, in an emotional and rousing appearance before the Democratic Na-tional Convention Tuesday, blasted Ronald Reagan and pleaded for party unity, but stopped short of endorsing President Carter. Kennedy's appearance in behalf of four economic planks that were the heart of his campaign so roused the delegates that the Carter forces gave in and let the delegates shout their ap-proval without the formality of a roll call On the eve of Carter's renommation, Kennedy won the applause of even the Georgia delegation and left many of his own delegates with tears streaming down their faces as he called on them to " march toward a Democratic victo-ry in 1980." Kennedy came to the convention to argue in behalf of a platform plank supporting his $ 12 billion jobs program a proposal Carter has rejected as too costly. Kennedy's speech so fired up the del-egates that the Carter forces withdrew their request for a state by state roil call and the convention passed the pro-posal by voice vote giving the sen-ator a philosophical victory over the president he could not defeat for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy won approval of all his eco-nomic program except the plank for mandatory wage and price controls, which was shouted down by the dele gates. Kennedy stirred up the delegates first with a plea for the liDeral prin-ciples he called " the soul of our party" and then with a stinging denunciation of Reagan, a conservative who he said wants to lead the nation on " a voyage into the past." " It was a barn burner,' said Car-ter's press secretary Jody Powell of Kennedy's speech. " If he goes around making fine speeches like that, he could be a considerable amount of help " Although he didn't endorse Carter, Kennedy gave indications he was rea-dy to end his long feud with the presi-dent saying he was confident " that the Democratic Party will reunite on the basis of Democratic principles and that together we will march toward a Democratic victory in 1980." The Carter camp, badl.-- in need of the support of Kenned and liberal Democrats in the war against Reagan and independent John Anderson, hoped the Massachusetts Democrat would unite behind the president once the platform battle was over. " I hope 111 have his support, but that's a decision for him to make," Carter told reporters after he returned to the White House from Camp David. Asked whetner he could win without Kennedy, Carter said ' I could win much better with him " Anderson's office in Washington an-nounced Tuesday night the indepen-dent candidate would travel to New York Wednesday to woo disenchanted Democrats Carter campaign manager Robert Strauss seemed confident Kennedy and his troops would join the president's campaign. " A couple of good nights' sleep and the will be back helping us," Strauss said Earlier the convention passed one ( See KENNEDY, Page 12A) sexual assault unit at crossroads By Walt Potter Missoorian staff writer Three rapes in a six- da- y period. Nine sexual assaults in tv o months. Yet, when that rash of crimes against women fi-nally subsided, the city's police department found its proposal for a beefed- u- p sexual assault unit in jeopar-dy because of budgetary restraint. Chief Dave Walsh told the City Council Monday night his department had no choice but to collaborate as well in the proposed elimination of a unit designed to prevent crimes, including sexual assault. When these proposed cuts became public Aug 2, public reaction, especially among citizens groups dealing with rape, was negative and vocaL Four such groups the Abuse, Assault and Rape Crisis Center ( AARC), the Boone County Task Force Against Sexual Assault, the Citizens- Labo- r Coalition Against Rape and Violence, and the Columbia Chap-ter, National Organization for Women gathered Saturday in front of the police station at Sixth and Walnut streets to protest what they called City Coun-cil's unresponsiveness. The groups also appeared Monday night at the polic-e- council budget work session, hoping to speak di-rectly to council, but work session rules forbid public comment. The groups, while praising the work of rape investi-gator Carroll Highbarger, insist Columbia needs both a sexual assault investigator and the crime preven-tion unit to effectively combat sexual assault. k iii MM Jjttfcai' mil iif I il ' - - . " i- B- - i- ill i ? iiw i i n 11.1 iwmiimmj MM. Ifci i ii ! gli , JnTforlnhilgt With a $ 20,000 Honeywell grant, University doc-- how humans relate to today's complex technolo- tor- al candidate Benjamin Somberg will study gy and how to make machines more efficient. bogus utility bill, and Somberg says " once you have a problem with one, . tt's awful hard to forget " People also fear that modem tech-nology means depersonalization, the reduction of human beings to faceless Iraslgfei " I know that if there were 13 murders in the citv, there're be more than one homicide) investigator," said Kathryn Lowe of AARC. ( Thirteen rapes hav been reported to Columbia police so far this year. ) The budget proposal marks as a lower priority a po-lice department suggestion to create a sexual assault investigator position. The budget also rW for elimi-nating the community relationscrime prevention unit, which has rape prevention education as one of its responsibilities A sexual assault investigater would give police the personnel to expand beyond the most serious sexual assault, rape, investigative division head Maj. Wil-liam Morgan said. Sexual assauit also includes voy-eurism, exposure, fondling, sexual harassment and obscene phone calls and other abuses. Two Columbia policewomen have had training in sexual assault investigation and it's anticipated a woman would hold the position if it's funded. " I think the local women's groups would prefer it," Morgan said, " and it might provide additional sensi-tivity to rape victims " Sensitivity is important here, Morgan said, because rape is the most serious crime in which the viatim lives. Police deal with victims suffering severe emo-tional damage. Police have been making efforts to become more digits. He explains that in the language of a computer, a number is easier to understand than a name. So a major function of human factor psychology is making machines under- - empathetic and accessible to the public, Morgan says, and the cnme prevention unit is one way " It's important to have a policeman up there ( for women who may have to report a rape to a po-licemen) and see he's against it," said Mitchell The seminars discuss the nature of rape, defense procedures and how police and prosecutors investi-gate a rape Police, however, can offer no proof of the cnme prevention unit's effectiveness, saying there's no way to prove that a cnme that didn't happen, would have happened. Morgan, however, feels that the crime prevention effort is necessary, because the onlj wav to decrease cnme is to educate the public about how to protect it-self better. Enforcement and investigation can keep a lid on cnme, he said but they're the last line of de-fense. Yet, because they're the last line of defense, patrol and investigation must be retained ahead of preven-tion units, Morgan said If police get to keep their prevention units and ac-quire a sexual assault investigator, Morgan sees quicker clearance of sexual assault cases, earlier identification of sexual offenders and a broadening of the effort against all sexual assaults If these positions are not in the police budget, Ms. Lowe said it would indicate to a large number of peo-ple in Columbia who are concerned about rape that the City Council doesn't have rape prevention and in-vestigation as a high enough pnont . " A lot of people will be very angry.' ' she said. standable and useful to the average person, Somberg said They are going to be around, so we might as well learn to use them," he said. " Machines can serve us rather than us serving them " schools hike cost of lunch bv 10 cents By Barb A. DuNard Missoorian staff writer Elementary, junior and senior high students will pay 10 cents more for each lunch served by the Columbia public schools beginning Aug. 25 Last year the Columbia schools' lunch program operated at a deficit. With the dune increase, the district hopes to break even this year, said Sharon Gibson, school food service coordinator. Elementary students will pay 60 cents for lunch, and junior and senior high students will pay 65 cents. Also, in order for the school milk pro-gram to break even, students will have to make up a loss in federal funds and pay an additional 3 cents for each half- pi- nt carton of milk, Gibson said. The new price will be 8 cents. Hm town 6: SO pjn. Work session on possible annexation of Perry Philips ate for proposed May. Co. shopping mall, city planning and legal staffs. Public in-vited. Council chamber, County- CS- t' Building, Seventh Street and Btoax way. Movie listiags, Psge li
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Item.Transcript | .-- ' VS.- -- '" r? 72nd Year No. 281 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, August 13. 1980 7 Sections 62 Pages - 15 Cents Missonrians I fight hard for planks By J. Russell King and Jennifer Hun Missoorian staff writers NEW YORK Missouri " pro- life-" delegates to the Democratic National Convention were expecting a floor fight on the platform's abortion plank Tuesday night, and they very nearly got the real thing. Congressman Harold Volkmer of Hannibal was involved in a scrape on the floor with unidentified persons who supported a minority report that, in eu- phemi- stic language, called for federal funding of abortions for needy women. Volkmer and others in the Missouri delegation were attempting to display a sign representing their anti- abortio- n position, only to have their efforts th-warted by the " pro- choic- e" forces who stood in front with their own sign, de-liberately blocking Volkmer's mes-sage. A momuntary scuffle ensued, with a few demonstrators ending up on the floor. No one was hurt, and Volkmer left the floor shortly after the incident. Emotions had run at a high pitch throughout the day, however, as the delegates debated and voted on several minority reports supported by Sen. Ed-ward Kennedy and opposed by Presi-dent Carter. The abortion issue was one where the Missouri delegation was out of step with the convention as a whole; while the federal funding plank got only a very few of Missouri's 77 votes, the rest of the convention passed it by a surprisingly large margm. That vote had a particular impact in the Missouri delegation; Frances Noo- na- n of Des Peres was the national con-vention leader of Democrats for life. A candidate for state representative, she had said earlier that it was difficult for her to run when her party's platform ( See DELEGATES, Page 12A) Colombian Linda Locke urges Democratic support for the ERA plank "" mmmmurnBM"" MMMi f TO Til Bolivian government releases Missonrian By LemMan- k- it Missoorian staff writer " Hallelujah!" was James Spool-er's reaction to the news about his daughter's release by the Bolivian government Tuesday night Mary Helen Spocner, a 28- year- o- ld, free- lan- ce writer from St. Louis, had been detained without being charged for a week by the military regime in Bolivia for send-ing to London over the Laun- Reut- er News Agency wires an article im-plicating Bolivia's leaders in co-caine trafficking. Her release came after the Boliv-ian authorities accepted " express-ions of regret" from two British publications, the Financial Times and the Economist, for which she works, United Press International reported. Representatives of both publica-tions arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, earlier this week to negotiate for the freedom of Miss Spooner, a 1976 graduate of the University School of Journalism. Miss Spooner left Bolivia Tuesday night. She is scheduled to arrive in Luna, Peru, this morning. The Bolivian military regime ear-lier indicated it would prosecute Miss Spooner with " defamatory li-bel," which could carry a sentence of three to 15 years m jail. A Tunes spokesman said her material was not published. Miss Spooner left Bolivia Tuesday night. She is scheduled to arrive in Lima, Peru, this morning. The Bolivian regime earlier indi-cated it would prosecute Miss Spooner for " defamatory libel," which carries a jail term of three to 15 years injaiL Spooner said he and his wife will talk to their daughter by phone to-day when she arrives in lima. But Spooner expects more phone conversations than that today. " I got a lot of people to call," be said. " I didn't know I had so many friends until this thing happened." Researcher uses psychology to humanize technology ByReginaVieira Missoorian staff writer Anyone who's been burned reaching over a hot stove to turn a control knob knows some machines aren't designed with people in mind. That's a problem people like Benjamin Somberg are working on. A University doctoral candidate in experimental psychology, Somberg is one of three candidates nationwide to receive a $ 20,000 grant from Honeywell Corp. He and his colleagues will study how machines can be designed for their most efficient use. Somberg is one of many researchers in the fast- growin- g field cf " human factor psychology," the study of man's relationships with the machines he cre-ates. There are two major aspects to the field, as he describes it First, human responses to different stimuli are ex-plored in the laboratory. Information obtained in experiments is then used to design such diverse items as lounge chairs, stoves and computers. In fact, nothing man creates to make his life easier is beyond the realm of human factor psychology. And Som-berg says the field will grow even more as man surrounds himself with bigger, better and more complex machines " One of the reasons people hate ma-chines is that they can be so frustrat-ing to use," he said, using the typical household stove as illustration. The average electric range has four burners " and there are any number of ways to arrange the controls," he said. If they are placed poorly, a person is forced to check the burners to make sure they used the right controls. A more serious application of human factor psychology is in aircraft design. " You don't want to put two controls with opposite effects next to one anoth-er," Somberg said, noting that confu-sion between nearly identical instru-ments has led to some plane disasters. At Honeywell's Minneapolis office, Somberg will use psychological experi-mentation to design more efficient ma-chinery and work environments. " When you know the way a human op-erates, you can design a machine that he can use efficiently for instance, placing the controls where an operator can use the machine most easily," he said. An application of such knowledge is in the booming small- comput- er mar-ket. Such advances as the integrated circuit make it possible for small busi-nesses and even individuals to afford computers. These computers have to be easy to operate by a wide range of people, Somberg said. " Certainly in our society, everyone has oeen touched by the computer," he said, even if one never sees a silicon chip in his lifetime. Still, there is a lot of uneasiness and downright fear of modern technology. Somberg is sym-pathetic. Often the only contact someone has with a computer is when he receives a Kennedy rouses delegates in call for party unity NEW YORK ( UPI) Sen. Edward Kennedy, in an emotional and rousing appearance before the Democratic Na-tional Convention Tuesday, blasted Ronald Reagan and pleaded for party unity, but stopped short of endorsing President Carter. Kennedy's appearance in behalf of four economic planks that were the heart of his campaign so roused the delegates that the Carter forces gave in and let the delegates shout their ap-proval without the formality of a roll call On the eve of Carter's renommation, Kennedy won the applause of even the Georgia delegation and left many of his own delegates with tears streaming down their faces as he called on them to " march toward a Democratic victo-ry in 1980." Kennedy came to the convention to argue in behalf of a platform plank supporting his $ 12 billion jobs program a proposal Carter has rejected as too costly. Kennedy's speech so fired up the del-egates that the Carter forces withdrew their request for a state by state roil call and the convention passed the pro-posal by voice vote giving the sen-ator a philosophical victory over the president he could not defeat for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy won approval of all his eco-nomic program except the plank for mandatory wage and price controls, which was shouted down by the dele gates. Kennedy stirred up the delegates first with a plea for the liDeral prin-ciples he called " the soul of our party" and then with a stinging denunciation of Reagan, a conservative who he said wants to lead the nation on " a voyage into the past." " It was a barn burner,' said Car-ter's press secretary Jody Powell of Kennedy's speech. " If he goes around making fine speeches like that, he could be a considerable amount of help " Although he didn't endorse Carter, Kennedy gave indications he was rea-dy to end his long feud with the presi-dent saying he was confident " that the Democratic Party will reunite on the basis of Democratic principles and that together we will march toward a Democratic victory in 1980." The Carter camp, badl.-- in need of the support of Kenned and liberal Democrats in the war against Reagan and independent John Anderson, hoped the Massachusetts Democrat would unite behind the president once the platform battle was over. " I hope 111 have his support, but that's a decision for him to make," Carter told reporters after he returned to the White House from Camp David. Asked whetner he could win without Kennedy, Carter said ' I could win much better with him " Anderson's office in Washington an-nounced Tuesday night the indepen-dent candidate would travel to New York Wednesday to woo disenchanted Democrats Carter campaign manager Robert Strauss seemed confident Kennedy and his troops would join the president's campaign. " A couple of good nights' sleep and the will be back helping us," Strauss said Earlier the convention passed one ( See KENNEDY, Page 12A) sexual assault unit at crossroads By Walt Potter Missoorian staff writer Three rapes in a six- da- y period. Nine sexual assaults in tv o months. Yet, when that rash of crimes against women fi-nally subsided, the city's police department found its proposal for a beefed- u- p sexual assault unit in jeopar-dy because of budgetary restraint. Chief Dave Walsh told the City Council Monday night his department had no choice but to collaborate as well in the proposed elimination of a unit designed to prevent crimes, including sexual assault. When these proposed cuts became public Aug 2, public reaction, especially among citizens groups dealing with rape, was negative and vocaL Four such groups the Abuse, Assault and Rape Crisis Center ( AARC), the Boone County Task Force Against Sexual Assault, the Citizens- Labo- r Coalition Against Rape and Violence, and the Columbia Chap-ter, National Organization for Women gathered Saturday in front of the police station at Sixth and Walnut streets to protest what they called City Coun-cil's unresponsiveness. The groups also appeared Monday night at the polic-e- council budget work session, hoping to speak di-rectly to council, but work session rules forbid public comment. The groups, while praising the work of rape investi-gator Carroll Highbarger, insist Columbia needs both a sexual assault investigator and the crime preven-tion unit to effectively combat sexual assault. k iii MM Jjttfcai' mil iif I il ' - - . " i- B- - i- ill i ? iiw i i n 11.1 iwmiimmj MM. Ifci i ii ! gli , JnTforlnhilgt With a $ 20,000 Honeywell grant, University doc-- how humans relate to today's complex technolo- tor- al candidate Benjamin Somberg will study gy and how to make machines more efficient. bogus utility bill, and Somberg says " once you have a problem with one, . tt's awful hard to forget " People also fear that modem tech-nology means depersonalization, the reduction of human beings to faceless Iraslgfei " I know that if there were 13 murders in the citv, there're be more than one homicide) investigator," said Kathryn Lowe of AARC. ( Thirteen rapes hav been reported to Columbia police so far this year. ) The budget proposal marks as a lower priority a po-lice department suggestion to create a sexual assault investigator position. The budget also rW for elimi-nating the community relationscrime prevention unit, which has rape prevention education as one of its responsibilities A sexual assault investigater would give police the personnel to expand beyond the most serious sexual assault, rape, investigative division head Maj. Wil-liam Morgan said. Sexual assauit also includes voy-eurism, exposure, fondling, sexual harassment and obscene phone calls and other abuses. Two Columbia policewomen have had training in sexual assault investigation and it's anticipated a woman would hold the position if it's funded. " I think the local women's groups would prefer it," Morgan said, " and it might provide additional sensi-tivity to rape victims " Sensitivity is important here, Morgan said, because rape is the most serious crime in which the viatim lives. Police deal with victims suffering severe emo-tional damage. Police have been making efforts to become more digits. He explains that in the language of a computer, a number is easier to understand than a name. So a major function of human factor psychology is making machines under- - empathetic and accessible to the public, Morgan says, and the cnme prevention unit is one way " It's important to have a policeman up there ( for women who may have to report a rape to a po-licemen) and see he's against it," said Mitchell The seminars discuss the nature of rape, defense procedures and how police and prosecutors investi-gate a rape Police, however, can offer no proof of the cnme prevention unit's effectiveness, saying there's no way to prove that a cnme that didn't happen, would have happened. Morgan, however, feels that the crime prevention effort is necessary, because the onlj wav to decrease cnme is to educate the public about how to protect it-self better. Enforcement and investigation can keep a lid on cnme, he said but they're the last line of de-fense. Yet, because they're the last line of defense, patrol and investigation must be retained ahead of preven-tion units, Morgan said If police get to keep their prevention units and ac-quire a sexual assault investigator, Morgan sees quicker clearance of sexual assault cases, earlier identification of sexual offenders and a broadening of the effort against all sexual assaults If these positions are not in the police budget, Ms. Lowe said it would indicate to a large number of peo-ple in Columbia who are concerned about rape that the City Council doesn't have rape prevention and in-vestigation as a high enough pnont . " A lot of people will be very angry.' ' she said. standable and useful to the average person, Somberg said They are going to be around, so we might as well learn to use them," he said. " Machines can serve us rather than us serving them " schools hike cost of lunch bv 10 cents By Barb A. DuNard Missoorian staff writer Elementary, junior and senior high students will pay 10 cents more for each lunch served by the Columbia public schools beginning Aug. 25 Last year the Columbia schools' lunch program operated at a deficit. With the dune increase, the district hopes to break even this year, said Sharon Gibson, school food service coordinator. Elementary students will pay 60 cents for lunch, and junior and senior high students will pay 65 cents. Also, in order for the school milk pro-gram to break even, students will have to make up a loss in federal funds and pay an additional 3 cents for each half- pi- nt carton of milk, Gibson said. The new price will be 8 cents. Hm town 6: SO pjn. Work session on possible annexation of Perry Philips ate for proposed May. Co. shopping mall, city planning and legal staffs. Public in-vited. Council chamber, County- CS- t' Building, Seventh Street and Btoax way. Movie listiags, Psge li |