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COWHBtft, HO. 652 vl .- -, 1 --..-- -..: .- -.. . --. -- .. -- - -- . .- - ,- -, - mmum 72nlcar .. ( kmi1 Morn in ji I Sf Thui-. ln- . January 3. lJiM 4 Sections 54 Pages 15 Cents Iranian militants refuse to see Waldheim From our wire services TEHRAN U. N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim encountered frustrations Wednesday in his mission to find common ground with Iran for a solution to the crisis that has developed over the American diplomats held hostage here. A spokesman for the militants who have oc-cupied the U. S. Embassy since Nov. 4 asserted Wednesday night that they would not see Wald-heim and would allow him access to the hos-tages only if Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's spiritual and political leader, approved. The afternoon newspaper Kayhan quoted an un-identified member of the ruling Revolutionary Council as insisting that Khomeini would. not re-ceive the secretary general. Waldheim, who arrived in Tehran Tuesday, met for two hours and 50 minutes Wednesday morning with Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotb- zade- h in a wide- rangi- ng session that included a lengthy airing of Iranian grievances against the United States and the United Nations. A statement issued after their meeting said that the otSmL two men had " a useful pre-- fiKsjRJSIS' liminary exchange of views" WDTjj. and planned to continue talk-- ' ing. Ghotbzadeh was subse-- t ( IBANl quently quoted as saying that 1 - they never discussed the r American hostages. Wednesday night, Ghotbzadeh abruptly an-nounced that a plot against Waldheim had been uncovered and thwarted, causing the cancella-tion of his afternoon program. For this reason, the foreign minister said. Waldheim's future activities here would be carried out without prior announcement. Wednesday afternoon, Waldheim had been scheduled to visit an exhibit of alleged atroci-ties under the deposed shah, set up in a former military officers club. The visit was called off after about 1,500 shouting demonstrators wav-ing placards and clenched fists were massed m front of the building. The evident purpose of Waldheim's delicate mission is not to press for the release of the hos-tages, which would be unlikely in any case, but rather to establish a relationship of confidence with the Khomeini regime so that it will be will-ing to accept the good offices of the United Na-tions in resolving the matter. During his visit, Waldheim and his hosts have been careful to speak of " fact- findin- g" rather than " negotiation," though the plight of the American hostages, in their 60th day of captivi-ty Wednesday, is an unspoken ingredient. Wald-heim has also distanced himself from the re cent Security Council resolution that threatens economic sanctions against Iran if it does not release the hostages by Jan. 7. Since his arrival, Waldheim has been con-fronted with a complaint, whichwas voiced again by Ghotbzadeh Wednesday morning, that the United Nations did nothing to stop the op-pression of the shah's regime and has become concerned only now that the United States is protesting the treatment of its diplomats here. According to Ghotbzadeh " the superpowers and their satellites continue their sordid ma-neuvers to manipulate the U. N. machinery for their own ends." Waldheim has also been at-tacked personally in the Tehran press for his diplomatic contacts with the shah's regime. The morning newspaper of the Islamic Re-public Party loyal to Khomeini Wednesday pub-lished an old photograph of Waldheim shaking hands with the shah, who was portrayed with the Star of David superimposed on his face. Concerning Iran's domestic affairs press re-ports state that four more persons have been executed by firing squads on orders from Is-lamic revolutionary courts here tnree for armed robbery and one for rape. The executions brought to 693 the total of those killed by firing squads since the over-throw of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's re-gime in February- - Meanwhile, in Beirut, Lebanon, an Iranian religious leader said thousands of volunteers from his country will soon make their way to southern Lebanon to fight alongside Palestinian guerrillas against Israel . Hojatoleslam Mohammed Montazin declared at a news conference that determination by the Lebanese government to bar Iranian volun-teers will not deter them from getting to the border area with Israel. Science use improving police work Lt. Kenneth Miller of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jefferson City says there are at least 40 different categories of crimes the laboratory investigates. The use of science in police work is an ever- expandin- g, ever- growi- ng field in today's society where increased technology makes its use practical and efficient in conducting police investiga-tions. This article, the first in a three- pa- rt series discussing the practical applica-tions of science in maintaining the city This report on the use of science in the operation of the city of Colombia was written by Shawn Baitfarop, Lauren Brannan, Bobbie Hcttenhower and Merrie Morris of tbe Colombia Missoo- rian'- s special team oc science. of Columbia, examines the realm of po-lice science forensic chemistry, tests and methodology and the use of relatively inexpensive equipment. The second article will examine the use of science by the fire department. " Drugs and narcotics violations make up 47 percent of the investiga-tions the crime labs conduct," Lt. Mill-er says. This figure reflects conditions throughout the state. Weapons charges are the second highest incidence of in-vestigation, making up 10 percent of all police probes. Lt. Miller says the field of police sci- en- ce is expanding due to increases in population, increases in the incidence of crime and expansions in technology ( See TECHNOLOGY, Page 12A) In fewi today 9 a. m. Boone County Court meets, County- Cit- y Building, fifth floor. 7: 30 p. m. Board of Commissioners of the Columbia Housing Authority, Pa- qu- in Tower Recration Room, 1201 Pa- quin- St. Thirteen- year- ol- d Angela Harris, of Birming-ham, Ala., glides on her new rollerskates under the entrance gates at Legion Field, site of the . Cliff Sctaappa Hall of Fame Bowl. Missouri, ranked 20th by United Press International, beat currently un- rank- ed South Carolina 24- 1- 4 in the bowl game. Mideast conflicts fuel ever- risin- g gold prices LONDON ( UPI) The rumble of Russian tanks in Afghanistan sent gold speculators scrambling into world bullion markets Wednesday and the price soared $ 35 an ounce to a record $ 559.50 in London. Econo-mists predicted the 5600 harrier would be breached in " a matter of days." I " Tbe growing tensions between the US. and Russia over Soviet troops in Afghanistan, the escalat-ing cost of ou and its isspsct on the dollar, plus the unresolved situation of the American hostages in Iran, all contributed to the massive move into the precious metal Wednes-day," a dealer for bullion brokers Sharps Pixley said. A Paris dealer for the firm of Jean- Clau- de Melendes also attrib-uted gold's continuing price surge to problems in the Middle East. " The markets are watching the United States being trampled by the Soviet Union. What happens in Pa-kistan will be very important If Ml there are clashes on the Afghan- Pakist- an border and the U. S. contin-ues to retreat, the market for gold will go crazy." In Paris, panic buying on the do-mestic gold market drove the price up to a record $ 581 before Bank of France officials stepped in and halted trading. A dealer from the Paris firm of Hayaux Du Tilly pre-dicted tbe shutdown would lead to even more panic " The decision by the Bank of France to stop selling gold was bad-ly done. The decision will reach the provinces and prompt small inves-tors to panic. They wiD now want to buy gold an effect paradoxical to the bank's intention. A top banker said recently, " There will be few people around this year who will scoff at predic-tions about the future price of gold. As the world heads deeper into re-cession, it must seem the sky is the limit on how far the price can go up. mmmmmmmmmmmmaiammmmmmmaommmmMmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmm s ILN. may meet on Afghanistan From our wire services The U. N. Security Council is ex-pected to hold an urgent meeting, per-haps as soon as Friday, to consider a demand for the wititdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. A draft of a letter calling for the meeting was circulating at the United Nations Wednesday. Its supporters ex-pected , to have a least 20 signatures from jsiem and other Third World nations as well as Western European representatives. The letter is due to be handed to the TsountaPs isew president, Jacques Lep- iBtt- e of France, on Thursday. Meanwhile, these other devel-opments in the Afghan situation oc-curred Wednesday : v No matter what the political tem-perature is between East and West. Lord Kilianin, president of the Interna-tional Olympic Committee, made clear Wednesday the 1980 games in Moscow will go ahead s planned. In a statement from his home m Dublin, Kilianin said everybody should remember that " the athletes come first" at the Olympic Games and no po-litical pressures should be imposed on them not to compete. The idea of a boycott in response to ' the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was mentioned at an emergency session of the NATO council in Brussels on New Year's Day. v BabraK Karmal, making his first public appearance in Afghanistan since gaining power last week in a coup, appealed to the people of his country to " come together and support our glorious revolution," the Kabul ra-dio reported Wednesday. " Resistance by the enemies of Af-ghanistan will be overcome by the forces of patriotism," Karmal de-clared, addressing government leaders at a meeting in an old palace just out-side Kabul. Jamiat Islami guerrillas and re-bel army officers have freed the north-western Afghan city of Herat from So-viet occupation, according to Afghan exile sources in Iran. - Ten thousand crack Soviet troops, backed by heavy armor and war- plane- s, Wednesday launched an all- o- ut offensive against Moslem insurgents south of the Afghan capital of Kabul, the news agency Press Trust of India reported. As the fighting continued in Afghani-stan, the United Nation readied itself for a possible meeting on the invasion of Russian troops. Even those nations most strongly be-- Pakistaa wants T3. S. aid. See analysis, Page5A. hind the urgent meeting were reluctant to identify the key backers of the move. There was what amounted to an agreement to give the create the great-est possible appearance of having sprung spontaneously from an out-raged world. Western and Third World envoys who want to air the Afghanistan issue agreed that the Soviet Union could use its power in the council to veto, any res-olution but may avoid doing so to pre-vent embarassment in the eyes of the world. The resolution is not likely to name Moscow directly and simply de-mand the removal of foreign troops. In Washington, President Carter called back the U. S. ambassador to Moscow for consultations and sum-moned the National Security Council to an afternoon meeting, citing a " serious threat to peace" posed by the invasion. The State Department said that among the things being considered as response to the Soviet invasion was " the relationship between the United States and the Afghan government." The statement appeared to indicate that the administration is considering a break in relations with the Kabul re-gime. The Soviet army's involvement in Afghanistan's battle against Moslem insurgents grew another degree Wednesday, according to Indian news agency reports. It reported that a Sovi-et armored division rolled out of Kabul before dawn, heading for a showdown with anti- Commun- ist Moslem rebel ( See KARMAL, Page 14A) Housing agency faces judgment By Terry Home Missourian staff writer Orion Gene Nettles used to chase Paul Rievley out of his shoe repair store for feeding pieces of hotdog to Big Boy. Rievley was just a kid then and Big Boy was Nettle's pet piranha. Rievley grew up, the fish died and Orlcn Gene Nettles retired from the shoe repair business when his emphy-sema and chronic bronchitis kicked up Ave years ago. Today Netties spends most of his time lying down. The clear tube connecting him to a large green oxygen tank doesn't reach very far. In October, Rievley and Nettle were reacquainted. Boone County con-tracted with the Housing Development Agency of Mid- Misso- uri to repair Nettles' home, on Route 8, and bring it up to the standards required by the De-partment of Housing and Urban Devel-opment. Rievley is the KDAMM construction foreman who worked on Nettle's home. " When a strong wind was blowing, there weren't a curtain that didn't move," Nettles recalled. Bis five- roo- m house was the second to be rehabilitated by HDAMM. The county's grant application to Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Devel-opment called for 30 houses to be reha-bilitated. The money came through in April, but so far not even Nettle's house has been officially stamped com-pleted. Troubles abound. Only recently has the county gotten ahead of the HDAMM crew in applica-tions from owners or landlords of houses to be rehabilitated. And for the past two weeks, Mid- Mis- so- un Council of Governments, which administers the HUD grant for the" county, has been investigating HDAMMs charges for the five or six houses it has worked on. Northern District Judge Dick Farm-er and County Clerk Chris Kelly both said the HDAMM billings were only the accounting errors of an agency still getting its feet wet. HDAMM began as 3 spinoff of the Human Development Corp. in Feb-ruary. However, Presiding Judge Bill Freeh is not ready to dismiss these er-rors and is reserving judgement until HDAMM appears before the court to-day. If the errors continue, " We won't do business with them," Freeh said. After meetings with HDAMM and Deputy Clerk Stephanie Martin Wednesday, MMCOG Executive Direc-tor Jeanne Lineberry said the county might amend its contract to renego-tiate the way HDAMM's administra-tive costs are paxd. Although HDAMM has withdrawn its incorrect biHings for ineligible items and its double billings, Ms. Lineberry said $ 200 still remained that was " ei-ther a labor expense or a start- u- p type expense." Meanwhile, the cost of rehabilitating houses continues to climb. The county allotted $ 4,100 for each house when it applied to HUD in 1978. Today, that figure eliminates from consideration some homes in need of repair. " Unfortunately, we're up in the neighborhood of $ 7,000 to $ 9,000," said Richard Thayer, acting executive di-rector of HDAMM. HDAMM is now working on a hiuse that will cost the county $ 200 more than its limit. But the county's community development committee felt it was ei-ther spend the extra money or pay HDAMM's crew to sit idle, said Co- Chairm- an Raymond Morris. The committee has now approved seven bouses for rehabilitation. Two have been completed. By contrast, the city allocated $ 4,500 to $ 5,000 for each house and since March 1, 30 of the 48 allotted houses have been completed, said Neighbor-hood Improvement Director Pat Daug- hert- y. And the city only uses private con-tractors. HUD regulations do not require the county to contract with HDAMM, and Freeh said the county might consider private contractors if the billing prob-lems are not straightened out. But to be fair, there are reasons both for and against using HDAMM or pri-vate contractors. Although the- co- st may oe comparable " it gets to be a philosophical thing," said Thayer. Other towns and cities in the eight- coun- ty region served by HDAMM have reached different conclusions. Hallsville, Rocheport and Columbia all elected to use private contraefGra. Originally Hallsville town nffirfofo ( See TWO, Page MA)
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Item.Transcript | COWHBtft, HO. 652 vl .- -, 1 --..-- -..: .- -.. . --. -- .. -- - -- . .- - ,- -, - mmum 72nlcar .. ( kmi1 Morn in ji I Sf Thui-. ln- . January 3. lJiM 4 Sections 54 Pages 15 Cents Iranian militants refuse to see Waldheim From our wire services TEHRAN U. N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim encountered frustrations Wednesday in his mission to find common ground with Iran for a solution to the crisis that has developed over the American diplomats held hostage here. A spokesman for the militants who have oc-cupied the U. S. Embassy since Nov. 4 asserted Wednesday night that they would not see Wald-heim and would allow him access to the hos-tages only if Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's spiritual and political leader, approved. The afternoon newspaper Kayhan quoted an un-identified member of the ruling Revolutionary Council as insisting that Khomeini would. not re-ceive the secretary general. Waldheim, who arrived in Tehran Tuesday, met for two hours and 50 minutes Wednesday morning with Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotb- zade- h in a wide- rangi- ng session that included a lengthy airing of Iranian grievances against the United States and the United Nations. A statement issued after their meeting said that the otSmL two men had " a useful pre-- fiKsjRJSIS' liminary exchange of views" WDTjj. and planned to continue talk-- ' ing. Ghotbzadeh was subse-- t ( IBANl quently quoted as saying that 1 - they never discussed the r American hostages. Wednesday night, Ghotbzadeh abruptly an-nounced that a plot against Waldheim had been uncovered and thwarted, causing the cancella-tion of his afternoon program. For this reason, the foreign minister said. Waldheim's future activities here would be carried out without prior announcement. Wednesday afternoon, Waldheim had been scheduled to visit an exhibit of alleged atroci-ties under the deposed shah, set up in a former military officers club. The visit was called off after about 1,500 shouting demonstrators wav-ing placards and clenched fists were massed m front of the building. The evident purpose of Waldheim's delicate mission is not to press for the release of the hos-tages, which would be unlikely in any case, but rather to establish a relationship of confidence with the Khomeini regime so that it will be will-ing to accept the good offices of the United Na-tions in resolving the matter. During his visit, Waldheim and his hosts have been careful to speak of " fact- findin- g" rather than " negotiation," though the plight of the American hostages, in their 60th day of captivi-ty Wednesday, is an unspoken ingredient. Wald-heim has also distanced himself from the re cent Security Council resolution that threatens economic sanctions against Iran if it does not release the hostages by Jan. 7. Since his arrival, Waldheim has been con-fronted with a complaint, whichwas voiced again by Ghotbzadeh Wednesday morning, that the United Nations did nothing to stop the op-pression of the shah's regime and has become concerned only now that the United States is protesting the treatment of its diplomats here. According to Ghotbzadeh " the superpowers and their satellites continue their sordid ma-neuvers to manipulate the U. N. machinery for their own ends." Waldheim has also been at-tacked personally in the Tehran press for his diplomatic contacts with the shah's regime. The morning newspaper of the Islamic Re-public Party loyal to Khomeini Wednesday pub-lished an old photograph of Waldheim shaking hands with the shah, who was portrayed with the Star of David superimposed on his face. Concerning Iran's domestic affairs press re-ports state that four more persons have been executed by firing squads on orders from Is-lamic revolutionary courts here tnree for armed robbery and one for rape. The executions brought to 693 the total of those killed by firing squads since the over-throw of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's re-gime in February- - Meanwhile, in Beirut, Lebanon, an Iranian religious leader said thousands of volunteers from his country will soon make their way to southern Lebanon to fight alongside Palestinian guerrillas against Israel . Hojatoleslam Mohammed Montazin declared at a news conference that determination by the Lebanese government to bar Iranian volun-teers will not deter them from getting to the border area with Israel. Science use improving police work Lt. Kenneth Miller of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jefferson City says there are at least 40 different categories of crimes the laboratory investigates. The use of science in police work is an ever- expandin- g, ever- growi- ng field in today's society where increased technology makes its use practical and efficient in conducting police investiga-tions. This article, the first in a three- pa- rt series discussing the practical applica-tions of science in maintaining the city This report on the use of science in the operation of the city of Colombia was written by Shawn Baitfarop, Lauren Brannan, Bobbie Hcttenhower and Merrie Morris of tbe Colombia Missoo- rian'- s special team oc science. of Columbia, examines the realm of po-lice science forensic chemistry, tests and methodology and the use of relatively inexpensive equipment. The second article will examine the use of science by the fire department. " Drugs and narcotics violations make up 47 percent of the investiga-tions the crime labs conduct," Lt. Mill-er says. This figure reflects conditions throughout the state. Weapons charges are the second highest incidence of in-vestigation, making up 10 percent of all police probes. Lt. Miller says the field of police sci- en- ce is expanding due to increases in population, increases in the incidence of crime and expansions in technology ( See TECHNOLOGY, Page 12A) In fewi today 9 a. m. Boone County Court meets, County- Cit- y Building, fifth floor. 7: 30 p. m. Board of Commissioners of the Columbia Housing Authority, Pa- qu- in Tower Recration Room, 1201 Pa- quin- St. Thirteen- year- ol- d Angela Harris, of Birming-ham, Ala., glides on her new rollerskates under the entrance gates at Legion Field, site of the . Cliff Sctaappa Hall of Fame Bowl. Missouri, ranked 20th by United Press International, beat currently un- rank- ed South Carolina 24- 1- 4 in the bowl game. Mideast conflicts fuel ever- risin- g gold prices LONDON ( UPI) The rumble of Russian tanks in Afghanistan sent gold speculators scrambling into world bullion markets Wednesday and the price soared $ 35 an ounce to a record $ 559.50 in London. Econo-mists predicted the 5600 harrier would be breached in " a matter of days." I " Tbe growing tensions between the US. and Russia over Soviet troops in Afghanistan, the escalat-ing cost of ou and its isspsct on the dollar, plus the unresolved situation of the American hostages in Iran, all contributed to the massive move into the precious metal Wednes-day," a dealer for bullion brokers Sharps Pixley said. A Paris dealer for the firm of Jean- Clau- de Melendes also attrib-uted gold's continuing price surge to problems in the Middle East. " The markets are watching the United States being trampled by the Soviet Union. What happens in Pa-kistan will be very important If Ml there are clashes on the Afghan- Pakist- an border and the U. S. contin-ues to retreat, the market for gold will go crazy." In Paris, panic buying on the do-mestic gold market drove the price up to a record $ 581 before Bank of France officials stepped in and halted trading. A dealer from the Paris firm of Hayaux Du Tilly pre-dicted tbe shutdown would lead to even more panic " The decision by the Bank of France to stop selling gold was bad-ly done. The decision will reach the provinces and prompt small inves-tors to panic. They wiD now want to buy gold an effect paradoxical to the bank's intention. A top banker said recently, " There will be few people around this year who will scoff at predic-tions about the future price of gold. As the world heads deeper into re-cession, it must seem the sky is the limit on how far the price can go up. mmmmmmmmmmmmaiammmmmmmaommmmMmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmm s ILN. may meet on Afghanistan From our wire services The U. N. Security Council is ex-pected to hold an urgent meeting, per-haps as soon as Friday, to consider a demand for the wititdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. A draft of a letter calling for the meeting was circulating at the United Nations Wednesday. Its supporters ex-pected , to have a least 20 signatures from jsiem and other Third World nations as well as Western European representatives. The letter is due to be handed to the TsountaPs isew president, Jacques Lep- iBtt- e of France, on Thursday. Meanwhile, these other devel-opments in the Afghan situation oc-curred Wednesday : v No matter what the political tem-perature is between East and West. Lord Kilianin, president of the Interna-tional Olympic Committee, made clear Wednesday the 1980 games in Moscow will go ahead s planned. In a statement from his home m Dublin, Kilianin said everybody should remember that " the athletes come first" at the Olympic Games and no po-litical pressures should be imposed on them not to compete. The idea of a boycott in response to ' the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was mentioned at an emergency session of the NATO council in Brussels on New Year's Day. v BabraK Karmal, making his first public appearance in Afghanistan since gaining power last week in a coup, appealed to the people of his country to " come together and support our glorious revolution," the Kabul ra-dio reported Wednesday. " Resistance by the enemies of Af-ghanistan will be overcome by the forces of patriotism," Karmal de-clared, addressing government leaders at a meeting in an old palace just out-side Kabul. Jamiat Islami guerrillas and re-bel army officers have freed the north-western Afghan city of Herat from So-viet occupation, according to Afghan exile sources in Iran. - Ten thousand crack Soviet troops, backed by heavy armor and war- plane- s, Wednesday launched an all- o- ut offensive against Moslem insurgents south of the Afghan capital of Kabul, the news agency Press Trust of India reported. As the fighting continued in Afghani-stan, the United Nation readied itself for a possible meeting on the invasion of Russian troops. Even those nations most strongly be-- Pakistaa wants T3. S. aid. See analysis, Page5A. hind the urgent meeting were reluctant to identify the key backers of the move. There was what amounted to an agreement to give the create the great-est possible appearance of having sprung spontaneously from an out-raged world. Western and Third World envoys who want to air the Afghanistan issue agreed that the Soviet Union could use its power in the council to veto, any res-olution but may avoid doing so to pre-vent embarassment in the eyes of the world. The resolution is not likely to name Moscow directly and simply de-mand the removal of foreign troops. In Washington, President Carter called back the U. S. ambassador to Moscow for consultations and sum-moned the National Security Council to an afternoon meeting, citing a " serious threat to peace" posed by the invasion. The State Department said that among the things being considered as response to the Soviet invasion was " the relationship between the United States and the Afghan government." The statement appeared to indicate that the administration is considering a break in relations with the Kabul re-gime. The Soviet army's involvement in Afghanistan's battle against Moslem insurgents grew another degree Wednesday, according to Indian news agency reports. It reported that a Sovi-et armored division rolled out of Kabul before dawn, heading for a showdown with anti- Commun- ist Moslem rebel ( See KARMAL, Page 14A) Housing agency faces judgment By Terry Home Missourian staff writer Orion Gene Nettles used to chase Paul Rievley out of his shoe repair store for feeding pieces of hotdog to Big Boy. Rievley was just a kid then and Big Boy was Nettle's pet piranha. Rievley grew up, the fish died and Orlcn Gene Nettles retired from the shoe repair business when his emphy-sema and chronic bronchitis kicked up Ave years ago. Today Netties spends most of his time lying down. The clear tube connecting him to a large green oxygen tank doesn't reach very far. In October, Rievley and Nettle were reacquainted. Boone County con-tracted with the Housing Development Agency of Mid- Misso- uri to repair Nettles' home, on Route 8, and bring it up to the standards required by the De-partment of Housing and Urban Devel-opment. Rievley is the KDAMM construction foreman who worked on Nettle's home. " When a strong wind was blowing, there weren't a curtain that didn't move," Nettles recalled. Bis five- roo- m house was the second to be rehabilitated by HDAMM. The county's grant application to Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Devel-opment called for 30 houses to be reha-bilitated. The money came through in April, but so far not even Nettle's house has been officially stamped com-pleted. Troubles abound. Only recently has the county gotten ahead of the HDAMM crew in applica-tions from owners or landlords of houses to be rehabilitated. And for the past two weeks, Mid- Mis- so- un Council of Governments, which administers the HUD grant for the" county, has been investigating HDAMMs charges for the five or six houses it has worked on. Northern District Judge Dick Farm-er and County Clerk Chris Kelly both said the HDAMM billings were only the accounting errors of an agency still getting its feet wet. HDAMM began as 3 spinoff of the Human Development Corp. in Feb-ruary. However, Presiding Judge Bill Freeh is not ready to dismiss these er-rors and is reserving judgement until HDAMM appears before the court to-day. If the errors continue, " We won't do business with them," Freeh said. After meetings with HDAMM and Deputy Clerk Stephanie Martin Wednesday, MMCOG Executive Direc-tor Jeanne Lineberry said the county might amend its contract to renego-tiate the way HDAMM's administra-tive costs are paxd. Although HDAMM has withdrawn its incorrect biHings for ineligible items and its double billings, Ms. Lineberry said $ 200 still remained that was " ei-ther a labor expense or a start- u- p type expense." Meanwhile, the cost of rehabilitating houses continues to climb. The county allotted $ 4,100 for each house when it applied to HUD in 1978. Today, that figure eliminates from consideration some homes in need of repair. " Unfortunately, we're up in the neighborhood of $ 7,000 to $ 9,000," said Richard Thayer, acting executive di-rector of HDAMM. HDAMM is now working on a hiuse that will cost the county $ 200 more than its limit. But the county's community development committee felt it was ei-ther spend the extra money or pay HDAMM's crew to sit idle, said Co- Chairm- an Raymond Morris. The committee has now approved seven bouses for rehabilitation. Two have been completed. By contrast, the city allocated $ 4,500 to $ 5,000 for each house and since March 1, 30 of the 48 allotted houses have been completed, said Neighbor-hood Improvement Director Pat Daug- hert- y. And the city only uses private con-tractors. HUD regulations do not require the county to contract with HDAMM, and Freeh said the county might consider private contractors if the billing prob-lems are not straightened out. But to be fair, there are reasons both for and against using HDAMM or pri-vate contractors. Although the- co- st may oe comparable " it gets to be a philosophical thing," said Thayer. Other towns and cities in the eight- coun- ty region served by HDAMM have reached different conclusions. Hallsville, Rocheport and Columbia all elected to use private contraefGra. Originally Hallsville town nffirfofo ( See TWO, Page MA) |