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r , '" KEWSteMMt. so" 516" 53v 72nd Year No. 241 Good Morning! Ws Wednesday, June 25, 1980 3 Sections 40 I? hk 1 5 Paii Missouri senators back end to embargo WASHINGTON ( AP) Missouri's two UJS. senators Tuesday joined the bipartisan move to end immediately President Carter's suspension of grain sates to Russia. Support for the legislation from Democrat Thomas Eagleton and Re publican John Danforth came despite warnings from Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland that terminating the grain embargo would be an " unmiti-gated disaster." The bill originally was introduced in the Senate on Friday by 10 fannbett legislators, led by Sen. Bob Dole, R- K- an. It calls for an immediate end to the embargo that already has blocked the sale of 13.7 million tons ( 17 million metric tons) of U. S. corn, wheat and soybean meal to Russia this year. Similar legislation has also been in-troduced in the House. Neither Eagle- to- n nor Danforth actively has support-ed the grain embargo since it was imposed Jan. 4. " The embargo isn't even producing the desired effect," Danforth said in a statement. " It appears that American farmers are suffering the most" Danforth contended American grain exports to Eastern Europe are at re-cord high levels and at feast some of that gram is reaching the Soviet Union. He also asserted that the Russians are buying soybean meal from European processors who get their soybeans from the United States. Both senators also cited reports last week mat the administration had given the major American grain exporters approval to resume selling Russia grain they obtain from other countries. " This action further weakened an embargo that was already ineffec-tive," Danforth said. " It is time to re-scind it altogether." Eagleton, one of Carter's staunchest re- electi- on supporters, was even harsher in his criticism of the embar-go's ineffectiveness. " Today, there is increasing evidence that the dike is not holding, and that in fact it is acting more like a sieve, hold-ing back the access of our U. S. farmers and agribusinessmen to a Soviet mar-ket while permtting others to flow through to profit at our expense," Eag-leton said. " Lets face it, the embargo has been . a dismal failure," he added. " It has succeeded in punishing the Soviet Union not one whit. It has succeeded in punishing our farmers tremendously." Bergland said Monday American ex-porters resuming sale of third- count- ry grain to the Soviets was not a reversal of U. S. policy, and that terminating the embargo now would tell the Russians that all they have to do is put up " a big fuss and the United States will turn tail and run." Liand- vam- e tax urged to develop city vacant lots ByKathyCoehrsn ftfissourian staff writer Vacant, developable land, excluding park land, existing within the present Columbia city limits could support twice the city's current population. But the present property tax system dis-courages development of that land, said Walter Johnson, a University as-sociate professor of economics. Johnson, also a member of the Citi-zens Committee for Reassessment, said, " Under the current property tax system, if we improve the land, taxes go up, so the incentive is not to im-prove the land. It pays to hold land from production." Giving a California example, John-- ffmsight son said, " The avocado fanner within a city in Oragge County pays very low taxes on land that could be sold as building lots for $ 109,000 an acre. The market says the most profitable use for that land is in residential housing, and the market is always right. With low taxes the fanner can afford to hold on forever, speculating on the certain-ty of ever- great- er capital gains.' The same principle holds true for owners of vacant land within Colum-bia, Johnson said. He was concerned particularly about land which was put to no productive use, other than beaig stockpiled in hopes of . future specu-lative price increases. He said speculators raise the price of land within the city by keeping large parcels out of production. Then, devel-opers move to cheaper building sites outside the city limits where building codes are less restrictive and taxes for prospective buyers are lower. A city report on annexation said this peripheral development creates prob-lems both inside and outside the city. Within, the city has fewer property taxes to support streets, parks and oth-er services. Also, persons developing land outside the city limits who use city facilities pay a smaller share of the costs of maintaining those serv-ices. City planners currently are trying to update Columbia's land- us- e plan and will begin updating the zoning ordi-nance during fiscal 1981. Senior plan- - ner Amy Wilson said one of the major goals will be to encourage the devel-opment of available sites within the city. Johnson and others believe one of the most effective incentives for devel-opment of land within the city would be to separate the property tax into two components: a tax on land and a tax on buildings or other man- mad- e im-provements. Taxes on land could be increased to make the cost of holding vacant land higher and taxes on buildings could be lowered or eliminated to remove the penalty for making improvements. With a higher land- val- ue tax, people no longer would want to hold vacant lots because they would need addition-al income to pay the taxes on unused land. This would put mote lots within the city on the market and lead to low-er prices for buOding sites within the city limits, Johnson said. Proponents of the split tax say lower--: ing the tax on buildings would give owners incentive to build on vacant lots and improve existing buildings. Currently, the property tax increases " every time a person improves an exist--" xng building. Tims, a higher land- valu- e ' tax and lower taxes on buildings would help dean up slums, stop urban sprawl ana create jobs, proponents say. The late Harry Gunnison Brown, for-mer University professor of econom-- - ics, championed the idea of land-- or site- val- ue taxation from the time he graduated from Yale in 1909 until his death in 1977. His closest collaborator was his wife, Elizabeth. Mrs. Brown, who still lives at 403 S. Garth Ave., said the idea for a land- val- ue tax originated in the 1880s with Henry George, who favored a tax on land rather man on what people earned. It was called a " single tax" be-cause George thought the land- valu- e tax should replace all other forms of taxation. But Mrs. Brown said a " single tax" is impractical m 1980. " We expect so much more of govern-ment now man we did in 1830 that a sin-gle tax isn't possible," Mrs. Brown said. " My husband felt we should tax the land as much as possible, then when that is not enough, go to other taxes." In the early 1970s, Judge Robert O. ( See LAND, Page ISA) Inside I today g President Carter, the only par-- ticipant at the weekend econom- - H ic summit to refuse to travel in a fi gondola, greatly upset the people B of Venice. See Page 3A. S Bobby Bonds broke a 0-- f or- 2- 8 m slump with a home run and a fig double to lift the Cardinals to a 3-- M 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi- - H rates. See Page 11A. m For the bridegroom as well as m the bride, learning the basics of g cooking is essential before at-- Bl tempting more elaborate meals. M See Page IB. I IffitOWK H today H 7 pan. Concert, University fill Symphonic Band with featured gHI soloist Peter Kurau on horn, m& Francis Quadrangle. In case of III rain, concert will be in Jesse Au-- m& ditoriom. Free. Ill 7: 3 pan. Theater, " Servant of Wm Two Masters," Maplewood Bam Theater, Nifong Park. $ 2 for gal adults, $ 1 for senior citizens and KKi children. Wj& 7: 33 pjn. Baseball, Columbia gmm ALemgeforincFanielLd. egion against Fulton, BjHalfijHflBaflfiffiv- - l1v " JfljRBjK9flfiflBfl8fl9H& KHpHM wBKBEWMMBBMBBfiBMMflHfflBBBMBfiBH flfifiHWBIBBWyiiwBBpBpMBIrrMBIIHBfiMBMWB independent presidential candidate John Anderson speaks in fiansas City """"" KXL samples ' Anderson difference' By Lynne Appel and Jennifer Hull State capital bureau KANSAS CITY, Mo. Monday was not a typical day at the Kansas City International Airport. As ISO special police officers and 25 blue- suite- d Se-cret ' Service agents canvassed Gate 30 of Trans World Airlines, a wiry, white- haire- d congressman appeared. Not everyone was impressed. As presidential candidate John Ander-son paused to answer questions from a hovering press corps, a little girt could be heard asking, " What's all the fuss about? He's not president yet." But to supporters who assembled at the opening of Anderson's Kansas City headquarters Monday night, and to businessmen who shared breakfast with the candidate Tuesday morning, Anderson's presence elicited excite-ment and curiosity. One curiosity seeker at the cam-paign headquarters was Dr. Ken Cin-namon, of Kansas City, Mo. China-- The 1980 1 Elections mon said he is not satisfied with the major party candidates Ronald Rea-gan or Jimmy Carter. " I'm not so sure the Anderson difference has been clearly delineated, but at least in style he is forceful and assured," Cinnamon said. " I came to see his eyes." Leroy Chadwick, also of Kansas City, is an Anderson volunteer who has had his eye on the candidate for three years. Gathering petition signa-tures outside the headquarters, Chad-wick said, " Anderson represents the kind of Republican I can deal with. He's a conservative when it comes to fiscal matters, but a liberal about hu-man rights." The THinois congressman tried to define the Anderson difference in his two- da- y visit to the city. Anderson spoke to the Plaza Sun-rise Group of businessmen Tuesday morning, which included Missouri gu-bernatorial candidate Christopher Bond. He defined the Carter adminis-tration's foreign, economic and en-ergy policies as being " somewhere over the rainbow" and called for a long- ter- m plan to solve the nation's economic problems. " The stop- and- g- o economic policies of this administration are more re-sponsible than anything else for the current recession," Anderson said. The presidential candidate accused the present administration of " fool-ing and hoodwinking" the American people with " quick- fi- x tax cuts." Referring to American productivi-ty, Anderson said American business lags behind its Japanese competitors because our machinery is twice as old as theirs. " They've got an economic strate gy, believe me, . . they have seen the wisdom of developing a long- ter- m program for growth," he said. The key to economic recovery, he said, is cooperation between busi-ness, government and labor. " That's the kind of program I'd support rather than changing my nund according to the polls and chan-ging economic policies every six to eight months." Included in such a program, Ander-son said, would be an emphasis on small business and a concern for the blue- colla- r worker. When the bond market collapsed " tears were shed on Wall Street My tears were shed for the small businessman." Finally, the candidate said the big--' gest obstacle in his campaign so far is the opinion of many people that his candidacy poses a threat to the two- par- ty system. " There is always some fear of something that is new and un-tried," he said. " But we are living in the kind of environment today where we must break out of the mold. Council authorizes funds for excavations ByTlmHayden Missourian staff writer Under deadline pressure the Colum-bia City Council met in special session Tuesday to authorize a contract with Environmental Systems Analysis for excavation of six archaeological sites at the hew sewage treatment plant- Environmen-tal Systems bad bid $ 16,- 51- 5 to perform Phase 2 excavations on the sites. As a provision of the con-' terxaccatv, atthioencoomf fpoaunryofmthuestsictoems pblyetJeultyhe2 and the other two by July 7. Public Works Director Ray Beck said the deadlines for the work are nec-essary because construction-- in the areaisseheduledtoproceedsoon. . An Illinois company. American Re-sources Group Ltd., bid $ 1300 to do the work. Beck said that while he felt American Resources is an excellent company, both he and Department of Natural Resources archaeologist Mi-chael Weichmann decided to recom-mend Environmental Systems because its personnel has better qualifications and could start work sooner.' Beck said Environmental Systems is hurriedly getting its crew together and might begin work today. The Phase 2 work will be test digs and will determine if the sites are sig-nificant enough to be Kgft? a for the National Register of Historic Places. If the sites are eligible, complete Phase 3 excavations will be done. The council passed an ordinance ap-propriating $ 40,000 in case Phase 3 ex-cavations are required. Beck asked for the $ 40,000 figure so no time would be wasted by returning to the council for more money. He also said the contract stipulates that any Phase 3 work must be completed within five days. Beck said the cost of the Phase 2 work could not exceed the $ 16,515 bid. This would leave about $ 23,590 for any necessary Phase 3 work. The Environmental Protection Agen-cy and the Department of Natural Re-sources will not give clearance fcr con-struction in the sites area until the Phase 2 work and any necessary Phase 3 work is completed. Weichmann said the time schedule " is going to be very tight." He said the deadline pressure Environmental Sys- te- ms wiD. be working under " is not nor-mal procedure," but he believes the work can be completed. Wekhmann is not confident the $ 40.-- 000 appropriated will be enough if Phase 3 work is required. He said he had recommended to Beck that the original figure of $ 104,000 be appropri-ated. " The Phase 3 work is potentially very expensive," Weichmann said. " Because of the limited time, they ( Environmental Systems) might have to work shifts and the city pay a premi-um price for the personnel. " However, both Beck and Weichmann agree Environmental Systems has ex-cellent personnel and will finish the work before the deadlines. " The city got a real bargain," Weichmann said. He said the bids orig-inally were expected to come in at $ 3,- 0- 00 to $ 4,000 per site. Environmental Systemsbid averages $ 200 per site. Both men noted fee credentials of the six- ma- n crew that will perform the work. Five of the personnel have doc-toral or master's degrees and one has a bachelor's degree. Larry Schmits, who will supervise the work, was formerly with Soil Serv-ices Inc. He had supervised an earlier excavation of a burial site in the con-struction area that the city had con-tracted with SSI. Four of the six sites are on the lower Percfae Creek adjacent to the sewage treatment plant. One site is on the up-per Perche Creek and another is on the Hinkson Creek. An additional 17 sites have been found along sewer line right- of- way- s but there is not as great a hurry to ex-cavate them. Beck said the deadline for excavation of these sites is Sept. 28. Kecent rams too little too late, experts say By Preston Smith Mbsourian staff writer Columbia weather and agricultural specialists are calling the recent spottv rains too little and too late. Ralph Winger, spokesman for the National Weather Service, said Toes?', day the .35 of an inch ( 8 centimeters that fell recently sthe C- oten-bia area' has left the area far from normal prer elation for Jaaewmcfc is asuaHy 4.6,' inches Ul-- 5 centimeters. Only 105 inches ( 27.8 centimeters) has fallen in 1930, compared with the usual 18.1 inches ( 45.3 centimeters) by this date. Bob Schottman, agricultural exten-sion engineer, said the rains have had little effect on the drought situation. Schottman said that . if the com crop gets no rain within the next 10 days, plant growth wfll decrease, and the leaves wfll start to roJL He said corn . will enter a critical growth period the fifst or second week of July, when the i crop is pollinating and needs plenty of moisture. Wayne L. Decker, chairman of the University's atmospheric science de-partment, said the recent rainfall will sustain corn and soybeans only an ad-ditional two days. He said the subsoil moisture level, 2.5 inches ( 6.4 centime-ters), should provide enough moisture to soybeans and corn for another two or three weeks. University extension pasture special-ist HoweH Wheaton said Ghat, with the exception of die extreme northeastern portion of the state, pastures are " pret-tydamn dry." Wheaton estimated the hay crop has been reduced 35 to 40 percent and said the prospects for improvement are slim, since the weather this time of summer is usually composed of little precipiation and high temperatures. Wheaton said cattlemen with short pastures can substitute grain for hay, buy bay, save nutrient content in round bales bymoving them from the field to the bam or decrease the number of cattle on the pasture. The state Crop and Livestock Re-porting Service, however, said the rain should provide same temporary relief. Significant supplies of soil moisture ex-ist only in northeast Missouri. Olinger said the weather service's six-- to 10- d- ay forecast for the state of-fers no real relief, since it calls for above- norm- al temperatures and be- low- ncraalprecip-itation- " The omy consolation is they ' ( weather semes - forecasters are sometimes wrong. I hope so," Schot-tman said. . ' - j
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Item.Transcript | r , '" KEWSteMMt. so" 516" 53v 72nd Year No. 241 Good Morning! Ws Wednesday, June 25, 1980 3 Sections 40 I? hk 1 5 Paii Missouri senators back end to embargo WASHINGTON ( AP) Missouri's two UJS. senators Tuesday joined the bipartisan move to end immediately President Carter's suspension of grain sates to Russia. Support for the legislation from Democrat Thomas Eagleton and Re publican John Danforth came despite warnings from Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland that terminating the grain embargo would be an " unmiti-gated disaster." The bill originally was introduced in the Senate on Friday by 10 fannbett legislators, led by Sen. Bob Dole, R- K- an. It calls for an immediate end to the embargo that already has blocked the sale of 13.7 million tons ( 17 million metric tons) of U. S. corn, wheat and soybean meal to Russia this year. Similar legislation has also been in-troduced in the House. Neither Eagle- to- n nor Danforth actively has support-ed the grain embargo since it was imposed Jan. 4. " The embargo isn't even producing the desired effect," Danforth said in a statement. " It appears that American farmers are suffering the most" Danforth contended American grain exports to Eastern Europe are at re-cord high levels and at feast some of that gram is reaching the Soviet Union. He also asserted that the Russians are buying soybean meal from European processors who get their soybeans from the United States. Both senators also cited reports last week mat the administration had given the major American grain exporters approval to resume selling Russia grain they obtain from other countries. " This action further weakened an embargo that was already ineffec-tive," Danforth said. " It is time to re-scind it altogether." Eagleton, one of Carter's staunchest re- electi- on supporters, was even harsher in his criticism of the embar-go's ineffectiveness. " Today, there is increasing evidence that the dike is not holding, and that in fact it is acting more like a sieve, hold-ing back the access of our U. S. farmers and agribusinessmen to a Soviet mar-ket while permtting others to flow through to profit at our expense," Eag-leton said. " Lets face it, the embargo has been . a dismal failure," he added. " It has succeeded in punishing the Soviet Union not one whit. It has succeeded in punishing our farmers tremendously." Bergland said Monday American ex-porters resuming sale of third- count- ry grain to the Soviets was not a reversal of U. S. policy, and that terminating the embargo now would tell the Russians that all they have to do is put up " a big fuss and the United States will turn tail and run." Liand- vam- e tax urged to develop city vacant lots ByKathyCoehrsn ftfissourian staff writer Vacant, developable land, excluding park land, existing within the present Columbia city limits could support twice the city's current population. But the present property tax system dis-courages development of that land, said Walter Johnson, a University as-sociate professor of economics. Johnson, also a member of the Citi-zens Committee for Reassessment, said, " Under the current property tax system, if we improve the land, taxes go up, so the incentive is not to im-prove the land. It pays to hold land from production." Giving a California example, John-- ffmsight son said, " The avocado fanner within a city in Oragge County pays very low taxes on land that could be sold as building lots for $ 109,000 an acre. The market says the most profitable use for that land is in residential housing, and the market is always right. With low taxes the fanner can afford to hold on forever, speculating on the certain-ty of ever- great- er capital gains.' The same principle holds true for owners of vacant land within Colum-bia, Johnson said. He was concerned particularly about land which was put to no productive use, other than beaig stockpiled in hopes of . future specu-lative price increases. He said speculators raise the price of land within the city by keeping large parcels out of production. Then, devel-opers move to cheaper building sites outside the city limits where building codes are less restrictive and taxes for prospective buyers are lower. A city report on annexation said this peripheral development creates prob-lems both inside and outside the city. Within, the city has fewer property taxes to support streets, parks and oth-er services. Also, persons developing land outside the city limits who use city facilities pay a smaller share of the costs of maintaining those serv-ices. City planners currently are trying to update Columbia's land- us- e plan and will begin updating the zoning ordi-nance during fiscal 1981. Senior plan- - ner Amy Wilson said one of the major goals will be to encourage the devel-opment of available sites within the city. Johnson and others believe one of the most effective incentives for devel-opment of land within the city would be to separate the property tax into two components: a tax on land and a tax on buildings or other man- mad- e im-provements. Taxes on land could be increased to make the cost of holding vacant land higher and taxes on buildings could be lowered or eliminated to remove the penalty for making improvements. With a higher land- val- ue tax, people no longer would want to hold vacant lots because they would need addition-al income to pay the taxes on unused land. This would put mote lots within the city on the market and lead to low-er prices for buOding sites within the city limits, Johnson said. Proponents of the split tax say lower--: ing the tax on buildings would give owners incentive to build on vacant lots and improve existing buildings. Currently, the property tax increases " every time a person improves an exist--" xng building. Tims, a higher land- valu- e ' tax and lower taxes on buildings would help dean up slums, stop urban sprawl ana create jobs, proponents say. The late Harry Gunnison Brown, for-mer University professor of econom-- - ics, championed the idea of land-- or site- val- ue taxation from the time he graduated from Yale in 1909 until his death in 1977. His closest collaborator was his wife, Elizabeth. Mrs. Brown, who still lives at 403 S. Garth Ave., said the idea for a land- val- ue tax originated in the 1880s with Henry George, who favored a tax on land rather man on what people earned. It was called a " single tax" be-cause George thought the land- valu- e tax should replace all other forms of taxation. But Mrs. Brown said a " single tax" is impractical m 1980. " We expect so much more of govern-ment now man we did in 1830 that a sin-gle tax isn't possible," Mrs. Brown said. " My husband felt we should tax the land as much as possible, then when that is not enough, go to other taxes." In the early 1970s, Judge Robert O. ( See LAND, Page ISA) Inside I today g President Carter, the only par-- ticipant at the weekend econom- - H ic summit to refuse to travel in a fi gondola, greatly upset the people B of Venice. See Page 3A. S Bobby Bonds broke a 0-- f or- 2- 8 m slump with a home run and a fig double to lift the Cardinals to a 3-- M 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi- - H rates. See Page 11A. m For the bridegroom as well as m the bride, learning the basics of g cooking is essential before at-- Bl tempting more elaborate meals. M See Page IB. I IffitOWK H today H 7 pan. Concert, University fill Symphonic Band with featured gHI soloist Peter Kurau on horn, m& Francis Quadrangle. In case of III rain, concert will be in Jesse Au-- m& ditoriom. Free. Ill 7: 3 pan. Theater, " Servant of Wm Two Masters," Maplewood Bam Theater, Nifong Park. $ 2 for gal adults, $ 1 for senior citizens and KKi children. Wj& 7: 33 pjn. Baseball, Columbia gmm ALemgeforincFanielLd. egion against Fulton, BjHalfijHflBaflfiffiv- - l1v " JfljRBjK9flfiflBfl8fl9H& KHpHM wBKBEWMMBBMBBfiBMMflHfflBBBMBfiBH flfifiHWBIBBWyiiwBBpBpMBIrrMBIIHBfiMBMWB independent presidential candidate John Anderson speaks in fiansas City """"" KXL samples ' Anderson difference' By Lynne Appel and Jennifer Hull State capital bureau KANSAS CITY, Mo. Monday was not a typical day at the Kansas City International Airport. As ISO special police officers and 25 blue- suite- d Se-cret ' Service agents canvassed Gate 30 of Trans World Airlines, a wiry, white- haire- d congressman appeared. Not everyone was impressed. As presidential candidate John Ander-son paused to answer questions from a hovering press corps, a little girt could be heard asking, " What's all the fuss about? He's not president yet." But to supporters who assembled at the opening of Anderson's Kansas City headquarters Monday night, and to businessmen who shared breakfast with the candidate Tuesday morning, Anderson's presence elicited excite-ment and curiosity. One curiosity seeker at the cam-paign headquarters was Dr. Ken Cin-namon, of Kansas City, Mo. China-- The 1980 1 Elections mon said he is not satisfied with the major party candidates Ronald Rea-gan or Jimmy Carter. " I'm not so sure the Anderson difference has been clearly delineated, but at least in style he is forceful and assured," Cinnamon said. " I came to see his eyes." Leroy Chadwick, also of Kansas City, is an Anderson volunteer who has had his eye on the candidate for three years. Gathering petition signa-tures outside the headquarters, Chad-wick said, " Anderson represents the kind of Republican I can deal with. He's a conservative when it comes to fiscal matters, but a liberal about hu-man rights." The THinois congressman tried to define the Anderson difference in his two- da- y visit to the city. Anderson spoke to the Plaza Sun-rise Group of businessmen Tuesday morning, which included Missouri gu-bernatorial candidate Christopher Bond. He defined the Carter adminis-tration's foreign, economic and en-ergy policies as being " somewhere over the rainbow" and called for a long- ter- m plan to solve the nation's economic problems. " The stop- and- g- o economic policies of this administration are more re-sponsible than anything else for the current recession," Anderson said. The presidential candidate accused the present administration of " fool-ing and hoodwinking" the American people with " quick- fi- x tax cuts." Referring to American productivi-ty, Anderson said American business lags behind its Japanese competitors because our machinery is twice as old as theirs. " They've got an economic strate gy, believe me, . . they have seen the wisdom of developing a long- ter- m program for growth," he said. The key to economic recovery, he said, is cooperation between busi-ness, government and labor. " That's the kind of program I'd support rather than changing my nund according to the polls and chan-ging economic policies every six to eight months." Included in such a program, Ander-son said, would be an emphasis on small business and a concern for the blue- colla- r worker. When the bond market collapsed " tears were shed on Wall Street My tears were shed for the small businessman." Finally, the candidate said the big--' gest obstacle in his campaign so far is the opinion of many people that his candidacy poses a threat to the two- par- ty system. " There is always some fear of something that is new and un-tried," he said. " But we are living in the kind of environment today where we must break out of the mold. Council authorizes funds for excavations ByTlmHayden Missourian staff writer Under deadline pressure the Colum-bia City Council met in special session Tuesday to authorize a contract with Environmental Systems Analysis for excavation of six archaeological sites at the hew sewage treatment plant- Environmen-tal Systems bad bid $ 16,- 51- 5 to perform Phase 2 excavations on the sites. As a provision of the con-' terxaccatv, atthioencoomf fpoaunryofmthuestsictoems pblyetJeultyhe2 and the other two by July 7. Public Works Director Ray Beck said the deadlines for the work are nec-essary because construction-- in the areaisseheduledtoproceedsoon. . An Illinois company. American Re-sources Group Ltd., bid $ 1300 to do the work. Beck said that while he felt American Resources is an excellent company, both he and Department of Natural Resources archaeologist Mi-chael Weichmann decided to recom-mend Environmental Systems because its personnel has better qualifications and could start work sooner.' Beck said Environmental Systems is hurriedly getting its crew together and might begin work today. The Phase 2 work will be test digs and will determine if the sites are sig-nificant enough to be Kgft? a for the National Register of Historic Places. If the sites are eligible, complete Phase 3 excavations will be done. The council passed an ordinance ap-propriating $ 40,000 in case Phase 3 ex-cavations are required. Beck asked for the $ 40,000 figure so no time would be wasted by returning to the council for more money. He also said the contract stipulates that any Phase 3 work must be completed within five days. Beck said the cost of the Phase 2 work could not exceed the $ 16,515 bid. This would leave about $ 23,590 for any necessary Phase 3 work. The Environmental Protection Agen-cy and the Department of Natural Re-sources will not give clearance fcr con-struction in the sites area until the Phase 2 work and any necessary Phase 3 work is completed. Weichmann said the time schedule " is going to be very tight." He said the deadline pressure Environmental Sys- te- ms wiD. be working under " is not nor-mal procedure," but he believes the work can be completed. Wekhmann is not confident the $ 40.-- 000 appropriated will be enough if Phase 3 work is required. He said he had recommended to Beck that the original figure of $ 104,000 be appropri-ated. " The Phase 3 work is potentially very expensive," Weichmann said. " Because of the limited time, they ( Environmental Systems) might have to work shifts and the city pay a premi-um price for the personnel. " However, both Beck and Weichmann agree Environmental Systems has ex-cellent personnel and will finish the work before the deadlines. " The city got a real bargain," Weichmann said. He said the bids orig-inally were expected to come in at $ 3,- 0- 00 to $ 4,000 per site. Environmental Systemsbid averages $ 200 per site. Both men noted fee credentials of the six- ma- n crew that will perform the work. Five of the personnel have doc-toral or master's degrees and one has a bachelor's degree. Larry Schmits, who will supervise the work, was formerly with Soil Serv-ices Inc. He had supervised an earlier excavation of a burial site in the con-struction area that the city had con-tracted with SSI. Four of the six sites are on the lower Percfae Creek adjacent to the sewage treatment plant. One site is on the up-per Perche Creek and another is on the Hinkson Creek. An additional 17 sites have been found along sewer line right- of- way- s but there is not as great a hurry to ex-cavate them. Beck said the deadline for excavation of these sites is Sept. 28. Kecent rams too little too late, experts say By Preston Smith Mbsourian staff writer Columbia weather and agricultural specialists are calling the recent spottv rains too little and too late. Ralph Winger, spokesman for the National Weather Service, said Toes?', day the .35 of an inch ( 8 centimeters that fell recently sthe C- oten-bia area' has left the area far from normal prer elation for Jaaewmcfc is asuaHy 4.6,' inches Ul-- 5 centimeters. Only 105 inches ( 27.8 centimeters) has fallen in 1930, compared with the usual 18.1 inches ( 45.3 centimeters) by this date. Bob Schottman, agricultural exten-sion engineer, said the rains have had little effect on the drought situation. Schottman said that . if the com crop gets no rain within the next 10 days, plant growth wfll decrease, and the leaves wfll start to roJL He said corn . will enter a critical growth period the fifst or second week of July, when the i crop is pollinating and needs plenty of moisture. Wayne L. Decker, chairman of the University's atmospheric science de-partment, said the recent rainfall will sustain corn and soybeans only an ad-ditional two days. He said the subsoil moisture level, 2.5 inches ( 6.4 centime-ters), should provide enough moisture to soybeans and corn for another two or three weeks. University extension pasture special-ist HoweH Wheaton said Ghat, with the exception of die extreme northeastern portion of the state, pastures are " pret-tydamn dry." Wheaton estimated the hay crop has been reduced 35 to 40 percent and said the prospects for improvement are slim, since the weather this time of summer is usually composed of little precipiation and high temperatures. Wheaton said cattlemen with short pastures can substitute grain for hay, buy bay, save nutrient content in round bales bymoving them from the field to the bam or decrease the number of cattle on the pasture. The state Crop and Livestock Re-porting Service, however, said the rain should provide same temporary relief. Significant supplies of soil moisture ex-ist only in northeast Missouri. Olinger said the weather service's six-- to 10- d- ay forecast for the state of-fers no real relief, since it calls for above- norm- al temperatures and be- low- ncraalprecip-itation- " The omy consolation is they ' ( weather semes - forecasters are sometimes wrong. I hope so," Schot-tman said. . ' - j |