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- - - ' - , c 1 LT " t" HI1T . '.-- . - 73rd Year - No. 29 Good Morning! It's Friday, October 17, 1980 3 Section - 36 lujjt - Pages - 1 5 Cents Many speak out on Rocheport race track ByTerriBeatyaad EUsabetiiSadd Missomian staff writers The proposed Rocheport Grand Prix race track made its debut before the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday night amid pro-testing groans from more than 80 citi-zens, mostly from Rocheport. Chief race track backer Jack Palm-er of Columbia explained specifics of the track to commissioners for more man an hour in the packed meeting room, causing temporary concern among audience members that they would not get a chance to voice their views. At press time, the commission still was meeting and had taken no action. Palmer asked the commission for a special zoning ruling that would allow the track to be constructed. The 60.2- ac- re ( 24 hectare) site, ust outside Rocheport and about 10 miles ( 16 kilo-meters) west of Columbia, is zoned recreational. Residents who live near the site fear the track will be excessively noisy and bring gambling and drinking into the area. Pat Cronin, a Fayette attorney, spoke first for the opposing residents, saying many of Palmer's statements at the meeting conflicted with what he had told landowners. Palmer said Thursday that there would be folk festivals at the racetrack but not rock concerts. David Hall, whose property lies to the south of the proposed track, said Palmer alternate-ly had referred to the musical events as rock concerts and folk festivals. " There is no way we would do rock concerts. We have planned folk music concerts, just like those held in Roche-port in the past," Palmer said Palmer responded that he is aware of neighbors' concerns. " We have reports from the ( Missouri state) highway department on noise levels of a freeway. By the time you go over tails and through trees, the deci-bel level of cars is considerably low-ered," Palmer said. His statement drew audible groans and one expletive from the audi-ence. Cronin later used Palmer's noise lev-el estimates, saying that with some of the decibel reports Palmer gave, the Hall family would not be able to speak in a converstional tones during races. Palmer said the property had been zoned for recreational purposes before the residential development " I think the concern by the neighbors is not just for racing. They don't want people in the area. But the area has been zoned recreational since 1973. They built their homes there despite the zoning," Palmer countered. Palmer said drinking would not be a problem because drinking would be confined to beer gardens. Palmer em-phasized mat drivers and their pit crews would be restricted from drink-ing alcohol during the races by Sports Car Club of America rules. A member of the car dub, Paul Ab-bott, spoke in support of Palmer's pro-posal, saying the track would be simi-lar to one in Brainerd, Minn., which is built in a farm setting. Abbott said the Brainerd track has L Randolph J Audrain H Rocheport j strict noise regulations that keep driv-ers from starting cars before 8 ajn. and after 5 p. m. Abbott repeated statements that Palmer made earlier at the meeting to the effect that people attracted to the sport are " good people." " We're not troublemakers," be said. Gary Fisher, whose property is di-rectly across from the track site, said, " I put over $ 100,000 in my house, and I dont want to see a racetrack destroy-ing my property values." Debaters disagree on tax limit method By Edward M. veid MfaiWMriaasUflf writer Proponents of the Hancock tax limitation rrwndmwtt said in . Thursday debate that rising state and federal taxes must be arretted, while opponents insisted the pro-posed amendment is not the proper vehicle to limit taxes. Mel Hancock, chairman of the committee that wrote amendment five on the November ballot, said the amendment is not perfect and that it is confusing. Bat he said " hundreds of hoars" were pat into the proposal to make sure attorneys and courts would interpret it cor-rectly. " It was not written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is confus-ing, especially to the layman, bat a lot of laws are confusing," Hancock told an audience at the University's Memorial Union. The proposed amendment would pot a fid on state taxes. Unlike Cali-- fonaa's Proposition 13, which roBed back property taxes, the amend- - -- ment provides, mat state taxes would be limited except for yearly ftdjr3m" fo' bcwH t frrtal vtvp& vn tat Massoarhms. The jBTicnfflfflMt wohW not raise er lower taxes, Han-cock said. Barry T. Morley Jr., a SL Louis businessman, said the nnfiliiieut proviskns " are so flawed, it does not deserve car vote." He said pro-visions that wiS provoke constant court challenges should not be added to the constitution , " We are trying to change the highest law of Missouri with an ad-mittedly flawed amendment," he said. Morley said the amendment ap-pears to override recently passed legislation mat roBs back property taxes as soon as the current reas-sessment is completed. The legis-lation allows a 4 to 5 percent in-- ( See TAX, Page 14) Bonds I easclale both take credit for good economic management Editor's sate: Tfcis is the second of three parts framfaitng the gnberBatori- a- l records of Democratic Gov. Jeaepb Tessdale and Ms BepahUeao opponent, former Gov. Osrlstepher & BsstfL ByRX. Brokaw Sale capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY State govern-ment spending, efforts to bring more jobs to Missouri and the regtua& on of utilities are key issues in mis year's gubernatorial match between incum-bent Joseph Tessdale and challenger Christopher Bond. Bond charges that dsdinrog rave-- Insight noes coupled with Teasdale's " reck-less" spending could create a deficit In the state budget The Missouri House and Senate appropriations committee staffs agree mat lower- than- projeet- ed revenues wiS result in a decrease in the state's reserve balance, which stood at $ ZSO million when the fiscal year began Jury 1. But William Dye, Teasdale's budget director, says the main reason for the revenue situation is the recession, which be predicts will ease by the end Campaign ' 80 ( of the year. That upturn, Dye says, will increase revenues snore man the amount predicted by the appropria-- The Senate committee's records show that MfHf' from the state's general fund probably win rise at a higher rate from the fkst year of the Tessdale JMfrnEiHJflftration to tbslsst compared to the same period under Bond. Expenditures from the general reve-nue fund rose 2L5 percent from $ 982 """"" in the first year of Bond's ad-ministration to nearly $ L24 ltfiHm dur-ing his last year in office. Expendi- tore- s from the same fund daring Teasdale's arm have risen by about 51 percent fras& hjs first budget cf $ 1. S? HTHfm to this swart estimated $ 2.1 bil-lion budget Revenues rose at a rate of 35 percent under Bond and 28 percent under Teas- dal- e. Teasdate was able to increase spend-ing near the end of this term because he bout up a budget sarpios during his first years in office. Bom governors have bam forced to deal with rwtjorml recessiaBS, but the recession of 1373- 7- 5 did not redoce rev-enues to the extent the cqst& A reces- sjo- n has, says Bob Knoto, executive di-rector of the Missouri Public pjjwMujitiirip Survey t nonprofit cor-poration that studies state fssances. None of the previous four recessions, dating hack to B63, caused as great a drop in state government revenues as the present economic decline, South says. Another reason for the dedfop in state revenue is that state sales tax was removed from domestic utility consumption and farm machinery in January, he says. Those sates tax exemptions cost & e state about $ 40 million annually. In nfldfttan, the allot-ment cf half of the sales tax revenues from new aatomobOes to the highway fond, also effective this year, has di-verted $ 45 Twffii" w from the general reveosefund. Sen. Richard Webster, a Carthage Espshlicsn sssi powerful member of the Semite Appropriations Committee, f 23Qj? 3 the T& Hsdsle ssimtnistration did not recognize the effect cf the reces- aaa- o and raised slate espsnditares. The Bond ffiSwferifffaytk'yi reacted bster to the recession in 1375, he says, scd pre-paredmasere stats budget In an ef-fort to limit state spending, Bond withr hld 3 percent of the ffrfrnygrffififf to See CAHD1DATES, Page li) 1 Bosfaags ...................... SJA I QsssSfesa 1MIA I Cental ..........; ISA 1 Movies .. .2- a- B I OfsJsixtE --,..,,,., ,.,,.,,.,,.,..,,. ,$ A I Spstfs ,........,. WA I TelevMoa . .-- . B Mis. itwis. to& y I 7: 2 pjn. " What fee Bate- - Saw," Stsdio Theslssr, Gentry BfaTt div-ersity, 50 casts. 8 pin. High school football Bock Bridge vs. Moheriy, Rock Bridge B stadium. 3 versify Fine Arts Bectfcel Bafl, Jree. Suit could cost student $ 40,000 ByEBsabctaSadd MissonriaD staff writer A University agriculture student found this week it may be costly to have worked for " right- to- work- ." Carolyn Koenig, 20, has spent the last two years wrapped up in a court battle, and now she has been ordered to pay at least $ 40,000 in legal fees. But thou costs were not directly incurred by Miss Koenig; She is saddled with payment of the opposition's attorneys. The case, Fantroy vs. Greater SL Louis Labor Cfeuccfl, began two sum-mers ago. Miss Koenig, from St Louis, decided to gather petition signatures to put a " right- to- work- " measure on the state ballot The measure would have outlawed mandatory union mem-bership for workers. How will a onilfgp student pay the " I guess the judge will take away Carolyn's pencils and books," said Baker Smith, director of the Center for National Labor Policy and backer of Miss Koenig and three other women in the case. Bet an attorney who may be paid by the women says the decision was aimed atme labor policy center. " I think these girls were used. In my opinion this case was solicited and backed by an organization out of D. C that promised the girls they wouldn't have to pay for anything," said defense attorney Kurt Breeze. The ire of some union members was raised by the right- to- wor- k activity. According to Miss Koenig, she and three other young women found them-selves the target of this anger when pftKtaknists narassed them. The women reported mat union members followed them during the petition drive and slashed tires of their cars, threat-ened their families and ripped up pages of signatures they had gathered. One of the women, Fonda Fantroy, took the problem to Richard M. Mar-shall, a Clayton, Mo., attorney, who said be would help the women stop the harassment Soon the women found more back-ing. Officials from the labor policy cen-ter, located in North Springfield, Va., contacted Marshall and offered to pay court costs if the women would file suit against the unionists. The center, formed in 1974, is a pub-lic interest law firm. Its officials were drawn into the case when members read about the situation in a labor pub-lication. The case was heard last summer in a four- wee- k U. S. District Court triad. A jury deliberated four hours before it announced its decision against the women. Monday the case reached another stage, when US. District Judge Wi-lliam Hungate, saying the suit was " verbose and indefinite,' ruled the women most pay attorney fees for some 60 defendants. The tab rings up at about $ 160,000, and calls for $ 40,000 from each plannff. Miss Koenig prefers not to discuss the suit Her fattier, Donald Koenig, said he is shocked at the situation. " I wouldn't say mis is a lesson for Carolyn. It is an experience. I find the amount of money involved unfathoma-ble. The girls were acting on the advice of the National Labor Policy," he said. " They went through what they thought was the best way to seek action to stop this harassment" Koenig said he did not consider his daughter to be a political activist and did not consider ' right- to- wor- k" to be a political issue. Miss Koenig's backers say they are not surprised at her refusal to talk about the case and are sympathetic with her position. " Carolyn is a sweet girl," Marshall said. " At the time of the suit she felt this was not the way the country ought to be. These young people sat in my of-fice crying, ' Mr. Marshall, what can we do about mis?' I'm sure they didn't know what they were getting into, and I didnt know what this would lead to either," he said. Smith had similar comments. " Carolyn is a good plaintiff. She is a very shy, very private individual, and rm sure she is very hurt by this whole thing," Smith, labor policy center di-rector, said. 4iThere is no way Carolyn imagined this would happen, but I've assured her well keep appealing this thing." " This was a constitutional suit" Smith said. " We wanted to go to court to set a precedent and protect the right to petition. The fact that it came out of the right- to- wor- k campaign was not part of the reason to file. Those girls could have been petitioning for mom's apple pie." Smith and Marsha?! said Hungate's decision to require the women to fund their opposition's legal fees is a major setback for civil rights and public in-terest law cases. '' I was chagrined during the trial when Hungate said this type of thing ( See JUDGE'S, Page 14) Spirited Paco sure to please Tiger backers By B3i& Brewer Paco Psvo thinks whistling Dixie is for the birds m he whistles the Tiger Fight Song. Birds are not usually attracted to cats, but Paco makes an exception for the Mtzxou Tigers. Paco Pavo, whose name means " Little Turkey," is a 1- yea-r- old cocka- tee- J belonging to University student Sheri Nehjon, 1319 Paris Road. And al-though he cannot attend the homecom-ing game Saturday, Paco win be cheering for the Tigers from his cage. ( fi& dsaed with this nasfftfsg's Cohon- ht- a BnliHtflBrfaiB is a mwM sft- pa- ge BxHBBeeamSqg 19seethe) " He tfetsj to the Tiger B?"" P! g on the radio and loves the excitement. When he bears the fight ssng he gets real ersry," Ms. Nelson said. " He picks it right up." Ms. Nelson, a lS- year-- oM advertising major from St Louis, became Paco's owner in July. Since then & e success-fully has taught fee bird several tricks, from whistling the Tiger fight song to imitating a wolf's howL " He's real smart and trhpg m fast," Ms. Nelson said. Paco, like many performers, is tem- peramest- aL He likes to be coaxed, pg& ed and offered a peanut before he does his suf. 1 " He thinks he's a real tough guy," 8 JSs. Nelson expined. " Be a big eagle,'' Ms. Nelson whia-- B perstoFaco. 1 Paco easfidsatly cocks Ms head, I foOy lifts jrcrai fftPT1 his wings frfil I arrogantly stmts along her forearm. 1 ThenhsgeisttsepessHst f itiir.- jfMl- u t rjcitr , r - . -- -:; .. '-- -. .:. . i .'" jTfirtf i!'!' i'i'K;" Sc'-' v-- a '; ' ' '"." '. ; runjfiM', s ,' r'VM.'': M ' -- .., : .' r ' .?," irfiMw.- f. f'';'-- . " J! sTrftiiI- 1" s.- V f'r " ' in, ? It'-- . W -- 3!!. . "" ... f'-- . i. When he's in the mood, Paco the eockat" r3i y! H vzh& il? " Fight, Tiger" for his owner, Sheri Nelson. She says be par- ikmar- ly enjoys hearing Marching Wzzsm play via radio as
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Item.Transcript | - - - ' - , c 1 LT " t" HI1T . '.-- . - 73rd Year - No. 29 Good Morning! It's Friday, October 17, 1980 3 Section - 36 lujjt - Pages - 1 5 Cents Many speak out on Rocheport race track ByTerriBeatyaad EUsabetiiSadd Missomian staff writers The proposed Rocheport Grand Prix race track made its debut before the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday night amid pro-testing groans from more than 80 citi-zens, mostly from Rocheport. Chief race track backer Jack Palm-er of Columbia explained specifics of the track to commissioners for more man an hour in the packed meeting room, causing temporary concern among audience members that they would not get a chance to voice their views. At press time, the commission still was meeting and had taken no action. Palmer asked the commission for a special zoning ruling that would allow the track to be constructed. The 60.2- ac- re ( 24 hectare) site, ust outside Rocheport and about 10 miles ( 16 kilo-meters) west of Columbia, is zoned recreational. Residents who live near the site fear the track will be excessively noisy and bring gambling and drinking into the area. Pat Cronin, a Fayette attorney, spoke first for the opposing residents, saying many of Palmer's statements at the meeting conflicted with what he had told landowners. Palmer said Thursday that there would be folk festivals at the racetrack but not rock concerts. David Hall, whose property lies to the south of the proposed track, said Palmer alternate-ly had referred to the musical events as rock concerts and folk festivals. " There is no way we would do rock concerts. We have planned folk music concerts, just like those held in Roche-port in the past," Palmer said Palmer responded that he is aware of neighbors' concerns. " We have reports from the ( Missouri state) highway department on noise levels of a freeway. By the time you go over tails and through trees, the deci-bel level of cars is considerably low-ered," Palmer said. His statement drew audible groans and one expletive from the audi-ence. Cronin later used Palmer's noise lev-el estimates, saying that with some of the decibel reports Palmer gave, the Hall family would not be able to speak in a converstional tones during races. Palmer said the property had been zoned for recreational purposes before the residential development " I think the concern by the neighbors is not just for racing. They don't want people in the area. But the area has been zoned recreational since 1973. They built their homes there despite the zoning," Palmer countered. Palmer said drinking would not be a problem because drinking would be confined to beer gardens. Palmer em-phasized mat drivers and their pit crews would be restricted from drink-ing alcohol during the races by Sports Car Club of America rules. A member of the car dub, Paul Ab-bott, spoke in support of Palmer's pro-posal, saying the track would be simi-lar to one in Brainerd, Minn., which is built in a farm setting. Abbott said the Brainerd track has L Randolph J Audrain H Rocheport j strict noise regulations that keep driv-ers from starting cars before 8 ajn. and after 5 p. m. Abbott repeated statements that Palmer made earlier at the meeting to the effect that people attracted to the sport are " good people." " We're not troublemakers," be said. Gary Fisher, whose property is di-rectly across from the track site, said, " I put over $ 100,000 in my house, and I dont want to see a racetrack destroy-ing my property values." Debaters disagree on tax limit method By Edward M. veid MfaiWMriaasUflf writer Proponents of the Hancock tax limitation rrwndmwtt said in . Thursday debate that rising state and federal taxes must be arretted, while opponents insisted the pro-posed amendment is not the proper vehicle to limit taxes. Mel Hancock, chairman of the committee that wrote amendment five on the November ballot, said the amendment is not perfect and that it is confusing. Bat he said " hundreds of hoars" were pat into the proposal to make sure attorneys and courts would interpret it cor-rectly. " It was not written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is confus-ing, especially to the layman, bat a lot of laws are confusing," Hancock told an audience at the University's Memorial Union. The proposed amendment would pot a fid on state taxes. Unlike Cali-- fonaa's Proposition 13, which roBed back property taxes, the amend- - -- ment provides, mat state taxes would be limited except for yearly ftdjr3m" fo' bcwH t frrtal vtvp& vn tat Massoarhms. The jBTicnfflfflMt wohW not raise er lower taxes, Han-cock said. Barry T. Morley Jr., a SL Louis businessman, said the nnfiliiieut proviskns " are so flawed, it does not deserve car vote." He said pro-visions that wiS provoke constant court challenges should not be added to the constitution , " We are trying to change the highest law of Missouri with an ad-mittedly flawed amendment," he said. Morley said the amendment ap-pears to override recently passed legislation mat roBs back property taxes as soon as the current reas-sessment is completed. The legis-lation allows a 4 to 5 percent in-- ( See TAX, Page 14) Bonds I easclale both take credit for good economic management Editor's sate: Tfcis is the second of three parts framfaitng the gnberBatori- a- l records of Democratic Gov. Jeaepb Tessdale and Ms BepahUeao opponent, former Gov. Osrlstepher & BsstfL ByRX. Brokaw Sale capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY State govern-ment spending, efforts to bring more jobs to Missouri and the regtua& on of utilities are key issues in mis year's gubernatorial match between incum-bent Joseph Tessdale and challenger Christopher Bond. Bond charges that dsdinrog rave-- Insight noes coupled with Teasdale's " reck-less" spending could create a deficit In the state budget The Missouri House and Senate appropriations committee staffs agree mat lower- than- projeet- ed revenues wiS result in a decrease in the state's reserve balance, which stood at $ ZSO million when the fiscal year began Jury 1. But William Dye, Teasdale's budget director, says the main reason for the revenue situation is the recession, which be predicts will ease by the end Campaign ' 80 ( of the year. That upturn, Dye says, will increase revenues snore man the amount predicted by the appropria-- The Senate committee's records show that MfHf' from the state's general fund probably win rise at a higher rate from the fkst year of the Tessdale JMfrnEiHJflftration to tbslsst compared to the same period under Bond. Expenditures from the general reve-nue fund rose 2L5 percent from $ 982 """"" in the first year of Bond's ad-ministration to nearly $ L24 ltfiHm dur-ing his last year in office. Expendi- tore- s from the same fund daring Teasdale's arm have risen by about 51 percent fras& hjs first budget cf $ 1. S? HTHfm to this swart estimated $ 2.1 bil-lion budget Revenues rose at a rate of 35 percent under Bond and 28 percent under Teas- dal- e. Teasdate was able to increase spend-ing near the end of this term because he bout up a budget sarpios during his first years in office. Bom governors have bam forced to deal with rwtjorml recessiaBS, but the recession of 1373- 7- 5 did not redoce rev-enues to the extent the cqst& A reces- sjo- n has, says Bob Knoto, executive di-rector of the Missouri Public pjjwMujitiirip Survey t nonprofit cor-poration that studies state fssances. None of the previous four recessions, dating hack to B63, caused as great a drop in state government revenues as the present economic decline, South says. Another reason for the dedfop in state revenue is that state sales tax was removed from domestic utility consumption and farm machinery in January, he says. Those sates tax exemptions cost & e state about $ 40 million annually. In nfldfttan, the allot-ment cf half of the sales tax revenues from new aatomobOes to the highway fond, also effective this year, has di-verted $ 45 Twffii" w from the general reveosefund. Sen. Richard Webster, a Carthage Espshlicsn sssi powerful member of the Semite Appropriations Committee, f 23Qj? 3 the T& Hsdsle ssimtnistration did not recognize the effect cf the reces- aaa- o and raised slate espsnditares. The Bond ffiSwferifffaytk'yi reacted bster to the recession in 1375, he says, scd pre-paredmasere stats budget In an ef-fort to limit state spending, Bond withr hld 3 percent of the ffrfrnygrffififf to See CAHD1DATES, Page li) 1 Bosfaags ...................... SJA I QsssSfesa 1MIA I Cental ..........; ISA 1 Movies .. .2- a- B I OfsJsixtE --,..,,,., ,.,,.,,.,,.,..,,. ,$ A I Spstfs ,........,. WA I TelevMoa . .-- . B Mis. itwis. to& y I 7: 2 pjn. " What fee Bate- - Saw," Stsdio Theslssr, Gentry BfaTt div-ersity, 50 casts. 8 pin. High school football Bock Bridge vs. Moheriy, Rock Bridge B stadium. 3 versify Fine Arts Bectfcel Bafl, Jree. Suit could cost student $ 40,000 ByEBsabctaSadd MissonriaD staff writer A University agriculture student found this week it may be costly to have worked for " right- to- work- ." Carolyn Koenig, 20, has spent the last two years wrapped up in a court battle, and now she has been ordered to pay at least $ 40,000 in legal fees. But thou costs were not directly incurred by Miss Koenig; She is saddled with payment of the opposition's attorneys. The case, Fantroy vs. Greater SL Louis Labor Cfeuccfl, began two sum-mers ago. Miss Koenig, from St Louis, decided to gather petition signatures to put a " right- to- work- " measure on the state ballot The measure would have outlawed mandatory union mem-bership for workers. How will a onilfgp student pay the " I guess the judge will take away Carolyn's pencils and books," said Baker Smith, director of the Center for National Labor Policy and backer of Miss Koenig and three other women in the case. Bet an attorney who may be paid by the women says the decision was aimed atme labor policy center. " I think these girls were used. In my opinion this case was solicited and backed by an organization out of D. C that promised the girls they wouldn't have to pay for anything," said defense attorney Kurt Breeze. The ire of some union members was raised by the right- to- wor- k activity. According to Miss Koenig, she and three other young women found them-selves the target of this anger when pftKtaknists narassed them. The women reported mat union members followed them during the petition drive and slashed tires of their cars, threat-ened their families and ripped up pages of signatures they had gathered. One of the women, Fonda Fantroy, took the problem to Richard M. Mar-shall, a Clayton, Mo., attorney, who said be would help the women stop the harassment Soon the women found more back-ing. Officials from the labor policy cen-ter, located in North Springfield, Va., contacted Marshall and offered to pay court costs if the women would file suit against the unionists. The center, formed in 1974, is a pub-lic interest law firm. Its officials were drawn into the case when members read about the situation in a labor pub-lication. The case was heard last summer in a four- wee- k U. S. District Court triad. A jury deliberated four hours before it announced its decision against the women. Monday the case reached another stage, when US. District Judge Wi-lliam Hungate, saying the suit was " verbose and indefinite,' ruled the women most pay attorney fees for some 60 defendants. The tab rings up at about $ 160,000, and calls for $ 40,000 from each plannff. Miss Koenig prefers not to discuss the suit Her fattier, Donald Koenig, said he is shocked at the situation. " I wouldn't say mis is a lesson for Carolyn. It is an experience. I find the amount of money involved unfathoma-ble. The girls were acting on the advice of the National Labor Policy," he said. " They went through what they thought was the best way to seek action to stop this harassment" Koenig said he did not consider his daughter to be a political activist and did not consider ' right- to- wor- k" to be a political issue. Miss Koenig's backers say they are not surprised at her refusal to talk about the case and are sympathetic with her position. " Carolyn is a sweet girl," Marshall said. " At the time of the suit she felt this was not the way the country ought to be. These young people sat in my of-fice crying, ' Mr. Marshall, what can we do about mis?' I'm sure they didn't know what they were getting into, and I didnt know what this would lead to either," he said. Smith had similar comments. " Carolyn is a good plaintiff. She is a very shy, very private individual, and rm sure she is very hurt by this whole thing," Smith, labor policy center di-rector, said. 4iThere is no way Carolyn imagined this would happen, but I've assured her well keep appealing this thing." " This was a constitutional suit" Smith said. " We wanted to go to court to set a precedent and protect the right to petition. The fact that it came out of the right- to- wor- k campaign was not part of the reason to file. Those girls could have been petitioning for mom's apple pie." Smith and Marsha?! said Hungate's decision to require the women to fund their opposition's legal fees is a major setback for civil rights and public in-terest law cases. '' I was chagrined during the trial when Hungate said this type of thing ( See JUDGE'S, Page 14) Spirited Paco sure to please Tiger backers By B3i& Brewer Paco Psvo thinks whistling Dixie is for the birds m he whistles the Tiger Fight Song. Birds are not usually attracted to cats, but Paco makes an exception for the Mtzxou Tigers. Paco Pavo, whose name means " Little Turkey," is a 1- yea-r- old cocka- tee- J belonging to University student Sheri Nehjon, 1319 Paris Road. And al-though he cannot attend the homecom-ing game Saturday, Paco win be cheering for the Tigers from his cage. ( fi& dsaed with this nasfftfsg's Cohon- ht- a BnliHtflBrfaiB is a mwM sft- pa- ge BxHBBeeamSqg 19seethe) " He tfetsj to the Tiger B?"" P! g on the radio and loves the excitement. When he bears the fight ssng he gets real ersry," Ms. Nelson said. " He picks it right up." Ms. Nelson, a lS- year-- oM advertising major from St Louis, became Paco's owner in July. Since then & e success-fully has taught fee bird several tricks, from whistling the Tiger fight song to imitating a wolf's howL " He's real smart and trhpg m fast," Ms. Nelson said. Paco, like many performers, is tem- peramest- aL He likes to be coaxed, pg& ed and offered a peanut before he does his suf. 1 " He thinks he's a real tough guy," 8 JSs. Nelson expined. " Be a big eagle,'' Ms. Nelson whia-- B perstoFaco. 1 Paco easfidsatly cocks Ms head, I foOy lifts jrcrai fftPT1 his wings frfil I arrogantly stmts along her forearm. 1 ThenhsgeisttsepessHst f itiir.- jfMl- u t rjcitr , r - . -- -:; .. '-- -. .:. . i .'" jTfirtf i!'!' i'i'K;" Sc'-' v-- a '; ' ' '"." '. ; runjfiM', s ,' r'VM.'': M ' -- .., : .' r ' .?," irfiMw.- f. f'';'-- . " J! sTrftiiI- 1" s.- V f'r " ' in, ? It'-- . W -- 3!!. . "" ... f'-- . i. When he's in the mood, Paco the eockat" r3i y! H vzh& il? " Fight, Tiger" for his owner, Sheri Nelson. She says be par- ikmar- ly enjoys hearing Marching Wzzsm play via radio as |