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STATE HISTORIC L GOCtlTY 1 HITT & LOWRY ST . - ' COLUMBIA, HO. 65201 73rd Year No. 182 Good Morning! It's Friday, April 17. t98I 3 Section - 18 Pagr 25 ( enth Officials see little hope for trapped miners REDSTONE, Colo ( UPI) Rescuers inched their way through a Colorado coal mine Thurs-day night in an effort to reach 15 men trapped more than a mile underground by a violent methane gas explosion, but preparations at the mine entrance indicated there was little hope they would be found alive A spokesman for the Pitkin County Sheriff's Department confirmed Thursday afternoon that body bags had been sent to the Dutch Creek No 1 mine as a precaution About 9pm, the sheriff's office asked the county coroner to report to the mine within two hours. The estimated tune for rescue crews to reach the trapped miners was set back repeatedly during the day as workers encountered water at various levels of the shaft Pumps that nor-mally would have emptied the water from the mine were out of service because the explosion knocked out electrical power. Doug Bowman, environmental control officer for Mid- Contine- nt Coal and Coke Co , the mine operator, said one rescue crew progressed 600 feet ( 183 meters) in a four- ho- ur shift Thursday evening Bowman said the blast apparently was trig-gered by a spark, possibly from high- volta- ge heavy equipment, touching off a pocket of methane gas in the mine The exact cause could not be determined because no one had been to the scene of the explosion since it occurred at 5 10 pm Wednesday " From the size of the explosion, the feeling now is that they hit some kind of pocket, Bow-man said " I'd say it happened in an instant They never knew what happened " Bowman said speculation was that the pocket of gas was caused by an ' outburst," which oc-curs when more coal than is normally produced in the mining process pops out from the coal face. Rescuer Lee McBnde, 27, who has worked in the mine tor tour years, was in the mine when the explosion occurred He escaped injury when he felt a pressure change Lloyd Miller, supervisor of the U S Steel Mine at Somerset, Colo , brougnt a crew of nine to help in the rescue A 40- e- ar veteran miner. Miller said conditions in the tunnels were not that bad, it's clear There isn t any gas or dust It's cool, cold in fact " Despite predictions by mine officials that the missing miners probably were dead, some fam-ily members, friends and fellow coal miners re-mained outside the mine's gates in hopes of get-ting good news Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff Labby Hemts confirmed that authorities had askea that body bags be delivered to the mine entrance but said no fatalities had been confirmed The blast occurred near the end of the day shift at the mine in the scenic Crystal River Vallev of western Colorado The explosion was so violent, officials held little hope for any sur-vivors The trapped men, who ranged in age from 20 to an were working in two teams 1' 2 miles 2 4 kilometers j deep inside the mine when the ex-plosion occurred Traffic fatality Columbian Elberta M. Eakin, 2212 Country Lane, was killed Thursday in a three- vehic- le collision on Interstate 70 near the Ann Youngling West Boulevard exit. Two others were taken to University Hospi-tal for treatment. ( Story on Page 7A. ) Hitler was not aware of Hess' ' peace flight' BONN, West Germany ( UPI) Ru-dolph Hess, Adolf Hitler's nght- han- d man, revealed Thursday that his mys-terious World War II " peace mission" to Britain 40 years ago was made with-out the German Fuehrer's knowledge. The ailing 86- year-- old Hess, serving a life sentence in Berlin's Spandau Jail since being convicted at the 1947 Nu- rembu- rg Nazi war crime trials, also disclosed for the first time that he made three unsuccessful attempts to fly to Britain before finally parachut-ing into Scotland May 10, 1941. Ever since, there has been specu-lation that he was on a secret mission to make a separate peace with Britain to clear the way for Germany's attack sis weeks later on Russia. Hitler al-ways denied the suggestion and, in a fit of rage, dismissed his deputy as mad. Hess was captured on landing in Scotland and spent the rest of the war in the Tower of London. Last week, Hess, who is suffering from pneumo-nia, was transferred to a prison hospi-tal. His story was published for the first time Thursday in an eight- pag- e pam-phlet, " Spandau Report," issued by an organization campaigning for his re-lease " Support Society for the Free-dom of Rudolf Hess" is headed by his son, Wolf Ruediger Hess, 43, a Munich architect Hess' story is told in the form of let-ters to his wife Use in 1947, before be-ing transferred to Spandau In them, he said the flight was so se-cret mat " higher- ups- " did not know about it, nor did he tell his wife Hess did not mention Hitler by name, but by " higher- ups- " he clearly meant Hitler. He said he disguised the notes he made on maps for the flight in which he offered Britain peace in return for German dominance of Europe. Hess wrote that while flying from Munich over the North Sea he feared he would have to return to Germany because there was no cloud cover to help him avoid British fighters. He continued his flight, however, be-cause he said he would have had to make a night landing that might have damaged his Messerschmitt 110 In town today 4: 30 pjn. High school baseball, Rock Bridge vs. Mexico at Hickman field, doubleheader. Admission $ 1 for adults, 50 cents for junior high students. 7: 30 p. m-- Theater, " A Separate Peace," Gentry Studio Theatre on Uni-versity campus Tickets 50 cents Lim-ited seating , 7: 30 pjn-- Theater, " Rimers of El-dritch," Fine Arts Building on Univer sity campus. Tickets $ 3 50 for public, $ 1 75 for students 7: 30 pan. Play, " Mass," Firestone- Baar- s Chapel on Stephens College campus. Tickets $ 3 for public, $ 1.75 students at Dorsey Street box office. 8: 15 p. m. Recital, Esterhazy Quar-tet, Fine Arts Recital Hall on Universi-ty campus. Free. Before this couple moves to Arizona for retirement, they must sort through The ' Baggage of Life' By Kathy Morrall Missounan staff writer Robert and Jane Habenstein are thinking of the thousands of books they have to sort through and the numerous drawers, closets and cupboards they have to empty They also are thinking about ending one life-style and starting another a new lifestyle that, despite all the planning, has elements of uncertainty about it. Before Habenstein, 66, retires from the Uni-versity in September, he and his wife, 64, have to rid themselves of what he calls the bag-gage of life" in preparation for their move to Arizona The baggage is considerable. For 30 years, they have been buying things at auc-tions and garage sales. " We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing, yet we spend most of our lives acquiring material possessions," says Habenstein, a professor in sociology. " But there comes a tune when we must di-vest ourselves of our baggage of life." They'll keep some, however, to stock a shop in Tubac, Anz , where they will open an art gallery and oriental and Navaho rug shop called East- We- st Galleries The Habensteins are like thousands of cou-ples who face critical decisions at retirement tune Some are unprepared; others, like the Habensteins, have planned for this day. Mrs Habenstein, who suffers from arthritis, started visiting Arizona six years ago during the winter to see if she would like living there. Last fall, the Habensteins bought a townhouse in Green Valley, 15 miles from Tubac, for a re-tirement home But for Habenstein, a retirement home wasn't enough ' I didn't want to just retire in nzona " he says " I had to look for a second career I had thought of opening a book store, but with art and rugs, I'll have more excitement and a chance to travel around and buy inventory in the summer." Auctions, garage sales and flea markets have been so much a part of his life that he has spent years studying people, especially the el-derly, and how they function at auctions and garage sales. Habenstein is a small, slight man with gray hair and glasses He will not have to change his manner and dress to live in the Southwest He dresses in chambray shirts and corduroys and sometimes wears a turquoise necklace Even his home reflects his love of the region and lifestyle it represents It is a large two- sto- ry house constructed with buff and melon col-ored sandstone from southwest Missouri The front of the the house is dominated by windows that give the house an open and relaxed atmo-sphere. Its large and airy rooms are filled with paintings and art objects Most of the paintings are considered Southwestern art, and the sculptures and pottery on shelves and tables have an Indian flavor. But early American pieces from Mrs Habenstein's family are also present In a hack bedroom is the four- post- er bed her father was born in Next to it is his spindle cradle In-side the cradle, dressed in white nightgowns, are Mrs Habenstein's childhood dolls For a couple whose many possessions are rich m sentimental value, it's not easy to de-cide what to keep and what to sell " We don't like to talk of getting nd of it," ( See MOVING, Page 7A) n yi m mnH 1i IHflTiWTimBMi MlfBBiWK n ? Vt aSB B7 1 Mb SBHwi Jerome Delay Ruling may cost county $ 20,000 By Marynelle Hardee Missounan staff writer A recent Missouri Tax Commission ruling not only will delay county reas-sessment efforts but could reduce state reassessment funding by up to $ 20,000 county Assessor Don Fenton said Thursday The county s loss would be the state s financial gain Several weeks ago, the commission ordered Boone County officials to have reassessment maps redrawn accord-ing to the state's system of numbering land parcels State specifications re-quire a property owners adjoining tracts to be combined in a single boundary within each 640- ac- re ( 2,560- hectar- e) mapping section The Boone County maps which alreadv have been returned from the aerial photography firm, placed boundaries around each tract The state s system will reduce the number of land parcels in Boone Coun-ty from 41 298 to about 35 000, Fenton says Since state reassessment re-imbursement to counties is based on a per- parc- el rate of up to S30, the state stands to reap a benefit at the county's expense In addition Fenton says waiting for the maps to be redrawn could cost the county in time as well as money The Pennsylvania- base- d mapping compa-ny, L Robert Kimball and Associates now estimates it will take from six to eight weeks to rev is the maps accord ing to state specifications This would put the county several weks behind the May 1 target date for beginning property appraisals The reassessment ground crew can t operate without the maps Meanwhile, the assessors who are the most highly paid members of the ground crew, are already on the coun-ty's payroll They re not wasting time," Fenton says I mean they re doing things now that would hav e to be done eventually But, with this weath-er, I hate to see them sitting in the of-fice when thev could be out in the field " If delays continue Fenton says Boone Countv could wind up spending even more money Time pressure to finish the job bv 1984, as ordered by the state Supreme Court, could force the hiring of additional ground crew per-sonnel While this would serve to speed up data collection, it also could create superv isory problems and increase the risk of error, Fenton says Even so the situation here is less crucial than it is in some otner coun-ties. For example, Fenton says, Worth County, in the northwester-- , part of the state, couldn t afford to Keep its court house open during the last few months of 1980 Even a small decrease in state financing could impair the reassess- - ( See BOONE, Page 8A) Guns easily obtainable here with proof of residency Ik uns: To bty r n? By Larry AHen and JadiGoIding Missouriau staff writers If John W. Hinckley, alleged assailant of President Reagan, had paid taxes in Boone County last year, be would have had no trouble buying a handgun in Columbia It is likely that local officials would have dis-covered neither the fact that he was under psy-chiatric care nor that he had once been ar-rested in Nashvide, Tenn , and charged with carrying a weapon In Missouri, permits for handguns are issued only in the requester's home county To buy a handgun from a Columbia dealer, Hinckley would have been required to show proof he was a Boone County resident 1 Insight Had Hinckley been able to do that, he might have started his search at Midway Arms Inc., the largest gun shop in the area, and the one with the most conspicuous advertisements Larry Potterfield, Midway Arms' 32- year-- old owner, would have been Hinckley's first hurdle " You are going to have to show' evidence of where you live," Potterfield tells new custom-ers. " The whole idea is that ( the county) is where you should be known, and if there are any records of any type on you, even minor re-cords, they've got them on you there." Had Hinckley been able to show proof of resi dence Potterfield usually requires a driver's license with a local address he would have been given the form Sheriff Charles Foster needs to issue a permit. But it would not have been the cheap Rohm handgun Hinckley was able to obtain in Texas. Potterfield does not carry the Rohm line " There are literally hundreds of thousands of them over here being used by sportsmen,' Pot-terfield says of the German- mad- e weapon he estimated would sell for between ( 49 and $ 99 " They use them to shoot beer cans and to shoot rabbits. They use them for plinking They use them for leisure- tim- e activity " We don't carry the gun in this store because they break pretty regularly, and we don't in-tend to service the things " i The least expensive handgun Potterfield car-ries is a $ 120 Ruger he say s will last five gener-ations, maybe five centuries Prices go up to the $ 470 44- calib- er Magnum made famous bv Quit Eastwood in the " Dirty Harry" movies Neither does Potterfield carry the Devasta-tor" brand of exploding ammunition Hincklev used. That bullet, filled with lead aade much like a blasting cap was originally designed for police work ' That has been on the market for a number of years," Potterfield says " It has always been our contention basically that we not deal with the police marketplace There are a lot of po-lice in Columbia and the central Missouri area, ( See TAX, Page 8A) 1
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Item.Transcript | STATE HISTORIC L GOCtlTY 1 HITT & LOWRY ST . - ' COLUMBIA, HO. 65201 73rd Year No. 182 Good Morning! It's Friday, April 17. t98I 3 Section - 18 Pagr 25 ( enth Officials see little hope for trapped miners REDSTONE, Colo ( UPI) Rescuers inched their way through a Colorado coal mine Thurs-day night in an effort to reach 15 men trapped more than a mile underground by a violent methane gas explosion, but preparations at the mine entrance indicated there was little hope they would be found alive A spokesman for the Pitkin County Sheriff's Department confirmed Thursday afternoon that body bags had been sent to the Dutch Creek No 1 mine as a precaution About 9pm, the sheriff's office asked the county coroner to report to the mine within two hours. The estimated tune for rescue crews to reach the trapped miners was set back repeatedly during the day as workers encountered water at various levels of the shaft Pumps that nor-mally would have emptied the water from the mine were out of service because the explosion knocked out electrical power. Doug Bowman, environmental control officer for Mid- Contine- nt Coal and Coke Co , the mine operator, said one rescue crew progressed 600 feet ( 183 meters) in a four- ho- ur shift Thursday evening Bowman said the blast apparently was trig-gered by a spark, possibly from high- volta- ge heavy equipment, touching off a pocket of methane gas in the mine The exact cause could not be determined because no one had been to the scene of the explosion since it occurred at 5 10 pm Wednesday " From the size of the explosion, the feeling now is that they hit some kind of pocket, Bow-man said " I'd say it happened in an instant They never knew what happened " Bowman said speculation was that the pocket of gas was caused by an ' outburst," which oc-curs when more coal than is normally produced in the mining process pops out from the coal face. Rescuer Lee McBnde, 27, who has worked in the mine tor tour years, was in the mine when the explosion occurred He escaped injury when he felt a pressure change Lloyd Miller, supervisor of the U S Steel Mine at Somerset, Colo , brougnt a crew of nine to help in the rescue A 40- e- ar veteran miner. Miller said conditions in the tunnels were not that bad, it's clear There isn t any gas or dust It's cool, cold in fact " Despite predictions by mine officials that the missing miners probably were dead, some fam-ily members, friends and fellow coal miners re-mained outside the mine's gates in hopes of get-ting good news Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff Labby Hemts confirmed that authorities had askea that body bags be delivered to the mine entrance but said no fatalities had been confirmed The blast occurred near the end of the day shift at the mine in the scenic Crystal River Vallev of western Colorado The explosion was so violent, officials held little hope for any sur-vivors The trapped men, who ranged in age from 20 to an were working in two teams 1' 2 miles 2 4 kilometers j deep inside the mine when the ex-plosion occurred Traffic fatality Columbian Elberta M. Eakin, 2212 Country Lane, was killed Thursday in a three- vehic- le collision on Interstate 70 near the Ann Youngling West Boulevard exit. Two others were taken to University Hospi-tal for treatment. ( Story on Page 7A. ) Hitler was not aware of Hess' ' peace flight' BONN, West Germany ( UPI) Ru-dolph Hess, Adolf Hitler's nght- han- d man, revealed Thursday that his mys-terious World War II " peace mission" to Britain 40 years ago was made with-out the German Fuehrer's knowledge. The ailing 86- year-- old Hess, serving a life sentence in Berlin's Spandau Jail since being convicted at the 1947 Nu- rembu- rg Nazi war crime trials, also disclosed for the first time that he made three unsuccessful attempts to fly to Britain before finally parachut-ing into Scotland May 10, 1941. Ever since, there has been specu-lation that he was on a secret mission to make a separate peace with Britain to clear the way for Germany's attack sis weeks later on Russia. Hitler al-ways denied the suggestion and, in a fit of rage, dismissed his deputy as mad. Hess was captured on landing in Scotland and spent the rest of the war in the Tower of London. Last week, Hess, who is suffering from pneumo-nia, was transferred to a prison hospi-tal. His story was published for the first time Thursday in an eight- pag- e pam-phlet, " Spandau Report," issued by an organization campaigning for his re-lease " Support Society for the Free-dom of Rudolf Hess" is headed by his son, Wolf Ruediger Hess, 43, a Munich architect Hess' story is told in the form of let-ters to his wife Use in 1947, before be-ing transferred to Spandau In them, he said the flight was so se-cret mat " higher- ups- " did not know about it, nor did he tell his wife Hess did not mention Hitler by name, but by " higher- ups- " he clearly meant Hitler. He said he disguised the notes he made on maps for the flight in which he offered Britain peace in return for German dominance of Europe. Hess wrote that while flying from Munich over the North Sea he feared he would have to return to Germany because there was no cloud cover to help him avoid British fighters. He continued his flight, however, be-cause he said he would have had to make a night landing that might have damaged his Messerschmitt 110 In town today 4: 30 pjn. High school baseball, Rock Bridge vs. Mexico at Hickman field, doubleheader. Admission $ 1 for adults, 50 cents for junior high students. 7: 30 p. m-- Theater, " A Separate Peace," Gentry Studio Theatre on Uni-versity campus Tickets 50 cents Lim-ited seating , 7: 30 pjn-- Theater, " Rimers of El-dritch," Fine Arts Building on Univer sity campus. Tickets $ 3 50 for public, $ 1 75 for students 7: 30 pan. Play, " Mass," Firestone- Baar- s Chapel on Stephens College campus. Tickets $ 3 for public, $ 1.75 students at Dorsey Street box office. 8: 15 p. m. Recital, Esterhazy Quar-tet, Fine Arts Recital Hall on Universi-ty campus. Free. Before this couple moves to Arizona for retirement, they must sort through The ' Baggage of Life' By Kathy Morrall Missounan staff writer Robert and Jane Habenstein are thinking of the thousands of books they have to sort through and the numerous drawers, closets and cupboards they have to empty They also are thinking about ending one life-style and starting another a new lifestyle that, despite all the planning, has elements of uncertainty about it. Before Habenstein, 66, retires from the Uni-versity in September, he and his wife, 64, have to rid themselves of what he calls the bag-gage of life" in preparation for their move to Arizona The baggage is considerable. For 30 years, they have been buying things at auc-tions and garage sales. " We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing, yet we spend most of our lives acquiring material possessions," says Habenstein, a professor in sociology. " But there comes a tune when we must di-vest ourselves of our baggage of life." They'll keep some, however, to stock a shop in Tubac, Anz , where they will open an art gallery and oriental and Navaho rug shop called East- We- st Galleries The Habensteins are like thousands of cou-ples who face critical decisions at retirement tune Some are unprepared; others, like the Habensteins, have planned for this day. Mrs Habenstein, who suffers from arthritis, started visiting Arizona six years ago during the winter to see if she would like living there. Last fall, the Habensteins bought a townhouse in Green Valley, 15 miles from Tubac, for a re-tirement home But for Habenstein, a retirement home wasn't enough ' I didn't want to just retire in nzona " he says " I had to look for a second career I had thought of opening a book store, but with art and rugs, I'll have more excitement and a chance to travel around and buy inventory in the summer." Auctions, garage sales and flea markets have been so much a part of his life that he has spent years studying people, especially the el-derly, and how they function at auctions and garage sales. Habenstein is a small, slight man with gray hair and glasses He will not have to change his manner and dress to live in the Southwest He dresses in chambray shirts and corduroys and sometimes wears a turquoise necklace Even his home reflects his love of the region and lifestyle it represents It is a large two- sto- ry house constructed with buff and melon col-ored sandstone from southwest Missouri The front of the the house is dominated by windows that give the house an open and relaxed atmo-sphere. Its large and airy rooms are filled with paintings and art objects Most of the paintings are considered Southwestern art, and the sculptures and pottery on shelves and tables have an Indian flavor. But early American pieces from Mrs Habenstein's family are also present In a hack bedroom is the four- post- er bed her father was born in Next to it is his spindle cradle In-side the cradle, dressed in white nightgowns, are Mrs Habenstein's childhood dolls For a couple whose many possessions are rich m sentimental value, it's not easy to de-cide what to keep and what to sell " We don't like to talk of getting nd of it," ( See MOVING, Page 7A) n yi m mnH 1i IHflTiWTimBMi MlfBBiWK n ? Vt aSB B7 1 Mb SBHwi Jerome Delay Ruling may cost county $ 20,000 By Marynelle Hardee Missounan staff writer A recent Missouri Tax Commission ruling not only will delay county reas-sessment efforts but could reduce state reassessment funding by up to $ 20,000 county Assessor Don Fenton said Thursday The county s loss would be the state s financial gain Several weeks ago, the commission ordered Boone County officials to have reassessment maps redrawn accord-ing to the state's system of numbering land parcels State specifications re-quire a property owners adjoining tracts to be combined in a single boundary within each 640- ac- re ( 2,560- hectar- e) mapping section The Boone County maps which alreadv have been returned from the aerial photography firm, placed boundaries around each tract The state s system will reduce the number of land parcels in Boone Coun-ty from 41 298 to about 35 000, Fenton says Since state reassessment re-imbursement to counties is based on a per- parc- el rate of up to S30, the state stands to reap a benefit at the county's expense In addition Fenton says waiting for the maps to be redrawn could cost the county in time as well as money The Pennsylvania- base- d mapping compa-ny, L Robert Kimball and Associates now estimates it will take from six to eight weeks to rev is the maps accord ing to state specifications This would put the county several weks behind the May 1 target date for beginning property appraisals The reassessment ground crew can t operate without the maps Meanwhile, the assessors who are the most highly paid members of the ground crew, are already on the coun-ty's payroll They re not wasting time," Fenton says I mean they re doing things now that would hav e to be done eventually But, with this weath-er, I hate to see them sitting in the of-fice when thev could be out in the field " If delays continue Fenton says Boone Countv could wind up spending even more money Time pressure to finish the job bv 1984, as ordered by the state Supreme Court, could force the hiring of additional ground crew per-sonnel While this would serve to speed up data collection, it also could create superv isory problems and increase the risk of error, Fenton says Even so the situation here is less crucial than it is in some otner coun-ties. For example, Fenton says, Worth County, in the northwester-- , part of the state, couldn t afford to Keep its court house open during the last few months of 1980 Even a small decrease in state financing could impair the reassess- - ( See BOONE, Page 8A) Guns easily obtainable here with proof of residency Ik uns: To bty r n? By Larry AHen and JadiGoIding Missouriau staff writers If John W. Hinckley, alleged assailant of President Reagan, had paid taxes in Boone County last year, be would have had no trouble buying a handgun in Columbia It is likely that local officials would have dis-covered neither the fact that he was under psy-chiatric care nor that he had once been ar-rested in Nashvide, Tenn , and charged with carrying a weapon In Missouri, permits for handguns are issued only in the requester's home county To buy a handgun from a Columbia dealer, Hinckley would have been required to show proof he was a Boone County resident 1 Insight Had Hinckley been able to do that, he might have started his search at Midway Arms Inc., the largest gun shop in the area, and the one with the most conspicuous advertisements Larry Potterfield, Midway Arms' 32- year-- old owner, would have been Hinckley's first hurdle " You are going to have to show' evidence of where you live," Potterfield tells new custom-ers. " The whole idea is that ( the county) is where you should be known, and if there are any records of any type on you, even minor re-cords, they've got them on you there." Had Hinckley been able to show proof of resi dence Potterfield usually requires a driver's license with a local address he would have been given the form Sheriff Charles Foster needs to issue a permit. But it would not have been the cheap Rohm handgun Hinckley was able to obtain in Texas. Potterfield does not carry the Rohm line " There are literally hundreds of thousands of them over here being used by sportsmen,' Pot-terfield says of the German- mad- e weapon he estimated would sell for between ( 49 and $ 99 " They use them to shoot beer cans and to shoot rabbits. They use them for plinking They use them for leisure- tim- e activity " We don't carry the gun in this store because they break pretty regularly, and we don't in-tend to service the things " i The least expensive handgun Potterfield car-ries is a $ 120 Ruger he say s will last five gener-ations, maybe five centuries Prices go up to the $ 470 44- calib- er Magnum made famous bv Quit Eastwood in the " Dirty Harry" movies Neither does Potterfield carry the Devasta-tor" brand of exploding ammunition Hincklev used. That bullet, filled with lead aade much like a blasting cap was originally designed for police work ' That has been on the market for a number of years," Potterfield says " It has always been our contention basically that we not deal with the police marketplace There are a lot of po-lice in Columbia and the central Missouri area, ( See TAX, Page 8A) 1 |