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STATS HI., T. TrC'--' ; CIETY HlfT & LOVRY IjT. -- PV 73rd Year - No. 240 Good Morning! It's Thursday, June 25, 1981 2 Sections - 14 Pages - 25 Cents LtonJC Hsiao Every patient must sit in the " hot seat," answering all questions, personal or otherwise. Side by side Center reaches out to cure those addicted By Diane Young Missourian staff writer BOONVILLE Mother and daughter sat be-side each other; both appeared calm The daughter lit a cigarette, her long black hair framing candid blue eyes. " I can't tell you what it means to have my daughter back again. I feel like a miracle has happened in our lives," said Judy, the mother. She has lived one week at Valley Hope Alco-holic Treatment Center in Boonville; her 16- year-- old daughter Trina has lived there for three weeks. The two agreed to an interview with the Columbia Missourian. They requested only first- na- me identification. " Trina was like an animal; she hated every-thing and everybody. She turned to drugs for se-curity and acceptance. Drugs soothed all the hurt, covered it up." Judy said the hardest thing she ever did was bring her clinging, pleading daughter to Valley Hope and leave her for 30 days in a desperate at-tempt to change the daughter's behavior. " It was horrible, but I thank God I had the strength to do it It meant literally peeling her fingers from my body while she's crying and screaming and saying she didn't have a prob-lem and wouldn't take any more drugs. I had to say, ' I love you, but Fm going to leave you here.' Valley Hope calls it ' tough love ' " " For two weeks I fought Valley Hope," Tnna said " I had been seeing counselors for two years and had convinced them all that I was normal and had no drug problem. I was the best con artist there ever was " You can't fool these people here, though. Most of the staff are recovered alcoholics, and they know you before you get here." " I'm convinced ( the Valley Hope staff) could break anybody," Judy said. " I don't care how tough you think you are; they are going to get to you" Valley Hope does break people; it is done with love, said William Leipold, president of the Val-ley Hope Association. In his book " Walk Through the Valley," Lei-pold writes," At Valley Hope love is defined as the giving of oneself without expectation of a re-ward, the reaching out for others simply be-cause we want to, not because we have to." tegm i n v" nil irnBiiiMw ft3H iff i & 3 Leon J C Hlo After being in the " hot seat" for an hour, Jene is congratulated by other pa-tients for dealing with her problems successfully For Tnna, the risk lay in admitting she was addicted to drugs. For her, Valley Hope pro-vided unconditional acceptance " You've never seen so much love in all your life until you come to place like this," she said. " Everbody shows they care about each other, and nobody ever puts you down " Her mother agreed " I knew Valley Hope had finally gotten through to her when I received a call last week She was still angry at me, which was fine, but what she yelled was, ' You never taught me to love myself, and Valley Hope is doing that,' and that's all I needed to hear." By demonstrating acceptance sad love, Val-ley Hope staff and patients try to teach that ev-ery individual is worthy of a happy, healthy life, and to " go the extra mile" in an effort toward sobriety. " Each of you is a masterpiece," said Leipold in a morning lecture to 24 patients. " Look at each other; there will never be another person like you." " Thank God for that," volunteered a patient " Who said that?" asked Leipold, focusing on the individual before he continued to discuss the importance of self- wort- h. Leipold lectured that morning, but he was not to stay in Boonville for long Other Valley Hope treatment facilities he visits are in Norton, Kan., Atchison, Kan., Cushing, Okla , and O'N- adLNe- b. Boonvflle' 3 clinical director, Lane Armstrong, came from the Oklahoma center, where he had been assistant program director for three years. All the counselors at Valley Hope have re-ceived years of training at other centers But it is net the staff alone that gives Valley Hope a treatment success rate of more than 60 percent, Armstrong said The patients are given com-plete responsibility for their future They are free to come and go as thev wish, as long as they meet lecture and counseling appointments, which take up most of the day Counseling includes the entire family, be-cause when the family goes into treatment, the success rate is significantly higher, Armstrong " Love, acceptance and understanding, that's what gets people well," Judy said " That's what my brother and sister- in- la- w kept telling us about Valley Hope, how good it was and what it had done for them " But no matter what she heard about Valley Hope, Judy, who recently was fired from her job because of her family problems, knew she could not afford treatment for herself and Tnna She was told treatment costs are near $ 3,000 " I told Valley Hope that, but they said they'd find a way. So now I'm going to do it in pay-ments whenever I can make them, beginning when I get my income tax rebate " She said the non- prof- it organization would not be able to keep its doors open if it did that for everyone, but that she would pay Valley Hope if she had to " go out and scrub people's floors " Valley Hope is a place where you see mira-cles happen, right here on earth," she said " And I feci like a miracle has happened in our lives." Wise investing earns school district $ 900,000 By Adrienae Rivers Missourian staff writer By renegotiating its banking contract when interest rates soared, the Columbia School District earned nearly $ 900,000 in ex-tra income from unspent funds during fiscal 106041. Also, with a new variable- rat- e investment contract, the district could earn as much as $ 100,000 more than this year during fiscal 1961- 8- 2 if its invested fund levels do not drop and interest rates do not fall significantly. During the fiscal year ending June 30, the district earned approximately $ 800,000 in in-terest on its investment in certificates of de-posit and nearly $ 93,000 on its savings ac-count balance By comparison, the nearly $ 900,000 in in-vestment income earned by the school dis-trict is close to the total amount netted by the Boone County government when it added the one- ha- lf cent sales tax last year. The half- cen- t sales tax for the county raises ap-proximately $ 2 2 million annually. But, un-der state law, one- ha- lf of that had to be re-bated in the form of local property tax relief, leaving $ 1.1 million All three major governmental units, the county and city governments and the school district recently have negotiated variable- - rate investment contracts with local banks m an effort to take advantage of cur-rent high interest rates. These investment efforts spotlight the increasing importance of non- ta- x income in governmental opera-tions. John R. Hickey, the school district's staff accountant, said that if in the next fiscal year the interest rates on three- mont- h trea-sury bills and the district's balance remain the same, the district can earn nearly $ 1 mil lion in investment income. However, Hickey and the former director of business services, Thomas J. Huddleston, pointed out that the district anticipates at least a $ 1.5 million decrease in its balance, and it generally is predicted that interest rates wdl fall. School officials, mindful of the volatility of interest rates, have budgeted investment in-come of only $ 575,000 in determining a bal-anced budget for the 1931- 8- 2 school year. If the investments do better, the school district would have substantial additional revenue with which to operate The Board of Education recently signed a new contract with First National Bank that will tie the board's investment income to the fluctuating interest rates of federal treasury securities The banks competing for the school board's money agreed to compute in-terest based on a percentage of the weekly auction price of T- bi- lls David A West, a University finance pro-fessor and the board's treasurer, said using the auction rate of T- bi- lls from the previous week helps minimize the uncertainty for the ( See FIRST, Page 8A) Prejudice prevails for cancer patients WASHINGTON ( UPI) The rising percentage of cancer patients being cured is creating a prob-lem. Survivors find it slippery climbing the career ladder because of the widespread belief that they remain under a death sentence. This year, experts say, more than 41 percent of the 835,000 people getting cancer will be cured, compared to 25 percent in the 1940s and less man 20 percent in the 1920s. But as the patients emerge from the rigors of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, they find the business world treats them with hostility they never knew before their illness. " This matter of will they ( former patients) be deprived of earning a livelihood becomes more Insight important as survival rates increase," says Dr. Frances L Feldman, a faculty member at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. She has done studies of former cancer patients who are able to return to the job and found most meet some type of discrimination, with blue collar workers having more problems than white collar employees " I received a death sentence twice, once when my doctor told me I have cancer, then when my boss asked me to quit because the cancer would upset my fellow- worker- s. Except for my wife, that lob was my whole world," says Jon, a 42- year-- old bookkeeper quoted in one of her studies. Job discrimination because someone has had cancer is illegal, but such suits are costly to pur-sue, and the allegations difficult to prove. " Many former patients and an amazing number of employers are not aware it is illegal," she said in a recent interview Dr. Giuho J D'Angio of Philadelphia's Chi-ldren's Hospital says employers operate under the mistaken assumption that cured cancer patients ( See DISCRIMINATION, Page 8A) Panel chooses 3 ward plans for City Council By Mitch Boretz Missourian staff writer Despite this week's attempt by the NAACP to stall a final decision on ward redistncting, the Columbia Commission on Ward Realignment chose three plans Wednesday to send to the Citv Council. Mary Ratliff, president of the Co-lumbia chapter of the National Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Col-ored People, remained silent as 17 commission members reviewed pro-posals for setting new ward bounda-ries The chapter voted Monday to try to stall a decision " I didn't feel they were ready and I stall don't feel they are ready," Ms Ratliff said " It was obvious every-one had not studied the plans in depth " Ratliff said earlier that the NAACP opposed a decision Wednes-day because there had not been enough public review of the 13 pro-posals commissioners had designed over the last four weeks Commissioners, however, appar-ently thought there had been enough time for the public and themselves to examine the plans " I think the commission has made substantial effort to get the public in-terested," commission Chairman David Leuthold said before calling for a vote on the plans He said added delay could cause commis-sioners to lose interest and step at-tending meetings Plan G, an attempt to maintain as many ward lines as possible while still balancing ward populations and emphasizing black voting power, was the commission's first choice A front- runn- er throughout the month- lon- g drive to set up new boundaries, slight modifications smoothing map lines and reducing population varia-tions, were reasons for the support ' This is what I have been want-ing," said Sarah Belle Jackson, a Second Ward commissioner who has been pushing for emphasis on a strong black- vot- er bloc in one ward ' It couldn't have been any better " Plan G keeps almost 90 percent of Columbians in their present wards while moving enough blacks from the First Ward to the Second to cre-ate a strong voting bloc Blacks will make up 26 percent of the Second ( See PLAN, Page 8A) Utility workers, city ratify two- ye- ar pact ByJohnGravois Missourian staff writer A little risk is worth saving a lot of hassle to Columbia labor negotia-tors. The city's 125 Water and Light De-partment workers Wednesday rati-fied a two- yea- r, four- stag- e pay raise agreement with the city after hag-gling four weeks over a one- ye- ar pact The stages will be spaced six months apart beginning Sept 26 Each is a 4 percent pcross- the- boar- d raise plus a lump sum $ 12 50 boost in each worker's monthly salary That means an average total monthly pay raise of more than 9 percent over the next two years The city proposed negotiating a contract for two years mainly " to get out of the hassle of negotiations for a year," said chief negotiator Mike Sanford With the city having to deal with four groups of workers at once, San- for- d said, " you can imagine all the hassles all sides have to go through" Water and Light worker spokes-man Dennis McMahan agreed We, too, are certainly glad we won't have to negotiate next year," he said " There's a lot of time and effort in-volved, and all on my spare tune " Sanford and McMahan also agreed there is nsk in the agreement for both sides " It's pretty much up to inflation as to who, if anybody, gets the better deal," Sanford said " If inflation slows down to a very slow rate over the next year, then we might have paid more than we had to If it stays the same or declines slowly, we'd come out on too " If inflation does speed up and the workers decide they want to renego-tiate the contract, " they'd have to lump it," Sanford said " We'd have to lump it if it went the other way " McMahan said it is a nsk worth taking. " We feel the raise will come pretty close to what we'd want next year," he said " It may not be a whole lot all at once, but we're really glad to be getting a raise every six months" Wednesday's action ratified a ten-tative agreement reached Monday in a private meeting McMahan said the agreement was approved " by a majority, but not by an overwhelming majority " He would not disclose the vote The contract also calls for com-pensation for meals eaten at the work ate under the city's new 30- min- ute lunch period and increases in employee health plans The compensation will be $ 2 be-tween now and the beginning of fis-cal year 1983, which begins Oct 1, 1982 Then, it will rise to $ 2 25 Blue Cross- Blu- e Shield insurance payments to workers will increase $ 5 on Sept 26 and another $ 5 on Oct 1, 1982 Water and Light workers are the second group this summer to reach an agreement with the aty. Public service workers last week ratified a contract giving them a raise of more than 9 percent over the next year Police officers and firefighters have yet to sign a contract for fiscal year 1982 Police officers were scheduled to meet privately with aty officials to-day Firefighters say they won't re-turn to the bargaining table until they go before the City Council July 6 Inside today Ram arrived at Wimbledon Wednesday, but not before Born Borg and Chris Evert Lloyd reached the thud round of singles with easy victories and John Mc- Enroe was well received on Cen-ter Court See story Page IB. Business reporters and editors from across the country are in Columbia for some in- dep- th schooling on the intricacies of business and the day- to- da- y reali-ties of the American economy See story Page 3B. DMiMnMMaMaMaHMMMHHnni I In town today I 8: 15 p. m. Concert, Manuel Bar- ruec- o, guitarist, Missouri Sym-phony Society, University Fine Arts Recital Hall Tickets are $ 5 liasiex Classified 34B I Comics 6B Opinion . 4A People 5A Sports . .. 1-- 2B Theater . . . 6A Weather 2A
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Item.Transcript | STATS HI., T. TrC'--' ; CIETY HlfT & LOVRY IjT. -- PV 73rd Year - No. 240 Good Morning! It's Thursday, June 25, 1981 2 Sections - 14 Pages - 25 Cents LtonJC Hsiao Every patient must sit in the " hot seat," answering all questions, personal or otherwise. Side by side Center reaches out to cure those addicted By Diane Young Missourian staff writer BOONVILLE Mother and daughter sat be-side each other; both appeared calm The daughter lit a cigarette, her long black hair framing candid blue eyes. " I can't tell you what it means to have my daughter back again. I feel like a miracle has happened in our lives," said Judy, the mother. She has lived one week at Valley Hope Alco-holic Treatment Center in Boonville; her 16- year-- old daughter Trina has lived there for three weeks. The two agreed to an interview with the Columbia Missourian. They requested only first- na- me identification. " Trina was like an animal; she hated every-thing and everybody. She turned to drugs for se-curity and acceptance. Drugs soothed all the hurt, covered it up." Judy said the hardest thing she ever did was bring her clinging, pleading daughter to Valley Hope and leave her for 30 days in a desperate at-tempt to change the daughter's behavior. " It was horrible, but I thank God I had the strength to do it It meant literally peeling her fingers from my body while she's crying and screaming and saying she didn't have a prob-lem and wouldn't take any more drugs. I had to say, ' I love you, but Fm going to leave you here.' Valley Hope calls it ' tough love ' " " For two weeks I fought Valley Hope," Tnna said " I had been seeing counselors for two years and had convinced them all that I was normal and had no drug problem. I was the best con artist there ever was " You can't fool these people here, though. Most of the staff are recovered alcoholics, and they know you before you get here." " I'm convinced ( the Valley Hope staff) could break anybody," Judy said. " I don't care how tough you think you are; they are going to get to you" Valley Hope does break people; it is done with love, said William Leipold, president of the Val-ley Hope Association. In his book " Walk Through the Valley," Lei-pold writes," At Valley Hope love is defined as the giving of oneself without expectation of a re-ward, the reaching out for others simply be-cause we want to, not because we have to." tegm i n v" nil irnBiiiMw ft3H iff i & 3 Leon J C Hlo After being in the " hot seat" for an hour, Jene is congratulated by other pa-tients for dealing with her problems successfully For Tnna, the risk lay in admitting she was addicted to drugs. For her, Valley Hope pro-vided unconditional acceptance " You've never seen so much love in all your life until you come to place like this," she said. " Everbody shows they care about each other, and nobody ever puts you down " Her mother agreed " I knew Valley Hope had finally gotten through to her when I received a call last week She was still angry at me, which was fine, but what she yelled was, ' You never taught me to love myself, and Valley Hope is doing that,' and that's all I needed to hear." By demonstrating acceptance sad love, Val-ley Hope staff and patients try to teach that ev-ery individual is worthy of a happy, healthy life, and to " go the extra mile" in an effort toward sobriety. " Each of you is a masterpiece," said Leipold in a morning lecture to 24 patients. " Look at each other; there will never be another person like you." " Thank God for that," volunteered a patient " Who said that?" asked Leipold, focusing on the individual before he continued to discuss the importance of self- wort- h. Leipold lectured that morning, but he was not to stay in Boonville for long Other Valley Hope treatment facilities he visits are in Norton, Kan., Atchison, Kan., Cushing, Okla , and O'N- adLNe- b. Boonvflle' 3 clinical director, Lane Armstrong, came from the Oklahoma center, where he had been assistant program director for three years. All the counselors at Valley Hope have re-ceived years of training at other centers But it is net the staff alone that gives Valley Hope a treatment success rate of more than 60 percent, Armstrong said The patients are given com-plete responsibility for their future They are free to come and go as thev wish, as long as they meet lecture and counseling appointments, which take up most of the day Counseling includes the entire family, be-cause when the family goes into treatment, the success rate is significantly higher, Armstrong " Love, acceptance and understanding, that's what gets people well," Judy said " That's what my brother and sister- in- la- w kept telling us about Valley Hope, how good it was and what it had done for them " But no matter what she heard about Valley Hope, Judy, who recently was fired from her job because of her family problems, knew she could not afford treatment for herself and Tnna She was told treatment costs are near $ 3,000 " I told Valley Hope that, but they said they'd find a way. So now I'm going to do it in pay-ments whenever I can make them, beginning when I get my income tax rebate " She said the non- prof- it organization would not be able to keep its doors open if it did that for everyone, but that she would pay Valley Hope if she had to " go out and scrub people's floors " Valley Hope is a place where you see mira-cles happen, right here on earth," she said " And I feci like a miracle has happened in our lives." Wise investing earns school district $ 900,000 By Adrienae Rivers Missourian staff writer By renegotiating its banking contract when interest rates soared, the Columbia School District earned nearly $ 900,000 in ex-tra income from unspent funds during fiscal 106041. Also, with a new variable- rat- e investment contract, the district could earn as much as $ 100,000 more than this year during fiscal 1961- 8- 2 if its invested fund levels do not drop and interest rates do not fall significantly. During the fiscal year ending June 30, the district earned approximately $ 800,000 in in-terest on its investment in certificates of de-posit and nearly $ 93,000 on its savings ac-count balance By comparison, the nearly $ 900,000 in in-vestment income earned by the school dis-trict is close to the total amount netted by the Boone County government when it added the one- ha- lf cent sales tax last year. The half- cen- t sales tax for the county raises ap-proximately $ 2 2 million annually. But, un-der state law, one- ha- lf of that had to be re-bated in the form of local property tax relief, leaving $ 1.1 million All three major governmental units, the county and city governments and the school district recently have negotiated variable- - rate investment contracts with local banks m an effort to take advantage of cur-rent high interest rates. These investment efforts spotlight the increasing importance of non- ta- x income in governmental opera-tions. John R. Hickey, the school district's staff accountant, said that if in the next fiscal year the interest rates on three- mont- h trea-sury bills and the district's balance remain the same, the district can earn nearly $ 1 mil lion in investment income. However, Hickey and the former director of business services, Thomas J. Huddleston, pointed out that the district anticipates at least a $ 1.5 million decrease in its balance, and it generally is predicted that interest rates wdl fall. School officials, mindful of the volatility of interest rates, have budgeted investment in-come of only $ 575,000 in determining a bal-anced budget for the 1931- 8- 2 school year. If the investments do better, the school district would have substantial additional revenue with which to operate The Board of Education recently signed a new contract with First National Bank that will tie the board's investment income to the fluctuating interest rates of federal treasury securities The banks competing for the school board's money agreed to compute in-terest based on a percentage of the weekly auction price of T- bi- lls David A West, a University finance pro-fessor and the board's treasurer, said using the auction rate of T- bi- lls from the previous week helps minimize the uncertainty for the ( See FIRST, Page 8A) Prejudice prevails for cancer patients WASHINGTON ( UPI) The rising percentage of cancer patients being cured is creating a prob-lem. Survivors find it slippery climbing the career ladder because of the widespread belief that they remain under a death sentence. This year, experts say, more than 41 percent of the 835,000 people getting cancer will be cured, compared to 25 percent in the 1940s and less man 20 percent in the 1920s. But as the patients emerge from the rigors of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, they find the business world treats them with hostility they never knew before their illness. " This matter of will they ( former patients) be deprived of earning a livelihood becomes more Insight important as survival rates increase," says Dr. Frances L Feldman, a faculty member at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. She has done studies of former cancer patients who are able to return to the job and found most meet some type of discrimination, with blue collar workers having more problems than white collar employees " I received a death sentence twice, once when my doctor told me I have cancer, then when my boss asked me to quit because the cancer would upset my fellow- worker- s. Except for my wife, that lob was my whole world," says Jon, a 42- year-- old bookkeeper quoted in one of her studies. Job discrimination because someone has had cancer is illegal, but such suits are costly to pur-sue, and the allegations difficult to prove. " Many former patients and an amazing number of employers are not aware it is illegal," she said in a recent interview Dr. Giuho J D'Angio of Philadelphia's Chi-ldren's Hospital says employers operate under the mistaken assumption that cured cancer patients ( See DISCRIMINATION, Page 8A) Panel chooses 3 ward plans for City Council By Mitch Boretz Missourian staff writer Despite this week's attempt by the NAACP to stall a final decision on ward redistncting, the Columbia Commission on Ward Realignment chose three plans Wednesday to send to the Citv Council. Mary Ratliff, president of the Co-lumbia chapter of the National Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Col-ored People, remained silent as 17 commission members reviewed pro-posals for setting new ward bounda-ries The chapter voted Monday to try to stall a decision " I didn't feel they were ready and I stall don't feel they are ready," Ms Ratliff said " It was obvious every-one had not studied the plans in depth " Ratliff said earlier that the NAACP opposed a decision Wednes-day because there had not been enough public review of the 13 pro-posals commissioners had designed over the last four weeks Commissioners, however, appar-ently thought there had been enough time for the public and themselves to examine the plans " I think the commission has made substantial effort to get the public in-terested," commission Chairman David Leuthold said before calling for a vote on the plans He said added delay could cause commis-sioners to lose interest and step at-tending meetings Plan G, an attempt to maintain as many ward lines as possible while still balancing ward populations and emphasizing black voting power, was the commission's first choice A front- runn- er throughout the month- lon- g drive to set up new boundaries, slight modifications smoothing map lines and reducing population varia-tions, were reasons for the support ' This is what I have been want-ing," said Sarah Belle Jackson, a Second Ward commissioner who has been pushing for emphasis on a strong black- vot- er bloc in one ward ' It couldn't have been any better " Plan G keeps almost 90 percent of Columbians in their present wards while moving enough blacks from the First Ward to the Second to cre-ate a strong voting bloc Blacks will make up 26 percent of the Second ( See PLAN, Page 8A) Utility workers, city ratify two- ye- ar pact ByJohnGravois Missourian staff writer A little risk is worth saving a lot of hassle to Columbia labor negotia-tors. The city's 125 Water and Light De-partment workers Wednesday rati-fied a two- yea- r, four- stag- e pay raise agreement with the city after hag-gling four weeks over a one- ye- ar pact The stages will be spaced six months apart beginning Sept 26 Each is a 4 percent pcross- the- boar- d raise plus a lump sum $ 12 50 boost in each worker's monthly salary That means an average total monthly pay raise of more than 9 percent over the next two years The city proposed negotiating a contract for two years mainly " to get out of the hassle of negotiations for a year," said chief negotiator Mike Sanford With the city having to deal with four groups of workers at once, San- for- d said, " you can imagine all the hassles all sides have to go through" Water and Light worker spokes-man Dennis McMahan agreed We, too, are certainly glad we won't have to negotiate next year," he said " There's a lot of time and effort in-volved, and all on my spare tune " Sanford and McMahan also agreed there is nsk in the agreement for both sides " It's pretty much up to inflation as to who, if anybody, gets the better deal," Sanford said " If inflation slows down to a very slow rate over the next year, then we might have paid more than we had to If it stays the same or declines slowly, we'd come out on too " If inflation does speed up and the workers decide they want to renego-tiate the contract, " they'd have to lump it," Sanford said " We'd have to lump it if it went the other way " McMahan said it is a nsk worth taking. " We feel the raise will come pretty close to what we'd want next year," he said " It may not be a whole lot all at once, but we're really glad to be getting a raise every six months" Wednesday's action ratified a ten-tative agreement reached Monday in a private meeting McMahan said the agreement was approved " by a majority, but not by an overwhelming majority " He would not disclose the vote The contract also calls for com-pensation for meals eaten at the work ate under the city's new 30- min- ute lunch period and increases in employee health plans The compensation will be $ 2 be-tween now and the beginning of fis-cal year 1983, which begins Oct 1, 1982 Then, it will rise to $ 2 25 Blue Cross- Blu- e Shield insurance payments to workers will increase $ 5 on Sept 26 and another $ 5 on Oct 1, 1982 Water and Light workers are the second group this summer to reach an agreement with the aty. Public service workers last week ratified a contract giving them a raise of more than 9 percent over the next year Police officers and firefighters have yet to sign a contract for fiscal year 1982 Police officers were scheduled to meet privately with aty officials to-day Firefighters say they won't re-turn to the bargaining table until they go before the City Council July 6 Inside today Ram arrived at Wimbledon Wednesday, but not before Born Borg and Chris Evert Lloyd reached the thud round of singles with easy victories and John Mc- Enroe was well received on Cen-ter Court See story Page IB. Business reporters and editors from across the country are in Columbia for some in- dep- th schooling on the intricacies of business and the day- to- da- y reali-ties of the American economy See story Page 3B. DMiMnMMaMaMaHMMMHHnni I In town today I 8: 15 p. m. Concert, Manuel Bar- ruec- o, guitarist, Missouri Sym-phony Society, University Fine Arts Recital Hall Tickets are $ 5 liasiex Classified 34B I Comics 6B Opinion . 4A People 5A Sports . .. 1-- 2B Theater . . . 6A Weather 2A |