Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1981-07-04

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73rd Year No. 248 Good Morning! It's Saturday, July 4, 1981 4 Sections 42 Pages 25 Cents
Nation's founders
hold special niche
NEW YORK ( UPI) Thomas Jefferson and John Ad-ams
went on to the presidency, but some of the other
signers of the Declaration of Independence, signed 205
years ago today, had far less distinguished destinies.
One of the nation's founding fathers was poisoned with
arsenic allegedly by his gambling- pron- e grand- nephe- w.
Anothers was jailed in a debtors' prison and died a bro-ken
man. And one of the signers was killed in a duel with
a political foe.
The Declaration of Independence caused family strife
for Benjamin Franklin, whose son, the last royal gover-nor
of New Jersey, fled to England.
" There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Indepen-dence
but most have faded from the history books," said
Brother Edward Quinn, a Manhattan college associate
professor of biology, who for 20 years has pursued the
hobby of documenting the lives of the founding fathers.
" They give a wonderful cross- sectio- n of the leadership
at the time of the revolution and they came from dif-ferent
backgrounds and went on to have a variety of ex-periences."
Contrary to popular belief, the Continental Congress
actually decided on independence on July 2, said Quinn,
a member of the Brothers of Christian Schools order.
The Congress made revisions on the actual declaration
that had been drafted previously and on July 4 the final
version was decided upon. But only John Hancock, the
president of the Congress, signed it then, Quinn said.
Most of the others actually signed it August 2 and the
others didn't sign it until several months later, Quinn
said.
" At the time, John Adams thought July 2 would actual-ly
become the holiday," Quinn said.
Quinn said some of the signers didn't actually partici-pate
in the debate and vote on independence, but got to
sign the document and thereby gain a niche in history by
chance.
" Thomas Lynch Jr. of South Carolina was a signer be-cause
he replaced his sick fattier in the colony's dele-gation,"
Quinn said. " In fact, the four members of the
South Carolina delegation were really second- stringe- rs
because leaders of the colony figured more important
work would be done within the colony itself.' '
Some signers discovered the distinction of being
among the nation's founding fathers didn't prevent them
from meeting unsavory fates, Quinn said.
George Wythe of Virginia, who discovered his gambli-ng-
prone grand- nephe- w had forged his name on
checks, was poisoned to death in 1806 with arsenic
placed in his coffee, Quinn said.
The grand- nephe- w stood trial for the murder, but the
testimony of the chief prosecution witness, Wythe's
cook, was not allowed because she was black, Quinn
said.
The grand- nephe- w was acquitted and moved west,
never to be heard from again.
And in an odd quirk of fate, Adams and Jefferson, the
only two of the signers to become president, both died on
July 4, 1826 the 50th anniversary of what is considered
the nation's birthday.
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M. U. officials face t more budget cuts
ByTomGliatto
Missourian staff writer
University officials are consid-ering
cutting even deeper into the
198142 budget in order to give sal-ary
boosts based on merit to
current faculty.
In the wake of Gov. Christopher
Bond's 10 percent cut in state sup-port,
officials of the Missouri sys-tem's
four campuses have been
seeking ways to balance a fiscal
year budget which was cut by $ 17
million. The Columbia campus'
share of the state funding cut is
$ 8.3 million.
However, the campus is ex-pected
to receive $ 5.4 million in
increased non- sta- te funding, leav-ing
a deficit for the fiscal year of
$ 2.9 million. The increases in non- sta- te
support for all four cam-puses
was expected to be $ 12.6
million.
University Provost Ronald
Bunn met with Columbia campus
deans Wednesday to discuss al-
I ternatives to meet the budget
shortfall.
While discussing various alter-natives,
the question was raised
whether cuts beyond the $ 2.9 mil-lion
should be accomplished in or-der
to provide some nominal pay
raises for the faculty and staff.
Bunn said an additional $ 2 mil-lion
would need to be trimmed an-nually
from the overall $ 115.4 mil-lion
budget for the Columbia
campus to allow the salary in-creases
the administration dis-cussed
before the 10 percent cut
forced President James Olson to
withdraw the recommendation.
Bunn said those salary increas-es
both those that were
scrapped and those that might be
realized later in the year
would be based solely on merit.
That $ 2 million represents 3
percent of the funds available for
faculty salaries, Bunn said. Al-though
3 percent to 5 percent of-ten
has been used as a bench-mark
in discussing increases,
salaries based on merit would
range from nothing to 15 percent.
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Today's issue is a special Weekender edition.
Included in it are several Sunday features such
as Vibrations, color comics, Business and Real
Estate and an expanded People section.
In order to give our employees the July 4 holi-day
off, there will be no Sunday edition of the
Missourian.
Have a fun and safe holiday weekend.
Fireworks to light
the skies tonight
By Calvin Lawrence Jr.
Missourian staff writer
Billed as the " Giant Fireworks Display," this year's
Independence Day celebration at Memorial Stadium will
conclude with a fireworks spectacular you won't want to
miss.
For the first time since the Cosmopolitan Club of Co-lumbia
began staging the fireworks display 30 years ago
at Cosmopolitan Park, Snoopy will ride the Missouri Ti-ger
through Memorial Stadium at approximately 9: 15
p. m., says Jim Buescher, who is in charge of the fire-works.
The celebration is in its fifth year on the Univer-sity
campus.
Buescher says the 10-- by 15- fo- ot ( 3- - by 4.5- met- er i dis-play
will be one of three featured ground displays. The
others are the American flag, and " 150- fo- ot i45meteri
deal that puts out rockets" in a Niagara Falls configura- tion- .
To learn more about a special Independence
Day tradition with a neighborhood flavor, see
Page12A.
After the gates open at 4 p. m., a '' noise salute," wiD
sound every hour.
The 25-- to 30- min- ute display will conclude with a rocket- bur-sting
" grand finale." It is free and open to the pub-lic.
Prior to the festivities at Faurot Field, a plaque com-memorating
local efforts in the 1976 Bicentennial cele-bration
will be dedicated to the city of Columbia at the
east side of the County- Cit- y Building. The ceremony will
open with the ringing of the Courthouse bell at 11 a. m.
Dr. Thomas R. Anderson, former mayor, will present
the plaque to Mayor John D. Westlund.
Activities at Memorial Stadium begin at 6 p. m. today
with the Columbia Civic Band entertaining until 8 p. m.
Hot dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks and cotton candy
will be served. Clowns will be distributing prizes to chil-dren
in the audience.
The event is sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Club of
, Columbia, Columbia Parks and Recreation Department
and the University .
I Donations will go toward the building of a Columbia di-- I
agnostic center for the National Diabetes Association.
I The national Cosmopolitan International Club and the
University have joined in an effort to raise $ 640,000 for
I that project.
I The Cosmopolitan Club of Columbia, a local civic orga-nization,
has been instrumental in financing the Cosmo-politan
Park and Recreation Area. The organization is
dedicated to maintaining and improving the park, says
I Weldon Jackson, president.
j A pig roast will be sponsored by the Progressive Club
I from noon to 6 p. m. at the Sunrise Optimist Club. 2410
j Northland Drive. Tickets are $ 2.75 and proceeds will go
I to Woodhaven Learning Center.
I In other Independence Day celebrations, firefighters
will host a fireworks display at the fairgrounds in Boon-- I
ville and the Jaycees are sponsoring fireworks at the
j city park in Centralia . Both displays will start at 9 p . m.
Groups argue about an quality
By Regina McEnery
Missourian staff writer
The 1977 Clean Air Act is up for congressional
reauthorization this summer and the arguments
between advocates of conservation and industry
over air pollution have started.
The industrialization supporters are looking for
changes which will, in their minds, be in keeping
with the Reagan administration's efforts to dereg-ulate
American business while conservationists
are worried about the impact of any modifications
on air quality.
The present clean air legislation, first passed in
1970 and amended in 1977, expires Sept 30.
There appears to be little argument that the na-tion's
air pollution has been reduced in the last de-cade.
The question now seems to center on wheth-er
the nation's economic needs require
modification which would either halt im-provement
or even, in some cases, allow some ad-ditional
pollutants to solve problems, especially
energy availability problems.
A controversial proposal is the request to drop
deadlines for cities to comply with federal air
standards, especially the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards.
Another contest is over the proposed abolition of
" significant deterioration" standards used to
compare the amount and content of pollution
againsts past levels.
Missouri's Air Conservation Commission, which
enforces pollution regulations within the state, fa-vors
the idea of shifting some Environmental Pro--
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tection Agency powers to the state level. State of-ficials
say the shift would give the commission
more freedom in monitoring and controlling state
air standards.
Industrial groups, the EPA and the Missouri De-partment
of Natural Resources, which oversees
the Air Conservation Commission, all claim their
proposals are the best way to administer the law.
Meanwhile, national and local conservation
groups view relaxation of any air standards as a
threat to health, and they point to studies for
proof.
For example, the American Lung Association
cited health studies which showed a relationship
between the total number of suspended particles,
such as dust and fly ash, and the level of respira-tory
illness and stomach cancer.
They point to reports issued by the President's
Council on Environmental Quality in 1978 which
said the country saved over $ 21 billion dollars in
health and environmental costs as a result of
cleaner air.
" If the standards didn't exist, there'd be more
pollutants because there would be no incentive for
maintaining standards," said Rick Orton, region-al
director of the American Lung Association and
coordinator of the recent Clean Air Week in Co-lumbia.
Orion's statement is similar to beliefs of many
conservation and civic groups, such as the Sierra
Gub, Friends of the Earth. The Audobon Society
and the League of Women Voters. They say. with-out
direct federal control, cleaner air standards
are not possible.
" People resent having pollution put upon them
that they can't control," said Winifred Colwill,
former president of the Boone County Columbia
League of Women Voters, and a moderator of this
year's Columbia Clean Air Week.
Although the EPA has not formally established
a platform yet, Wayne Leidwangar. said that
some groups, particularly industrial groups, be-lieve
that extending cities' deadlines for compli-ance
with air standards, will not have much effect
on the environment because the deadlines have
little meaning anyway.
Leidwanger, acting chief of Air Planning and
Development at EPA's Kansas City, Mo., branch,
said an extension of deadlines may look like an
open door for more pollution. But, in reality some
individuals, he said, view the present regulations
as ineffective, time consuming and costly.
Because reduction of pollutants requires instal-lation
of costly technical pollution control equip-ment,
cities are usually given five years to drop
air pollution to federal air standards. But, in the
past, Leidwanger says cities haven't always made
the five- ye- ar deadlines Congress established. Be-cause
it is difficult to project accurately whether
a city will significantly reduce the amount of pol-lution,
it is difficult for the EPA to punish cities
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today
Fourth of Jaly activities, Faurot Field. Stadi-um
opens at 4 pjn. Columbia Civic Band per- fon- ns
at 6 assd 8 p, m. Fireworks begin at S: 15
pja.
7: 38 sum. Musical, " Sweet Charity," Maple- woo- d
Barn Community Theater, Nifong Park.
Bring a chair or blanket. Tickets 2 for adults.
Si for dsldren, students and senior citizens.
8: 15 pjaa. Musical, " The Robber Bride-groom,"
University Summer Repertory
Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Tickets $ 5.
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