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j 1j U . i . i , 4 ; O ; - . 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. HB&"". r MBsm mSmmmmm i ' - v-- - V '-- -' - JBHhSH 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. flllll ' :; m There's a new twist to iSll '' SyBBBHl the , d saw' ", f the 1 ' WHL ' jHJiS shoe its' wear it 1Sfe'x Bli See today's People ! . - r , ry-- i f:-- "'. - v.. .;---; b ' i& t& sSggi l.' :" :--- f lllillll WhV does Co'unnbia P& Sss' I SBBBf depend on one man to mik. lillil Drin9 electricity into P' . JBlk lliii our homes eacn dy? , iilSffi& tk- - 111 See Vibrations. 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-- Insight 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 ( See OFFICIALS, Page 12A) Qrarels J& A OjinKJIs : .4A Real Estate SB Weafeer.. --, ........... A Mm town 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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Item.Transcript | j 1j U . i . i , 4 ; O ; - . 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. HB&"". r MBsm mSmmmmm i ' - v-- - V '-- -' - JBHhSH 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. flllll ' :; m There's a new twist to iSll '' SyBBBHl the , d saw' ", f the 1 ' WHL ' jHJiS shoe its' wear it 1Sfe'x Bli See today's People ! . - r , ry-- i f:-- "'. - v.. .;---; b ' i& t& sSggi l.' :" :--- f lllillll WhV does Co'unnbia P& Sss' I SBBBf depend on one man to mik. lillil Drin9 electricity into P' . JBlk lliii our homes eacn dy? , iilSffi& tk- - 111 See Vibrations. 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-- Insight 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 ( See OFFICIALS, Page 12A) Qrarels J& A OjinKJIs : .4A Real Estate SB Weafeer.. --, ........... A Mm town 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. ' |