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state ni: r: r, Ric. v.- - .: ciety HITT t- LOW-RY CT . ' '" COLUMBIA MO. 652' yl 73rd Year No. 276 Good Morning! It's Friday, August 7, 1981 3 Sections 1 8 Pages 25 Cents SHBEiHHBSBwflRafin vbssSbshmBbHBBiRBbIV T' ' ' vi m& HniBa& SSBESaBB vUHraHnBHaKt ' ' ' '" HI MjMjBipiBMWMBBMBMWBMiBwiMiwwM BHBBB9HBBBHBHHBBHHnBBSHBB9RHHSHB9B9BB9BBBH9M Jill vom Saal, 7, of 3412 Valencia Drive, participates in the silent vigil at the Federal Building. Don Choate, left, of 103 S. Walnut St., joined other protesters, right, in Thursday's silent vigil protesting nuclear arms. The vigil came on the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan. 26 here protest A- bo- mb deaths ByBradBonhall Missourian staff writer The chants and shouts that usually mark anti- w- ar demon-strations were absent as 28 protesters stood in quiet vigil at noon Thursday in front of the Federal Building, 600 E. Cher-ry St. Members of the Fellowship o Reconciliation, the Colum-bia chapter of the War Resisters League and the Crawdad Alliance were assembled inmemory of those killed by atom- i- c bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The first of the bomb3, which killed 70,000 people, was dropped on Hiroshi- m- a 36 years ago Thursday : Aug. 6, 1945. Nagasaki was hit three days later. The chance that nuclear bombs again might be used against humans is " overwhelming," said protestor John Schuder, a research biophysicist at the University. " It's impossible to overstate the magnitude of the threat" of nuclear war, he said. " The enemy is not the Soviet peo-ple," but rather " those in the Pentagon that strip the wealth of citizens" to build weapons, be said. Several protesters lamented the guns- over- butt- er policies of the Reagan administration. " We have to redefine strength," said Jim Windsor, who is unaffiliated with any pacifist group. His sign claimed that despite being first in defense, the United States is ninth in life expectancy, 13th in iiifantmortality and 20th in its doctor- patie- nt ratio. " If the people are not strong, the nation's not," he said. Support services at M. U. hit hard by cuts By Barbara Wogan, Yooyuan lia and Yongxing Yang Missourian staff writers Although most of the attention has been focused on the budget cuts be-ing inflicted on the University's aca-demic departments, the support services are being hit equally hard. And their cuts may mean reduced maintenance, cuts in student pro-grams and even some decline in alumni giving. The three vice chancellors who oversee the nonacademic divisions are cutting 3.5 percent from their budgets, as is Provost Ron Bunn, to whom the academic divisions report. The only difference is that 3.5 per-cent of the nonacademic budgets adds up to only $ 700,000; the total cut from the academic budgets totals $ 2.5 million. Another $ 48,000 will be cut from the offices of the chan-cellor, equal opportunity, University relations and institutional research and planning. Of the five divisions answering to the chancellor, only the athletic de-partment, which is largely self- supportin- g, is escaping reductions. The athletic department budget will in-- crease by 10 percent this year. In all other divisions, virtually the entire cut is coming from salaries and wages. Chancellor Barbara S. Uehling said Thursday that is inevi-table because the University is a " labor- intensiv- e industry." Expense and equipment budgets, the other major category besides salaries and wages, have already been reduced as much as possible, she said. The chancellor also said there are no jTTmwWatp plans to lay off people from their jobs. " But I can't guarantee there wouldn't be cuts in personnel," she warned. Though nobody is yet slated to be fired, the nonacademic divisions Administrative Services, Student Services, and Alumni Relations and Development are trimming staff numbers just as the academic divi-sions must. Ria Frijters, vice chancellor in charge of Administrative Services, said Thursday she has ordered each unit under her to submit three im-pact statements by Monday. In those written evaluations, each ( See SERVICE, Page 8A) Reagan's key advisers tighten hold on power By Fred Barnes Baltimore San WASHINGTON The other day at the White House, the discussion turned to the subject of where Presi-dent Reagan should ceremonially sign the tax cut. Lyn Nofziger, the long- tim- e advis-er and now ayMant for political af-fairs to Reagan, suggested the Capi- to- l, if only as a conciliatory gesture toCongress. " It was a pretty good suggestion, wormy of being considered at least," an official who attended the meeting said, " but nobody paid any atten-tion" The signing ceremony will Wbe hWe. 1ldJ at the White House or in California during Reagan's vacation. The incident pointed up the lesser status to which a number of suppos-edly influential aides have fallen in the Reagan White House. This has occurred officials said, as the trio of senior presidential aides James A. Baker EI, Michael A. Deaver and Edwin Meese m have tightened their bold oa the White House bu-reaucracy. Iiasiglrt " The loop has tightened," said an official. " If you're not Baker, Meese or Deaver, you don't have much in-fluence around here." Under most recent presidents, the 8 ajn. session of the senior staff was a crucially important meeting. But under Reagan, it is preceded by a 7: 30 breakfast daily attended only by Baker, Deaver and Meese. The breakfast is the significant meeting. There are other signs, too, of the monopoly on influence which the three have achieved at the expense of other White House aides. For years, the national security adviser delivered a daily briefing to the president on world events, but that is presentedto Reagan by memo. One of the trio had complained that Richard Allen, the national se-curity adviser, was " only reading" the memo to Reagan and that the ( See SOME, Page A) lit town today Boone County Fair activ-ities: 9: 38 ajn. Archery Contest. 19 am. Saddle Seat Medal Class, Arena. I IS sum. Tractor Rodeo. I 7: 38 p-- m. Horse Show, Are-na; also Horseshoe Pitching. 8 pjn. Bluegras sMusic, Merchants Tent; also Animal Rodeo. Spjn. Hound and Bird Dog Show, Ball Diamond. Other events: 7: 38 pan. " Sleeping Beau-ty," Maplewood Bam Commu-nity Theater, Nifong Park. Tickets $ 2 adults, $ 1 children, senior citizens and students. Business 7A Opkfcn ......... . .... 4A sports ..................... xjs Weatocr .......................... 2A Local air tower should survive cutback order From staff and wire reports WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis said Thurs-day 1,090 critical air traffic control-ler posts will be eliminated by clos-ing down all but about eight of 66 little- use- d control towers deemed ex-pendable by a recent government re-port. The move is an attempt to reduce the impact of the walkout of about 12,000 air traffic controllers. Columbia's tower was one of the 66 considered for closing, but it could not be determined by late Thursday night whether it is one of the eight or so to be saved. However, Airport Manager A. O. Cappadony, said, " We haven't heard anything, but we would be one of the last to be closed." He pointed out that Columbia's tower was rated the most cost- effecti- ve of the 66 considered for closing. Cappadony said he expects defi-nite word from Washington today. Nationally, another 500 striking controllers made the " gut- wrenchin- g" decision to return to work Thursday as the final deadline for President Reagan's back- to- wor- k or-der expired. That left at least 12,000 who re-fused to break ranks and give up in the face of massive government pressure on the fourth day of the ille-gal strike. Transportation Secretary Lewis said dismissal notices had been sent to 2,291 controllers who refused to heed the presidential ultimatum. The firings started Wednesday after Reagan said the controllers had 48 hours to return to work or lose their jobs. Lewis said a total of l. GOO to 1,200 controllers have returned to work since the strike started Monday. The striking Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization assembled similar figures. PATCO president Robert Poli de-clared, " We will not go back to work." Poli paid a visit on striker Steve Wallaert, president of the Norfolk- Newpo- rt News, Va., union local, at the Fairfax County Jail. He gave Wallaert, who became the first con-troller jailed on Wednesday, a big bear hug and said, " We are not los-ing, we are winning.' ' Wallaert said he was " proud to be a PATCO member" and showed no signs of weakened resolve. Lewis said non- strik- ers and super-visory personnel were able to keep 79 percent of normally scheduled commercial airline traffic flying Thursday, despite the worst weather since the strike began Monday morning. Lewis also said that flight activity at 22 major airports including St. Louis and Kansas City would be kept at present levels at least for the next month. The Federal Aviation Administra-tion reported investigations of two incidents of violence. Six shots were fired at an FAA facility in Oakland, Calif., and a fire was set at a radar building in Columbia, S. C., early Tuesday. Lewis complained of harassment and possible sabotage, and said the FBI was investigating. He said one controller reported bang told, " The next plane you control will be your last." Air service ' normal' at Columbia airport By Calvin Lawrence Jr. Missourian staff writer Although two of Columbia's seven air traffic controllers continue to fol-low the lead of striking union mem-bers across the nation, there is no need for travellers to say their pray-ers as they enter air space at Colum-bia Regional Airport. The airport has been run safely in the past with only two controllers on duty at any one time, local union president Gary Gardner said. Gard-ner is one of the two local controllers on strike. " There's not that much out of Co-lumbia," he said. The small amount of air traffic in the Columbia area probably ac-counts for Ozark Air lines' decision to operate five of its six flights to-day. Only the 3 p. m. flight to St Louis and Chicago has been canceled. Likewise, Air Midwest ex-pects to provide full service to St Louis and Kansas City, Mo., today, as it has for the past two days. Despite relatively light traffic at Colurnbia Regional, Gardner noted that controllers here, like their coun-terparts at large airports, have tre-mendous mental and physical pres-sures. " All of us ( air traffic controllers) are going through the same thing," he said. " Your fatigue level is reduced." He believes the 40- ho- ur work week, coupled with long- ter- m ten-sion and pressure from the job, is the prime source of fatigue. The nation-al union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, has asked the government for a four- da- y work week. Gardner also agrees with his union's demands for earlier retire-ment benefits; they're needed be-cause of possible job- relate- d pres-sures that sometimes force controllers off the job before retire-ment age, be said. " For me, personally, retirement benefits are the most important," be said. Air traffic controllers want the right to retire after 15 years of serv-ice, as opposed to the current 20 years. Gardner expressed concern about another issue paying controllers extra for training new controllers that takes on- mor- e significance as the strike drags on. Gardner said ex-perienced controllers should receive some kind of compensation for that on- the- j- ob teaching. Speaking about the strike and the impending loss of his job, Gardner said, " There's been a lot of soul searching, but something has got to be done." Development authority rejects MFA's $ 375,000 bond request By Karen Small aad Greg Jensen Missourian staff writers MFAInc. wanted a delay but got a rejection Thursday night from the Boone County Industrial Devel-opment Authority on a $ 375,000 bond request. Alan Floyd, MFA controller, said representatives of the cooperative decided to ask the commission to de-lay its final vote, and to continue a public bearing on the tax- fre- e bond request when it was discovered that only six of nine IDA members would be present at Thursday night's meet-ing. It takes five votes to decide an issue. " We knew we had some opposition corning in and we weren't sure about the new members," Floyd said. Consequently, MFA officials pre-sented more detailed information about the Centralia grain storage project for which the bond proposal was intended and asked the commis-sion to reaffirm the tentative ap-proval tantamount to delay MFA received in May. The commission, however, agreed to vote on the May approval and promptly rejected the MFA request. Veteran commissioners Gene Cun-ningham, Walter Johnson and Bill Bayer, along with newcomer Ger- alde- an " Jerry" Holiman, voted no. In other action, the commission reaffirmed its tentative approval of a bond request from Columbia De-velopment Group, and approved a $ 3.6 million bond request from Toastmaster Holding Co. to buy the small appliance division of McGraw- Ediso- n, 1801 N. Stadium Blvd. Floyd said he wasn't surprised by the decision on MFA's request " This body has given us continuous trouble," he said. " I don't expect to come before this board again. They have a reputation in Jeff City of be-ing one of the toughest bonding au-thorities." Floyd said MFA officials will prob-ably meet Friday to decide what to do about the Centralia grain storage project He said three likely options were to ask Centralia to authorize its own industrial bonding authority, to seek conventional financing or to eliminate the project altogether. Centralia's former mayor, Paul Sturgeon, has agreed to help MFA pursue the Centralia industrial au-thority option, Floyd said. Commission members Bayer, Johnson and Cunningham indicated that the project's lack of new em-ployment and the cooperative status of MFA were important factors in rejecting the project. . " The taxpayers snhsidizp MFA al-ready," Cunningham said, referring to MFA's tax- exem- pt status. MFA pays no direct taxes on the profits its members receive. He said be dndnt like the idea of also giving the coop-erative tax- fre- e bond financing. Floyd pointed out that although MFA doesn't pay taxes, the individu-al members do. " I saw very little in the line of tan-gible benefits to Booae County," Johnson said. " I feel that tangible benefits, including employment to Boone County, is what these bond is-- ( See MED, Page 8A)
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Item.Transcript | state ni: r: r, Ric. v.- - .: ciety HITT t- LOW-RY CT . ' '" COLUMBIA MO. 652' yl 73rd Year No. 276 Good Morning! It's Friday, August 7, 1981 3 Sections 1 8 Pages 25 Cents SHBEiHHBSBwflRafin vbssSbshmBbHBBiRBbIV T' ' ' vi m& HniBa& SSBESaBB vUHraHnBHaKt ' ' ' '" HI MjMjBipiBMWMBBMBMWBMiBwiMiwwM BHBBB9HBBBHBHHBBHHnBBSHBB9RHHSHB9B9BB9BBBH9M Jill vom Saal, 7, of 3412 Valencia Drive, participates in the silent vigil at the Federal Building. Don Choate, left, of 103 S. Walnut St., joined other protesters, right, in Thursday's silent vigil protesting nuclear arms. The vigil came on the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan. 26 here protest A- bo- mb deaths ByBradBonhall Missourian staff writer The chants and shouts that usually mark anti- w- ar demon-strations were absent as 28 protesters stood in quiet vigil at noon Thursday in front of the Federal Building, 600 E. Cher-ry St. Members of the Fellowship o Reconciliation, the Colum-bia chapter of the War Resisters League and the Crawdad Alliance were assembled inmemory of those killed by atom- i- c bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The first of the bomb3, which killed 70,000 people, was dropped on Hiroshi- m- a 36 years ago Thursday : Aug. 6, 1945. Nagasaki was hit three days later. The chance that nuclear bombs again might be used against humans is " overwhelming," said protestor John Schuder, a research biophysicist at the University. " It's impossible to overstate the magnitude of the threat" of nuclear war, he said. " The enemy is not the Soviet peo-ple," but rather " those in the Pentagon that strip the wealth of citizens" to build weapons, be said. Several protesters lamented the guns- over- butt- er policies of the Reagan administration. " We have to redefine strength," said Jim Windsor, who is unaffiliated with any pacifist group. His sign claimed that despite being first in defense, the United States is ninth in life expectancy, 13th in iiifantmortality and 20th in its doctor- patie- nt ratio. " If the people are not strong, the nation's not," he said. Support services at M. U. hit hard by cuts By Barbara Wogan, Yooyuan lia and Yongxing Yang Missourian staff writers Although most of the attention has been focused on the budget cuts be-ing inflicted on the University's aca-demic departments, the support services are being hit equally hard. And their cuts may mean reduced maintenance, cuts in student pro-grams and even some decline in alumni giving. The three vice chancellors who oversee the nonacademic divisions are cutting 3.5 percent from their budgets, as is Provost Ron Bunn, to whom the academic divisions report. The only difference is that 3.5 per-cent of the nonacademic budgets adds up to only $ 700,000; the total cut from the academic budgets totals $ 2.5 million. Another $ 48,000 will be cut from the offices of the chan-cellor, equal opportunity, University relations and institutional research and planning. Of the five divisions answering to the chancellor, only the athletic de-partment, which is largely self- supportin- g, is escaping reductions. The athletic department budget will in-- crease by 10 percent this year. In all other divisions, virtually the entire cut is coming from salaries and wages. Chancellor Barbara S. Uehling said Thursday that is inevi-table because the University is a " labor- intensiv- e industry." Expense and equipment budgets, the other major category besides salaries and wages, have already been reduced as much as possible, she said. The chancellor also said there are no jTTmwWatp plans to lay off people from their jobs. " But I can't guarantee there wouldn't be cuts in personnel," she warned. Though nobody is yet slated to be fired, the nonacademic divisions Administrative Services, Student Services, and Alumni Relations and Development are trimming staff numbers just as the academic divi-sions must. Ria Frijters, vice chancellor in charge of Administrative Services, said Thursday she has ordered each unit under her to submit three im-pact statements by Monday. In those written evaluations, each ( See SERVICE, Page 8A) Reagan's key advisers tighten hold on power By Fred Barnes Baltimore San WASHINGTON The other day at the White House, the discussion turned to the subject of where Presi-dent Reagan should ceremonially sign the tax cut. Lyn Nofziger, the long- tim- e advis-er and now ayMant for political af-fairs to Reagan, suggested the Capi- to- l, if only as a conciliatory gesture toCongress. " It was a pretty good suggestion, wormy of being considered at least," an official who attended the meeting said, " but nobody paid any atten-tion" The signing ceremony will Wbe hWe. 1ldJ at the White House or in California during Reagan's vacation. The incident pointed up the lesser status to which a number of suppos-edly influential aides have fallen in the Reagan White House. This has occurred officials said, as the trio of senior presidential aides James A. Baker EI, Michael A. Deaver and Edwin Meese m have tightened their bold oa the White House bu-reaucracy. Iiasiglrt " The loop has tightened," said an official. " If you're not Baker, Meese or Deaver, you don't have much in-fluence around here." Under most recent presidents, the 8 ajn. session of the senior staff was a crucially important meeting. But under Reagan, it is preceded by a 7: 30 breakfast daily attended only by Baker, Deaver and Meese. The breakfast is the significant meeting. There are other signs, too, of the monopoly on influence which the three have achieved at the expense of other White House aides. For years, the national security adviser delivered a daily briefing to the president on world events, but that is presentedto Reagan by memo. One of the trio had complained that Richard Allen, the national se-curity adviser, was " only reading" the memo to Reagan and that the ( See SOME, Page A) lit town today Boone County Fair activ-ities: 9: 38 ajn. Archery Contest. 19 am. Saddle Seat Medal Class, Arena. I IS sum. Tractor Rodeo. I 7: 38 p-- m. Horse Show, Are-na; also Horseshoe Pitching. 8 pjn. Bluegras sMusic, Merchants Tent; also Animal Rodeo. Spjn. Hound and Bird Dog Show, Ball Diamond. Other events: 7: 38 pan. " Sleeping Beau-ty," Maplewood Bam Commu-nity Theater, Nifong Park. Tickets $ 2 adults, $ 1 children, senior citizens and students. Business 7A Opkfcn ......... . .... 4A sports ..................... xjs Weatocr .......................... 2A Local air tower should survive cutback order From staff and wire reports WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis said Thurs-day 1,090 critical air traffic control-ler posts will be eliminated by clos-ing down all but about eight of 66 little- use- d control towers deemed ex-pendable by a recent government re-port. The move is an attempt to reduce the impact of the walkout of about 12,000 air traffic controllers. Columbia's tower was one of the 66 considered for closing, but it could not be determined by late Thursday night whether it is one of the eight or so to be saved. However, Airport Manager A. O. Cappadony, said, " We haven't heard anything, but we would be one of the last to be closed." He pointed out that Columbia's tower was rated the most cost- effecti- ve of the 66 considered for closing. Cappadony said he expects defi-nite word from Washington today. Nationally, another 500 striking controllers made the " gut- wrenchin- g" decision to return to work Thursday as the final deadline for President Reagan's back- to- wor- k or-der expired. That left at least 12,000 who re-fused to break ranks and give up in the face of massive government pressure on the fourth day of the ille-gal strike. Transportation Secretary Lewis said dismissal notices had been sent to 2,291 controllers who refused to heed the presidential ultimatum. The firings started Wednesday after Reagan said the controllers had 48 hours to return to work or lose their jobs. Lewis said a total of l. GOO to 1,200 controllers have returned to work since the strike started Monday. The striking Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization assembled similar figures. PATCO president Robert Poli de-clared, " We will not go back to work." Poli paid a visit on striker Steve Wallaert, president of the Norfolk- Newpo- rt News, Va., union local, at the Fairfax County Jail. He gave Wallaert, who became the first con-troller jailed on Wednesday, a big bear hug and said, " We are not los-ing, we are winning.' ' Wallaert said he was " proud to be a PATCO member" and showed no signs of weakened resolve. Lewis said non- strik- ers and super-visory personnel were able to keep 79 percent of normally scheduled commercial airline traffic flying Thursday, despite the worst weather since the strike began Monday morning. Lewis also said that flight activity at 22 major airports including St. Louis and Kansas City would be kept at present levels at least for the next month. The Federal Aviation Administra-tion reported investigations of two incidents of violence. Six shots were fired at an FAA facility in Oakland, Calif., and a fire was set at a radar building in Columbia, S. C., early Tuesday. Lewis complained of harassment and possible sabotage, and said the FBI was investigating. He said one controller reported bang told, " The next plane you control will be your last." Air service ' normal' at Columbia airport By Calvin Lawrence Jr. Missourian staff writer Although two of Columbia's seven air traffic controllers continue to fol-low the lead of striking union mem-bers across the nation, there is no need for travellers to say their pray-ers as they enter air space at Colum-bia Regional Airport. The airport has been run safely in the past with only two controllers on duty at any one time, local union president Gary Gardner said. Gard-ner is one of the two local controllers on strike. " There's not that much out of Co-lumbia," he said. The small amount of air traffic in the Columbia area probably ac-counts for Ozark Air lines' decision to operate five of its six flights to-day. Only the 3 p. m. flight to St Louis and Chicago has been canceled. Likewise, Air Midwest ex-pects to provide full service to St Louis and Kansas City, Mo., today, as it has for the past two days. Despite relatively light traffic at Colurnbia Regional, Gardner noted that controllers here, like their coun-terparts at large airports, have tre-mendous mental and physical pres-sures. " All of us ( air traffic controllers) are going through the same thing," he said. " Your fatigue level is reduced." He believes the 40- ho- ur work week, coupled with long- ter- m ten-sion and pressure from the job, is the prime source of fatigue. The nation-al union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, has asked the government for a four- da- y work week. Gardner also agrees with his union's demands for earlier retire-ment benefits; they're needed be-cause of possible job- relate- d pres-sures that sometimes force controllers off the job before retire-ment age, be said. " For me, personally, retirement benefits are the most important," be said. Air traffic controllers want the right to retire after 15 years of serv-ice, as opposed to the current 20 years. Gardner expressed concern about another issue paying controllers extra for training new controllers that takes on- mor- e significance as the strike drags on. Gardner said ex-perienced controllers should receive some kind of compensation for that on- the- j- ob teaching. Speaking about the strike and the impending loss of his job, Gardner said, " There's been a lot of soul searching, but something has got to be done." Development authority rejects MFA's $ 375,000 bond request By Karen Small aad Greg Jensen Missourian staff writers MFAInc. wanted a delay but got a rejection Thursday night from the Boone County Industrial Devel-opment Authority on a $ 375,000 bond request. Alan Floyd, MFA controller, said representatives of the cooperative decided to ask the commission to de-lay its final vote, and to continue a public bearing on the tax- fre- e bond request when it was discovered that only six of nine IDA members would be present at Thursday night's meet-ing. It takes five votes to decide an issue. " We knew we had some opposition corning in and we weren't sure about the new members," Floyd said. Consequently, MFA officials pre-sented more detailed information about the Centralia grain storage project for which the bond proposal was intended and asked the commis-sion to reaffirm the tentative ap-proval tantamount to delay MFA received in May. The commission, however, agreed to vote on the May approval and promptly rejected the MFA request. Veteran commissioners Gene Cun-ningham, Walter Johnson and Bill Bayer, along with newcomer Ger- alde- an " Jerry" Holiman, voted no. In other action, the commission reaffirmed its tentative approval of a bond request from Columbia De-velopment Group, and approved a $ 3.6 million bond request from Toastmaster Holding Co. to buy the small appliance division of McGraw- Ediso- n, 1801 N. Stadium Blvd. Floyd said he wasn't surprised by the decision on MFA's request " This body has given us continuous trouble," he said. " I don't expect to come before this board again. They have a reputation in Jeff City of be-ing one of the toughest bonding au-thorities." Floyd said MFA officials will prob-ably meet Friday to decide what to do about the Centralia grain storage project He said three likely options were to ask Centralia to authorize its own industrial bonding authority, to seek conventional financing or to eliminate the project altogether. Centralia's former mayor, Paul Sturgeon, has agreed to help MFA pursue the Centralia industrial au-thority option, Floyd said. Commission members Bayer, Johnson and Cunningham indicated that the project's lack of new em-ployment and the cooperative status of MFA were important factors in rejecting the project. . " The taxpayers snhsidizp MFA al-ready," Cunningham said, referring to MFA's tax- exem- pt status. MFA pays no direct taxes on the profits its members receive. He said be dndnt like the idea of also giving the coop-erative tax- fre- e bond financing. Floyd pointed out that although MFA doesn't pay taxes, the individu-al members do. " I saw very little in the line of tan-gible benefits to Booae County," Johnson said. " I feel that tangible benefits, including employment to Boone County, is what these bond is-- ( See MED, Page 8A) |