Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1981-08-29

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Puppy gets new
lease on life
from Samaritan
on Providence
By Paul Keep
Mlssourian staff writer
A dog may be man's best friend,
but you couldn't have convinced a
puppy that strayed onto Providence
Road Thursday that the feeling Is
mutual
That is, until the dog saw the
brighter side of human nature when
it was rescued by Cathi Coffey, a
Hickman High School senior.
Ms. Coffey, 2101 Woodlea Drive,
was driving home after school when
she saw the puppy get hit by one car
and then " three or four other cars"
in quick succession.
The puppy " kept on flipping back
and forth," she said " I was mad and
crying"
Ms. Coffey, who works as a nurs-ing
attendant at Boone County Hos-pital
and hopes to begin pre- me- d
studies at the University next year,
did what came naturally.
She stopped her car in the middle
of traffic to help the dog.
" Other drivers were mad at me
for stopping traffic, but I couldn't
just go by and do nothing," she said
" If. she had just laid there, she would
have died"
Ms. Coffey grabbed a stethoscope
she carries in her car, picked up the
puppy and placed it on the hood of
her car. She listened for a heartbeat
Hearing none, she calmly per-formed
a heart massage on the bat-tered
puppy and its heart began
beating. " In my Health Occupations
class, I had learned how to do a
heart massage for a baby, so I did
the same thing and it worked," she
said.
She drove the puppy to the Univer-sity's
Small Animal Clinic for emer-gency
care. " The puppy was bleed-ing
all over my clothes, but I didn't
even notice," she said.
Dr. Kay Schwink, an intern at the
dime, said the puppy was in shock
when it arrived. " She looked really
bad. I was not optimistic that we
could save her."
Ms Coffey said, " The doctor said
there was probably internal bleeding
and the puppy's chances weren't
good."
The puppy was wisked into the in--
tensive care unit and immediately
treated for shock
The dog responded to treatment
and doctors then began working on
her injuries
When Ms Coffey returned to the
dime Friday to pick up the puppy,
the only outward sign of the accident
was a cast- lik- e bandage on her left
front leg
Dr. Schwink said there may be
damage to the puppy's " growth
plate" in the leg, which could result
in the leg being shorter than the oth-ers.
To determine the extent of the
damage, X- ra- ys of the puppy's leg
will be taken in two weeks
The puppy's medical care cost Ms
Coffey more than $ 50 Another $ 300
would be needed for multiple opera-tions
on the leg, it they are required.
Ms Coffey, whose family already
has two dogs, named the puppy
" Preppy," and said she does not
know who owns it She would like the
owner to claim it by calling 443- 595- 5
Ms Coffey is still upset by the cal-lous
reaction of other motorists after
the accident
" I can't believe people can go on
as if nothing was wrong," she said.
" Dogs have feelings, too."
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Good Samaritan Cathi Coffey is at home today with 3 month- ol- d
Preppy, the pup whose life she saved Thursday She had
taken the dog to the Small Animal Clinic at the University Vet-erinary
School, where a veterinarian said Preppy should have a
long, healthy life when her broken leg heals
Electronic weapons system no longer a fantasy
By David McLemore
The Dallas Morning News
SAN ANTONIO, Texas Inside a sprawl-ing
three- stor- y building at Kelly Air Force
Base, surrounded by double rows of barbed- wire- topp- ed
fencing, lies the nerve center of
a cadre of Air Force specialists who are al-tering
the art of war.
They have no stockpiles of bombs or mis-siles,
no nudear arsenals at their disposal
No one at the base debates the best strate-gies
for moving masses of heavily armed
men and equipment across distant battle-fields
The weapons they favor are electron
shields, lasers and computer manipulation of
the magnetic field of the earth and how they
can be used to cripple the enemy.
The fantasies of Star Wars have been
made real inside a structure that looks as
harmless as a college classroom building
The stark sign out front reads simply " Head-quarters,
Electronic Security Command."
Once inside, past the barbed wire and
guard towers, past the security checks, a vis-itor
comes face- to- fa- ce with an obsession for
security. Intense young guards, some armed
with M- 16- s, politely pass a visitor through
the dimly Ut hallways, their eyes riveted to a
badge on the chest of the visitor
Known as the " red badge," it reads, " Es-cort
required " An officer from the public af-fairs
office smiles " I'm the escort," he says
" You wouldn't get too far without me."
The ESC grew out of the Air Force intelli-gence
operations and became a separate
command in 1979 More than 12,000 electron-ic
warfare specialists are spread worldwide,
from Germany to Japan, engaging in esoter-ic
battle with the enemy. And the enemy,
they say, is the Soviet Union.
The mission of the command is based on
the dependence in the 20th century on space- ag- e
communications technology Modem
military commanders are only as effective
as their ability to send and receive com-mands
whether a radio message to troops
in the field or the electronically triggered
message to unleash tactical aircraft or long- rang- e
missiles
The role of ESC, simply put, is to develop
methods to jam, confuse, disrupt or destroy
the communications of the enemy while en-suring
the enemy cannot do the same to you.
Through a myriad of space- ag- e hardware,
the electronic warriors of ESC gather and
analyze intelligence about enemy activities,
inform commanders in the field and develop
means to confuse enemy radar, jam radio
frequences and, if need be, destroy all or
part of the communications network of the
enemy.
" What we're involved in is sort of a cat- and- mo- use
game," said Maj Gen Doyle
Larson, ESC commander " It's like chess
but at a three- dimensio- nal level While we're
a very high- technologi- cal outfit, we also use
the art of a poker bluff and a little sleight of
( See ELECTRONIC, Page 8A)
Civic leader
Harold Cox
dead at 73
By Gordon Lee
Missourian Btaff writer
Longtime Columbia civic and busi-ness
leader Harold Cox died early
Thursday at Columbia Regional Hos-pital.
He was 73.
Mr. Cox, vice president of Mid- Misso- uri
Savings and Loan Associa-tion,
had lived in Columbia for more
than 50 years
In 1979, Mr Cox ran for mayor
against Clyde Wilson. He was defeat-ed
52- 4- 8 percent.
Dr. Glenn McElroy, his physician
and longtime friend, said Mr. Cox
died of complications following inju-ries
received in a traffic accident
last week.
" He was a tremendously active in-dividual,"
McElroy said " He was
known by many and liked by many."
McElroy said Mr. Cox was a tire-less
worker on many civic endeav-ors,
often working behind the scene.
" He didn't always take the
praise," McElroy said.
Born near Centralia on Sept 11,
1907, Mr. Cox came to Columbia in
1927 to enroll in the University In-stead,
he started working for the
First Bank of Commerce, where he
stayed for more than 45 years, rising
from bookkeeper to vice president
In 1974, be moved to the Mid- Missou- ri
Savings and T oan Association.
He served v. j terms as city trea- -
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Harold Cox
Dies at age 73
surer from 1937 to 1941 He also
served more than 12 years on the
Missouri Personnel Advisory Board,
the last eight years as chairman.
Mr Cox was elected to the Boone
County Board of Education during
the 1950s
A widower since 1973, Mr Cox is
survived by a brother, Ralph, of Am-anita,
Texas
Visitation will begin at 9 a m Sun-day
at Parker Funeral Service, 22 N.
Tenth St The family will receive vis-itors
from 7-- 9 p m Sunday. The fu-neral,
to be conducted by the Rev.
Sam Langley, will be at 1 30 p m.
Monday at the funeral home. Burial
will be at Columbia Cemetery
Doctors plan
to go to court
in wage dispute
By Adriana Reyneri
Missourian staff writer
Resident physicians at the Univer-sity
Hospital voted Fnday to take
their wage dispute with the Universi-ty
to court
The House Staff Organization,
which represents 280 residents at the
hospital, Monday will seek a Boone
County Circuit Court injunction forc-ing
the University to give residents a
previously scheduled 13 6 percent
pay raise
The raises were canceled after
Gov Christopher Bond cut the Uni-versity's
budget by 10 percent,
prompting University Chancellor
Barbara Uehhng to freeze salaries
The residents' organization contends
that, under an agreement signed
June 17, the University still must
provide the raises
Dr Uehhng said Friday that while
the organization has the nght to take
the action, the University is not con-tractually
bound to grant the raises
Dr Greg A Love, president of the
residents' organization, said, ' The
injunction seeks that the University
be required to comply with the con-tract
which it freely entered into
Hopefully it will bring swift reme-dy
"
Stephen Faber, counsel for the or-ganization,
recommended that the
residents take court action
" Our counsel is very confident
about the case," Love said
At Fnday's meeting, Love de- senb- ed
his unsuccessful efforts to
obtain financial help for some hard--
( See RESIDENTS, Page 8A)
Lofoeck reappointed
, as med school dean
By Suzanne DeWitt
Missounan staff writer
University Provost Ronald Bunn
announced Friday afternoon the re-appointment
of Charles C Lobeck as
dean of the School of Medicine.
Lobeck is one of five deans who
have undergone special evaluations
begun by Bunn last year as a condi-tion
for reappointment The evalua-tion
system applies only to those
deans who have served five or more
years
In a letter sent Fnday to the Medi-cal
School faculty, Bunn said, " As a
result of the evaluation of Dean Lo-beck
I have concluded that tt would
be very much in the interest of the
school that he be continued as dean.
Chancellor Uehling has agreed with
my condusion, and I am pleased to
announce that Lobeck has agreed to
continue. I look forward to working
with Dean Lobeck and all of you in
support of our common goal of main-taining
and strengthening a quality
School of Medicine "
Lobeck, who has held the post
since 1974, said he sees a bnght fu
ture for the school in spite of a tight
budget
" I look forward to working with
the faculty of a very good school to
make it even better, ' he said I
have plans that will become more
visible as time goes on I bdieve de-spite
the current budget situation of
the state the school can build upon
its strengths "
Lawrence M Lampton, assistant
professor of pulmonary medicine,
said of Bunn's announcement that
" in a time of cnas, such as the pre-sent
case with the budget cuts, it's
good to have some stability in our
leadership "
Late last year the process of dean
evaluations began with reviews of
William Kimel of the College of En- gineen- ng
and Bob Woods of the Col-lege
of Education Both were reap-pointed
following their evaluations
Kenneth Weide of the College of
Vetennanan Medicine and Armon
Yanders of the College of Arts and
Science both resigned following the
completion of their reviews by the
provost's office
Haig berates Salvadoran rebels
New York Times
WASHINGTON Secretary of
State Alexander Haig Fnday accus-ed
the rebels in El Salvador of eng-aging
in " straight terrorism"
against the civilian population, and
he again accused Cuba and the Sovi-et
Union of playing major roles in fo-menting
the dvil war in that coun-try.
His harsh words about the leftist
parties came at a news conference
at the State Department, shortly be-fore
the French and Mexican gov-ernments
issued a statement recog- nizin- g
the rebels as a
" representative political force" m
El Salvador.
A senior State Department official
said later that the joint French- Mexica- n
letter to the U N. Secunty Coun-cil
was " unhelpful" to U S efforts to
build support for the Salvadoran
government of Jose Napoleon
Duarte and to press the leftist forces
to agree to elections under the gov-ernment's
auspices
But the official said the statement
was not " a complete disaster" be-cause
it fell short of some earlier
Mexican efforts to establish that El
Salvador was in a state of " belliger-ency"
and that the rebels should
have equal political standing with
the government
Fnday night, the State Depart-ment
said it agreed with a number of
points in the French- Mexica- n
statement. The department praised
the document for expressing concern
for the Salvadoran people, for saying
that the Salvadorans must solve
their own crisis, and for emphasiz-ing
the need for free dections.
But the department said it dis-agreed
with the countnes' political
recognition of the two leftist parties
that, it said, " represent only a por-tion
of a far broader political spec-trum
in El Salvador "
A key question in Washington was
whether the French and Mexicans
would seek additonal signatones to
the document. Such an effort, it was
felt, could disrupt United States ef-forts,
possibly leading to a political
confrontation with those countries.
The Mexican- Frenc- h statement
has forcefully publicized, officials
said, the differences between Wash-ington
and some of its closest fnends
over El Salvador The Reagan ad-ministration
has dedared that the
main leftist organizations should
play a role in the El Salvadoran po-litical
scene but only by agreeing to
elections The Mexicans and French,
however, believe there should be ne-gotiations
among the various fac-tions
preceding any elections
In his news conference, Haig said
that the guerrilla forces in El Salva-dor
had resorted to " a change in tac-tics
"
" We've witnessed the guerrilla
movement resort to straight terror-ism,
the kind of activity that reflects
their failure and frustration in major
force operations," he said
Gasification project advances
By Michelle H1H
Misaourian staff writer
MOBERLY An anonymous U S
energy company may have ended
funding problems blocking Consum-er
Energy Corp ' s proposed coal gas-ification
plant by agreeing to finance
a feasibility study of the project.
That announcement came at a Fri-day
evening meeting called by Con-sumer
Energy officers
Jack Daily of Lutz, Daily & Brain,
consulting engineers for the project,
said construction of the gasification
plant would follow if no obstacles
emerge during the study Construc-tion
would be financed by the energy
company, he said.
The energy company will report
its findings to Consumer Energy, a
not- for- pro- fit organization, by year's
end Consumer Energy pursued the
project in 1973 and has received sup-port
from Associated Electric Coop-erative
and Lutz Daily & Brain
Daily said it is common corporate
practice for a company to remain
anonymous at this point in negotia
tions, adding that he was " surprised
they disclosed the information they
did"
Consumer Energy had sought fed-eral
funds to build the plant, but the
Reagan administration's decision to
cut back on synthetic fud devel-opment
funding stalled budding
plans
John Van Cleve, Moberly Cham-ber
of Commerce president, said
building the plant " could be as big
for Moberly as the GM plant was for
Wentzville, Missouri "
In town today
1: 45 p. m. Missouri Tigers foot-ball
scrimmage on Faurot
Field Free and open to the
public.
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