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" j - - - 77th Yea r --- No. 45 Good Morning! it's Monday, : November! 5, 1984 2 Sections 26 Pages 25 Cents 111 Michefe Cordon Charity on wheels More than 150 motorcyclists paraded to the Salvation Army, 602 N Garth Ave , to drop off the more than $ 800 in toys and more than 100 canned goods they donated to charity Sunday The annua! toy ride, sponsored by the Freedom of Road Riders, originated at ' Zooks' Har- ley- Davids- on, 608 Nebraska Ave , and wound up at the Salvation Army after touring the city with a police escort. Above, Chuck Williams and his stuffea companion wait in the parking lot for the other bikers to arrive By Michael Coit, Chela Caughron and Mike Holticlaw Missounan staff writers In a final effort to sway their con-gregations, some mid- Misso- uri church leaders brought opposition to two gambling issues on Tuesday's statewide ballot to the pulpit Sun-day. Dunng worship services, the pas-tors railed against those who scheme for money and don't work for their wages Then- message- s were both di-rect and indirect, but the words shared common meanings and car-ried biblical force against Amend-ment 5, which would establish a state lottery, and Amendment 7, which would allow pan- mutu- e! wa-gering at horse races Most Columbia pastors contacted said they had no plans to address the issues during Sunday's services. The Rev. Max Klinkenborg of Bethel Church, an American Baptist church here, said he doubted that most mainline churches would take tune during services to speak against the proposals. However, at the Central Methodist College campus in Fayette, the Rev. James Smith of Linn Memorial Cha pel read a letter from Bishop W. T. Handy Jr to a congregation of 200 " Traditionally, the United Meth-odist Church and its predecessors have regarded gambling as a major social evil," the letter says " Gam- bun- g was seen to be a threat to fami-ly life and disrupted the tranquility of the community." The letter, which touched on Meth-odist movements against gambling throughout the past century, re-flected the official position of the United Methodist Church Smith chose not to interpret the church's position. " I'm not in the business of casting other people's votes, but I believe we are justified in making statements on some of the facts concerning the issues," he said. The Rev. Sam Martin, who leads the congregation of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3100 Pioneer Drive, veiled his message in a 20- min- ute sermon concerning the exploits of the Biblical figure Jacob God will take care of those who try to take away the wages cf others, Martin said. He said Jacob, who was an honest schemer in the bock cf Genesis, al-ways came out on the short end of deals he made for 20 years with an-other biblical character, Laban Martin compared Jacob's misfor-tune with a state lottery that he said would promise people more than they actually could receive " As I understand it, if you win a $ 1 million lottery, you don't get it all at once but in installments, and the winners don't earn any interest on the money they don't receive," Mar-tin said Martin was the chairman cf the Christian life commission within the Missouri Baptist Convention from 1971 to 1977 and helped lead opposi-tion to previous ' ottery proposals He never specifically addressed the lot-tery during a sermon, but included information in announcements that precedethe services At the First Baptist Church of Fayette, the Rev. Robert Quinn said nothing in his sermon Sunday con-cerning either amendments, the lot-tery or the pari- mutu- el proposals, but his stance on the issues was clear. At the front of the church, a " Flimflam" bumper sticker hung beneath a Missouri Baptist Conven-tion Sesqincentenrual poster Flimf lam is the derogatory term Missour- lan- s Against 5 and 7 use to slam the ballot proposals On the offertory table in the church vestibule, a basket was filled with envelopes to collect donations for Misscunans Against 5 and 7. Quinn said while he did not men-tion the ballot proposals Sunday, he has given three or four sermons dur-ing Sunday night services specifical-ly against the issues. Despite his efforts, Quinn said he thinks both ballot proposals will pass in Tuesday's general election The Missouri Baptist Convention lobbied against a state lottery pro-posal during the spring legislative session and joined Missounans Against 5 and 7 to oppose pan- mu- tu- el wagenng Both measures are ahead in recent polls. Cindy Blosser, press secretary for Missounans Against 5 and 7, said four of Missouri's five major denom- inaao- ns have taken official stands against the two ballot issues Those churches the Missouri Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Catholics, Meth-odists and Lutherans make up 41 percent of Missouri voters, she said. The Lutherans have not met statewide yet this year, she said ST. LOUIS ( UPI) - President Reagan, asking a flag- wavi- ng crowd for four more years in office, Sunday reminded supporters that his admin-istration has cut taxes, lowered in-flation and made America a safer place to live To the chants of " Four more years'," Reagan told a crowd gath-ered around the Gateway Arch that America was going through its sec-ond revolution and getting stronger all the time, but " it's only just be-gun," he said The president, who was nearly two hours late arriving due to a last min-ute scheduling change that took him to Rochester, Minn , was introduced by Hollywood fnend Bob Hope to a crowd estimated by police at 20,009 Hope warmed up the audience with one- liner- s like, " You know what America would be like without Ron-ald Reagan Mr. T without mus-cles." Reagan, 73, on the fourth day of his 10- sta- te campaign swing on his own behalf and the behalf of Republican congressional candidates, praised Reps. Gene Taylor, Bill Emerson and Tom Coleman, who all are run-ning for re- elect- ion He also said Missouri needed rep-- 1 resentatives like Enc Rathbone, who is running against Richard Ge-phardt in Missouri's 1st District, Came Francke, who is trying to un-- ! seat Harold Volkmer in the 9th Dis-trict, and Jack Buechner, who run-ning against Robert Young in the 2nd District " Don't send me back alone," Rea-gan said telling the crowd he wanted House members who were on his side Reagan also stumped for the Re-publican party's candidates for statewide offices Attorney General John Ashcroft for governor, Mel Hancock for lieutenant governor, Wendall Bailey for treasiirer, Bill Webster for attorney general and Roy Blunt for secretary of state Reagan criticized the policies of Democratic challenger Walter Mon- da- le as ones that would result m higher taxes and weakened military security. He told the audience that he was the president who cut taxes " We've cut personal tax rates by 25 percent and while some people have said that benefits some people more than others, that tax cut was even- steve- n across the board and benefited everybody," Reagan said, as he was interrupted by a round of boos from about 20 Mondale support-ers Undaunted by the hecklers, Rea-gan boasted about the administra-tion's record of lowering inflation from 12 percent to 4 percent, cre-ating 6 million jobs in 21 months and lowering gasoline prices by 8 cents a gallon " If he ( Mondale) keeps his prom-ises, it will cost every household $ 1,890," Reagan said. " That's more than $ 150 a month Tnai's like nav- m- g a second mortage A Mondale morgtage." Reagan recalled his own conver-sion from the Democratic Party to the GOP years ago and charged the Democrats no longer represent the values of Harry S Truman and John Kennedy As he invited the Democrats in the crowd to " walk with us down that path of hope and opportunity," the crowd once again broke into chants of " Four more years " Thousands of spectators filled the grassy area and steps by 10 a. m , only to wait four hours for the presi-dent's arrival Governor hopefuls Is ffl st H as si H Ka 83 fa Vra a ' SS fig 53 ZrSi Bf " ILB' ( 9 fir-- " ' Sat By Helene Feger State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY As Mis-souri's gubernatorial candidates splash their final ads across the tele-vision screen and hastily schedule a few more campaign stops to pick up stray votes, political observers are charting Missouri's voting map in anticipation of Tuesday's balloting Both sides Republican John Ashcroft and Democrat Ken Roth- ma- n are confident of a victory, but where the candidates will draw their voting strength is open to dis-pute ' Lou Millot, political director of the state Republican Party, analyzed voting patterns in each of the state's 114 counties in an effort to predict how Tuesday's vote might go Millot said there are five bellweather coun-ties m the state Washington, St Francis, Livingston, Texas and p- t- is counties He said they have con-sistently picked the winning gover-nor since the 1964 election Besides these regions, St Louis County, because of its size, is vitally important in moving a candidate from the win or loss column, Millot said " Republicans do not win in the state unless they carry St Louis," he said. But the area is one that is hotly fought over by the two candidates See ST LOUIS, Page 14A By Geoff Campbell and Faith Lyman IWfasourlan staff writers Time is running out for industrial revenue bonds. At tonight's City Council meeting Mayor John Westlund is expected to propose that the council create a new industrial bond-ing authority in an attempt to take advan-tage of a federal program whose life expec-tancy is less than two years. Does this sound like a lastrditch effort? " That's what it is," Sixth Ward Coun-cilman Matt McCormick said following last Monday's meeting of the Boone County In-dustrial Development Authority. At that meeting, the board vetoed a proposal that sought a compromise between Columbia's development master plan and the authority's philosophy governing bond issues. " The city will, in fact, take a very aggres-sive approach to attracting commercial ( de-velopment) while the two- ye- ar time period is still available," he added. The mayor's actions stem from the City Council's concern that the Boone County In-dustrial Development Authority has been too f conservative in the way it has issued tax- exem- pt bonds through its five- ye- ar history and, as a consequence, has frightened off commercial industries that could benefit Co-lumbia's economic future. The proposal will likely breeze through council. Westlund and Assistant City Man-ager Bob Black, who last month announced men intentions to push for the creation of an authority, have garnered council support by persuading members that a new authority is necessary for the city's future growth. ' The industrial revenue bonds that a new authority would issue have come under in-creasing criticism nationwide. At the center of the debate is whether these bonds actually entice new industry into a community or whether they simply pro-vide an inexpensive source of capital financ-ing for companies that would have settled in an area regardless of bond availability. Just as compelling are the alleged abuses of the bonds and the effects they have had on the interest rates of all municipal bonds and the taxpayer's wallet But in the city's eye, advantages outweigh i i such concerns The bonds, city officials say, can and should be used to Columbia's advan-tage. According to McCormick, the city has spent a lot of money on its economic devel-opment department in an effort to attract non- pollutin- g, commercial and medical in-dustries. The bonds are " a kind of carrot on a stick, if you will, to those types of indus-tries," McCormick said Friday. The industrial revenue bonds, or IRBs, have financed all types cf private enter-prises, from gram elevators to retirement homes to McDonald's restaurants and K- M- art shopping centers. In the St. Louis area, IRBs have financed the construction of about a dozen 905 International Stores a liquor retailer that has since found itself immersed ' in financial hot water. Recently a bondirg agency in a Kansas City, Mo., suburb approtd as i& ue for the construction of a real estate office. All these issues are legal, hi fact, almost anything goes in the industrial bonding game. But the Congressional Budget Office in a 1981 report cited issues for public and private golf courses, national hamburger chains and a retail furniture outlet as the type that have jeopardized the future of IRB financing But the report also notes that the principal users of IRBs, in fact, are those that were designed to be helped small corporations with average sales of $ 47 million and an av-erage payroll of 87 employees. Controversy aside, authorities assert that these bonds enhance the economic base of a community by creating jobs and increasing taxrevenues. George Brakatselos, senior associate with the Public Securities Association in New York, says IRBs offer " a definite benefit to communities. They are effective in that they do contribute to die economic development of a community." However, proof of this is sketchy at best since the federal government began only a year ago to require formal reports about is-sues and their uses and effects on a commu-nity's labor force and economy . Following legislation in 1983, Missouri be-came one of the few states in the country to require municipal bonding authorities to submit annual reports on their bond issues. The reports require municipalities to detail how bond money has been spent and the esti-matednumber of jobs a project has created Not available, however, are studies that address the question of whether a company seeking the bonds actually needs them. In other words, how many companies seeking IRBs and denied them have gone ahead with their projects? Thomas Monks, the manager of existing services with the state's Community and Economic Development Division, says IRBs have had a positive impact on a commu-nity's economic development and employ- mentbas- e. " You soil have to ask the question," Monks added, " ' Would a job be done ; ad IRBs not been available?' That can't be an-swered. It's intangible." Criticism of the costs of these bonds con-tinues to mount, particularly at the federal level The U. S. government claims to foot the Sec GOVERNMENT, Pag 14A
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Item.Transcript | " j - - - 77th Yea r --- No. 45 Good Morning! it's Monday, : November! 5, 1984 2 Sections 26 Pages 25 Cents 111 Michefe Cordon Charity on wheels More than 150 motorcyclists paraded to the Salvation Army, 602 N Garth Ave , to drop off the more than $ 800 in toys and more than 100 canned goods they donated to charity Sunday The annua! toy ride, sponsored by the Freedom of Road Riders, originated at ' Zooks' Har- ley- Davids- on, 608 Nebraska Ave , and wound up at the Salvation Army after touring the city with a police escort. Above, Chuck Williams and his stuffea companion wait in the parking lot for the other bikers to arrive By Michael Coit, Chela Caughron and Mike Holticlaw Missounan staff writers In a final effort to sway their con-gregations, some mid- Misso- uri church leaders brought opposition to two gambling issues on Tuesday's statewide ballot to the pulpit Sun-day. Dunng worship services, the pas-tors railed against those who scheme for money and don't work for their wages Then- message- s were both di-rect and indirect, but the words shared common meanings and car-ried biblical force against Amend-ment 5, which would establish a state lottery, and Amendment 7, which would allow pan- mutu- e! wa-gering at horse races Most Columbia pastors contacted said they had no plans to address the issues during Sunday's services. The Rev. Max Klinkenborg of Bethel Church, an American Baptist church here, said he doubted that most mainline churches would take tune during services to speak against the proposals. However, at the Central Methodist College campus in Fayette, the Rev. James Smith of Linn Memorial Cha pel read a letter from Bishop W. T. Handy Jr to a congregation of 200 " Traditionally, the United Meth-odist Church and its predecessors have regarded gambling as a major social evil," the letter says " Gam- bun- g was seen to be a threat to fami-ly life and disrupted the tranquility of the community." The letter, which touched on Meth-odist movements against gambling throughout the past century, re-flected the official position of the United Methodist Church Smith chose not to interpret the church's position. " I'm not in the business of casting other people's votes, but I believe we are justified in making statements on some of the facts concerning the issues," he said. The Rev. Sam Martin, who leads the congregation of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3100 Pioneer Drive, veiled his message in a 20- min- ute sermon concerning the exploits of the Biblical figure Jacob God will take care of those who try to take away the wages cf others, Martin said. He said Jacob, who was an honest schemer in the bock cf Genesis, al-ways came out on the short end of deals he made for 20 years with an-other biblical character, Laban Martin compared Jacob's misfor-tune with a state lottery that he said would promise people more than they actually could receive " As I understand it, if you win a $ 1 million lottery, you don't get it all at once but in installments, and the winners don't earn any interest on the money they don't receive," Mar-tin said Martin was the chairman cf the Christian life commission within the Missouri Baptist Convention from 1971 to 1977 and helped lead opposi-tion to previous ' ottery proposals He never specifically addressed the lot-tery during a sermon, but included information in announcements that precedethe services At the First Baptist Church of Fayette, the Rev. Robert Quinn said nothing in his sermon Sunday con-cerning either amendments, the lot-tery or the pari- mutu- el proposals, but his stance on the issues was clear. At the front of the church, a " Flimflam" bumper sticker hung beneath a Missouri Baptist Conven-tion Sesqincentenrual poster Flimf lam is the derogatory term Missour- lan- s Against 5 and 7 use to slam the ballot proposals On the offertory table in the church vestibule, a basket was filled with envelopes to collect donations for Misscunans Against 5 and 7. Quinn said while he did not men-tion the ballot proposals Sunday, he has given three or four sermons dur-ing Sunday night services specifical-ly against the issues. Despite his efforts, Quinn said he thinks both ballot proposals will pass in Tuesday's general election The Missouri Baptist Convention lobbied against a state lottery pro-posal during the spring legislative session and joined Missounans Against 5 and 7 to oppose pan- mu- tu- el wagenng Both measures are ahead in recent polls. Cindy Blosser, press secretary for Missounans Against 5 and 7, said four of Missouri's five major denom- inaao- ns have taken official stands against the two ballot issues Those churches the Missouri Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Catholics, Meth-odists and Lutherans make up 41 percent of Missouri voters, she said. The Lutherans have not met statewide yet this year, she said ST. LOUIS ( UPI) - President Reagan, asking a flag- wavi- ng crowd for four more years in office, Sunday reminded supporters that his admin-istration has cut taxes, lowered in-flation and made America a safer place to live To the chants of " Four more years'," Reagan told a crowd gath-ered around the Gateway Arch that America was going through its sec-ond revolution and getting stronger all the time, but " it's only just be-gun," he said The president, who was nearly two hours late arriving due to a last min-ute scheduling change that took him to Rochester, Minn , was introduced by Hollywood fnend Bob Hope to a crowd estimated by police at 20,009 Hope warmed up the audience with one- liner- s like, " You know what America would be like without Ron-ald Reagan Mr. T without mus-cles." Reagan, 73, on the fourth day of his 10- sta- te campaign swing on his own behalf and the behalf of Republican congressional candidates, praised Reps. Gene Taylor, Bill Emerson and Tom Coleman, who all are run-ning for re- elect- ion He also said Missouri needed rep-- 1 resentatives like Enc Rathbone, who is running against Richard Ge-phardt in Missouri's 1st District, Came Francke, who is trying to un-- ! seat Harold Volkmer in the 9th Dis-trict, and Jack Buechner, who run-ning against Robert Young in the 2nd District " Don't send me back alone," Rea-gan said telling the crowd he wanted House members who were on his side Reagan also stumped for the Re-publican party's candidates for statewide offices Attorney General John Ashcroft for governor, Mel Hancock for lieutenant governor, Wendall Bailey for treasiirer, Bill Webster for attorney general and Roy Blunt for secretary of state Reagan criticized the policies of Democratic challenger Walter Mon- da- le as ones that would result m higher taxes and weakened military security. He told the audience that he was the president who cut taxes " We've cut personal tax rates by 25 percent and while some people have said that benefits some people more than others, that tax cut was even- steve- n across the board and benefited everybody," Reagan said, as he was interrupted by a round of boos from about 20 Mondale support-ers Undaunted by the hecklers, Rea-gan boasted about the administra-tion's record of lowering inflation from 12 percent to 4 percent, cre-ating 6 million jobs in 21 months and lowering gasoline prices by 8 cents a gallon " If he ( Mondale) keeps his prom-ises, it will cost every household $ 1,890," Reagan said. " That's more than $ 150 a month Tnai's like nav- m- g a second mortage A Mondale morgtage." Reagan recalled his own conver-sion from the Democratic Party to the GOP years ago and charged the Democrats no longer represent the values of Harry S Truman and John Kennedy As he invited the Democrats in the crowd to " walk with us down that path of hope and opportunity," the crowd once again broke into chants of " Four more years " Thousands of spectators filled the grassy area and steps by 10 a. m , only to wait four hours for the presi-dent's arrival Governor hopefuls Is ffl st H as si H Ka 83 fa Vra a ' SS fig 53 ZrSi Bf " ILB' ( 9 fir-- " ' Sat By Helene Feger State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY As Mis-souri's gubernatorial candidates splash their final ads across the tele-vision screen and hastily schedule a few more campaign stops to pick up stray votes, political observers are charting Missouri's voting map in anticipation of Tuesday's balloting Both sides Republican John Ashcroft and Democrat Ken Roth- ma- n are confident of a victory, but where the candidates will draw their voting strength is open to dis-pute ' Lou Millot, political director of the state Republican Party, analyzed voting patterns in each of the state's 114 counties in an effort to predict how Tuesday's vote might go Millot said there are five bellweather coun-ties m the state Washington, St Francis, Livingston, Texas and p- t- is counties He said they have con-sistently picked the winning gover-nor since the 1964 election Besides these regions, St Louis County, because of its size, is vitally important in moving a candidate from the win or loss column, Millot said " Republicans do not win in the state unless they carry St Louis," he said. But the area is one that is hotly fought over by the two candidates See ST LOUIS, Page 14A By Geoff Campbell and Faith Lyman IWfasourlan staff writers Time is running out for industrial revenue bonds. At tonight's City Council meeting Mayor John Westlund is expected to propose that the council create a new industrial bond-ing authority in an attempt to take advan-tage of a federal program whose life expec-tancy is less than two years. Does this sound like a lastrditch effort? " That's what it is," Sixth Ward Coun-cilman Matt McCormick said following last Monday's meeting of the Boone County In-dustrial Development Authority. At that meeting, the board vetoed a proposal that sought a compromise between Columbia's development master plan and the authority's philosophy governing bond issues. " The city will, in fact, take a very aggres-sive approach to attracting commercial ( de-velopment) while the two- ye- ar time period is still available," he added. The mayor's actions stem from the City Council's concern that the Boone County In-dustrial Development Authority has been too f conservative in the way it has issued tax- exem- pt bonds through its five- ye- ar history and, as a consequence, has frightened off commercial industries that could benefit Co-lumbia's economic future. The proposal will likely breeze through council. Westlund and Assistant City Man-ager Bob Black, who last month announced men intentions to push for the creation of an authority, have garnered council support by persuading members that a new authority is necessary for the city's future growth. ' The industrial revenue bonds that a new authority would issue have come under in-creasing criticism nationwide. At the center of the debate is whether these bonds actually entice new industry into a community or whether they simply pro-vide an inexpensive source of capital financ-ing for companies that would have settled in an area regardless of bond availability. Just as compelling are the alleged abuses of the bonds and the effects they have had on the interest rates of all municipal bonds and the taxpayer's wallet But in the city's eye, advantages outweigh i i such concerns The bonds, city officials say, can and should be used to Columbia's advan-tage. According to McCormick, the city has spent a lot of money on its economic devel-opment department in an effort to attract non- pollutin- g, commercial and medical in-dustries. The bonds are " a kind of carrot on a stick, if you will, to those types of indus-tries," McCormick said Friday. The industrial revenue bonds, or IRBs, have financed all types cf private enter-prises, from gram elevators to retirement homes to McDonald's restaurants and K- M- art shopping centers. In the St. Louis area, IRBs have financed the construction of about a dozen 905 International Stores a liquor retailer that has since found itself immersed ' in financial hot water. Recently a bondirg agency in a Kansas City, Mo., suburb approtd as i& ue for the construction of a real estate office. All these issues are legal, hi fact, almost anything goes in the industrial bonding game. But the Congressional Budget Office in a 1981 report cited issues for public and private golf courses, national hamburger chains and a retail furniture outlet as the type that have jeopardized the future of IRB financing But the report also notes that the principal users of IRBs, in fact, are those that were designed to be helped small corporations with average sales of $ 47 million and an av-erage payroll of 87 employees. Controversy aside, authorities assert that these bonds enhance the economic base of a community by creating jobs and increasing taxrevenues. George Brakatselos, senior associate with the Public Securities Association in New York, says IRBs offer " a definite benefit to communities. They are effective in that they do contribute to die economic development of a community." However, proof of this is sketchy at best since the federal government began only a year ago to require formal reports about is-sues and their uses and effects on a commu-nity's labor force and economy . Following legislation in 1983, Missouri be-came one of the few states in the country to require municipal bonding authorities to submit annual reports on their bond issues. The reports require municipalities to detail how bond money has been spent and the esti-matednumber of jobs a project has created Not available, however, are studies that address the question of whether a company seeking the bonds actually needs them. In other words, how many companies seeking IRBs and denied them have gone ahead with their projects? Thomas Monks, the manager of existing services with the state's Community and Economic Development Division, says IRBs have had a positive impact on a commu-nity's economic development and employ- mentbas- e. " You soil have to ask the question," Monks added, " ' Would a job be done ; ad IRBs not been available?' That can't be an-swered. It's intangible." Criticism of the costs of these bonds con-tinues to mount, particularly at the federal level The U. S. government claims to foot the Sec GOVERNMENT, Pag 14A |