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' ' i STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HITT & LGa ST. SERV COLUMBIA, 10. 65201 J . f , 74th Year - No. 1,00 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, January 12, 1982 2 Sections - 1 4 Pages - 25 Cents " M By Robert J. Gretas Jr. end Bnaee ESingsca Mteourfan staff writers - It'sso cold thai: fVt was wanner Sunday at the South Pole, where the thermometer only got to minus 7 degreesF ( minus 22 C). i Kerosene for portable heaters is almost impassible to find throughout toe area. ." Homeowners and businesses throughout Columbia are still cleaning up the mess cre-ated when hundreds of water pipes hurst Columbia public schools were closed Monday when officials decided it was just too cold to expect the city's children to wait ootdoors for bases. H was Columbia's coldest Jan. 10. According to Delbert Porter at the Weather Service, Sunday's record low of minus 19 F ( minus 28 C) equaled the fifth lowest temperature on record for Colombia, a scant seven degrees above the all- tim- e low ofminus25F( miims32C) setFeb. l2,1899. v And the future doesnt look bright. The forecast for this afternoon and evening cans for heavy snowfall, with temperatures climbing only as high as the mid- 2- 0s before dropping to from 10 to 15 F ( minus 12 to min- ns9- C) tonight. . " We've had numerous calls about space heaters," said Gina Urani at Westlake's Ace Hardware, 1910 W. Woriey St Kerosene for portable heaters was in short supply. Furnaces were working overtime in most Colombia homes, and the Columbia Water and light Department knew it " We do have a very high load," said city Water and light Director Dick Maloo. He re-mained confident the city's power needs were being met bat admitted that the ex-treme cold was causing headaches for all uti-lities. " We know we're going to have same prob-lems," said Jim Beckett, acting director of University Physical Plant The University's holiday break offered some respite since classes arent in session, the physical plant could expect less demand than usual on its system. " ffs an obvious- - saving," said Beckett. " But itcosts a bundle anyway." Things seemed " to begoing: smcothjy at the -- University until power went cot at the Hearnes Center early Monday morning. The exact cause of the faflnre was tmknown, a spokesman at the hooding said, but work crews hoped to have power restored by this morning. fa Centralis, cold was blamed for two pow-( S- se B- K- R- R- - R, Page 8A) A frozen fire sprinkler line burst at Fire department crews were sum- Lonzell- a's Fine Fabrics, 1020 E. moned to help clean up the mess. It Broadway, around 1: 30 p. m. Monday. . was one of several calls answered. rhotombfToaajtmo A Columbia fireman helps bail out fire sprinkler line in the Broadway Lonzella's Fine Fabrics after a frozen store burst. India and Pakistan talk peace Armies on maneuvers, but war talk is down NEW DELHI, India ( UPI) The war donas over India and Pakistan are evdAgiling, a few months after a dffiamat pessimistically rated the odds on a fourth conflict between the two natkms at " better than 50- 50-." filiate winter the harvests are in and the armies of India and. Paki-stan are rolling across the wheat- fieJ- ds of the Poajab the " bread-basket of the subcontinent" on aanoal maneuvers. Bat an Indian diplomat, who re-cently charged that the Pakistanis were hpgmg op their forces alsng fie border wflh India now cabs the troop movements " normal for this time of year" and doesat speak of war. Evsn India's ambassador to Paki- - stan, -- Ktsnrar Natwar Singh, is sounding cpbeat after months of de- fiveri- ng renenstratsons to the gov- ensn- ent in Islamabad. - Singh told a group of Pakistani bsscstsam m Lahore, 20 nrifes ( 32 kflamders) west of Pakistan's bor-der with lama, that events are mov-ing m a " positive direction" and New DeSa hopes for " positive re- saS- s" from the Paktstsm foreign Taaastefs visit to India sometime - eacrvtntneyear. The remarks by Singh, who had jast retamed from a week of chats Vjgi ftine Sfioister Indira Gandni acd ether top Indian officials, rep- resentelaroBbackmthe-wartaas ofreceatnxnms. to September a Western diplomat nab long experience in India and Pakistan said bene was a " beSter flam SHi chance of another war wb3bq a year between Mcsten Pab- stanaadBSmtirmt- fia. . Tbe two nations last dashed m ( SeeIN5IA, Page8A? i Those frozen household pipes By Brace QKngson Sfissoarian staff writer The reason pipes were popping all over Co-lombia Sunday morning is that water is a liq-uid that expands when it freezes as well as when it is heated. That's why frozen pipes bulge before they burst Bulging pipes are a definite danger signal. Unfortunately, most pipes are in hard- to- se- e locations and no one notices till it's too late. " Air flow is what really causes a lot of it," Don Tallmage Jr. of Tallmage Plumbing says of the freezing problem. " As socn as it gets to freezing outside you need to be aware that piping can freeze." It happens every year, be says. But there's no reason to panic, he adds. " If you've never had trouble, don't do anything don't worry about it" For those who think their pipes could be in danger and are afraid the thermometer might plummet again, wrapping the pipes in heat tape and insulating them should help. Also caulk the cracks around foundations and seal any areas where cold air might blow across water pipes. Those precautions are particularly important for trailer resi-dents, says Tallmage. It is difficult to protect trailer plumbing because the homes are off the ground. " Ask any plumber what's the worst thing he hates about winter," Tallmage said. " Hell tell you it's working on rental trailers. No one lies working until your clothes freeze to you generally the piping is outside." While most people either repair their own leaks or call plumbers, some look for salva-tion from the Ore department. This weekend fire fighters responded to more than a dozen calls to flooded residences. " About all we can do is find the outside wa-- ter cutoff," says Battalion Chief J. W. Fox. --" Usually when they call us, water is spurting over everything. We're public servants' and we help as much as we can." If your pipes are frozen, but haven't burst, warm them by " using anything that'll put out heat but ( that) is safe," Fox says, adding that a blowtorch must not be used. " The first thing you know yon've got a house on fire," Fox says of the blowtorch ap-proach to melting ke blocks, " and your wa-ter pipes are still frozen." nHiflBmnflHnsniHHSHHHBiBKinnnflQnusBB Reagan denies fighter planes to Taiwan WASHINGTON ( UPI) The administra-tion, in a move that could improve ties be-tween Washington and Peking, announced Monday the United States will not sell ad-vanced fighter planes to Taiwan. The decision by President Reagan to reject Taipei's request for the planes was announced at the State Department. - Department spokesman Alan Romberg de-nied the decision was connected with an expec-tation mat China might join the United States in condemning the Soviet role in the crisis in Poland. Romberg said the administration coaemded " that no sale of advanced fighter aircraft to Taiwan is required because no military need forsnefa aircraft exists." " Taiwan's defense needs can be met as they arise, and for the foreseeable future, by re-placing aging aircraft now in the Taiwan in-ventory with comparable aircraft and by an extension of the F- S- E co- product- ion line in Tai-wan," Romberg said ina statement Pentagon officials said Taiwan asked for " more than 100" advanced fighters from the United States. Romberg told reporters Reagan made his decision Sunday afternoon while at Camp Da-vid and that Assistant Secretary of State John Holdridge, now in Peking, informed the Chinese government He also said Taiwan was informed of the de-cision Sunday night through its office in Wash-ington. The United States downgraded its rela-tions with Taiwan to '" unofficial" ties after establishing formal relations with China. Romberg said congressional leaders were consulted on the decision over the past few- day- s and the move was based " on a broad con-sensus" within America's foreign and defense policy establishment He did not make dear how long the decision against selling advanced fighters to Taiwan might remain in effect Other officials steered reporters away from speculation that tins was a short- ter- m position. Romberg made dear mat despite the deci-sion, the administration will stand by the US. commitment to continue providing " such de-fense articles as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self- defen- se capability." Romberg noted the administration already has taken steps to sell Taiwan some items that fit into this category. " We anticipate further steps of this sort,' he said. Pentagon officials supported the assessment that there was not a military need for the fight-ers by Taiwan. They described the Northrop F- 5- E, of which Taiwan has about 200, as '- go-od or better than anything the PRC ( China) has. They ( the Taiwanese) have a qualitative edge over the PRC." The prospect of having the United States supply Taiwan with advanced fighters had an-gered the Chinese, already suspicious of the administration because of the statements Rea-gan made, on China policy daring the cam-paign. The cffidaLXmhoa news agency said prob-lems in US.- Sin- o relations under Reagan could be traced directly to " Washington's obstinate stand on arms sales to Taiwan, one of China's provinces." Romberg denied reports Reagan would block the jet sale to Taiwan to help persuade China to join Washington in condemning the Polish martial law crackdown. To date, the Chinese have remained uncommitted to such a -- stand. Even if Holdridge succeeds in defusing the Taiwan dispute, there were mounting signs that China supports the declaration of martial law in Poland and does not agree with the US. call for sanctions. Peking diplomats say the Chinese Commu-nist Party fears the emergence of more ag-gressive unions in China and for that reason is opposed to taking a stand supporting Poland's Solidarity union. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reported from Peking that China is supplying economic support to the Warsaw government and has criticized intervention by ' international impe-rialists" in the crisis. Council vetoes church purchase ByTerry SEsata ISsMSfn staff writer The dry Council voted unanimcasly Monday not to purchase the Colombia Baptist Temple af-ter the co manager's office issued a second unfa- voca- bie report onthe proposed acquisition. The ccundhnen agreed mat the three weeks available to them and the dry staff was too little tone to gather enough information for an ad-- Hot that the city didn't fry. Monday's special noon meeimg took place after the cocncfl avoided a rejection of the parehase at its Jan. 4 meeting. Before mat meeting, CHy Manager Dick Gray and staff had recommended against baying the prop-erty at West Broadway and Anderson Avenoe. Bather than follow oat advice, the council re- qpea- ted another report detaifag the consequences that city ownership wooM have on the church's raigfflKirhnodanif atyfinances. The delay of the vote gave groups such as the ehhanfta BtotainmenC Company, interested in tfcesanctoary3 potential as a theater extra time to inform the dry just what its designs would en- ta- u. Treaty's financial and technical staffs tried to namwr down the possible public ess of the prop-erty and explored the extent and cost of renova- turaiequir- ed forsocb uses. Last week, the conmamfly grams interested in using the property united to sepport its conversion jntoaeesterfarseaurdtizensageccies. Baptist Temple goes on auction block today Bat the dry manager's office, in a memo issued just before Monday's meeting, found several fin-gering complications. Despite the property's at-tractive $ 149,900 price, financial considerations formed themain doabts. First, the report speculated that remodeling costs for offices in the church building coold run ashjghas$ 250,000. The memo noted the " tenuous budget stna- tton- s" off the agencies seeking the office space and concluded, " H would appear impractical for the " dry to expect rents to cover . more than 35- 5- 0 per-cent of the capital costs involved." Finally, the report found the property lacked space for expansion as " a fame senior citizens' tariffing: that being an activity center for a wide variety of programs and services." The council took the staffs findings seriously ecooj& toiejedtheparchase- - So after a three- wee- k flurry of deliberations to change the liaiAgupt'cfuiirh's fate, the scheduled anction sale ofthe property will occur, today. And for the Boone County Cbnncfl on Aging, which bad hoped to'ese the church for its par- pose- s, was it , something ventured, nothing gained? Leaders of the group arent so dismayed. In-stead, they are happy to have attained conslder- abf- e pabfic attention for thdr dream of estafabsh- - inga uxnipovat. mruicciueri;. " We've lost the battle, but we've laid the foun-dation for winning the war," the Rev. David Wal- tba- ll of the Council on Aging said after the vote. " There's been no pressure until now," said chairman Tony Lampe of the group's plans to enl-ist coy help in acquiring a central headquarters for seniorcitizens services. Walthall said his council was eyeing other prop-erties for its oses, though he declined to specify them. He ruled out a proposal to use the vacant Safe-way store on East Broadway. Safeway wants too mods for rent After the vote, Fifth Ward Cbuncflman Dick Walls echoed the council's regrets about passing up the property. The scarce time available to the city blurred the facts of the parehase, said Walls, who had no cnmjMnts about the dry staffs at-tempts to digest in three weeks the array of ques-tions before it " Government just cannot and should notmove that qnJckh," WaIls said. Al Taeker, whose First Ward indndes the dnach property, said be s& H believed dry own-ership of the church wooM be preferable to the consequences ofprivate purchase. " U was not possible to go against the city's rec- camnendati- on," Taeker said, adding ras pleasure over the ptumJjwice given by the issue to the needs ofthe elderly and arts groups in Columbia. I Number, please Telephone users in Columbia and surrounding communities will begin using a regular, seven-- digit number to contact lo-cal directory assistance start-ing next Tuesday. The new number, 874- 795- 3, will replace the abbreviated " 113" fir all directory assist-ance calls made to General ; Tdephcnes's Columbia cen-tral office. Use of the new number is ex-pected to reduce the cost and the volume of directory assist-ance calls, which have been in-creasing by 10 percent a year and will help avoid increases in the information charge. General Telephone uses the seven- dig- it number in several qmaHT communities- - Index Business ,, ,, ,,,, , .... tA Classified 34B Ccmiq. ..... SB Opinion JtA. Pwi , , 54 I Sports 1- g- B Theater SB k
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Item.Transcript | ' ' i STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HITT & LGa ST. SERV COLUMBIA, 10. 65201 J . f , 74th Year - No. 1,00 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, January 12, 1982 2 Sections - 1 4 Pages - 25 Cents " M By Robert J. Gretas Jr. end Bnaee ESingsca Mteourfan staff writers - It'sso cold thai: fVt was wanner Sunday at the South Pole, where the thermometer only got to minus 7 degreesF ( minus 22 C). i Kerosene for portable heaters is almost impassible to find throughout toe area. ." Homeowners and businesses throughout Columbia are still cleaning up the mess cre-ated when hundreds of water pipes hurst Columbia public schools were closed Monday when officials decided it was just too cold to expect the city's children to wait ootdoors for bases. H was Columbia's coldest Jan. 10. According to Delbert Porter at the Weather Service, Sunday's record low of minus 19 F ( minus 28 C) equaled the fifth lowest temperature on record for Colombia, a scant seven degrees above the all- tim- e low ofminus25F( miims32C) setFeb. l2,1899. v And the future doesnt look bright. The forecast for this afternoon and evening cans for heavy snowfall, with temperatures climbing only as high as the mid- 2- 0s before dropping to from 10 to 15 F ( minus 12 to min- ns9- C) tonight. . " We've had numerous calls about space heaters," said Gina Urani at Westlake's Ace Hardware, 1910 W. Woriey St Kerosene for portable heaters was in short supply. Furnaces were working overtime in most Colombia homes, and the Columbia Water and light Department knew it " We do have a very high load," said city Water and light Director Dick Maloo. He re-mained confident the city's power needs were being met bat admitted that the ex-treme cold was causing headaches for all uti-lities. " We know we're going to have same prob-lems," said Jim Beckett, acting director of University Physical Plant The University's holiday break offered some respite since classes arent in session, the physical plant could expect less demand than usual on its system. " ffs an obvious- - saving," said Beckett. " But itcosts a bundle anyway." Things seemed " to begoing: smcothjy at the -- University until power went cot at the Hearnes Center early Monday morning. The exact cause of the faflnre was tmknown, a spokesman at the hooding said, but work crews hoped to have power restored by this morning. fa Centralis, cold was blamed for two pow-( S- se B- K- R- R- - R, Page 8A) A frozen fire sprinkler line burst at Fire department crews were sum- Lonzell- a's Fine Fabrics, 1020 E. moned to help clean up the mess. It Broadway, around 1: 30 p. m. Monday. . was one of several calls answered. rhotombfToaajtmo A Columbia fireman helps bail out fire sprinkler line in the Broadway Lonzella's Fine Fabrics after a frozen store burst. India and Pakistan talk peace Armies on maneuvers, but war talk is down NEW DELHI, India ( UPI) The war donas over India and Pakistan are evdAgiling, a few months after a dffiamat pessimistically rated the odds on a fourth conflict between the two natkms at " better than 50- 50-." filiate winter the harvests are in and the armies of India and. Paki-stan are rolling across the wheat- fieJ- ds of the Poajab the " bread-basket of the subcontinent" on aanoal maneuvers. Bat an Indian diplomat, who re-cently charged that the Pakistanis were hpgmg op their forces alsng fie border wflh India now cabs the troop movements " normal for this time of year" and doesat speak of war. Evsn India's ambassador to Paki- - stan, -- Ktsnrar Natwar Singh, is sounding cpbeat after months of de- fiveri- ng renenstratsons to the gov- ensn- ent in Islamabad. - Singh told a group of Pakistani bsscstsam m Lahore, 20 nrifes ( 32 kflamders) west of Pakistan's bor-der with lama, that events are mov-ing m a " positive direction" and New DeSa hopes for " positive re- saS- s" from the Paktstsm foreign Taaastefs visit to India sometime - eacrvtntneyear. The remarks by Singh, who had jast retamed from a week of chats Vjgi ftine Sfioister Indira Gandni acd ether top Indian officials, rep- resentelaroBbackmthe-wartaas ofreceatnxnms. to September a Western diplomat nab long experience in India and Pakistan said bene was a " beSter flam SHi chance of another war wb3bq a year between Mcsten Pab- stanaadBSmtirmt- fia. . Tbe two nations last dashed m ( SeeIN5IA, Page8A? i Those frozen household pipes By Brace QKngson Sfissoarian staff writer The reason pipes were popping all over Co-lombia Sunday morning is that water is a liq-uid that expands when it freezes as well as when it is heated. That's why frozen pipes bulge before they burst Bulging pipes are a definite danger signal. Unfortunately, most pipes are in hard- to- se- e locations and no one notices till it's too late. " Air flow is what really causes a lot of it," Don Tallmage Jr. of Tallmage Plumbing says of the freezing problem. " As socn as it gets to freezing outside you need to be aware that piping can freeze." It happens every year, be says. But there's no reason to panic, he adds. " If you've never had trouble, don't do anything don't worry about it" For those who think their pipes could be in danger and are afraid the thermometer might plummet again, wrapping the pipes in heat tape and insulating them should help. Also caulk the cracks around foundations and seal any areas where cold air might blow across water pipes. Those precautions are particularly important for trailer resi-dents, says Tallmage. It is difficult to protect trailer plumbing because the homes are off the ground. " Ask any plumber what's the worst thing he hates about winter," Tallmage said. " Hell tell you it's working on rental trailers. No one lies working until your clothes freeze to you generally the piping is outside." While most people either repair their own leaks or call plumbers, some look for salva-tion from the Ore department. This weekend fire fighters responded to more than a dozen calls to flooded residences. " About all we can do is find the outside wa-- ter cutoff," says Battalion Chief J. W. Fox. --" Usually when they call us, water is spurting over everything. We're public servants' and we help as much as we can." If your pipes are frozen, but haven't burst, warm them by " using anything that'll put out heat but ( that) is safe," Fox says, adding that a blowtorch must not be used. " The first thing you know yon've got a house on fire," Fox says of the blowtorch ap-proach to melting ke blocks, " and your wa-ter pipes are still frozen." nHiflBmnflHnsniHHSHHHBiBKinnnflQnusBB Reagan denies fighter planes to Taiwan WASHINGTON ( UPI) The administra-tion, in a move that could improve ties be-tween Washington and Peking, announced Monday the United States will not sell ad-vanced fighter planes to Taiwan. The decision by President Reagan to reject Taipei's request for the planes was announced at the State Department. - Department spokesman Alan Romberg de-nied the decision was connected with an expec-tation mat China might join the United States in condemning the Soviet role in the crisis in Poland. Romberg said the administration coaemded " that no sale of advanced fighter aircraft to Taiwan is required because no military need forsnefa aircraft exists." " Taiwan's defense needs can be met as they arise, and for the foreseeable future, by re-placing aging aircraft now in the Taiwan in-ventory with comparable aircraft and by an extension of the F- S- E co- product- ion line in Tai-wan," Romberg said ina statement Pentagon officials said Taiwan asked for " more than 100" advanced fighters from the United States. Romberg told reporters Reagan made his decision Sunday afternoon while at Camp Da-vid and that Assistant Secretary of State John Holdridge, now in Peking, informed the Chinese government He also said Taiwan was informed of the de-cision Sunday night through its office in Wash-ington. The United States downgraded its rela-tions with Taiwan to '" unofficial" ties after establishing formal relations with China. Romberg said congressional leaders were consulted on the decision over the past few- day- s and the move was based " on a broad con-sensus" within America's foreign and defense policy establishment He did not make dear how long the decision against selling advanced fighters to Taiwan might remain in effect Other officials steered reporters away from speculation that tins was a short- ter- m position. Romberg made dear mat despite the deci-sion, the administration will stand by the US. commitment to continue providing " such de-fense articles as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self- defen- se capability." Romberg noted the administration already has taken steps to sell Taiwan some items that fit into this category. " We anticipate further steps of this sort,' he said. Pentagon officials supported the assessment that there was not a military need for the fight-ers by Taiwan. They described the Northrop F- 5- E, of which Taiwan has about 200, as '- go-od or better than anything the PRC ( China) has. They ( the Taiwanese) have a qualitative edge over the PRC." The prospect of having the United States supply Taiwan with advanced fighters had an-gered the Chinese, already suspicious of the administration because of the statements Rea-gan made, on China policy daring the cam-paign. The cffidaLXmhoa news agency said prob-lems in US.- Sin- o relations under Reagan could be traced directly to " Washington's obstinate stand on arms sales to Taiwan, one of China's provinces." Romberg denied reports Reagan would block the jet sale to Taiwan to help persuade China to join Washington in condemning the Polish martial law crackdown. To date, the Chinese have remained uncommitted to such a -- stand. Even if Holdridge succeeds in defusing the Taiwan dispute, there were mounting signs that China supports the declaration of martial law in Poland and does not agree with the US. call for sanctions. Peking diplomats say the Chinese Commu-nist Party fears the emergence of more ag-gressive unions in China and for that reason is opposed to taking a stand supporting Poland's Solidarity union. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reported from Peking that China is supplying economic support to the Warsaw government and has criticized intervention by ' international impe-rialists" in the crisis. Council vetoes church purchase ByTerry SEsata ISsMSfn staff writer The dry Council voted unanimcasly Monday not to purchase the Colombia Baptist Temple af-ter the co manager's office issued a second unfa- voca- bie report onthe proposed acquisition. The ccundhnen agreed mat the three weeks available to them and the dry staff was too little tone to gather enough information for an ad-- Hot that the city didn't fry. Monday's special noon meeimg took place after the cocncfl avoided a rejection of the parehase at its Jan. 4 meeting. Before mat meeting, CHy Manager Dick Gray and staff had recommended against baying the prop-erty at West Broadway and Anderson Avenoe. Bather than follow oat advice, the council re- qpea- ted another report detaifag the consequences that city ownership wooM have on the church's raigfflKirhnodanif atyfinances. The delay of the vote gave groups such as the ehhanfta BtotainmenC Company, interested in tfcesanctoary3 potential as a theater extra time to inform the dry just what its designs would en- ta- u. Treaty's financial and technical staffs tried to namwr down the possible public ess of the prop-erty and explored the extent and cost of renova- turaiequir- ed forsocb uses. Last week, the conmamfly grams interested in using the property united to sepport its conversion jntoaeesterfarseaurdtizensageccies. Baptist Temple goes on auction block today Bat the dry manager's office, in a memo issued just before Monday's meeting, found several fin-gering complications. Despite the property's at-tractive $ 149,900 price, financial considerations formed themain doabts. First, the report speculated that remodeling costs for offices in the church building coold run ashjghas$ 250,000. The memo noted the " tenuous budget stna- tton- s" off the agencies seeking the office space and concluded, " H would appear impractical for the " dry to expect rents to cover . more than 35- 5- 0 per-cent of the capital costs involved." Finally, the report found the property lacked space for expansion as " a fame senior citizens' tariffing: that being an activity center for a wide variety of programs and services." The council took the staffs findings seriously ecooj& toiejedtheparchase- - So after a three- wee- k flurry of deliberations to change the liaiAgupt'cfuiirh's fate, the scheduled anction sale ofthe property will occur, today. And for the Boone County Cbnncfl on Aging, which bad hoped to'ese the church for its par- pose- s, was it , something ventured, nothing gained? Leaders of the group arent so dismayed. In-stead, they are happy to have attained conslder- abf- e pabfic attention for thdr dream of estafabsh- - inga uxnipovat. mruicciueri;. " We've lost the battle, but we've laid the foun-dation for winning the war," the Rev. David Wal- tba- ll of the Council on Aging said after the vote. " There's been no pressure until now," said chairman Tony Lampe of the group's plans to enl-ist coy help in acquiring a central headquarters for seniorcitizens services. Walthall said his council was eyeing other prop-erties for its oses, though he declined to specify them. He ruled out a proposal to use the vacant Safe-way store on East Broadway. Safeway wants too mods for rent After the vote, Fifth Ward Cbuncflman Dick Walls echoed the council's regrets about passing up the property. The scarce time available to the city blurred the facts of the parehase, said Walls, who had no cnmjMnts about the dry staffs at-tempts to digest in three weeks the array of ques-tions before it " Government just cannot and should notmove that qnJckh," WaIls said. Al Taeker, whose First Ward indndes the dnach property, said be s& H believed dry own-ership of the church wooM be preferable to the consequences ofprivate purchase. " U was not possible to go against the city's rec- camnendati- on," Taeker said, adding ras pleasure over the ptumJjwice given by the issue to the needs ofthe elderly and arts groups in Columbia. I Number, please Telephone users in Columbia and surrounding communities will begin using a regular, seven-- digit number to contact lo-cal directory assistance start-ing next Tuesday. The new number, 874- 795- 3, will replace the abbreviated " 113" fir all directory assist-ance calls made to General ; Tdephcnes's Columbia cen-tral office. Use of the new number is ex-pected to reduce the cost and the volume of directory assist-ance calls, which have been in-creasing by 10 percent a year and will help avoid increases in the information charge. General Telephone uses the seven- dig- it number in several qmaHT communities- - Index Business ,, ,, ,,,, , .... tA Classified 34B Ccmiq. ..... SB Opinion JtA. Pwi , , 54 I Sports 1- g- B Theater SB k |