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J I StATE HISTORICAL S0CIS7T 334 ' HITT 4 L01RT GT. COLUttBIA, HO. W 74th Year - No. 1 17 ; od Morning! It's Tuesday, February 2, 1982 2 Sections 1 1 Pages - 25 Cents St. Louis, area await another load of winter ST. LOUIS ( UPI) - A3 city crews and National Guardsmen teamed Monday to dig St. Louis out from nearly 2 feet of snow, weather fore-casters set their sights on another round of snowfall in the Midwest, in-cluding mid- Missou- ri. " I think we're making some pro-gress," said St. Louis Mayor Vincent Schoemehl, who went on the radio to discuss his city's efforts to recover from the Sunday blizzard that prac-tically paralyzed the city. " We in-tend to have everything up and run-ning." For Missouri, a storm in the south-ern Rockies is expected to make its way through the state today and dump 2 to 4 inches of snowfall in the Columbia area. High temperatures in the low 30s F are forecast for to-day, with a high around 20 degrees F expected for Wednesday. In St. Louis Monday, park depart-ment employees were assigned to help street crews open major thor-oughfares, and about 100 National Guardsmen were called in from Jef-ferson City and Cape Girardeau. Their camouflage- painte- d trucks roared through downtown in an ef-fort to have the streets open in time for Tuesday's rush hour. Hundreds of abandoned cars and sightseeing drivers clogged streets and freeways, making street- cleani- ng slow and troublesome. Public transit buses were unable to leave their garages. Only four- whe- el drive vehicles tra-versed the snow- drifte- d streets of the nver city. Downtown streets, normally cldgged with- 100,00- 0 work-- ers, were eerily silent and white dur-ing the rush hour. " We haven't had anything like this to deal with m four years," said Richard Daykin, St. Louis County highway director. " We've, been us-ing whatever eqjipment we could lay our hands on." Hospitals, m some cases short- hande- d, were seeing more patients as the roads were cleared. " We're starting to get more pa-tients, especially maternities," said Melva Anthonopoulus, City Hospital spokeswoman. " Medical cases, heart attacks, you name it, we've got it. " We're working on a skeleton crew. Some of us are working two or three shifts," she said. About a half dozen cars were cov-ered by the rising ice- chok- ed Missis-sippi River. Their owners, who spent Saturday evening at the waterfront's nverboat restaurants, had been un-able to drive up the steep, cobbles- tone- d levy and were forced to aban-don their vehicles. City officials declared a snow emergency and asked businesses to stay closed until at least 8 p. m. CST Monday. All city and St. Louis Coun-ty government offices were closed as well as most schools. Officially, 13.9 inches ( 35.3 centi-meters) of snow was recorded at Lambert- S- t. Louis International Air-port. However, as much as 22 inches ( 55.9 centimeters) was reported in southern parts of the metropolitan area the third- heavie- st snowfall ever recorded in St. Louis, and the heaviest since the 15.5 inches ( 39.4 ( See WEEKEND, Page 8A) Adding up tke Reagan numbers 6New Federalism': down to money Robert Pear i New York Times WASHINGTON The debate over President Reagan's " New Federal-ism" has quickly shifted from the lofty realm of political philosophy to a more mundane concern money. The numbers issued by the White House after the president delivered his State of the Union Message pur-port to show that Reagan's proposals would have a net fiscal effect of zero in every state. But there is a growing debate about the president's arith-metic. Although Reagan administration officials said there would be " no InsigM -- j See related story, Page 2A winners or losers," mayors and gov-ernors said they feared they would lose millions of dollars when pro-grams were " swapped" and " turned back" by the federal government. First, critics say the White House understated the likely cost of the two big welfare programs that would be transferred from the federal to the state level, food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The White House initially forecast federal expenditure of $ 16.5 billion in the fiscal yw 19M ior & tw0 P1 grains. Setting that number assumes that Congress will approve substan-tial changes in the food stamp and welfare programs that are to be pro-posed by Reagan in his budget next SI Without those changes, the two programs would cost wu Da-lian, or $ 3.7 billion more than the ( See STATE, Page 8A) In town td$ vy I 7- 3- 0 p. m. Boone County 1 Home Rule Oiarter. Ctommis- - I sion public hearing, Ashland HighSchool. , , . ' . 7- 3- 8 pjn. Women's basket-ball, Missouri vs. Kansas, Hearnes Center. Index Clfflilfled -- WB Comics........ Opinion ...... a People - r2 Sport g Theater...., 1- - Residents had to dig out their cars in downtown St. Louis Monday after the worst snow storm since 1912 moved through the area Sunday. Traffic throughout the area was re UPlTelephtrto stricted ... as the . city . and . county declared an emergency. Offi-cially, 13.9 inches of snowfall was recorded in the city, but some areas reported as much as 22 inches of snow. How we missed the big blizzard... By Jeffrey R. Scott Missourian staff writer It was misdirection that saved Co-lumbia from the near- reco- rd snow-fall that blanketed St. Lotus early Sunday. ' The moisture- lade- n, low- pressu- re system that triggered the storm came from the south, rather than the north or the west. And that saved Co-lumbians a lot of snow shoveling over the weekend. The storm resulted when a north-bound low- pressu- re system carrying ... Or, ' Saved By a South Wind' winds and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico collided with a fngrd high- pressu- re system centered over the Great Lakes " The moist air provided the pre-cipitation, while the high- pressu- re system provided the coldness," said Dean Gulezian, meteorologist- in- charg- e for the National Weather Service station at Columbia Region-al Airport. The result was a blizzard that left St. Louis with its the third largest ac-cumulation in a 24- ho- ur period unofficially, nearly two feet of snow was reported. Columbia escaped with a mere three inches. " Columbia was on the edge of the storm," explained Allen Legree, a staff member of the weather serv-ice. " The moisture was too far east of us." But some Columbians felt the ef fect Many who spent the weekend in St. Louis found themselves stranded as Interstate 70 was closed from War- rento- n, Mo., east as far as Indianap-olis The southeastern portion of Missouri was hardest hit by the storm, which also dumped heavy amounts of snow on southern Illinois and Kentucky. Official totals from weather serv-ice revealed five inches at Spring-field, 12 at Rolla and IS inches for St. Louis Columbia and the northern part of the state had three inches. All' calm -- at hearmfif on. bonds, tax bike . By Paul Shannon Missourian staff writer What if they gave a public hearing and nobody came? That almost happened Monday night at the fust of two hearings scheduled by the Columbia Cit Council on a proposed $ 8 4 million bond issue and half- ce- nt sales tax in-crease. Only two local residents showed up The city, hit by state and federal budget cuts, faces a projected deficit of $ 16-- 4 million over the next four years. To make up for these cuts and to fund long- delay- ed capital im-provement projects, the council has proposed a general obligation bond issue and sales tax increase. Colum-bia voters may get a chance to vote on these proposals in April. Funds raised in the bond issue would be used to begin work on such projects as extension of runways at Columbia Regional Airport, upgrad-ing of city streets and bridges, con-struction of a new fire station, uistal- - lation of lights at the American legion baseball field and addition of nine sirens to the city's emergencj warning system City Manager Richard Gray's pre-sentation of the projects echoed through the nearly empty council chamber. No one came to hear about the airport or the streets or the fire station. There wasn't even a base-ball player present The tax increase would raise Co-lumbia's sales tax rate from 4 G25 cents to 5.125 cents on the dollar The increase would raise an additional $ 2.7 million a ear, $ 1 million of which would be used to pay off the debt caused by the bond issue The remaining $ 1 7 million could be used in a number of ways. City of-ficials have suggested that property taxes could be lowered from 73 cents to 40 cents per $ 100 assessed valua-tion. Even with the property tax de-crease, the sales tax could fund a new police beat for the city, increase grants to social service agencies and beef up the flagging bus system. Paul Albert of 2703 Parker Place was the first citizen to come forward at the hearing. He denounced the bond issue and sales tax increase, exhorting the council to desist in its proposal and follow the example of communist Czechoslovakia where people make their own brooms ihe second speaker. Peter Leo of 51"? Business Loop 63 N , called the sales tax a regressive measure, nne that falls most heavily on low - in- come groups Leo asked the council to exp'ore the possibhtv of a citv in-come tax. According to the U. S. Census Bu-reau, a person making $ 8,000 a ear spends 40 percent of his income ori ' items subject to sales taxev But a person making $ 30,000 spends only 10 percent of his income on such items Yet no families making less than $ 8,000 a year lined the chamber to speak out against the proposal, and none enjoying $ 30,000 incomes were there to applaud the alternative to an increase in property tax. Stamp ofsuccess Family makes mark by selling canned drinks ByRandiCharno Missourian staff writer Jerry Palmer, owner of McCowan's Southside Market, 2601 S. Providence Road, has made sell-ing canned beverages a family affair. Palmer and his family have spent the last few days' stamping canned beverages purchased out-side the city limits. Columbia's beverage con-tainer ordinance requires that each can of beer or soda sold in town be stamped " Columbia" and carry a 5- ce- nt deposit Although the ordinance intends for the stamp , and deposit to originate with the distributor, re-tailers can buy canned beverages outside the city limits and stamp the cans themselves. Because distributors have not been making na-tional brand canned beer and some brands of canned soda available' to local retailers, Palmer decided to take the matter into his own hands. He aunched a statewide hunt for canned beverages not offered in the Columbia market, specifically canned beer. Monday, he hit pay dirt. Although Palmer was able to buy 100 cases of Diet Shasta soda from a Mexico, Mo. distributor last week, he was unable to get any canned beer until this week. Palmer secured 90 cases of canned Pabst Blue Ribbon beer from an out- of- to- wn distributor and brought it baJi to his store. The purchase made McCowan's the only Columbia outlet for national - brand canned beer, as well as Diet Shasta soda. Palmer uses a rubber stamp attached with Elm-er's Glue to the bottom of a Pepsi can, which in The Palmer beer can stamp saw turn is connected to a wooden rod, to mark the cans with the store name and the required desig-nation, " Columbia." While Palmer is pumping gas or serving other customers at McCowan's, his father Jim and mother Nellie help stamp cans. Even his son Bill, 7, gets in on the act. " I did a case of Shasta cans yesterday," he said. " When customers bring the cans back, I'll be able to tell if it's my stamp or a duplication," he said, noting his store's distinguishable stamp. Palmer believes selling canned beverages will not only create new brand' loyalties, but store loy-alty will develop as consumers return to redeem their cans. Palmer is selling Pabst Blue Ribbon for $ 2.65 a six- pa- ck of cans, as opposed to $ 2.89 a six- pac- k for national brand beers in long- nec- k bottles. A six- pa- ck of canned Diet Shasta sells for $ 1.89 plus 5 cents deposit at McCowan's. A six- pa- ck of canned Coca Cola sells for $ 2.29 plus the deposit the same price it sold tor before the ordinance took ef-fect Palmer said the only expense he has incurred getting canned beer is the gas required to travel to distributors outside Columbia. He is still trying to get other national- bran- d canned beer, and is currently negotiating with N. H. Scheppers, the lo-cal Anheuser- Busc- h distributor, to purchase Bud- weis- er and Busch at a warehouse outside the city limits. Although Palmer seems to have a good under-standing of the ordinance, some consumers still seem a bit confused about how it works. Palmer explains to customers that the cans are not throwaways, that the nickel deposit could be redeemed if the empties were returned to McCo- - wan's. " You can throw them away if you want to," Palmer says, smiling. " But I make ? nickel if you do." I Council OKs $ 5,000 for Flat Branch cleanup B Lisa Bertagnoli and Lon Kay Crouch Missourian staff writers City Council members Monday night approved a $ 5,000 allocation to help clean up the Flat Branch area OrJy Fifth Ward Councilman Dick Walls opposed approval of the ordi-nance. " What will $ 5,000 do?" he asked Fourth Ward Councilman Pat Bar-nes. Bames replied that the $ 5,000 cleanup of trash and destruction of old foundations make city property m the area more presentable and may help stimulate development in the area. " No one wants to put up a new building against all that old stuff." he said " Besides, the money will be used anyway, so why not now' Let's give Flat Branch a chance " Sixth Ward Councilman Matt Mc- Cormi- ck agreed The city, he said, will be setting an example for other businesses in Flat Branch by cleaning up city- own- ed parts of the area. But Walls stood firm. If the city is going to get involved, he told fellow councilmen, it should go all the way allocate enough money to really clean up the area, then concentrate on zoning and parceling land in the area to be sure it stays that way. Walls came out on the winning side when a resolution he introduced was unanimously approved. The res-- ( See COUNCILMEN, P. 8A) Panel clears local doctor of negligence ByDanBalahan Missourian staff writer A Columbia physician has been cleared of charges of negligence in caring for two Boone County Medi-caid patients, it was announced Mon-day. In a decision handed down Thurs-day by the state Administrative Hearing Commission, Judge J. Wil-liam Campbell said the state had failed to establish so much as a pre-sumption of wrongdoing m its case against long- tun- e Columbia physi-cian Benedict A. Moramnlle. " They didn't have any xase at all," said Moranville's attorney, Raymond C. Lewis. Moranville refused comment Mon-day, saying only that the record speaks for itself. By his own estimate, Moranville treats half the county's Medicaid pa-tients. Medicaid is a state and feder-al program that reimburses physi-cians for health care provided to indigent citizens. Moranville was barred from par-ticipating in the Medicaid program June 1 after a seven- mont- h investi-gation by the Department of Social Services. Yet the following day, he was allowed by an Administrative Hearing Commission judge to re-sume participation in the program. The commission bears appeals of ( See MEDICAID, Page 8A) t i
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Item.Transcript | J I StATE HISTORICAL S0CIS7T 334 ' HITT 4 L01RT GT. COLUttBIA, HO. W 74th Year - No. 1 17 ; od Morning! It's Tuesday, February 2, 1982 2 Sections 1 1 Pages - 25 Cents St. Louis, area await another load of winter ST. LOUIS ( UPI) - A3 city crews and National Guardsmen teamed Monday to dig St. Louis out from nearly 2 feet of snow, weather fore-casters set their sights on another round of snowfall in the Midwest, in-cluding mid- Missou- ri. " I think we're making some pro-gress," said St. Louis Mayor Vincent Schoemehl, who went on the radio to discuss his city's efforts to recover from the Sunday blizzard that prac-tically paralyzed the city. " We in-tend to have everything up and run-ning." For Missouri, a storm in the south-ern Rockies is expected to make its way through the state today and dump 2 to 4 inches of snowfall in the Columbia area. High temperatures in the low 30s F are forecast for to-day, with a high around 20 degrees F expected for Wednesday. In St. Louis Monday, park depart-ment employees were assigned to help street crews open major thor-oughfares, and about 100 National Guardsmen were called in from Jef-ferson City and Cape Girardeau. Their camouflage- painte- d trucks roared through downtown in an ef-fort to have the streets open in time for Tuesday's rush hour. Hundreds of abandoned cars and sightseeing drivers clogged streets and freeways, making street- cleani- ng slow and troublesome. Public transit buses were unable to leave their garages. Only four- whe- el drive vehicles tra-versed the snow- drifte- d streets of the nver city. Downtown streets, normally cldgged with- 100,00- 0 work-- ers, were eerily silent and white dur-ing the rush hour. " We haven't had anything like this to deal with m four years," said Richard Daykin, St. Louis County highway director. " We've, been us-ing whatever eqjipment we could lay our hands on." Hospitals, m some cases short- hande- d, were seeing more patients as the roads were cleared. " We're starting to get more pa-tients, especially maternities," said Melva Anthonopoulus, City Hospital spokeswoman. " Medical cases, heart attacks, you name it, we've got it. " We're working on a skeleton crew. Some of us are working two or three shifts," she said. About a half dozen cars were cov-ered by the rising ice- chok- ed Missis-sippi River. Their owners, who spent Saturday evening at the waterfront's nverboat restaurants, had been un-able to drive up the steep, cobbles- tone- d levy and were forced to aban-don their vehicles. City officials declared a snow emergency and asked businesses to stay closed until at least 8 p. m. CST Monday. All city and St. Louis Coun-ty government offices were closed as well as most schools. Officially, 13.9 inches ( 35.3 centi-meters) of snow was recorded at Lambert- S- t. Louis International Air-port. However, as much as 22 inches ( 55.9 centimeters) was reported in southern parts of the metropolitan area the third- heavie- st snowfall ever recorded in St. Louis, and the heaviest since the 15.5 inches ( 39.4 ( See WEEKEND, Page 8A) Adding up tke Reagan numbers 6New Federalism': down to money Robert Pear i New York Times WASHINGTON The debate over President Reagan's " New Federal-ism" has quickly shifted from the lofty realm of political philosophy to a more mundane concern money. The numbers issued by the White House after the president delivered his State of the Union Message pur-port to show that Reagan's proposals would have a net fiscal effect of zero in every state. But there is a growing debate about the president's arith-metic. Although Reagan administration officials said there would be " no InsigM -- j See related story, Page 2A winners or losers," mayors and gov-ernors said they feared they would lose millions of dollars when pro-grams were " swapped" and " turned back" by the federal government. First, critics say the White House understated the likely cost of the two big welfare programs that would be transferred from the federal to the state level, food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The White House initially forecast federal expenditure of $ 16.5 billion in the fiscal yw 19M ior & tw0 P1 grains. Setting that number assumes that Congress will approve substan-tial changes in the food stamp and welfare programs that are to be pro-posed by Reagan in his budget next SI Without those changes, the two programs would cost wu Da-lian, or $ 3.7 billion more than the ( See STATE, Page 8A) In town td$ vy I 7- 3- 0 p. m. Boone County 1 Home Rule Oiarter. Ctommis- - I sion public hearing, Ashland HighSchool. , , . ' . 7- 3- 8 pjn. Women's basket-ball, Missouri vs. Kansas, Hearnes Center. Index Clfflilfled -- WB Comics........ Opinion ...... a People - r2 Sport g Theater...., 1- - Residents had to dig out their cars in downtown St. Louis Monday after the worst snow storm since 1912 moved through the area Sunday. Traffic throughout the area was re UPlTelephtrto stricted ... as the . city . and . county declared an emergency. Offi-cially, 13.9 inches of snowfall was recorded in the city, but some areas reported as much as 22 inches of snow. How we missed the big blizzard... By Jeffrey R. Scott Missourian staff writer It was misdirection that saved Co-lumbia from the near- reco- rd snow-fall that blanketed St. Lotus early Sunday. ' The moisture- lade- n, low- pressu- re system that triggered the storm came from the south, rather than the north or the west. And that saved Co-lumbians a lot of snow shoveling over the weekend. The storm resulted when a north-bound low- pressu- re system carrying ... Or, ' Saved By a South Wind' winds and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico collided with a fngrd high- pressu- re system centered over the Great Lakes " The moist air provided the pre-cipitation, while the high- pressu- re system provided the coldness," said Dean Gulezian, meteorologist- in- charg- e for the National Weather Service station at Columbia Region-al Airport. The result was a blizzard that left St. Louis with its the third largest ac-cumulation in a 24- ho- ur period unofficially, nearly two feet of snow was reported. Columbia escaped with a mere three inches. " Columbia was on the edge of the storm," explained Allen Legree, a staff member of the weather serv-ice. " The moisture was too far east of us." But some Columbians felt the ef fect Many who spent the weekend in St. Louis found themselves stranded as Interstate 70 was closed from War- rento- n, Mo., east as far as Indianap-olis The southeastern portion of Missouri was hardest hit by the storm, which also dumped heavy amounts of snow on southern Illinois and Kentucky. Official totals from weather serv-ice revealed five inches at Spring-field, 12 at Rolla and IS inches for St. Louis Columbia and the northern part of the state had three inches. All' calm -- at hearmfif on. bonds, tax bike . By Paul Shannon Missourian staff writer What if they gave a public hearing and nobody came? That almost happened Monday night at the fust of two hearings scheduled by the Columbia Cit Council on a proposed $ 8 4 million bond issue and half- ce- nt sales tax in-crease. Only two local residents showed up The city, hit by state and federal budget cuts, faces a projected deficit of $ 16-- 4 million over the next four years. To make up for these cuts and to fund long- delay- ed capital im-provement projects, the council has proposed a general obligation bond issue and sales tax increase. Colum-bia voters may get a chance to vote on these proposals in April. Funds raised in the bond issue would be used to begin work on such projects as extension of runways at Columbia Regional Airport, upgrad-ing of city streets and bridges, con-struction of a new fire station, uistal- - lation of lights at the American legion baseball field and addition of nine sirens to the city's emergencj warning system City Manager Richard Gray's pre-sentation of the projects echoed through the nearly empty council chamber. No one came to hear about the airport or the streets or the fire station. There wasn't even a base-ball player present The tax increase would raise Co-lumbia's sales tax rate from 4 G25 cents to 5.125 cents on the dollar The increase would raise an additional $ 2.7 million a ear, $ 1 million of which would be used to pay off the debt caused by the bond issue The remaining $ 1 7 million could be used in a number of ways. City of-ficials have suggested that property taxes could be lowered from 73 cents to 40 cents per $ 100 assessed valua-tion. Even with the property tax de-crease, the sales tax could fund a new police beat for the city, increase grants to social service agencies and beef up the flagging bus system. Paul Albert of 2703 Parker Place was the first citizen to come forward at the hearing. He denounced the bond issue and sales tax increase, exhorting the council to desist in its proposal and follow the example of communist Czechoslovakia where people make their own brooms ihe second speaker. Peter Leo of 51"? Business Loop 63 N , called the sales tax a regressive measure, nne that falls most heavily on low - in- come groups Leo asked the council to exp'ore the possibhtv of a citv in-come tax. According to the U. S. Census Bu-reau, a person making $ 8,000 a ear spends 40 percent of his income ori ' items subject to sales taxev But a person making $ 30,000 spends only 10 percent of his income on such items Yet no families making less than $ 8,000 a year lined the chamber to speak out against the proposal, and none enjoying $ 30,000 incomes were there to applaud the alternative to an increase in property tax. Stamp ofsuccess Family makes mark by selling canned drinks ByRandiCharno Missourian staff writer Jerry Palmer, owner of McCowan's Southside Market, 2601 S. Providence Road, has made sell-ing canned beverages a family affair. Palmer and his family have spent the last few days' stamping canned beverages purchased out-side the city limits. Columbia's beverage con-tainer ordinance requires that each can of beer or soda sold in town be stamped " Columbia" and carry a 5- ce- nt deposit Although the ordinance intends for the stamp , and deposit to originate with the distributor, re-tailers can buy canned beverages outside the city limits and stamp the cans themselves. Because distributors have not been making na-tional brand canned beer and some brands of canned soda available' to local retailers, Palmer decided to take the matter into his own hands. He aunched a statewide hunt for canned beverages not offered in the Columbia market, specifically canned beer. Monday, he hit pay dirt. Although Palmer was able to buy 100 cases of Diet Shasta soda from a Mexico, Mo. distributor last week, he was unable to get any canned beer until this week. Palmer secured 90 cases of canned Pabst Blue Ribbon beer from an out- of- to- wn distributor and brought it baJi to his store. The purchase made McCowan's the only Columbia outlet for national - brand canned beer, as well as Diet Shasta soda. Palmer uses a rubber stamp attached with Elm-er's Glue to the bottom of a Pepsi can, which in The Palmer beer can stamp saw turn is connected to a wooden rod, to mark the cans with the store name and the required desig-nation, " Columbia." While Palmer is pumping gas or serving other customers at McCowan's, his father Jim and mother Nellie help stamp cans. Even his son Bill, 7, gets in on the act. " I did a case of Shasta cans yesterday," he said. " When customers bring the cans back, I'll be able to tell if it's my stamp or a duplication," he said, noting his store's distinguishable stamp. Palmer believes selling canned beverages will not only create new brand' loyalties, but store loy-alty will develop as consumers return to redeem their cans. Palmer is selling Pabst Blue Ribbon for $ 2.65 a six- pa- ck of cans, as opposed to $ 2.89 a six- pac- k for national brand beers in long- nec- k bottles. A six- pa- ck of canned Diet Shasta sells for $ 1.89 plus 5 cents deposit at McCowan's. A six- pa- ck of canned Coca Cola sells for $ 2.29 plus the deposit the same price it sold tor before the ordinance took ef-fect Palmer said the only expense he has incurred getting canned beer is the gas required to travel to distributors outside Columbia. He is still trying to get other national- bran- d canned beer, and is currently negotiating with N. H. Scheppers, the lo-cal Anheuser- Busc- h distributor, to purchase Bud- weis- er and Busch at a warehouse outside the city limits. Although Palmer seems to have a good under-standing of the ordinance, some consumers still seem a bit confused about how it works. Palmer explains to customers that the cans are not throwaways, that the nickel deposit could be redeemed if the empties were returned to McCo- - wan's. " You can throw them away if you want to," Palmer says, smiling. " But I make ? nickel if you do." I Council OKs $ 5,000 for Flat Branch cleanup B Lisa Bertagnoli and Lon Kay Crouch Missourian staff writers City Council members Monday night approved a $ 5,000 allocation to help clean up the Flat Branch area OrJy Fifth Ward Councilman Dick Walls opposed approval of the ordi-nance. " What will $ 5,000 do?" he asked Fourth Ward Councilman Pat Bar-nes. Bames replied that the $ 5,000 cleanup of trash and destruction of old foundations make city property m the area more presentable and may help stimulate development in the area. " No one wants to put up a new building against all that old stuff." he said " Besides, the money will be used anyway, so why not now' Let's give Flat Branch a chance " Sixth Ward Councilman Matt Mc- Cormi- ck agreed The city, he said, will be setting an example for other businesses in Flat Branch by cleaning up city- own- ed parts of the area. But Walls stood firm. If the city is going to get involved, he told fellow councilmen, it should go all the way allocate enough money to really clean up the area, then concentrate on zoning and parceling land in the area to be sure it stays that way. Walls came out on the winning side when a resolution he introduced was unanimously approved. The res-- ( See COUNCILMEN, P. 8A) Panel clears local doctor of negligence ByDanBalahan Missourian staff writer A Columbia physician has been cleared of charges of negligence in caring for two Boone County Medi-caid patients, it was announced Mon-day. In a decision handed down Thurs-day by the state Administrative Hearing Commission, Judge J. Wil-liam Campbell said the state had failed to establish so much as a pre-sumption of wrongdoing m its case against long- tun- e Columbia physi-cian Benedict A. Moramnlle. " They didn't have any xase at all," said Moranville's attorney, Raymond C. Lewis. Moranville refused comment Mon-day, saying only that the record speaks for itself. By his own estimate, Moranville treats half the county's Medicaid pa-tients. Medicaid is a state and feder-al program that reimburses physi-cians for health care provided to indigent citizens. Moranville was barred from par-ticipating in the Medicaid program June 1 after a seven- mont- h investi-gation by the Department of Social Services. Yet the following day, he was allowed by an Administrative Hearing Commission judge to re-sume participation in the program. The commission bears appeals of ( See MEDICAID, Page 8A) t i |