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STATE Eil37-;?.:C- L SOCIETY HI 7 & IITf JT. CtRV 72nd Year No. 265 Good Morning! It's Frida. July 25. 1980 4 Sections 38 Pages 15 Cents J&fsL js. si? fiat tfJSs. i I B Pp Marchers kick off the Black and White Ball with a parade down Broadway Thursday morning. Bill Lewis, 13, of Columbia does a flip at the end of the parade. The parade, in honor of the city's black community, was sponsored by the Stylistic Social Club and the Columbia Youth Services Division. The parade signals the beginning of two weekends of activities for former and cur-rent residents of the community. BtfegtMeOParxjer Earth of 2000 may be overcrowded, impoverished WASHINGTON (UPI) If a grim forecast of life in the year 2000 proves to be correct, the av-erag- e world citizen will look hack to 1980 as the good oH days, a golden age of plenty . The massive government report issued Tissrsday, "Global 2000," is not meant as a pre-- dlctian of what will be; it is a forecast of what . life could be, if international measures are not taken to reverse present trends. The average citizen will find his space more confined, with another 2J25 bOlioa people jammed onto the planet. The real jostling for room will take place in sach countries as Mexico and Brazil, where the populations will more than doable in the nest 20 years. Mexico (Sty will be three tirrtpsthe size of the present metropolitan New York (Sty, with 3LS million people jammed into its streets and buildings. Food prod action win increase by 90 percent in the cert 20 years, faster than the population, but at a terrible price. Jogging or swimming wd be more difficult. The increased food production wfll mean the water win be fouler, because of pesticides, and the air will be polluted because of the increased use of energy to keep pace with the population. However, distribution of that food wQl be-co- me even more inequitable; mere will be chro-nic hunger, and a resulting political instabOity and violence in the poorest two-third- s of the world. The average world citizen will live in a cli-mate that is fouler, with temperatures that will be warmer than they have been, on the aver-age, for the last 1,000 years, becanse of more carbon dioxide in the air. If the century-en-d citizen decides to go fish-ing to get his mind off his troubles, he will find the world's coastal waters have been fouled by DoHation and fish are scarcer than they were in 1S30. A walk in the forest may be equally frustrat-ing. The report says, "In the less developed countries, virtually all of the physically acces-sible forest is expected to have been cut down bythe year 2020." Even a drink of water will be virtually un-available in large areas of the globe. The desert will spread through North Africa. And even in some sections of Northern Europe, festgM pure drinking water will be regarded as scarce. Reaction to the report from experts in sci-ence, education, economics and politics ranged widely. The overcrowded, polluted and impoverished world future glimpsed by the report is probably optimistic one scientist consulted en the new study said Thursday. Mihajlo Mesarovic ef Case Western Reserve University told a National Press Club luncheon the report was "briniant," but the reality "Is perhaps even more disturbing." The report, a three-ye- ar labor of 13 federal agencies, concluded "if present trends contin-ue, the world in 2000 wQl be more crowded, more poUnted, less stable ecologically and more vulnerable to disruption . . . Despite greater material output, the worlds people will be poorer in many ways than they are today." The-- finding, reminiscent of the Club of Home's controversial 1372 'limit to Growth" report, is important because it finally "makes official that the world of 2OG0 win not be belter off than it is today," said Mesarovjc Ann Ehriich. another sdentinc consultant. charged in a statement that the report, request-ed by President Carter us 1977, was delayed by "attempts to suppress it." Dr. Gerald Barney, study director, denied any censorship, although he was excluded from some government conferences leading up to fi-nal publicaticn. Federal officials associated with the report were initially barred from attending the lunch-eon, sponsored by the Environmental Fund, a group concerned about population growth. But Gus Speth, chairman of the Council on Environ-ment- al Quality, later made an appearance. Several of the report s non-governm- ent sc-en- ce advisers, who fielded luncheon questions, conceded the report contained a crucai inter-nal conflict. Its prescription for growing environmental problems is to conserve and manage resources. But it also advocates more exploration as per-haps the only way to give the worlds poor enough to eat and a chance --for material bene-fits. --Either you figure a way to expand supply, reduce dfnvTxi or reduce people." acknowl-edged Dr. Douglas Ross, a congressional staff ecorTomisr. Ann Carter, president of 3randeis Universi-ty, said she was confident the conflict would be resolved by technological advances. 3ut Bar-ney said continuing technological progress was discounted --n reaching the report's bleak con-clusions. On the overpopulation issue. Carter noted that high populaiaon. wmch woaid mainly af-flict poor countries. .ns .es auraeu on world resources than rising weaith. An increase in income per capita seems tc have a much stronger effect en resource re-qxrem- ents than increase in population.'" said Carter. Mesanrnc notes tnat it takes from srx to 12 times as much resources to support the aver-age effizen of an affluent country than one in a poor country. Panel named to investigate Billy WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Thursday created a nine-membe- r, Woe-ribbo- n panel to embark on a polit-ically charged election-yea- r investiga- - tion of BEQy Carter's activities as a paid agentfor Libya's government. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Inc- L, who win chair the special panel, said he wOI try to start proceedings next week "to pur-sue the truth wherever the truth may lead and let the chips fall where they may." Oct 4 is the deadline for a report final or interim to the Senate. Presidential spokesman Jody Powell said the administration's reaction "will be based upon our desire to be . as accurate as we can." "I have no doubt that at the end of all this we're going to come out all right," he told reporters. The panel, created through a unani-mously adopted Senate resolution, will be made up of five Democrats and four Republicans, with seven members cho-sen from the Judiciary Committee and two from the Foreign Relations paneL Sen. Strom Tbormond, R-S.- C, who wfll be vice chairman, immediately named Sens. Charles Mathias, R-Mj-L, and Robert Dole, R-Xa- n., to it Other members win. be named in coming days. Bayh and Thurmond will both have subpoena powers, but in a dispute a party-lin-e vote could keep Republicans from calling up a desired witness. Both sides said, however, they are intent on a thorough, expeditions inves-tigation and foresee no extra problems with subpoenas, because, as Bayb said, "we all have a lot of things we'd rather be doing than walking through this minefield." Bayh expressed hope BiHy Carter wili come forward to testify voluntari-ly, and urged the president and depart-ment chiefs to send staff members vol-untarily to testify if requested to do so, and iAnot watt to be hit between the eyes with a subpoena. "I'm prepared to assume that those within the administration are more embarrassed by what's gone on by a certain member of the president's family than anybody else," Bayh said, But if the panel finds otherwise, he reid, "then well have to undertakf whatever steps are necessary to in-crease the degree of cooperation." Democratic leader Robert Byrd said "a unanimous agreement" on the for-mat for the panel was worked out be-tween Senate leaders from both parties. Republican leader Howard Baker, who haH preferred a panel closer in style to the 1973 Watergate Committee than Democrats wanted, said he was satisfied the investigation will he "a good-fait- h effort for both sides to cre-ate a fair, de-poiitiaz- ed inquiry" of this "sensitive political situation." Inside College town" Today's special College Town sections include stones on how to reduce the cost of education. Intowrn 7:20 p.m. Theater, "Dana Yan-kees," Maplewood Barn The-ater, Niftcg Park. Tickets for adults are $2, senior citizens and students $1. 8:15 p-- m. Theater, "School for Scandal," UMC Summer Reper-tory Theater, University Fine " Arts BiaMng. Tickets are $3. Carter offers panel cooperation WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter wOI "respond fully" to the Sen-ate's inquiry into his brother's ties with the Libyan government, and does not expect to invoke executive privilege, bis spokesman said Thursday. Press secretary Jody Powell told re-porters Carter had made no decision on whether he would be willing to per-sona- lly testify on Capitol HHl about the controversy. But he said the president wOI order Ms aides to cooperate fully with the nine-memb- er special panel the Senate created Thursday to look into Billy Carters activities involving Libya. "The president himself will also re--. spond fully to the subcommittee's in-quiries relating to these matters, En accordance with mutually agreeable procedures consistent with the respon-sibilities and time constraints of Ms of-fice," Powell said. "The president does sot expect to as-sert datms of executive privilege with respect to these matters," Powell told reporters. He said a presidectial directive to staff members wOI cover any informa-tion relating to Billy Carter's relationship with Libya, contacts be-tween the White House and the presi-dent's brother and contacts with the Justice Department. Asked why Carter is taking the un-usual step, Powell replied: "The presi-dent believes we will come out ail right is the end because we have behaved in a proper manner on this issufi." He said "we have not made deci-sions" on whether or not the president would be willing to testify personally ' before the paneL Stressing that "we --kcaHA u1 expect such a situation to anse," he sail A only is remotely possible that Carter might be forced to iavoke executive privilege if, as an example, a question "threatens an ongoing operation." Powell said be knew of so discoss-kss- s so far with the Senate panel nor of any private assurances "wjih regard to the scope" of the inquiry. Carter's "statements of commitment and "tent have to be judged on in the final analysis of what we do," Powell said, and he expects that also will be true of the panel, Powell said the president had not talked with BUly in the past couple of days. Earlier Thursday, Powell acknowl-edged the president had met once, and his top security adviser huddled at least three times, with Libya's charge d'affaires after BiHy contacted the Li-byan government He confirmed the president met with Ali Houderi Dec 6, following a meeteg the Libyan had with Zhigaiew Bczeaaski, and underscored VS. con-cern about an attack on the VS. Em-bassy in TnpolL FoweH said the president also briefly '''expressed appreciation for the posi-tk- sn the Libyan government had tak-en" on the US. hostages in Tehran. Li-bya called on Iran to release them. Utility revenues in city increase by $1.5 million By Bobbie Huttenhower SBssourian staff writer Even before the oppressive heat wave really settled in during July, the city's utility revenues shot up 12J29 per-cent resulting in more than S1.5 mil-lion dollars being added to the aty"s treasury. Figures available reveal that more than $13 million additional dollars have come into aty coffers from Octo-ber 1979 to June 30 than were tallied during the same months the previous year. In the 1978-7-9 period, electncity sales came in at 512,756.247: this year. the sales hit S1-U25.14- 3. City Finance Director Harold Boldt said Thursday, "The aty is not in busi-ness to make a profit." When asked for figures reflecting July 1 to date, Boldt said, "I'm person-ally not gong to give ycu that informa-tion because I feel it is not incattve of anything until the end of the month. We dont compare day to day cr week to week, and I personally am not going to relay incomplete information." Boldt said financial reports are cone on a montb-oy-mon- th bass. Although Boldt would not discuss what the dollar figures have been since the first of July, when use of eiectnety to combat the heat has been phenome-nal, water and light oirector Dick Ma-ine detailed the extra burden put on the city's power plant During those two weeks m July. Co-lumbians suffered from iOO-desr- ee F i37-degr-ee C) temperatures- - July 15 marked the eighth straight day of the three-dig- it temperatures A persistent hign pressure area lo-cated over Arkansas spawned the ezr-l- y July heat wave, a National Weatner Service spokesman said. Electrical usage during approxi-mately the first two weeks of July in-creased h 2.450.GGO kilowatt soars. Maion saic which is a 25 percent in-crease from last year's figures. In addition, Maion said that or. Jiy 15. power usage hit a "histonca.. all-ti- me high." a whopping L24.G0G ki-lowatts. Electricity use has mcreased by i.-357.- 000 kilowatt hours from June":373 to June ISS0. Year-to-dat- e figures show this year's increase at a whopping 10.-31S.Q- 0Q kilowatt hours Boldt said the extra revenue from this increased usage si be used to off-set losses incurred for the first rune months of 1S3Q. Boldt reported a SS2.604 net loss oecause there was less power used dunng toe imid winter. Boldt said the extra money also would be used to meet expenses and to pay debts off ahead of schedule. The heat wave also has boosted wa-ter revenues. Boldt reported a net in-come of S545.3C2 for ear-to-da- te totals for 193S and S227.S52 for 1979. These figures indicate an increase in water usage frcm Last year of 22.912.-80- 0 cubic feet. Maion said water usage per cubic foot has increased by 3.340,000 from last year's figures for July, reflecting a 27 percent increase from July 1979. Water usage hit a daily high of 13J million gallons oa July 20. Maion said. j ; ; 1 Cattle sale "panic eases as heat lessens ByMattGragg MSssourian staff writer The cooler temperatures of the past few days have raised the hopes of local livestock producers but these hopes could merely be a mi-rage darwnng before their eyes. Trading at the Columbia livestock Auction Barn was much lighter Wednesday and prices were up across the board as 710 cattle ex-changed hands. Last week, in what resembled a panic on Wall Street. L575 cattle were sold. Farmers didn't want to gamble on the heat wave killing what was left of their pastures- - The effect was tremen-dous. "What's happening is a disaster." said one farmer. Tve been coming m here for 10 years and never have seen anything like this; and with the economy and all that the way it is it's one heH of a disaster." The cooler air this week brought some relief to many areas of the scorched state, but that one essen-tial element that could brmg new Me to the vital pasture land rain fell only in limited amounts. And the long-ran-ge fore-cast is dismal. Weather experts pre-dict a return to above-norm- al tem-peratures and beiow-norm- al rainfall next week; and some even say these conditions may last for another month or more. Jim Harper of the Missouri De-partment of Agriculture said the I present statewide financial lass to crops and livestock is over SI faOlass dollars. Because of dried up pastur es, many farmers want to start feeding hay to their cattle. "This is unusual," Harper said. "Hay isn't normally fed until wintertime and farmers would much rather use their pastures in the summer."" The Bocae County director of the U.S-- Agricultural StahChzatian and Conservation Service. Don Emery, said 50 percent of the total pasture that is normally used unhl fall for grazing is gone. "If it doesn't rain weH suffer a 95 to 100 percent less; as it s now, there's not much out there for cattle to feed oru" But nourishing the livestock with hay and grain now could spell bard-sh-ip in the long run; the economic effects of drought persist long after the short-ter- m weather disaster is over. Emery said hay production is 30 to 50 percent below normal and threatens to drive up prices. "One producer told me that 'the price ofj hay has gone ni 50 percent since last fall." Local shortages of hay may be ev-ident this winter- - "I know mere wont be a surplus," Emery saaL Next week's auction may produce some unsettling answers to the question of the survival of livestock. Already, cm farmer from Callaway County is planning to sell off his en-tire herd of 130 cattle because he has nothing left to feed them. "Don't worry, theyH be here next week, a lot of "em," said Bandy Ja-cob, an employee of the auction bam. "And there couM be a heH of a lot more here than Last week C when close to 2Jffi were sold- - ." I
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Item.Transcript | STATE Eil37-;?.:C- L SOCIETY HI 7 & IITf JT. CtRV 72nd Year No. 265 Good Morning! It's Frida. July 25. 1980 4 Sections 38 Pages 15 Cents J&fsL js. si? fiat tfJSs. i I B Pp Marchers kick off the Black and White Ball with a parade down Broadway Thursday morning. Bill Lewis, 13, of Columbia does a flip at the end of the parade. The parade, in honor of the city's black community, was sponsored by the Stylistic Social Club and the Columbia Youth Services Division. The parade signals the beginning of two weekends of activities for former and cur-rent residents of the community. BtfegtMeOParxjer Earth of 2000 may be overcrowded, impoverished WASHINGTON (UPI) If a grim forecast of life in the year 2000 proves to be correct, the av-erag- e world citizen will look hack to 1980 as the good oH days, a golden age of plenty . The massive government report issued Tissrsday, "Global 2000," is not meant as a pre-- dlctian of what will be; it is a forecast of what . life could be, if international measures are not taken to reverse present trends. The average citizen will find his space more confined, with another 2J25 bOlioa people jammed onto the planet. The real jostling for room will take place in sach countries as Mexico and Brazil, where the populations will more than doable in the nest 20 years. Mexico (Sty will be three tirrtpsthe size of the present metropolitan New York (Sty, with 3LS million people jammed into its streets and buildings. Food prod action win increase by 90 percent in the cert 20 years, faster than the population, but at a terrible price. Jogging or swimming wd be more difficult. The increased food production wfll mean the water win be fouler, because of pesticides, and the air will be polluted because of the increased use of energy to keep pace with the population. However, distribution of that food wQl be-co- me even more inequitable; mere will be chro-nic hunger, and a resulting political instabOity and violence in the poorest two-third- s of the world. The average world citizen will live in a cli-mate that is fouler, with temperatures that will be warmer than they have been, on the aver-age, for the last 1,000 years, becanse of more carbon dioxide in the air. If the century-en-d citizen decides to go fish-ing to get his mind off his troubles, he will find the world's coastal waters have been fouled by DoHation and fish are scarcer than they were in 1S30. A walk in the forest may be equally frustrat-ing. The report says, "In the less developed countries, virtually all of the physically acces-sible forest is expected to have been cut down bythe year 2020." Even a drink of water will be virtually un-available in large areas of the globe. The desert will spread through North Africa. And even in some sections of Northern Europe, festgM pure drinking water will be regarded as scarce. Reaction to the report from experts in sci-ence, education, economics and politics ranged widely. The overcrowded, polluted and impoverished world future glimpsed by the report is probably optimistic one scientist consulted en the new study said Thursday. Mihajlo Mesarovic ef Case Western Reserve University told a National Press Club luncheon the report was "briniant," but the reality "Is perhaps even more disturbing." The report, a three-ye- ar labor of 13 federal agencies, concluded "if present trends contin-ue, the world in 2000 wQl be more crowded, more poUnted, less stable ecologically and more vulnerable to disruption . . . Despite greater material output, the worlds people will be poorer in many ways than they are today." The-- finding, reminiscent of the Club of Home's controversial 1372 'limit to Growth" report, is important because it finally "makes official that the world of 2OG0 win not be belter off than it is today," said Mesarovjc Ann Ehriich. another sdentinc consultant. charged in a statement that the report, request-ed by President Carter us 1977, was delayed by "attempts to suppress it." Dr. Gerald Barney, study director, denied any censorship, although he was excluded from some government conferences leading up to fi-nal publicaticn. Federal officials associated with the report were initially barred from attending the lunch-eon, sponsored by the Environmental Fund, a group concerned about population growth. But Gus Speth, chairman of the Council on Environ-ment- al Quality, later made an appearance. Several of the report s non-governm- ent sc-en- ce advisers, who fielded luncheon questions, conceded the report contained a crucai inter-nal conflict. Its prescription for growing environmental problems is to conserve and manage resources. But it also advocates more exploration as per-haps the only way to give the worlds poor enough to eat and a chance --for material bene-fits. --Either you figure a way to expand supply, reduce dfnvTxi or reduce people." acknowl-edged Dr. Douglas Ross, a congressional staff ecorTomisr. Ann Carter, president of 3randeis Universi-ty, said she was confident the conflict would be resolved by technological advances. 3ut Bar-ney said continuing technological progress was discounted --n reaching the report's bleak con-clusions. On the overpopulation issue. Carter noted that high populaiaon. wmch woaid mainly af-flict poor countries. .ns .es auraeu on world resources than rising weaith. An increase in income per capita seems tc have a much stronger effect en resource re-qxrem- ents than increase in population.'" said Carter. Mesanrnc notes tnat it takes from srx to 12 times as much resources to support the aver-age effizen of an affluent country than one in a poor country. Panel named to investigate Billy WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Thursday created a nine-membe- r, Woe-ribbo- n panel to embark on a polit-ically charged election-yea- r investiga- - tion of BEQy Carter's activities as a paid agentfor Libya's government. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Inc- L, who win chair the special panel, said he wOI try to start proceedings next week "to pur-sue the truth wherever the truth may lead and let the chips fall where they may." Oct 4 is the deadline for a report final or interim to the Senate. Presidential spokesman Jody Powell said the administration's reaction "will be based upon our desire to be . as accurate as we can." "I have no doubt that at the end of all this we're going to come out all right," he told reporters. The panel, created through a unani-mously adopted Senate resolution, will be made up of five Democrats and four Republicans, with seven members cho-sen from the Judiciary Committee and two from the Foreign Relations paneL Sen. Strom Tbormond, R-S.- C, who wfll be vice chairman, immediately named Sens. Charles Mathias, R-Mj-L, and Robert Dole, R-Xa- n., to it Other members win. be named in coming days. Bayh and Thurmond will both have subpoena powers, but in a dispute a party-lin-e vote could keep Republicans from calling up a desired witness. Both sides said, however, they are intent on a thorough, expeditions inves-tigation and foresee no extra problems with subpoenas, because, as Bayb said, "we all have a lot of things we'd rather be doing than walking through this minefield." Bayh expressed hope BiHy Carter wili come forward to testify voluntari-ly, and urged the president and depart-ment chiefs to send staff members vol-untarily to testify if requested to do so, and iAnot watt to be hit between the eyes with a subpoena. "I'm prepared to assume that those within the administration are more embarrassed by what's gone on by a certain member of the president's family than anybody else," Bayh said, But if the panel finds otherwise, he reid, "then well have to undertakf whatever steps are necessary to in-crease the degree of cooperation." Democratic leader Robert Byrd said "a unanimous agreement" on the for-mat for the panel was worked out be-tween Senate leaders from both parties. Republican leader Howard Baker, who haH preferred a panel closer in style to the 1973 Watergate Committee than Democrats wanted, said he was satisfied the investigation will he "a good-fait- h effort for both sides to cre-ate a fair, de-poiitiaz- ed inquiry" of this "sensitive political situation." Inside College town" Today's special College Town sections include stones on how to reduce the cost of education. Intowrn 7:20 p.m. Theater, "Dana Yan-kees," Maplewood Barn The-ater, Niftcg Park. Tickets for adults are $2, senior citizens and students $1. 8:15 p-- m. Theater, "School for Scandal," UMC Summer Reper-tory Theater, University Fine " Arts BiaMng. Tickets are $3. Carter offers panel cooperation WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter wOI "respond fully" to the Sen-ate's inquiry into his brother's ties with the Libyan government, and does not expect to invoke executive privilege, bis spokesman said Thursday. Press secretary Jody Powell told re-porters Carter had made no decision on whether he would be willing to per-sona- lly testify on Capitol HHl about the controversy. But he said the president wOI order Ms aides to cooperate fully with the nine-memb- er special panel the Senate created Thursday to look into Billy Carters activities involving Libya. "The president himself will also re--. spond fully to the subcommittee's in-quiries relating to these matters, En accordance with mutually agreeable procedures consistent with the respon-sibilities and time constraints of Ms of-fice," Powell said. "The president does sot expect to as-sert datms of executive privilege with respect to these matters," Powell told reporters. He said a presidectial directive to staff members wOI cover any informa-tion relating to Billy Carter's relationship with Libya, contacts be-tween the White House and the presi-dent's brother and contacts with the Justice Department. Asked why Carter is taking the un-usual step, Powell replied: "The presi-dent believes we will come out ail right is the end because we have behaved in a proper manner on this issufi." He said "we have not made deci-sions" on whether or not the president would be willing to testify personally ' before the paneL Stressing that "we --kcaHA u1 expect such a situation to anse," he sail A only is remotely possible that Carter might be forced to iavoke executive privilege if, as an example, a question "threatens an ongoing operation." Powell said be knew of so discoss-kss- s so far with the Senate panel nor of any private assurances "wjih regard to the scope" of the inquiry. Carter's "statements of commitment and "tent have to be judged on in the final analysis of what we do," Powell said, and he expects that also will be true of the panel, Powell said the president had not talked with BUly in the past couple of days. Earlier Thursday, Powell acknowl-edged the president had met once, and his top security adviser huddled at least three times, with Libya's charge d'affaires after BiHy contacted the Li-byan government He confirmed the president met with Ali Houderi Dec 6, following a meeteg the Libyan had with Zhigaiew Bczeaaski, and underscored VS. con-cern about an attack on the VS. Em-bassy in TnpolL FoweH said the president also briefly '''expressed appreciation for the posi-tk- sn the Libyan government had tak-en" on the US. hostages in Tehran. Li-bya called on Iran to release them. Utility revenues in city increase by $1.5 million By Bobbie Huttenhower SBssourian staff writer Even before the oppressive heat wave really settled in during July, the city's utility revenues shot up 12J29 per-cent resulting in more than S1.5 mil-lion dollars being added to the aty"s treasury. Figures available reveal that more than $13 million additional dollars have come into aty coffers from Octo-ber 1979 to June 30 than were tallied during the same months the previous year. In the 1978-7-9 period, electncity sales came in at 512,756.247: this year. the sales hit S1-U25.14- 3. City Finance Director Harold Boldt said Thursday, "The aty is not in busi-ness to make a profit." When asked for figures reflecting July 1 to date, Boldt said, "I'm person-ally not gong to give ycu that informa-tion because I feel it is not incattve of anything until the end of the month. We dont compare day to day cr week to week, and I personally am not going to relay incomplete information." Boldt said financial reports are cone on a montb-oy-mon- th bass. Although Boldt would not discuss what the dollar figures have been since the first of July, when use of eiectnety to combat the heat has been phenome-nal, water and light oirector Dick Ma-ine detailed the extra burden put on the city's power plant During those two weeks m July. Co-lumbians suffered from iOO-desr- ee F i37-degr-ee C) temperatures- - July 15 marked the eighth straight day of the three-dig- it temperatures A persistent hign pressure area lo-cated over Arkansas spawned the ezr-l- y July heat wave, a National Weatner Service spokesman said. Electrical usage during approxi-mately the first two weeks of July in-creased h 2.450.GGO kilowatt soars. Maion saic which is a 25 percent in-crease from last year's figures. In addition, Maion said that or. Jiy 15. power usage hit a "histonca.. all-ti- me high." a whopping L24.G0G ki-lowatts. Electricity use has mcreased by i.-357.- 000 kilowatt hours from June":373 to June ISS0. Year-to-dat- e figures show this year's increase at a whopping 10.-31S.Q- 0Q kilowatt hours Boldt said the extra revenue from this increased usage si be used to off-set losses incurred for the first rune months of 1S3Q. Boldt reported a SS2.604 net loss oecause there was less power used dunng toe imid winter. Boldt said the extra money also would be used to meet expenses and to pay debts off ahead of schedule. The heat wave also has boosted wa-ter revenues. Boldt reported a net in-come of S545.3C2 for ear-to-da- te totals for 193S and S227.S52 for 1979. These figures indicate an increase in water usage frcm Last year of 22.912.-80- 0 cubic feet. Maion said water usage per cubic foot has increased by 3.340,000 from last year's figures for July, reflecting a 27 percent increase from July 1979. Water usage hit a daily high of 13J million gallons oa July 20. Maion said. j ; ; 1 Cattle sale "panic eases as heat lessens ByMattGragg MSssourian staff writer The cooler temperatures of the past few days have raised the hopes of local livestock producers but these hopes could merely be a mi-rage darwnng before their eyes. Trading at the Columbia livestock Auction Barn was much lighter Wednesday and prices were up across the board as 710 cattle ex-changed hands. Last week, in what resembled a panic on Wall Street. L575 cattle were sold. Farmers didn't want to gamble on the heat wave killing what was left of their pastures- - The effect was tremen-dous. "What's happening is a disaster." said one farmer. Tve been coming m here for 10 years and never have seen anything like this; and with the economy and all that the way it is it's one heH of a disaster." The cooler air this week brought some relief to many areas of the scorched state, but that one essen-tial element that could brmg new Me to the vital pasture land rain fell only in limited amounts. And the long-ran-ge fore-cast is dismal. Weather experts pre-dict a return to above-norm- al tem-peratures and beiow-norm- al rainfall next week; and some even say these conditions may last for another month or more. Jim Harper of the Missouri De-partment of Agriculture said the I present statewide financial lass to crops and livestock is over SI faOlass dollars. Because of dried up pastur es, many farmers want to start feeding hay to their cattle. "This is unusual," Harper said. "Hay isn't normally fed until wintertime and farmers would much rather use their pastures in the summer."" The Bocae County director of the U.S-- Agricultural StahChzatian and Conservation Service. Don Emery, said 50 percent of the total pasture that is normally used unhl fall for grazing is gone. "If it doesn't rain weH suffer a 95 to 100 percent less; as it s now, there's not much out there for cattle to feed oru" But nourishing the livestock with hay and grain now could spell bard-sh-ip in the long run; the economic effects of drought persist long after the short-ter- m weather disaster is over. Emery said hay production is 30 to 50 percent below normal and threatens to drive up prices. "One producer told me that 'the price ofj hay has gone ni 50 percent since last fall." Local shortages of hay may be ev-ident this winter- - "I know mere wont be a surplus," Emery saaL Next week's auction may produce some unsettling answers to the question of the survival of livestock. Already, cm farmer from Callaway County is planning to sell off his en-tire herd of 130 cattle because he has nothing left to feed them. "Don't worry, theyH be here next week, a lot of "em," said Bandy Ja-cob, an employee of the auction bam. "And there couM be a heH of a lot more here than Last week C when close to 2Jffi were sold- - ." I |