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OV.' llUiA. UV. 65C11 ! 76th Year - No. 197 Good MomlnB! lrs Tuesday, May 8, 1984 2 Sections - 14 Pages - 25 Cents nmBBtoBEBfuBmmltB& mmWUSmwBmfm flHJHSWflBJIjHIIH MBa jEjMjMMBiBUKM Lynsw But ( in vu tf i At 10: 10 p. m. Monday a Special Tactics and Rescue team, right, arrived at 1308 Paris Road, where a hostage was being held by an armed man. Later during their vigil, the STAR team prepared to enter the building where the woman was held captive. Columbia man holds hostage By tha Mtssourian staff i A Columbia mm held a woman hostage reportedly fit gunpoint --- in an apartment Dec fee thmntwp area into fits earry monung hours to-day. Bonce said tbey were were nego-tiating with the man, identified by neighbors and police as William Er-nest Lyles, about 58. Lyles is a former mental patient who has been in and out of hospitals since 1949, according to previous newspaper reports. The woman, who was sot identi-fied, apparently was taken hostage following a dispute in an apartment basement at 1306 Peris Road, near the intersection of Paris and Hink- so- n Avenue about 9 pjn. Police said, tbey believed the man was armed with a .22- calib- er pistol nagaJieH5 about 9: 05 psn. when police evadbited the seven- apartme- nt building. Lyles' apart-ment is in the annex to the house and is accessible only from a door facing HInkson. During the evacuation, one of the residents said she ran into the base-ment to get her cat and Lyles yelled through a window to her. SBBBBBHJWfflHRSl" SaSHSSHHSSfiaBfiXMA wB8iajHfflBBBKflWpf8iH5BM " He told me to call the police," she said. " I told him to look out the win-dow and he'd see there was no need.' The woman; who would not identi-fy herself, said she has known Lyles for about eight years and that he has a history of becoming violent Shortly after 10 pjn. Monday, po-lice surrounded the house and blocked all traffic at iSnkson. The Columbia Police Department's Spe-cial Tactics and Rescue team was positioned in the apartment house as well as on the roof and in bushes around the house. Earlier, police had moved a ladder and spotlight to a baOdiag across the street Tbey reportedly tried to talk with Lyles by telephone and then at-tempted to talk to him through the walls of the house. According to residents, a thin wall separates one apartment and Lyles' bedroom. It was through this wall that negotiations were conducted with drinking glasses borrowed from neighbors. Police brought Betty Adams, for-mer director of the Voluntary Action Center, to the house shortly after 11 pjn. to negotiate with Lyles. At 11: 56 pin., Adams left the bouse. She sounded hoarse and declined to com-ment to reporters. She was ushered awaybypolicev About 12: 25 this morning, police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck were cleared from the scene and sharpshooters took positions. When the Missourian went to press, the siege continued. This is not the first such incident involving Lyles, who has been in and out of mental institutions since 1949. In Aprfl 1977, he was charged with kidnapping a 17- year- - old woman and displaying a deadly weapon. She was held at knffepoint in Columbia for nearly eight hours. Lytes later was found innocent be-cause of mental disease or defect and was admitted to Fulton State Hospital. He was hospitalized from December 3977 to December 1978. Circuit Judge Frank Cooky or- der- ed Lyles released after receiving a report from James Chapel, a Co-lumbia psychiatrist who said Lyles " hasno mental disease or defect" In the world 85 million more people WASHINGTON ( AP) The world's population grew to nearly 4J& bflhon m the past year, adding about aa many people as live in Mexico and Austria combined. The Popclation Reference Bu-reau, a private Washington re-search groop, gsffmafrd Hwnfay that the worM includes 4,782jK,- 00- 0 people, an increase of nearly 05 million from the " fHfnrtf a yearago. By comparison, BSextoo, the world's 10th most populous na- - has 77.7 miBtoa people and Austria has7j6 rcQHcn. The new estimate was included Itioinat, hDeatbauSrheeaest's," " aWn aeraimd APepfalmft- tioc- fn populations. world nations and aspects of8Wr The 1984 total is double the number of people on Earth at the end of World War &, said Qui Haub, a bureau demographer who prepared the stefy w&& If the world pcpalfition canfio-- to grow si its anneal rate of 1.7 percent tbey said, it wfil Iureesach 5 bfllion by 1S87 aod bil lion bythe torn of the century. The 8$ million new hwnynf on Earth can anticipate living an av-erage 61 years, the study says, dependkig on where they were bom. Icelanders topped the Bfe ex-pectancy list New residents of that tiny nation are expected to live an average 77 years. By con-trast, life expectancy is only 40 years for the typical newborn in Ethiopia, Chad and Afghanistan, I all torn by war and famine in re-- J centyears. Overall, developed nations topped less- develop- ed areas in life expectancy by 15 yean 73 years in developed areas com-pared with S3 years in poorer re-gions. The researchers said attitudes toward population growth have changed sharply since the 1991b. Tbey said the governments of 62 Third World nations are snowing concern about high birth rates and the threat of excess popula-tion on their countries' devel-opment compared with otuy four anch nations two decades ago. Ml Development gets council nod By JuHa Wright and Janet Shadden Mtosoortw staff writers In a meeting that was conducted more through public debate among audience members than among those around the council table, the Colum-bia City Council Monday unanimously approved a pre& nmary ' planned unit development on West Broadway. Residents of the area surrounding the proposed development at 1107 W. Broadway submitted pro-test petitions a month ago that delayed the vote on the project and required a supra- maknit- y of six votes for the measure to pass. Developer Robert Bryan and project planner Michael Bathke nego-tiated with the' residents and allayed many of their concerns, paving the way for the unanimous vote. John Litton of 18 Clinton Drive said he and his neighbors were concerned about the density of the development the number of parking spaces planned and the prospect of people walking through their yards to visit the development Bryan agreed to trim the number of units planned from 14 to 12, to plan a six- fo- ot wooden privacy fence to border me north and east sides of the development and to increase the number of parking spaces allowed per unit. Bryan was reluctant to commit to a certain number of parking spaces, carports and garages pfoerraanspite; chifeicsnaiudmhbeerdiodf snpoatcwesanbtetfoorbeehoensraewcothrde architectural plans for the development The council will have to approve a final plan for the development, and when it does, most of the council members said they want to see changes in Developer, neighbors resolve differences the parking spaces. First Ward Qjuncilman Al Tacker, who rep- resen- ts expectedthteherenseiidgehnbtsorsinanthdeBarryeaan, tsoairdeaScuhnadacyWhe cpworionthnsdeansraesw. usAthlwtehaopsuegtthithiaottnheomnreocsesitditeonwftsasthloeegniratlhlfyeeatcarosbuleldwetnhroeet soothed. ! 5 toe biggest concern is that we have input tionetomteheetipnrgo. cess from now on," Litton said after ? neighborhood infighting on another zon- ing matter made its way into the council cham- pbreorcs, edfurrues. trating normal council parliamentarJy soRdesi idCeonlutsmboifaGroefefnbGrriaerenSuMbdeaivdioswiosn, Rwohaidc, h is in pro- testedapropo- sal Gate Dnve, to dividbeyhDisonlotS, taolhloldwriienrg, h2i4m14toWdhoiat- e mblee imtsovdeevoenlopthmeegnrtoupnodtesnttihaalt Riteswidoeunltds unonepceps- aoarsfle- dy increase density in the subdivision. rulTehseihpardobteeestnwchaasntgreigdgienrethde bmyidcdhlaergofesthtehgaatmthee. Residents said subdividing the lot would be aX latioa of the neighborhood's covenant an affree- mentwtf- un vekpmenttotohcecunreitghherbeo. rhood on the ty" pes tfdS saFidiftshheWuanrdderCsotouondcflwthoemmanoraBlaorbblairgaatiMoncDoofnatlhde lfefgvaelalyabnmt dbfuatgfaodrdtheedcctshmatcitLhe agreeSwas not " I am concerned that the neighbors are not hap atphvyae, ntbucueotnoIcpeedrnonrrtwtothsheeenemth) ho, e" wMntechiDeghocbnooatrmlsddslhaaidcvae. n thadedcreivssil Ww" beeoArusbl? fdteieaernteadnlkvecesnooegntmtoeheMymtiwamodyarieeosssrcptuJauuoskbnsheilwnonic, neWlccSoaoetmmosmthomieuWneagcndroitemcarono'msunnneotpncuhlitnaelscnimesfdsrweoumhame- se. citTyhsetwcoounemcilplaolysoeebaesasrodciaptrieosnesntaatniodnlsocafrlsomabothuet their requests for wage and benefit increases. A spokesman for Firefighters Local 1055 asked for a " substantial" pay increase, and told the council that anything less would result in a morale prob- lem among the members of the local Specifics, however, werenotdiscussed. A representative of the Water and Light Em- ployees Association, Jerry Bryant said his group pdcwlhaaayannns. t, gsesashiSfiLtn2d5itfhpfeeerrewhnootiruakrle, rrasstiasnedd- bef- onyrtaallplpaelymanap, nlodvyaemceaescd, tiaiconandl In other action, the council: . Approved a plan by the Water and Light De- partment to flatten residential rates. ' HS1 a recommendation from McDonald mat the council review bus service in the Fifth Ward. " Accepted $ 784,000 in Corarnuniiy Devel- opment Block Grant funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development By Tom Warhovw """-"- - . ftastlesssceuurrtiaann staff writer nrnrn- nn- i . ' - Dam in order to rmniiniimiize ddoownnssttrreeaam rf. aanndd t( rraavnedl hba4crk thhrmou. ngih. th. e. Tr, uman . The waters lap the awoaeo shores, wasS- to- g over scores c dasd feees aad mocads of fibrous moos that hide bam and emppfe be- cee- th the water. Fishermen hat above, equipped with fish finders, has heats and other modem toys of the mJdfi& cIass person looking for mat big has to top oB the vaca-tion. At the base of fee S& saQe- ion- g Truman Lake, the testers stop. The Harrys Truman Dam towers over the late. B catamsntis the waters to be quSet E Seta & s fiafesn& ea and the bass continue theirjt To the east the waier races away from its captor, Uffitily grabbing t& caygsa eharoed by the rocks below. Truman Dam, In War- - -- ' saw, Bo., b& ssetfi2$& s& f3t33tilitcQC egain is halted st thsLalEBcf fee Osar& s. ' i DG3DDfl'if Bat the water that boOs below the dam has bubbled controversy all the way to tile goTer- por'- a mansion and fee VS. Boast of Rep- resegtativ- es. Almost since its conception, Trumas Dam has let loose a flood of com-plaints aid accusations. How, a team of ecawrakto. fisheries expats, engineers and biologists from UMC and tits Uaiversfcy of Missouri- Rou- a have stepped to to filter oct the muddled swirls rf formation and come op with a aahzttoa to Che prvs& iezns caosed by me dam's waterrelease system. John CCocnor, chairman of UMCa ctr& eagfcftsrfag dpsrtmQt aad a coordinator' for the research team, said fee goal of the" stody fa to reccmasead the beat epssating strategy fer the $ mer feefflty at Tracssn ef-fects. mTehye CfoorrpthseosftuEdnyg. inTeheers$ 44is0,0p0u0ttcinogntroapctthe $ 229100 to each university requires a De-cember completion date for the project which began last year. A preliminary report waspresentedinFe& ruary. daSmomheaovfethbeemenosdt ovwoncisftereroaums. crOitiwcsnerosf thoef property along the Lake of the Qaarks have asserted that the dam's water release, by dMtieaBy changing the water level, is qp- aetti- ng the quiet stable waters in the nppa-- Naturalists also are worried about the downstream effects. A uajque feature of Tro- SFP- fS b tt hM ability to change the direction of the stream belosr. Kacsya as piggyback, tha system can force the water to tarn from its race to the Lake of the Oarta Dam, allowing the water to be recycled. The re- sult opponents say, is a downstream envi-ronment devastated by the confused flow of the water. Inj1882, the Corps of Engineers, winch built the dam, ran a test of Us pampbsck system. uOwp'eC, rmoenuunptioslraettseadbidyaavthdisesitptohirtoscuuwstatniinadestshseofafsgwfisitrhhliencageuvfgaejr- hcnmt- tes. " Tbey were dismayed to see thet they ( the turbines) were chopping vm fish,'' O'Connor psarMob. le" mTshaotf'sthwathsecnhtehmeerecaaimreealtiosaatbioeand. of the wli? ? a paasess authorized the buOdiag of the dam in 1862 for flood coa- trs- L stagnahteyddroleolnegctrbicefopreow2esr 1aSnSd2 crcemcrpelaettiioena The Corps c Engineers fought cS a 197& attempt by ( he stole attorney general's of-fice to halt tiie dam's completion; it limited the number of turbines in operation under 1B83 orders by Gov. Christopher Bond; and Sast year it was blasted as a '' rnoastrosiry" by Sen. Jack Danforta, RrMo. The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Conservation, Union Electric the state attorney general's office, real es-tate interests snddties surrocodtog the dam have rushed down on the Corps cfEagineers, vying gar a vaJce to controlling the operation and a net to raise to then- interest- s. Enter O'Connor's research team. " I think that they ( toe interest groups) can agree that the dam is there, and that overall there is approval ef the dam hstog there," he said. " wast we're stiaSying is the effect of tits power facility, not whether or net fee dmn
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Item.Transcript | OV.' llUiA. UV. 65C11 ! 76th Year - No. 197 Good MomlnB! lrs Tuesday, May 8, 1984 2 Sections - 14 Pages - 25 Cents nmBBtoBEBfuBmmltB& mmWUSmwBmfm flHJHSWflBJIjHIIH MBa jEjMjMMBiBUKM Lynsw But ( in vu tf i At 10: 10 p. m. Monday a Special Tactics and Rescue team, right, arrived at 1308 Paris Road, where a hostage was being held by an armed man. Later during their vigil, the STAR team prepared to enter the building where the woman was held captive. Columbia man holds hostage By tha Mtssourian staff i A Columbia mm held a woman hostage reportedly fit gunpoint --- in an apartment Dec fee thmntwp area into fits earry monung hours to-day. Bonce said tbey were were nego-tiating with the man, identified by neighbors and police as William Er-nest Lyles, about 58. Lyles is a former mental patient who has been in and out of hospitals since 1949, according to previous newspaper reports. The woman, who was sot identi-fied, apparently was taken hostage following a dispute in an apartment basement at 1306 Peris Road, near the intersection of Paris and Hink- so- n Avenue about 9 pjn. Police said, tbey believed the man was armed with a .22- calib- er pistol nagaJieH5 about 9: 05 psn. when police evadbited the seven- apartme- nt building. Lyles' apart-ment is in the annex to the house and is accessible only from a door facing HInkson. During the evacuation, one of the residents said she ran into the base-ment to get her cat and Lyles yelled through a window to her. SBBBBBHJWfflHRSl" SaSHSSHHSSfiaBfiXMA wB8iajHfflBBBKflWpf8iH5BM " He told me to call the police," she said. " I told him to look out the win-dow and he'd see there was no need.' The woman; who would not identi-fy herself, said she has known Lyles for about eight years and that he has a history of becoming violent Shortly after 10 pjn. Monday, po-lice surrounded the house and blocked all traffic at iSnkson. The Columbia Police Department's Spe-cial Tactics and Rescue team was positioned in the apartment house as well as on the roof and in bushes around the house. Earlier, police had moved a ladder and spotlight to a baOdiag across the street Tbey reportedly tried to talk with Lyles by telephone and then at-tempted to talk to him through the walls of the house. According to residents, a thin wall separates one apartment and Lyles' bedroom. It was through this wall that negotiations were conducted with drinking glasses borrowed from neighbors. Police brought Betty Adams, for-mer director of the Voluntary Action Center, to the house shortly after 11 pjn. to negotiate with Lyles. At 11: 56 pin., Adams left the bouse. She sounded hoarse and declined to com-ment to reporters. She was ushered awaybypolicev About 12: 25 this morning, police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck were cleared from the scene and sharpshooters took positions. When the Missourian went to press, the siege continued. This is not the first such incident involving Lyles, who has been in and out of mental institutions since 1949. In Aprfl 1977, he was charged with kidnapping a 17- year- - old woman and displaying a deadly weapon. She was held at knffepoint in Columbia for nearly eight hours. Lytes later was found innocent be-cause of mental disease or defect and was admitted to Fulton State Hospital. He was hospitalized from December 3977 to December 1978. Circuit Judge Frank Cooky or- der- ed Lyles released after receiving a report from James Chapel, a Co-lumbia psychiatrist who said Lyles " hasno mental disease or defect" In the world 85 million more people WASHINGTON ( AP) The world's population grew to nearly 4J& bflhon m the past year, adding about aa many people as live in Mexico and Austria combined. The Popclation Reference Bu-reau, a private Washington re-search groop, gsffmafrd Hwnfay that the worM includes 4,782jK,- 00- 0 people, an increase of nearly 05 million from the " fHfnrtf a yearago. By comparison, BSextoo, the world's 10th most populous na- - has 77.7 miBtoa people and Austria has7j6 rcQHcn. The new estimate was included Itioinat, hDeatbauSrheeaest's," " aWn aeraimd APepfalmft- tioc- fn populations. world nations and aspects of8Wr The 1984 total is double the number of people on Earth at the end of World War &, said Qui Haub, a bureau demographer who prepared the stefy w&& If the world pcpalfition canfio-- to grow si its anneal rate of 1.7 percent tbey said, it wfil Iureesach 5 bfllion by 1S87 aod bil lion bythe torn of the century. The 8$ million new hwnynf on Earth can anticipate living an av-erage 61 years, the study says, dependkig on where they were bom. Icelanders topped the Bfe ex-pectancy list New residents of that tiny nation are expected to live an average 77 years. By con-trast, life expectancy is only 40 years for the typical newborn in Ethiopia, Chad and Afghanistan, I all torn by war and famine in re-- J centyears. Overall, developed nations topped less- develop- ed areas in life expectancy by 15 yean 73 years in developed areas com-pared with S3 years in poorer re-gions. The researchers said attitudes toward population growth have changed sharply since the 1991b. Tbey said the governments of 62 Third World nations are snowing concern about high birth rates and the threat of excess popula-tion on their countries' devel-opment compared with otuy four anch nations two decades ago. Ml Development gets council nod By JuHa Wright and Janet Shadden Mtosoortw staff writers In a meeting that was conducted more through public debate among audience members than among those around the council table, the Colum-bia City Council Monday unanimously approved a pre& nmary ' planned unit development on West Broadway. Residents of the area surrounding the proposed development at 1107 W. Broadway submitted pro-test petitions a month ago that delayed the vote on the project and required a supra- maknit- y of six votes for the measure to pass. Developer Robert Bryan and project planner Michael Bathke nego-tiated with the' residents and allayed many of their concerns, paving the way for the unanimous vote. John Litton of 18 Clinton Drive said he and his neighbors were concerned about the density of the development the number of parking spaces planned and the prospect of people walking through their yards to visit the development Bryan agreed to trim the number of units planned from 14 to 12, to plan a six- fo- ot wooden privacy fence to border me north and east sides of the development and to increase the number of parking spaces allowed per unit. Bryan was reluctant to commit to a certain number of parking spaces, carports and garages pfoerraanspite; chifeicsnaiudmhbeerdiodf snpoatcwesanbtetfoorbeehoensraewcothrde architectural plans for the development The council will have to approve a final plan for the development, and when it does, most of the council members said they want to see changes in Developer, neighbors resolve differences the parking spaces. First Ward Qjuncilman Al Tacker, who rep- resen- ts expectedthteherenseiidgehnbtsorsinanthdeBarryeaan, tsoairdeaScuhnadacyWhe cpworionthnsdeansraesw. usAthlwtehaopsuegtthithiaottnheomnreocsesitditeonwftsasthloeegniratlhlfyeeatcarosbuleldwetnhroeet soothed. ! 5 toe biggest concern is that we have input tionetomteheetipnrgo. cess from now on," Litton said after ? neighborhood infighting on another zon- ing matter made its way into the council cham- pbreorcs, edfurrues. trating normal council parliamentarJy soRdesi idCeonlutsmboifaGroefefnbGrriaerenSuMbdeaivdioswiosn, Rwohaidc, h is in pro- testedapropo- sal Gate Dnve, to dividbeyhDisonlotS, taolhloldwriienrg, h2i4m14toWdhoiat- e mblee imtsovdeevoenlopthmeegnrtoupnodtesnttihaalt Riteswidoeunltds unonepceps- aoarsfle- dy increase density in the subdivision. rulTehseihpardobteeestnwchaasntgreigdgienrethde bmyidcdhlaergofesthtehgaatmthee. Residents said subdividing the lot would be aX latioa of the neighborhood's covenant an affree- mentwtf- un vekpmenttotohcecunreitghherbeo. rhood on the ty" pes tfdS saFidiftshheWuanrdderCsotouondcflwthoemmanoraBlaorbblairgaatiMoncDoofnatlhde lfefgvaelalyabnmt dbfuatgfaodrdtheedcctshmatcitLhe agreeSwas not " I am concerned that the neighbors are not hap atphvyae, ntbucueotnoIcpeedrnonrrtwtothsheeenemth) ho, e" wMntechiDeghocbnooatrmlsddslhaaidcvae. n thadedcreivssil Ww" beeoArusbl? fdteieaernteadnlkvecesnooegntmtoeheMymtiwamodyarieeosssrcptuJauuoskbnsheilwnonic, neWlccSoaoetmmosmthomieuWneagcndroitemcarono'msunnneotpncuhlitnaelscnimesfdsrweoumhame- se. citTyhsetwcoounemcilplaolysoeebaesasrodciaptrieosnesntaatniodnlsocafrlsomabothuet their requests for wage and benefit increases. A spokesman for Firefighters Local 1055 asked for a " substantial" pay increase, and told the council that anything less would result in a morale prob- lem among the members of the local Specifics, however, werenotdiscussed. A representative of the Water and Light Em- ployees Association, Jerry Bryant said his group pdcwlhaaayannns. t, gsesashiSfiLtn2d5itfhpfeeerrewhnootiruakrle, rrasstiasnedd- bef- onyrtaallplpaelymanap, nlodvyaemceaescd, tiaiconandl In other action, the council: . Approved a plan by the Water and Light De- partment to flatten residential rates. ' HS1 a recommendation from McDonald mat the council review bus service in the Fifth Ward. " Accepted $ 784,000 in Corarnuniiy Devel- opment Block Grant funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development By Tom Warhovw """-"- - . ftastlesssceuurrtiaann staff writer nrnrn- nn- i . ' - Dam in order to rmniiniimiize ddoownnssttrreeaam rf. aanndd t( rraavnedl hba4crk thhrmou. ngih. th. e. Tr, uman . The waters lap the awoaeo shores, wasS- to- g over scores c dasd feees aad mocads of fibrous moos that hide bam and emppfe be- cee- th the water. Fishermen hat above, equipped with fish finders, has heats and other modem toys of the mJdfi& cIass person looking for mat big has to top oB the vaca-tion. At the base of fee S& saQe- ion- g Truman Lake, the testers stop. The Harrys Truman Dam towers over the late. B catamsntis the waters to be quSet E Seta & s fiafesn& ea and the bass continue theirjt To the east the waier races away from its captor, Uffitily grabbing t& caygsa eharoed by the rocks below. Truman Dam, In War- - -- ' saw, Bo., b& ssetfi2$& s& f3t33tilitcQC egain is halted st thsLalEBcf fee Osar& s. ' i DG3DDfl'if Bat the water that boOs below the dam has bubbled controversy all the way to tile goTer- por'- a mansion and fee VS. Boast of Rep- resegtativ- es. Almost since its conception, Trumas Dam has let loose a flood of com-plaints aid accusations. How, a team of ecawrakto. fisheries expats, engineers and biologists from UMC and tits Uaiversfcy of Missouri- Rou- a have stepped to to filter oct the muddled swirls rf formation and come op with a aahzttoa to Che prvs& iezns caosed by me dam's waterrelease system. John CCocnor, chairman of UMCa ctr& eagfcftsrfag dpsrtmQt aad a coordinator' for the research team, said fee goal of the" stody fa to reccmasead the beat epssating strategy fer the $ mer feefflty at Tracssn ef-fects. mTehye CfoorrpthseosftuEdnyg. inTeheers$ 44is0,0p0u0ttcinogntroapctthe $ 229100 to each university requires a De-cember completion date for the project which began last year. A preliminary report waspresentedinFe& ruary. daSmomheaovfethbeemenosdt ovwoncisftereroaums. crOitiwcsnerosf thoef property along the Lake of the Qaarks have asserted that the dam's water release, by dMtieaBy changing the water level, is qp- aetti- ng the quiet stable waters in the nppa-- Naturalists also are worried about the downstream effects. A uajque feature of Tro- SFP- fS b tt hM ability to change the direction of the stream belosr. Kacsya as piggyback, tha system can force the water to tarn from its race to the Lake of the Oarta Dam, allowing the water to be recycled. The re- sult opponents say, is a downstream envi-ronment devastated by the confused flow of the water. Inj1882, the Corps of Engineers, winch built the dam, ran a test of Us pampbsck system. uOwp'eC, rmoenuunptioslraettseadbidyaavthdisesitptohirtoscuuwstatniinadestshseofafsgwfisitrhhliencageuvfgaejr- hcnmt- tes. " Tbey were dismayed to see thet they ( the turbines) were chopping vm fish,'' O'Connor psarMob. le" mTshaotf'sthwathsecnhtehmeerecaaimreealtiosaatbioeand. of the wli? ? a paasess authorized the buOdiag of the dam in 1862 for flood coa- trs- L stagnahteyddroleolnegctrbicefopreow2esr 1aSnSd2 crcemcrpelaettiioena The Corps c Engineers fought cS a 197& attempt by ( he stole attorney general's of-fice to halt tiie dam's completion; it limited the number of turbines in operation under 1B83 orders by Gov. Christopher Bond; and Sast year it was blasted as a '' rnoastrosiry" by Sen. Jack Danforta, RrMo. The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Conservation, Union Electric the state attorney general's office, real es-tate interests snddties surrocodtog the dam have rushed down on the Corps cfEagineers, vying gar a vaJce to controlling the operation and a net to raise to then- interest- s. Enter O'Connor's research team. " I think that they ( toe interest groups) can agree that the dam is there, and that overall there is approval ef the dam hstog there," he said. " wast we're stiaSying is the effect of tits power facility, not whether or net fee dmn |