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76th Year No. 265 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, August 1 , 1984 9 Sections 62 Pages 25 Cents
Salvadoran rebels
kill 58 in assault
on co- op- s, village
New York Times
EL JOCOTE, El Salvador Leftist guer-rillas
attacked two fanning cooperatives and
a small village in western El Salvador on
Monday, killing 33 civil defense troops and 19
civilians, witnesses said Tuesday.
The battles were among the fiercest to oc-cur
in this part of the country, which has
been relatively tranquil during years of civil
war
Three women and two children were killed
in the fighting, which the witnesses, resi-dents
of the various areas, said began at
about midnight Sunday and lasted until 8
am The rebels, they said, left the area
quickly after capturing arms and burning
some farm vehicles
The small settlements were protected by
untrained civil defense troops. These guards,
who live in the community, are issued an au-tomatic
rifle and paid about $ 1 a day Re-inforcements
from the army did not arrive
until Monday afternoon, the residents said.
Military officials said they were concerned
that the rebels might step up military acuv-- 4
ity in western El Salvador, where the gov
ernment troops have less battls pxpraence
and where most of the towns are guarded by
t only a handful of civil defense guards
,, Untd now, the guerrillas have concen- -
; trated their efforts in eastern El Salvador
where the army has stationed its best- train- ed
troops. The western part of the coun-try
has primarily been the scene of small
" clashes and some economic sabotage ' t
j.' The Salvadoran army has been carrying
out nearly continuous operations in the east
Many of the troops there, unlike those in the
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west, have received additional training from
American advisers in El Salvador, Hondu-ras,
Panama or the United States
A Salvadoran army officer said the rebels
have camps along the River Lempa, which
runs from east to west along the top of the
western provinces of La Libertad and Santa
Ana He said the army has been worried for
some time that the rebels would attempt
larger operations in the west using these
bases
The three places attacked at about mid-night
Sunday, Los Ranches, El Jocote and
Las Flores, are isolated settlements about 5
miles apart in the northern part of La Liber-tad
province El Jocote and Las Flores were
the scenes of smaller clashes earlier this
year.
The nearest army base is about 15 miles
south, but it would take at least 45 minutes
for army trucks to travel the rutted dirt
roads
Soldiers who arrived in El Jocote with cof-fins
on Monday afternoon said they had
heard the firing from the army base, but
could do nothing about it because they had
no way of communicating with the set-tlements
Each settlement was guarded by 10 to 17
civil defense troops According to civilians in
the area, they fought until their ammunition
ran out. Only two or three escaped
Across El Salvador, about 15,000 civil de-fense
troops attempt to guard the towns
where they live In the east, many have been
killed in rebel attacks, and in other cases the
units have been disbanded because villagers
fear the presence of armed guards will only
attract rebels looking for arms.
French airliner hijacked
United Press International
Three Arabic- speakui- g hijackers, appar-ently
armed with grenades, seized an Air
France jetliner with 64 people aboard Tues-day
and forced it to fly from Switzerland to
Beirut and Cyprus, and then to Iran, officials
said
The hijackers commandeered the Air
France Boeing 737 on a flight from Frank-furt,
West Germany, to Pans and forced it to
fly to Geneva for refueling.
" Just do what they want, the pilot told lo-cal
government official Robert Ducret when
the plane landed in Geneva. " There has al-ready
been one death and if you do not hurry
there will be more "
The death the pilot referred to was in ques-tion
An Air France spokesman in Pans said
there were no dead or wounded among the
passengers and crew
It was the second airliner hijacking this
See SOLDIERS, Page 15A
GTE computer out of order
By Madonna Kukay
Missourlan staff writer
About 22,000 people in the Columbia area
were affected when a new computer switch
failed at GTE Tuesday afternoon.
Ron Hopwood, spokesman for Columbia's
GTE office, called the disruption in service
temporary. Most of those directly affected
are customers downtown and in surrounding
area with 442, 443 and 449 prefixes, Hopwood
said. Those with 874, 875, 876 and 474 prefixes
were able to continue dial out to numbers
within their respective exchanges but were
unable to reach any other numbers. Offices
on the University campus, for example,
were able to dial numbers within the Univer-sity
system but weren't able to reach off- camp- us
numbers
Also disrupted was the entire 911 or emer-gency
system, said Hopwood But most cus-tomers
were able to reach the GTE office, so
emergency police patrols were arranged for
the vicinity of the GTE building.
Hopwood said the office received calls
from more than 100 customers who hadn't
heard the emergency announcements being
broadcast by area media.
Hopwood said the cause of the failure is be-ing
investigated.
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Fair schedule
Aug 1
9 am Jr and Sr sheep show and
Judging events ( sheep barn)
6 30 p m Senior beef show and judging
( arena)
6 30 pm Junior beef breeding show
and judging ( arena)
7pm Baby show girls and boys ages
1 to 2 years ( merchants tent)
8pm Horse pulling contest ( new are-na)
Aug 2
9 am Junior and Senior sheep show
and judging ( sheep barn)
7 pm Baby show ( merchants tent) 2
to 2Vz years
7pm Horse show ( arena)
7 30pm Horseshoe pitching contest
Aug 3
9 30 am Archery contest
10 am Tractor rodeo
4 pm. Stomper pull ( sheep bam)
730pm Horseshoe pitching contest
7 30pm Horse show ( arena)
8 pm. Turkey calling contest ( mer-chants
I 8pm Hound and
tent)
bird dog show ( ball di-amond)
Fair stories, Page 16A
Unda Owfln Smoochin'swine
Two hogs owned by Travis Crane, of the Rock Bndge
4-- H Club, nuzzled up and slept Tuesday after a long
day at the nam judging competition at the Boone
County Fair See more about swine on page 8A
Sheriff battle costly for Democrats
By John Beahler
Missourlan staff writer
In recent weeks, radio and television com-mercials
have become increasingly annoy-ing
as they fill the airwaves with the prom-ises
of political hopefuls If that isn't enough,
campaign signs are springing up like wildf- lowe- rs
on Columbia's lawns and clustering
at intersections
The primary battle between Democratic
sheriff candidates Bob Muse and Ted Boehm
has not only been hard fought, it's been ex-pensive
Between the two of them, they have
spent more than $ 55,000 while seeking the
sheriff's office
Ted Boehm, a 14- ye- ar veteran of the Mis-souri
State Highway Patrol, has outraised
and outspent his primary opponent Muse, a
former Columbia Police detective, is cur-rently
an investigator for the county pros-ecutor's
office
According to campaign finance reports
filed by Tuesday's deadline, Boehm has
raised a total of $ 36,107 Included in that sum
is $ 9,439, which Boehm added to the sum
since June 24 Of that amount, $ 8,000 was in
cash, while in- ki- nd contributions made up
therest
More than $ 6,800 of Boehm's total $ 30,993
expenditure was dished out in the last report
ing period He has $ 4,446 on hand for the re-maining
six days before the Aug 7 primary
Muse has raised a total of $ 25,606 with $ 6,- - i
291 received in the last reporting period In y
that period he had spent $ 8,903, and his re- - p
port shows a balance of $ 357
By comparison the two Republican sheriff
candidates, Tom Watson and Jack Meyer, h
have been downright frugal Since Meyer k
See GOP Page 16A
UMC panel reluctant to eliminate program
By Elizabeth L Bland
Missourlan staff writer
The University's Program Advisory Re-view
Committee Tuesday explained its re-luctance
to identify UMC programs it be-lieves
should be reduced or eliminated.
" We want more information before we put
these programs out on a limb," committee
chairman James Westbrook said.
The committee said it needs to know how
much will be needed to enhance programs
that have been identified as deserving of a
larger chunk of the UMC budget and whether
there is a chance that the funds might be
generated without reductions in the budgets
of other academic programs.
Yet committee members admitted that
those aren't the only reasons for holding up
on a decision. They simply can't agree on
how to proceed, they said
Westbrook explained that action on any
recommendations by the committee likely
will be delayed until the new University sys-tem
president, Peter McGrath, enters office
in January
The committee said it believes that it
would be unfair to leave any program in um-bo
until then Negative labels at this point
would be premature, committee members
agreed.
They indicated that they are hamstrung
untd the Board of Curators can make several
important decisions One of these involves
the Long Range Planning Steering Commit-tee's
reallocation plan, which was discussed
at last week's board meeting
That plan, which is expected to be ap-proved
by the board m October, outlines sev-eral
goals for the University system, includ- -
ing salary increases and equipment
purchases Funds to cover the difference be-tween
the cost of these goals and University
system revenue would have to be made up
through reallocation of funds In other
words, the budgets of some programs proba-bly
would have to be reduced in order to free
up dollars needed to enhance others The
needed funds would hav e to come from with-in
the University, committee members said.
Until the Board of Curators can come up
with revenue projections a crucial step in
deciding how much reallocation of funds will
be necessary the review committee's task
is difficult, committee members said
The committee's efforts are but one part of
a much bigger picture and for the moment at .
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City to tackle annual budget again
By Maureen McNamara
Missourlan staff writer
Money makes the world go around and, in
the process, oils the wheels of government
Today at 9 a. m., the thoughts of City Coun-cil
members turn to budgetary matters. And
that means money yours, mine, ours.
Unraveling the intricacies of the 1985 bud-get
proposal, submitted to the council today
by City Manager Dick Gray, can be a time- consumi- ng
and complicated process. But it's
not impossible, according to those who draft
the documenteachyear.
" Try to put everything else out of your
mind and keep revenues and expenditures
straight," said Sam Evins, assistant finan-cial
planner for the city. " Then look at the
comparison between years."
It's somewhat easier to understand the
evolution of the document
First, it's important to know that the city's
fiscal year begins Oct 1 and ends Sept 30.
On Aug. 1, the council is presented with a
proposal for the coming year. The council
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then has until the last day in September to
refine and approve it.
If the council cannot agree on revisions by
Sept. 30, the document, as presented the first
day of August automatically takes effect
But that has never happened in Columbia.
And the reason is that the council is kept con-stantly
apprised of developments in the bud-getary
process from day one which is ear-ly
in April of each year.
" It's a very efficient process," says Mayor
John Westlund. " Everything is out in the
open. That's the way I wantitto be."
In April, the Finance Department sends
worksheets requesting budget information to
all coy departments. The worksheets include
the budget for an individual department for
the current year and ask for estimated ex--
pendSures for the coming year. These must
be completed and returned m May.
Meanwhile, the Finance Department at- -
tempts to develop a picture of what the en-tire
city's revenues will be for the coming
year. This is not an easy task when you con-sider
that much of the city's income is deter-mined
by the weather A mild winter, for in-stance,
will mean less revenue from the sale
of electrical power
Once these predictions are complete and
information from the separate departments
arrives, the wizards in finance face the unen-viable
task of trying to figure out how to cov-er
all the anticipated expenditures with in-come
theyhope the city will take in
City Manager Gray participates in the re-view
of each department's budget request If
demands exceed anticipated revenues, the
city manager and administrators from the
individual departments get together in an ef-fort
to figure out where to trim.
" My task is to come up with a balanced
budget" Gray said. " That's the most diffi-cult
part"
BuWt's usually a reasonably amicable
process everyone involved realizes the
city '' manager will make the initial budget
presentation to the councd. The department
heads can men follow that with personal t
pleas for expenditures that were not ap-proved..
By late July, the final document has taken
form All that remains is the mechanics of
typing and printing, then the formal presen-tation
to the council and the press While
journalists busy themselves pouring over the
document with calculators m an effort to find
indications of fiscal improprieties, Gray's of-fice
begins preparing for work- stud- y ses-sions
at which the councd challenges depart-ment
directors to defend then planned
expenditures
Gray has announced that this year's work- stud- y
sessions will be Aug. 13 and 16 at the
council chambers The sessions are open to
the public, but only inquiries from the coun-cil
will be allowed
The public will have an opportunity to
comment on the revised document following
introduction of an ordinance to adopt the
budget and a resolution calling for a public
hearing Sept. 4
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