Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1984-04-04

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76th Year No. 189 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, April 4, 1984 7 Sections 54 Pages 25 Cents
By Janet ShwMon
and Erik Godchaux
Missourian staff wrHera
Incumbent Don Mosby defeated
the odds and three challengers in
Tuesday's election by becoming the
first City Council candidate in recent
history to be elected with write- i- n
ballots. In ttie other council race,
Barbara McDonald handily beat op-ponent
Chester Edwards.
First Ward Councilman Al Tacker,
running unopposed, was returned to
his seat.
In the Second Ward race, Mosby
received 571 write- i- n votes to Rose
Wise's 524 votes. Paul Albert got 130
votes, and Jim Logadon finished last
with 91.
The turnout of 1,318 voters in the
Second Ward significantly exceeded
Write- i- n victory may be
a first in council history
the 869 who turned out a year ago.
Mosby's victory marks the first
time in the past 20 years that a coun-cil
write- i- n candidate has mounted a
successful campaign. City clerk re-cords
date back only to 1965.
Mosby was appointed to the coun-cil
in 1977 to replace David Linds- tro- m
and later that year was elected
to a full term. In 1979 he did not run
for re- electi- on because of time con-straints.
When Duane Lammers re-signed
from the council in Decem-ber,
the council appointed Mosby
over Wise by a 4-- 3 vote.
In the Fifth Ward, McDonald won
445 votes to Edwards' 375.
While ballots were being counted
Tuesday night, campaign workers
for Wise charged that precinct cap-tains
at Parkade Elementary
School, Precinct 2A, had used Mosby
literature to instruct voters on write- i- n
procedure.
County Clerk Wendy Noren said
she had dispatched election officials
to the precinct, and nothing out of or--
See WISE, Page 18A
Maupin, Oglesby capture seats
on Columbia education board
By Karen Miiter and AKf SsnUtEMtf
Missourian slat! wrHero
The Columbia Board of Education
will have one newcomer m& a famil-iar
face at its Monday night meet-ing.
Incumbent Jim Oglesby and
Nancy Maupin were elected Tuesday
to fill two seats on the six- memb- er
board.
With all precincts reporting, Og-lesby
captured the largest share of
the vote, 5,674, or 38.49 percent.
Maupin collected 4,722 votes, or 30.35
percent
Don Howard, director of the How-ard
Family Institute, finished third.
He collected 3,928 votes, which
amounted to 25.25 percent of vote.
Gary Hughes, vying for. a board
seat for the second time, drew 1,229
votes, or 7.9 percent
" I'm happy," Oglesby said. " You
do a lot of work and you're never
sure how it will turn out. I was con-cerned."
Oglesby, 42, has served on the
board since he was appointed in Sep-tember
1974 to complete a term va-cated
by Eugene Windmiller. In
1980, Oglesby served as the board's
president
Oglesby campaigned on his experi-ence
in education, administration
and policy- makin- g. He said that he
understands the educational deliv-ery
system and knows the changes
necessary to achieve excellence.
Oglesby said his major goal is to
ensure the new high school gradua--
tion requirements are implemented
properly.
" I want to be sure we can do this
with equity for all students and we
can provide options for them based
on their goals," Oglesby said.
He currently is director of facili-ties
utilization at the University and
is a member of the board of direc-tors
for the National School Board
Association and the Missouri School
Board Association. A native of South
Carolina, Oglesby and his wife, Bar-bara,
have three children who attend
Columbia public schools.
Maupin, 47, ran on her experience
as an involved parent with the Co-lumbia
schools. The $ 4,408 she col- -
See OGLESBY, Page 18A
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Chester Edwards 375 votes 45
BaSiot issues
Columbia Public Library's 5- ce- nt tax increase was approved, 3,873 to 1,980.
Boone County Library District's 5- ce- nt increase passed, 2,084 to 1,886.
Salaries for mayor and City Council were rejected, 3,670 to 3,272.
Proposed increases in Columbia parks and recreation fees were approved.
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Group W omitted franchise tax
By Margaret DeRosby
Missourian stafl writer
Group W Cable Inc., including its office in Columbia,
has been doing business illegally in Missouri since No-vember
198? by failing to pay a state franchise tax, the
secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday.
The corporation has forfeited its contract to do busi-ness
and by continuing daily transactions is operating in
violation of a criminal statute, a spokesman for the office
said.
Boone County Assistant Prosecutor Robert L. Fleming
said he was not aware of the forfeiture but doubted he
would file misdemeanor charges against the company.
" I don't think anybody's going to be running them out on
a rail because of this," he said.
According to the state revenue director's office, a fran-chise
tax is actually an excise tax for the privilege of
doing business m Missouri. The amount assessed de-pends
on the corporation's total assets for the year.
Group W's debt to the state is confidential information
but Katie Whitener, corporations secretary for the secre-tary
of state's office, said the company easily can be re-instated.
" They've probably just made an accounting error,"
Whitener said. " We've had plenty of people m here who
don't realize they've been forfeited. All they have to do is
pay the tax and go through the reinstatement process.
The status then becomes retroactive. We'll just forget
what they've done. "
Andrew Moore, general manager for Group W in Co-lumbia,
could not be reached for comment.
In response to the forfeiture, an attorney for Business
Telephone Services Inc., a Kansas corporation, filed a
See GROUP, Page 18A
Mondale takes New York; Jackson runs strong
NEW YORK ( UPI) - Walter Man- da- le
scored his biggest primary win
of 1984 Tuesday, thraflhiag Gary
Hart in a New York Democratic pri-- .
mary battle in which dvfl right ac-- i
tivist Jesse Jackson was running a
strong third.
Mondale's also grabbed more than
130 national convention delegates as
he re- establis- hed his front- runn- er
status in the battle for tSte nomi-nation.
Although Hart lost the momentum
he has enjoyed afece bis New Hamp-shire
primary upset in Faferaaqr, fee
vowed to continue the marathon bet- t- ie
which he said would be deddcd in
the California primary Jono5.
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It was also Jackson's most impres-sive
showing of the year, as he de-feated
Haul for second place in New
York dry and ran a strong third
statewide. A record black vote was
reported, with some districts in city
repotting the black turnout was 100
percent larger than in 1980 accord-ing
to ABC.
With 96 percent of the districts re-porting,
Mondale had 600,826 votes
or 45 percent; Hart had 363,384 or 27
percent, and Jackson bad 340,710 or
25 percent
Mondale scored well in the battle
for New York's 252 delegates. He
was winning 133 compared with
Hart's 72 and Jackson's 47. That
would give Mondale 864 of the 1,967
needed for the nomination, while
Hart has 514 and Jackson 147, with
322 uncommitted.
Wisconsin also held a primary
Tuesday, but no delegates were at
stake in the beauty contest in which
ft
both Democrats and Republicans
could vote. Early results showed
Hart and Mondale in a close race.
Wisconsin delegates begin picking
delegates at caucuses this weekend.
Flying to Philadelphia, Hart told
reporters that as a result of New
York he will stop responding to Mon-dale's
charges. He said the New
York vote may not mean much and
added that the California primary in
June will decide the nomination.
Of Mondale's charges, Hart said:
" I responded to all of them. I set the
record straight and I'm not going to
do it anymore."
An obviously pleased Jackson
said: " We have run a successful
campaign. People did indeed re- spond"
Mondale scored biggest among
Jewish and union voters who are two
of the biggest components of the
New York vote. But he also scored
well in the rural areas of the state
and was doing well in the suburbs,
which is normally Hart territory.
Mondale said Hart was hurt by his
own television advertising campaign
in New York which accused the for-mer
vice president of risking Ameri-can
lives by wanting to keep troops
in Central America.
" I think the intent to make me a
warmonger kicked back," Mondale
id. " People dont believe that. It's
ci
not true. 1 believe it did not help my
opponent"
Looking ahead, Mondale said he
and Hart were dead even in Pennsyl-vania.
He said he would go into the
state continuing " exactly what I've
done concentrate on the question
of who would be the best president"
ABC said Mondale was taking the
Jewish vote 55 percent to 38 percent
over Hart and the labor vote 42 per-cent
to 24 percent Jackson was get-ting
31 percent of the labor vote, but
only 2 percent of the Jewish vote.
Hart spent $ 1 million in an adver-tising
campaign to get his message
across to New York voters.