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t TAT : iI. T-, 3lCA- L CQCIETT HI HITT & LOSRY 3T. SPoy MJ COLUMBIA, MO. 65211 H 76th Year No. 2 Good Morning! It's Thursday, September 15, 1983 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents HB Bond won't name type, size of tax plan Ry Karen Ball State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Despite criticism from legislative budget leaders aw offering no concrete taz increase proposals, Gov. Christo-pher Bond Wednesday remained uncommitted to the type or sire of increase he will support During a press conference, Bond would say only that tbe proposal be will unveil when the Legislature meets in special session beginning Oct 19 win generate less than the $ 152 minion he estimates the state can collect and still re-main under the state's revenue and taxation lid, commonly known as the Hancock Amend-- me- nt Bond turned the blame for his inability to come up with specific taz proposals on legis-lators. ' Tve received inconsistent and totally con-tradictory reports on what types of taxes would be accepted," Bond said. A consensus among legislative budget lead-ers will have to be reached before he makes a proposal, be said. Of his three options -- for generating revenue' raising corporate, sales or income taxes Bond . said raising income taxes was the least likely because of its widespread unpopularity with taxpayers. However, a Senate taxation committee can-vassing the state for reaction to corporate or sales tax increases has received equal opposi-tion from the state's business community. Bond announced Tuesday that be would sup-port a tax increase. That move reversed his long- standi- ng opposition to raising taxes. Many legislators criticized him for attempting to push through a tax package during a special session, leaving little time for planning or de-bate. " I know selling this will be hard to sell to the public," Bond said. " We must assure taxpay-ers that any increase in revenues will not be merely thrown into the general operation of state government but will be targeted toward programs most critical Bond warned that unless taxes are raised, the state wfll face a $ 32 million deficit by the end of fiscal 1985. The effect this year, he said, would be a drop in the state's cash reserve to $ 5 million from $ 50 million. Economists have predicted that at least $ 100 million is needed to keep the state's roughly $ 2 billion budget in line. " What was at best a bare minimum operat-ing reserve win be nearly wiped out," Bond said. " To maintain even that small reserve and keep the budget in balance, I am urging department directors to keep spending down and continue to eliminate waste.!' Bond said the state's budget problems stem from a recent US. District Court order that re quires the state to pay for the desegregation of St. Louis schools. Educators have estimated the plan will cost the state as much as $ 100 mil-lion this year and about $ 500 million over the next five years. Bond called the court order " budget- breaking- " and said the state will continue its efforts to challenge the ruling. Earlier this week, a U. S. District Court of Appeals denied Attorney General John Ash- crof- t's request for a delayed implementation of the order. Before Wednesday's press conference. Bond met with department directors and asked them to " hold the line on spending one more time." Anticipating budget cuts for the third con-secutive year if a tax increase is not approved. Bond asked budget leaders to curtail spending by leaving vacant positions open and not pur-chasing equipment or supplies. Sl ifc V gLk. tJf JHHHHfiHMMrSr " ShY J" " iiHi. . jsaiiiBiiaWK5HaaaB55HpBSffit rWKBWalwBBriSffBflBnWH & h53hhskhmBibbhih 9tKtBSStBtBBttnoxSS9SSSBKiBBmBSL foi 2XEhhmbi5k9v? -- r'HaMHfeaBBHMBHMJHHHSflB fla Aft ' &. " TMaaSWPtgfaafr afjMMF fljHHHaBHHHHHtMHMfc --'" 3nHiHHE9B- C . eaHHN& XHKHHHHHBfisfiHHHMHH flHHBix9MVjKaHE9Msfl - 2& KwUSuS& miw fTMffHMTiffffBflr fiSflfflBBfiBnjjfilHPHBffi . JV? 9BBBsBttBEB6UttjE$ BKmBl? Z!? ffHffflBiMfiHHHHHHE BHBHBBB9BH69BBBBaaBBBanMBa9iBaBaBBsBW HflaaalBBnHBaafttllnMBvBBBBw6S2Sr " mrJ HHBUCEaHtalBfiXBWjHHH HttfiMBSSaaafliBfiM SkHLmhU fcaaKHBHSaBHBBaJiuBHBBIESSHBHHBaC " BpfiPPTBFrPfififillfi TpThHT 1 Wlcha1 Koda ffrfell lB50ll 51C IVtfll OIVI fll. fl Beggar, the cat, was in one heck of a predica-- Libby, left, and neighbor Oewey. Obby and" -- aw& a uugH& VTt; u Sv tt ment after being cornered by her roommate. Beggar belong to Jana Rhode, 71 3 Seventh St. 94- year-- old fatally stabs 68- year-- old By J. Hairy Jones MIssourian staff writer A resident of a local nursing home was stabbed fatally Wednesday morning by a 94- year-- old man. The male victim, whose name is being withheld until relatives are no-tified, was 68. Both the victim and the assailant were residents of the Mesa Balls Adult Care Center, 300 Portland St The name of the suspect has not been released pending the filing of CTfUMnnl tarpR, if any, poh'rv said. According . to a police statement ' officers were dispatched to the nurs-ing home about 9 ajn. Wednesday to investigate an assault One patient had stabbed the other with a knife, police said. The victim was taken io Boone Tfygpifal ffrnter for treatment Shortly before noon the police were notified that the victim- ha- d died. David Gatewood, administrator of Mesa Bins since March, refused to comment onthe case. He did say, however, that the vic-tim did not have close family ties i and that an all- da- y attempt to con-- tacttbemhedbeenfutfle. " Obviously there was some sort of argument" Gatewood said of the in-cident but he wooki not elaborate. Mesa HQls is a 120- be- d facility near Columbia Regional EcspitaL It opened in 1380 and is owned by An- ge- fl Group lac., a firm based in Winston- Sale- m, N. C. m its t& ree years, Mesa Hflls has hadatrcanfedhistory. , In December 1862, state invesnga- tos- s released a 22iage report re-vealing at least two dozen deficien-cies, including inadequate" supervision ofpatients. Since that time, Gatewood has tak-- I en over as head atfenlnistrator and g the problems have been corrected,, acccnimgtostateofficials. I 1 ft Li-.-- . i i .. -- t .. t. J-' iT'rti1, fr- 75B Landowners win Oakland Gravel appeal 1 By Troy Comfort fiUssourian staff writer The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday ruled that landowners along Oakland Gravel Bead whl not have to pay the city approxi-mately $ 177JJ00for 1975 road improvements. The decision, handed down in Kansas City, came after an eight- yea- r debate between prop-erty owners andthe city of Columbia. " I dont like it," City Counselor Dave Evans said. " We ( the city) did everything properly in billing them for the improvements. Well just haveto see what happens when it's appealed." The ruling is automatically appealed. Mis-souri's Supreme Court new must decide wheth-er to hear the case or dismiss it If the. court hears the case, its decision probably would come within one year, Evans said. If the motion to hear the case is denied, how-ever, the Court of Appeals ruling wfll become final 30daysfrom the denial date. The road at issue is Oakland Gravel Road in northeast Columbia. Formerly a 24- - to 28- fo- ot blacktop road, it was widened to a 38- fo- ot " col- lecte- r" street with a curb constructed on its east side inl975. The'cny claimed that residents along the road benefited substantially from these im-provements. Area property owners disagreed, saying the public benefited more than they. Consequently, they filed suit against the dry to avoid payingthe assessment costs. Unaer a procedure set down in 1952, the city hOledabutting landowners for improvements. The bflhng rate ranged from $ 10.93 to $ 18.23 per frontage foot The city paid 54 percent of the $ 394,144 project and planned to bin prop-erty owners fortherernainmg$ 177I371. A temporary restraining order, issued when 41 property owners filed suit against the city in 1975, kept the city from assessing the plain-tiffs. Almost three years after their case went to trial, Boone County Circuit Judge Frank Con- le- y ruled that who benefits from the road im-provements and not necessarily who lives along them should determine who bears the cost The judge cited increased traffic volume and speeds, more noise and pouution and greater ( Acuity gaining access to the road as reasons why the area's property owners were not bene-fiting from die improvements. The dry, maintaining that the landowners benefited from the increased values the road would bring to their land, appealed the ruling Bm to the Missouri Court of Appeals in March 1978. BS Five years later, the appeals court decision flg has relieved landowners along Oakland Gravel Bfl Road. Wm " I'm absolutely delighted about the decision. Hb The fight was weU worth it," said Harvey Mc-- SB Caleb, who would have owed $ 25,000 if the fij court had ruled in the dry's favor. 98 " We ( the land owners) paid $ 33,000 in legal KB fees, but we feel vindicated. It was worth ev- - HH ery dime," McCaleb said. MB Another local landowner said Wednesday's H decision was clearly correct g " The community at large benefited from the S& improvements much more than we did," said 89 Carl Burpo. " This decision is just great after SB all these years." BH New out- of- sta- te audit bureaus may reap millions for Missouri By Katharine George State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Missouri may increase its tax revenue by up to $ 10 million this fiscal year be-cause of the recent opening of state audit bureaus in New York, Los An-geles and Chicago, according to De-partment tf Revenoe Director Rich-ardKing. . The additional revenue expected from the bureau's efforts win result from year- roun- d enforcement of the state income tax on corporations basedoutsideMissouri. The state needs that revenue to help pay its tails on time, said Rep. Marvin Proffer, D- Jackso- n, chair-man of the Bouse Budget Commit-tee. " At this time the big thing we need is to increase the general operating fund so we don't have to wait to pay ' bflls," Proffersaid. . He added that it is important to let corporations know Missouri is get- fjn- g serious about tax collection. " There's so much money out there. We just havent begun to cot lecttt" The department previously sent t 3S& te339MaMaBAaflDBBSfllSSfiAMUS&' jA ' GG3DK'u' ' auditors on specific missions to indi-vidual corporations in those cities, where they remained an average of three to four weeks. But those mis-sions were kept to a minimum be-cause of the high cost of temporary living expenses, such as hotels and rental cars, and because auditors disliked leavrng their families. " Our auditors resisted it and we didn't do it as much as we should have," said King. Two ton- tim- e auditors at each bu-reau audit corporations that owe taxes to Missouri but are based out-side the state. King predicted that eventually collections resulting from those audits may account for more than half of the state's total audit collections this year. . State auditors in Chicago already have collected $ 78,000 since the bu-reau opened Aug. 1. Audit bureaus began this month in New York and Los Angeles. While the bureaus represent a " vast improvement' in state collec-tion efforts, the department stfll i must send auditors on temporary missions to other areas, said King. The bureaus were funded in appro-priations approved by the General Assembly listyear. The, state currently employs 165 auditors, trace as many as in fiscal year 1982. AU auditors may be sent out of Missouri on occasion, ex plained King. Their efforts already have sent state revenue totals soaring. Since the fiscal year began in July, collec-tions from out- of- sta- te corporations have totalled $ 10 million, more than five times the amount collected a year ago. The state collected only $ 13 inflnon during all of fiscal year 1982, tiie department reported. Those soaring revenues are evi-dence of a variety of efforts to shape . up the department begun by. King in 1961. Since that time, starting sala-ries for auditors have risen from $ 1200 to $ 14,000 a year. Also, the de-partment now requires auditors to have at least a bachelor's degree in accounting. ' King nopes to ggqhih more out- of- st- ate bureaus to bring the depart-ment " into the 1980s." Toasfmaster H to be bought H by Magic Chef H By Jennifer Bundy u3B Missourian staff writer bBhI The Toastmaster Holding Co., HH based in Columbia, announced BH Wednesday that it will be purchased HJBj by Magic Chef Inc. of Cleveland, BH Tenn. Neither company would dis-- MB dose the amount of the sale. BH Before the transaction can take BJH place, Toastmaster's stockholders HH must approve it and the company BBa must file documents in compliance HH with a federal antitrust law. HB Toastmaster employs 1,800 people HH in five manufacturing plants in Mis- - HjHj souri and one in North Carolina. Bf Magic Chef employs 7,406, according Hj to its last annual report. BH Although a spokesman for Toast-- HHJ master declined to specify how fin manv people are employed at its Co-- BJH lumbia plant 1801 N. Stadium Blvd., ffiHj figures released last May showed MB about 180 working here. HH Al Rob3ugh, vice president of fi-- BBJ nance for Magic Chef, said his HB Toastmaster will continue to operate HB as it does now. But, he said, " We WjHj don't buv companies to make them HH standstill.' BH Robaugh said Toastmaster and H Magic Chef share customers, and it 9pJ is hoped that Magic Chef will be able a& to help Toastmaster grow. He esti- - Hjj mates that Magic Chefs sales for Bag fiscal 1984, including this acquisi- - BHj tion. wfll approach $ 1 billion. H S. B. Rymer Jr., chairman of Mag- - BBS ic Chef, said. " This acquisition will HH establish Magic Chef as a major fac-- Hjj tor in small kitchen and portable HB electric appliances. This consumer BSB product line enhances Magic Chefs HBj existing major kitchen- applianc- e HB business and continues Magic Chefs BH growth." HBJ Toastmaster manufactures small Hj kitchen appliances, fans, heaters, HH humidifiers, clocks and timers, HH while Magic Chef makes and distri- - HB botes major home appliances, heat-- JHj ing and air- condition- ing equipment " HH and soft- drin- k vending machines. mSn Magic Chef reported sales of $ 754 flH, million and a net income of $ 25 mil-- HH lion for the year ending July 2. In HJ comparison, Toastmaster had sales jpfl in excess of $ 100 million and a net in-- BH come of $ 4 million. HH Toastmaster was owned by MB McGraw Edison until 1980, when BH McGraw divested itself of several di- - jSjj visions. Seven McGraw executives HH employed by Toastmaster bought KB the company. SH Reaching out I Black professionals help families H LOS ANGELES ( UPI) A group of black professionals Wednesday announced a model program to provide financial sup-port and free services to poor black families for a year in an at-tempt to " break the cycle of pov-erty." The Adopt- A- Fami- ly Endow-ment is the brainchild of Dr. James Mays, a cardiologist who said he believes the program is the first of its kind in the nation. He said he hopes it wfll motivate other black professionals to be-come involved in similar pro-grams. " This is not a welfare pro-gram,'' Mays said at a news con-ference. " This program is spetif- ieaB- y targeted at youngsters in hopes that it win get them started in the right direction so that they may become the future Jesse Jacksons and Ralph Bunches, and not find themselves pointing a gun at somebody in front of a restaurant" The news conference was held in the front yard of the first recip-ient family James and . Esse i- i- i i i ' J McNeese, their 10" children and BB two grandchildren, aged 3 to 19. BM Under terms of the program, BH Mays and other black profession- - 9h als, including a physician, a den- - Be tist a pharmacist tutors and the Hj owner of a meat market wfll be HJ role models for the children and BB provide the famfly with free serv-- 88 ices and $ 200 a month for a year. Bjj The famfly, which rents a H three- bedroo- m home in South Los HJ Angeles for $ 650 a month, has HJ been entirely supported by feder-- ' fi al, state and county welfare fi funds. Mays said an attorney for fi his program wfll make sure the fi endowment win not jeopardize fi those funds. BB McNeese is particularly con-- fi cerned about the education pf his Bj two eldest daughters, Willie Jean, , SE 19, and Tammie, IS. Both are . BJ unwed mothers who dropped out H of high school but returned this Hj year to graduate with honors. BJ " This progsm wfll allow them Bjj to go to conege, something I could H not have provided," McNeese Bj said. Hi
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Item.Transcript | t TAT : iI. T-, 3lCA- L CQCIETT HI HITT & LOSRY 3T. SPoy MJ COLUMBIA, MO. 65211 H 76th Year No. 2 Good Morning! It's Thursday, September 15, 1983 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents HB Bond won't name type, size of tax plan Ry Karen Ball State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Despite criticism from legislative budget leaders aw offering no concrete taz increase proposals, Gov. Christo-pher Bond Wednesday remained uncommitted to the type or sire of increase he will support During a press conference, Bond would say only that tbe proposal be will unveil when the Legislature meets in special session beginning Oct 19 win generate less than the $ 152 minion he estimates the state can collect and still re-main under the state's revenue and taxation lid, commonly known as the Hancock Amend-- me- nt Bond turned the blame for his inability to come up with specific taz proposals on legis-lators. ' Tve received inconsistent and totally con-tradictory reports on what types of taxes would be accepted," Bond said. A consensus among legislative budget lead-ers will have to be reached before he makes a proposal, be said. Of his three options -- for generating revenue' raising corporate, sales or income taxes Bond . said raising income taxes was the least likely because of its widespread unpopularity with taxpayers. However, a Senate taxation committee can-vassing the state for reaction to corporate or sales tax increases has received equal opposi-tion from the state's business community. Bond announced Tuesday that be would sup-port a tax increase. That move reversed his long- standi- ng opposition to raising taxes. Many legislators criticized him for attempting to push through a tax package during a special session, leaving little time for planning or de-bate. " I know selling this will be hard to sell to the public," Bond said. " We must assure taxpay-ers that any increase in revenues will not be merely thrown into the general operation of state government but will be targeted toward programs most critical Bond warned that unless taxes are raised, the state wfll face a $ 32 million deficit by the end of fiscal 1985. The effect this year, he said, would be a drop in the state's cash reserve to $ 5 million from $ 50 million. Economists have predicted that at least $ 100 million is needed to keep the state's roughly $ 2 billion budget in line. " What was at best a bare minimum operat-ing reserve win be nearly wiped out," Bond said. " To maintain even that small reserve and keep the budget in balance, I am urging department directors to keep spending down and continue to eliminate waste.!' Bond said the state's budget problems stem from a recent US. District Court order that re quires the state to pay for the desegregation of St. Louis schools. Educators have estimated the plan will cost the state as much as $ 100 mil-lion this year and about $ 500 million over the next five years. Bond called the court order " budget- breaking- " and said the state will continue its efforts to challenge the ruling. Earlier this week, a U. S. District Court of Appeals denied Attorney General John Ash- crof- t's request for a delayed implementation of the order. Before Wednesday's press conference. Bond met with department directors and asked them to " hold the line on spending one more time." Anticipating budget cuts for the third con-secutive year if a tax increase is not approved. Bond asked budget leaders to curtail spending by leaving vacant positions open and not pur-chasing equipment or supplies. Sl ifc V gLk. tJf JHHHHfiHMMrSr " ShY J" " iiHi. . jsaiiiBiiaWK5HaaaB55HpBSffit rWKBWalwBBriSffBflBnWH & h53hhskhmBibbhih 9tKtBSStBtBBttnoxSS9SSSBKiBBmBSL foi 2XEhhmbi5k9v? -- r'HaMHfeaBBHMBHMJHHHSflB fla Aft ' &. " TMaaSWPtgfaafr afjMMF fljHHHaBHHHHHtMHMfc --'" 3nHiHHE9B- C . eaHHN& XHKHHHHHBfisfiHHHMHH flHHBix9MVjKaHE9Msfl - 2& KwUSuS& miw fTMffHMTiffffBflr fiSflfflBBfiBnjjfilHPHBffi . JV? 9BBBsBttBEB6UttjE$ BKmBl? Z!? ffHffflBiMfiHHHHHHE BHBHBBB9BH69BBBBaaBBBanMBa9iBaBaBBsBW HflaaalBBnHBaafttllnMBvBBBBw6S2Sr " mrJ HHBUCEaHtalBfiXBWjHHH HttfiMBSSaaafliBfiM SkHLmhU fcaaKHBHSaBHBBaJiuBHBBIESSHBHHBaC " BpfiPPTBFrPfififillfi TpThHT 1 Wlcha1 Koda ffrfell lB50ll 51C IVtfll OIVI fll. fl Beggar, the cat, was in one heck of a predica-- Libby, left, and neighbor Oewey. Obby and" -- aw& a uugH& VTt; u Sv tt ment after being cornered by her roommate. Beggar belong to Jana Rhode, 71 3 Seventh St. 94- year-- old fatally stabs 68- year-- old By J. Hairy Jones MIssourian staff writer A resident of a local nursing home was stabbed fatally Wednesday morning by a 94- year-- old man. The male victim, whose name is being withheld until relatives are no-tified, was 68. Both the victim and the assailant were residents of the Mesa Balls Adult Care Center, 300 Portland St The name of the suspect has not been released pending the filing of CTfUMnnl tarpR, if any, poh'rv said. According . to a police statement ' officers were dispatched to the nurs-ing home about 9 ajn. Wednesday to investigate an assault One patient had stabbed the other with a knife, police said. The victim was taken io Boone Tfygpifal ffrnter for treatment Shortly before noon the police were notified that the victim- ha- d died. David Gatewood, administrator of Mesa Bins since March, refused to comment onthe case. He did say, however, that the vic-tim did not have close family ties i and that an all- da- y attempt to con-- tacttbemhedbeenfutfle. " Obviously there was some sort of argument" Gatewood said of the in-cident but he wooki not elaborate. Mesa HQls is a 120- be- d facility near Columbia Regional EcspitaL It opened in 1380 and is owned by An- ge- fl Group lac., a firm based in Winston- Sale- m, N. C. m its t& ree years, Mesa Hflls has hadatrcanfedhistory. , In December 1862, state invesnga- tos- s released a 22iage report re-vealing at least two dozen deficien-cies, including inadequate" supervision ofpatients. Since that time, Gatewood has tak-- I en over as head atfenlnistrator and g the problems have been corrected,, acccnimgtostateofficials. I 1 ft Li-.-- . i i .. -- t .. t. J-' iT'rti1, fr- 75B Landowners win Oakland Gravel appeal 1 By Troy Comfort fiUssourian staff writer The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday ruled that landowners along Oakland Gravel Bead whl not have to pay the city approxi-mately $ 177JJ00for 1975 road improvements. The decision, handed down in Kansas City, came after an eight- yea- r debate between prop-erty owners andthe city of Columbia. " I dont like it," City Counselor Dave Evans said. " We ( the city) did everything properly in billing them for the improvements. Well just haveto see what happens when it's appealed." The ruling is automatically appealed. Mis-souri's Supreme Court new must decide wheth-er to hear the case or dismiss it If the. court hears the case, its decision probably would come within one year, Evans said. If the motion to hear the case is denied, how-ever, the Court of Appeals ruling wfll become final 30daysfrom the denial date. The road at issue is Oakland Gravel Road in northeast Columbia. Formerly a 24- - to 28- fo- ot blacktop road, it was widened to a 38- fo- ot " col- lecte- r" street with a curb constructed on its east side inl975. The'cny claimed that residents along the road benefited substantially from these im-provements. Area property owners disagreed, saying the public benefited more than they. Consequently, they filed suit against the dry to avoid payingthe assessment costs. Unaer a procedure set down in 1952, the city hOledabutting landowners for improvements. The bflhng rate ranged from $ 10.93 to $ 18.23 per frontage foot The city paid 54 percent of the $ 394,144 project and planned to bin prop-erty owners fortherernainmg$ 177I371. A temporary restraining order, issued when 41 property owners filed suit against the city in 1975, kept the city from assessing the plain-tiffs. Almost three years after their case went to trial, Boone County Circuit Judge Frank Con- le- y ruled that who benefits from the road im-provements and not necessarily who lives along them should determine who bears the cost The judge cited increased traffic volume and speeds, more noise and pouution and greater ( Acuity gaining access to the road as reasons why the area's property owners were not bene-fiting from die improvements. The dry, maintaining that the landowners benefited from the increased values the road would bring to their land, appealed the ruling Bm to the Missouri Court of Appeals in March 1978. BS Five years later, the appeals court decision flg has relieved landowners along Oakland Gravel Bfl Road. Wm " I'm absolutely delighted about the decision. Hb The fight was weU worth it," said Harvey Mc-- SB Caleb, who would have owed $ 25,000 if the fij court had ruled in the dry's favor. 98 " We ( the land owners) paid $ 33,000 in legal KB fees, but we feel vindicated. It was worth ev- - HH ery dime," McCaleb said. MB Another local landowner said Wednesday's H decision was clearly correct g " The community at large benefited from the S& improvements much more than we did," said 89 Carl Burpo. " This decision is just great after SB all these years." BH New out- of- sta- te audit bureaus may reap millions for Missouri By Katharine George State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Missouri may increase its tax revenue by up to $ 10 million this fiscal year be-cause of the recent opening of state audit bureaus in New York, Los An-geles and Chicago, according to De-partment tf Revenoe Director Rich-ardKing. . The additional revenue expected from the bureau's efforts win result from year- roun- d enforcement of the state income tax on corporations basedoutsideMissouri. The state needs that revenue to help pay its tails on time, said Rep. Marvin Proffer, D- Jackso- n, chair-man of the Bouse Budget Commit-tee. " At this time the big thing we need is to increase the general operating fund so we don't have to wait to pay ' bflls," Proffersaid. . He added that it is important to let corporations know Missouri is get- fjn- g serious about tax collection. " There's so much money out there. We just havent begun to cot lecttt" The department previously sent t 3S& te339MaMaBAaflDBBSfllSSfiAMUS&' jA ' GG3DK'u' ' auditors on specific missions to indi-vidual corporations in those cities, where they remained an average of three to four weeks. But those mis-sions were kept to a minimum be-cause of the high cost of temporary living expenses, such as hotels and rental cars, and because auditors disliked leavrng their families. " Our auditors resisted it and we didn't do it as much as we should have," said King. Two ton- tim- e auditors at each bu-reau audit corporations that owe taxes to Missouri but are based out-side the state. King predicted that eventually collections resulting from those audits may account for more than half of the state's total audit collections this year. . State auditors in Chicago already have collected $ 78,000 since the bu-reau opened Aug. 1. Audit bureaus began this month in New York and Los Angeles. While the bureaus represent a " vast improvement' in state collec-tion efforts, the department stfll i must send auditors on temporary missions to other areas, said King. The bureaus were funded in appro-priations approved by the General Assembly listyear. The, state currently employs 165 auditors, trace as many as in fiscal year 1982. AU auditors may be sent out of Missouri on occasion, ex plained King. Their efforts already have sent state revenue totals soaring. Since the fiscal year began in July, collec-tions from out- of- sta- te corporations have totalled $ 10 million, more than five times the amount collected a year ago. The state collected only $ 13 inflnon during all of fiscal year 1982, tiie department reported. Those soaring revenues are evi-dence of a variety of efforts to shape . up the department begun by. King in 1961. Since that time, starting sala-ries for auditors have risen from $ 1200 to $ 14,000 a year. Also, the de-partment now requires auditors to have at least a bachelor's degree in accounting. ' King nopes to ggqhih more out- of- st- ate bureaus to bring the depart-ment " into the 1980s." Toasfmaster H to be bought H by Magic Chef H By Jennifer Bundy u3B Missourian staff writer bBhI The Toastmaster Holding Co., HH based in Columbia, announced BH Wednesday that it will be purchased HJBj by Magic Chef Inc. of Cleveland, BH Tenn. Neither company would dis-- MB dose the amount of the sale. BH Before the transaction can take BJH place, Toastmaster's stockholders HH must approve it and the company BBa must file documents in compliance HH with a federal antitrust law. HB Toastmaster employs 1,800 people HH in five manufacturing plants in Mis- - HjHj souri and one in North Carolina. Bf Magic Chef employs 7,406, according Hj to its last annual report. BH Although a spokesman for Toast-- HHJ master declined to specify how fin manv people are employed at its Co-- BJH lumbia plant 1801 N. Stadium Blvd., ffiHj figures released last May showed MB about 180 working here. HH Al Rob3ugh, vice president of fi-- BBJ nance for Magic Chef, said his HB Toastmaster will continue to operate HB as it does now. But, he said, " We WjHj don't buv companies to make them HH standstill.' BH Robaugh said Toastmaster and H Magic Chef share customers, and it 9pJ is hoped that Magic Chef will be able a& to help Toastmaster grow. He esti- - Hjj mates that Magic Chefs sales for Bag fiscal 1984, including this acquisi- - BHj tion. wfll approach $ 1 billion. H S. B. Rymer Jr., chairman of Mag- - BBS ic Chef, said. " This acquisition will HH establish Magic Chef as a major fac-- Hjj tor in small kitchen and portable HB electric appliances. This consumer BSB product line enhances Magic Chefs HBj existing major kitchen- applianc- e HB business and continues Magic Chefs BH growth." HBJ Toastmaster manufactures small Hj kitchen appliances, fans, heaters, HH humidifiers, clocks and timers, HH while Magic Chef makes and distri- - HB botes major home appliances, heat-- JHj ing and air- condition- ing equipment " HH and soft- drin- k vending machines. mSn Magic Chef reported sales of $ 754 flH, million and a net income of $ 25 mil-- HH lion for the year ending July 2. In HJ comparison, Toastmaster had sales jpfl in excess of $ 100 million and a net in-- BH come of $ 4 million. HH Toastmaster was owned by MB McGraw Edison until 1980, when BH McGraw divested itself of several di- - jSjj visions. Seven McGraw executives HH employed by Toastmaster bought KB the company. SH Reaching out I Black professionals help families H LOS ANGELES ( UPI) A group of black professionals Wednesday announced a model program to provide financial sup-port and free services to poor black families for a year in an at-tempt to " break the cycle of pov-erty." The Adopt- A- Fami- ly Endow-ment is the brainchild of Dr. James Mays, a cardiologist who said he believes the program is the first of its kind in the nation. He said he hopes it wfll motivate other black professionals to be-come involved in similar pro-grams. " This is not a welfare pro-gram,'' Mays said at a news con-ference. " This program is spetif- ieaB- y targeted at youngsters in hopes that it win get them started in the right direction so that they may become the future Jesse Jacksons and Ralph Bunches, and not find themselves pointing a gun at somebody in front of a restaurant" The news conference was held in the front yard of the first recip-ient family James and . Esse i- i- i i i ' J McNeese, their 10" children and BB two grandchildren, aged 3 to 19. BM Under terms of the program, BH Mays and other black profession- - 9h als, including a physician, a den- - Be tist a pharmacist tutors and the Hj owner of a meat market wfll be HJ role models for the children and BB provide the famfly with free serv-- 88 ices and $ 200 a month for a year. Bjj The famfly, which rents a H three- bedroo- m home in South Los HJ Angeles for $ 650 a month, has HJ been entirely supported by feder-- ' fi al, state and county welfare fi funds. Mays said an attorney for fi his program wfll make sure the fi endowment win not jeopardize fi those funds. BB McNeese is particularly con-- fi cerned about the education pf his Bj two eldest daughters, Willie Jean, , SE 19, and Tammie, IS. Both are . BJ unwed mothers who dropped out H of high school but returned this Hj year to graduate with honors. BJ " This progsm wfll allow them Bjj to go to conege, something I could H not have provided," McNeese Bj said. Hi |