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Teamsters POST TRIBUNE, JeHerson City. Mondoy. Morch 14.1977 ft From 1 Rep. J.J. Pfckle, ranking majority member of the subcommittee that oversees the pension law, called the concessions by the union officials a step in the right direction.

But he criticized the attorney general and secretary of labor today for refusing to testify at the hearings. They had said the investigation was too delicate for such testimony, but Pickle said today, "The public is once again left to ask if an insider deal has been struck." Over the weekend, Pickle had coupled praise for the agreement with an assertion that, "I personally will be interested in knowing who will be the new trustees and where is the control" over the fund's assets. Pickle praised Labor Secretary Ray Marshall for "seeing this thing through." He said that for "eight years we got nothing but doubletalk at the Labor Department." Investigators from the departments of Labor and Justice and the Internal Revenue Service have spent 18 months lion's biggest private pension plans, covers 450,000 trucking industry employes in 33 states and has been a major source of union power for two decades. Critics in Congress have become impatient over the progress of the probe and have expressed skepticism that it will lead to a cleanup. In a statement Sunday, Marshall said the changes will "significantly reform the structure and procedures of the fund respecting asset management" and help protect the interests of those covered.

"It now appears possible that we can avoid litigation, assuming that the fund trustees make good progress in following up on their commitments," the secretary said. Nevertheless, the government is continuing its investigation of past investment and claims procedures, and the trustees, even though they will resign, are still liable for past actions if enough evidence is found to support civil or criminal charges. Those agreeing to resign along with Fitzsimmons are Teamsters Vice Presi- airliner ies to organized crime by the fund's trustees. Marshall and Atty. Gen.

Griffin Bell each sent letters to the committee declining to testify, citing what a spokesman said was the "delicate nature" of the investigation. The Central States fund, one of the na- managernenl officials, A.G. Massa of Bridgeview, 111., and John Spickerman Sr. of Orlando, Fla. The four kept their posts last October when 11 of 15 men then serving as trustees resigned under government pressure and the number of trustees was reduced to 10.

Carter to give staff pay hikes WASHINGTON (AP) President will give his staff a pay raise that in some cases could reach nearly 29 per cent, following the example set by Congress and the federal agencies, a White House aide says. A White House spokesman said no final decision has been made on whether the White House staff should be given the same raises other high-level government employes got, but the White House source said the only major question remaining is how large the increase will be. Congress last month gave itself a $12,900 raise, boosting annual salaries from $44,000 to $57,500. At the same time, top officials the federal bureaucracy also were given pay increases. Giving his staff a pay raise could be a difficult political decision for Carter, who campaigned on a platform of economy and efficiency.

Assistant White House Press Secretary Rex Granum said Sunday night that senior staff members were studyjng the issue and would make their recommendations to the President-later this week. He said Carter would act on 'those recommendations sometime next week. Carter planned today to watch the swearing-in of Paul Warnke as director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, meet with his Cabinet and talk separately with Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Warnke's nomination provoked a long and bitter fight in the Senate, which finally approved him for the post last week.

Tonight Carter planned to attend a special briefing on energy issues that his top energy adviser, James Schlesinger, was giving for Cabinet and senior White House staff members and their spouses. The energy briefing was an attempt by the Administration to include family members in daily White House life. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the President's assistant for national security affairs, held the first sucn session, giving the staff members, the Cabinet and spouses a general view of foreign policy. Future Brzezinski meetings will deal with specific foreign policy problems. Treasury Secretary W.

Michael Blumenthal and Charles Schultze, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, will focus in later sessions on the economy. The Carters spent Sunday at the White House after attending the First Baptist Church seven blocks north of the White House. During the evening, they attended the closing performance of the New York City Ballet's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Kennedy Center. On Saturday they toured the National Gallery's exhibit of spectacular artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamen, in a special private show before the museum opened for the day. Phone bills From page 1 legislators already have been reimbursed for the overdue bills.

"I can't guarantee that this has not happened, but we're careful about checking that bills are paid before reimbursement is made," Fine says. Action is being taken to prevent similiar problems in the future. Rep. Joe Holt, D-Fulton, last week introduced a resolution to the House Accounts Committee, calling for bills to be submitted to the House Clerk, with the amount of the bill being subtracted from the House member's $450 monthly expense account. Final action on Holt's resolution is expected this week.

Fine says the House is cooperating with the telephone company in getting the problem corrected. "I don't think there is going to be any appreciable problem. Part of the problem may have been that the bills were sent to the legislator's office in the Capitol during the interim period, and there may have been some problem in getting the bills forwarded to the representatives, "Fine says. "I think Holt's resolution is an ideal solution to the problem." MIA panel en route Vietnam Members of the presidential commission on MIAs hope that the remains of 12 American pilots will be waiting for them when they arrive in Hanoi Wednesday. The panel, en route to Vietnam now, is seeking information on 2,546 Americans who never returned from the Vietnam war and will watch for indications that the Vietnamese are seriously interested in normalizing relations with the U.S.

Mennonite offers little hope A Mennonite Church worker who spent three years in Vietnam says that the special presidential commission en route for Hanoi will learn little about missing American soldiers in Southeast Asia. Murder conviction rejected The second degree murder conviction of Marcella Brown of St. Louis was overturned by the Missouri Supre'me Court today, on the grounds that the trial court had prohibited her defense counsel from questioning prospective jurors on self defense. She was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the fatal shooting of a man named Hugh Massey in a St. Louis apartment house where they both lived.

She was accused of shooting Massey with a shotgun after he broke into the apartment house while in an intoxicated condition. During the questioning of prospective jurors in St. Louis circuit court, the defense attempted to ask a question about the panel members' understanding of the law relating to self defense, and whether or not they understood that it was up to the state to disprove the defendant's contention that she was defending herself. But Judge Michale J. MADRID, Spain (AP) A gunman brandishing a pistol and a rifle commandeered a Spanish airliner shortly after it took off today from Barcelona with 37 persons aboard and ordered it to fly to the Ivory Coast in West Africa, a spokesman for Iberia Air Lines said.

The spokesman said the Boeing 727, with 30 passengers and a crew of seven, made a refueling stop in Algiers before resuming the trip to Abidjan, capital of the former French colony. The airliner had been on a flight to Palma on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. The hijacker, identified only as an Italian named Zossi, ordered the plane to refuel in Oman, Algeria, but the destination was switched because the airport in Oman lacked enough fuel. The airline said the hi- jacker boarded the flight in TOWHS WIN Barcelona. Letters pushed panel's head to report helmet law to House State Rep.

Raymond Quarles says a barrage of letters from motorcycle enthusiasts convinced him to send a proposed repeal of the mandatory helmet law to the full house. But the St. Louis Democrat's three-week hesitation in reporting the measure to the house may have killed any chance it had of reaching the governor's desk. According to House Democratic Floor Leader Joe Holt, the bill "has no chance of passage." The bill to repeal the state's mandatory helmet standard is buried under 130 bills on the house schedule of bills awaiting first- round consideration. Had Quarles reported the bill to the house within a few days of its approval on a 5-3 vote by his committee, the House Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulation Committee, it would have been among the top 45 bills on tap in the chamber.

Quarles acknowledged that the bill was approved by the committee he chairs, but lay on his desk for nearly three weeks before he reported it to the house last week. During a hearing on a similar measure two weeks after the first one was endorsed by the committee, Quarles said he would consider the testimony "to determine the priority of getting it (the original measure) out of the committee." Last week, Quarles decided the bill should be reported to the house. More than 500 letters and numerous phone calls convinced Quarles that the bill was important, he said. "I don't even ride a motorcycle, but 1 still think it's a good bill," he added. Quarles and his committee were concerned when they passed the measure that it would count against their quota of bills.

The House Democratic leadership has set limits on the number of bills a committee can report to the floor in an effort to keep only high- priority items on the calendar. Quarles said that after he had reported all of the Democratic leadership's priority bills to the floor, he reported the helmet law measure. Ouarles said the bill may still get considera- tion late in the session, and he believes it will ultimately be passed on to the Senate. Sen. Mary Gant, D-Kansas City, has sponsored a similar measure in the Senate, but canceled a hearing on it last week because the House version had already cleared the committee stage.

In the House bill's first hearing, a diverse crowd with young, long-haired cyclists and older bikers with crew cuts packed the hearing room. Only proponents spoke at thai hearing, most of them arguing that the law was a violation of their rights, and that helmets inhibit vision creating a safety hazard. Opponents have cited evidence indicating that deaths resulting from motorcycle accidents have increased in states which have repealed the law. Illinois and Kansas have repealed their mandatory helmet laws within the past several years. Missouri adopted its version in 1967, when it was necessary to make the state eligible for federal highway funds.

Congress has since eliminated that requirement, and opened the way for disposal of the helmet laws. county owEST WATER SUPPLIES PREDICTED Burglary at camera shop is interrupted City police interrupted a burglary early Sunday at Wright's Studio and Camera Shop, 428 Madison St. According to police, an alarm was received at 1:20 a.m. Sunday and as an officer approached the front of the business a man was seen with a white duffle bag at the frontdoor. The burglar saw the officer and began running west into the parking area on the north side of the business.

The officer chased the suspect, but lost sight of him among some buildings located in the 400 block of Jefferson Street, police said. According to police, the duffle bag, which was left behind was filled with four cameras with lenses and five special lenses. Police said entry to the building had been gained by breaking the front door glass with a large rock. Once inside the building, the burglar had broken out the glass in a display The suspect is described as a black male, five feet, eight to 10 inches in height, weighing 150 pounds, with an Afro haircut. He was wearing tan trousers and a dark- colored vinyl or leather jacket, police said.

The burglary is similar to Pol ice probe disappearance Scott upheld the prosecu- one reported at the business lion's objections to the ear ly this month. In that question. burglary, two cameras with In ordering a new trial lenses were stolen, by a 4-2 majority opinion, Judge John E. Bardgett said the defense attorney had good reason to ask the question, because through the answers he could find good grounds for later challenging the seating of some prospective jurors. Bardgett said the defense wanted to learn whether the prospective jurors had open or closed minds to the principle that the burden of proof would be on the state to disprove self-defense.

"This was vital to the defendant's right to have an unbiased jury," the judge wrote. "The trial court erred in barring defendant from exercising this right." But in his dissenting opinion, Judge Fred L. Henley said the defense counsel through his questioning was nearly instructing the jury, a situation he said "is City police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a Vienna man. John R. Vaughn, 32, was last seen at 6:15 p.m.

Friday when he drove away from a sales meeting of Columbia Supply Co. at the business office in Columbia. According to police, Vaughn, an employe of the Company, was driving a company van. Police said the van was found Saturday afternoon at the Inn, 422 Monroe after a coworker remembered that Vaughn had planned to attend a church organization's meeting there at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Vaughn, who is described as a "deeply religious" man by coworkers, however, did not attend the meeting, police fraught with danger of in- sa jecting prejudice and must get grants Three Cole County towns Henley, Elston and Osage City will receive $170,000 through a federal taxpayer grant for improvement of substandard homes and the paving of streets, the county court announced today. The grant, offered through the Department of Housing and Urban will provide $86,000 to rehabilitate 26 housing units occupied by low to moderate income families, Paul D. Schleer, presiding judge, said. Installation of insulation and plumbing fixtures will be part of the improvements in a number of the homes, he said. Most are single-family dwellings, he added.

About $78,000 will be used to pave 15 blocks of streets in the towns, he said. The remaining $6,000 will be used for administrative costs, he said. Work on the improvements probably will not begin before September, Schleer said. Plans for the projects have to be approved by HUD before work begins. In the grant application made in December, the county court originally requested aid for three additional towns Lohrnan and Eugene.

The application for funds for those towns apparently was rejected because they are incorporated units, Schleer said. NEW SMEXICOS PERCENT OF NORMAL LESS THAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAP TO 50 TO 75 Siirce: NOAA Water low This map shows the water outlook "for this summer in western states. The quantity of water expected to be available, based on National Weather Service figures, is expressed as a percentage of that normally available, and assumes normal rainfall from March on. (AP laserphoto) Arf winners listed be tightly controlled by the trial judge." In other decisions, the Supreme Court: the sentence of Ronald Earl Harris of St. Louis for car theft under the state's Second Offender Act because there was no clear evidence linking Harris with any earlier crime.

If no previous convictions are uncovered during circuit court review of the case, the High court said Harris should be given a new trial. a new trial for Irvin M. Brown, who had been convicted on two counts of first-degree robbery and sentenced to 10 years, because the lower court ordered the testimony of Brown's primary defense witness stricken from the record. That witness; James Moore, testified that Brown had not been involved in the robberies but two other persons had. Moore declined, however to name the third person and his testimony was ordered excluded because of that.

In looking over the van, police said a small amount of blood was found near the engine cover and the contents of the van had been ransacked. Tests are being conducted today to determine the blood type, police said. Missing from the van were 30 books of trading stamps, which had been given to Vaughn for the purchase of a camera for the company. Police checked a local stamp redemption center and found that a man matching Vaughn's description had cashed in a about 30 books of stamps Friday. The man had traded in the stamps for a suitcase, a coffee pot, a sauce pan, a radio, an alarm clock and a salt and pepper set.

Police checked the name given to employes at the redemption center by the man, but the name appeared tobefictious. Police do not believe foul play was involved in the disappearance, but are continuing to investigate that possibility. Top awards for the annual JeTferson City Adult Artists' Exhibit went to two Jefferson City women and a Lohman man. The Jefferson City Art Club and the Park Board awarded "Best of Show" honors to Ruth Ann Campbell, Jefferson City, for a pencil study in the professional class; Jan Sonnenberg, Jefferson City, for a watercolor in the adult student class; and James Coleman, Lohman, for black and white photography in the amateur class. The two-day show, held at Mutual Savings and Loan Assn.

Saturday and Sunday, drew 162 entries by 68 area artists, and was judged by Springfield art instructor Randall Russell. A "People's Choice" award was selected by those attending the exhibit, and was given to Marie Huff, Jefferson City, for her painting of children at play. The four winning artworks will remain on display in the fountain lobby of Mutual Savings And Loan, 101 W. McCarty today through Friday. Ribbons awarded were: Professional Class Gopman, 1609 Jefferson Heights, first place; Mildred Smith, 130 E.

Circle honorable mention. Craver, 1305 Moreland first place; Nancy Gopman, second place; Marie Huff, 717 Ewing third place. Batik-Coby Coffman, 214 Riverside first place; Coby Coffman, second place. Boody, first place; Marie Huff, second place; Diane Boody, third place; Ruth Ann Campbell, 601 E. Capitol honorable mention.

Huff, first place; Mildred Smith, second place; Mildred Smith, third place; A. L. McCann, 1614 Hayselton honorable mention. Pastel-Chalk Christopher Bocklage, first place; Christopher Bocklage, second place; Ciel Little, Eugene, third place; Helen Bosch, 1700 W. McCarty honorable mention.

Ann Campbell, first place; Coby Coffman, second place; Diane Boody, third pake. Ann Hall, first place; Mildred Smith, second place; Ann R. Canaday, 315 Redwing third place; Charles Craver, honorable mention. Oliva, 2111 St. Mary's first place; Larry Reim- inger, 3412 N.

Ten'Mile second place; Lawrence Oliva, third place. Adult Student Acrylic Guhleman, 2018 Greenberry first place; Ollie Schweighauser, 1505 Rosewood second place; Theresa Groner, 2925 Skyview third place; Theresa Groner, honorable mention. Batik-Rita Orr, Eldon, first place; Rita Orr, second place. Henderson, Wardsville Road, first place; Florence Guhleman, second place; Stephen Sennott, 706 Earl Lee Lane, third place; Nellie Schroer, 315 Lafayette honorable mention; Ollie Schweig- hauser, honorable mention. Kayser, Holts Summit, first place.

Sennott, first place; Theresa Groner, second place; Bonnie O'Donnell, 921 Broadway, third place; Stephen Sennott. honorable mention. a Wright, 2407 Hillsdale first place: Marcia Wright, second place. Henderson, first place. Sonnenberg, 729 Kaylyn first place; Florence Guhleman, second place; Mike Henderson, third place; Ollie Schweighauser, honorable mention; Jan Sonnenberg, honorable mention.

Amateur Class Philo Su, 311 Elm Tree first place. Sartain, Rt. 1, first place; Patty Sartain, second place; Thomas Halbrook, 4920 Henwick Lane, third place; Otto Barker, 1926 Sun Meadow honorable mention; Sue Reed, 1807 Allen honorable mention. Hanaurer, 701 Mulberry first place. Mixed Halbrook, first place; Reba Koester, 110 Riverside second place; V.

Koester, 110 Riverside third place; Sue Reed, honorable mention. Oil-Lester Perkins, 114 E. Atchison first place; Raymond Oswald, 114 W. Circle second place; Charles Huff, 717 Ewing third place; Haseen Khan, 450 Hutton Lane, honorable mention; Jill Webber, 501 Mesa honorable mention. Harms, Rt.

5, first place. place; 309 Fredericks Lane, third place; Thelma Kratochvil, 1109 Swifts honorable mention; Eric Taylor, honorable mention. Black and White: James Coleman, Lohman, first place; Dr. Philo Su, second place; James Coleman, third place; Mruail Hale, 511 Ravenwood honorable mention. Hicks, 315 W.

Atchison first place; Dr. Philo Su, M.D., second place; Charles Hicks, third place. Oswald, first place; Elsa Happy, 201 W. McCarty second place; Shriley Ferguson, 1104 Primrose Lane, third place; V. Koester, honorable mention.

Officials' salaries ranked Here is the way salaries of Missouri public officials rank with those paid in other states and how they would rank if recommendations of the nine-member Missouri Compensation Commission are adopted by the legislature. The rankings for all offices but judges are based on figures compiled by Legis 50 and the Council of State Governments, two national research groups, as of late 1975. Those are the most recent national figures available. The ranking of judicial salaries is based on information from the National Center for State Courts compiled last October. now 16th, proposed $15,000, would rank eighth.

now 31st, proposed $55,000 would rank fifth. Lieutenant now 27th among the 41 states with elected lieutenant governors, pro 1 posed $42,500 would rank fifth. Secretary of now 14th among the 38 states with elected secretaries of state, proposed $42,500 would rank first with the salary paid in Illinois. Attorney now 32nd among the 41 states with elected attorneys general, proposed $45,000 would rank second. now 31st among the 39 elected treasurers, proposed $42,500 would rank first.

now 12th among 17 states with elected auditors, proposed $42,500 would rank first along with Pennsylvania. Revenue now 26th, proposed $40,000, sixth. Highway Dir e'c- now 37th, proposed $40,000, ninth. Commissioner of now 30th among the 45 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000, fifth. Higher Education $30,000 now 41st among the 47 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000 would rank 20th.

Social Services $30,000 now 21st among the 32 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000 would rank ninth. Labor and Industrial Relations now 18th among the 48 states with similar offices, propos- Theresia Eberlin, of the ed $40,000 would rank third. Jefferson City-Cole County Senior Center services will be featured Mervin Wallace, Rt. 2, first cil meetings. Senior Center, will present a program on services provided by the organization at a Thursday meeting of the Cole County Council of Human Services.

She will serve as chairman of the meeting, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the conference room at Charles E. Still Hospital. The council is currently working on a referral directory to direct persons who are in need of services to the proper agencies. At a meeting last month, it was reported that 56 agencies have submitted information for the directory.

There are about 30 more agencies which may be included in the directory. All representatives of human services agencies are urged to attend the coun- Natural Resources $30,000 now 22nd among the 43 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000, seventh. Agriculture now 27th among the 49 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000 would rank seventh. Public Safety now 17th among the 42 states with similar offices, proposed $40,000 would rank fifth. Supreme now 30th, proposed would rank fifth.

Appeals now 24th among the 26 states with intermediate appellate courts, proposed $47,500 would rank fourth. Circuit now 32nd, proposed $45,000 fourth..