St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 10

THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1989 MISSOURI CAPITAL ST.LDUIS POST-DISPATCH House Gives Quick Approval To $7.6 Billion Budget 10A Jl Iff- 5 operating a center on the property; it leases the center from the city. But the House left unchanged a recommendation by the Budget Committee that no money be appropriated for the purchase of 1,800 acres near Johnston Shut-ins State Park. The park is about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis. is, argued "in support of my money." "So, if you don't want your pay raise, you can give it to me," Walton said.

"I'm a charitable institution; I've got five children to support, and I'd be pleased to take your money." House Minority Leader James M. Talent, R-Chesterfield, said he believed the raises should be voted on separately, rather than in a bill with other items. But Talent acknowledged that he had raised his objection after it was too late to amend the budget. The budget for repairs and construction would provide $1.2 million to buy Missouri Hills, a youth center in north St. Louis County that is owned by the city of St.

Louis. The state is legislators, other elected officials, judges and directors of state agencies. For legislators who make $21,211.57 a year the raise would be about $1,200. The debate over the pay raise provided one of the only points of contention in debate. Rep.

Elbert A. Walton D-St. Lou House Backs Use Of National Guard In Drug War i 1 ijuana eradication. The patrol uses three helicopters in efforts to combat marijuana growers. Driskill said the cultivation of marijuana was a problem in his home county of Ripley County, in southern Missouri.

For example, in 1985 authorities seized marijuana estimated to be worth $20 million that had been secretly cultivated in the Mark Twain National Forest in Ripley County. Driskill added that federal legislation approved last year had provided a total of $40 million for states that allow the National Guard to be used in drug interdiction. "That's money we're not getting now," Driskill said. "I think it's ludicrous to assume that law enforcement agencies that have very limited budgets can do it by themselves," Driskill said. Capt.

Ken MacNevin, a spokesman for the Guard, added: "Typically, that doesn't mean a street corner in St. Louis; it means a marijuana field in rural Missouri." MacNevin said the Guard supported the plan because it would be in keeping with the Guard's mission to provide resources when government agencies need neip. Driskill's proposal was made as an amendment to a bill that would give Missouri a stronger law on drugs. The measure also would allow police to By Jim Mosley Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau JEFFERSON CITY The House voted Wednesday to allow the Missouri National Guard to become part of the state's efforts against drug trafficking. The House approved a proposal that would allow the Guard to be used "for the purpose of drug interdiction and enforcement operations." The sponsor of the move, Rep.

Jo-, seph L. Driskill, D-Doniphan, said he envisioned the Guard's being used in surveillance of marijuana growers but not in drug arrests. Missouri ranks fifth in the nation in the number of cultivated marijuana plants seized and destroyed. Table for 4 no waiting. ByJimMosley Post-Ditpatch Jefferson City Bureau JEFFERSON CITY The House gave quick and easy approval Wednesday to a $7.6 billion state operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Also Wednesday, the House approved a separate budget that will provide about $96.2 million for the construction, maintenance and repair of state buildings and facilities. Both butigets now go to the Senate. The operating budget is a package of 12 bills. It includes provisions that will: Provide a $50 million increase in the main means of financing elementary and secondary schools. Give a $35.6 million increase for public four-year colleges and universities.

The University of Missouri system would get a $20.9 million increase, and Harris-Stowe State College in St. Louis would get $225,000 more. Allow Missouri to hire 10 more state troopers to work on drug investigations and other inquiries. Provide pay increases ranging from 3 to 14 percent for state employees. The average raise would be 7 percent.

Give 5.67 percent pay raises to CAPITAL BRIEFS Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau PREGNANCY LEAVE: The Senate narrowly rejected on Wednesday a bill that would require businesses with at least 25 employees to give pregnant workers maternity leave. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Jay Nixon, D-Festus, was defeated 17-16 in a final round of voting. An opponent of the bill, Sen. Tom McCarthy, R-Chester-field, said the Missouri Fair Employment Practices Act already barred businesses with at least six employees from discriminating against women.

Under that law, businesses that give male workers disability leave could not deny the same leave to pregnant women, McCarthy said. COURTS RENOVATION: The Senate passed on Wednesday a bill that would make ease the financing of renovation of the St. Louis Civil Courts Building. The bill would give the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority the power to finance construction at public buildings. The authority now can finance health and educational institutions in the state.

Sen. John E. Scott, D-St. Louis, the bill's sponsor, said the measure would provide a way to finance badly needed renovation of courts and jails in St. Louis.

The bill now goes to the House. Sen. Harry Wiggins "A vote of the people Dog-Racing Bill Clears Committee By Kathryn Rogers Post-Ditpatch Jefferson City Bureau JEFFERSON CITY A Senate committee approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at helping a group of investors who want to build a horse-racing track in the St. Louis area. The bill would allow voters to decide if they want to allow pari-mutuel dog racing at potential horse tracks in their area.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed the bill 3-2; it now goes to the full Senate. If the Legislature approves the proposal, it will be submitted to voters statewide. County voters also would have to approve dog racing before a track could be built in the county, under the bill. Sen. Harry Wiggins, D-Kansas City, chairman of the committee, said he had recommended the provisions requiring a statewide and county vote on the issue.

"I don't think it's constitutional to do anything like that without a vote of the people," he said. Wiggins said he believed the Senate was unlikely to get around to debating the bill because it is so late in the session. But he said the bill would serve as a "vehicle for debate" in case a senator wanted to propose a substitute measure on the Senate floor. Th sertinns nn hnnw rapine wnnlri lncrease tne amount of the daily die that ones to the track nnerarnrs 1 Sale $599. Reg.

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The amendment on the Guard was approved by a voice vote after no debate. The bill is pending before the House. The governor can call out the Guard on an emergency basis. Last year, Gov. John Ashcroft ordered the Missouri Highway Patrol to train the crews of National Guard helicopters to help in a search of marijuana fields.

That program lasted about two months. The Missouri National Guard has about 13,000 members and 60 helicopters. The Highway Patrol, the state's main agency for fighting drug trafficking, has about 864 troopers, including 20 who work full time on mar 100 wzt 1 I Enjoy oak setting. with a base. spindles from Available Lamp Clayton Chesterfield, Phone t-i We're JCPenney Portfolio HOME FURNISHINGS Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.

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It also would abate for three years the state's share of the wagers at tracks where the total investment is at least $25 million and where the first race was held before Dec. 31, 1991. Ogden Allied Service Corp. of New York City, which owns Fairmount Park Race Track in Illinois, and a group of St. Louis-area investors are proposing a $25 million thoroughbred-t racing track for the St.

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