The Daily Capital News from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 8

8 DAIU CAflTAl NIWS, J.ff.TM CHy, 30, If 74 Nine youths held in vanalism Nine youths were being held Monday night in connection with the extensive damage incurred to grave markers at St. Peter's Cemetery in Jefferson City, accor- ding to local police. Of the nine, only two are 17 years old, with the others between 14 and 16 years of age, Li. Frank Finke, city police detective, reported Monday evening. He said he expected charges to be filed this morning.

Eights arrests came after a 17-year-old youth had been already taken into'custody Monday afternoon. All the youths were reportedly from Jefferson City. A special work party, including volun- teers, was scheduled Monday night to make temporary repairs and restore as many stones as possible to their original positions at St. Peter's Cemetery. Police described the damage as one of the worst waves of vandalism to hit Jefferson City.

They and local juvenile authorities continue to investigate the incident, Finke stated. "The cemetery caretaker reports bet- ween 240 and 250 stones were pushed over TM i at were damaged," Charles Kolb, president of the church cemetery association, said Monday. "We don know how much the damage will run Kolb said St. Peter's will need the help of professional monument workers to replace many of the stones because some of the markers were very old and fragile. "It must have been a large group of strong men to create so much damage because several of the stones weigh anywhere from 100 to 1,000 pounds.

I can't imagine what thrill they got from it all Kolb said. The senseless destruction also drew an angry response from a nearby resident, M.E. Morris, who referred to the cemetery vandalism as one of the worst incidents of vandalism he has ever seen. Morris, who lives at 1100 W. Main noticed the exten- sive damage Sunday morning.

City police discovered 17 other incidents of vandalism to cars and mailboxes early Sunday in the 2600 block of Schellridge Road, the 300 block of Old Gibler Road, and the 300 block of Sterling Price Road. Police found mailboxes broken off and car tires deflated along three streets in the area, including damage to a street sign at the intersection of Schellridge and West Schellridge roads. Police also received reports Sunday oi radio antennaes broken off at least five vehicles in the 1100 block of West Main Street. Another West Main Street resident reported a tire on her car had been punc- tured. However, St.

Peter's Cemetery, one of the oldest in the city, appeared hardest hit by the vandals, police said. Damage there was apparently done Saturday night. Low road bids listed JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri High- way Commission has announ- ced the apparent low bidders for 36 projects throughout the state anticipated to cost about $20.2 million. The projects, company and its bid and the purpose of the work are: Interstate System Perfects Cape Girardeau County, In- terstate 55 near Route Bax- ter Farms and Nurseries of Florissant, $20,216 for land- scaping of duel rest areas.

Pemiscot County, Interstate 155 southeast of Route R. B. Potashnick of Cape Girar- deau, $5,238,807 for grading and some construction along five miles of road. Pirmary System Rejects Atchison County, U.S. 136 east of Route Herzog Con- trading Corp.

of St. Joseph $207,926 for stabilizing shoul- ders along 8.4 miles of the roadway. Boone County, U.S. 63 south of Route Richardson and Bass of Columbia, $1,693,278 grading and some con- struction and paving along four miles. Callaway County, U.S.

54 at -the Missouri River brdge at Jefferson City, BCD Co. of Jef- ferson City, $449,994 for clean- and painting of the bridge. Clay County, along various routes, the Hudson Mainte- nance Corp. of Long Island City, N.Y., $63,900 for bridge cleaning and painting. a a Missouri 100 near J.D.

Wilkinson of Fulton, $10,291 for asphalt surfacing along .3 miles. Harrison County, U.S. 136 east of Route Land Con- struction Co. of St. Joseph, $488,527 for shouldering and resurfacing on 6.9 miles.

Harrison County, U.S. 136 east of Route Land Con- struction Co. of St. Joseph, $488,527 for shouldering and resurfacing on 6.0 miles. Jackson County, on various routes, the Hudson Mainte- nance Corp.

of Long Island City, N.Y., $50,902 for bridge cleaning and painting. Jefferson County, Missouri 30 near House Springs, Fred Weber, of St. Louis, $7,823,163 for grading, some construction and resurfacing along 2.6 miles. Jefferson County, Missouri 30 southwest of Route com- bined vHth Jefferson County project near House Springs for grading, construction and re- surfacing on 3.4 miles. Nodaway County, U.S.

71 near Herzog Con- tracting Corp. of St. Joseph, $213,329 for resurfacing and shouldering on about two miles. Platte County, on various routes, Gus T. Hange Son of St.

Louis, $71,717 for bridge cleaning and painting. a System Projects Andrew County, U.S. 59 near the Buchanan County line, Herzog Contracting Corp. of St. Joseph, $186,069 for some construction and asphalt resurfacing on 1.5 miles, com- bined with similar work on about 2 mile of roadway in Buchanan County.

Andrew County, U.S. 59 nor- th of Savanna, Land Construc- tion Co. of St. Joseph, $423,225 for shoulder and resurfacing on about six miles, combined with similar work along 3 2 miles of U.S. 59 in Holt County east of Route O.

Buchanan County, Missouri 371 south of St. Joseph, Land Construction Co. of St. Joseph, $325,105 for some construction shoulder and resurfacing along 4.7 miles, combined with similar work along 1.3 miles of Route from the Missouri 371 junction and with similar work along 1.6 miles of Missouri 371 between Business 29 and the St. Joseph city limits.

Chariton County, Missouri 11 south of Mendon, Hardy's Salary pane! considers sending letter to mayor The special salary study committee is considering a letter to Mayor John G. Christy and the City Council concerning a proposed 10 per cent salary increase for all city employes, J. Me Mahan, chairman, of the com- mittee, said Monday. The 10 per cent salary increase was approved Thur- sday night by members of the City Council Finance Commit- tee after Christy made a sur- prise recommendation for the increase earlier this month. The Finance Committee, which is composed of all the councilman, approved the recommendation only after a a The argument centered around a postponement of the salary until a report from salary study committee examined by the The salary study committee was appointed by the mayor ih November to study city finan- ces, salaries and personnel problems.

McMahan; said Monday that a report from the committee and their recom- mendations is expected to be made early in May. McMahan stressed that the committee is trying to avoid controversy and that the letter will probably point out that there are alternatives in the area of pay benefits and fringe benefits which should be con- sidered by the council. "The letter may suggest that other things should be i be or this President From page 1 asked more than 150 questions of Dean. He quoted Dean as saying at the time he could tell Nixon had no knowledge of the case. In Senate testimony, Dean had said that at a meeting on the morning of March 21, Nixon said he was impressed with Dean's knowledge of the Watergate case and its ramifications, "but he did not seem particularly concerned with their implications In saying that he would make transcripts available to i weighing his impeachment, Nixon said the senior commit- tee members, Rep.

Peter Rodino, and Edward Hutchinson, need only satisfy themselves that the transcripts are accurate. Nixon spoke with a stack of notebooks at his side. He said the transcripts they contain do not cover everything that is on the tape recordings, subpoe- naed by the House committee in its inquiry into possible im- peachment. But he said they cover everything relevant to that inquiry, "the rough as as the smooth." The House committee issued a subpoena for tape recordings of 42 White House conversations, with Nixon's response due by 10 a.m. today.

Rodino had said earlier in the day tliat his committee would "accept no less than the material specified," the tapes themselves, in response to the subpoena. Another committee mem- ber, Rep. Don Edwards, said any procedure for screening the tapes that would leave the committee withc-Jt the actual tapes in its possession afterward would be "totally unacceptable." "I want there to be no ques- tion remaining about the fact that the President has nothing to hide in this matter," Nixon said. In advance of Nixon's speech, House Speaker Carl A i President's use of television to give his reply to the commit- tee subpoena. "I don't see why he should describe it on television unless he is trying to get public sup- port Albert said at his regular news conference.

He added that he did not think that was the purpose of public television and asked: "Is the President to have access to national television for any purpose whatsoever?" The three networks were asked if they automatically ran presidential requests for radiotelevision time. Richard S. Salant, president of CBS News, said, "No, it is not automatic. It's just a ques- tion of news judgment. We're carrying him because we think it's newsworthy as hell NBC and ABC had no imme- diate comment.

As the President worked on the final draft of his speech in his hideaway Executive Office suite, informed sources sig- nalled the effort to discredit Dean, whose Senate testimony has been a major element in the Watergate controversy. stop-gap measure is decided said. McMahan. said that it will probably be evident from the letter that the 10 per cent salary increase could inter- fere with their report and may possible complicate matters. When asked what view the committee held after the Finance Committee approved the increase without seeing the salary study's report, McMahan said the committee members had expressed disappointment that the coun- cil did not wait to see the report.

Although the Finance Com- mittee has already approved the increase, effective May 1, final approval of the increase must be given at the regular council meeting on May 6. Farm From page 1 investigation to insure the farm never gets off the ground. i a Chicago business has been named in two default suits totaling $155,000, by banks in Kahoka, and has been unable so far to begin construction on the complex even though it had been announced that building would start April Federal authorities are also continuing to gather informa- tion on the possible antitrust aspects of the hog farm, ac- cording to U.S. Sen. Thomas F.

Eagleton, who agreed, however, that the plan appeared dead. The agriculture department has stepped into the milk pric- ing situation, issuing a sub- poena under the authority of the Unfair Milk Sales Prac- tices Act of 1959 for pricing records of the Foremost Food Co. of Springfield. Agriculture chief James B. Boillot has said results of the hearing on those records next Monday could lead to a widen- ing of his department's investigation.

Smokey the Bear Smokey the Bear came on the scene in 1950, when a young cub was rescued from a fire in a New Mexico forest and brought to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. There is now a little Smokey that was found in the same forest in 1971, and turned over to the National Zoo. Inc. of ShelbyvUle, $159,664 for grading, some construction and asphalt surfacing along .2 miles. Daviess County, U.S.

69 be- tween routes and DD, Land Construction Co. of St. Joseph, 5231,513 for shouldering and resurfacing with asphalt on 5.9 miles. Iron County, Route north- east of the Reynolds County line. West Plains Bridge and Grading, of St.

Louis, $568,105 for grading, construc- tion and asphalt surfacing on 1.5 miles. Jefferson County, Missouri 21A near Joachim Creek, Fred Weber Inc. of St. Louis, $1,381,948 for grading, some construction and concrete paving of about V2 mile. Nodaway County, Missouri 148 south of the Iowa state line, Herzog Contracting Corp.

of St. Joseph, $644,334 for shouldering and resurfacing on 9.7 miles. Pemiscot County, Route south of Route for grading and resurfacing of .4 miles, combined with the Pemiscot County Interstate 155 project, and also including similar work on Route for about one" mile south of Interstate 155. Pettis County, Route north of Dresden, W. J.

Menefee Construction Co. of Sedalia, $219,433 for asphalt surfacing on about 10 miles. Pettis County, Route nor- th of the Benton County line, W. J. Menefee Construction Co.

of Sedalia, $184,151 for asphalt surfacing on 6.4 miles. Polk County, Route RB south of the Bolivar public use area, A. W. Stockton, $96,498 for grading, construction and surfacing on about 3.6 miles. Urban Projects Buchanan County, Route YY in St.

Joseph, Herzog Con- tracting Corp. of St. Joseph, $74,284 for shouldering and surfacing on 1.3 miles. Nodaway County, U.S. 71 in Maryville, Herzog Contrac- ting Corp.

of St. Joseph, $13,005 for resurfacing .2 miles Nodaway County, U.S- 71 north of Jenkins Street, Her- zog Contracting Corp of St. Joseph, $13,654 for resurfacing on .4 miles. Nodaway County, U.S. 71 in Maryville, Herzog Contrac- ting Corp.

of St. Joseph, $42,386 for shouldering and resurfacing on .4 miles. Nodaway County, U.S. 71 in Maryville, Herzog Contrac- ting Corp. of St.

Joseph, $8,609 for resurfacing on .4 miles. Nodaway County, U.S. 71 in Maryville, Herzog Contrac- ting Corp. of St. Joseph, $50,280 for shouldeu; and resurfacing on about te miles.

Robbery suspects captured COLUMBIA, Mo. AP) The First Bank of Commerce was robbed Monday by four men, and three suspects were a within 90 minutes of the holdup, police said. Six junior high school stu- dents were wounded slightly when one of the robbers fired a shotgun blast at a pursuing po- lice car. A man and his wife were hospitalized after being beaten by a man seeking ref- uge in their home. State charges of armed rob- bery and eight counts of assault with intent to kill were filed against Adrian Gibson, 20, and Basil X.

Hatten, 36, both of Kansas City, and Robert Bryant, who appeared to be in his early 20s. Bryant's address was unknown. His identity was learned through a fingerprint check. Bonds for each were set at $140,000. A fourth suspect being sought was described as bet- ween 18 and 24.

Police said some of the mon- ey was recovered from a geta- way car at a Columbia motel and a sackful of cash was found at a residence where one of the men sought to hide. Also recovered, police said, were two handguns and a sawed-off shotgun. Six students standing hi front of West Junior High School suffered flesh wounds when shotgun pellets went over the top of a patrol car. The students were treated by a school nurse. One of the men arrested en- tered the home of an elderly couple, Albert and Josephine i i said.

Hiesrodt, who was beaten, was reported in fair condition. His wife was in satisfactory condition after suffering a broken collarbone. Gibson was arrested at the home of Maybelle Ray, 62, whom he was holding at knifepoint in her basement, police said. He offered no resistance when officers entered the home. After the men abandoned their getaway car at a motel, one of them fired three shots at Cpl.

Marty Treaster. The officer said one shot glanced off his revolver but he was nott injured. The same branch bank was robbed in February by three men who escaped with some $8,000 in cash. Demos enter Two Democrats fiJed for nomination to county office Monday, joining the already crowded races for presiding judge of the county court and western district judge. Orville D.

Smith filed Mon- day for nomination for presiding judge. Charles O. Enloe filed for western district judge. From Lohman, Enloe joins a field of six who previously filed for the nomination. They include, in order of filing: Balcer, Charles Knaebel, Murray Webster, David R.

Newsam, Frank Distler and Mrs. Shirley Nelson. a employed with the Cole Coun- ty Highway Department. Smith, 50, is a retired Air Force officer. He is employed with Lincoln University ROTC, haying served 25 years with the Air Force.

Educated in the Clinton public schools, Smith received two years college credit" during the service. He moved to Cole County in 1968, when he was employed as a Boy Scout district executive. Smith operated the Colonial Kitchen Restaurant in Jeffer- son City for five years. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Masons at Columbia, the Cedar City Lions Club and the VFW. He is a Methodist.

Noting he had no prior political experience, Smith said, "I'm just a citizen who wants to get in and do his part for the betterment of the people. Since I am retired, I can make the judgeship a fulltime job and devote my full attention to it." Smith and his wife, Joyce, live on Rainbow Drive. They have one child. Smith joins three others seeking the seat which will be vacated by Tony Hiesberger. They are Ben Casteel, Ken Wildhaber, both Democrats, and a D.

Republican. Filing deadline for county office is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Electricity From page 1 charges ranged from just over a penny in Nevada and Oregon to seven cents in New York City. The AP survey broke the 39 responding states into six re- gions and figured out the aver- age bill in each region.

The survey does not attempt to de- termine where electricity is most expensive; simply where it has gone up the most. Here is how the states were divided New England: Maine, Ver- Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Mas- sachusetts. Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania, Virginia. South: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ten- West Virginia, Hawaii. Hawaii was included with the South because of climate.

West and Northwest: Alaska, Oregon, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah. Southwest: Arkansas, Okla- homa, Texas, Arizona. Midwest: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin. Buyers can find large meat supply By DON KENDALL AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Government market experts say consumers will have no trouble finding relatively large supplies of meat at supermarkets next month but warn tliat a little searching will be needed to find canned Weather report The Thermometer High yesterday 71; Low yesterday 66; High past 56 years 93 in 1962; Low past 56 years 37 in 1969. Precipitation News Tribune Weather Bureau Reading .14 for past 24 hours ending at midnight; heaviest rain same date in 56 years 1.49 in 1950.

Total to date this month 2.76; Normal this month to date 4.05; This year to date 11.36; Normal 10.91. The Sun Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow 6:12. Lake and River Stages Jefferson City 12.5 down Hermann 12.8 down Lake of the Ozarks 55.3 up .2. Tax From page 1 bill, except for a clause that determines how local govern- ments should be reimbursed for tax losses. The House wants reimbur- sement to be optional.

However, Sen. William Cason, D-Clinton, said that when voters approved repeal in 1972, they were told their local governments would be repaid. Cason said to do otherwise would be," a stab in the back." Estimates of losses to local governments run as high as $14 million. On the death penalty bill, the Senate also refused to move from its position. The Senate bill calls for six types of murder to cany capital punishment while the House measure asks for death for eleven crimes.

The problems with the death penalty bill will have to be worked out in a conference committee. Further debate could hold up consideration of the household tax repeal and a campaign reform bill before i i Tuesday deadline. Regardless, a hectic rush to the deadline is expected. The House also approved and sent to the governor bills which would: Prohibit pyramid sales schemes. Establish a port authority in St.

Louis and mandate Mis- souri Department of Trans- portation approval of a similar port authority in Kan- sas City. The bill also would let other cities and counties on navigable streams apply to the Department of Transpor- tation to set up their own port authorities. Approved a pay raise for judges in the state. Hikes a $800 magistrates to $3,500 for judges of courts of appeals, circuit courts and justices of the Missouri Supreme Court. Your Friendly Store Since 1936 520 E.

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