The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 4

Area HUD Official Indicted in Bribery ton operator of Clayton Realty 3114 Indiana one of two persons now alleged to have bribed McClain Clayton pleaded guilty in December to two counts charging him with making false statements in applications for participation in Fedefal Housing Administration (FHA) programs Seven of the eight counts in the indictment against McClain say that bribes were paid by Clayton to McClain in April July August November and December 1974 and July 8 1975 The bribes allegedly ranged from $50 to half of a dressed beef The first count accuses McClain of accepting $200 from Roy Albin at the time a Kansas City real estate investor on Aug 1 1971 in return for influenced in his performance of an official act with respect to the jy)-proval of applications for FHA mortgage Thomas Lawler HUD assistant regional administrator for administration said he would immediately begin suspension procedures againat McClain McClain will have 48 hours to reply and during that time he will be considered on administrative leave If hB does not reply satisfactorily he will be suspended without pay until the legal questions are settled Lawler said The chief of the mortgage credit section of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) area office in Kansas City Kansas was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on a charge of accepting bribes to approve applications for federal mortgage insurance Clay McClain 55 of 3001 55th was accused an 8-count indictment of accepting bribes from Aug 1 to July 8 1975 The indictment returned to Judge Elmo Hunter in the US District Court grew out of a federal investigation of HUD-funded programs in this area The investigation led to the indictment last year of Jacob Clay- Owen to Appeal Ruling on Ouster George Owen former Independence police chief said last night he would appeal a court decision handed down yesterday upholding his firing in 1972 as police chief right has just Owen said might have won the ball game but they won the Judge William Becker of the US District Court ruled in favor of Independence in a suit brought against the' city by Owen He contended that the city had violated his constitutional rights in the firing Judge Becker cited a provision of the Independence city charter that gives the city manager sole power to dismiss lay off suspend or demote heads of departments Owen said Judge Becker did not rule on the facts of the case and did not consider the constitutionality of the action Owen now is a bailiff in Jackson County court drainage ditch potential for tragedy (Staff photo by John Swltior) are Sleeping Monsters 4A THE KANSAS CITY TIMES Saturday June 2 i7d AddepSW Safety for Ride By Mary Lou Nolan A Member of the Stiff A weld-wire barrier will be installed next week at Worlds of Fun on a roller coaster which struck an 8-year-old boy a park official said yesterday The barrier a wire mesh with a pipe frame will be installed underneath and along the sides of a 40-foot section of the roller-coaster track where it dips down to a pool of water David Holt director of marketing said The barrier is being installed along the section erf trade where Robbie Myers Pleasanton Kan was struck May 18 by the roller coaster Holt said he did not know if the wire barrier also would be installed along another section of track that dips to the ground Both are in restricted areas of the ride called the child was injured and just on that basis we wanted to do something" Holt said freak as it (the ac- cident) was we decided to do some- thing" The barrier is to be in place by Wednesday Holt said The decision to install it was made by Worlds erf Fun officials and approved by Lee Der-f rough park general manager Holt said The action follows an inspection i Wednesday of the Screamroller by representatives of Arrow Develop- ment Mountain View Calif the man- ufacturdr of the ride and Randall I Duel! and Associates Santa Monica Calif yvhich did the architectural design for the park According to witnesses the Myers boy was in the restricted area either playing or wading in the water when he was struck A wooden-slat fence 5 about AVi feet high separates the re-5 stricted area from the walkway to the boarding area Robbie has been re- moved from the critical list and was reported last night in serious condition at North Kansas City Memorial Hospi- tal feel the (present) barriers are adequate and have been used over and Albert Lambinon of Duell and Associates said if it happens once it can happen again Youths Walk Away From Boys Homo Two 17-year-old youths walked away from the Watkins Mill Park Camp in northeast Clay County about 1:25 pm yesterday Carl Sampsel manager of the camp for delinquent boys said The youths were identified as Kevin Pyle 1714 Spruce and Dale Robinson Crocker Mo Sampsel sfid the youths walked out the door and He said that doors at the camp are not locked Sampsel said the offenses with which the youths had been charged are considered misdemeanors Robinson was described as white dark-haired 6 feet tall and weighing 145 to 150 pounds Pyle white brownhaired 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 117 pounds Open Ditches 3yW A Member The only way to systems completely pipe and that Lee Ayres manager said of the the two young boys who during a rainstorm only real has is to pipe the Ayres said classic problem a high-cost be considered just police or fire signals or medians have to usually proceed that residents will degree of caution try to protect them they take care City council have looked and are aware of problems in the city that the storm sewers where the dr meet city standards Lawyer A Johnson County last night Court jury in Kansas charge of equity Thomas Brooks Leawood had been a federal grand jury Kansas on a charge single-family County and Kansas which were mortgaged loans then other persons using other purposes than payments Steve iester Metro Area News June 26 1976 Vol 108 No 252 The Kansas City Times morning edition of The 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alternative the city whole you encounter the of public safety: factor that has to like the budgets for departments or traffic or other safety situations weigh the costs We on the assumption exercise a reasonable and that we will from situations of members and city officials into the accidents over-all drainage he said adding in the two subdivisions ownings occurred immediate concerns were for the search and for the parents of the children Ayres said have been no comments as far as I know that the situation warrants any changes in design Michael Will 6 son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Will 9818 Antioch and Andrew Sparks 7 son of Mr and Mrs John Sparks 9932 Melrose both drowned after they were swept away by storm waters in separate tragedies Andy Sparks was playing with toy boats in a culvert behind his house when rapidly rising waters carried him down- the culvert into Indian Creek He was playing with his 9-year-old brother who was rescued about a mile downstream Michael Will was carried down the culvert which runs behind his house and into Indian Creek Police speculated that the young boy probably was trying to cross the culvert when high waters caught him 40 OFF Wood Lamp Specials No 16" Tall A95 SALE No Tall $1 A9S SALE Ayres said city officials described the open concrete ditches in the two subdivisions where the boys lived as Ayres said stormf-drainage problems in the city are often discussed by council members The clay and rocky characteristics of soils in the city increase the speed and volume of storm runoff in comparison with more sandy soils he said Some residents have fenced off the drainage areas as a matter of personal choice Ayres said Others prefer to leave them open of the time dry Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon I saw some kids playing ball in one area Dennis Garrett director of transportation said the two most obvious solutions to safety problems along storm-drainage ditches both present engineering problems: Fencing would prevent the possibility of a child toppling accidentally into the water but in some cases it creates water-flow problems Underground culverts would be difficult in areas where homes have already been built and would be tremendously expensive The ordinance establishing drainage standards was adopted by the council in 1965 and has generally worked well toward the purpose of stabilizing land areas and preventing erosion Garrett said gone 11 years without any incident like this that I can Garrett said of the two deaths we have had some near misses almost unbelievable to have two deaths like this in one Garrett said no actual measurements were available but that the storm dumped as much as three inches of rain between 9 am and noon in Overland Park lot of people even adults fail to realize how rapidly the water level increases in a situation like that One of the characteristics of' urban runoff is that it can have a tremendous Ayres said the two deaths probably would have an impact in a case where a decision between an open ditch or a closed pipe was to be made think the council would lean toward the closed-type system but they always have instances like this that cause them to feel that Innocent in Equity Case No lawyer was acquitted by a US District City Kansas of a skimming 9128 State Line indicted May 27 by in Kansas City that he purchased homes in Johnson City Kansas on federally secured rented the homes to rent payments for making mortgage assistant US attorney who prosecuted the case said Brooks was charged with skimming off equity during a 2-year period starting in Marqh 1971 a year after passage of the federal law prohibiting such practices Lester said Brooks was accused of misusing about $22000 in rent receipts Judge Richard Rogers in an effort to avoid a rare Saturday session of the court instructed the jury to continue deliberating past the normal 5 pm adjournment time The jury returned the verdict about 7:30 pm Judge Rogers presided over the 5-day trial Weather Observations in Detail- MANY MORE LAMPS AT CLOSE-OUT PRICES! 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