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Turn the Page Page 2 Pages Page Page 7 Page Constitution-crrilmnc Now In Our 126th Year of Service 3J- ACopy VOL. CXXVI NO.M CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI-64601 TUESDAY, APRIL 29,1986 TEN PAGES I8W t'hillk'othe Ncuspapers, Inc. Around Town Leouct hospital Dismissed from Hedrick Medical Center hive been Mrs. Anthooey Demckson and son, Bnymer; Mrs. Marty Oden and ion, Hate; Mrs.

Nicky Miller and daughter, Braymer; and Kelly Maberry, Polk. XI Alpha Kappa XI Alpha Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the home of Linda Fox. There will be an installation of officers and initiation Members are to dress accordingly. Country Club dining Due to the Bill Welch Pro Am event Wednesday at the ChiUicothe Country Club the club dining room will be closed.

JoHy Janes dub The Jolly Janes Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday with Mrs. Jack Carter, RFD 1, for its regular meeting. Chpater P.E.O. Chapter P.E.O.

will meet at 2 p.m. Friday in the home of Mrs. Paul Murphy, 1706 Polk. Ladies GoU The Ladies Golf League at the Chillicothe Country Club will open the 1986 season Thursday. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m., and tee-off time is 9 a.m.

All women interested in playing are asked to attend. There were 30 women present last week at the organizational meeting. Hosts for' Thursday will be Vickie Lockridge and Connie Leonard. Wayne Mendenhall Wayne (Wimpy) Mendenhall has returned to his home at 290 Southwest Drive. He has been hospitalized at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Columbia.

Continued on Page 10 'News Note Hole School to have dinner-theater Toe Hale School will perform its foil-ever dinner-theater Friday, May 2, at the school auditorium, beginning at 6:30 p.m. with the meal and the play at 7:30 p.m. Sherry March, speech coach, is directing the performance of "Are Teachers a three- act comedy by James Reach. There are 13 students participating in the play within a play. The Community Teachers Association is handling the ham dinner portion of the event and tickets are available from any teacher or member of the play cast.

Tickets for the entire event are $6 for adults and $2 for children under 12 years of age, or 12 for adults for children under 12 years of age for the play only. Weather ctowly with a SI percent ckaace of tkudenUrmt. Low Bear N. Smth wild to 15 mph. eloriy.

A percent ckaice of Ikudennowera. High 75. OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE Yesterday's Maximum 68 Yesterday's Minimun 42 Today's Mimimum 44 River Stage, 7 a.m 5.7 YEAR AGO TODAY Maximum 78 Minimum 52 FIVE-DAY FORECAST Thursday through Saturday-Mild with highs in 70s and lows in 50s. Little or no precipitation expected. The weather forecast is courtesy of ChiUicothe State Bank.

For the time and temperature 24 hours a day phone 64C-I121. Two killed in Soviet nuclear 'accident' MOSCOW (AP) Two people were killed in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, the Soviet government said today, and an unspecified number of residents from four nearby communities were evacuated. A statement distributed by the official news agency Tass said the "radiation situation" at the plant was stable and that needed medical aid was administered. The brief statement was the first confirmation by the Soviets of any casualties In the nuclear accident in the Ukraine, which a Radio Moscow broadcast earlier today called a disaster. The statement did not go into details about the accident, but said it "resulted in the destruction of part of the structural elements of the building bousing the reactor." Nuclear experts in West Germany and Sweden said the Soviet Union has asked for help in fighting a fire at the nuclear plant.

The accident sent a radioactive cloud over Scandinavia, more than 750 miles to the northwest. An-official of the West German atomic energy lobbying group said Soviet diplomats asked that anti- radiation experts and medicine be made available. A Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman warned that travel to Kiev, 60 miles south of the' plant, might be dangerous, but from the city of 2.4 million Indies ted no disruptions. The Soviet statement said Pripyat, a town with a population of 25,000 developed around the plant, and three unidentified communities were evacuated. Experts and officials in the United States said the disaster was almost certainly a fuel meltdown that caus- ed fatalities, and that radioactivity could pose a long-term health risk in the area and possibly affect the Dnieper River.

The official news agency Tass first reported the acci- dent Monday in a four- sentence dispatch saying one of the piant's atomic reactors was damaged and measures were being taken to "eliminate the consequences." did not say how serious the accident was or when it occurred. Abnormally high radiation levels were first detected Sunday in Finland and also reported In Den- Continued on Page up Chillicothe Street Department workers toad a large item into the back of a truck to be hauled to the city dump as part of the two-week citywide cleanup, which began Monday. In the first day of the cleanup, street commissioner Don Schneiter said 26 truck loads of items were removed from the four city wards and two and one-half dumpsters filled. He said the discarded items were picked up throughout the city and the cleanup is starting slow, as it did in 1985. He blamed Sunday's rain not allowing people to bring items curbside for the initial day of the cleanup and expects activity to pick up this week Here, from left, John Hayes, George Kitchin and Hugh Musselman, load items from the pile (at right) into the truck.

-Constitution-Tribune Photo by Ed Crawford Council approves low bidders for city sewer project The Chulicotbe City Council, acting on the recommendation of the Board of Public Works and consulting engineers, Monday night approved the awarding of over $11.5 million in contracts to the on the three- part city sewer improvements project. The action was taken by the council during its regular meeting in city hall. Approval by the council leaves the final step to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to approve bids. Consulting engineer Gene Spears of the firm of Allgier, Martin and Associates, told the. council that if all went wellj construction June 1.

He added that the companies involved have indicated they would be ready Bard Meeting The Board of Public Works made the recommendation after holding a special meeting Monday afternoon. Spears said the contract would be awarded to the low bidders on bids opened April IS. There was delay until Monday to check on the companies' work and -Intentions on the Chillicothe project. Spears told the board, "We satisfied ourselves (on the companies) and our concerns are resolved." Approved for the job on the wastewater treatment plant was Jo-Mac Construction Company of Columbia. The company was the one that caused the most concern for Spears since the company had just been awarded a contract for a sewer-project m- Branson.

However, Spears found that Jo-Mac had just been purchased by the St. Louis- based Kloster Company, which the engineer found was a "well-respected firm" that dealt in over 1162 million per year in construction of various types. The bid by Jo-Mac was for 15.96 million for the treatment plant here. The storm sewer separation project went to Emerson Construction Inc. of Topeka, Kan.

Spears said he was familiar with the firm and noted it was Emerson's first venture into Missouri projects. Its bid was $4,825,459.75 The interceptor sewer and lift station project will be done by Sterling Excavation and Erection, Inc. of Jefferson City at a bid price of $729,902.75. Spears said he was most familiar with the Sterling firm and was satisfied with Its previous work. Btdi Over Estimate The total amount of the bids was $11,535,362.50, which exceeded Spears' estimate of last year of over Continued on Page Council changes policies to comply with Fair Labor Standards The ChiUicothe city council last night voted to change the city's personnel policies covering payment of overtime to comply with the Fan- Labor Standards Act.

The council also gave approval to three companies for the construction of a waste water treatment plant, storm sewers and interceptor system, approved an ordinance allowing officers to go outside the city limits in emergency situations, awarded a bid for con- struciton of handicap ramps, heard a report on the pasting of bridges and approved a liquor license application for Robertson Hotel Partnership. The situation on overtime pay arose from a difference of opinion by city employees, according to ad- minlstrative assistant Michael Johns. Johns and city attorney Brent Turner said that for the purpose of calculating overtime and to bring the city in compliance with the federal act, city hall employees were put on a 40-hour work week, the police department on a work week and the fire department remains on a 53-hour work week. Previously, city hall employees were paid overtime after 35 hours while police were on a 40-hour work-week schedule. Fire Chief Joe Rinehart said his department recently changed to a 19-day work cycle that is in compliance with the guidelines The city also changed its payment of officers who are needed to testify in court on their own time.

Previously, the city paid the officers $3 but changed to paying them the overtime rate of a time- and-a-half. A change was also made in compiling hours to qualify for overtime pay if a sick or vacation day is taken during the week For example, if an employee was ill on Monday and worked the rest of the week to compile more than 40 hours with toe sick time, the person was paid for overtime hours. The new change applies overtime pay to actual hours worked but does not affect pay for sick or vacation days. Police Powers The outgide-city-limits ordinance was adopted to permit city officers to act in an emergency situation, including pursuing persons suspected of a crime, outside the city limits A new state law allows cities to make the change. The officers would be limited to five miles outside the city limits.

The council decided not to participate in a state police traffic assistance program that the state would fund for one year but then would require the city to keep going with no further state assistance. Handicap Ramps Irvinbilt of Chillicothe was awarded a contract for con- struction of handicap ramps at city hall. The firm bid of $8,696.00 was the low bid. The second bidder was by Richard L. Dowell.

Acting city engineer Engineer Leroy Olney had estimated the project to cost $8,800 and the city had budgeted $7,200 for the project. However, the council unanimously agreed to the bid to bring the building into compliance with federal law by providing ramps for the handicapped Bridge Weight Pollings Dave Hamilton of the engineering firm of Hamilton and Associates of Kirksville, reported on the posting of weight limits on bridges in the city as re- quired by the State Highway Department. He recommended the limits and offered comments for the following bridges: Fair Street- Limit of three tons with the bridge improvements and replacement to be submitted for funding under a grant project. Simpson Park (larger bridge)-- 13-ton limit with the smaller bridge requiring sandblasting and painting to remove rust. The smaller bridge limit should be nine tons.

Weil Polk Street-- 24 Ions with the guard rail and width of the bridge needing to be improved. Continved on It Missouri General Assembly maneuvers as session ends By ED BRICHLER C-T Staff The final session of the 83rd Missouri General Assembly will end Wednesday with both chambers having weekend sessions to try to bring pressing matters to a close. The final days are also bringing forth manuevers by the House and Senate to have their bills attached to preferred bills by the opposite chamber. "The constitution says that you can't have two subject matters on any piece of legislation," said State Representative Steve Danner of Chillicothe. "Our own rules say you cannot go beyond the scope of the original legUation but those rules are interpreted very, very loosely.

It just basically is whatever the leadership will allow you to tag onto other legislation." That adding-on to a bill is being used by the House in response to Dinner's Agri- Bank bill being held up by the Senate Agriculture Committee and its chairman, Senator Mike Lybyer, Huggins. Dinner said Lybyer had promised to bring the bill to the floor of the Senate but pressure from the Missouri Bankers Association and Lybyer's belief that no new ag bills are needed has held up the measure. Danner said if the Senate committee does not release the bill, it probably is dead for this session. Danner added, as a result, he and state representative Norwood Creason, Cowgill, with the support of Speaker Bob Griffin, are planning to offer a substitute to one of Lybyer's bills in the House and take control of it The two will then attach Creason's REACT bill, which was narrowly defeated by the House earlier in the session. Danner said the Lybyer bill relates to taxes on mineral rights and has nothing to do with agriculture at all.

"It probably is clearly out of order and a point of order should be sustained to send the bill back and not allowed it to be put on the calendar, but because the Speaker wants this bill as badly as v. do, we expect him to rule in our favor and let us go ahead and put it (the amendment for the REACT bill) on the bill." Danner admitted the manuever is a power play to let Lybyer know that his bills will be changed his committee does not release the Agri-Bank bill. However, he added, that it is not an unusual move for the Senate. is unusual in the sense that usually it's the Senate who dominates the House in that respect as far as power plays and using the rules to their best advantage and being "bandits." There are more House bills that are being tagged with Senate amendments than there are Senate bills tagged with House amendments. It is much easier in the Senate to amend bills and run bills through because you need only IS votes for passage.

In the House, you have to have 82 votes and it is very tough to tag amendments on to a bill," Danner said. Home Schooling A Senate bill that was tagged onto a bill sponsored by Danner and passed by the House has to do with home schooling. The Senate bill dealing with that issue was killed in a House committee. However. Senator Harold Caskey of Butler, added the amendment to Danner's bill (bat would make improvements in the child- support collection system by garnishing the wages of those who are delinquent in payments.

Contlimr4 on Page Area II FFA'ers honored at banquet; officers installed "You are the only difference that makes the difference. But if (hat doesn't make a difference, then the difference?" Those were the words of Brad Hasenjaeger, outgoing stale Future Farmers of America president to the nearly 50 Future Farmers ol America chapter members, advisors and guests who attended the I ah Annual Area II Awards Banquet at Chillicolhe High School Monday night. Hasenjaeger spoke to the group, telling them (o dream and believe in those dream. "If you want to achieve you must believe in yourself. You never fail until you quit," said the slate president.

He added that "FFA has all kinds of opportunity." The Area awards banquet featured FFA chapters from Chillicothe, Albany, Braymer, Gallalin, Gait, Gilman City, Grant City, Hamilton, Hardin-Central, Tri-County of Jamesport Norbome, North Harrison, Paltonsburg, Polo, Princeton, North Cenlral Area Vo-Tech (Bethany), Stet, Tina-Avalon, Trenton and Trenton Junior College. Following an invocation by area chaplain Karen Burnett and a welcome by area president Brian Mulnix, awards were announced and presented. The following awards were recognized: Area Cmlestf Public Speaking Kola Stedem, Chiliicolhe; Todd Travis, Princeton; Brian Thomas, North Harrison. Creed Speaking BiDy Gotshall, ChllKXitM; Laura Barker, Albany; Rebecca McElwee, Poto; Jason Gibson, North Harrison; Richard Courier, NCAVT; Atecu Mattox, Tina-Avalon; David Maxwell, Jamesporl; Susan Waters, Stet. Extemporaneous Sneaking Brian Mulmx, NCAVT; Tonya Carr, Nor- bome.

Parliamentary Procedure Chillicolhe, Tma-Avalon Treasurer's Book Dennis Horine, Norborne; Jamie Hall, Chillicothe; Laura Cain, North Harrison; Steve FarreU, Worth County; Glen Waters. Stel. Secretary's Book James Meyer, Tina-Avalon; Brad Huit, North Harrison; David CoUrell, Worth County. Reporter's Scrapbook Lora Applebury and Keilti Lehnhoff, Chillicolhe. Paul Noellsch and Debbra Rowen, Worth County; lAa Long and Mike Ellis, Albany; Kerri Emig, North Harrison.

Beginning Record Book Cenms DeLong, North Harrison; Susan Waters. Slel Completed Record Book Michelle Gentry, Polo, Derry Wright, Hardin, Kelli Bisbee, Stet. Best Dressed Award Norborne Ritual Contest Stet. Suit Conlett Creed Speaking Bill Gulshall, OiiHicothc Extemporaneous Speaking Brian Mulnix. NCAVT Star Area Farmer Derry Wright, Hardm-Ccn- Ira) Star State Farmer Derry Wrights HarAn-Cen- C-T is looking for Mother of the Year The ComlUullon-rrfbune is once again searching high and low, with the help of children 12 years of age and younger, for the area's Mother of the Year.

This year's W6 selection will win over $570 in gifts and prizes from 24 Chillicolhc businesses and the newspaper. The contest is simple with children sending in an entry completed in SO words or less why their mother should be Mother of the Year. Included among the prizes for the winning mother will be one dozen red reset, a year's subscription to the newspaper, a family color portrait, a portrait gift certiticau: and of Fun and Kansas City tickets from (he ContMuHon Tiibunc 7tic contest it opTM to children in the Cunifrtulon Tribune and C-T coverage area. Information regarding (be contest ap pears in today's (Tuesday) edition on Pages 4-5 and in C-T X-Tra LaH year's winner Mm. Patty Meiford.

Ghilhoolhe. Her daughter. Sheila, Kuhmiled (be winn ing entry in jutt 43 words. The deadline (o enter (he annual Mother of (be cometl rt Tuesday, Hay t. 12 noon.

Entries my be brought to the C-T business office at 818 Washington, or placed in the dropbox, located on the north side of (he building, or mailed (o the C-T Mother of the Year Con test, Box 707, Chillicolhe, 64COI. Employees of the C-T and their families are not eligible. Prizes to be awarded in (he contest, besides those given by the newspaper, Include: A $20 gift certificate, Clemens Greenhouse 4 Floral; a pair of weekend breakfast buffets value each i. Country Kitchen; sel of Corelle dishes value). Wal-Mart; 10 free movie passes value).

Hen Boil Theatre; free car wash, Chllllcothe Kord Uncoln-Mercury; Portrait value), Jon I) Shannon Photography; Jovsn col ogne and cuttom necklace. $10 in Com mumly Bank, 24-pound box rf laundry detergent ($18 value). $1(1 gilt cer dfiolc. United Super, Clip On light HI.1 value), Ughdng Showroom, $10 gift cer tiftrate, Lenox rote bcrwl $2S on Pigt.