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The Kansas City Star Monday December 29 1986 Page 3 A Area news Competing for the rwaves Asbestos firm says city is aiding competitors Barbara Expert Environmental Fifteen groups apply to or te Channel 32 Clay County officials to take oath By Shelly staff writer Gordon Oppenheimer an FCC attorney has said it could take years before the station is built because of the multiple applications Amendments and petitions in connection with the applications may take a while After that comes an administrative hearing to determine which applicant should get the permit That could require from days to he said If the permit is contested hotly appeals may be made to a review panel and afterward all the way up to the commission itself Near the mid-December deadline day for applicants Bob Wormington general manager of KSHB Channel 41 who is widely known among independent television broadcasters estimated it could be two to five years before the Channel 32 permit is granted He said the applicant chosen might have an additional problem: The signal might overlap slightly with a TV station in Council Bluffs Iowa which already operates on Channel 32 The problem could be solved if the Kansas City station agreed to broadcast at slightly less than full power he said Nine Clay County officeholders were scheduled to be sworn in today in ceremonies at the Clay County Administration Building in Liberty officials said Missouri House Speaker Bob Griffin a Democrat from Cameron was scheduled to speak at the public ceremony which was to begin at 4:45 pm Griffin said this morning he planned to speak on government service for about 10 minutes Scheduled for inauguration were: Presiding Commissioner Ed Bauman Eastern District Commissioner Bill Kersten Western District Commissioner Charles Broomfield Auditor Ray Heath County Clerk Don Hoag-land Collector Jean McCaslin Recorder of Deeds Mary Moberly Prosecuting Attorney Michael Reardon and Circuit Clerk Jack Roberts references and bid City Council is unknowingly aiding our competition by stalling the progress of the contract preventing our bidding other work until the outcome of this project is Metzler wrote Questions about Expert Environmental Control were raised by Ronald Spradley attorney for the second-highest bidder Strategic Organizational Systems Environmental Engineering Inc In his letter Metzler referred to involvement with the Citizens Association Spradley is on the board of directors of the non-partisan political club which is influential in city elections Metzler suggested involvement might have influenced Councilman Jim Heeter who is running for mayor and who spoke out against awarding the contract Heeter could not be contacted today Jack Campbell his campaign chairman said Spradley has already told Heeter he would support Mayor Richard Berkley for the Citizens Association endorsement and had no role in Heeter objections to the asbestos contract The Kansas City Council has unfairly tied the hands of an area asbestos removal company by refusing to vote on awarding the firm a contract for work at Kansas City International Airport the president of he company said today In a letter to council members and officials of the Aviation Department David Metzler president of Expert Environmental Control Inc said his company has to refrain from bidding on other jobs until it knows the decision Metzler suggested politics played a role in at least one council decision to postpone a decision on awarding the contract Expert Environment Control submitted an $880000 bid to remove asbestos from some areas of the airport It was the lowest offer of three that the city received The council last week postponed awarding the contract because of questions raised by competitors that the bid might be too low and the company too inexperienced Council members instructed the Aviation Department to hire consultants to check school superintend Herman A John retary-treasurer of Mid-s said today: have no a iy gotten into what kind of ji we will have on station a great deal 5 detail in getting the applic together and the group --d We want to get the pc proved for the constructs station including a tower non for transmitting "This group is nto it because we feel if 1 business proposition A pi oduct if it improves the si blacks in the business con a Along with Whc id Johnson Mid-Contirv dudes James Roath Gl kinship One of the applicants is Chan- Jr Wayne Se dlie nel 32 Inc whose president is Gates and Everett al William A Bates It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kansas City Southern Industries Inc see this as an opportunity for another commercial station in the Kansas City said Albert Mauro vice president and secretary of Channel 32 Inc are in the early stage of exploring the program options for Another applicant is Mid-Continent Communications Inc a group of seven minority leaders headed by Robert Wheeler a banker and former Kansas City Couple pleads inno in embezzlement ca By Joe Henderson staff writer Athletes-Westside The indictment the couple made drawals of funds count which the their own use Neither Mrs A husband made ar ing heariv enter the not guilt However tlr James Speck rep asked by the map was a possibility being entered latt The alleged were discovered John Erickson Fellowship of Cht was called by a Mark Twain Bav question about tin Aware that the not have an auth at the Mark Tw son immediately tigation that sub turned over to the Erickson said a ment was return lowship would sc tion of all the any mea' essary available as determine Fellowship's legal that with- ac- to her id dur-nan to "ney when 1 there pleas i nents when of the i'letes the had a diere up did count inves- was indict estitu- funds i ed nec-1 sable the A Kansas City couple accused of embezzling more than $1 million from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes during the last seven years entered not guilty pleas today in federal court Thelma Alvarez 46 former associate director of finance at the headquarters office in Kansas City and her husband Frank Alvarez 66 were released on $50000 bonds each following a brief hearing before US Magistrate Calvin Hamilton Their trial was set for Feb 23 in US District Court The 13-count indictment returned Dec 17 by a federal grand jury in Kansas City alleged that Mrs Alvarez a 22-year employee at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes diverted more than 500 checks amounting to $1129437 payable to the nonprofit organization between Jan 1 1972 nd July 2 1986 The indictment accused them of putting the money into an unauthorized account she and her husband maintained in the Mark Twain Bank in Kansas City under the name of Fellowship of Christian You Deserve Free Checking? like free checking But my balance can get pretty low checking sounds good to me But 1 want to earn interest on my account only thing I dislike more than paying for checking is handling the cancelled checks every on a fixed income So free checking interest every little bit Here Are Four Ways 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CareCab taxis busy By The Star's staff ter ainst fired am nber is way: a to ask 1 Bap- call to the tation the a liable tip at estau- 1 to go Tkea private would would it own Baptist Medi CareUnit and Drunk Drivers i daily between 7 until Jan 2 The pF 276-7053 The program person calls the for a cab a switci tist Medical Cent and patches it Metropolitan ri Service Inc win cabs The service is for those being public places si: rants and bars i home It cannot caller to another As for those parties Reese hope that a host take responsibiiii An increase this season in calls from holiday revelers too drunk to drive home could make fifth year its busiest As of Sunday night 547 calls had been received since the program began Dec 19 That averages about 54 calls per night said Corey Reese media and public affairs coordinator for Baptist Medical Center Last year about 35 calls were received per night excluding New Eve which is traditionally very busy for the free cab service Reese said may be our 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