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By CLAIRE NICHOLS Central Board member Scott Alex­ because of the “potential severity” of Montana Katmln Reporter ander. the case. k a i m i n Missoula County Attorney Robert Alexander, who is the club The decision to begin the inves­ Deschamps said yesterday that he is president, said 112 mem bers are now tigation was made by the Bear University of Montana • Student Newspaper investigating the financial records of enrolled in the club. Each member Backers' executive board on Mon­ Thursday, December 9,1976 pays a $30 membership fee but day, Wallis said. the University of Montana Bear Missoula, Mont Vol. 79, No. 38 Backers for "possible theft" of club profits are marginal since $20 of that Club financial records were turned funds. fee is used to buy an athletic ticket over to the ASUM accountant, Mike Criminal charges may be filed after for each member, he said. T-shirts McGinley, on Monday, he said. the investigation is completed, Des­ are also bought with the money, but McGinley refused to comment on champs said. Alexander said he was unsure how what he found after he had com­ He said he is presently gathering much the shirts cost. pleted the investigation. statements from the club members The only two people who have Discrepancies were discovered by concerning the financial dis­ access to the Bear Backers' funds are McGinley and the executive board crepancies that have appeared in the Alexander and club treasurer Tom decided to hand the case over to the records. Matthews, Mike Wallis, the group's county attorney, Wallis said. According to Deschamps, the vice president said. “We reached a point where we investigation may take a month to couldn't handle it anymore, and so complete. Both Matthews and Alexander are we had to turn it over to the county Deschamps refused to comment required to sign checks in order to attorney," he said. on who might be involved or what the withdraw' money from the club ac­ nature of the discrepancy is. count, Wallis said. The financial records of the club Bear Backers, a sports-booster Alexander said he has retained at­ were taken to the county attorney club, was organized last spring by torney Michael Milodragovich yesterday afternoon by Wallis, McGinley and Bruce Barrett, director of the ASUM legal services. Waljis said he was unwilling to make any accusations or say how Time limit sought much money was involved since the problem was “still fairly con­ fidential." for incompletes Athletic Director Harley Lewis, who is the Bear Backers' advisor, By RON WILCOX credits at the end of their first year to said he knew about the problem but Montana Kalinin Raportar be eligible for financial aid. The was “unaware" that the county at­ A proposal to revert all incomplete minimum GPA needed for aid in­ torney had been called into inves­ grades to a failing grade one calen­ creases to 2.0 at the end of four years tigation. H T t r f t i r dar year after the incomplete is with at least 150 credits earned. Lewis said he would be very SEASONAL FROST COVERED trees in the University of Montana oval last given, unless an alternate grade is Students may sign up for courses, interested in following the inves­ week, creating a white winter wonderland. Today's weather forecast calls for given, will be referred to the Faculty receive financial aid and then use tigation and would take part in it if he snow showers with temperatures in the mid-thirties. (Montana Kaimin photo Senate. any of the procedures to avoid doing were asked to. by Bob VonDrachek.) The Faculty Senate Curriculum academic work without lowering Committee voted Tuesday to refer their GPAs, Mullen said. the proposal, made by Stanley Mullen said yesterday that he was Grossman, associate professor of simply presenting observations CB rejects funding mathematics, to the Faculty Senate concerning the procedures to the in light of a discussion on financial committee, not judgments on the aid abuses. procedures. Donald Mullen, financial aids Mullen also declined to cite exam­ by solar power group director, said that several ples of abuses, saying that he would procedures available to students discuss the matter “only in proper present him with problems when giv­ forms." He added that the federal Central Board refused last night to gas in order to avoid the "harmful ing that it is political because ing out financial aid. government supplies the financial allocate $450 to Montanans for Solar effects of anticipated shortages." “political parties may oppose it." These procedures include the aid that he gives out. Initiative, which seeks to put a solar The Progressive Student Union ability of students to withdraw from James Polsin, assistant professor power initiative on the Montana 'Public' Group sought $1,022 to hold a series of classes or from school as late as final of interpersonal communications ballot. CB member Michael Berg, senior movies and lectures on en­ in political science, who is also a week, to withdraw from classes once and scholarship and financial aids The major reason the request was vironmental issues. The special member of the solar group, said the final grades have been received, to committee chairman, told the denied was because a majority of CB allocation request was denied solar group should be classified as a drop courses after registration week, curriculum committee that the members said they believed that they because a majority of CB members “public,” not political, group. to transfer to listener status and to “abuse of Incompletes may be the would be funding a political request said they believed other student take incompletes. single greatest abuse" among if they voted to allocate the money. Berg contended that CB’s funding organizations, such as the Student If used improperly, Mullen said, students improperly applying for aid.' of the group would not be illegal Action Center, already provide en­ Other requests for student money such procedures may allow students because, according to Berg, the fun­ vironmental-related lectures. Incompletes are "mechanically the that were rejected by CB came from applying for financial aid to easiest” of the procedures available ding of public organizations with Two organizations were awarded the Progressive Student Union and a manipulate their cumulative grade to students by which to manipulate state money is done routinely. more than $1,000 by CB. point averages (GPA) to remain GPAs, he said. self-proclaimed “social recreation Frank- Mitchell, sophomore in The Silvertip Skydivers received above the minimum GPA needed to department of Program Council” business administration, disagreed $686 to pay for two national Should the Faculty Senate ap­ (see story this page). receive aid. prove the proposal, it will go into that the group was not political, say­ • Cont. on p. 6. Students must now have a effect the quarter following the minimum GPA of 1.7 and earn 30 Senate's decision. Possible Rule Violation If the organization is, in fact, a political organization then CB would be violating a ruling made last year by Attorney General Robert H ey, what smells? Woodahl, which states that state By RICH ECKE probably do not care that what Blizzard hits CB money cannot be used to fund Montana Kaimin Contributing Reporter causes the smell is mainly the com­ political groups. In connection with By GARY WIENS pound hydrogen sulfide, plus its this, Woodahl ruled that student What is that funny smell? Montana Kalinin Raportar organic forms called mercaptans, money is considered to be state That question is one of the first any which "smell like hell, too,” ac­ money. visitor to Missoula usually asks. The cording to Clancy Gordon, professor Although the snow refuses to fall in order to enhance the Christmas Woodahl's 1974 ruling came in res­ answer, of course, is that the “rotten of Botany at the University of Mon­ spirit, for Central Board, and in particular its chairman, a literal blizzard ponse to a special allocation by CB egg" odor is “nose pollution" tana. forced it to come face to face with the holiday excitement. to the Committee to Un-elect generated by the Hoerner Waldorf They probably would be more The "blizzard" occurred after CB refused to grant a request for $1,000 Woodahl. pulp mill, seven miles west of Mis­ interested that the smell from these to stage a massive student Christmas party tomorrow. Two students, ASUM President Dave Hill said soula at Frenchtown. chemical compounds is "as­ who said they represented an unofficial “social recreation department yesterday that ASUM intends to The mill, which has been in tonishingly persistent, because the of Program Council," made the request. challenge Woodahl's ruling but he operation since 1957, asked for and tiniest particle of these materials A further feature of the effort to enhance CB's Christmas spirit was said such a move will not be taken received permission from the state of mixed in nearly a billion times its own the singing of “Silent Night” during the counting of the votes on the until Attorney General-elect Mike Montana to expand its operation in volume of air is still perceptible to proposal. Greely takes office in January. 1974. humans," according to a paper in­ After CB denied the request and ASUM President Dave Hill ex­ A recession in 1975 foiled those dustry pamphlet published last year. pressed objections to the party, the students asking for the money Non-fossil Energy plans and the permit expired, so the proceeded to blanket the room with a spray of white plastic snow. The Montanans for Solar Initiative firm recently asked for an extension Odor Problem Apparently in retaliation to Hill's objections to the party, the two 'seek to place before Montana voters of the permit. The state department The problem of odor is a difficult students also smothered Hill's face in the foamy substance. an initiative to create incentives for of Health and Environmental one for the company, a local en­ Hill then left the room for almost 15 minutes after efforts to clean his the development of non-fossil vironmental leader said. Ron face with a sweater had failed. Sciences will rule tomorrow on that energy resources such as solar request. What effect this decision will Erickson, chairman of Concerned Although there were about 20 persons present at the meeting expres­ energy. have on Missoula's air quality, and Citizens for a Quality Environment sing support of the party, two students in particular said they had The incentives include the the whole story of Missoula’s (CCQE), a local group frequently initiated the proposal. authorization of state-funded low- critical of Hoerner Waldorf's Mark Parker and Tom Waller, both seniors in economics, said the sometimes foul air, will be explored interest loans and tax exemptions for in this article. pollution control efforts, said he party was supported by most students they had contacted and since it the construction of alternative Most people probably do not want recognizes the “basic problem that appeared to be in the students' interest, CB should allocate money for sources of energy. odors are detectable by the human it. to know all the chemical ex­ The proposed act states that the planations about how paper mills like nose at incredibly small amounts." purpose of the incentives is to reduce Hoerner Waldorf stink up the at­ This fact poses a problem for state the state’s dependence on natural mosphere. 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I’ll be at the table with make. He’s feeling blue. the umbrella and private phone.” “Good morning, the Salt Lake “Thank you very much, Mr. Gilmore. Tribune. May I help you?” Our circulation department will just “Yea, honey. This is press-hero Gary love you." Gilmore. I canceled my subscription “Goodbye, honey.” last Friday, but I was a little hasty. I’d “Hello, Real-Life Dolls, Inc. May J like to get the paper again." help you?” “Mr. Gilmore, this is the third time “Yea, honey. I want to talk to Fisher you have stopped and then begun your .. . the man in charge of new dolls.” subscription. It is getting to be "This is Fisher. .. can I help you?” you this on a Monday morning . . . I’m resources intoaSirhan-Sirhan doll and irritating.. “Yea, Fish, this is your next doll, folk- sure you’re feeling disappointed maybe a Richard Speck doll. Give me a “You think it’s irritating for you, lady, hero Gary Gilmore.” enough as it is." call, Gil, if they schedule the execution what do you think it is for me? I mean I "Yes, Gilmore, I was going to call “You mean . . . you mean there will again. Later, Gil.” get ready to die almost every Monday you. We’ve halted production of the be no dolls, no coast-to-coast Saturday and then along comes some kneejerk Bill McKeown life-sized doll with the red-tinged bullet morning T.V. advertising, no money? liberal who gets a delay. How do you holes near the heart. As long as the ex­ You mean I’ve become a press-hero think I feel, lady?” ecution is delayed, you're just another and a folk-hero for nothin’? What about editor’s note . . . "OK, Mr. Gilmore, there is no reason killer con waiting on death row. Right the motel clerk I killed cold-heartedly SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Senior clerk to get angry at me. I’d like to see you get typist” applicants for city employment are ad­ now, you’re not worth $40,000 and a cut . . . Doesn’t that count for anything?” what you want." vised in the qualifications listing: "Proficiency of the percentage of sales. Sorry to tell “Sorry, buddy. We’re putting all our in English may be basis for disqualification.” letters Kemmis Response even one generation of law students. It The second ground for criticism of this dis­ intentioned. Sincere. substantially affects legal education, and thus closure is concern for the image of the Law Well, so was Senator Bilbo. Editor: Dean Sullivan and some law students the administration of justice, in Montana. School. This concern counsels that Law have expressed disapproval of other law When such a decision is wrongly made, it is School problems should be dealt with Leroy F. Berven students, including myself, for talking with the necessarily a matter of public concern internally, or at least within confidential senior, chemistry, history/political science Kaimin about the Law School’s rehlring of a because law and justice are matters of public channels, but never in the light of public professor whom the students had fdund In­ concern. scrutiny. If problems cannot be adequately Electronic Technocracy competent to teach. There seem to be two The public has no particular need to know resolved in that way, it is thought better to be grounds for this criticism of what we about the merits of a particular professor. But content with inadequacy than to allow the Editor: I was greeted with a most pleasant did: concern for the feelings of the professor, if something is wrong with the way legal train­ public a glimpse within. surprise upon entering the Food Service din­ and concern for the image of the Law School. ing is being administered in Montana; if the This attitude of insularity is closely ing room for my evening meal last night. As I I cannot dismiss lightly any criticism based decision-making process is producing paralleled in the legal profession at large. But entered, it became obvious to me that a long- on the first ground. I don't believe I can deny indefensible results, then the public has a just as the profession is legitimized only by needed improvement in food service that the disclosure caused some pain and em­ profound need to know about that. And if the servce to the public, and just as it will be a efficiency had finally been accomplished. barrassment, and I would not try to avoid res­ faultiness of the process manifests itself In better servant to the extent it is open to and in­ Yes, there was the towering booth, the dis­ ponsibility for that. retention of an underqualified professor, then formed by constructive public criticism, so too tant face shining white in the bright glare of a But a bad — perhaps an indefensible — the public can only learn how its Law School is with the Law School. While concern for the powerful fluorescent bulb (from the people decision was made. It is a decision which performing by being informed of the profes­ image of the Law School might resist public who brought us Colstrip), reading the number affects and concerns notjust one professor or sor’s qualifications. scrutiny, concern for its welfare should not. ' from my plastic-coated card, and relaying it This decision, on its face clearly detrimental instantaneously to “Command Central” to the public interest, has not been justified to somewhere deep in the mysterious depths of that segment of the public immediately the building. I couldn’t help but be overjoyed public forum Albert Borgmann_____ concerned — the students. Rather, Dean at the wisdom of our food service Borgmann is a professor of philosophy. Sullivan has told students very candidly that management, who had finally replaced those the reasons for the decision are none of their old-fashioned check-in tables with such business. This is not the place to debate that wonderful technological innovations as these Sullivan Should Resign issue, but it must be insisted that a decision marvelous control booths. which appears on its face to be so wrong must I was truly proud that my money had con­ It would have been a healthy and colleagues on campus, is legend. His be justified to the larger public; it is clearly tributed in some small way to such a triumph welcome development if the Law School endeavors to coerce the Regents into “their business." The public has a right to of electronic technocracy. One comment, had faced up to public scrutiny of its preferential treatment for the Law School know whether its law school is being ad­ though — couldn’t the smiling girls seated personnel decisions. Among the actions are celebrated. By what principles does the ministered in a way that assures quality legal high in the booths be provided with a little necessary for the public welfare, surely the legal profession deserve to be so favored? training. makeup to cut the glare of the lights? Without articulation and administration of justice is Sullivan has no need of principles in these it, they look almost inhuman! I rest my case. the most important, and the public must matters. He has the American Bar As­ Daniel Kemmis have a vital interest in the education of sociation on his side. second year law David Olesen lawyers. The first issue in this dispute is Dean sophomore, wildlife biology Dean Sullivan, however, means to Sullivan. He is doing the people and the ■ montano arrogate legal education in this state to legal profession of the state a disservice. himself and to the senior faculty. I n the hir­ The people have clearly expressed their Stupid Justification ing dispute he has refused to speak to the misgivings of the legal system in the state kaimin Editor Christopher Evans’ letter in Tuesday's substance of the case by implicitly in­ in the recent elections to the Supreme University of Montane • Student Newspaper Kaimin is one of the stupidest things I've seen voking rules of procedure. He thereby Court. there since the last attempt to justify a man­ Jonathan krlm editor nourishes the worst suspicion that the The second issue are those law students bill mckeown managing adHor datory athletic fee. In endorsing Tom .Lan- people have of lawyers, the suspicion, that who have learned their lessons all too well <*•** spoon btisinaaa managar ning’s proposal, he endorses an attempt to is. that the lawyers have set up a game from their dean and who have shown a loxia vafdon, cantor adHor violate state and federal law. Even worse, he bartoara miliar, senior adHor which only they understand so that, pathetic eagerness to sweep the substan­ randaN mills, aaaoclata adHor supports an arrogantly patronizing, sexist, Mnda robbina, aaaoclata adHor regardless of right or wrong, anyone is at tive issue under the procedural rug, even at bryan abac, nawa adHor their mercy. the price of self-emasculation. racist, insulting attitude— an attitude totally at tony alkln, nawa editor odds with the integrity of this campus. kitty kvlnga, fine aria editor The issue is not Prof. Deemer, who Dean Sullivan ought to resign. And in Jon Jacobeon, aporta editor Indeed, selection of an employee on vaughan ahlgren, »’ appears as a personable and solid lawyer view of all the automatic expressions of photo editor grounds of race or sex, rather than on bob vondrachek and who. for better or worse, is not meant support that Sullivan will get from many a photo adHor to be a teacher. Given the undisputed member of his profession, I conclude with a qualifications, is one of the most insulting paul drtscoll, things an employer can do. In effect, it means, art editor evidence. Sullivan owes the students and quotation from a colleague of his, Harvard Jim duran, the public an explanation. No one expects law Professor Dershowitz: "You (like the rest of your race or sex) aren’t art editor him or the faculty to surrender education to "It is no accident that some of the most good enough to compete with the rest of us. polls or referenda. It is a matter of coming telling criticisms of the American judiciary So we’ll give you a token appointment to make the rest of those #@&C!s happy." It demeans to terms with the students and the public. have come from the pens of non­ Montana. The School o( Journalism utilizes the Montana Ka/m»i those members of a previously discriminated- But it has never been Sullivan's way to lawyers . . . There is a code of honor «S f ™“ .'“ courses hut assumes no responsibility and exercise! against race or sex who have won employment policy or content. The opinions expressed on this give an account to anyone outside the ptge do not necessarily reflect the views ol ASUM. the stale or among lawyers, especially established on their own ample merits. profession. His arrogance, when it comes lawyers, not to reveal the truth about the Subscriptionrale, :*a 0 0 .,carter. Lanning and Evans are trying to mandate an Entered as second class material at to advice, criticism, and evaluation from his judiciary . . Missoula. Montana 59012. odious condescension toward those who, perhaps, are a bit different from them. They All material copyrights 1976 by the Montana Kwmrn. may sound plausible at the moment. Well- Missoula’s dilemma: coping with that odor • Cont. from p. 1. One effect of the inversions is that the has cut the odors, Erickson continued. But, points in the paper-making process. officials who must set standards for the odorous chemicals become more concen­ the chemistry professor at the University of If Hoerner Waldorf is allowed to expand, the amount of pollutants that can be released at trated and pose more of a health hazard, Montana argued, "There's no new technology firm has said it might add up to 325 acres of the atmosphere. Montana laws allow Hoerner Carlson said. In the case of hydrogen sulfide, they couldn’t have put in by 1971." new ponds, which could increase emissions Waldorf to release hydrogen sulfide gases in however, Hoerner Waldorf reported that its Gordon also criticized Hoerner Waldorf. somewhat. However, the company has done amounts that are about ten times higher than emissions “have at all times been less than one Old Technology other things to cut hydrogen sulfide emissions the level at which people can smell them. per cent of the level established by medical "They built the cheapest plant in the world” from the ponds, according to Carlson. But Jim Carlson, a Missoula health authorities as being harmless to human department air pollution control officer, sard health.” Blower System the state standard is "as strict as any in the State official Bolstad said the standard for Hoerner Waldorf has set up.a system of country, 1 think." hydrogen sulfide is even stronger than a stan­ blowers set on pads of concrete to stir up the An official with the state Department of dard to protect health would be. ponds, preventing microscopic animals in the Health and Environmental Sciences, Jon Still, in larger concentrations than are now ponds from converting the waste in the pond Bolstad, said he thinks the present standard is emitted, the chemical can actually cause to hydrogen sulfide, Carlson said. "adequate." death and birth defects. Less severe effects But knowledge about the settling ponds is "You're never going to find a perfectly are irritation of the eyes and difficulty in quite limited, according to Bolstad. Conse­ odorless kraft mill," Bolstad said. The “kraft" breathing. Several Missoula physicians have quently, the plan to aerate the huge ponds is process is the chemical method used by the reported to the state that these symptoms have "kind of a shot in the dark,” Bolstad said. Frenchtown mill. occurred in the Missoula area. And another As for the 15 per cent of the hydrogen sulfide Gordon, however, called the state standard problem that accompanies hydrogen sulfide given off by the mill itself, "obviously, you can "not satisfactory.” "All the standards are too at any level of concentration is its always go a little less," he said. high," he said. He suggested that the state psychological effects on people who have to Erickson noted that even with further hydrogen sulfide standard be lowered to one- smell it. The odor can cause depression, ac­ decreases in the amounts of odorous third of the present level. cording to Gordon. chemicals emitted by the mill, the valley may Pollutants Reduced “never get to the place where you won't smell Available figures confirm what Hoerner Expansion Request it." He said that adding more pollution controls Waldorf called a "dramatic reduction" in Hoerner Waldorf’s request that the state will be more expensive as lesser amounts of hydrogen sulfide levels. While the plant Department of Health and Natural Resources the gas are removed. produced about 50,000 pounds a day of permit the plant to expand will be announced Erickson added he thinks the controls on the hydrogen sulfide in 1971, this year only about tomorrow, and one would expect the issue of sulfide so far haven’t cost Hoerner Waldorf 2,000 pounds a day are emitted. And the com­ odorous fumes to be important in the using old technology when the plant was built, much money. pany's 1978 projection is a rate of only 800 deliberations. Yet the major concerns and Gordon said. Carlson said he thinks Hoerner Waldorf is pounds a day. controversies over the application do not in­ "Hoerner Waldorf will do as much as you doing a good job of controlling odorous emis­ Industry, environmentalists and public of­ volve hydrogen sulfide emissions—which push ’em to do," he said. “They’re out to make sions. “They're working on it,” he said. ficials all agree that the pollution from Hoerner cause most of the smell—but involve ques­ money." Carlson said only one way exists to com­ Waldorf in the form of hydrogen sulfide has tions about other pollutants like particulates Hoerner Waldorf spokesman Larry Weeks pletely eliminate pollutants from the pulp decreased considerably. Even so, under and sulfates. termed the Gordon statements “not very plant. “They could shut down the mill," he certain weather conditions the odor problem The reason is that most people involved pleasant.” said. is significant. Overcast skies, temperature consider Hoerner Waldorf to have greatly im­ "I don't see what can be served by bringing inversions and light winds can all cause proved its hydrogen sulfide emissions in order old skeletons out of the closet,” Weeks said. problems. to meet state standards, while the sulfates and “We're concerned about the future." He called The last few months in the Missoula valley particulates involve more violations. Yet the Gordon “very emotional.” Beatlemania have amply illustrated such problems, present odor levels and the past efforts of Regardless of these disputes, however, especially that of temperature inversion, Hoerner Waldorf to cut the smell remain con­ most residents of the Missoula valley are (CPS) — Capitol Records reports that King which occurs when an umbrella of warm air troversial topics. probably most concerned about how much Khalid of Saudi Arabia is reportedly furious at holds a pocket of cold air close to the ground For instance, Bolstad credited the firm with the area will continue to smell of hydrogen discovering Beatles fans in his desert kingdom and entraps pollutants. doing a "pretty good" job of cutting odorous sulfide. And i n order to answer that question, it and has sent a memo to the Saudi Arabia Missoulians faced these conditions a emissions, and Hoerner Waldorf pointed to is necessary to know where the hydrogen Airlines about the “spreading of the sinful number of times during October and significant reductions in the bad-smelling sulfide comes from. Beatles phenomena.” He cautioned the November, according to the National Weather compounds. Others, particularly en­ According to Hoerner Waldorf, the 745 airlines to be on the alert for “the growing of Service. vironmentalists, are not as impressed. acres of settling ponds that receive waste long hair, long sideburns, and long "Air quality in the past month has been way “It used to be wretched in this valley all the water and chemicals from the plant are the fingernails” which he describes as symptoms above federal standards," Carlson said. He time," Erickson said. “Now, it's awful just oc­ main source of hydrogen sulfide pollution. of the dreaded Beatlemania. The king also added that he did not know if the allowable casionally." About 85 per cent of the sulfide escapes from warned the airlines that “those who continue hydrogen sulfide levels had been exceeded. “No question” exists that Hoerner Waldorf the ponds, while the rest is given off at various Beatling should be subject to punishment.”

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Wylie, a former graduate student i n plete description"of the items stolen, Nora Ephron, senior editor of Esquire Magazine, says the feminist Barrett said a description of the art, compiled a list of the stolen items and added that he has photographs items stolen and proof of their from memory. movement is dead because of lack of leadership and failure to discuss of most of them. He said he hasn't yet problems faced by middle-class women. Ephron told a Brown University ownership is required to obtain a Lt. Marvin Hamilton of the Mis­ added up the total estimated value of conviction for theft. He said that soula Police Department said audience in Providence, R.I., Tuesday night the women's movement did not the items, but said it is "something help women solve psychological problems they face in trying to come to grips since no list of the items in the collec­ Wednesday that the police have no over $100,000." tion existed before the theft, a with their role in society. "For a lot of women, the women’s movement has just defense attorney could try to prevent given them a political rationalization for their fear of success." she said. any of the items that may be found Grizzly habitat forum set from being used as evidence. Animals foretell quakes A public hearing concerning However, he said, proof of critical habitat listing and protection. Citizen forecasters may be enlisted someday to help predict earthquakes, grizzly bear critical habitat will begin State and federal agencies in­ at noon Friday in the University perhaps by watching for strange animal behavior, a government scientist said volved in the hearing include the yesterday. Public involvement is the hallmark of earthquake prediction by the Center Ballroom at the University of Montana Department of Fish and If a 40-ton freight car and a 40-ton Montana. Chinese, who presently are better prepared than Americans to foretell quakes Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and take action, said Peter Ward of the U.S. Geological Survey. He noted that truck trailer were given 60 MPH John Craighead, leader of the U.S. Forest Service and the National while the United States has about 220 professionals studying earthquake pushes on level track and adjoining Montana Cooperative Wildlife Park Service. Representatives of in­ forecasting, the Chinese have 10,000 paid predictors and 300,000 citizen highway, the freight car would coast Research Unit at UM, said that at the dustries affected are also invited to volunteers. Chinese amateur quakewatchers kept track of the rate at which five times as far as the truck because hearing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife the hearing. of the lower friction of steel wheels Service will explain its rationale for land areas tilted or rose, noted unusual activity in well water, measured small on steel rails. submitting areas for grizzly bear warning quakes called foreshocks and saw animals acting strangely before a devastating quake at Hai Cheng in February 1975. Rapid evacuation was Futures workshop credited with saving tens of thousands of lives. For the set for tomorrow firs t time JACK No charges in sex scandal BEST The Five Valleys District Council of PICTURE in 42 years NICHOLSON Governments, a voluntary The Justice Department has closed its investigation of the Capitol Hill sex BEST scandal and decided not to prosecute former Rep. Wayne Hays or anyone ACTOR organization of local city and county BEST ONE film else involved, officials said yesterday. A department source said attorneys ACTRESS governments in Missoula, Mineral BEST sweeps ALL O N E FLEW OV ER and Ravalli Counties, is sponsoring a concluded that they did not have enough evidence to support criminal DIRECTOR charges against Hays, the former chairman of the House Administration BEST the MAJOR “Futures” workshop on Friday from 9 SCREEN­ THE CUCKOOS Committee who was forced to resign because of the scandal. Elizabeth Ray PLAY a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Montana ACADEMY Rooms of the University Center. told prosecutors and the public that Hays kept heron his committee payroll as his mistress. AWARDS ■ N E S T BReleased M thru Members of various service A Fantasy Film United Artists organizations throughout the state R ONE WEEK ONLY TIMES will attend the meeting. Topics to be Gilmore’s freedom sought 7:00 9:30 discussed include what the future Gary Gilmore's attorney sought freedom for his client yesterday, saying the should provide in the way of com­ delay in the convicted killer’s execution is "cruel and unusual punishment” munity services such as housing, and he should be set free. The petition was filed in 4th District Court in Provo recreation, transportation, em­ by Ronald Stanger, who said the action was consistent with Gilmore's pleas ployment and education. for execution without appeal in that in both instances he only wants the law to Ted Schwinden, lieutenant be followed. Gilmore's firing-squad execution has been stayed three times governor-elect of Montana, will over his protests. Stanger's motion asks that the Utah attorney general's of­ deliver the opening address. fice be given 10 days to answer and that a hearing be held.

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Above Three members of the University completed, Cooney said, while the them would be a team in freefall and of Montana Silvertip Skydivers were top teams were averaging around 12 another team just exiting the invited to compete on an seconds. He said that about 125 airplane—all day longjor a week," he international team, after competing teams competed in the 10-man said. in a week-long meet in Florida competition. Each jumper had to pay $135, recently. Members of the Missoula team which included an entry fee, and the Steve Cooney, captain of the ten- attending the meet were Bill Blair, cost of all competition jumps, plus a man Missoula team, said he, Paul Vicki Christianson, Cooney, Juel, few practice jumps, Cooney said. All Juel and Tom Kaiser were selected to Kaiser, Gerald Kopp, Rich the members of the Missoula team be on one of two international teams Schwen,derman, B. J. Worth, Chris paid their own expenses, he added. formed for 16 and 20-man freefall Worth and Blaine Wright. Wright, a senior at Sentinel High competition. The skydiving meet Cooney said all the team members School, received the Star Crest Solo was held Nov. 21 through 28 in have about 500 jumps, with the ex­ award and Cooney said he believes Zephyrhills, Fla. ception of Wright, who has 150. Wright is the only high school More than 1,500 skydivers “The organization was incredible,” student in the state to have received participated in the 8,10, 16 and 20- Cooney explained. "There would be the award. man freefall competition at the meet, which Cooney said is the largest yearly gathering of skydivers in the world. The Missoula team competed in Tl Business Analyst the 10-man formation jumping, Cooney said, but did not place. He explained, however, that the team This rechargeable handheld calculator features preprogrammed financial functions. 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SHIP OF FOOLS Keidelhaus West Coast Band & Cocktails and Draft Baer 1C NO COVER classified ads NEED RIDE FOR 1 to MID-WEST. Leaving Dec. 15 FOUR 760-15 snow tires. Used but in good 1. LOST AND FOUND 4. HELP WANTED I NEED a ride to near Renton or Seattle. Wash, anytime after Dec. 17. Dolly — 243-5744. 037-3 and BACK FOR 2 arriving in Msla. by Dec. 31. Will condition. $60. 728-5437, 037-3 REWARD: FOR A LOST CAT — big. male, NEED MONEY? Contact us about how we might help with gas/driving. Call 549-8671 or 549-688*1. orange/white tabby, with white stockings; in help you sell your skills, crafts, products or NEED RIDE to Omaha. Kansas City region over 035-4 KASTLE 160 DOWNHILL skis. POLES, Size 5 ladles vicinity of 14th St. & Schilling — Monday (12/6). services. ANYTHING Referral Service. 1222 W. Christmas break. Call Steve, 243-4424. 037-3 BOOTS. 728-7797. 036-4 Broadway. 549-6330. 038-2 TWO PEOPLE need ride to N.Y. Leave after Dec. 16. Call 721-1739. after 5. 038-2 RIDE NEEDED to Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Can Call Bruce, 549-8071 after 6 p.m. 035-5 A-Z-CAR ski-rack, half price. 549-5733. 036-3 CATHY DEARINGER — your checkbook was found. BARTENDER WANTED — Weekends, nights. 273- leave Fri.. Dec. 17. Will share driving & $$. Call TRAPPEUR COMP ski boots, sz. 11%. excellent 2591. 038-2 728-1937. ask for Marc.______037-3 NEED A RIDER/DRIVER to Minot. No. Dakota. Pick up at UC info, desk 036-2 Leaving approx. Dec. 15. Call Gail at 728-3026. condition. $40. 721-1997. 036-4 TWO NEED baggage taken to Jackson, Wyo. We will FOUND: MEN'S large 10-speed bike near Bonner HOUSE PARENTS (husband/wife) for Gt. Falls 035-4 1-12 STRING guitar, decent. $50. 728-3143 after 5 Childrens Receiving Home. Three & % day work pay for this kind service. Call 728-9154 or 728- Park. Owner please call & identify. 243-4173 or RIDE WANTED returning from Nebraska after p.m. 036-3 728-1522. ______038-2 week. Live at apartment at the home while on duty. 6971.______037-3 One spouse may hold outside employment. Write Christmas break. Call before 9:00 and after 5:00. TURQUOISE & INDIAN JEWELRY: See our FOUND AT TIM WEISBERG CONCERT; green MOST DESPERATELY need ride to or near 549-1938. 035-5 Box 1061. Gt Falls, Mont. 59403______038-2 Cincinnati, leave message for Rex at 728-8422. selection and save. The Memory Banke, 140 East checkbook; brown cigarette case. Call 243-6661. Broadway. 033-7 038-2 MISSOULA RESIDENT wanted to help retarded boy 037-3 RIDE NEEDED to Chicago (Wheaton) III. Will share driving and expenses. Can leave after 12 noon during Christmas Vacation. 543-6412. 037-3 RIDE NEEDED to San Francisco area. Can leave GOOD DEAL! Hundreds of used 'albums & tapes, LOST: ONE turquoise ring at 10 p.m. show. Thursday, Dec. 16th. Call 728-3432 evenings. fully guaranteed. Largest stock in Western Weisburg Concert, if found call Mike at 243-5335. WORK-STUDY position available in Zoology. Will Thurs., Dec. 16th. Will share expenses. Call 721- 035-4 1807. 037-3 Montana. The Memory Banke, 140 E. Broadway, 037-3 train. $3/hr. See Fred Allendorf, HS112 or HS113. downtown. 728-5780. 033-7 036-4 RIDE WANTED. SF area. Approx. Dec. 15 — Jan. 2. LOST: BLACK wallet at Weisberg Concert. Sat. RIDERS NEEDED to Miles City or area. Leaving Share gas, driving. Call collect eves.: Sue —1-723- early Sun., Dec. 19. Call 243-4954 after 5 p.m. or MAROON '57 Chevy pickup. Good'condition. Call Keep the money but please return to Elrod desk or 7. SERVICES ______8705. 035-5 728-0919 after five. 033-7 call Randy Arnst at 243-2416. 037-3 leave messages at 356 Aber. Ask for Al. 037-3 AVON-on special for Xmas! Call Cathy 243-5176; NEED RIDE for 1 to Sioux Falls. S.D. Can leave Dec. RIDE NEEDED to Colorado. Can leave Thurs., Dec. 11. Call 728-3432. 034-6 WHOEVER "TOOK" my notebook from the Library Judie 243-5150; Diane 243-4640; Elliot Village. 12. AUTOMOTIVE on 12-6, PLEASE have mercy on me. Exam notes, 16th. Will share driving and expenses. Call 728- Evie 549-6739. ______030-10 RIDE NEEDED to Chicago for Christmas Break. Will & term papers, etc. PLEASE return to Library Info, 5253. Leave message for John. 037-3 '69 TOYOTA Corona, good condition. $400. Call LARRY'S TRAVELING TUNE-UP: V-8 $32.95.6-cyl. help driving expenses. Call Tim at 728-4178. desk, no questions asked. Or call Shirley — 4707. RIDE NEEDED to Lake Tahoe area or points in 033-7 549-5826. Ask for Anne. 037-3 037-3 $31.50. 4-cyl. $27.95. Foreign cars a specialty. between. Leaving on or about Dec. 16th. Share $5.00 off to students & faculty. 549-3336. 037-3 73 DODGE van, fully customized. 549-5820. FOUND: WOMAN'S watch in library parking lot. Call gas, driving, ETC! Call Rick Schlaeferat 728-1799. 11. FOR SALE 037-3 243-6464 or 549-0740. 036-4 WOMEN'S PLACE Health Education & Counseling 037-3 abortion, birth control, pregnancy, V.D., rape SECOND-HAND cornet Good tone $60. Call 549- RIDE NEEDED to Chicago or Urbana. Dec. 21. 15. WANTED TO BUY FOUND: MEN'S large gloves. Black with colored relief. Mon.-Fri. 2-8 p.m. 543-7606. 026-49 8047, 611 South 1st. 038-2 Return before New Years! Phone 549-6637. 14" OR 15" tire chains, and kayak any condition. stripes. Claim at UC Info. Desk. 036-4 FOR SALE 10 speed 243-2408. 038-2 8. TYPING 036-4 Contact Jim 243-2116. 038-2 $25 REWARD for the return of my TISR-51A CASSETTE CAR stereo and speakers. Never used. CALCULATOR, lost Thursday morning in or RIDE NEEDED to Bozeman. Can leave Wed., Dec. PROFESSIONAL TYPING. Will accept "Last 243-5045. 036-2 17. FOR RENT outside of MU115. Please call 728-0206. 036-4 Minute” projects. 728-5000 (Cary). 036-4 16th afternoon. Will share expenses. Call 243- 4905. Ask for Bill. 036-4 NIKON E, with eye-level ,finder & "FTN” Photomic COMFORTABLE APARTMENT for couple, partly LOST: 2-in. gold lion pin w/green eyes, red mouth. EXPERIENCED; ACCURATE terms — thesis. 543- RIDE NEEDED to S. Francisco anytime after Dec. (light-meter) finder, 50 mmfz lens, good furnished, in return for house and yard work. Call Sentimental valuel Lost maybe last spring. $100 6835. 035-18 543-3232 between 6 & 10 p.m. 038-2 reward. 728-0457. 036-4 13. Round trip. Will share expenses & driving. Call condition, $300 — 549-2246. 038-1 TYPING — Will edit, correct spelling. 549-8591. 721-2035 or 721-1304. Ask for Larry. 036-4 WHISTLE STOPPE ONE BEDROOM house partly furnished. $150. Call 5 MONTH old Siamese kitten. Reward. Call 549-0726 032-8 728-7465. 038-2 or 243-4481 and leave message for Dora Liggett. RIDE NEEDED to Chicago or surrounding area. Will Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. — Free Parking 035-4 EXPERIENCED TYPIST. Telephone 549-7680. help driving & expenses. Please call 728-41781 Rodger Burton & Michael Taft's HOUSE IN UNIVERSITY area available after Jan. 15. 026-16 Jerry. 036-4 SOUND VAULT 2 bdrm. plus finished attic, basement apt, 2-car LOST: 1 GOLD LADIE'S TIMEX wristwatch. Albums — Tapes — New & Used garage. Min. 1 yr. lease. Prefer faculty or graduate REWARD—Lost about 2 weeks ago. Call Crystal. EXPERT TYPING. 258-6420 evenings. 023-17 RIDER WANTED to and from Southern CA. Leave Massage Oils, Incense, Soups . Missoula Tues.. Dec. 21, return from LA Jan. 1. student family. References. Cali 543-4768 549-8671 or 549-6884. 035-4 MANUSCRIPT TYPING. Prefer thesis/diss. 728- Watch for the Opening of Please call Mark or Nancy at 728-2298 after 5:30 evenings. Showing by appointment next Sat. only, 7608/543-5872. 022-18 THE LOCO-MOTIVE COFFEE HOUSE Dec. 11th. 036-1 p.m. 036-4 Coffees — Pastries — Live Entertainment 2. PERSONALS SECRETARIAL EXPERIENCE — Neat, accurate, Dally 10 a.m. til 1 a.m. 542-2435. 022-18 RIDERS NEEDED to Lincoln, Neb. Leave Dec. 17 or VOICE YOUR OPINION on the Mandatory Athletic THE DRAGONFLY 18. ROOMMATES NEEDED 18th. Call Gordon. 243-2624. 036-4 Imported Clothing and Jewelry from Fee Proposal at the Rally in the U.C. Mall on EXPERIENCED TYPING. Papers, thesis. 549-0832. FEMALE TO share house. $70. 1/3 utilities. Call Mexico & India. Unusual Gift Items. Friday, December 10 at noon. Let ASUM know 016-24 RIDERS NEEDED back from Denver to Missoula, 728-8524. 038-2 how YOU feel. 038-2 Jan. 1. Call Gordon. 243-2624. 036-4 THE CATCHE-ALL 9. TRANSPORTATION 30's — 40‘s Fashions FEMALE ROOMMATE wanted by same to split $135 MAN. 35. looking for intelligent sensitive woman to RIDERS NEEDED for Vermont or any points East. Select 2nd Hand Items and electricity. One block from campus. 721-1523. share outdoor and other activities. Write: R.S. Box RIDE NEEDED to Denver area. Would like to leave Share gas and driving. Leave Thurs., Dec. 16. Call QUETZAL IMPORTS 037-3 8941, Missoula, Mt. 59807 038-2 Thurs. afternoon, Dec. 16, but not necessary. Mindy — 243-4726. 036-4 Clothing — Jewelry — Tapestries Phone 243-2636 or 214 Elrod. 038-2 Mexican Imports FEMALE TO share trailer. $60 plus half the utilities. STUDENTS, STAFF interested in forming campus RIDE NEEDED to Salt Lake around Dec. 14. Share 543-6355. 037-3 amateur radio (ham) club. Contact Kevin RIDERS NEEDED to MPLS. Leaving Dec. 16 or 17. all expenses & driving. Bob, 549-5030. 036-4 The LION and The UNICORN (WA7VTD) 243-4708 or Lar (WA7VTG) 243-5040. Return Jan. 3. Contact Charley at 1926 River Rd. Unusual Succulents, Cacti, WOULD LIKE to share my house with a student. Not 037-2 No. 2, evenings. 038-2 SHARE N.Y. Charter — you return. Call Susan, 543- and Tropical Plants. far from school. Inquire at 315 Jefferson. 035-5 4363. 036-4 3rd St. & Higgins NEED RIDE to/from SPOKANE or COLVILLE WA. ORIENTATION FOR Liberal Arts study abroad RIDE NEEDED to Bismarck or Fargo, N.D. Leaving 038-1 20. MISCELLANEOUS programs in Avignon, France for Winter 1977 to be Can leave Monday, Dec. 20. Will share expenses. held on Dec. 9 at 3:30 in LA-139. Participants and Call Sandy. 243-2696. 038-2 end of quarter, returning winter quarter. See Lori 1964 FORD Galaxy 500. Call 542-2434 evenings or INTERESTED IN Micro Computers? Building your anyone interested please attend. 037-2 at 423 W. Spruce, Apt. No. 4. Share expenses. weekends. $225. 037-3 own demonstration Thurs. afternoon & evening. RIDER NEEDED to Lake Tahoe area or points In 036-4 LA10. 037-2 JAZZ WORKSHOP IN CONCERT between. Share gas/driving. Leave about 16th. 1977 CALENDARS now in stock at the Associated 8 p.m. • Saturday Nite • U.T. Contact Rick at 728-1799. 038-2 RIDE NEEDED to Texas (Dallas). Can leave Student Store. 037-2 STUDENTS EXPRESS your pubesence! Sign up anytime. Will share driving and expenses. Call 037-3 H78-15 SNOW TIRES with rims. 4-ply $45. Used now for beard & moustache contest in lobby of the NEED RIDE to COLUMBUS. OHIO. Leave Dec. 17. 542-2874. 036-4 forestry school. 036-4 STUDENTS EXPRESS your pubesence! Sign up (Back if possible). Call 243-2405 leave message. once. 549-5473. 037-2 now for beard & moustache contest In lobby of the 038-2 RIDE NEEDED to Eugene, Oregon. Can leave forestry school. 036-4 anytime Dec. 18th. Call 728-6626, ask for Shelley. RIDERS NEEDED to Anacortes, Seattle area. Between 6 and 7 p.m. 036-4 Seven years bad luck or a death in OPENINGS AVAILABLE to study at UM's Avignon. Leaving 12/17 or after. Call 728-3927. 038-2 France campus during spring quarter. Earn 15UM RIDE NEEDED to Omaha, Neb. or general area. the family are the possible conse­ credits. No language requirements. Call 243-2900, NEED RIDE for one to Geneva, III. Can leave Please call Rob. 728-1950 or L.A.206. 038-4 CB m m m quences of breaking a mirror. This 107 Main Hall. 036-4 Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16. Call 549-8047. 611 South 1st. 038-2 NEED RIDE to Deer Lodge Sun., Dec. 12. Will share • Cont. from p. 1. superstition dates back to early expenses. Call 243-4700. 036-4 WALK-IN CONFIDENTIAL LISTENING at theWalk- Egyptian days when man gazed at In. special east entrance of the Student Health I NEED a ride to Calgary, Alberta anytime after 17th. Share gas. Call Barb 243-5049. 037-3 NEED RIDE to CALIFORNIA. Can leave Fri., Dec. 17. Service Bldg. Weekdays 9 to 5. Every night 6 to 12. Help with driving & expenses. Call Mike, 543-3620. intercollegiate skydiving meets in his reflection in a pool of water. If the 027-13 GOING TO SEATTLE after 17th? Please call Don 036-4 Florida next year. KUFM, the water was disturbed, it was a bad Reed at 243-2738. Share gas & expense. 037-3 POETRY WANTED for Anthology. Include stamped NEED RIDER to Alabama. Leaving 18th or 19th. Call University of Montana radio station, omen. Once the glass mirror was in­ envelope. Contemporary Literature Press, P.O. NEED RIDERS along I-90 THRU SO. DAKOTA. 543-5890. Ask for Neil. 036-4 was awarded $750, designated troduced in tne Roman days the Box 26462. San Francisco. CA. 94126. 024-25 Leaving Dec. 15. or 16. Call 728-8379. 037-3 RIDE NEEDED to Rapid City, S.D. Can leave any specifically by CB as a donation to same held true for "disturbed" FR. TOM HASSERIES and Fr. Len Claxton RIDE NEEDED to Great Falls on Fri.-10. Returning time after 3:30, Dec. 16. Call Jim at243-4338. Keep Episcopal chaplains to U of M. in Copper Sat.-12. Call Cindy, 721-1075. 037-2 trying. 036-4 the radio station and not a direct fun­ mirrors. The figure of seven years Commons Tues. thru Frl. We talk or listen — ding of the Radio-TV department. comes from the Roman belief that Phone 542-2167. 021-19 LEAVING FOR MINNESOTA on Fri., Dec. 17. Can RIDE NEEDED to S. Francisco area or anywhere take 2 or 3 riders. One way trip. Mark, 721-1576. Northern Ca. Leave Dec. 17 or after. Share Both allocations were made with man's body rejuvenated itself every FROSTUNE kits In stock at BERNINA SEWING 037-3 expenses etc... Call Tony 728-8618. 035-4 CENTER. 148 S. Ave W. 549-2811. 018-22 little discussion, while three other re­ seven years, thus shaking any RIDER(S) NEEDED to Lewistown or area, leaving 2 RIDERS NEEDED to INDIANAPOLIS. Leave Dec. quests for funds received lengthy curses. UNPLANNED PREGNANCY OPTIONS: Call Marie Frl., Dec. 17. Leave message for Larry Jackson at 23. return Jan. 3. Call Todd at 243-5127 or 243- Kuffel; 728-3845 or 549-7721. 017-34 243-4642 or 243-2284 late evenings. 037-3 . 2616. 035-4 debate among CB members. — The People's Almanac

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Please contact me: Major Bill Holton 243-2681 or 243-4191 Rm. 102, Men’s Gym Bldg. Dying in Missoula is no cheap way to end it all Department vital statistics division, absorbed__, . .by sellingmi— caskets at a rtnnarange fnMnfrom $222 tnto $252. pmhaiminnembalming IS isrpnmred required onlv only in incas0s cases Department vital static By DIANE MARSHALL Many of the services provided by in which the person died from a com­ said. higher price. If burial takes place in a cemetery, Montana Kalmln Contributing Raportor the funeral homes are optional and municable disease, or when a body As inflation keeps edging prices Because the funeral homes are the grave must be marked with a forced to compete for business, can be excluded by the person mak­ must be transported, by common upward, the cost of living seems to ing the funeral arrangements. These carrier (railroad, bus, airplane) or headstone. Malletta said, the prices of each Martha Wall has been selling creep higher everyday. Just as it optional services and their costs are: when the time span between death funeral home must be competitive. headstones for Garden City Granite costs more to live today, it costs • use of the funeral home chapel, and burial exceeds 48 hours. Dave Cutler, funeral director at and Stone for 42 years. During that more to die. Geraghty Funeral Home, explained $56 to $60. Funeral directors have been Wood, Copper, or Bronze time the most expensive headstone criticized for charging exorbitant Additional burial costs include she has sold cost $1,800. Although prices for their services. However, buying a casket. Prices range from prices vary, Wall said most of the John Malletta, funeral director at $100 to $3,400. The least expensive headstones cost about $150. This Livingston-Malletta funeral home caskets are made of wood and price includes the stone, lettering, and Missoula County Coroner, said covered with inexpensive cloth. A designs and a cement foundation for that being a mortician is "not as casket made of hardwood costs the stone to rest to prevent it from lucrative as everyone thinks it is." about $1,030. For those with expen­ sinking into the ground. Most people harbor a "big mis­ sive tastes, a pure copper casket Another way to cut funeral costs is conception of (funeral) costs," he complete with mattress, springs, and to have a body cremated. said, and attributed this to a “lack of velvet can be purchased for about Cremation is the process of dis­ education” among the general $2,600. One Missoula funeral home posing of the body by burning. It is public. has a solid bronze casket for sale at becoming increasingly popular The figures cited by the three Mis­ $3,400. because it eliminates the use of most soula mortuaries for funeral costs of the funeral home facilities, are $786, $823 and $842. These In order to be buried in a cemetery equipment and services. prices include all the professional a grave liner or vault must be use of the visitation room, $33 to services of picking up the body, em­ that costs are based on the number purchased. This requirement is set Low Cost Funerals balming and preparation and the use of funerals a home expects to handle $36. by the cemetery for maintenance One Missoula organization, the of all the funeral home's facilities. per year divided into the overhead • use of the funeral home music reasons. Over a period of time, Five Valleys Burial Memorial As­ These costs do not include the costs of the funeral home. An eight system, $10 to $14. caskets that are not encased decom­ sociation, is a nonprofit corporation • providing acknowledgements price of a casket, cemetery plot, per cent profit margin is also added pose and the grave sinks, making it that offers low cost funeral grave liner, headstone or to the funeral costs at each mortuary. cards $6 to $7. harder to maintain the grass and arrangements to its members by dis­ miscellaneous expenses such as Missoula mortuaries charge • furnishing a visitor's register surrounding areas. posing of the body by cremation or between $471 and $497 for the book $6 to $7. flowers and costs for transporting Liners are usually made of cement providing an inexpensive burial. professional services of removing If these services are eliminated, the body to another town for burial, if and cost about $117. They are not air Dave Line, chairman of the as­ the body from the scene of death, $150 to $165 can be trimmed off the necessary. or water tight, Cutler explained, and sociation's board of directors, said embalming, derma surgery, total funeral costs. Although it appears that one the casket will decompose but the 710 people have joined the cosmetology and preparation ex­ An additional $75 can be cut from funeral home’s prices for profes­ cement prevents the ground above organization since it began about sional services and use of facilities penses. Of that cost, $89 to $93 Is the funeral costs by eliminating em­ two years ago. used for rr\otor equipment. Prices for balming. According to the from sinking. are $37 to $57 cheaper than the other Vaults are usually air tight and can The cost of an adult lifetime the use of facilities and equipment Department of Health regulations, two homes, most of this lower cost is range in price from $240 for a con­ membership is $10. If a deceased crete vault with fiberglass lining to member is cremated the total cost for $750 for a vault with a stainless steel disposing the body is between $173 interior. and $223. This includes necessary permits, transportation to the Great WYATT’S JEWELRY Private Property Burials Falls crematorium, the container and Book Buyback Oiamonds. Watch Repaiririq the cremation process. The ashes 3 to 5 However, liner and vault costs can be avoided if the casket is buried on are returned in a container provided Day Service private land. Montana law allows by the crematorium. Dec. 13-17 Work Guaranteed burial on private property if the site is Missoula mortuaries also offer Watches, Jewelry, a "reasonable distance . . . outside cremation services. The cost is about Diamonds, Gifts the city district” on an expanse of $335. 10% Discount land that is not less than three acres, If an association member re­ on all Merchandise in Stock. 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MINING C O .eLounse in wie M ontana Mining Company 1210 West Broadway in Missoula A discotheque for the student of music, Dinner for two still under $10 psychology, economics or just for life. No choice announced yet ( i ^ Review changes state’s towns goings on Local government review In Mon­ contact of small towns to generate a in football coach search • Health Educational Council, tana resulted In government changes consensus. The new University of Montana finalist to Lewis and Bowers. noon, UC Montana Rooms. in large cities and small towns, ac­ He said that appointed study com­ head football coach has not been Lewis said that this unnamed • Sigma Xi, noon, SC 304. cording to a study recently com­ missioners. rather than elected ones, selected yet, Harley Lewis, UM finalist was "not unacceptable to • Basketball rules clinic, 5:30 p.m., pleted by a University of Montana were more prevalent in small towns, athletic director, said in an interview anyone at this time," but that he and Field House. political science professor. and appointed commissioners were yesterday. Bowers "are still discussing the • Christian Science Organization James Lopach, assistant professor more satisfied with existing forms of Lewis said that he and UM merits" of two other choices besides inspirationaj discussion, 7 p.m., WC of political science, said Tuesday government than elected com­ President Richard Bowers will make the committee’s recommendation. 103. that of 126 municipalities, 27 ratified missioners. Koehn said this could the final choice, sometime in the "I’m still interested in committee • Montanans for Nuclear some change in their government. explain why the small town changes latter part of this week or in the early choices. However, all they are is a Disarmament, 7:30 p.m., UC Mon­ Government changes were made In were less sweeping than those in part of next week. recommending body and the final tana Rooms. Billings, which switched to a city large cities. "The executive decision will be choice will be up to us," Lewis said. • English and Foreign Language manager form and in Anaconda and Lopach, whose study will be best for the University of Montana, Dept, literature colloquium, The Butte, which consolidated with the written next quarter, said that five of the state of Montana, and for the UM Also during the interview, Lewis Contemporary German History Play, county, Lopach said. He added that Montana's six major cities — Great football team,” Lewis said. said that the job has a salary of 8 p.m., UC Montana Rooms. minor changes were also made in Fails, Butte, Bozeman and Helena — The faculty, athletic screening $19,000 a year. Lewis said that he • Drama Workshops, 8 p.m., Ven­ towns with populations less than a have reformed their governments. committee recently recommended a could not foresee a salary increase. ture Center. few thousand. Four of those five have gone to a city- Peter Koehn, political science as­ manager form, while Butte has con­ sistant professor, who completed a solidated with Silver Bow County in a Disputed appointee Dayton visits UM study on local government study commissioner form. commissioners in September, said Lopach said Missoula has retained Deputy Commissioner for Huff contends. Senate to confront Dayton about yesterday that mid-size towns do not its mayor alderman form because it Academic Affairs Irving Dayton, ap­ Dayton’s visit will provide the first accepting the permanent position have the large, organized pressure has already experimented with com­ pointed recently despite protests by opportunity for Huff and the Faculty without calling for a national search. groups of big cities or the personal missioners and city-managers. several University of Montana faculty members, will meet with the UM Faculty Senate today at 3 p.m. in Liberal Arts 11. ifUik Several Faculty Senate members are critical of the procedure used to A CHRISTMAS FAIR appoint Dayton. Thomas Huff, philosophy profes­ Dec. 8 - 9 IDawuwty 1 | I/7 259 WEST FRONT ST. sor and Faculty Senate Executive Committee member, is presently Missoula Artists & Craftsmen SERI I I f E IN f MISSOULA, MONTANA 59801 searching discrimination laws for University Center Mall 10-5 p.m. f Tel. 1406) 549-3678 legal means to contest the procedure Commissioner of Higher Education Buy your gifts early! f Lawrence Pettit used in appointing We Repair Stereos • TVs his new deputy commissioner. Radios • Tape Recorders Pettit may be guilty of dis­ crimination by not providing an op­ portunity for all qualified persons to apply for the position, Huff said recently. Pettit notified the Montana University System of the job opening on Aug. 25 and set the deadline for applications for Sept. 13. Fewer than 20 candidates applied for the position. A committee appointed by Pettit to review deputy commissioner can­ didates recommended to Pettit that the search for a deputy com­ missioner be nationwide and that all appointments be temporary until such a search was conducted. The committee then reviewed the candidates and rejected those not meeting the qualifications for the position. Dayton was considered not qualified.

Despite Protests Shortly after the committee Reviewed the candidates, Pettit added Dayton as a candidate again despite the committee's protests. Pettit announced Dayton's ap­ pointment as permanent deputy commissioner after dismissing the committee on Oct. 4. By limiting the search for a deputy commissioner to the Montana University System, Pettit was not considering the largest number of candidates available for the position,

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HIS season’s festivities begin at the UC Gold Oak Room with a scrumptous yuletide dinner featuring hand carved turkey and Tprime rib, relishes and vegetables, breads and salads, and a tempting variety of holiday pies and Christmas puddingafor dessert. The University Community is invited to join in on this most delicious and colorful Christmas celebration.