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2A Iowa City Pwattoen-Friday, January 15, 19 Corps fl byyJoke Oinid dlespni? pr "I believe that you're standing up there tonight and telling me in sincerity that you believe that tie facts you are presenting are honest," he said. "The only problem is, past performance has proven otherwise." The crowd again burst into applause. While corps engineer Manzi did not respond directly to Chadima's comments, he acknowledged tat Thursday's hearing would effect on the corps' plans. As for the charges that the corps hadn't kept its promises, Manzi said: "We have no reason to come up here and not tell you the truth. "You may believe what yOu'd like," he said, "but I'd like to claji-fy and assure you that, as I stand here, what we're telling you is what you take it or leave it." Those attending the hearing buret into vigorous applause at Chadima's comment.

In an interview, Chadima said he owns about 60 acres of cropland in Johnson County that he believed would be affected by the corps' plan. During his public comments, Chadima asked why the corps didn't rent the land when it was flooded, instead of seeking easements? That was the only fair way to do it, he contended. Chadima also asserted, as others did, that the corps in the past often had reneged on its promises that it had "changed the rules of the ballgame anytime (it) so desired. "If I take you to court," Chadima said, "you're fighting me with my own money that I pay in taxes. originally anticipated.

Corps officials Thursday repeatedly stressed that the increased level of flooding would continue, and that the new purchases were an attempt to compensate landowners for their past, present and future losses. But those explanations were re ejected by most of the audience. Most of those who commented Thursday said they felt they wouldn't be offered sufficient compensation, and were upsefthat there was apparently no way to reverse the corps' decision to go' ahead with the project. "I was under the impression tonight that this was a public hearing to discuss this," said farmer George Chadima of Fairfax. "There was no discussion here tonight." Chadima asserted the corps' position amounted to "that's boys, anyone to have to leave their homes.

But, Tait said, the corps might purchase enough of some farms that they could no longer function. In those cases, the farmstead would be purchased and the owner relocated, he said. Under the corps plan, 1,800 acres for which the corps already owns "flowage easements" would be purchased outright. Flowage easements give the corps the right to flood the land. In addition to these outright purchases, the corps would buy added easements for 6,900 acres.

Corps officials said the planned purchases, which would be completed in 1985 if funding continues as projected, are the result of a 10-year study of changes in Coralville Dam operations that have resulted in more flooding around the lake than About 150 object to $10 million plan By CURT SEEFERT Press-Citizen Reporter Some 150 people spent more than three hours Thursday night protesting a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to buy land and easements around Coralville Lake. Thursday's public hearing on the University of Iowa's Oakdale Campus was the last step before the corps starts the three-year, $10 million project, said Col. Joseph P. Manzi, deputy district engineer with the corps in Rock Island, 111.

No local authority is required to approve the corp's plans. Corps officials said the plan would involve a total of 225 parcels and 175 Coutnrty ehemiges Snow to be removed first from jplowDng polky one lane of all roads By NAN SEELMAN Press-Citizen Reporter The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has decided that one lane of all county roads will be plowed before any of the roads are widened to two lanes. The 4-1 decision Wednesday reverses a new policy implemented by County Engineer O.J. Gode this year. Gode said because of the risk of lawsuits, he decided to have his crews open two lanes of traffic on paved and oiled roads before plowing the gravel roads.

Several supervisors Don Sehr, Harold Donnelly and Dennis Lang-enberg said they had received complaints this week from county residents complaining that the gravel roads leading to their homes were not plowed as quickly as they had been in the past. Gode said the new policy did delay the plowing of some gravel roads in the county, probably by a half a day. He said he implemented the new policy because the county recently settled a lawsuit out of court for landowners in Johnson, Linn and Iowa counties. About' 3,015 acres and 145 owners in Johnson County would be affected. And despite the often heated objections of those who attended Thursday's hearing, Manzi said the corps would proceed with the first phase of the project spending $1.9 million by October for land acquisition.

Only a cutback or elimination of funds by either Congress or the Reagan administration could stop the plan beyond this year, he said. Most of the parcels affected are now used for. farming, though some houses are included, corps officials said. Willis M. Tait, chief of the corps' Rock Island real estate field office, said at Thursday's hearing that the plans were not expected to cause $70,000 in connection With a head-on collision on an oiled county road in the winter of 1979.

The person who filed the suit claimed the county was negligent for plowing snow to allow only one lane of traffic on the road, Gode said. "There's heavy traffic on paved routes and oiled roads, and it's generally pretty fast," Gode said. When only one lane of the traffic is dpen, it is "very, very conducive to cause an accident." In the case of drifts on roads, the likelihood of accidents is increased, Gode said. He said in many cases a car could be traveling down a road that is dry and open for two lanes, and then suddenly come to a section that had been drifted and was plowed to allow only one lane. But the supervisors, with the exception of Lorada Cilek, said they were more concerned about making all the roads passable in one lane.

They said the county also risked liability if someone died of a heart attack or if a house burned down because emergency vehicles couldn't get through snow-clogged roads. "I feel very uncomfortable about from the pulpit criticizing some members of the congregation. 'Joe was concerned about the principle of the letter. He didn't like brushing people off that don't think like you do." Bender said he himself had seen changes in th church, with some recent "influences bemg negative. Joseph Knott, 34, of Oakdale is on trial for first-degree burglary in connection with a fire at his ex-wife's house on Aug.

29. Knott has pleaded innocent on grounds of temporary insansity. His attorney is arguing that the religious group drove Knott temporarily insane. Miller, the psychologist, has a private practice in counseling in Berkeley and San Francisco. He lectures regularly at California universities.

Miller testified that his information on the Walk came mostly from we Know ngra now. AHEAD: NEAL BERLIN Iowa City faces few changes, many restraints The economy may well dictate what kind of year Iowa City will have, according to City Manager Neal Berlin. And because the economy doesn't look very favorable, it will probably be a year in which" there are few changes, he said. The big task facing Iowa City-: during 1982 will be to provide services that are increasingly costly in the face of those 1 economic restraints, he said. top of that, the city obviously has to be concerned about the way in which' it is going to provide wastewater treatment plant facilities in years ahead when it appears there are going to be some changes in funding allocations in the federal program," he said.

"We also have a responsibility to maintain the wastewater treatment plant we have. And that will be more costly with the passing of each year." Berlin said another issue the city will have to deal with is how to maintain existing facilities. Bridges and streets continue to" deteriorate, and the city can't build new ones. "The only other major item we will be considering is the new downtown department store and hotel, making sure it is accomplished as' soon as humanly possible," he said. marijuana charges Nw i If Nv, 4 having people snowed in for two or three days," Supervisor Dennis Langenberg said.

"I think we should get people out as soon as possible First Assistant Johnson County Attorney J. Patrick White said it would be. impossible for the county to adopt a policy would cover all situations involving snow-covered roads. "You need to look at every case individually," he said. "The truth is the county doesn't have the money or resources to cover every risk of liability that exists." In other action at Wednesday night's meeting, the supervisors: Designated the Lone Tree Reporter and the Clear Creek Leader as official county newspapers, which entitles the newspapers to thousands of dollars in advertising revenues for the publication of county legal notices.

The Press-Citizen was designated as an official newspaper last week. The designation was granted to the two weeklies based on the number of people who have subscribed to the papers for six months or more. When the board first discussed the designations last week, "More and more the prevailing attitude was that we alone are God's people. Isolation was a basic principle. We were rejecting people if they didn't see the way we see." Members were discouraged from reading literature of other groups, he said.

"The blanket way was that professional literature. While he said he has interviewed some 200 former cult members, he said he has interviewed only one former member of the Walk. That was Tony Cox, the ex-husband of Yoko Ono, who is also the widow of John Lennon. Miller said Shiloh, a religious center near Kalona is the central church of the Walk. "It's where the ultimate manifestation will take place." The goal or "cosmic carrot" of the Walk is the "coming of the resurrection on earth," he said.

THE YEAR IOWA CITY MARY NEUHAUSER Zoning ordinance would let Iowa City control its future A new zoning ordinance is among the top issues facing Iowa City during 1982, according to Mayor Mary Neuhauser. "I hope it will be complete by the end of this coming year," she said. "We've never hadj a zoning ordinance that has carried out the comprehensive plan as it was approved in 1978. Consequently, the zoning we now have corresponds to an outdated comprehensive plan. It may be that some of the zoning is inappropriate.

The kinds of zoning classifications we have now are very unclear. We would like to change the way the land is classified so people know more clearly what is permitted within that particular area." Another issue is what revenue sources are going to be available to the city, and this has to do with both federal programs and state legislation, she said. On the federal levef there are three or four areas city officials are concerned about, she said. Among them are funding for the sewage treatment plant, which is very important to Iowa City and will have to be pursued diligently, she said. Another is funding for the city's mass transit system, including funding for buses and a bus barn.

A third concern is making sure ine city revenue sharing program continues. And a fourth is to ensure continuation of the Community Development Block Grant program. 2 at hospital face 111 Lawyer: Group drove man to there were some questions on whether the circulation counts were accurate. Because the-differences in the circulation counts were so small, the county asked the newspapers to resubmit the circulation figures. The new figures showed the Reporter and Leader had the highest circulations among the weeklies.

Unanimously approved the first 'consideration of a proposed cable television ordinance affecting unincorporated areas of the county. The ordinance would enable cable TV companies to apply for franchises to provide cable TV service to county residents. Three considerations of the ordinance are required before it is adopted. Appointed Dr. Mary Dewey of 123 Ferson Ave.

to the Johnson County Board of Health. Dewey replaces Orval Voder. Elected Betty Ockenfels chairperson of the Board of Supervisors. Lorada Cilek was elected vice chair to replace Ockenfels. Dennis Langenberg announced last week that he was resigning the position.

His announcement came only one day after he was re-elected for a second one-year as chairman. crime nothing valid was going on anywhere else." The church also had an overemphasis on the influence of "evil spirits," Bender said. "It became negative at that point. I think the power of light is so far gf eater than the power of darkness." is a cult This is to occur at Shiloh and church members are working toward that manifestation, he testified. The Church of the Living Word, of which Shiloh is a part, claims to have 100 congregations in 25 states, Miller said.

John Robert Stevens, a native of Washington, is the church's leader. Miller said Stevens claims to be the "apostle of the apostle." "The proliferation of cults has exploded in the years since the Vietnam war," Miller testified. North Liberty man were dismissed Continued from page 1A He said Knott thought the organization was of a kind that "locks people into their mold of thinking until the person was not free to think for himself anymore." Knott was particularly upset, Bender said, when a letter was read Expert testifies local group WASHINGTON, Iowa The Church of the Living Word, also known as The Walk or Shiloh, is considered a cult by pychologists, sociologists and religious researchers, an expert on cults testified today. Jesse Miller, who has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and is writing a book a book on cults with another scholar, testified today for the defense in a trial in Washington County District Court.

Deaths Jowalowa City Wayne Lamont Moomoy Search ruled illegal, charges dropped Drug-related charges against a NORTH LIBERTY Wayne Lamont Moomey, 61, of North Liberty, Two University Hospital employees were arrested Thursday night arid charged with delivering marijuana, Campus Security officials said today. More drug sales may have occurred at the hospital, and more arrests may be made, Campus Security Sgt. Richard Gordon said. The arrests were the result of a two-week investigation, he said. Ricky Ray Cavanaugh, 24, of North Liberty, and Laura Helen SaylOr, 20, of 2254 S.

Riverside Drive, were arrested at 8:30 p.m., Gordon said. According to the charges filed against the pair in court, Saylor arranged for an undercover security officer to buy marijuana 'from Gordon said Cavanaugh works for housekeeping and Saylor for food service at the hospital. The undercover officer bought ounce of marijuana for $20, he said. Cavanaugh and Saylor were -freed under il.e supervision of the Division of Adult Corrections. In addition to the delivery charge, Saylor was also charged with possession of marijuana.

Associate District Court Judge Joseph Thornton set Jan. 22 preliminary hearings on the charges. Club donates $1,500 to city library An Iowa City club has donated $1,500 to the Iowa City Public Library to buy library materials for the visually impaired Delia McGrath of the Iowa City Pilot Club, said the money will be used to purchase book tapes, casette tapes, and large print books. The money for the donation was raised from the club's annual project, a breakfast held In October. McGrath said that during the last six years, the non-profit club has donated money for a van for the City of Iowa City, money to the Johnson County Care Facility, money to the Iowa City Recreation Center for musical instruments, and money to buy billruben lights for Mercy Hospital to treat jaundice.

died at Mercy Hospital this morning after a short illness. Memorial Mass of the resurrection will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Henry Greiner officiating.

The body has been donated to science. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Hospital Foundation or St. Mary's Hall project. Mr. Moomey was born June 16, 1920, in Osceola, a son of Carl H.

apd Maude Langfitt Moomey. He attended Osceola High School, received a BA degree from Drake University in 1964 and a MA degree from the University of Iowa in 1965. He was retired from the Ds Moines police force, was a rehabilitation counselor in Cedar Rapids and a regional manager of the Rehabilitation Education Service Branch of the Department of Public Instruction. He married Mary Rosenhauer Mullins on Nov. 6, 1965, in Iowa City.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Des Moines Police and Burial Association and the Iowa Chief's of Police Association. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. John (Beverly) Paul of Kansas City, and Naraine Moomey of Napa, a stepson, Maj. Gary F.

Mullins of El Dorado Hills, four grandchildren; and two sisters, Aletha Ruble of Phoenix, and Juanita Mason of In-dianola. He was preceded in death by a brother. Lawrence Diehl LONG BEACH, Calif. Lawrence Diehl, 76, of Long Beach, formerly of Iowa City, died Wednesday in Long Beach after a sudden illness. Burial will be in Long Beach.

Mr. Diehl was born Feb. 6, 1905 in Jonesboro, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J.

Diehl. He married Genevive Miller in 1926. Survivors Include his mother and a brother, Wayne, both of Iowa City; a son, James of Long Beach; and a granddaughter. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. by a judge Thursday, two days after he ruled that the arresting officers illegally searched the man's home.

Charges of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession with intent to manufacture marijuana against Douglas C. Foster, 31, were dismissed by Johnson County District Court Judge Ansel Chapman. Chapman ruled Tuesday that drugs confiscated at home and statements Foster made before his arrest could not be used as evidence in his trial. "In this case, the officers did not advise the defendant that he had a right to refuse consent," Chapman said in that ruling. Foster led the officers to the hidden illegal drugs in his house because "his will was overborne by the action of the officer, and there was no consent search" under rules outlined by the U.S.

Supreme Court, Chapman said. The charges were dismissed after prosecutors said Thursday that without the seized drugs and statements made by Foster before his arrest, they didn't have enough evidence to take him to trial. According to Chapman's order, Richard Edwards, a Johnson County Deputy Sheriff, and Wade Kisner, a state Division of Criminal Investigation agent, went to Foster's home to ask some questions about the death of Raymond Hartwell because Foster and Hartwell were friends. Har-twell's body was found the day before in his cabin near the Coralville Reservoir and Stewart Road. Edwards told Foster he smelled marijuana in the house and wanted to go to the basement and see, court records said.

When Foster hesitated, Edwards "became more insistent and stated that he 'get their jobs' if they did not cooperate," Chapman said in his ruling, referring to Foster's and his wife's jobs. Chapman ruled that Foster gave the marijuana to Edwards because of the threat. Foster also turned over some cocaine, which was hidden in a refrigerator, records said. Efforts by the Press-Citizen to reach Johnson County Sheriff Gary Hughes today for comment on the case were unsuccessful. i 4 4 I.

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