|Exhibit 12.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|(thousands)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Income (loss) from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Equity investment (income) loss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Minority interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Income subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Kansas City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Interest on value of leased property                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Interest on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Interest on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Other interest expense and amortization                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Earnings before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|income and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|(a)  An $87.1 million deficiency in earnings caused the ratio of earnings to fixed charges to be less than a one-      to-one coverage.
     A $195.8 million net write-off before income taxes related to the bankruptcy filing of DTI       was recorded in 2001.