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Show HORSE WHISPERER | A ‘Babe Ruth’ oftrainers B-1 REAL KING SOLOMON CHAPTER 11 FOR MARKER | Scholar examinesthe king’s life C-1 S.L. ski-binding makerto be sold D-5 CheSalt Lake Cri http:/ www.sltrib.com une Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume Number 129 © 1999. T Salt LakeTribune Bush’s Momentum MayBe Squandered By Drug Inquiries BY RON FOURNIER ae THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Whynow?For months, George W. Bush successfully dodged questions about whether he used drugs with an artful reply that he acted irresponsibly in his youth. His suddendecision to offer partial, unsatisfying answersis baffling. The hubbub over have-you-ever ques- tions squandered momentum Bush had built with a victoryin Iowa’s straw poll last Saturday. It also exposed weaknesses that were ignored or unnoticed while his campaign rocketed almost effortless- ly to the top of the Republicanfield. The shift of strategy left veteran political consultants shaking their heads. “He didn’t need to be talking about said Ed Gillespie, a Republican op- erative. Even supporters who commenda ed Bushfor talking about the subject saidhe did so clumsily. U.S. experts hope Turkey's tragedywill help people be prepared for disasters COMBINED NEWS SERVICES In Izmit, Turkey, someone heard what sounded like scratching. The father of a missing girl had no doubt it was she. “She's in there,” the man pleaded to American rescuers. Two Air Force watchdogs membersofthe rescue team crawled into a crack in a buckled wall. The say plans pose danger father directed them to a spot where he believed the girl was trapped. But whenthedrill punched through the concrete, there was only the unmistakable odor of a decomposing body All the resources, experience and BY JIM WOOLF 1999. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE sophisticated equipmentbrought in The U.S. Air Force wants permission by the Urban Search and Rescue forits pilots to spread a radar-jamming Team of Fairfax County, Va substance known as “chaff” over thou Friday: Time was quickly expiring for anyone leftalive in the rubble of Tuesday's giant earthquake, which western Utah and eastern Nevada couldn't alter one inescapable fact sands of square miles of publiclandin Military experts also want their pilots to beableto dropflares, which cor.fuse heat-seeking missiles, from alower alt: killed thousands. With the odds of their survival dwindling by the hour, tens of thousandsof people were believed to be tude overthis area Daschle suggested that Bush's back- ground was getting less scrutiny than President Clinton's, the questions about drugs started picking up. News organizations surveyed the candidates about past drug usage. Bush, alone, refused to an- swer, training forpilots” using the Viati and Training Range (UTTR) port issued by the Air Force But military watchdog groupsareop posed to both proposals wreckage of an earthquake that has caused more than 10,000 confirmed deaths and could end up being that country’s worstof the century. Sergio Piazzi of the U.N. Office for Grace Potorti, America are sick and tired of this kind of politics,” he said. ‘And I’mnot par- ticipating.” Hourslater, he decided to participate, afterall. The Dallas Morning News wanted to know if Bush could answer the question posedto federal employees in standard background checks: Did he use illegal drugs in the past seven years? He said no, but that left open the possibility that he had broken the law earlier, when his father was in the White House. A news conference the following day allowed Bushto cast any past drug us- age as a moredistant memory. He used a morestringent 15-year standard set by the Bush White House. Then, a reporter asked whether he could have passed the test when his fa: ther was president, and Bush said yes ‘That was thefirst clue for some aides that Bush was going back 25 years. 3ut it raised more questions. What about when his father was vice president? Why not answer the question posed to current White House employees? The BI asks themif they used drugs since their 18th birthday Hush said he must draw theline somewhere Aides insist that will be thelast thing Bush will say about the matter But he slready has redrawn the lines a few times Lush may beableto finesse the drug issue throughout the campaign, political consultants in both parties say. But the episode revealed what can happen to a cautious, coached candidate when heis knocked off message; he changed course twice in two days, lost his cool andstill is open to accusations that he won't play the Nevada countability, said questions have been Turkish authorities had privately in- raised about the effect of chaff on the formed his agency that as many as health of people andwildlife 35,000 people couldstill be buried in the stricken zone, which stretches Chaff is composed of thousands of strands of fiberglass coated with alumi east from Istanbul for 80 milesalong num. Eachis about the thickness of humanhair andup to 2 incheslong. The quake will exact a huge price from Turkey’s economy, which had been struggling under demands by international lenders to slash public investment and spending. Central Bank governor Gazi Ercel said the disaster might cost between $5 bil- they decompose in the environment the MarmaraSea. Potorti said, they may break downinto particles small enough to be inhaled into the lungs. Theyalsosettle out on vegetation that is consumed bylive lion and $7 billion. Unofficial esti- mates rangeto $25 billion. In the past decade, U.S. rescue teams had beensent to earthquakes from Armenia to Mexico. They have coped with the aftermath of hurri- canes, mudslides and floodsin remote corners of the world. Disasters loom in the news these days, and most of them appear to be happening thousandsof miles away But, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency . (FEMA), Americans should realize yal Warshavaky The Associated Pree close to home BY LEE SIEGEL When you mapall the different © 1999, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, United States year by year,it's obvi- ous: You canrun, but youcan't hide Deane Kensok has just finished plotting all those catastrophes as part of a newInternet-based public disaster risk-reduction program launched by FEMAthis summer. Only a few sparsely inhabited places — such as an area near the border of Arizona, New Mexico, Col- orado and Utah — don’t seemto have manydisasters, according to federal records. They probably are not safe either, just so sparsely pop ulated that no onehas reported tor- “Anywhere else in the 48 (contiguous] states, there’s something going on, whetherit's earthquakes ailstorms or tornadoes or hurricé 8, said Kensok, a program manager for Environmental Systems Research See QUAKE, Page A-6 Devastation and thousands of deaths from Turkey's major earthquake could be repeated in Utah unless weak old fires. Flares burn for about 10 seconds so the closer they are dropped to the ground, the greaterthe chance of afire Flares were blamed for a fire last month at the Fallon Naval Air Station in central Nevada. They also triggered a large Nevada fire in 1996. If you are a rancher in the path of one of thosefires, look out,” she said Instead, UBCC members unanimous ly voted to announcetheirintent to consider adoption of the code and encour, age officials, developers building owners and others to speak out on the issue buildings are strengthened, the state “You need to build that base out there to make this thing work.” said UBCC Chairman RonIvie, Park City’s future if we don’t take steps to minimizeour exposure id structural et building official. building code panel was told Friday “We mayvery well be looking at our gineer Jim Bailey, a memberof Utah Seismic Safety Commission ismic commission's chairman, on Friday Bailey and Walter Arabasz, the s asked Utah's Uniform Building Code Commission (UBCC) to adopt a code that would require unreinforced ma. sonry buildi ys to be strengthened when the; re remodeledso they will not collapseduring big quakes The UBCC declined to take immedi ate action, citing potential costs in the billionsof dolla the prospect of “influencepeddle lobbying the gover nor tore ind the move and theneedto build widespreadpolitical support During the meeting, Arabasz — di of Utah Seis rector of the Unive mographStations — aved newspaper reports of the devastation in Turkey Bailey, of Allen & Bailey Engineers. said the toll from a magnitude-7 5 quakeontheSalt Lake Valley segment of the Wasatch fault would rival out there.” froma lowerelevation will cause range State Panel Delays Tougher Code To Reinforce Old Utah Buildings kinds of disasters that strike the stock and wild animals. ‘It’s nasty,” said Potorti. “We truly don’t knowwhat the health impacts are It is inappropriate for the military to make guinea pigs of the people living She also fears that dropping flares A Turkish woman sits outside her destroyed housein the town of Golcuk onFriday. Up to 35,000 peoplearestill believed trapped under debris. that disasters are just as likely to hit nadoes, floods orfires, experts say Seven years. Fifteen years. Twenty five years. from based Rural Alliance for Military Ac the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva on Friday said ‘Though there is no evidenceor credible allegation that he ever has violated drug laws, Bush kept getting peppered with the questions. He finally lost his cool during a home-state news conference on Wednesday. Leveling dark accusations against unnamed rivals who planted” the rumors, Bush vowed not to answer the questions. ‘‘The people of ensuré The changes are needed to military readiness through still trapped Friday under the fter Senate Minority Leader Tom Uta Air Drop Sparks orries Quake’s Lesson: No PlaceIs Truly Safe UNDERFIRE th 4% South Mam Stree Salt Lake City SATURDAY, AUGUST21, 1999 Tur: key's catastrophe The Utah Geologic predictedup to 7,600de juries and$12 billion in d ge froma majorseismic event along the Wasatch Front hesaid Most experts feel we are overdue TheAir Force will prepare an envi ronmental assessment on the proposed changes beforea final decisionis made The report being circulated now was preparedto help governmentagencies identify issues that should be consid eredin that environmental study The UTTR is the military Breet contiguous network of special-useai space within the continental United States, measuring about 240 miles in length and 100 miles wide. It is located mostly in northwestern Utah, with a small section lapping into northeastern Nevada vn It consists of 16,651 square miles of air space where pilots train b most of this air space is over public lands controlledby the U.S. Bureau of Land Management(BLM). ‘The mili controls only 2.675 squaremilesof land beneaththe training range Pilots using the UTTR tod chaff over mostofthe milit tween groundlevel and58,000 feet. But See STATE PANEL, Page A-6 See PLANS, PageA-3 by the rules set for White House work- ers. Bush still is largely untriedin a na: tional campaign, whena new crisis can emerge almost daily You know what's next? Abortion. Let's watch him handle that under fire one day,” said Democraticconsultant David Brown. “He's great with smiling. At 40, Hawaii Wonders WhereIt Goes From Here BY JEAN CHRISTENSEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS down to answering tough questions, he's HONOLULU — Hawaii turns 40 today, and, like someothersthat age, it is in a midlifecrisis Ann Landers C4 Editorials A410 comedtheislands as America’s 50th state, spirits werehighandconfident. Sugar was king and a second booming industry, tourism, just had dawnedwith the arrival a few weeks earlier of the first commercial jetliner at Honolulu’s airport For the next three decades, the economy under went spectacular growth, but the honeymoon ended At Home ot Obituaries av He shakes hands well, but whenit gets On Aug. 21, 1959, \simov/Bridge D8 | Movies Birth Bunine Classifieds Comic AB D5 Dt C4 c+ Purzles Sports D43 a Star Gazer DM TV Programs cs WEATHER: T-storms possible Details; C-8 Ml I il}. whenPresident Eisenhower wel in the 1990s, A nine-year economic slump shows no clear signs of ending, andit is testing theuniqueinsti tutions of the Aloha State * said Leroy Laney, an economics professor at ; Certainlygiven what Hawaii is used to sincestate hood, thelast 10 years have beentotallydifferent, andthelevel of political discontent is growing ‘Therecent Asianfinancial crisis has lowered visitor arrivals from that region, keeping Hawaii from America’s economicexpansion. Last year, 6.7 million peoplevisited theislands, a dropof nearly 2 percent Hawaii is now searching COMIN SUNDAY from the year before, the Hawaii Visitors & Conyen tion Bureausaid. But the largest foreign segment — visitors from Japan — declinedby nearly 10 percent Sugar andpineapple exports that usedto generate While Brigham Young headed for Utah, another $250 million annually have slumped to $177 million James Jesse Strang estab lished an ill-fated island kingdom on Lake Michigan. But it lasted less than a dec: ade, Mormon disciple named as growers move operations to cheaper countries. Today, most former canefields growsubdivisions, and Honolulu’s signature pineapple canneryhosts a Signature Theatres multiplex. Farmers now plant SUNDAY MAGAZING coffee and macadamianuts Statehood opened the door to a flood of mainland and foreign capital, By the late 1980s, Japanesein vestment in Hawaii properties caused real estate prices to surge. But that wave washed out. Investors now unload properties for a fraction of their purchaseprices, of ten losing millions. Bankruptcies jumped30 percent in 1998 and fore closures 14 percent June's unemployment rate of 6.2 percent was well ECCT GAY Bo Te A AY eS Inthe heated debate about guns and gun control in Utah, statistics are proving to be as powerful abovethenationalfigure, 4,5 percent. Gov. Ben Caye tano recently said the state budget will run a $124 as the weapons million deficit within four years examining, See HAWAII, Page A-12 they are |