MEMORIAL DAY PLANS Sheet Sa29E a See ey 5 7 | Bat oe] a JAZZ ON THE EDGE | Utah fights to survive tonight E-1 VITAMIN PRICE-FIXING Scandal shocks Utah industry E-8 CheSalt Lake Cri http://www.sltrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 258 Number 43 © 1999,TheSalt Lake Tribune = od oy a8 1 ova | Wind, rain forecast for weekend B-5 143 South Salt L: THURSDAY, MAY27, 1999 BAD IMPRESSION? City, Utah 84111 1999 Youth of the Year Is Murray High Junior With Head, Heart THE SALT LAKE THE ASSOCIATEDPRI Dolly the cloned sheepis only 3, but her genesare already showing signs of TRIBUNE, MURRAY— No matter their ageor background, people find themselves drawn to 17-year-old Cynnamon Da- vis. BY WILLIAMMet CynnamonDavisis the proud winnerof the “Youth of the Year” award. ship and a chance to earn even more during a regional competition in June Davis, a junior at Murray High School, will be featured with 49 other Preschoolers swarm to her for games of duck-duck-goose. Classmates make late-night calls seeking her understanding heart. And her grandma can always count on herfor a game of cards. Ryan Galbraith/The Salt Lake Tribune Shefoundthe Boys and Girls Club at 244 E. VineSt. Theclub transport ed Cynnamonto and fromschool and providedherwith funandeducational activities and playmates. “The broth ers andsisters I never had.” Cynna monsaidrecently Injunior high, Cynnamonwent to the club less often, but was drawn back recentlytoparticipatein the na tional AmeriCorps program, where students are given a small stipend and moneytowardcollege for work in the 1999 Youth of the Year by the Utah Boys and Girls Clubs. The award comes with a $25,000 college scholar- BY KATHERINE KAPOS Cloned Sheep Is 3, But Genes Already ShowSigns of Wear For the spice she gives to those around her, Davis was named the state winners on a segment of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Winfrey's foundation provides the scholarshi Herhistory with the Murray Boys andGirls Club began when she was 5. Susan Davis, a single, working moth er, needed safe place for her daugh. ter to go after school See YOUTH OF YEAR, Page A-5 wear and she maybe susceptible to pre- mature aging and disease — all because she was copied froma 6-year-old animal, Scottish researchers say. There is no direct evidence that Dolly will die prematurely. She is healthy and Milosevic has delivered lambs in the past two years. But the DNA in her cells shows signs of wear typically found in an older Facing animal. Geneticists said the finding, published in today’s issue of the journal Nature, provides further evidence that cloning, at least for now, hasits practical limits. Andit adds to the concerns about the Indictment consequences of cloning humans. “Only years from now, it would be a relevant question to ask if a cloned child would havea shorter life span even thoughit appears to be healthy and normal,” said Marie DeBernadino, a biolo- gist at the Allegheny University of the War-crimes charges maysnarl pending peace negotiations Health Sciences in Philadelphia. In 1996, Dolly becamethe first large animal to be cloned from genetic materi- al extracted from an adult cell. Scientists removed the DNA from a ewe’s egg and inserted DNA from cell BY JOHN DONNELLY KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SE VICE taken from the ewe's udder. The bioen- gineered embryo was implantedin the ewe's womb,and Dolly developed as a clone. Herbirth at the Roslin Institute in Scotland created an international sensa- WASHINGTON — A dramatic indictment of Yugo: slav President Slobodan Milosevic for allegedly or- deringthekillingof thousandsofethnic Albaniansin tion when it was announcedin 1997. Now, researchers at PPL Therapeutics, a biotechnology companyassociated with Roslin, have determinedthat the Kosovo may destroy prospects for a negotiated peace. US. officials said Wednesday. The U.N. court's chief prosecutor, Louise Arbour, will announcethe indictmenttoday against Milosevic “caps” on Dolly's DNAthat regulate a cell's life span are shorter than average All chromosomesare capped with tips at The Hague in the Netherlands, according to Clin ton administration officials. The news took top U.S. officials by surprise, setting off a flurry of phonecalls knownas telomeres that preventa cell's genetic code from fraying. Whenthe telomerefinally wears down after repeat ed cell division, it signals the cell to selfdestruct as part of the aging process. As a result, geneticists say Dolly could age faster and run a higher-than-usual risk of cancer, which occurs whencells fail to self-destruct and begin uncor and meetings to decide their next step. AttheInternational Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, Arbour had begun investigating Serb atrocities in Kosovo in March 1998. She openeda file in October on Milosevic’s alleged direct orders for Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune Krvs Ovler of Tremonton will join others with July 4 birthdays in Philadelphia this summer. trolled growth. Sheep normally live about 13 years. link between telomere wear andagingis not well-established Also, Dolly's breeders could have steered clear of the problemby starting with DNA from a younger sheep evena sheepembryo. or tories to reproduce desiredtraits in their herds. But they are likely to mate clones with uncloned animals because and Finland, but those negotiations were put on hold late Wednesday when U.S. and Russian officials ‘That's where the country was born,” Oyler said. I think the world of this old country, andI owe it to Maybe Krys Oyler was born undera luckyspar- go back Oyler said he has always been patriotic and his The Tremonton rancher was born onthe Fourth of Julyin 1955 and will celebrate his 44th birthday and feelings for his country havenothing to do withhis Independence Daythis year in thecity wherethe birthday. When he sees an American flag, he stops and doffs his cowboy hat nation was born. The way I am, I should have been born 200 years ago,” he said. “Things arejust toofast right now for City officials in Philadelphia counted Oyler intheir Other researchers said the finding does not haveserious implications for agriculture. Ranchers, for example. might use cloned animals as geneticfac ‘Talks hadbeensetfor todayin the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade among Milosevic and envoys fromRussia meeting outside Moscow could not overcome unspeci TRIBUNESTAFF and NEWS SERVICE REPORTS However, Alan Colman, research di rector for PPL Therapeutics, said the ince, nowin its third month. Born on the Fourth of July now.” in Yugoslavia, accordingto a U.S. administration offi cial. While many U.S. officials privately applauded the decision and said it was long overdue, they also be lieved it would prolongthefight over the Serb prov Nation's birthplace beckons Tremontonrancher. “T recall when the news first cameout somebody said that Doll; lamb’s clothing,” said Jerry y lecular biologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. “That's an appropriate quote killing and expellingcivilians from the Serb province list of winnersin a nationwidesearch for people born onthe Fourthof July. Oyler, representing 1955, and at least one person for every year of the 1900swill fied obstacles. The pending indictment mightscuttle the Belgrade talks anyway. Milosevic and NATO officials might not want to talk now. I'msureit will be a complicating factor,” said a U.S. official in Moscowtraveling with Deputy Secre tary of State Strobe Talbott, who meets again today with Russian envoys on Kosovo In Washington, the U.S. administrationofficial put it morebluntly: “How do you negotiate with a war criminal? We'vebeenproviding alot of information travelto the city for free this summer to participate this kid. Oyler, at the urging of his mother, wrote an essay for the contest about his love of his country and his in a historic photograph in front of Independence Hall See RANCHER, Page A-5 See MILOSEVIC, Page A-7 to the war tribunal, but this shows the independence cloning is more expensiveandlessreli able than other breeding methods Maybethecloned animals would havea slightly shorter life span,” said GeorgeSeidel, alivestock geneticist at ColoradoState University, “But their offspring would be normal Colmansaid the only problem posed by telomerefraying could comeif a clone were made from a clone, In Wilderness Areas | ing a copy ona photocopying machine copy into the machine andrepeating the process. Eventually, the copies become illegible Tests are continuing onDolly's off spring, including Bonnie, born in 1998 and set of triplets born this year. 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