r Saturday: Rain High 42 Low 32 Weber & Davis Green Bum Day standard net Jazz to open in profits Clearfield woman finds delivery truck in house 9 htt p:www Zip back Uninvited guest January 22 1999 A 0 against Bulls Iomega reorganizes after fourth quarter success L Malone Miller make up full schedule inside canaaraicxaminer asassmann SERVING THE 50 cents TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 Second me member More coverage45A INSIDE: The Associated Press LAUSANNE Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee delegate from Libya resigned today the second member to step down rather than face possible expulsion in the Salt Lake City bribery scandal IOC presi- dent Juan Antonio Samaranch told The Associated Press Bashir POLICE ARE WAITING: John Suiter surrenders Thursday afternoon at the Circle R Motel in Roy after a two-ho- standoff He’s being held without bail Man gives up in Roy kidnap standoff Roy police received an anonymous call at 12:10 pm and the caller said a Layton woman had been held captive and sexually assaulted in a Circle R Motel room early Thursday morning by John Suiter of Roy according to Roy police Lt Greg Whinham Woman escaped from motel to report sexual assault By RYAN R OLIVER staff Standard-Examin- ROY - After repeatedly threaten- ing to kill himself a kid- napping and sexual assault suspect ended a two-hoarmed standoff with police by surrendering peacefully Thursday afternoon with his hands above his head ur The woman used to be Suiter’s girlfriend and had come over to the motel Wednesday night after he called her Whinham said But when she tried leaving Suiter wouldn’t let her go Whinham said he didn’t know how the woman escaped but when she did she eventually told police she had been held against her will and sexually assaulted When Roy officers arrived at the motel Thursday afternoon Suiter threatened the officers and himself 9 mm handwith a gun Whinham said “We decided to evacuate the hotel semi-automat- ic and call in SWAT team members at that point” he said For more than two hours Suiter talked with a police crisis negotiator over the phone while Ogden Metro SWAT officers armed with assault rifles kept their weapons fixed on his motel room’s doors and windows “I heard them say if you have a clear shot take it” said Ron Stone a resident who heard officers talking to See ROY7A bill English-onl- y loses in Legislature Rep Marda Dillree’s battle with cancerIB INSIDE: staff In the SALT LAKE CITY end the House didn't believe Rep Tammy Rowan's claim her English-only legislation would promote ethnic unity and could block any future possibility of excess spending on multilingual programs “I have absolutely no problem with what this is trying to do” said Rep Brad King Thursday “But the debate we had today proves there is no need for this initiative We have seen ample evidence that there is no unity on this issue” public Following an hour-lon- g debate in the State Office Building Auditorium and another 90 minutes among only representatives on the House floor the initiative was defeated on a 43-3- 1 vote Twenty-tw- o Republicans joined all 21 House Democrats in voting against the initiative Rep David Zolman was most critical of Rowan’s measure “I choke on this piece of legislation” he said calling it “a xenophobic urge” After failing twice during the 1997-9- 8 session to have English By BOB WARD Standard-Examine- declared as Utah's official lan- guage Rowan headed an initiative drive on the issue last summer and fall She collected 39000 voter sig- natures enough to require tive to take up the initia- If approved it would have required state and local governments to print all documents in English However it would exempt schools libraries the courts and public safety and public health agencies from its provisions If passed federal statutes could preempt the state law During the public debate James Gonzales of La Raza an Hispanic advocacy group called Rowan's initiative an insult to those who came to the United States seeking opportunity Re- See ENGUSH7A DOUGLAS C PIZACThe Associated Press Veteran actress Patncia Neal arrives for the premiere of her film “Cookie’s Fortune” Thursday night in Salt Lake City STARRY NIGHT: Sundance brings stars to Salt Lake Skies may have been cloudy but the stars inevitably came out Thursday night as the 1 5th Sundance Film Festival opened in Sait Lake City with the premiere of the Robert Altman film “Cookie’s Fortune” For the next 1 0 days independent films will fill movie screens in Park City Salt Lake Ogden Sundance even Orem from 9 am until midnight on some of those screens The opening gala brought such stars as Patricia Neal Glenn Close Robert Altman and Lyle Lovett 2A One of five films showing in Ogden “SLC Punk!” takes a jab at Mormon culture ID “Side Streets” kicks off Ogden's schedule tonight Fa the entire Ogden lineup see 7D N POOR 08773100001' COPY 4 Get the word on the street on this year’s hot tickets 7D staff r SALT LAKE CITY - Salt Lake Olympic officials may feel like the entire world is out to get them but the general public seems to support the Olympics and the state of Utah more than ever Volunteer coordinators say Utahns are still turning out in droves to help stage the Games and the Utah Travel Council is taking record numbers of calls from outsiders interested in visiting Utah Rather than souring Utahns on the Games or souring the rest of the world on Utah the bribery allegations seem to have vaulted Salt Lake City and the state onto the international scene In one respect the Salt Lake Organizing g ofCommittee is under siege Two ficials in the organization resigned recently amid allegations that Utah boosters essentially bribed people in order to win the Games But for all the negative publicity the SLOC offices are still taking a steady flow of calls and applications from potential volunteers “Utahns seem to want to rally and the controversy has probably heightened awareness of the Games” said Shelley Thomas senior vice president for communications “Pre- - and post-criswe've been getting in the range of 20 or 30 calls a day (from potential volunteers)” SLOC needed about 8000 volunteers for activities ranging from test events such high-rankin- is - Printed on recycled paper Mo- hamet) Attarabulsi submitted his resignation in person this morning one day before a special IOC commission concludes its inquiry into the Olympics’ biggest corruption scandal Samaranch said Attarabulsi 61 an IOC member since 1977 stepped down because of revelations that his son received college scholarships at Utah schools from Salt Lake City boosters “I accepted his resignation and I thanked him for his 22 years as a member of the IOC what he did for sport in his country and for us” Samaranch said in a telephone interview “He’s a good man He did (make) a mistake” Attarabulsi’s son Suhel has said he received tuition at Brigham Young and other Utah schools plus $700 a month for expenses On his application to BYU the address he listed was the Salt Lake bid committee offices Finland's Pirjo Haeggman became the first IOC casualty of the scandal when she resigned Tuesday She was implicated because her former husband got jobs through Olympic bid committees from Salt Lake City and Toronto IOC director general Francois Carrard said both Attarabulsi and Haeggman resigned “in the higher interest of the Olympic movement” “Mr Attarabulsi didn't follow the rules and he took himself the decision to draw the consequences” he said Controversy spurs calls more volunteers By CHERYL BUCHTA RALPH WAKLEY and Standard-Examin- that pre-Gam- es See Killer twisters hit Tornadoes np across the South for the in less than a week killing at least seven people and leaving thousands of people without power early today Story6A second time FILM'S DEBUT: Actress Glenn Close (“Cookie’s Fortune”) was among the stars in Utah's capital city UTAH4A