Show 1 6C r Ogaen Sunday 5 October l&sa Utah US attorney goes back to school in war on drugs B SUSAN IPAKTCHiAN ri Eainef s'aff SALT LAKE CITY — US Attorney Brent Ward says he’s losing the war against drugs by attacking the supply side of the problem only So he plans to curtail the demand by going back to school and talking students into staying away from drugs Ward is joining his counterparts in Sldnd other states by organizing a assembly program for high school students The assembly will provides facts and reasons that will encourage students to say “No” to drugs He said he personally plans to visit as many of the 105 high schools in the state as possible during the next two years with the presentation Joining him in some of the assemblies be members of the Utah Jazz basketball team Utah’s first lady Colleen Bangerter and others Ward told the State Board of Education Friday that drug trafficking is the No law enforcement problem in Utah and is so widespread that it is outstripping his efforts to defend against it will While the state has confiscated large quantities of drugs Ward said those seizures have had little effect on the demand We have failed in the war on drugs by addressing the supply side only” he said Statistics show that drug abuse starts around age 13 in Utah and Ward said that’s why he has chosen to focus his prevention efforts on teenagers “Your 2 drug abuse education program stands a better chance of stemming the demand than anything I can do” Ward told the board “That’s why I’m diverting a substantial amount of the revenues in my office to address prevention education” The board voted unanimously to endorse the program and will notify principals that Ward is available to visit their school State seeks damages from Kennecott Corp SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state has filed a suit against Kennecott Corp seeking payment for damages allegedly incurred from the contamination of sur- dace and ground water at sites in Salt Lake County ‘ I The complaint was filed Friday ifr US District Court under provisions of the federal Superfund statute which holds individuals or companies liable to the state for damage to natural resources aused by the release of hazardous substances The lawsuit was filed by Fred G Nelson assistant Utah attor- ncy general on behalf of the state ' Department of Health Nelson just barely beat the statute of lim- jtations for filing which expired Friday However because Kenne- cott is in the midst of a groundwater study both sides have stipulated that the lawsuit - remain dormant until the study is completed suit said Kennecott and its 'predecessors have operated the open pit copper mine in Bingham Canyon for 80 years which has resulted in the production of large amounts of tailings overburden and leach process residue In June 1983 Kennecott started the hydrologic study to assess surface and groundwater in its open pit contamination operations area A few months later company officials submitted the first information that showed there was significant groundwater contamination Kennecott was asked in Dec 1983 to conduct additional monitoring and investigation much of which has been done or will be done during the study The lawsuit said data submitted to the state by Kennecott since October 1983 has confirmed and amplified the extent of groundwater contamination with the addition of cadmium copper iron silver arsenic manganese lead zinc barium chromium and selenium Those substances are found near the Bingham Canyon Reservoir and the towns of Lark and Herriman and in the vicinity of the leaching areas the company’s evaporation ponds and near 90th South and the Jordan River The lawsuit said that on July 1986 31 state health officials gave Kennecott officials a notice of claim requesting a specified sum in damages but the company has not paid the money Utah briefs Extortion indictment may be sought j' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal magistrate has ruled there is probable cause to believe a Provo man committed extortion by threatening to blow up Utah County government buildings un- less he was paid for representing himself in a sex abuse case US Magistrate Ronald Boyce on Friday ordered Steven A 40 held without bail at Briggs the Salt Lake County Jail The ruling clears the way for the gov-- ernment to seek an indictment from a federal grand jury Briggs was convicted on Sept 10 in 4th District Court on a charge of sex abuse of a child and is scheduled to be sentenced next Friday During that trial Briggs refused a attorney and later demanded attorney’s fees which the county refused to pay according to a complaint filed by the US Attorney’s of-- veloper Bobbie Coray and “our joint efforts could soon result in several companies locating in the park” Cache Citizen given to school LOGAN (AP) — The Utah State University institutional council has voted unanimously to accept the weekly newspaper Cache Citizen as a gift to the school's communications department The decision followed a recommendation from Hardy Redd who headed a committee to study the feasibility of accepting the paper as a laboratory for journalism students The communications department has maintained editorial control of the paper for about 8 months under an interim agreement with the donor Cache Valley Citizen Publishing Co Redd told council members Friday lice “During that time the Citizen The complaint said Briggs sent has won nine awards for excela letter last month to the Utah lence in journalism in competiCounty Commission demanding tion with newspapers in attorney's fees or else he would Utah including first prize in blow up county buildings and news editorial photography and people page design along with a award for overall excelUSU Research lence” Redd said Park growing LOGAN (AP) — One building at the new Utah State University Research Park now holds four but it’s fledgling businesses hoped as many as 15 major research and development companies eventually locate there an 0 USX vows appeal toe dock When you apply for a loan at some places your application gets submitted to some nameless faceless committee somewhere They sit around discussing whether or not you’re worth the money And take their own sweet time doing it That’s not how we make loans at Bank of Utah In most cases the loan officer or manager at the office near you can approve your application for a loan If not it goes right to Roy Nelson President of Bank of Utah Either way it’s a lot faster than trying to get a loan out of committee So next time you’re looking for a loan look no further than the nearest office of Bank of Utah The rates and terms are about the same as other places But at Bank of Utah you can get the loan within hours instead of das of benefit ruling SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — United Steel Workers Subdistrict Director Wayne Holland vowed the union will appeal a ruling by Judge Jerold E Luker denying official says unemployment benefits to some 1900 workers Larry Picite USU assistant ice president for research said The administrative law judge Saturday that companies which Friday upheld Utah’s denial of lease the sites from the university benefits to the employees idled businesses from USU when contract talks between the are USW and USX broke down in programs The park is in North July Luker agreed with state offiLogan and rentals arc limited to cials who supported the USX potechnical research companies not sition that the Geneva workers manufacturing Piette were on strike The union mainwork stopsaid tains the "The goal of the small busi- - page is a company lockout and that the workers arc eligible to renesses in the building now completed is to outgrow their present ceive unemployment benefits Of the nine states affected by quarters and then hopefully other said the stoppage only Utah and Illicompanies will come in” he Piette said the university works nois have ruled the stoppage a strike and have withheld benefits closels with Cache Economic De BANKUTAH '! ink r Ibis Oi ligul 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