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Show n Frblms Hague By WILLIAM HARWOOD L'PI Science Writer CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (UPI) Scientists aboard the shuttle Challenger encountered more troubles today on their complex Space-lamission but reported the of one exotic crystal and all the animals aboard were in good shape. b slow-growt- ic iodide crystal in another cell in the Spacelab module was "slowly shaping up." Scientists want to see if the lack of gravity in space w ill enable them to grow a more perfect crystal for electronic uses than on Earth. At one point, when he was requested to measure the crystal. van den Berg said he had run out Commander co-pil- Robert Frederick pi Vimv of hands. . n Overmyer. Gregory and Thagard. Don crewmen Norman Lind. William Thornton. Taylor Wang and van den Berg took the problems in stride and struggled to keep the tight I light plan on sched- - ule. Despite the trouble bothering the human c rew. Challenger s ' space zoo" of two squirrel monkeys and two dozen white rats seemed to be enjoying the (light. Thagard. a doctor, inspected the rats and said all look perlectly healthv. Scientists monitoring the operation on the ground asked him to check on one of the monkeys, identified as "primate 1." "1 can report to you right now ble to open the outer door of the airlock in the Spacelab module to astronomical expose the wide-fielcamera to the vacuum of space for the second of six planned runs. d that primate looks extremely pleased with himself," Thagard After several attempts to get a latch to engage. Thagard reported the mechanism was bent slightly and mission controllers told him to discontinue efforts to open the said. Earlier today, Thagard was una- - As the weeklong expedition moved into its second day, the seven-macrew continued to have communications problems and still had plumbing difficulties. door. About 4 4 hours after blastoff, the second of two small million-dolla- r research satellites dubbed could not be "cheapsats" launched from its trashcan-siz- e container and the experimental radio relay station will have to be returned to Earth n - A new problem today interrupted use of a French astronomical camera. Civilian scientist Lodewijk van den Berg also had problems activating one crystal growth experiment in the Spacelab module and scientists on the ground told him to shut down the operation. But van den Berg said a mercur 111TH YEAR, NO. 232 PROVO, UTAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1985 $6.00 A MONTH - PRICE 25 The other satellite, built by students at Weber State University in Ogden was successfully launched for an experiment designed to help calibrate aircraft radar systems. CENTS Murdered in Springville Motel M an Found has blood running out of his mouth,'" said Ashby, 45, of Spring- By VICKI BARKER Herald Staff Writer if Hi i ilpllilKfiiiiiil ' SPRINGVILL- E- This morning a motel maid found an unidentified man dead in room 206 of the Mountain Springs Motel, in what appears to be a homicide, according to Springville Chief of Police Leland Bowers. Jltrn m ..if. - Rex Lee ex lee etufns To BYU Rex E. Lee today announced his resignation as U.S. Solicitor General, effective June 1, and said he will return to Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School to accept an endowed professorship. "We are delighted to have Rex back as a teacher and colleague," said BYU President Jeffrey R. Holland, "his experience as Solicitor General and formerly as Assistant Attorney General, combined with his scholarship, make him one of the nation's leading authorities on Constitutional law." Carl S. Hawkins, law school dean, said Lee will be the first to occupy the endowed professorship named in honor of former Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland who graduated from BYU, served as a U.S. Senator from Utah and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1922 to 1938. Lee resigned to join the Washington office of Sidley and Austin, a law firm, and to Chicago-base- d return to teaching, Hawkins said. Lee will join the faculty this fall, teaching Constitutional law. He plans to maintain residency in Washington for about one year. "Rex Lee was appointed founding dean of the Law School in 1972 and led it through full accreditation to a position of national recognition by 1981 when he took leave to become Solicitor General," Hawkins said. "During his four years as the government's chief lawyer in the Supreme Court, he has achieved notable success in arguing the nation's most important Constitutional law cases," he added. "Rex is a superb teacher and will give his students special insights into the most challenging questions of Constitutional law," the dean stated. After graduating first in his class in 1963 from the University of Chicago Law School, he became a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White and then joined a Phoenix law firm where he practiced for nine years. Up to the time he became Solicitor General, he had argued seven cases before the Supreme Court. - ville. A patron in room 214 was moned to check the pulse indicated the man was dead. sum- The police were summoned after 11 a.m. and just Bowers said preliminary investiindicates two people who gation According to Bowtrs' first rechecked into the motel and were the a had white ports, victim, male, assigned the room. He is uncertain his throat cut and had wounds if the other person was male or which appear to be "not female. A vehicle believed connected with the victim is missing. The vehicle had a temporary license tag Bowers had his officers cordon from Georgia, according Iola Hill, off the motel, a new development of Orem, wife of the general mannear Interstate 15, at 1560 N. 1900 searched W., while investigators ager of Mountain Springs. "We s 5' never have any disturbances out for evidence just before noon today. "We don't expect to have much here," she said. "I honestly can't believe it information until after the state d Steve Olsen Photo in Springville. Things like that medical examiner arrives and we Springville Police Chief Leland Bowers talks with a guest at the Mountain Springs Motel. have made a preliminary investigajust don't happen around here." There were 28 rooms occupied tion." The victim appears to be in his saw somebody in bed. She then room and saw the victim lying in Monday night at the motel, accordThe murder is the second in Springville in just one year. Spring- 30s. Supervisor of housekeeping went to the office and had a call bed with covers up to his neck. ing to desk clerk Steve Brown, who ville jogger Pam Page disappeared Joni Bennett, 28, of Payson, said a placed to the room with no re- - Jackson kicked the bed and in- - lives at the motel. Motel personnel said the two April 21, 1984 on a city street. Her maid knocked on the door approxi- - sponse. quired "Are you awake?", accord- Two maids, Myrna Ashby and ing to Ashby. people who checked into the motel body was discovered in August in mately 11 a.m., and nobody an- swered so she opened the door and Jennette Jackson then went to the Hobble Creek behind a subdivision. "Then Jennette said to me, 'he paid cash for the room. hap-pen- I VIUI 14 Lafrerry By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer "I object." It was a phrase used more than once Monday and today during the capital murder trial for religious zealot and former Highland resident Ronald Watson Lafferty, 43, charged with the July 24, 1984 Brenda murder of his sister-in-laWright Lafferty, 24, and her daughter Erica Lane Lafferty. The nine-ma- 0?& list, IHBHSSNi heard Chief Deputy Utah County Wayne B. Watson call several witnesses for the prosecution to the stand and heard Lafferty defense attorney Richard B. Johnson try to impeach their testimony. The panel heard grisly accounts of the murder and scene of the crime and saw evidence continue to be introduced. Attorney Six witnesses testified in this morning's opening session which lasted until about 10:30 a.m., including Corey and Christine former next-doneighbors of Brenda Lafferty. Both recalled hearing loud noises the day of the murders. "I heard a noise loud enough to shake the pictures on the wall," said Mrs. Colledge. American Fork Police Detective Donald H. Smith told jurors that in a search of an Orem house, he retrieved a briefcase containing a photo album and, from a shirt found in the closet, a document written by hand on a piece of yellow legal paper. Under direct examination by Watson, Smith said a photo in the album showed Ron Lafferty wearing the shirt. Watson asked Smith to read the document which the Col-ledg- e, or rial 7 : Draws Ire could be admitted into evidence. Johnson had objected to three of the photos Monday, but Watson said others he planned to introduce were "similar jury two-wom- i in nature." By J.J. JACKSON Herald Staff Writer Some, neighbors of Sundance Resort claim county officials are quicker to approve building plans for Robert Redford than for others, but Utah County Zoning Administrator Jeff Mendenhall says his office is only enforcing a 1976 State medical examiner Monique Ryser and pathologist Nenita DLu-az- o testified for the prosecution and said they performed autopsies on the victims and said death ccame from a shart instrument that was drawn from on each victim. The "I object" phrase marked a distinct difference between Laffer-ty'- s trial and a January trial conear-to-e- ar zoning. And, says Mendenhall, his office looks for ways to make the ducted for his brother Daniel Charles Lafferty, 36, who repree sented himself on murder charges and raised few objections during the trial. Both brothers members of a first-degre- ' SS.-:k- U M te Ron Lafferty enters court this morning. prosecution contends is a "hit-list- " naming the victims and local church officials in Highland, Chloe Low and Richard Stowe, for "removal ... in rapid succession." Prosecutors say the defendant claims the document is a revelation he received from God. FBI agent Brian Mikelek told jurors that based on a tip, he located a towel and knife about 22 miles north of Wendover, Nev., several days after the murders. Prosecutors say the knife is the weapon used to slash the victims' throats, and that it was wrapped in the towel. Another witness, American Fork Police Detective Larry Fox Burn-hatold about bloodied carpet clippings he obtained at the murder scene. Duriing the noon break Lafferty was involved in an incident that week-lon- g W'J Phil Shurtleff Photo caused Jack Walker, in charge of the Utah County Sheriff's Department trial security, to rush upstairs to a room where the defendant was being held during lunch. Walker said the incident occurred shortly after Lafferty left the courtroom for the lunch recess. "Apparently Lafferty was out of control for awhile, misbehaving." Walker said. The incident took place when Lafferty refused to put on the handcuffs after returning to the room adjacent to the courtroom. Lafferty appeared unmoved as he viewed some photographs of the murder victims. But, at least one woman juror, after seeing the photos, put her hand to her head and seemed significantly affected by them. Judge Bullock had ruled late this morning that four of the five photos religious group called The School of were arrested Aug. the Prophets 7 in Reno, Nev. on charges arising from the Pioneer Day throat-slashin- g deaths of their brother Allen Patrick Lafferty's wife and daugth-er- . In court action Monday, Johnson objected so strongly to one issue that he asked Fourth District Judge J. Robert Bullock to call a mistrial. The issue arose from Watson describing a revelation Lafferty is alleged to have received as a "hit list." I've never heard such a statement," he said and claimed hit list" was a term used by the press and one that, used in court, intervened into the process needed for a fair trial. He also took issue with Watson saying "Yesterday was baby Erica Lafferty's bir.thday. It would have two-yeabeen her second birthday but she's not with us, old having been brutally murdered by (See LAFFERTY, Page 3) rs . private lots buildable. "Robert Redford is the lord of the manor up there and they'll do anything for him," says Robert F. Bennion, '.'but anybody who doesn't have influence to that degree, they will block them."Redford announced plans in February for what could become $40 million worth of growth. A rehearsal hall, pavilion, conference center and condominiums are to be included. Redford has already received (See SUNDANCE, Page 3) - Today: Where Amusements Arts Busines Classified Ads Comics To Find It 17 16 17 21-2- National-Internation- Opinions Sports Today Utah-Region- 8 18 2,20 19 8 15 5 Provo Freedom Festival Report Suggests Financial Changes By NANCY BRINGHURST Herald Staff Writer An audit of 1984's America's Freedom Festival at Provo, now a popular annual event on the Fourth of July, revealed several problems which can now be corrected, according to a copy of the report. Provo City's office of budget and management took on the task, which was completed last month. , The auditors' main objective was to "determine that sufficient internal controls exist to rely on the financial information generated by the current system, to test the financial reports for accuracy, and to review the Freedom Festival activities for evaluation of economic and efficient practices." All revenues and expenditures associated with the Freedom Festival events that were received bv, or paid by, Provo City were reviewed in the audit. According to the report, there According to an audit of the America's Freedom Festival ia Provo, the patriotic July 4th party reaped a smalt, bat gratifying, profit of 1984 $427.22. the Total revenues created by festival events was $70,- - 1$ Total expenditures for those events were several patriotic was , $38,850.54, problems with the event which could be solved this year. Those problems include: Event chairmen were not always aware of all expenditures charged to their events, and in some cases, revenues received. This meant that an event could, go over budget or expenditures Festival Audit Highlights bringing an event balance cf $31,798.59. Administrative costs, such as advertising, sponsorships, and general overhead, took a targe chunk of that amount. Advertising the Freedom could be made twice for the same item. It was also difficult for the event chairmen to accurately report the financial status of their events at any given time during or after the event. In order to alleviate that problem, the report suggests that each expenditure item should be ap- - Festlvat was expensive as the organization spent a total of $35,943,38. Sponsorships hetpei offset that biit, producing revenues of $17,719, minus expenditures of $1,793.87. proved in writing chairman belore it by the event is processed for payment. Regular revenue reports should be issued from the city to each event chairman. Budgeting for events, and trying to keep those expenditures within the budgeted amounts, was another problem area, states the report. Once again, the Freedom Festival Board should be given the right General overhead costs 1 were $12,93152, minus a small to determine how each event said the be revenue of $749.59. According to auditors of the report, If tighter methods of controlling the festival's fl. nances are pet in place and closely followed, this year's America's Freedom Festival of a moneymaking preposition, ia Provo should be more To fix that problem; a budget should be passed by the Fi .... Festival Board and then approved by the city. That budget should never be changed without going through the same process, advises the report. Misunderstandings over how events were to be coordinated and promoted was another sore spot. should handled, report. Control was weak in the separation of duties of each event chairman last year. In some cases, the chairman was not only in charge of the event, but was the promoter, cashier and payer of debts or awards. Chairmen, as volunteers, should for orchestrating be responsible their event. Their creativity should be utilized, instead of asking them to collect revenue and pay debts. Provo City should be responsible for collecting all revenues, and the city's accounts payable office should make the respective payments. Tightening the strings attached to the festival's revenues and ex- -, penditures will result in more successful future events, concludes the report |
