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Show 7Tj UVSC's Board changes Ills mind g 2 ' ' T 50 CENTS "'" : Inside A2 A PULITZER COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER gfeas Iff" to last year's budget Local CI PROVO, UTAH n Prove departments held determine bond's fate "1 Bl' ;.rts Alpine vote will TUESDAY, MARCH 24. 1998 E1 ft E IISTY! "TZJ i I hiii gr jH-i- I LOS ANGELES (AP) and crew, saying, "You guys The winners: Find a com11 "Titanic" won a record-tyingave me pure gold every day plete list of Monday's Oscars on Monday night, and I share this gold with you Academy Award winners. A6 ... Everybody else that I was including best picture, director and song, while Jack Nicholson going to thank either got an and Helen Hunt took top acting on. Oscar or a nomination, so The movie tied the number they're covered." honors as the misanthropic " in writer and the waitress who of awards wen by Nicholson joins an elite softens his heart in "As Good 1959, but lost a chance to win a group of only four performers As It Gets." record 12 Oscars when it fell to own three or mor Oscars. "I'm the king of the world!" short in three categories: Hunt His others are as best actor for crowed "Titanic" director beat Kate Winslet, Kim "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's James Cameron, quoting a line Basinger took supporting Nest" in 1975 and supporting from the movie's hero, as he actress for "L.A. Confidential" actor in "Terms of in 1983. accepted his prize at the 70th over Gloria Stuart, and "Men Endearment" annual Academy Awards for in Black" claimed the makeup Katharine Hepburn won four the $200 million disaster epic prize. Academy Awards, and Ingrid e Cameron thanked his cast Bergman and Walter Brennan and champi- g "I 1 ... & r 4 aM W j S "Ben-Hur- ' r-- t?i'Jii Hc'en Hunt, As C'jc-- 3 ec ... ' It L.A. Cots" Confidential." "1 Robin Williams, Good Wi!! Hunting" jame3 Cameron Titanic" AP . . lit it isi each won three. "I'm honored to be on any list with you, Bobby, Dusty, and you and your father Mr. Damon, and my old bike pal, Fonda," Nicholson said, making the umpteenth joke of the night about fellow nominee Matt Damon's age and alluding to his long-agrole in "Easy Rider." Nicholson joked about suffering from doubts, given the virtual sweep by "Titanic": "I had a sinking feeling all night, right up to here," he said. o box-offi- all-tim- See OSCARS, A6 Elibfrs Abductor leads police to others re y By MATTHEW BROWN The Associated Press SALT -- L4 id 1 tha Provo City Library during i a ceremony to unveil the plans for the restructured Academy Square Monday. Academy Square begins metamorphosis By RYAN VAN BENTHUYSEN The Daily Herald itage," he said. Mayor Lewis Billings opened the ceremony by announcing that the updated plans meet the requirements of the library by fulfilling the community's needs. And it can be done within budget, he added. The latest plans call for the additional building to be partially underground instead of the original plan that called for a building that mimics the of the building that states, existing Education Building. "Funded by the city of Provo Putting it underground will and over 1,800 donors." save money on materials like Voters approved a $16.8 milbricks and roofing, the archilion bond last year to mostly tects have said. Matt and Julie Roper, Provo pay for the renovation of the Academy Square building, and residents, were recognized for g the construction of an their help in making the dream behind it. An addi- come alive. The couple camtional $5.4 million was raised paigned for tha bond approval the Brigham, Young and went door to door to collect by-Academy Foundation. money. At the time, their answerThe bond approval says ing machine even said, "We're not SSnething about the city, said here but we're out raising money Eiug Smoot, member of the for Academy Square." Contractors will break ground litrary Construction Oversight on the library no sooner than Committee. ST "The citizens of Provo September and it's expected to Sefined Provo as a city of her be complete in the fall of 2000. PROVO The sign is up and the Academy Square education building is officially on the road to recovery. " City officials Monday formally imveiled plans for the new Provo City Library at Academy Square. A short while later, a sign was stuck in the front lawn addition-aljbuildin- T&Say: Windy. Partly sunny and continued warm. A 40 percent chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms. Highs near 70. s'T a 50 percent chance of Torn to showers and thunderstorms. Highs lower-- to mid-60- s. A8 for complete westher information and the ski report. Tomorrow: Continued windy wilh J E I I POOR COPY By RYAN VAN BENTHUYSEN The Daily Herald PROVO The existing library could face a $170,000 cut in annual funds for the year. for 1998-9- 9. the Meaning, library will have to cut operating costs, residents will have to pay higher taxes or city leaders will have to pull some extra cash from Provo's general funds. Mayor Lewis Billings said there's no chance of a tax hike. "I'm opposed to tax increases," he said. "I believe the people of Provo feel they have been taxed enough. They are beyond where they want to be in increased taxation." Nelson said it's too early to tell what the solution will be, but said he is working with Billings and the library's Board of Trustees to find an answer. "We're working on other solutions because the mayor has made it real clear that he does not want to raise taxes," At the moment, the library is operating within its budget, said Gene Nelson, library director. But a jump in operating costs that's higher than the increase in tax revenue has library officials on guard. "In a nutshell, we're looking at having to trim about $200,000 off the budget if we can't find another solution to get those dollars up to what we had this year" he said. The library is riding a $1.8 million budget for the 1997-9- 8 Nelson said. . fiscal year. Nelson projects it will only have about $1.6 million See BUDGET, A6 INSIDE THE WEATHER - $170,000 funding cut looms or Provo's existing library 1998-9- 9 it. ;v CITY Russian police arrested two suspects Monday in the kidnapping of a pair of Mormon missionaries after one of the abductors agreed to cooperate with authorities. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints said Monday it was "pleased" with the arrests. "Elders Propst and Tuttle will be reassigned from the Russia Samara Mission," the church said in a statement. MARC LES TfcRThc Daily Herald Ugyelled: Onlookers view a model of LAKE Sometimes the most challenging meals are those prepared for just one or two diners. Here are some hints for making successful small meals while getting all the nutrition of a feast CI Iniiiti r$& Travts ftotert Tuttl Andrew Prot "The church plans to continue its missionary efforts in the Saratov area, as well as in the rest of Russia." The church said it has seven Mormon missions in Russia and 6,000 church members. Elder Propst's father, Lee Propst, said he got to talk to his son for only about four or five minutes. He said the family Sec MISSIONARIES, A6 Opinions vary on ruling favoring BSA's right to enforce standards The Associated Press Ruing: Court upholds SAN FRANCISCO The Boy Scouts may have won the battle to exclude homosexuals, agnostics and atheists, but in the long run they'll lose the war, says Timothy Curran. It has been nearly 18 years since Curran, a former Eagle Scout, was rejected as an assistant scoutmaster by a Scout council in Contra Costa County because he had just told a newspaper reporter that he took a male date to his high school prom and was "proud of being gay." On Monday, the state Court the Boy upheld Supreme Scouts' right to bar Curran and two Orange County youngsters who refused to swear to a belief in God. Both unanimous rulings said the Scouts aren't a business covered by California civil rights laws and can determine their membership policies like any other private social organization. "I'm disappointed that the INDEX Movies Classified Obituaries D6 D4 D10 Crossword Entertainment ..D3 Horoscope Legal ads pri- - state Supreme Court would sanction the Boy Scouts' prejudice and discrimination," Baid Curran, 36, now a documentary filmmaker in Miami. But, he contended, "the forces of history" are moving in the opposite direction, citing a ruling by a New Jersey court earlier this month and a petition drive by a Petaluma against the Scouts' policy. "Eventually the Boy Scouts of America will have the came policy as the Girl Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of Britain, who neither know nor care about the sexual oriental tion of their members," Curran said. Scout spokesman Greg Shields pointed to history to reach a contrary conclusion. ' ; "For 88 years we've taught the moral values of the Scout See SCOUTS, A6 THE DMLY HERALD Ann Landers ....D3 Comics rights of Boy Scouts as vate organization. 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