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Show r The Daily Utah Chronicle CHi complied with Van Dam's investigation, Smith states in letter U. 02S 2G Slam-O- ! Senate President Arnold Christensen and Speaker of the House Craig By Oie Lian Yeh Chronicle Staff Writer The Attorney General refused to respond to the University of Utah's requests for guidance and advice on antitrust compliance and there is no evidence that the U. is in violation of federal antritrust laws, President Smith wrote in response to published reports that the U. failed to cooperate with the attorney general's investigation of antitrust violation. In a letter to Gov.. Norm Bangerter, Moody, President Smith responded to statements attributed to Attorney General Paul Van Dam which were widely reported. A chronology of events was also enclosed. In those reports Van Dam charged that the U. failed to cooperate in nis i 3 "'i;si office's investigation of alleged federal antitrust violation at the U. medical center and that the U. ignored his request for documents for over a year and a half. "These charges are false, misleading and inappropriate see "antitrust" on page two U.S. college forensics tournament held at U. The tournament took place over the weekend, Jan. and has become the largest By Rick Best 18-2- Chronicle Staff Writer The 22nd Annual Great Salt Lake Invitational Forensics Tournament drew hundreds of debaters from across the country of Utah campus. to the University 0, tournament in the nation for the past three years. "The first two days are for preliminary rounds and the third day is used for sudden death elimination," Becky Bjork, director of forensics, said. There see "debate" on page two Xmrr V "r V - n m CHK0NIO1 PHOIOOmrm Corpenter These couples are doing their best to beat the doldrums at the Triad center ice rink. Some will return home a bit more blue (and black) than when they left yet be none the worse for wear. Best advice: begin with beverages at Anthony's or the Chart House, pad your pants with Northern tissue, and hold tight to your partner when going down. mid-wint- er pre-ska- te Rosa Parks encourages continued social change in U.S. Dave Fields Chronicle Staff Writer The woman attributed with starting movement the modern civil-righspoke at Little America Hotel Monday about the current problems facing ts 4I ft 'J - i African Americans experiences in the and civil-righ- her ts movement. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Rosa Parks presented the first Rosa Parks Award to Mary Green on behalf of the Salt Lake Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Green, a native Utahn, received the award as a result of her 33 years of work for the federal civil service, and serving on the governor's Black Advisory Council, the Salt Lake YWCA Board of Directors, the Salt Lake Tribune Common Carrier Review Board, and she is currently supervisory operating accountant for the Veterans Administration's office. CHIONKU PHOTOCnmn Cocpwrtf Rosa Parks, who is considered the mother of the modern civil-righmovement, visited Salt Lake City to present the first Rosa Parks Award, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ts Inside Fine form All-Americ- an Missy Marlowe and the Utah gymnastics team started out the season in fine form by topping BYU, Utah State and Southern No. Utah in the Smith's Challenge Cup at the Huntsman Center Monday. A crowd of 15,000 fans and a local television audience witnessed the Ute triumph. see page 12 Reminiscing about the history in December day making Montgomery, Alabama, when she and three companions were asked to relinquish their seats on a public bus to a white man, and Park's subsequent jailing as a result of her not doing as the bus driver asked, she said, "I felt my rights of passage as a person had been violated." However, Parks felt that progress made in the past hasn't covered all areas. "We've made much progress politically but not so much economically, we still have obstacles in our way," Parks said. "The struggle is headed where the people take it." Parks was the first of several speakers to note a regress in the racial progress of the United States since the days of King's work. Guest speaker Sterling McMurrin said he was also fearful of the United States' current position. "We're in a very serious situation, when a former Ku Klux Klan member can seriously run for president," McMurrin said. "We can't depend on the idea that God is in heaven and all is well." Before Parks presented her award to Green, former mayor Palmer DePaulis received the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award for his service to the African-America- n community as mayor of Salt Lake City and his participation in the 1963 march on Washington. Previous recipients of the award included former Governor Calvin Rampton and University of Utah professor France Davis. Parks encouraged people, young and old, to continue their work toward nonviolent social change. "It would be easy for me to say Tve done I can all I can do,' but as long-aspeak and hear, I'll keep on keeping on," Parks said. "All of us should work together in harmony and in God's will to follow the work of Martin Luther King Jr.," Parks said, speaking to the packed audience that included U. President s Arthur Smith, Governor Norman Bangerter and Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini. Although Parks spoke very little at the luncheon, Alberta Henry, Salt Lake chapter president of the NAACP, said Park's presence in Utah was a great honor and she was very impressed to have her attend the relatively small Salt Lake chapter's luncheon. "This was my dream that came to me at three o'clock in the morning," Henry said. "We were working on very short notice and it's a miracle to have Rosa Parks here." Human Rights Salt Lake City mayor Deedee Corradini spoke of the importance of diversity in Utah during the Human Rights Day celebration that took place in Kingsbury 14 f - Hall Monday night. Corradini provided the opening remarks for a performance featuring the Saliva Sisters and Beatrice Benny. see page 2 s'iimn r Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
