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Show By VICKI BARKER Herald Suff Writer People who knew the Lafferty brothers when they were part of the I'tah Valley community mainstream in Salem, Or em and Highland are still baffled by the double murder charges the two now face. Ronald and Dan Lafferty both served missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Both were family men with jobs. Dan helped with his dad's Provo chiropractic clinic; Ron was in construction. They got involved in local politics and were known as dedicated men with leadership qualities. Dan Lafferty delivered his first wife's babies at home when they lived in Salem, and helped his wife teach their children at home. Ron Lafferty was an admired member of the Highland City Council. Both were high priests in the LDS church. But acquaintances and relatives believe the two came under negative influences when they began to exlore what they call splinter groups of the LDS Church that embrace fundamentalist concepts of polygamy and extreme interpretations of the U.S. constitution. "Their goal in life was to cleanse the earth, and they did not want anything to get in their way," recalled Kent Hansen, president of the Spanish Fork-Sout- h Stake at the time Dan Lafferty was excommunicated. "Actually, polygamy was really one of the minor things," according to Hansen. He said the main problems arose from Dan Lafferty s zeal in opposing "any law that wasn't in the constitution." Hansen speculates that death of the Laffertys' father last fall added to what must have been emotional agitation over divorces from their first wives and separation from the church. "Their father kind of held them together," Hansen said. A member of the Highland church ward that Ronald Lafferty used to attend, Lowell Nelson said the former city councilman "just reversed him- self" after excommunication irom the church. "The epitome of the perfect citizen was Ron Lafferty," said Nelson, who moved to Highland in 1977 and got to know Ron and his former wife Diana at church events. "He was in the bishopric and on By ROBERT McDClGALL Herald Mir.aglag Editor Geneva managers conlj-that production will slaw down at I S. Steel Geneva Works for the next couple of months, but the same sources say no "massive" iao:is are being planned. the city council. The kids loved him. But he just started doing he had kind of an weird things outspoken nature on polygamy areas. He was involved in stuff.'' Nelson said. anti-Morm- "I've never understood what his attitude was." A woman who got to know Dan well during chiropractic clinic visits in 1982 saw a change in Dan after he served a jail term for resisting arrest and injuring a police officer. "I think those things affect people; something starts snapping," she said. "Dan had put his whole heart into living righteously and fought against some things and nobody would listen to him." "Dan had put his whole heart into living righteously and fought against some things and nobody would listen to him. "He was so sincere and trying so hard to help people see they should know their rights." Dan's former chiropractic patient was treated for nearly a year, and listened at length to his views about the Constitution. "He took definite stands on so many people don't. things He was extremely supportive of the Constitution. He would just talk and talk and talk, and then can't charge you for this say talked too much,'" she I've time; said. "Dan took everything very seriously," the woman continued. "He talked a bit about the LDS church-oriente- d priesthood and never he but put anybody things, down. He was always supportive and dedicated. "I thought he was such a tremendous man I thought he'd be wonderful to be married to, so I just I'm just blown away cannot comprehend in my mind that Dan could go out and ... kill somebody. I just cannot believe that he would do that." i Orem Issues w uown Will Friends Baffled Over Accusations Against Laffertys Steel orkers union leaiers are preoictT.g more '.s Plant managers say steel inventories at the plant are a little ahead of company order bov$ and there uill be a in e production, but they expect p ea.n in a 'ao slow-dow- n cr-i.-- !"' mor.tns li that prediction proves to be act urate, there wou.d not need to be any widespread lawn, management is saving The employment level at Geneva is now around As late aS tool pnri,vrnent was neariv tw k A e as h.gn ut Ix1 adm:r.:s:ra; itoup persx'.nnfi were pern.a".ent.y Lid o!t or retired a wet, ago as part of a company wide reduction in administrators at the plant has Pmplovrr.er.t shrur.K aT'out li.v tr.:s month MANN: Did Not Want to Hurt Dad (ContlnHed from Page I) If only one tire had been shot out the tire could have been "He shot the little one a bunch of times and nothing happened " Mann said she stayed at the scene until she heard the ambulance and then Roger told her to leave However, she says she did not know her father was hurt Eyre asked Mann if it would not have been as easy to stop a car by putting nails or tacks on the road "We never thought of any other way," she replied. Eyre also asked her if she had ever been in a car with a blowout and hadn t feared her father might lose control and be hurt. "I know my Dad s driving, he is very careful " "Have you ever been with him when he had two blowouts'1" questioned Eyre. "No. but I've been with him in an accident." she said. Eyre asked if she had never thought of going to the law to get her father to stop sexually-abusinher. "I thought of all kinds of things. I couldn't do that to my Dad. I don't want him hurt. I loved him too much to do that to him. I had credit cards, I had money, and I could have done anything I wanted," she said. Earlier in the morning two of the state's witnesses told the court they could no longer remember statements they had made following the shooting May 27. Linda Hood, 25, was a cellmate of Patty at Juab County changed quickly and would not have done the trick. However, she denied wanting her father killed. "1 don t want my Dad hurt." Patty told prosecuting attorney Eyre she and Roger had discussed the plan to shoot out two tires on the Mann vehicle May 26 on their way back from an outing to Cherry Hills with Midgley s family. "He was going to use the .22 (caliber handgun i and just in case it didn t work he was going to use the bigger gun (30 06) caliber rifle i." explained Miss Mann. She told the court she knew the rifle would kill a human but did not think the handgun would in spite of the fact she had shot a small gun several times. "I didn't think it would kill anything bigger than a rabbit," she said. "We weren't thinking of the consequences." She said the pair had first considered shooting at the car from a point two miles further east but it was on a curve near a bridge and they feared the car might go down the steep embankment and her father might be hurt. Patty and Roger settled on a hillside and waited for the car to come along the road. "When we saw the car Roger started shooting the .22 and it didn't do anything at all so he changed to the bigger gun," said Patty. Jail and had made a statement to Evre and Sheriff Dave Carter trouble remembering whether Roger was his apuetment mate that Patty had said, "shoot 1m. shoot im" to Roger when her father was out of the car "1 was under a lot of stress at the time of the interview and I don't remember saving that at the time." said Hood May 27. Eyre then called Sheriff Carter and Deputy Robert Painter to the stand to confirm statements which had been made in their presence In Talbot's statement, said Painter, he had told law en- After repeated replies that she didn l remember however. forcement officers Roger had said he had to get Mr. Mann out of the way and that after the stnior Mann had threatened to kill him. Roger began keeping a handgun at his bedside. Carter told the court that though Miss Mann had changed her story several times after her arrest May 27 she had been consistent in her claim that she and Roger were only trying to shoot out Mr. Mann's tires. One juror who asked not to be identified said the jury would have found Patty guilty of an- Courts Hood told Hansen in the n she said Patty had told her sexual abuse was a "regular thing" and she had tried to stop her father on various occasions. "The last couple of weeks we were together she stated many times, even after all her father put her through beating her. molesting her she still loved him." Brett Talbot. 19, West Valley, a roommate of Roger at last year also couldn't remember the statement he had made to officials following the shooting incident. Talbot's parents met with the two attorneys and Judge Bullock in his chambers prior to his testimony. When he took the stand he had other charge, if that' charge would have been presented in court. "We would have found her guilty of negligence or a lessor charge. We understand there is another law which deals with those who fire guns at moving vehicles on a public highway. And since ever automobile has a passenger, we feel she should have been charged with that." The juror said the jury had to base their decison on intent and did not find her guilty of planning to kill her father. "We do think she was guilty of firing on a moving vehicle." Snow-Colleg- Heber Airport Receives Improvement Money SALT LAKE CITY (LTD -The Utah Transportation Commission has allocated $102,500 to airport improvement projects in Heber City, Logan and Roosevelt. 0 The commission approved in state funds for a $1.1 million project to rebuild the main runway at the Logan-Cach- e Airport and realign the runway's lighting sytems. The Federal Aviation Adminis- to Heber City's proposal to its airport runway, taxiway and parking apron. The city with match the commission's allocation, and the FAA will provide re-pa- acres of land for $365,455. and to buy Roosevelt and the state will each spend $15,255 to build a new service road and parking apron for the Roosevelt Airport Federal Highway Administration will contribute $306,250 to that project. And 145 future airport expansion. The $55,-00- tration has agreed to provide the project. Cache match the state's con- $990,000 to County will tribution. The state had awarded $32,245 FOR RENT Challenges hS iwA V The Orem Community Recreation Center is issuing a challenge to its patrons and members of the community. Charts have been posted and the challenge made to runwalk 50 miles. The patrons have two - - months from their individual starting dates to finish their 50 miles and complete the challenge. All participants are encouraged to use the facility's climatized track however, miles completed elsewhere will be accepted. 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