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Show 7T 7 Thursday, March' 21, 1985 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 77 If i W Avalanche Die S PARK CITY, Utah (UPI) -- avalanche at a ski resort minutes after the end of a World Cup ski race died Wednesday. The slide occurred at Park City Ski Area about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, about 200 yards from where a World Cup women's slalom race had ended 20 minutes earlier. Marilyn Harrell, Kinston, 35, N.C., died at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday in the trauma unit of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. She was buried for 20 minutes in the siide and was when rescuers said Fark City President Craig not breathing dug her out, Ski Area Vice Badami. isasters Don't Cause Skiers to Stay Away - SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) "Fortunately, these problems Death and destruction the past came at the end of the season. I week at Utah ski resorts have not ' think already this year has been a caused any significant drop in the record year." number of skiers hitSki Utah President Danny Richting the slopes, officials say. ardson said local resorts reported News of an avalanche that killed at midseason that business was up one woman and injured a man 18 percent over last season, which Tuesday near the World Cup ski had been the best year ever. race at the Park City resort came Randolph said the state Travel only three days after an explosion Council has not yet discussed the te at a lodge at Alta killed two people and injured several others. "We have not gotten any panic calls in our office from people saying they want to cancel their reservations," said Utah Travel Council spokeswoman Paula problem. But she said skiing at Alta may have dropped off slightly. Richardson said highly publicized accounts of rescue efforts could possibly restore any confidence shaken in the face of recent A SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) national mass transit official and a woman protesting inaccessible buses for the handicapped people scuffled and she was pushed to the ground at a conference of bus tompany executives. But Jack Schnell, special services director of the Washington-base- d American Public Transit Association, denied that he kicked the woman's feet out from under her as he tried to force her from a hotel conference room. A group of about a half dozen wheelchair-boun- d and cane-usin- g people held a news conference Tuesday in front of Salt Lake City's Quality Inn to protest the inaccessibility of most buses to handicapped people. The physicaL altercation occurred when they tried to enter the conference, attended by about 20 marketing representatives of mass mand three-minu- - rM sr r - o a, 2 ter, and she resisted. Schnell grabbed her and she fell down. The woman, who is not handicapped, said he stepped on her foot, forcing her to fall. But he said he was just trying to get her out. "This is a conference for paid marketing - f . 3f r i - representatives," tyr J I Schnell said. "They should be the only ones allowed in this confer- ence." Officials of the conference, however, relented to the group's de-- Barbara Toomer speaks to mats transit executives about problems of the handicapped. eral judge nominee J. Thomas Greene, but Sen. Orrin Hatch used the Salt Lake City's attorney's confirmation hearing to also take a swipe at the late Judge Willis Ritter. : "I would hope you would follow judicial restraint," said Hatch, who was acting chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee during jibe hearing and who has been a supporter of Greene's nomination. Hatch said he wanted to make sure the Senate did not confirm a judge who would "intimidate" attorneys like Ritter, the controversial VS. District Court for Utah jurist who died in 1978. Greene, 55, who has been nominated by President Reagan to fill an opening on the U.S. District Court for Utah, assured Hatch he would not be that kind of a judge. Ritter had a reputation for intimidating attorneys and sometimes swaying from accepted legal procedures and concepts in making rulings. A movement had begun in Congress in the 1970s to remove Ritter from office. But the judge died before Congress had a chance to act. Under questioning by Hatch, Green said he would exercise judicial restraint by not ruling beyond what is necessary to resolve the case at hand. Greene declined to state his position on the death penalty, but be said be would follow the law in capital offense cases. Governor Vetoes Will Likely Stand SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Utah legislative leaders say Gov. Norman H. Bangerter's five vetoes of bills passed in the last lawmaking session will probably hold up and a veto override session is not necessary. But one Jawmaker, whose bill passed the legislature only to be chopped down by the governor's veto, says Bangerter acted on bad : information and most Utahns favored his measure to relax speed limit laws. Rep. Lloyd Selleneit, said be was disappointed the governor vetoed his Dill, which would have allowed traffic cops to issue less severe "fuel conservation" tickets for motorists exceeding the 55 mph speed limit but driving slower than 68 mph. The ticket would have carried a much smaller fine than a normal speeding ticket and would not have been counted as penalty points on one's driving record. But Bangerter said he vetoed the bill because it left the type of ticket to be given to the officer's discretion, creating the potential for unequal application of the law. FICAmES m II yr Mfey LjS i I now only V with the purchase of prescription lenses Regularly $24 to $54 Offer ends March 30, 1985 Donor Card Gives Identification Clue Mriefs - The capital murder trial of Norman Newstead already condemned to death in an Oklahoma killing will be moved from Iron County to Salt Lake County, a judge has ruled. Judge Ernest F. Baldwin granted the motion for a change of venue filed in December by defense lawyer J. McArthur Wright in 5th (UPI) "District Court in Parowan. Wright argued that Newstead, 29, Las Vegas, Nev., could not receive a fair trial in Iron County because of extensive pretrial publicity in the execution-styl- e murders of Playhouse Bar bartender Patricia Frei, 23, Santa Clara, and customers Robert Bull, 33, Cedar City, and Ronald Schmid, Falls, Idaho. 24, Idaho Matheson Criticizes Utah News Media - Former OGDEN, Utah (UPI) Gov. Scott Matheson calls television reporting in Utah "flimsy" and says the news media did not do a good job covering the 1985 Legislature, the first under his Republican successor. in an interview owPERMALITE - Newstead Trial Site Changed to S.L SALT LAKE CITY Ask about... this Matheson, week, said the public believes anything that is printed but that people don't have enough information about what goes on in state government. He said the public doesn't care what goes on in the legislature "the last few elections have proven that." The electronic news media is "flimsy and limited," said Mathegovernor. He said son, a two-terthe only indepth television story on his administration was during his final days by KUED, the University of Utah station. Matheson also said it is up to newspapers to report the real stories. because "people believe anything in print, amazing as it is, they believe it." But Matheson said newspapers also have not been covering the Capitol adequately. "There are a lot great stories in state government that are not ending up in anybody's newspaper," he said. m Poisoned Pigeons Could Kill Falcons - The SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) legal practice of poisoning pigeons in the downtown area could have the disastrous effect of killing one of Utah's more interesting visitors a rare peregrine falcon, state officials say. Bob Walters, of the Wildlife Resources Division, said Tuesday it is not illegal for businessmen to use poison to kill the thousands of pigeons that populate the area and dirty buildings and sidewalks. But he has made a plea for the public to be careful with the poi-,obecause a pair of endangered ni falcons have apparently chosen downtown Salt Lake City as their place to mate. "We're just asking the people to methods of controlling the pigeons," Walters said. "These and summer, and they may mate, this year." The peregrine is an endangered species, said Walters, and the birds often feed on pigeons. He said if a falcon eats a pigeon that has ingested poison, it could kill the predator. CORRECTION NOTICE The savings on Roadhandler Tires in the Sears March 20 Auto insert is Incorrect. The correct saving! ore 10-40 off Roodhondler Tires. We regret ony inconvenience this moy have covsed our customers. uxe other falcons have apparently chosen Salt Lake City to -- rend the spring SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. lightweight OGDEN, Utah (UPI) Ogden City police have identified a body pulled from the Ogden River but said they have found no evidence of foul play in his death. Police Detective Sgt. Richard Peterson said Tuesday the man found in the Ogden River is Albert W. Cromer, 43. He said the man was a transient. An autopsy by the State Medical Examiner showed no evidence of foul play but was inconclusive in determining a cause of death, Peterson said. The detective said the body is believed to have been in the river when a since at least trapper saw it but did not realize it was a body. 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She noted it was extremely difficult for the handicapped to attend the event because of the narrow staircases and inadequate elevator availability. "This lack of responsiveness to the needs of the disabled is an outrage and an insult The UTA belongs to APTA (American Public Transit Association). UTA participates in the APTA leadership, pays annual dues and supports discriminatory events, such as this convention," she said. The Utah Department of Transportation originally had been a of the conference, but withdrew because of the location's inaccessibility to the handicapped, Toomer said. UTA spokeswoman Lynn Telford said UTA has employed 24 buses area with lifts in the Provo-Oreas an experiment. "It has not been successful so far, mostly because of the snow," she said. co-ho- transit systems throughout the West. Schnell tried to eject Kay Koso, a worker for the community advocacy group Urban Crossroads Cen- and allowed spokeswoman Barbara Toomer to give a address from her wheelchair. i Toomer complained the national association had resisted demands that they help handicapped people by equipping buses with wheelchair lifts and other aids that help the Hatch Takes Swipe at Late Judgi - WASHINGTON Utah's (UPI) two senators heaped praise on fed- S Protest - B coms WrQstlin g MatzH Victim of Utah One of two people buried in an The latest developments in Utah and around the Intermountain West T?H TKJ Th f n' n tin n H Page mm 77 vtb im - w o. |
