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Show - A PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) udge's ruling set the stage or a grand jury investigation nto Gov. Edwin Mecham's failure to report a $350,000 campaign loan, as opponents filed petitions Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Thomas O'Toole on Monday rejected as pre- mature Mecham's request that Attorney General Bob Corbin be removed from the that could investigation because Corbin could face the governor in a recall contest. force a recall election. ; : The state grand jury was scheduled to begin its probe today of the loan to the first-terRepublican ' governor, who was among !, those scheduled to testify. "The court has decided that the proper time for challenging any aspect of a grand jury proceeding is after an indictment," O'Toole said. era-battl- ed m 114TH YEAR, NO. 81 s mounting op wsition Mecham attorney Murray Miller said he would appeal O'Toole's decision to the Arizona Supreme Court today in an attempt to block the probe. The Mecham Recall Committee, meanwhile, filed petitions that it said contained 388,988 signatures, far more than the 216,748 needed to force an election that could oust Mecham. "This is the strongest, loud Mecham, who took office in est voice that Arizona has ever spoken with," committee founder Ed Buck told a rally attended by about 250 volunteers hours after the pe- January, must resign or run against all comers in a recall election next spring at the earliest titions were filed Monday with the secretary of state's office. Buck said he expected peti- 0 tions containing more signatures would be filed by today's deadline. If the secretary of state validates enough signatures, 1,000-1,50- PROVO, UTAH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1987 $6.75 A MONTH - the total turnout will be greater than 25 percent of all registered voters in either city. "We're hoping for a better turnout than the primary, said Orem City Recorder Phil Goodrich, who noted that even though less than 12 percent voted on Oct. 6, that number was higher than other communities in the state. During the 1985 municipal election, only 27 percent of Orem's more than 24,000 registered voters cast ballots, but that turnout was augmented by a mayoral race. "We're hoping for between 20 to 25 percent, and I think we'll be close," Goodrich said. Provo City Recorder Marilyn Perry said she thinks the voter turnout in Provo will also be significantly higher than in the primary. "I think there's a higher voter interest. The library bond should bring voters out. Also, there are more names on the ballot." Provo has more than 26,000 registered voters. Voter turnout in the primary was less than 10 percent. Orem voters will choose from among six candidates vying for three seats on the city council. The candidates are Kelvin Clayton, Jim Evans, Gary Herbert, John Mc- Ginn, Lucile Steele and Norman Woodhouse. None of the candidates is an incumbent. Provo voters will choose from four candidates in two e races and four candidates in two area council seats. In addition, they will vote for or against the issu-city-wid- PRICE 30 CENTS from Orem City - yHu,-!tH"- ' De- fense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, after presiding over a huge Pentagon buildup for seven years, intends to resign. Sources say he will be replaced by President Reagan's national security adviser Frank C. Carlucci. The sources, speaking Monday night only on condition they not be named, said the change of the guard over the machine would be announced soon, pos's sibly Thursday, and that Colin Gen. Lt. deputy, Powell, will take over as Reagan's national security adviser. Powell will be the first black to hold that position. Neither Weinberger nor Carlucci would comment on the House job shift, and the White also declined to put it on the record. But White House officials did not dispute the re Car-lucci- JfJ a Valley Community College. The event is sponsored by the ProvoOrem Chamber of Com- l 4'' 1 V?- i LilJ Iane Critser Photo Election officials check voters at Orem's Suncrest School this moroing. million worth of general obligation bonds for a new library. Candidates are: Steve Clark e and Gale "Skip" Walters, council Seat V; Vern ance of $1.5 city-wid- Brimley and Barbara M. council Seat Smith, VI; Stan Brown and Midge Johnson, east council Seat III, and Gordon W. Bullock and Dan Johnson, northwest council Seat I. Polls opened at 7 a.m. today. city-wid- e At the Orem City Center, where five districts are voting, registered voters had cast ballots by 9 a.m. "It is heavier than the primary, but we're still not too busy," said one election offi26 of 1,178 cial. Provo election judges said turnout by 9:30 a.m. this morning was far better than in the primary. Shirley Roper at Timpanogos Elementary said the two dis I tricts at her table probably had 20 voters by then. In the primary, some places didn't have that many by noon or even 4 p.m. Ruth Stringham at Rock Canyon said in her two districts they had mere than 50 voters by 9:30 a.m. During the primary, no voters had voted there by 9:30. Polls will close at 8 p.m., and the results should be announced two hours later. r ; J'3r i port. Although he has disagreed with Secretary of State George P. Shultz over arms control policies, Weinberger, 70, is stepping aside for personal reasons, largely related to his wife's deteriorating health, rather than any policy dispute, the sources said. Jane Weinberger, according to acquaintances quoted in today's Washington Post, has undergone radiation treatments for cancer and has been troubled by arthritis. The resignation comes little more than a month before Reagan joins Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev at a summit meeting in Washington to sign the first superpower arms control agreement of the Reagan administration. Carlucci, 57, grandson of an Italian immigrant stonecutter, is a veteran of three decades President Oscar Arias said Nicaragua's refusal to negotiwith Contra ate a cease-fir- e his left peace plan rebels has with of kind "in a impasse for implementadeadline the tion fast approaching. "If there is no advance on this point, it would bp very difficult to go any further in the peace process," Arias said after a private meeting Monday with Morris Busby, President Reagan's special ambassador to Central America. Thursday is the deadline for implementing major provisions of a regional peace plan signed Aug. 7 by Arias and the presidents of El Salvador, Hondu- ras, Guatemala and Nicara merce. Mayor Blaine Willes will be the master of ceremonies for the awards program, and Lt. Gov. Val Oveson, a former resident of Orem, will be the guest speaker. Orem City councilmember Harley Gillman is being honored as the Outstanding Citizen. Gillman is retiring from the council after 24 years. "I enjoy the council," Gillman said. "In fact, I look forward to every meeting. I feel best that I have watched the taxpayers' dollars, have helped build a trust between citizens and council, and have tried to stay out of debt and keep taxes low." Still, Gillman is not closing the door on future political life. "I'm not so old I can't come back," he said, smiling. Through his years of service, the attitude most evident is his endearment to the community. "I go other places, meet different people, but I don't see the quality of friends we have here. ... I love only my family more than I love the city of Orem," he said. Others to be honored during the evening include Outstand- - 111611 Harley Gillman ing Student Erik E. Larsen, a senior at Mountain View High School with a 3.89 grade point average; Outstanding Busi- nesswoman Flora Green, of the Orem office of the Knight Adjustment Bureau; Outstanding Chamber Service award winner Jerry Washburn, a 12-ye- ar member of the chamber's board of directors; Outstanding Teacher Phyllis Bestor, the chairperson of the Alpine Cur- riculum Development Committee; Outstanding Athlete Jean-in- e an Orem High in basketball, volleyball and track; and Outstanding Businessman Russell Park, owner of Parks Sportsman largest privately owned sporting goods store in the state. Utley, School all-st- ar Orem Youth Baseball will be cited as the Outstanding Club Project and Oldham Associates will be named Outstanding Business. Tues day Weak dollar pushes down DOW NEW YORK (AP) r W.jhl r.-- iv. ,, 4.r' down r. r f rfr Frank Carlucci Caspar Weinberger of government service, includ- ing senior domestic and international positions. He was second in command at the Office of Economic Opportunity and deputy to Weinberger at the Office of Management and Budget in the Nixon administration. He also was second in command at the gua. in In addition to cease-fire- s the civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, the )lan calls for amnesty foi and insurgents who ay down their weapons, democratic reforms, an end to foreign aid to insurgents and a halt to use of any nation's territory for attacks on anoth op-one- Dollar under President Carter and second, again to Weinberger, at the Pentagon from 1981 to 1982. He became national security the fifth man to adviser serve Reagan in that post when the affair forced Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter to resign. ra er country. Arias urged Nicaragua's points in morning ll-to-- 4. CIA Iran-Cont- 63.83 trading. (See related story Page 2). The Dow industrials fell back below ' the 2,000 mark attained on Monday, dropping to 1,950.26 in heavy trading. Losing issues outnumbered gainers The nervousness contrasted 1 r'ltiti - jitters rattled world financial markets today, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average Arias: Nicaragua killing peace initiative SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) By TOM WALTON Herald Staff Writer Seven individuals, a club and a business will be honored during the Sen. Arthur V. Wat-kiAwards in Orem Thursday. The annual dinner, which honors outstanding citizens in the community, will begin at 7 p.m. on the campus of Utah ns Weinberger mulls possible- resignation defense 1 Jf citizenship honor Herald Staff Writers Voter turnout for the municipal elections in Orem and Pro-v-o this morning appears to be significantly stronger than in the primary, but it is unlikely nation's J i Gillman to get By TOM WALTON (AP) .,. , Gubernatorial press secre-(Se- e MECHAM, Page 10) and LISA MOTE JAMISON WASHINGTON n - Buck has said he wanted 350,000 names to provide a cushion in case a large number were invalidated. "Mecham is going to face a recall election," he said Monday. left- ist Sandinista government to accept an offer by Nicaragua's ranking Roman Catholic clergyman, Cardinal Miguel Oban-d- o y Bravo, to mediate ceasefire talks with the Contras. "We are in a kind of impasse" in which one side must (See PEACE, Page 10) with Monday's session, when investors shrugged off the weaker dollar and sent the Dow industrials up 20.56 points, or 1 percent, in the lightest trading since the 508- - point crash in the Dow on Oct. 19. Jitters over the weak dollar contributed to the weakness in stocks early in the session, but the U.S. currency rebounded and was higher at midday than at the close of trading on Monday. Still, the dollar was not far from its lowest point against the Japanese yen and West German mark since the late 1940s. A weak dollar has the potential of igniting inflation in the United States while depressing foreign economies. 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