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Show Page A2 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, March 2, 1990 GREYHOUND: People (Continued from Page Alj tinations, including about 8,000 add routes as drivers become avail- where it is the only intercity transable," spokeswoman Liz Hale said portation. ticket from the company headquarters. It offers a $68 one-we-y She said at least 16 of the 60 bus am where in the country and generschedules that the company normalally caters to people seeking the ly runs in Dallas were operating as cheapest form of mass transit. of 6 a.m. Only nine of the normally schedHale also said some drivers had uled 40 Greyhound buses left the crossed picket lines, but didn't Port Authority terminal in New know how many. Later, she said York City between 6 pjn. and she had received "spotty reports" midnight, so that all passengers of harassment on picket lines, but would reach their final destinations, "nothing involving passengers." said Greyhound spokesman Bill She said she could not confirm any Kula. At the Atlanta Greyhound station, of the incidents. Amtrak told ticket agents to hon- about 200 stranded passengers or Greyhound tickets when buses slept, watched television or chatted. are unavailable, said railroad spokeswoman Sue Martin in Washington, D.C. Greyhound serves about 9,500 des n fl jr., AP Laserphoto Bikers stand outside St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Manhattan after Thursday memorial for Malcolm Forbes. Notables, bikers, family gather at Forbes funeral - NEW YORK (AP) Former President Nixon, actress Elizabeth Taylor, several Hell's Angels motorcyclists and 1,700 others said goodbye Thursday to millionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes. "He was so many things to so many of us," said Forbes' son, Robert. "Boss, bon vivant, raconteur, balloonist, columnist, happiest millionaire, leader of the pack ... source, mentor, friend, super this, mega that, father, grandfather, father-in-la- smiled at their memories. gold-fixture- his last birthday September with a celebrity-studde$2 million party in Morocco. He made the first flight in a hot air balloon over Beijing after the Chinese government denied d, uncle, cousin and sparkling, naughty boy." Forbes, 70, who died of a heart attack Saturday at his estate in Far Hills, N.J., also permission, Timothy Forbes was eulogized by his other chil- said. "It landed about 20 minutes smack in the middle of a dren: Timothy, Christopher, Mal- later colm Jr. and Moira Forbes Red Army base." "A balloon is not meant to be Mumma. Nixon sat in a front pew next tied down. It's meant to be free, to Miss Taylor, who was a fre- to float with the wind," Forbes recalled his father saying later. quent companion of Forbes; Nixon's daughter, Tricia Cox; and "You see, for Pop, a balloon was an apt symbol of the and is former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch. Chrysler Chairman Ixe human spirit." vi Bartholomew's Iacocca , entrepreneur-dared- e At Saint Rocky Aoki, Barbara Walters, church, worshippers sang "The Joan Rivers, David Rockefeller, Battle Hymn of the Republic," Ann Landers and Mrs. Douglas with words from Julia Ward Howe's original manuscript in MacArthur also were present. Amid tears, the mourners the Forbes collection. re side street just before 8 ajn. when one picket, Mike Vervanac, pulled open the door and told the driver, "We can't guarantee your safety down the road." Another picket, Joyce Wegener, called the driver a scab. She said later, "The man's got my job." A security guard said police would be called and told the driver to continue. The bus halted again when pickets walked in front of it and didn't move for several minutes. Rob Wilkins, 22, of London, said the strike had disrupted his plans to tour America by bus. He was trying to get from Minneapolis to Memphis, Tenn. "I'm not going to see Elvis," he lamented. "I come to bloody America and they're on strike." Several buses also were delayed in Cleveland, where pickets jeered and pounded their fists on departing and arriving vehicles. Provo station can handle strike, agent says Probst said. However, trips will be to the Greyhound news service in basis. filled on a Dallas, Texas. All tickets for bus Herald Staff Writer runs on March 2 will be accepted schedthe to leave at "We'll recent strike by try Although the if they are signed by a Greyhound bus drivers will cause uled times, although there's some by Amtrak runs we'll have to skip," he said. Greyhound agent. some inconveniences for passengers and Greyhound agents, the Provo A few travelers were stranded in Greyhound agents have known office will be able to handle it, said about the possibility of a strike as Provo last night, but most of those Provo agent Joe Probst. negotiations have taken place with left without transportation ended up Phones were ringing continuously drivers. However, Probst said he in Salt Lake City. Dorothy Burdick, in his office this morning as people didn't know there had been a strike of Sacramento, Calif., came to the sought information about routes, called until he called Greyhound Provo Greyhound office this mornbut Probst said the situation was at 7 a.m. this morning. ing to get her bus ticket signed "no more hectic that a busy sum- operations He said agents had begun gearing over to Amtrak. mer day." for a strike at 10:30 p.m. ThursBurdick said she had intended to up "If people are willing to work of a spend the weekend in Provo with the as day night possibility with us, we're willing to work with strike became After her son and daughter-in-lagreater. them," he said. "It will be a hassle, but we can hearing of the bus strike, her The Provo Greyhound office will tke sr? of it " h? said a.s ahl.p to reserve a seat for have busses traveling south toward Bus tickets purchased before her on Amtrak today, shortening the Los Angeles area tonight, March 1 can be refunded, according her vacation by one day. By CHR1STI C. EVANS bus-to-b- hus-han- "He loved to laugh and to a gift that make people laugh is one of life's most magic spices," said Robert Forbes. Forbes, whose worth was estimated at $400 million to $1 billion, enjoyed his fortune by own-iu- g 68 motorcycles and globetrotting with royalty and celebrihelicoties aboard his pter-equipped yacht. He cele- brated Mercedes Richmond said the strike interrupted her return to Milwaukee from Orlando, Fla., with her son, Arlo. "They didn't even tell us about the strike when we bought tickets," she said. When they arrived in Atlanta, the driver "just said "Everybody off'" and "told us not to ride with scabs." MAe Williamson of Lexington, Ky., who said he was going to Fort Myers, Fla., to start a job, complained that Greyhound offered no refunds. "They knew about this ahead of time and they could have told us when we bought our tickets," he said. "This is ridiculous; they don't seem like they care too much." In Dallas, inure than 40 pickets encircled the downtown bus terminal and blocked two incoming Greyhound buses, cheering when the drivers abandoned their vehicles. A handful of pickets blocked a departing bus for about 20 minutes in Minneapolis. The bus, marked "charter," pulled out of the terminal onto a GREENHOUSE: (Continued from Page Al) goes into it and a lot of hours spent," Carpenter said. Transplanting geraniums as they grow can be tedious, while other plants must be exposed to raw sun and cold temperatures to make them hardy enough to survive planting outside. However, having a nice campus shows appreciation to parents for sending their children to BYU. "I think the campus really reflects that time spent," Carpenter said. "If a parent is going to take a picture of their son or daughter in their doctorate degree robe, they want nice surroundings." The BYU greenhouses also raise plants for the Provo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and the IDS Missionary Training Center. About 17,000 petunias, 6,000 geraniums, 4,500 marigolds, 2,000 allysum and hundreds of other items have been planted this year, Carpenter said. "It's not a lot, but it's pretty good for our area and what we have to raise them in," he said. Each of the two BYU greenhouses measures 100 feet by 40 feet, he said. BYU used to buy flowers from local nurseries when the campus was smaller, Carpenter said. The school built its own greenhouses H to have more control over the type of plants being grown. People visiting campus now see plants they're interested in and go to commercial greenhouses to find out what they are, Carpenter said. "The greenhouse has no idea so they call us up and ask us what variety of pansies we're growing." Despite months of hard work and planning, all of Carpenter's efforts can be ruined in a day. "We can work real hard for an event to happen, like graduation in April, but I don't know what that day is going to be like," he said. Sunny days are hoped for, but a blizzard could dump a foot of snow on the campus. ' "What I want to know is, why didn't they tell anybody?" Burdick said. "If I'd known there was even a possibility of a strike, I would not have come on Greyhound." A man traveling east on the same bus said he didn't have any money and didn't know how he was going to get to his destination, Burdick said. Kim Sadler, Salt Lake City, got as far as Provo on her journey to California when she was left stranded. She spent the night with some friends. "I was mad. I was looking forward to it," she said. Although another bus for California is leaving tonight, Sadler said she didn't know what she was going to do all day. accept what nature dictates. "All we can say is, well, we were ready, but Mother Nature didn't like it." The pleasure of growing things is still there, despite what happens to the flowers after they're planted on campus. "That is the real meat or pleasure that comes from growing plants, to sprout a seed. There's something about taking that little packet of seeds, sprinkling them out and having them grow." "There's a real sense of accomplishment, of creation," Carpenter said. "Anyone can do it, just take a little corner of a window somewhere." That way, everyone can create a little spring for themselves in February. "Then the flowers are just crunched," he said. Carpenter said he has to simply 1 Cop slaps Zsa Zsa with suit - Zsa LOS ANGELES (AP) Zsa Gabor's slap has been countered with a legal punch. Beverly Hills police Officer Paul Kramer, who was slapped by Miss Gabor, sued the former beauty queen Thursday for $10 million for slander, emotional distress and assault and battery. Kramer's attorney, A. William Bartz Jr., said the lawsuit should send a message to celebrities: "If they ... defame people, and try to ruin people's reputations, then they're going to have to Air Quality The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollution report compiled today by the Utah Bureau of Air Quality. The complete 3V "e suffer the consequences." Miss Gabor's attorney, Harrison Bu',:, did not return a telephone call. Miss Gabor, who hit the policeman after being pulled over for a traffic violation June 14, was convicted of misdemeanor battery on an officer, driving without a license and having an open container of alcohol in the car. The actress, believed to be 72, was sentenced to 72 hours in jail and fined $10,000. She is free on appeal. ECONOMY: (Continued from Page Al) 0tner negatives were a drop in the moner suPPly' a decline in wwo and equipment orders, lower Conditions as of 8:00 a.m. were as plant decrease in tne price s. price of raw materials, a drop in an Residential Areas index measuring consumer confi- Salt Iike County good dence and an increase in weekly UTAH COUNTY good unemployment claims. Weber County good One indicator, the length of the Downtown Areas average work week, was un- Salt Lake good changed. The various changes left the in- PROVO good dex at 145.3 percent of its 1982 base good Ogden f The index rose 0.8 percent Overall Air Clarity The air quality was good todav in from August through January after falling 0.7 percent the previous six all areas along the Wasatch Front. months. Outlook Tne December index orginally Pollution levels were exoected to was v?P?red t0 hav !"lsen decrease, and no health or special was, revised downward Pe,'1e"tstatements were given. to percent, largely because of (Index) Highs lower orders for consumer goods, i By monitoring statwn) De.pite the sluggishnesS) reCent 22 co North Provo surVeys indicate that business exec- 40 utives and economists Lindon pa generally be- 44 iieve tne Federal Reserve is co Provo driving The (Index) Scale the economy down the right road, moderate; 101- - steering it awav from a recession good air; 9 199 unhealthful; very un- - while braking the growth of infla- lion. healthful; 300 and above hazardous. Seventy-twpercent of the profes- Abbreviations sional forecasters responding to a co. carbon monoxide poll by the National Association of ozone (summer only) oz. Business Economists said the cen- particulates pa. bank was on the right track. tral k'otes A"d 56 Percent of the business The Utah County residential area , eaders participating in a survey by reading is taken from the Lindon the National Association of Manu- and North Provo monitoring sta- facturers said policies are yons " Particulate readings for Utah "just about right But mo of fthe busme!f leader County are expected to be available economists surveyed project earlv in 1990 continued sluggish growth in 1990 'of identified Utah has The State be ted keeps m erest rates the following as primary sources of as, to slow the economy high relatively co in Utah County: pollutants keep prices under control, vehicles and gas vehicles; oz Alan Greenspan led chaian heavy industry. vapors; and pa - 0-- 51-1- 200-29- o CLEAN AIR: (Continued from Page Al) The two emissions are key components of urban smog. Require industry for the first time to install the best available technology to control the release of 192 toxic chemicals including a variety of carcinogens. Plants would have to impose further controls to meet new "health based" requirements if the cancer risks are at a certain level to people living near a plant. Require a broad range of indusg pollutants. try to curb However, environmentalists complained that the compromise weakened major portions of the original Senate bill. "The back-roodealing has generated bad deals for the American smog-causin- m told Congress this week that the economy would avoid a recession, although it would grow only at a modest annual rate of 1.75 percent to 2 percent this year. But he added: "Whenever you have economic growth as low as this, you are vulnerable." Greenspan was referring to the latest report on the gross national product, released Wednesday, that showed the economy slowing in the fourth quarter of 1989 to a 0.9 percent growth rate, down from 3 percent in the third quarter. In the opposite lane is a minority of economists who believe the economy is about to cross into negative if it isn't already there. growth Paul Getman, an economist with Regional Financial Association in West Chester, Pa., said the economic slowdown has not passed and "we may be just in the middle of it. ... The question is whether the weakness in manufacturing will spread to other sectors of t!ie economy." Nevertheless, the two surveys completed last month showed guarded optimism. The business economists poll found that 60.6 percent of the forecasters thought the economy, while in a "danger zone," would avoid a recession during the next three years. The manufacturers' survey found that 82 percent of the executives questioned saw sluggish growth but no recession in 1990. people," Richard complained Ayres, chairman of the National Clean Air Coalition, which is lobbying on clean air issues for various environmental organizations. Fred Krupp, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, added, "Powerful special interests have succeeded in rigging the game in their favor." The agreement eliminated an automatic second round of tailpipe emission controls for cars, although such controls still could be used under some circumstances. It exempted thousands of small businesses from tougher smog-contrrequirements in the original bill, and it removed a provision in current law requiring the federal government to impose an air pollution reduction plan if local officials fail ol to do so. There was criticism Senate as well. from the "The agreement fails to require the controls we need to provide clean air in the nation and in New Jersey," said Sen. Frank Lauten-ber- g, Midwest senators were concerned about the high cost of acid rain controls, although some new provisions were aimed at holding down those costs. Drug glamour 'fading fast,' president says - PresiLOS ANGELES (AP) dent Bush said today the glamoriza-tio- n of drug use in popular culture is "fading fast" and urged television producers to show how illegal drugs destroy lives. g Bush's speech was inin the ballwhen man a terrupted room audience of TV industry members leaped up and shouted, "Why don't you ever talk about AIDS? Why don't you lead the country on AIDS?" Bush, smiling slightly, stopped speaking and looked at the man as he continued shouting from his table and was joined by a second protester. Some in the audience shouted for them to sit down, and the two submitted to hotel security people who briskly led them from the room. As they left, Bush said his administration has increased federal funds "to an all time high," for AIDS programs "to try to help people who are concerned, and we will continue." He then said, "I've come a long way in my own political maturity. anti-dru- 0 Pat(y Herald STIjc Entered as second class matter at the post office in Provo. Utah U S P S ID 143-06- - all." Bush's speech to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences came a day after he urged business people to screen job applicants for drug use. He called on the academy to make TV "a force for positive educachange" through anti-dru- g tion. Bush later today was flying to Palm Springs to conclude his West Coast visit in talks with Japan's Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, scheduled to begin late this afternoon. 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