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Show ijz - Inside Today: World Nation Bush still wants $50 billion cut Provo council delays action on revising pay schedules Finns scramble as summit nears A3 Pago Page C2 will BYU-Mia- mi feature air show Page A4 Central Utah's Newspaper for 116 Years Friday, September 7, 1990 Sports Page 50 Issue No. 38, Provo, Utah e e.t.taiwat.:..ai..a.,, B1 Cents - 'a J Two escaped prisoners captured near Sundance By ROBB HICKEN Herald Staff Writer SUNDANCE After a search, authorities caught two prison escapees Thursday afternoon near an outdoor theater above Sundance Resort. - Double-murder- ur Gerald Paul er revolver after the inmates attempted to discard it in the tall grass. It's not known yet where or how the inmates acquired the weapon, he said. "It's a helluva lot better to find them than to lose them," Deland said. Deland said several agencies Brown and Richard Don George, a convicted burglar, were captured at were involved and brought more 3:45 p.m. during a canyonwide than 120 law enforcement officers sweep involving more than 120 law and volunteers to Provo Canyon. "We were sure that if they got enforcement officials and volunteers combing the area above Rob- into a cabin tonight (Thursday ert Redford's resort. night), they would have had access The prisoners fled the to television and they would have been able to see our progress," Deland said. Brown and the The George were shackled both hand and foot after being caught. Both were wearing faded shirts, jeans and worn shoes and appeared exhausted and unsteady on their feet. The convicts will be brought before the state board of pardons where their original sentences could be extended to the maximum (See SEARCH, Page A2) in prison complex Wednesday morning. The two convicts were discovered lying in tall grass and oak brush about 50 feet apart, only 200 feet from the Theater in the Pines, located in the Mt. Timpanogos campground, about two miles north of Sundance on Alpine Loop Road. The searchers had just begun a search when the men were discovered by Department of Corrections' Lt. Richard Billings and officer Al Kolahea. "There was no resistance," Billings said. "They were both pretty tired, just as we were tired. And, they probably wanted a warm meal as well." Prison clothing was found near the outdoor theater, and searchers began at that site, he said. "There was no struggle whatsoever. There was nothing for them to do. We , had probably 70 officers lined up in that area," Billings said. Department of Corrections Director Gary Deland said searchers .38 caliber recovered a nickel-plate- d cabin-by-cab- r,,,, i.l.Jhi ,.,. Herald Photo Andrew Holloway - experience that all said had helped them mature. The Challenger program plagued by financial insolvency, four pending lawsuits and claims of student abuse has now closed its doors and has an uncertain future. (See DESERT, Page A2) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Challenger Foundation agreed Thursday to shut its doors providing the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not appoint a trustee to run the program, a judge ruled Thursday. The agreement, according to state officials, has the effect of putting the company out of business possibly for good. The stipulation came after the U.S. Office of the Trustee filed a motion to remove foundation president Steven Cartisano from the helm of the beleaguered wilderness survival program. The trustee said he had concerns for of the "safety and students in the program in light of Challenger's financial woes. well-bein- Challenger filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Aug. 6, claiming harrassment by the state and bad publicity had hurt its business. Court documents show the company, which paid Cartisano $200,000 in 1989, $1.1 million on $106,000. owes more than assets of about The program charges and promises to through unruly teen-agesurvival experience in stark southern desert. $16,000 rs up to tame a 63-d- Utah's It has been under investigation virtually since it opened in 1988 and has been sued by at least two former students who claim they were abused. In addition, Cartisano and former field director Lance "Horsehair" Jagger have been charged with negligent homicide Kris-te- n in the death of Vedra of Beach, Ponte Chase Fla., who died June 27 while hiking in the program. The men also are charged with eight unrelated counts of child abuse. State attorneys claimed victory (See CHALLENGER, Page A2) By The Associated Press The global effort against Iraq strengthened today with promises of more aid for victims of the Persian Gulf crisis, and Kuwait's exiled leaders joined the Saudis in pledging funds for U.S. forces in the region. A planeload of 171 American women and children arrived in Amman, Jordan, today aboard an Iraqi Airways jet, the first airlift out of Kuwait. The arrivals described harrowing conditions in the emirate. "It's terrible there. People are frightened, they're in hiding, running out of food," said Patricia Hammer of Denver, Colo. Moscow said it favored establishing a U.N. peacekeeping force in the gulf and might have its troops participate in the effort to rein in Iraq's Saddam Hussein, whose army overran Kuwait five weeks ago and massed near the Saudi Arabian border. Three British minehunters made their way through Egypt's Suez Canal today, heading for the Persian Gulf region, where scores of U.S. and other warships are enforcing a embargo against the Baghdad government. Despite the show of unity, some countries have begun suggesting U.N.-sanction- Parents say son's death 'tragic, unnecessary1 By CHRISTI C. EVANS Herald Staff Writer The parents of recent subway-slayinvictim Brian Watkins of Provo called his death "tragic and unnecessary" Thursday, expressing faith that God would grant justice for the action. Brian's parents Sherwin and Karen Watkins, along with Brian's brother Todd and Todd's wife Michelle, held a press conference Thursday at Provo's Holiday Inn in lieu of granting personal interviews to the press. In a prepared statement, Todd Watkins expressed the family's grief over Brian's death. Brian was stabbed to death Sunday by muggers in a New York City subway while trying io protect his mother who was struck in the face. "Brian's death has been a tragic experience for every one of us," Todd said. "There's no way for us to adequately express our sorrow." The family often asks themselves, "Why Brian? He was such a good kid," Todd said. "The truth is, we don't know the answer. All we know is that God lives." Rather than becoming bitter toward God, the Watkins family has chosen the "more difficult path" of faith, he said. "We demand justice and we want justice, and we know that God will see that it happens," he said. "The Mormon church believes families can be forever," Todd Related story, A2 said. He thanked the witnesses of Brian's death for helping with the prosecution of those accused even though it placed their own lives in jeopardy. "We challenge the citizens of New York and elsewhere to get involved," Watkins said. If all people would report crimes they observed, more criminals would be afraid of getting caught, he said. "Please take the risk," he said. Todd also issued a challenge to the public transportation system in New York City. "We charenge the Herald PhotoAndrew Holloway lawman talks to a driver at a roadblock Thursday before the search for two escaped convicts ended in their capture. A public transportation system lhbrtWtMMIWWrtt1fii m m China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it does not believe the embargo applies to "supplies intended strictly for medical purposes and foodstuffs for humanitarian purposes." And Iran's Tehran Times newspaper, which is close to President Hashemi Rafsanjani, said in an editorial Thursday that sanctions aside, providing food and medicine was a "humanitarian question." In Kuwait, conditions grew intolerable in embassies ordered by the Iraqis to close two weeks ago. Norway said it would evacuate its Kuwait mission on Saturday and that its three diplomats would travel to Baghdad. A few embassies, including the U.S. mission, remained open, but they were surrounded by Iraqi troops, with water, power and telephone service cut off and food running out. Western women and children allowed out under Saddam's Aug. 28 promise they could go free were having an easier time getting home. Western men are being held as human shields at Iraqi installations to deter any attack by U.S-le- d multinational forces. In addition to the plane, a British Airways flight arrived in London today carrying 252 British women and children from Kuwait and Iraq. It was the biggest group of Britons to leave Baghdad so far. There were an estimated 21,000 Westerners in Iraq and Kuwait when Baghdad invaded and later annexed the neighboring emirate of Kuwait. They included 3,000 Americans. More promises of aid were made today for desperate Asian and Arab refugees from Iraq and Kuwait stranded in a no man's land at the Jordanian border. Japan said it would pay an additional $12 million to heip evacuees. U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady also received assurances from Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu in Tokyo today that Japan would help pay the huge costs of the military campaign in the Persian Gulf. (See GULF, Page A2) To-shi- ki Weather Find it Arts Entertainment Classified Ads Comics Crossword Horoscope Legal Notices Lifestyle Movies '. B7-B- 8 D6-D- 8 Partly cloudy and Saturday, B4 C8 BS C5 B5-B- 6 B7-B- 8 National Obituaries to fair tonight with slight chance of afternoon and evening showers and winds. Staying warm with highs near 30. See Page A5. A3 B2 Air Quality B4 Opinion Sports State Stocks TV s m of New York City to hire competent people and train them to react in emergencies and reward and discipline them for their services," he said. "Please don't let Brian die in vain," he added. The family thanked the New York City detectives and district attorney's office, the New York Hilton and those who had sent cards of condolence. Sherwin and Karen Watkins held hands through the press conference and appeared shaken by the experience, but did not speak. Tom Sanderson, identifying himself as a friend and representative (See SLAYING, Page A2) iiir'"'iiMraMli m m they might circumvent the U.N. sanctions. Today, India expressed frustration that it had not been allowed to send food and medicine to its nationals stranded in Iraq and Kuwait. "It is inhuman to expect that political objectives will be achieved through the process of starving people," said Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aftab Seth. B1-B- 3 B3 A6 Schedule B7 World To enjoy the convenience of Daily Herald home delivery, call l8lhW1HfjlMaiNWirfW,fi 'ess1 re More pledges of aid come i or victim s o? iviideasi c risis 51 j,,. Challenger program to shut down By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer A bunch of ESCALANTE "spoiled brats" that entered the Challenger Foundation II outdoor experience for troubled youth nine weeks ago ran about five miles into their parents' arms for a tearful reunion this morning. With the reunion, the 23 youth, ages 11 through 18, ended a tough experience they said they hated at first but ended up loving an IkhlW m Escapee Gerald Paul Brown is led away in cuffs after his capture Thursday near Sundance. Challenger kids run last 5 miles in A4 Today's air quality was good areas of the Wasatch Front, with little change in pollution levels expected. in all See Page A2. 375-510- 3 .J...Jii...,....,irf., " |