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Show u M jiipTi IL Wednesday, January 22, 1992 The Daily Herald bshc - Mark Hopkin-so- n died early today in Wyoming's first execution in 26 years, yet those who committed the murder for which he died have yet to be brought to justice. An PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Hopkinson, a former Utah resident, mainadvisory board has recommended tained to his death that he did not order the that a citizen committee review potortuous slaying of Jeffrey Lynn Green, 23, lice shootings after a who died two days before he was to testify boy formerly from Salt Lake City about Hopkinson's role in a 1977 bombing was killed by officers try ing to resthat killed three. cue him from a bur"They have killed an innocent man," he glar. said to Warden Duane Shillinger while Members of the Chiefs Forum strapped to a gurney awaiting the lethal inagreed Tuesday that the Portland Police Bureau also should start a jection. When Hopkinson was tried in 1979 for the program to educate the public on four murders, authorities said they were why officers use deadly force. closing n on Green's killers. However, to The group also recommended this date no one has been brought to justice that the bureau consider training for the actual crime. officers to deal with suicidal peoAs death penalty protesters stood on the ple who want to die at the hands of RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) Citizen review is urged in shooting - knife-wieldin- g police. Ed Biackburn, coordinator of the city's Neighborhood Crime Prevention program, said the community needs to examine why Bryan French broke into a house Nathan and took Thomas hostage at knifepoint. Cancer clinic to close next month - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Intennountain Health Clinic here will be closing its doors Feb. and many of its medical records will be destroyed, the National Association of Radiation Survivors says. Elizabeth Wright, a regional vice president with the National 1 Association of Radiation Survi- vors, said the physicians who corporated the clinic all have inre- tired. The building is to be sold and destroyed, she said Tuesday. "This is of prime importance to those Utah residents who are currently considering making claims for compensation (from the government)."' Wright said. - which saw increased visitation from 1990 and a drop in accident fatalities to zero. Superintendent John Lancaster accident-relate- d deaths were reported in the recreation area for the first time since the park began keeping records in 1979. said no There were four deaths from natural causes and one suicide in the park in 1991. Lancaster credited the safety record to park staff and the visitors themselves. Staffers have made efforts to educate tourists about possible dangers. Ex-cffic- gets er another court date - A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) former Salt Lake police officer who contends he was fired for publicly criticizing detectives" handling of a serial murder investigation is getting another day in court. Attorneys for Frank Hatton-War- d will argue his wrongful termination lawsuit against Salt Lake City on Wednesday before the Utah Court of Appeals. Hatton-War- d was fired in October 1989. five months after publicizing claims that the Salt Lake Homicide Task Force ignored leads that he and two crime analysts produced about the slayings of six oung women in Salt Lake and Davis counties during the 1980s. Utah flower put on threatened list Ute SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Ladies Tresses, a small cream-colore- d orchid that grows along Utah r'nerbanks. has been put on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service list of threatened species. ; There are now roughly 6.000 Spiranthes diluvialis left in the country, half of them in Utah. The flower also is found in Colorado ; - and Nevada. "If you put all the population in one area, you probably wouldn't cover five acres." said Jim Coy-ne- r. a member of the Utah Orchid Society. rare." "They are extremely The w ild orchid joins about 600 protected plants and animals that are listed as threatened or finds a better way to punish someone instead stark, windswept plains outside the Wyoming State Penitentiary here, bundled against a wind chill of 13 below zero, Hopkinson succumbed to a lethal injection at 12:57 a.m. MST today. Gov. Mike Sullivan, who could have commuted Hopkinson's death sentence, expressed sorrow over the execution. "Be assured, one can feel only sadness that an execution has occurred. As governor, there is an added sorrow," Sullivan said in a statement issued from the Capitol shortly after the execution. "The courts have spoken, and the state has carried out the sentence. I have prayed for the victims of these heinous crimes and their families," the governor added. "I now pray for Mark Hopkinson and his family." Sullivan's comments were hollow to those who fought tirelessly to halt the execution. "I hope and pray the state of Wyoming - proposes alternative health plan SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A Senate committee has tabled a bill to amend the "Sunshine Act," which designates when government agencies can close public meetings. The action came after sponsoring Sen. Lyle Hillyard, told the Senate Education Committee that he would attempt to refine the measure and bring it up for ed SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Sproposes curbing costs skyrocketing health-car- e through a program that stresses cost containment and individual re en. Orrin Hatch of this bizarre ritual of execution." said the Rev. Warren Murphy, head of the Wyoming Church Coalition. "What a nightmare, what a waste, what a waste of humanity," added Rick Hays of Amnesty International. "Capital punishment is never, never right. In this case, it's an absolute obscenity." The execution was Wyoming's first since Dec. 10, 1965, when Andrew Pixley died in g the gas chamber after confessing to the suburban Chicago of a girl. It also marked the first time since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976 that an inmate convicted of arranging a murder, but not present at the scene of the crime, was executed, according to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. rape-slayin- ' J Mark Hopkinson reconsideration later. The proposed bill drew criticism from the media and the watchdog group Common Cause, who complained the changes would make it easier for agencies to close meetings. Hillyard drafted the bill at the behest of the state Office of Education, whose attorney said the current law is ambiguous. it means actions that have been filed. Hillyard proposed making the standard "current or anticipated It says meetings can be closed only when agencies are discussing personnel matters, collective bargaining, litigation or land purchases. others believe Office of Education attorney Doug Bates said the term "litigation" is unclear and has led to the law being unevenly applied. Some agencies have interpreted it to mean proposed lawsuits, while sparked strong media objections. Pat Shea, a lawyer with KUTV Channel 2, said Hillyard's amendment would "leave a loophole you could drive a Mack truck litigation.' which language through." sponsibility. Hatch, ranking minority leader of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, wrote the plan as an alternative to the Democrats proposal that would require all employers provide basic coverage to workers and their families. 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