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Show ' I i mmmmmmlgtsmamBmmimll Planners delay action on 1300 South items Experts say implants don't last for a lifetime Page A3 Independence students 'Perfect Petra' wins gold; top American is fourth 'dress for success' B1 Page Page D6 Page D1 w frZThurtday,: Feb. 20, 1St2 I Cant? , : 0 11 S Yssrs - Prove, Utah 50 cents ijftjl f tim Nds&papsr for Ufeh5 i- s r., . funds woirt ho cut - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The last of strict sponsor year's law says a proposed appropriation of $825,000 for its defense won't be cut from the Legisanti-aborti- lature's proposed budget. Sen. LeRay McAllister, who is of the powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, said the request is not among items on the chopping block as lawmaker's begin crafting the state's $3.8 billion fiscal year 1992-9- 3 budget. "It's a funding level that we consider to be appropriate. It is not in jeopardy," said McAllister, who sponsored the 1991 Utah law that will prohibit most elective abortions in Utah if it survives a court challenge. The proposed appropriation would give $100,000 to Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam for expenses related to the law's defense, said Assistant Utah Attorney General Patrice Arent. e Another $725,000 in co-cha- ir c AP Laserphoto President George Bush shakes hands with supporters Wednesday after arriving in Knoxville, Tenn. Campaign takes Tsongas West; less gentle' Bush heads South By The Associated Press President Bush plans no ' change in his message despite a blizzard of protest votes in New Hampshire, aides said today. Democrat Paul Tsongas headed for South Dakota's primary battleground while Gov. Bill Clinton campaigned in Florida as a defender of Social Security. Bush warned he would be kind, but not so gentle, as the Republican presidential campaign focused on the Southern primaries in March. "I don't think the American people are rejecting the president's message," White House spokeswoman Judy Smith said when asked about the 47 percent of the vote Bush lost in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Bush will press ahead with campaigning for his economic plan, Smith said. She rejected the notion that conservative chal- Buchanan's lenger Patrick strong showing in New shire plus a raft of write-i- n Hamp-- ; votes could be a sign that the administration's economic policies are not selling among GOP voters. "I don't think New Hampshire indicates that at all," she told reporters. "I think New Hampshire indicates that the president won. It indicates that New Hampshire voters are concerned about the economy, and so are people across this country. We will express our concerns and offer our plan." Clinton, at a rally of several hundred in Winter Haven, Fla., made an appeal for support from that state's large retirement community, blasting the concept of a means test for Medicare and Social Security, at least until senior citizens are offered better long-tercare. "The great civil rights issue of the 1990s will be restoring dignity to the later years, giving people the choice of how they want to live their lives," Clinton said. He also portrayed himself as a champion of rights for minorities. "To that crowd in Washing m ton, a country divided means we so they don't get care," Clinton said. Meanwhile Tsongas was trying to prove his New Hampshire victory was no fluke. He and Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey were campaigning in Tuesday's primary state of South Dakota, which was also visited by Sen. Tom Harkin before he flew back to Washington. Tsongas first headed to Maryland and then New York on Wednesday for three fund-rajs-e- in Greek-Americ- rs neigh- an borhoods, where he was greeted with cheering throngs. At the same time Tsongas was trying to quell Democratic Party fears he was another Michael Dukakis, he echoed the 1988 Democratic nominee's tales of his Greek immigrant roots. But Democratic leaders, hoping for an electable candidate, were uneasy about accepting deTsongas as the 33 his spite percent showinged front-runne- r, - one-tim- By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer tT. OREM By a split vote, the Central Utah Water Conservancy .' District board Wednesday ap- -, proved a controversial agreement ; with the Utah Outdoor Interest Council (UOICC) to help comply with environmental t provisions in the pending Central : Utah Project completion bill. - The Outdoor Coalition is made - Tup of several environmental the Utah Wildlife Lead-- ; .'groups Utah Chapter of Coalition, ership :the Sierra Club, Stonefly Society ; of the Wasatch, Utah Chapter of 'the National Audubon Society, Utah Trout Foundation, Sundance, : and Utah Wildlife Federation. Under the agreement, CUWCD will advance $70,000 to UOICC to pay for the services of attorney Jeffery W. Appel, who is knowledgeable in the environmental compliance process required by the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA). Appel will spend a minimum of three days a week in the district's engineering building, where he will work with the district, cooperating agencies, water user groups and consultants in the planning, design and construction activities set forth in the CUP Completion Act. The Completion Act has passed the U.S. House of Representadate of tives, and has a mark-u- p anti-aborti- the Legislature appropriated $100,000 for its defense. All but $5,000 of that money went to Jones Waldo in the first few months after a lawsuit backed by the American Civil Liberties Union was filed. The remaining money went to Brigham Young University law professor Richard Wilkins, who helped draft the law. Arent said a fund established by the 1991 Legislature for private donations contains just $12,395. Some legislators don't support the use of tax funds to defend the law. Rep. Haynes Fuller, n, said legislators who favored the law should remember they promised to come up with private funds to pay for its defense. Gayle Ruzicka, president of the conservative Utah Eagle Forum, said fundraising efforts fell off after Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam hired Jones Waldo to defend the law. White South Af EBCcfi81S referendum on apa rtheid De Klerk, who retains a strong JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Stunned by another majority in Parliament, acted to forces head off election loss to a party, President F.W. de Klerk while he still retains white support said today he will hold a referenfor reforms. But the government dum to allow whites to vote on also was clearly surprised by its ending apartheid and will resign if defeat in Potchefstroom, a National Party stronghold for 40 years. defeated. De Klerk's surprise announceIf defeated and furced to resign, de Klerk's departure would throw ment came after his ruling National Party suffered a big defeat the political reform process in South Africa into chaos. Wednesday in a special parliamenUnder his leadership, the govtary election, its second loss in ernment has been dismantling three months to the right-win- g Conservative Party. apartheid and preparing for a mulAn aide, speaking on condition tiracial democracy. But the Conof anonymity, said the vote would servatives have been gaining come within two months. strength among whites frightened id id Water board OKs agreement with wilderness group - surplus funds would be divided between an attorney hired by the state to address Indian issues and the two law firms that so far have destatute. fended the But even the full $825,000 might not be enough to cover all the costs for the abortion law defense. Arent said the Salt Lake law firm of Jones Waldo Holbrook & which disqualified McDonough has itself from the case last fall an outstanding bill with the state for $88,000. In addition, Mary Anne Wood, the Salt Lake attorney hired to replace Jones Waldo last fall, said Tuesday it will cost at least $800,-00- 0 to prepare the case for an April 6 trial and take it to the appellate level if necessary. Her firm, Wood & Wood, has already billed the state nearly $250,000 and she anticipates costs will rise as the trial date approaches. After passing the bill last year, March 4 in the U.S. Senate. Don told the board. The board voted 7 to 5 for the Christiansen, CUWCD manager, told the board he expects passage agreement, with one abstention. of the act by the end of April. Christiansen said that when the Christiansen said the bill is a CUP was first authorized, the consensus bill, and the five year word "environment" wasn't in the time period to comply with its thought process. "Now we are provisions is short. trying to develop a trust between "It will take the cooperation of the environmental community and all. This is a process that has no the board. It is important when we model to follow. It is the first time consider what we want to leave our a local district has been given the grandchildren," he said. opportunity to complete a project, Appel, who was present at the and the first time a state has been said the agreement was a meeting, given the opportunity to develop an bridge. environmental commission. "There is absolutely no trust be"This agreement would involve tween the core groups, but it a segment of the population instrumakes sense to be involved. No mental in helping us build a coali(See WATER, Page A2) tion and get the bill through," he about reforms that could lead to a black government in a few years. Black and white leaders agree that substantial white support is needed to make any new political system work. De Klerk told Parliament today that white voters will decide who they want to negotiate their political future. If voters go against him, the government will resign, clear- gening the way for a whites-onl- y eral election, he said. "This is something that must be settled. We need people who can speak with confidence in the nego- - (See AFRICA, Page A2) House Demo leaders tinker with tax bill WASHINGTON (AP) -House Democratic leaders are bill tinkering with their tax-cin an effort to round up votes, while Republican say the package is a deliberate effort to provoke a veto fight with President full House in about a week. Republicans accused Democrats of producing an plan they know Bush would never accept, solely for political gain. "One must wonder whether the Democrats want the economy to improve in Bush. this election year, because Top Democrats planned to they've made no attempt to corun their proposed changes curtailing one tax break for operate" charged Rep. Bill business but adding two others Archer, past the rank and file today. Sensing Bush's political The goal was to cement enough (See TAX, Page A2) support to assure passage by the anti-recessi- ut 'Baby Bell' debate intensifies in Congress By MELISSA B. ROBINSON ; ; - Herald Washington Bureau - The intense WASHINGTON ; debate on Capitol Hill over how to change the nation's telecommuni-- , cations laws is boiling down to a ' question of how to best protect U.S. workers and consumers. That is not unusual in public ' . policy debate, where federal law-makers must typically try to ad- -' dress a multitude of needs, r : What is creating a unique murki-- ; ness in this debate is that both sides are pressing the same point: that their way is the only way to guard C against monopolistic practices bound to hurt everyone. The point was stressed Wednesday in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, where American Telephone & Telegraph Co., NYNEX and others made their cases. At issue is whether Congress will pass laws allowing the regional telephone companies, sometimes called Baby Bells, to make telecommunications equipment and provide information services such as electronic advertising. It is unclear what role the judi- ciary committee will ultimately play. It still must be decided whether the committee shares jurisdiction over the telecommunications issue with another panel that is proceeding separately. The seven regional Bells have been prohibited from manufacturing and providing information and longdistance services since they were created in 1984, when the former Bell system broke apart. On one side of the issue is AT&T, newspaper publishers, some unions, burglar and fire alarm providers, and others. They generally claim the Bells because they already own the telephone lines and have a monopoly over local phone service would have too much power if they could also make their own telephone equipment and provide electronic information that flows over their lines. AT&T, in particular, argues that the Bells, with little expertise in manufacturing, will team up with foreign telecommunications giants and siphon jobs away from the United States. "Jobs created in this area will very likely be with foreign partner- - The Dally Herald recycles and uses recycled newsprint (See BELLS, Page A2) Find it Classified Ads Comics Crossword Entertainment JfS Movies Nation obituaries Opinions Sports State Stocks World Weather C2 D5 CS D8 2 D8 A3 B2 B4 Dl B5 A7 A4 Mostly cloudy tonight with showers likely; lows in the Partly cloudy Fri- day with isolated showers p highs near 5 5, rnid-30- s. Air Quality Today's air quality was good in all Wasatch Front areas, with a slight increase in pollution levels expected. See Page A2. |