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Show " " Friday, February 5, 1993 The Daily Herald LGgisiafure passes Infers i fir?' III e prison parol mil H w w Correctional Facility in Sanpete County. The bill had been amended in SALT LAKE CITY The Legcall-i- n the Senate to include eligibility for islature has passed a bill intended some nonviolent sex offenders. 6 to The Utah House voted SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- to ease prison overcrowing by proand those amendments Gov. Mike Leavitt has announced viding for intensive home confineaccept he will host a monthly statewide ment for some nonviolent felons, passed the bill on a vote of 0 offenders. sex call-i- n after some lawmakers opposed the radio program. including officials tried have Corrections inclusion of sex offenders. The hour-lon- g program, called The bill would make eligible "Let Me Speak to the Governor," for years to pass one form or anonly those sex offenders convicted will air on the second Wednesday other of the Intensive Early Ree felonies and of each month at 6 p.m. beginning lease Program, only to be stopped additional lounges at the Salt Lake of screened by the Board of Pardons. Feb. 10. Leavitt will speak from by its price tag or the reluctance of International Airport. Utah Corrections officials said "It doesn't open the door," the KSL Radio studios in Salt Lake lawmakers who feared they would the on as be said, adding that sex ofearly release bill will involve being easy perceived but the program will broadcast wear will who 100 inmates fenders under Utah sentenced to crime. up simultaneously on 15 other staconbe and bracelets the electronic In action other sentencing laws Thursday, tions. would not be eligible. fined to home instead of prison. Utah House passed a bill mandate numUtahns can call Jim Gillespie Jr., the deputy dibers and talk directly to the gover- ing testing for the AIDS virus for The program will cost about $1.2 from come will which cusrector of the Department of Corand their convicted million, prostitutes nor. said sex offenders likely Corrections' tomers. rections, budget. "I'm delighted to have this op The bill's sponsor, Rep. Lee wouldn't qualify unless his departa And the advanced Utah Senate in said Leavitt making portunity," said the program ment comes up with funding for the announcement Thursday with trio of measures amending and of the $30 construction incould additional parole agents. delay Utah clarifying liquor laws, officials from the Utah BroadcastII of the Gunnison million The House sent to the Senate a for bill two allows that a phase cluding ers Association. "Obviously it is difficult for many people to come to the Capitol and letters can be impersonal," he By MIKE CARTER Associated Press Writer Governor to host radio show - 43-2- X 48-2- third-degre- minimu- m-mandatory toll-fre- bill that mandates testing for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for prostitutes and their patrons. The House passed a companion bill earlier mis week which mandates testing of convicted sex offenders. The prostitution-AID- S bill, sponsored by Rep. Kurt Oscarson, was opposed by several lawmakers who worried that it was unconstitutional and didn't address the problem of AIDS education. In addition to mandating the HIV test, the measure was amended to increase the penalty for those who patronize prostitutes. Rep. Mary Carlson, Lake, said AIDS is a public health problem while prostitution is a social problem. "We don't solve the AIDS problem by putting a person in prison for one to five years," she said. "They'll still have AIDS when they get out. "We need to address the basic drug addiction or oth problems said. Dale Zabriskie, the executive director of the UBA, said Questar, the parent company of Mountain Fuel Supply Co., will front $5,500 to pay for satellite time. : D-S- Trappers balking at Derks move - The vacating Derks Field before they have to. On Wednesday, Trappers own- , V S it a- tion. -- June 19 is three days into the Pioneer League season and the Trappers expect to earn at least $100,000 in those three days, said Greg Phillips, Trappers' attorney. The city contends the Trappers violated the lease months ago by not providing a 1993 schedule. "The bottom line is, the Trappers have no right to play baseball ai ail in uems uunng iyyj, said City Attorney Roger Cutler. ; Restaurants turn up heat on beef SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Utah restaurants have been ordered to turn up the heat under their hamburgers to prevent an outbreak of the deadly bacteria that has killed two children and sickened more than 300 people in Washington. The Utah Department of Health, responding to a Food and Drug Administration advisory, on Thursday issued the emergency order to more fully cook ground beef before it is served to the public. Rather than cooking to 140 degrees, restaurants now must cook ground beef until it reaches about 155 degrees inside., ' " ' . ' V" ' den A? : f.- - v Ay j f 1 1 1 "When you see our price, you'll be pleased," he predicted. The Department of Environ- t ........ .fa. rfWnnBI'fll W M mental Quality has until March 31 to determine which of the proposals outlined Thursday merit further study. By Sept. 30, it must narrow the field to one. The Environmental Protection Agency will decide then if the state's recommendation is better than its own proposal for capping at an estimated the tailings cost of $49.5 million. The tailings were left behind when U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. closed its flotation mill e in 1970, ending 65 years of smelting operations. The smelter property was then sold to U.V. Industries and later to now- - irffTiTH AP Photo Last dance Dinosaur artist Stephen Czerkas of Monticello moves a model of a Deinocychus dinosaur in preparation for the opening of an exhibit today at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The Deinocychus, or "terrible claw," is one of four featured in the exhibit. on-si- te Woman: Husband with Alzheimer's has left Utah in their mobile home By KRISTEN MOULTON Associated Press Writer - A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) man with Alzheimer's has been missing since he drove out of the Utah desert Sunday and left his wife wandering through a night of mud and snow Peggy Morris believes her husreturn band, Harold, may try to home to Miami. The motor home was stocked with food and water but her husband has difficulty navigating. "He's like a child," said Mrs. registered Morris, a nurse. "He listens and he forgets will immediately." Morris, a retired Pan Am engine mechanic, is not supposed to drive anymore and "gets panicky when The in touch situations," she said SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Morris was still missing Thurstoxins five more added has Army and germs to the list of biological day, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies naagents to be used for testing at were alerted Morris is tionwide Dugway Proving Ground. a used w test ill be to The agents device being developed to warn soldiers of the presence of chemical or biological warfare agents that could be used against them. POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN Tests of this machine, known as Convicted rapist Kenneth the chemical biological mass spec(AP) trometer, already are under way at Glen Roberts claims he has been since December Dugway's Baker Laboratory in the on a hunger strike contends is hahe what Utah. to protest desert of western The five new agents announced rassment by Utah State Prison officials. Thursday are: Roberts, 42, has refused to eat Botulinum toxin A, which Dec. 22 and drinks only a food since causes botulism poisoning. amount of water each day, small a Ricin, naturally occurring inmate friend John Albert castor said from extracted poison inmate. Taylor, a death-robeans. is more for strike bacteria "This hunger Bacillus anthracis, a Corrections said bacteria spokesThis show," that causes anthrax. recordhave "We in Ford. the Jack use man before killed will be food to inmates ed other sliding tests. Francisella tularcnsis, a bac- - him and bringing commissary stuff teria that causes tularemia, also to his cell." Roberts has lost 15 pounds and known as decrfly or rabbit fever. but his hp used i; lookinnc "orettv l... be will Live bacteria said. Ford in v.rwnpl:in couine enccphal- life in not dancer, y dis- Roberts conducted a omyelitis. This virus causes a last losing strike year, hunger ease normally spread by mosquithat fast. toes in Central and South America, about 40 pounds. During test another five agents - missing, ticuu tuiu companies his agreed to report any use of caras. rrivaie puois m mc aicu have been looking for the vehicle since Monday, said Grand County sheriff's investigator John Mc-Gan- n. The Morrises, avid rock hunters and jewelry makers, were vaca- tioning in the west when tney ar rived Saturday in Utah near the Arches and Canyon-land- s national parks. Sunday afternoon, they were parked on a dirt road, about five miles from Interstate 70, when Mrs. Morris hiked to search for south-centr- al agate. Mrs. Morris told her husband she'd be back by dark. But she got lost. She heard her husband honk the horn, and walked toward the sound. Then the honking stopped. Night fell. It began to rain, then sleet, then snow. The temperature dipped to the low 20s. "There were so many times I Mid-val- to sit down and go to Morns said. I knew Mrs. sleep," mere was no way i .u.u uu uv, JUst wanted rdjusttreezetodeatn. ; I ; ; : ' w w . 40-da- Hofiinrt Sharnn Sfpl Cnm Tt was Superfund site in 1990. Norman Sims president 0f Min , a nrnnn 1 ' a Vrt-n- w sweat pants, two shirts and down jacket she wore kept Mrs. Morris warm. She fell during the night and lost her gloves. By dawn, Mrs. Morris said, she was barely able to walk through the mud and covering of snow, but finally found a road that led her to the highway Monday. Mrs. Morris was muddy and teetering when a motorist picked her up and took her to Crescent Junction, bought her a hot meal and called the sheriff. Deputies found only mobile home tracks that ended at a paved road. week. slurry pipeline paralleling Utah Power transmission lines to an abandoned mine west of Lehi. Sims estimated cost at $37.5 million. Tailings removal would take five years, he said. Bruce Decker of Site Remediation Co., whose company proposes a slurry to carry the tailings to an area near Farmington Bay in Davis County. There, the tailings would be used as the core of a causeway between the shoreline of Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island. He said it would cost $68 million and take 3 Vz years. 760-foot-wi- Bill Peterson, a ed slurry engineer, proposed a fleet of trucks run25 to 30 custom-desig- n ning along Redwood Road and ranch in Cethen to a 25,000-acr- e dar Valley. "I don't think anyone in Utah County except the land owner is favorable" to the plan, Peterson added. Roger Chappie of International Remediation Corp., West Valley City, proposed neutralizing the contaminated tailings on-si- te through a proprietary leaching method. John Pease, the firm's director of research and development, estimated the project would take five years and cost $50 million. While it did not make a presentation, Kennecott has had discussions with the committee about the possibility of moving the tailings to a location on its holdings in the Oquirrh Mountains. Mrs. Morris was staying at a woman's shelter. She also was treated for slight frostbite to her toes and a pulled muscle. says hockey, swimsuits don't mix; ends bikini night Miller SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Bice hockey will never again mix in the Delta Center, says arena owner Larry H. Miller. "Bikini Night," an annual event where Salt Lake Golden Eagles professional hockey fans are encouraged to wear bikinis during an intermission competition, is dead. "I've pulled the trigger on it," said Miller, who owns the Golden Eagles and the Utah Jazz. Miller says the contest hurts his quest to make hockey a entertainment even though the event was the team's only guaranteed sellout each year. "We're telling people that the hockey crowd is not filled with rowdies, and it's not," Miller said. "But it's hard to get that across when the only thing people remember seeing about hockey on TV are scenes from bikini night." ikinis and family-or- ht did not have access to other inmates who could slip him food and snacks. Ford said. Medical technicians attempted to examine Roberts on Thursday, but he refused to cooperate, Ford said. Doctors will intervene only if the prisoner loses consciousness. Roberts will not end his fast unless the Department of Corrections meets certain demands, Taylor said. He wants a transfer to a Main prison "so he can get as far from Utah as possible," Taylor said. Roberts also wants his job back as a prison food handler Ford said the Board of Pardons gave Roberts a janitorial job last year because the inmate must pay $900 in transportation costs for a transfer to Maine. It would take nearly two years for Roberts to raise needed funds. 51-1- She was soaked, but tne cap, Inmate fights treatment with hunger strike ; layed." The bill passed 7 and goes to the Senate. A trio of liquor bills were advanced in the Senate. One clarifies the rules for alcohol sales on election days and another lets Salt Lake International Airport open lounges in concourses as well as the main terminals. The third allows vendors at special events such as the Utah Arts Festival to put up signs saying they sell alcohol. All three cleared the House last . er Jack Donovan was talking about scouting other baseball fields in the Salt Lake area for the 1993 Pioneer League season. On Thursday, Donovan was talking about a suit if demolition for a new stadium begins before the Trappers' June 19 lease expira- : "It's fatal," he said. "It is exactly the same as firing a bullet at a only the bullet is deperson Mid-val- Salt Lake Trappers are balking at Dugway Rep. H.M. Killpack, found it "disgusting that we cannot identify people who carry the HIV virus. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Utah's largest commercial landfill operator was among companies e putting forth proposals to rid of 1 1 million tons of contaminated tailings at the Sharon Steel Superfund site. A state technical advisory committee studying ways to clean up the site heard presentations Thursday by the East Carbon Development Corp. and other companies East Carbon Development proposes moving the lead- - and arsenic-lawaste by rail to the landfill near Price. Cleanup of the former smelter site would take less than two years, said Steve Creamer, an owner of the landfill. . SALT LAKE CITY (AP) wise." Companies present tailings disposal plans """"LA . v-j- er problems that force people to turn to prostitution," she said. "It is naive and dangerous to do other- He quit that job in December for no apparent reason, Ford said. iented beer-drinki- Taylor said Roberts wants "an investigation into his treatment by an impartial agency, a formal apology for any wrongdoings, and his (classification) status advanced to a medium-securit- y level." Plus, Miller said, the annual event was getting out of hand. "Things were falling off and out," he said. Miller said he lost about $1 million last year on the hockey team, which plays in the International League. Marketing specialists who work for the Jazz and Eagles have said Miller tried to stop bikini night several years ago after first buying the team, but they talked him out of it because of the money it generated. Eliminating bikini night is part of a broader strategy to make the team profitable. Miller said. He hopes that attracting more families to all the games will make up for the money he would have made on bikinis. Miller said he tried to stop the event from being held last month, but couldn't because of contractual obligations. Miller said he isn't try ing to moralize. He just wants to build a successful franchise. Roberts contends he was placed in maximum security because he embarrassed the Board of Pardons hen he shot LaDawn Pruv i 1982 after the board let him visit his family during Christmas. The shooting left the woman paralyzed. During that crime spree, he robbed two people and kidnapped another worn m Roberts also claims he is ki.m "persecuted" for taking a prison r guard hostage during a standoff in 1990. 10-da- three-hou- y EXPANSION REAL ESTATE WORKING CAPITAL EQUIPMENT hnTnCTORYS M.mbf ETV5 103 ftoe I BONNEVILLE BANK FOVO UTAH MNI TtLtKMONt K 34 CWO |