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Show Saturday, July Defense witness counters s mie evi dence Associated Press Writer - many difficult to see with the naked eye resulted from his alleged killing spree. Kastanis is charged with four counts of capital homicide in the clothes By MIKE CARTER SALT LAKE CITY n A expert testifying in the Sam Kastanis murder trial said that the blood found on Kastanis' jacket could have been left when he washed his hands after tried to aid blood-patter- his dead son. Defense attorney Ron Yengich aimed to use the Thursday testimony from Stuart H. James to counter the testimony offered by the prosecution's blood-patter- n expert, Rod Englert. James' tct'mrmv rpfntino o j gTeft's theories struck at the very core of the state's charges that Kastanis bludgeoned and stabbed to death his wife and three children in November 1991. Englert spent two days testifying th'at spots and smears on Kastanis's deaths of Margaret Kastanis, 38, and their three children, Melissa, 11, Clint, 9, and Christine, 6. If face the death convicted, he could ' penalty. The defense maintains that a depressed and ill Margaret Kastanis killed the children and then took her own life. To support that claim, Yengich on Thursday called the dead woman's parents as defense witnesses. Both support Sam Kastanis. James also criticized the accuracy cf a tape that illustrated ries about the crimes. "He has these faceless individuals more or less standing in line videoEnglert's theo- computer-animate- d waiting to be killed," James said. The tape, played for jurors on Wednesday and Thursday, depicted mannequin-lik- e figures demonstrating the prosecution's account of the murders. washed his hands. Police officers testified earlier that Kastanis washed his hands after they arrived at the house. The defense maintains he got the blood on him while trying to revive his son and while kneeling over his wife's dead body. James, a consulting forensic scientist from Florida, said he has w orked on some of the same cases as Engiert, but has never consulted on a case with him. James said he takes a more "conservative approach" to interpreting such evidence than Englert, whom he be- he was the killer. "What I found most disturbing remarkable, in fact was that I couldn't visualize ... the existence of blood-spatte- on his sleeves," rs James said. "I would expect to be able to see fresh blood stains and blood imbedded in the weave of the lieves incorrectly to jumps conclusions. material." Unions file unfair labor charge against Kennecott - Un-ic5- n SALT LAKE CITY (AP) the for 2,000 representatives c'dpper workers at Kennecott Corp. on Friday filed an unfair labor practice charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board in Denver. i The unions are accusing Kenneh cott of engaging in negoUnited said Steelworkers tiations, District 38 Director Robert Petris, the unions' chief negotiator. The move came after relations between Kennecott and union negotiators soured Thursday as unionists claimed the company had imported "hired thugs" and Kennecott said the chief union negotiator had abruptly left town. Petris said a committee of workers representing the unions delivered a copy of the charge to Roderick K. Davey, Kennecott's vice president and general manager, i However, company officials declined to respond to the union acbad-fait- Fernandez said the company expects official notice to arrive Tuesday. Kennecott officials on Thursday said they were considering legal action against the union for releasing a "blatantly false statement" that Kennecott had hired additional security forces from Ohio. Frank Powers, spokesman for the United Steelworkers of America, said Kennecott had brought in 200 "big and burly guys" employed by Nuckols Security of Cincinnati, which contracts to companies with striking workers. "These folks are known as provocateurs, and it gives us cause for concern for our workers' safety, and also makes us wonder if the company ever negotiated sincerely," Powers said. But Kennecott spokesman Greg Boyce and the security company's owner, Cliff Nuckols, both denied Nuckols had sent men to Utah. tion. "I don't know even have a li"We have not received official cense for Utah, so that knocks me jiotice the complaint has been out," Nuckols said by telephone filed. Until we get that, we really from Cincinnati. can't comment," said Kennecott Boyce confirmed, however, that had hired about two Kennecott Alexis Fernandez. spokeswoman ! ! J Search for girl continues POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) Ai.search by up to ,500 people 'across hundreds of square miles produced no leads to the whereabouts of an 11 year-old newspaper carrier who was forced into a car and abducted, police said Friday. Jeralee Underwood was collecting from Idaho State Journal customers Tuesday evening when a witness saw her being forced into a car by a stocky, 1 -v- -- medium-heig- ht man in his 30s. Police Chief Jim Denham orsearch ganized a Thursday along roads in an area of more than 600 square mijes. j j A few; items of clothing turned up, but relatives said they didn'tbelong to the girl. Although leads have been foot-by-fo- ot few, Denham said investigators have found that the abductor was probably in the Pocatello area for several days before the kidnapping. The city has been blanketed with fliers displaying Jeralee's picture and a description of the suspect. A reward fund hit $15,000, including $10,000 put up by a car dealer, $2,500 from the newspaper and the rest from individuals. Mike Bird, a Pocatello said he spent several hours Thursday talking to his six children about personal safety and avoiding overtures by strangers. "God help him if we find the guy," he said of the abductor. hom-ebuild- creases totaling $2.45 an hour for all workers by July 1, 1995. They also wanted a "copper price bonus" based on the Commodity Exchange price for copper cathodes, which the company refused. The crux of the dispute is local work rules applied to each local agreement and pensions, labor leaders said. The copper giant presented its Kennecott wants the final offer late Tuesday, and the to vote on its final offer, but union responded Wednesday afterunion leaders want to renew negonoon. But besides exchanging oftiations. fers, negotiators had not been at Steelworkers account for about the bargaining table since Monof the 2,000 union day. Under the arrangement, union members at Kennecott's Utah opmembers would provide 48 hours eration, which employs 2,450. notice of intent to strike to ensure The company, owned by RTZ, an orderly shutdown. Corp. of Long, mines copper, Kennecott offered to increase gold, silver, molybdenum and othhourly wages by an average of er metals in Utah and six other $1.70 by July 1995 and a $90 a states. In all, there are 14 locals of month increase in pension and medical benefits. In addition, 400 seven international unions, includmost senior employees aged 50 or ing the USWA, Operating Engiolder who choose to retire would neers, Machinists, Office Professional Employees, the Electrical get an additional five years' service credit and $400 monthly supWorkers, the United Transportauntil 62. tion Union and Transportation age plement The unions wanted wage in Communications. dozen security agents from a national company as a standard precaution, but he would not release the name of the company for which they worked. He said the agents were not armed and were brought in to protect employees, picketers, and to control and monitor activities. rank-and-fi- le two-thir- Officials plan to shore up crackdown on drunk boaters - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) If them," Woollsey said. "Before, more people got away. We may to celebrate the going you're Fourth of July on the water, state even have turned some loose. Not officials warn that you'd better now." National statistics show nearly stay away from that fifth. Parks and Recreation employees half of all boating fatalities are have been training for an IndeUtah laws against pendence Day weekend alcohol boating while intoxicated carry a crackdown for some time. More $1,000 fine. than 100 rangers attended spring classes on recognizing intoxicated "Drinking while operating a boat is much more dangerous than boaters. drinking and driving," said Char Ted Woollsey, boating coordi- Obergh, spokewoman for the Glen nator for the state's Division of Canyon National Recreation Area. Parks and Recreation, says rangers She is especially concerned with also will be better equipped to fight waterborne booze violators. The the increasing number of accidents involving drinkers on jet skis. department just doubled its invenhand-hel- d Most of Utah water accidents the of tory take 34. to machines place on Lake Powell, she testing "We're getting better at getting said. As a young'un, w ithout car or driver's license, it was near impossible to get to a ski resort. Waiting for the UTA in a blizzard was too cold and bribing my older sister to drive my friends and I to Sundance never, ever worked. Our last option w as to grab our sleds and head for the hills. When Brian and I were really lucky, Colby would bring up his snowmobile. The only problem was, Colby's snowmobile only seated two. It seemed Brian was always the first to scream "SHOTGUN!" and I was left to tie my circular sled to the back. That was never very fun because not only was I inhaling black exhaust the whole time, the bumps we hit usually sent me diving into the powder. One particular chilly day, after being dragged through jagged ice and frozen tufts of grass, Brian, Colby, and I arrived at the foothills. It was perfect. The night before had left a good 34 inches of snow, and not a soul had been out yet. Naturally, Colby hogged the first run, as it goes too slow with two people on it. A good half hour later, he showed up to hand the wheel to Brian, who sped off spraying powder in my face. This went on for a good two hours. You see, I had never driven a snowmobile by myself, and Colby was too worried about his precious piece of machinery to allow me to try it out. This time, though, I really didn't want to ride my sled anymore. I wanted to feel the wind in my face, speed in and out of trees, and conquer new territory the sled had never been. I chanced it. I asked him, while Brian was out blazing trails. "Hey, Colby, you mind if I take it out for once? ' ' Slowly, he turned to face me. He didn't say a word. Suddenly , he fell to the ground, laughing so hard little icicles were forming around his eyes. So, I offered him my first born and my Daisy BB gun, and he allowed me to take it out ... for a grand total of five minutes. He quickly pointed out - former mob boss who made a million-collcarser out of testifying for the government, died in his sleep Tuesday. He was 79. J Fratianno's wife, Jean, said her husband died Tuesday at their home in an U.S. city, where he was Oiidisclosed ljving under an assumed name. She said he had suffered from Alzheimer's disease. stunned mobsters in 1977 i Fratianno vfhen he became a protected government witness after more than 30 years ill organized crime. His graphic accounts of mob hits helped convict more than two dozen of his former cronies, i At the time of his defection, Fratianno vfas the acting head of the Los Angeles g crime family and the mobster ever to turn informer. ar highest-rankin- ! ' Margo Su CITY (AP) - Margo Su, a iancer, choreographer and theater own- ir, died of lung cancer at age 65. Born Margarita Su Lopez, she used Margo Su as a stage name. She appeared in the popular Follies, tolonial and lirico theaters in Mexico 'ity before taking over the Teatro Blanijuita, where many famous burlesque tars got their start. MEXICO Hector Lsvoe ' NEW YORK, (AP) Hector Lavoe, a d popular salsa music singer once for a Grammy award, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 46. J Lavoe often shared the stage with tome of the top tropical music acts, Notably Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Jtuben Blades. he was nominated for a J In 1388, Grammy in the tropical music category lor his record "Lavoe Strikes Back." i Other works included the albums "U I'm" ("The Voice"), "Fania All Stan, " Bt Yankee Stadium" and "Asalto e ("GiriiUnas Assault") with nomi-pate- Navi-ItenoWil-Ji- Colon, Josi pb Romero ! LOS ANGEIJ.S (AP) Joseph E. Ilomuro, who worked as S music supe- rior and editor on hundreJs of klevision shows, aiea June i w uiuimuai - pneumonia. He was 73. His entertainment career began in the 1940s when he became a messenger at RKO Pictures. He eventually became a music editor at the studio and moved in to Revue Productions, the which Universal Pictures later bought. For Universal, he was music editor or supervisor for TV series such as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Jane Wyman Show" and "Wagon Train." mid-195- manager Peggy A. Landry KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) Landry, the general blood-alcoh- fied ed to Utah cal Center night after Springviile city swimming pool. Banned by Federal law in 196& due to large amounts of explosive composition. They are not made with the safeguards of legal fireworks, and are very dangerous. I:' UliSJii; f Q..i.iil,l si ' i) pi i O ,.jr j r. C 1J Red, approx. 1"in diameter Silver, approx. up to 2" in length M-8- Mrs. Landry became general manager II Stcte Laws O Have no fireworks law, 1 wept at county Mont f level Maine and other novelties T' N.D. Legal fireworks Must be labeled "Class C Common Fireworks'. A lew examples: Permit fireworks of some type Do not permit fireworks of any type Allow only sparklers 0 Red, approx. 1 12" in length ' i J- - Life's Lighter Side how to start it, stop it, rev it, and ride it. and I w as off like a bolt of lightning. The ride was absolutely amazing. I made trails all my own. I did weave through trees, but I went farther than I should have. Maybe I was going too fast, but I hit s monster bump that sent me flying. As I was about to taste the snow, I grabbed the only handle I could reach. Unfortunately, it was the accelerator. So, my legs dragging behind the snowmobile, I literally flew over a small cliff. It must have been funny. I heard the deer snickering. My life quickly flashed before my eyes, and BOOM, I'd hit ground. The snowmobile had landed on its side, only inches from plunging down a ravine filled with trees. My stomach had smacked into a handle and I was gasping fur air. The five minutes must have been up. As I lay breathless on the snow making a sort of retarded snow angel, my ears perked up. Faint voices, which sounded like the combined efforts of Colby and Brian were calling, "Daaaiiinon ...'Wheeereaaare yoooou..." tried my best to yell back, I fell off. ' 'Colby set a record jumping trees and dodging rocks to arrive at the spot I crash landed. He paid no attention to the fact I was nearly dead, but cradled his baby in his arms to see if she was alright. Meanwhile, Brian was doing what he does best, he was pointing at me, laughing. Colby never let me take his snow mobile for a spin ever again. Good thing. I didn't want I "I'm over here. to. N.H r VL Mich, Ohio Minrvrpj4 Firecracker Paper tube of gunpowder and other. iraredients. When kinited it explodes with booming noises. : ployeeatthepool. A lifeguard rescued the boy after spotting him at the bottom of the pool. He had been underwater for approximately three minutes and was immediately given CPR. The boy was breathing by the time an ambulance arrived. RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY Orem Detective Gerald Nielsen said a family returning from a vacation Thursday discovered jewelry, a TV, VCR, compact-dis- c player and cash had been stolen while they were gone. The burglary occurred in the area of 1000 E. 700 South, Orem. The items are valued at $2,500. RESCUE The Utah County Search and Rescue Team responded to the Payson Lakes area Friday morning after the report of an unconscious female who had been knocked off her horse. Details were unavailable at press time but a medical helicopter had been dispatched to the area soon after the 8:45 a.m. call was received. - Garbage pickup to be delayed - PROVO The Provo city sanitation department will be closed Monday. Garbage pickup will be delayed one day all week. The compost station will also be closed on Monday due to the July 4 holiday. Ora. H-1- X " Kan W-) Ariz- - N.M. v.- - w ""- -- 4 r - M Alaska fa Hawaii - a.- - i i. ) a m f: &-- Sparkler Chemical coated metal wire which shoots out sparks when ignited Al miss, LsL Texas 4 r V V Dr. Harry Wallerstein Dr. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) Harvey Wallerstein, who designed an innovative type of blood transfus'on that saved countless newborn babies, died of congestive heart failure Saturday. He was 87. Wallerstein performed the first exchange transfusion with Dr. Walter Levy in 1945. The procedure replaces the blood of newborns who could not otherwise survive because their parents' blood is Rh incompatible. Cherry Bomb Silver Salute of NTV four years ago. The NTV network, an ABC affiliate, serves central Nebraska through three stations, KHGI in Axtell, KSNB in Superior and KWNB in Hayes Center. Chile. V tloody f for observation Friday nearly drowning at a sion network NTV, died of liver cancer Wednesday. She was 42. - Dainon An unidentiboy was transportValley Regional Medi- Emergency personnel responded at 1:45 p.m. to 900 E. 900 South, after a police dispatcher received a call for help by an em- - ol of televi- Paul Albert Thiry Sr. Architect Paul SEATTLE (AP) Albert Thiry Sr., the principal architect of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, died of pneumonia Sunday. He was 88. In the 1960s, he served as vice chairman of the Capital Planning Commission in Washington, D.C., and helped design the master plans for Pennsylvania Avenue. Among his designs were Seattle's Museum of History and Industry, the Washington State Library in Olympia and the U.S. Embassy residence in Santiago, A 3 Springviile youth in hospital after near drowning at pool SPRINGVILLE 'qIicq Boat , Peggy A. She also worked in television sales and administration in Missouri, South Dakota, Vermont and Nebraska. - Page alco- hol-related. Dangerous explosives 'Jimmy the Weasel' Fratiauno tLOS ANGELES (AP) Aladena 'Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno, the THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Taking a powder on friend's snowmobile Instead, what he saw on the jacket and pants were "vague" splotches he said are consistent with diluted blood, perhaps splashed on Kastanis when he Third District Judge Dennis Frederick is considering whether to grant a request by telev ision reporters to release the videotape to news organizations. James said the fact that the blood wasn't more visible on Kastanis' clothing made him suspicious of the prosecution's arguments that 3, 1993 Mass. Rl. Conn. ; f . a a ZJ Roman Candle Tube with gunpowder by inactive materia!. out Shoots a series I i cl sparks and colored flames j with booming noises. i charges separated Del.V Md. d.c. OBITUARY FEES The Daily Herald charges for obituaries. Death notices, brief items Identifying the deceased and the funeral home involved however, run free of charge. 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