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Show The Dally Herald Tuesday, July 12, 1994 Woodland given maximum sentence Brlofo Shea hires new campaign director Longtime Democratic activist Mike Reberg has been hired as the new campaign manager for the Pat Shea for United States Senate campaign. Reberg has worked for the past three years in the Salt Lake County Public Works Department under Commissioner Randy Horiuchi. Prior to his job in the public sector, Reberg had worked as public affairs director for Reagan Outdoor Advertising. "I am taking the reins of Pat Shea's campaign because I am distressed that while other states are represented by two Senators, Utah's interests are really only protected by one senator, Bob Bennett," Reberg said. "Utah's other Senator, Orrin Hatch, has long forgotten the people who elected him 18 years ago. He has been seduced by the perks and power of Washington to the point where he is responsive primarily to the bidding of outsdiders . ' ' Evidence in drug stop disallowed - DENVER (AP) The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed a lower court's decision to admit as evidence items seized from the car of a Colorado man during a routine traffic stop in Utah. The court ruled that the officer's actions constituted an illegal search and seizure. The ruling stemmed from an appeal brought by Patrick Nolan seeking the suppression of evidence seized from his car by Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Dennis Avery during a traffic stop June 9, 1993. A district court in Utah denied his motion to suppress the evidence on the grounds that the stop turned into a warrantless search. McSwain entered a conditional plea of guilty to federal charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and carrying and using a firearm. Mc-Swa- in Newspapers travel as the crow fries - ST. GEORGE (AP) The heat drove customers away from a pizza parlor and intrepid rsewspeople drove 300 miles to California after a crow flew into a )ower line, killing the air conditioning and stopping the presses. A Pizza Hut restaurant and the The Daily Spectrum in downtown St. George were the only casualties of the mini-powoutage. the crow, mat is. It died. Except Spectrum employees drove the Sunday edition plates 300 miles to Barstow, Calif., where the paper was printed at the Spectrum's siser ter paper, the Desert Dispatch. Brothers killed in boating accident NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Ariz. (AP) LAKE MEAD An accident that killed two brothers on Lake Mead has brought the boating fatality toll this year to nine, the National Park Service says. The latest victims were identified as Stephen E. Johnson, 39, of Las Vegas, Nev., and his brother Ronald B. Johnson. 47, of Salt Lake City, whose son Ryan, 16, was hospitalized temporarily in good condition in Las Vegas. They were the boat. only passengers on the 1 The accident occurred Sunday near the Arizona shore in the lake's Virgin Basin area. ot Lesbian seeks the right to visit child . - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A court commissioner has taken under advisement a lesbian's request for the right to visit with the 3- - car-ol- d son of her former lover. Third District Court Commissioner Judith Atherton said Monday that she would rule on the matter after attorneys file additional written arguments in the case. The woman filed suit earlier this year against the boy's mother, who gave birth to the boy after being artificially inseminated. The plaintiff contends that she and the mother, with whom she had an eight-yea- r relationship, had decided together to have the boy. In court on Monday, Atherton was asked to grant temporary visitation rights, on alternating weekends, until the issue is decided at trial in September. i By CAREY HAMILTON Associated Press Writer - SALT LAKE CITY Eugene Nate Woodland has received the maximum sentence for the 1990 slaying of a Salt Lake contractor, ending four years of debate about his competency to stand trial. Third District Judge Anne Stir-b- a found it disconcerting that Woodland has not taken responsibility for the May 28, 1990, shooting death of his former business partner, Bruce Larson. "(Woodland) clearly sees himself in an idealized light," she said Monday. "He cannot conceive of himself as having done something wrong that the jury found he did. " Stirba sentenced Woodland, 64. who has called himself Capt. Nemo, to five years to life in prison for killing Larson. He also received a consecutive sentence of zero to five years for the aggravated assault of Glenn Fisk. who tried to apprehend Woodland after the murder. That means Woodland will serve at least 7 years in prison. Bui Board of Pardons guidelines indicate a minimum term is more likely. Larson who bought out Woodland's Capt. Nemo Dinner Thea 13-ye- ar - ai the theater. Woodland was convicted on June 14 of second-degre- e murder. "Mr. Larson wa. by all accounts an extraordinary human being," Stirba said. ""He was someone who gave a great deal to his family friends and the commu- Woodland maintained his innocence and that he was a victim of a conspiracy. "All cared or worried about take has occurred." he said. "Never have I seen a case that was more appropriate for reduction." was being excommunicated by the Mormon Church." he told Stirba. '"It's an awful thing. I've never done anything horrible in my life. If there was a way I wouldn't have Woodland has spent much of the past four years in the Utah State Hospital, suffering from a variety of mental illnesses and was incompetent to stand trial. 1 range-refor- point the advisory council members from a list pro ided by gov of the affected states. Sen. Bob Bennett. member of the Senate Energy and less connected to the land. "Here in the West, we're in it together. If we can't find a consensus among ourselves here in Utah, it will be done somewhere else and it will be done worse," Babbitt said Monday at a news conference held in conjunction with the U.S. Senate field hearing on the range e-use practices. Gov. Mike Leavitt called on Natural Resources Committee, chaired Monday's hearings. He decision- m reform. "This is an issue in which we have to bring the West together," he said. The reforms Babbitt proposes would increase grazing fees over three years, but ranchers who demonstrate good land management would be eligible for rebates. "Grazing is in fact an enduring, important, positive part of the West's landscape," he said. "We need to bring the decisions closer to the land. It is impossible to run a Babbitt to include Western governors in selecting members of the Multiple Resource Advisory Councils. Under Babbitt's proposal, the regional management councils would include public officials, environmentalists, ranchers and recreational users of public land. The councils would replace the Bureau of Land Management's regional advisory panels, w hich are dominated by ranchers. The proposal has been criticized who say by environmentalists, ranchers still would have too much influence on the new councils because of local politics, and ranchers, who claim they would have too little power. Leavitt suggested Babbitt capital-m- urder called the latest range-reforplan "a vast improvement" over previous proposals. Bennett said the administration's proposal for rangcland reform is not final. Babbitt agreed, saying he believes the field hearings have been "exceptionally productive, perhaps in Utah more than other areas. I sense a real desire to find some common ground. " Bennett also called on special-interegroups to stop shouting and "come together on the basis of the facts" on sweeping range reforms proposed by the Clinton administration. Speaking at a jampacked public hearine at Richfield Hi'jh School. The slaying has drawn the attention of the Salt Lake Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "Hate groups seem to have a strong hold in the prison system here," said Larry Houston, chapter vice president. "And I'm not C Hi IH 1 K Fop lf iiis added. The four suspects were also involved in a riot at the Gunnison Free Incoming prison last year. Ford said. A weapon similar to the one used in Blackmon's slaying sparked the uprising. No one was inin the riot, but inmates did jured almost $40,000 damage to the Calls five-ho- " Gunnison facility. Blackmon was in prison for an aggravated burglary he committed in Little Rock, Ark. He agreed to drop a law suit against the state of Arkansas in return for being sent to serve the remainder of his sentences in Utah. He had been in Utah since January of this v ear. He is the first prisoner to be slain in a Utah prison in eight n Free There's never been a better time to experience the convenience and security of Cellular One1 service. Sign up now for Cellular One service and you'll receive 90 days of free unlimited DSHIELD! ISTER10R Voice Mail FREESS $25.95 $20.95 $15.95 Free Long Distance years. n incoming calls, 90 days of free long distance and 90 days of free voice mail. But hurry! Time won't wait. 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"We're doing this for Utah's future, not as an attack on any particular office holder," he said. "It's basic democracy." ap- - Glass CALL until we w in." Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. Some 62 people were scheduled to address the st mon down while the uncuffed pris- M That's right...for a limited time GLASb AC I will pav oner plunged a homemade knife into the victim's chest. your insurance deductible The guard set off an alarm on the up to $100. Approved by all Insurance companies. wall and ran for help. But by the Fast, Free mobile service time a SWAT team arrived. Blackfrom Ocden to Prove. mon was dead. Act 392-107- 2 "It only took the two inmates 30 A Dtvuwfi of the VI OjaI:(v Qui Group seconds to stab him a dozen times," Ford said. COUCHES LOVE SEATS CHAIRS term-limitati- Bennett attempted to defuse antagonisms in the audience, split between those who believe the proposed reforms don't go far enough in protecting public land and those who say the proposed doubling of grazing fees would decimate the economies of rural Utah. "I think there's been a great deal of shouting on the grazing issue, and very often, people are not looking at the facts." Bennett said at the hearing. Despite his pleadings, participants voiced their concern about the proposal, which would double fees for grazing on Bureau of Land er-no- rs Inmate's slaying appears to be racially motivated SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Lonnie Blackmon was stabbed to death in a Gunnison prison because he is black, officials said. Blackmon, 32, was attacked last Wednesday by four other inmates as he walked from his cell to the Central Utah Correctional Facility's infirmary. The stabbing occurred in the prison's common area in the view of a guard and other prisoners. Corrections spokesman Jack Ford said officials believe the slaying was racially motivated because the suspects are known white supremacists. Ford would not release the names of the suspects because they have not been charged. "They had it in for all black inmates," he said. "And at least two had it in for this black inmate in particular." Investigators will push for charges with the Sanpete County attorney's office, Ford said. Shortly after noon last Wednesday, Blackmon and another handcuffed inmate, escorted by a guard, were on their way to the infirmary. When they passed a locked shower area, two men inside reached through the bars; one grabbed Blackmon's arm, the other put him in a choke hold. Meantime, Blackmon's shackled partner unlocked his handcuffs with a key he had stolen. Ford said. A fourth inmate ran from the common area to help hold Black- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Suppetition porters of a say they have gathered an unprecedented 136,643 signatures in favor of puttine their initiative on the ballot. Led by Independent Party head Merrill Cwk. backers of the petition said Monday that they are confident county clerks will validate enough signatures to secure a spot on November's ballot. While the Cook petition has far more than the 76. 125 signatures required, the campaign also must have at least 10 percent of activ e voters in 15 of Utah's 29 counties. Meantime, a separate initiative petition aimed at cutting middle-clas- s suite income taxes failed to meet Monday's statewide deadline. With about 12.000 signatures, backers will now aim for 38.062 names by January to force the tax overhaul package to the floor of the Utah Legislature. "This issue is not going to go away," said Rep. Grant Protzman, Ogden. "The battle is engaged. We're going to pursue this solution m ranch by the command and control of Washington D.C." He said he would return to Utah in a few weeks to visit cattle operations that demonstrate good multipl- -making signatures- '"Mr. Woodland also wanted me to assert that his position is that he is innocent and that a horrible mis- nity." Interior RICHFIELD (AP) Bruce Babbitt says Secretary Utahns must work out a solution to issues, or the will be left to people range-refor- to sutler this spiritual death. " His attorney, Lvnn Donaldson, argued for a lighter sentence, citing Woodland's age and the fact that he never before was convicted of a crime. ter, was shot five times Babbitt: Utahns must find Backers of term limits deliver 621-CEL- L 753-CEL- L 645-610- 0 HMce -- ar--.- R.wr.:- - xcuui jw.-tapp'- I.- -c iu-- . So-r- v wiihir the cortavntai I'mtcd State only xay apply rvMriciMn 224-026- 9 ii 1 1 1 ii -- ill in - rrt |