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Show mm The Daily Herald The SALT LAKE CITY (AP) chairman of Utah's Democratic KISN Radio hit with FCC fine - The SALT LAKE CITY ( AP) Federal Communications Commission has fined Salt Lake radio station KISN more than $18,000 for not :: hu' more minorities. Both (tie National Association for v Advancement of Colored People id the station are appealing the i a ision. ! he fine follows an April ruling v ihc commission that while the S.'li metropolitan area I;. i a a significant minority popula- on 1.1 7". 5 percent in 1990, KISN ' mod a minority on its staff in ;.;-one car. 1989'' from 1985 to n Party is demanding that Republican Enid Greene Waldholtz reveal where she got the $1 .53 million in personal cash for her congressional campaign. "I'm not accusing anybody of anything," said chairman Dave Jones. "But with that much money coming into the race, the Utah public deserves to have some questions answered." Waldholtz, 36, who is challeng 9'. " .' KISN attorney Suzanne Perry ihe station is complying fully FCC regulations and has made t . r effort to hire more minorities. MN's latest employment figures it now has three Hispanic em-- ; 'weson its staff of 36. !!'.! Utah plate's fate S ' ':u up in the air ALT LAKH CITY (AP)-T- he ln Commission is consider- a he'her to revoke a license plate inip' KhDSKIN." M a hearing Friday, the Tax "mission took under advisement rcquest made by civil-righBrian Barnard. Barnard, who tie plate is offensive and racist, i v.'- - appealing an August decision iv the Tax Commission rejecting ii'iiial request. If denied again, Barnard said he ;ii tr.s to take the matter to court. Laniard had asked the eommis-io- p in a July 27 letter to revoke the , which belonged to a state phi'-;worker and fan of the Washington d' km-- , football team. He first saw ,1 plate in the parking lot of the at--- ts it Barnard based his opposition on a recently adopted rule that prohibits '.',: state from issuing personalized pl.acs which ridicule a "defined i. loss or persons, including but not to race, religion, deity, eth-.- : heritage, gender, or political Kennecott smelter back in operation - LT LAKH CITY ( AP) smelter has resumed operandi after an investigation determined a faulty valve caused an air-dilution control system to malfunction. The smelter had been shut down from Monday until Friday because the No. 7 Acid Plant was not operatS Ken-n-.i-ot- pi ing properly. The acid plant's breakdown resulted in the release of dense .moke from a smokestack at t;i'' north end of the Oquirrh Mountains. 'We hope to never see another rreaKdown like that," said Fred Kennecott Copper's environmental-affairs director. "By taking thj acid plant down, we essentially curtailed operations. It definitely af-fectedus " ox did not know how much the shuulov. n cost Kennecott. F. 1 iimi - GUNNISON (AP) Three Utah State Prison inmates have pleaded not guilty in the stabbing death of another prisoner at the Central Utah Correctional Facility-T- i Michael Kell, 26; Eric Thomas Daniels, 24; and John Frederick Cannistraci, 25, are charged with capital homicide in the slaying of Lonnie Blackmon. 4r she earned $54,428 last year. The $1.53 million has pushed her 1994 spending for the 2nd District seat to more than twice that of Shepherd and nearly three times Independent candidate Merrill Cook's spending. The most specific Waldholtz has been about the money was when she called it "family money," drawn by cashing in stocks and bonds. The cash is listed only as "candidate funds" on federal-electio- n disclosure forms. Other federal records on Waldholtz 's personal assets show it is money she did not have in 1992. One possible source of the money is her husband, who disclosed assets of between $1.3 million and $4.2 million in property, stocks, bonds and bank accounts, according to federal reports. At the same time, Waldholtz has faced questions about financial dealings and publicity over a series of returned checks, including some $60,000 in checks to Salt Lake City jewelry retailer O.C. Tanner. J Waldholtz has said that incident" was a mix-u- p over the closing of an bank account held by her husband, former Utah Republican Party director Joe Waldholtz.-1- ' In April, American Express" sued Joe Waldholtz to recover $47,488 the company said he bill." to pay on his credit-car- d The suit was settled Oct. 18, though no details were available on the financial arrangements. te had-faile- sentence for burglary, theft of property and aggravated robbery in Arkansas, where he lived in Little Rock. He was in Utah on an interstate compact agreement. 1986 "show-and-telhomicide in Nevada. He was convicted of luring a man into the desert, murdering him and then taking friends to view the body. ment of Corrections spokesman Music haunts 2nd District courtroom Some are OGDEN (AP) ing the mysterious music at a 2nd Circuit courtroom divine intervention. Others are chalking the phenomenon up to the spirit of Halloween. But to Judge Pamela Heffernan, the music blaring from the tiny television in her video courtroom is simply an annoyance. And she wants the clamor to stop. call- Every time Heffernan begins ar- raigning Weber County Jail inmates via video, the interference begins, j Everything from Christmas carols to religious hymns to theological discussions about Halloween reverberate from the tube. When the judge walks away, the noise stops, but she has witnesses to attest to the strange sounds. "It's a Halloween phenomenon," said court clerk Kathy Thyfault. "Monday it was pretty quiet, Tuesday and Wednesday you couldn't hardly deal with it and today it was unreal," she said Thursday. tence for the highly publicized l" MONDAY, - The SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Supreme Court has ruled that the State Tax Commission cannot tax income earned by American Indians serving in the armed forces. Benny Fatt, who lives on the Navajo Reservation in Monument Valley, filed no state tax returns while serving in the U.S. Navy from 1986 through 1991. He apparently believed he did not have to pay state taxes because a federal law protects income earned by American Indians living reservations. But the Tax Commission claimed Fatt's income became taxable when he joined the Navy and left the reservation. For the year of 1989, the commission assessed on Fatt $599.36 in back taxes, plus penalties and interest. Fatt appealed the tax commission's decision to Utah's high court, whose ruling Friday unanimously supported his immunity from state taxation. "This is terrific news," said Fatt's attorney, Henry S. Howe. "It certainly will help Utah reservation residents." Howe said he did not know how many other American Indian servicemen and women may have faced similar assessments. "But with the publicity over this case, more people may come forward," he said. About 22,750 American Indians live within Utah's borders, according to the 1990 federal census. They are the state's fourth largest minority group. Howe said the tax commission's decision to pursue Fatt's Navy wages "reflects the state of Utah's attempts to limit Indian sovereign- ty." But Assistant Attorney General Michelle Bush, who handled the commission's appeal, said the tax commission's action had nothing : to do with Fatt's race. "He earned his income off the. reservation," Bush said. "It was fairly unclear how (his military status) played into it. Now we know." The Utah Supreme Court deci sion relies on the federal Soldiers and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1988. T AY OCTOBER 31st-10a.m.-- 9p.m. Now through Monday, October 31 - -- fUij If k Get the credit In fact, Thursday's Christian music was so disruptive, Heffernan finally canceled the arraignments. Ron Ferro, Weber County electronics technician, said the entire Municipal Building acts as a receiver because of its grounding. He suspects someone has a radio on and the broadcast is somehow being zapped into the television in the video courtroom. you want. And get 25 Off all ; regular-price-d If' merchandise. Apply for a 0, T lf-- 16-ye- ar Jack Ford. Kell's plea was entered pending a psychological examination. A trial date will be set at the next hearing on Dec. 9. fyMS PROBLEMS?, K E Blackmon was serving a Kell also was in Utah on an interstate compact agreement. He is senserving a UVSC Machine Tool Technology planning to offer an evening class retrofitting to controllers and machine repair starting January 1995. Class size is limited. To get you name on the list tall Janel at ext. 8350 by November 1 5. 222-800- On July 6, Blackmon, 34, was being escorted to the prison infirmary when he was jumped by a group of inmates and stabbed 67 times. The three entered their pleas before 6th District Judge David L. Mower at the courtroom inside the Gunnison facility, said Depart- Need to learn about Numerical control milling machines? is ing 2nd District Rep. Karen Shepherd, has refused to be specific about the money, saying the law does not require it. In a written statement, Waldholtz said Jones was engaged in "partisan grandstanding" and "an increasingly desperate barrage of unfounded, negative attacks. 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