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Show ESI IZi lnterfaith marriages Gravel crusher must respect Payscn area pose tricky questions Page A4 American Fork, Provo shoot for state titles Sophistication hard to come by Page A3 mm w (Ml ftl Sfea. t, 1S?y fefewek Cantrsf iiSafe's Hssrtjjajwr far 124 ears, Page E1 Page A8 Nw, Utah (fillip - A Pulitzer Community Balancing act hepherd in custody after caunfiqht , . Sue fawspaper ALBLgUERQUE iAP. oflcndtT Keith LiiMar . vvhi' etupcd irum u Shcpht-rdUtah prison la! ear. v.a thin and mounded here Fridu) dunnj: ii bank Tfibbcn attempt. A aiw.a the FBI iaid. Ot"f-dAlbuquerque police J. Chavez. pairoiman Tim-)tf ugitive v.r hiac - ut as a ecuntv guard. v,a w.(ni.ing inside a Ntrrvvcrt Bank branch when ShqAerd. wearing a m, mask, entered around a.m. Fndav and hrandished a ptitol. rrHHHiligrrtiriL' police spokesman lorn Herrsra said. When ShepheTd saw Chavez, he touk customer Marcos Wade a cQwTjh Yp-- f7 ; " Provo emissions tester feels ss overreacting to a simple mistake he made. Seth Vermillion, who operates the Utah Saietv ic Emissions Testing station on 3'XJ Siuth. fs facing a 30-d- a suspension far misiing a on a rigged car convener catalytic the countv sent to his shop last month. Countv officials said the enforcement program was put in place at the behest of the inspection industn. to show the area was complying with federal air quality regulations. Health The Utah County Department, which oversees the inspection program. Uies regular inspections and covert audits to make sure inspection facilities, are prirperiy inspecting cars. The covert program involves sending a car that has been nased A V T Utah Count) stunt I 1 nd at taUciing obstacles such as cars, cable spoofs and tractor tires. After the performance. Rey, n said. shot Chavez Shepherd, hn- - in tne face. Beidun arid Herrera .aid u itie Wade. .20. w.a- - hit lnro. Herrera did mn ktmv. v.hi.'f, gun lired lh(e '.tin's He said (."havez. 2?. a '.eierji: .i; the force, has been placed m, maxim administrative leave pending ut the an internal inveitigatior tmj: rum lu.-ve- shooting. (Set SHLPHLKI). Fae 42) says penalty stinks ""5- -" World-famo- us Bel-do- r Pollution inspector By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daiiy Hera;d eycisst Harvs Uo Way fiey tanas a jump from the hoed of a car onto a wooden box d urng a stunt demonstration at tne Btke Worx bicycle snop m Orem Friday evertmg. The store is home to the world s oniy indoor, year-routrials course, where riders can try their hand and hostage shots were fired. Herrera and F BI agent Doug right autographed items tor those m attendance. to the station so it could n:n pa the test. Tne station is judged or whether the technicians spot the problem. Dwighi Hill, the department's director ot environmental health, said the cars are deliberate) sabotaged in an obvious wa si they cannot pa the test. The idea i - to ee if the mechanic w ill spot i: or ignore if and issue a parsing certificate for the car. ""It's a part of the system where people working with the program will know it is important and Uto. for rt." Hill said. Vermillion has operated the test-onfacility sme October lwvi and is a supporter of the count enforcement effort. "I agree wc have to have enforcement over the program when people are cheating." Vermillion said. in late February, vermi'iioi overlooked a mi sing .juhuc (Set INSPECTOR. Pam- 2 h " Clinton 'not sure' if he placed calis for campaign cash By TERENCE HUNT AP Wrirte House Corespondent After a week of WASHINGTON disclosures about White embarrassing f iiXi .e f und raising. President Clinton said Friday that "I'm not sure, frankly" rather he also made calls for campaign But he insisted tfiai rwthrng has us-- h undeTctrt hs pkdge to have the highest Mandards cti.i-j- ! At it 5 bs addmarrtlv -- eer. minute ne- - conference dtmi-Mlc- d questions. Clmtrm deicrxkd Vice President AI fund-raisin- g Gore and the first lady's top aide as "highly ethical people" and said thai neither "would ever knowingly do anything wrong." Hosseser. Clinton said. "I think se should be held to a higher standard than just 'ft is legal." Trying to shift the blame away from his adnitmstration for questionable practices, the president lamented a campaign process that he said takes too long and requires loo much money. ""The system is out of he declared, calling anew fewwhack campaign finance reforms. Despite persistent questioning, the president generally adopted a smiiing. easygoing stance. Yet he seemed uncomfortable at times with the questions. Clinton met with reporters in the stalely East Room or. the heels of disclosures that Gore had used his White House office on several occasions to solicit campaign donations. It was, aivo revealed that Maggie Williams, the chief of staff to Hillary Rodham Clinton, had accepted a S5().!)O0 check at the White House tor the Democ ratic National Committee. The president said he did not believe that those disclosures along with news of White House coffees and sieepovers tirr undermine his donors promise to have the highest ethical standards of any White House. "I just simply disagree that rt ts wrong tor a president to ask his friends and supporters to spend time with him." Clinton said. Depite suggestions to the contrary. Clinton said. "I don't believe you can find am ev idence of the fact that I had changed gov big-mon- emment policy soleb because ot a .imtnr tion." Gore's solicitations have been attacked bv ome Democrats as unseens a,.d improper. Gov. Roy Romer ot Colorado, the new chairman of the Democratic said Williams' National Committee, iv.d." actions were "wrung" and "ih-adClinton acknowledged he might have Gore".-- . made White House calls "I'm not sure, frankly ." the preient said. "I don't like to raise lund- - ir that wav." I Airline ticket prices rise, but may soon take nose dive Airline tax are f2fCi"C Aslr s r v-if- vz-n-. .iae3 tj cringe ers at 4 percent. By GREGG STEIN AP Business Wnter te gawnraerfs AS ar Some of hie country's NEW YORK biggest arrliues taised prices Friday with the return of a I f percent ticket tax. but competttr-r- s them to roll back the higher fares might week. next by In a game of chicken, trie nation's biggest airlines are waiting to see whn flinches first. With No. domestic carrier Americar Airlines holding back the HicTeuve. higlieT-far- e risk lower bookings, but American spokesman Tim Smith warns that it could wind up raising fares too if other earners don't keep them low. "John Q. Consumer better sit around and wart until the dust vettles. probably by Monday mornmg." said Torn Parvons. editijr of Best Fares rrwgairK. Rsther thafi the full ID percent. Northwest Airlines raised fares 4 percent, a step matched by United Airlines,. Conboentai mitully raised prices 10 percent, but late Friday joined the oth fL-r- arr-fa- re 1 atr-lin- Effect on tares Inside round of fare sale- soon. Parson said. Many carriers had timed sales to expire before the tax was reinstated and can be expected to grab for passengers with another spiasin discount offer. Congres voted a week ago to reinstate a package of ticket iaxes that expired Dec. 31 because of the budget battle with the V.htte House. It went back into effect at 12:0! a.m. Friday. tax on The taxes include a international departures and a b.25 percent tax on domestic air cargo that are expected to raise $2.7 billion through PW forairpon saleiy. When tiie taxes expired in January l4n under similar circumstance , airlines pas.etl the s irr sirveral months savings on to cUsumie-rbefore slowly raising fares. This time, never shared in the tax break. Airlines lately have been raising prices because of greater demand Several earners rxnted strong l etruary traffic figure this week, and a recent American Express survey s.iid business f.tres were up 25 percent in January compared to a j ear ago Find - Delta also started with a 10 percent increase on mot fares, then turned around and said it would keep all of its rates the same. US Airways, until recently known as U'S.Air. said it would not raise fees Southwest Airlines, meanwhile, not only kept fares the same but brought back a ticket promotion it had dropped m April. Parsons said the airlines soon will settle on either the 4 percem increase or no increase at all. "This is typical when you have a maior change in the pricing environment." Delta spokesman Wiliarr. Bern said. "It's probably going to lake most of tic weekend before we have better understanding." Airline bookings typically sLck off during the weekend because business travelers aren't making plans and many travel agencies are ciod Thar gives fire airlines time to check competitors' tares and wait for either low tares. r0 However the evaporate ot high fares to dn-fares shAe out. travelers can expect anotlier it Arts v? Business Classified Ads Comics i' IW - Crossword !5H ('5 I.euals IW Lifrilvk AX Mini pane AV Mosifs Ohituarw .A3 Reliaion .A4 1 Sports I". I Mucks 155 rs Weather Today partly cltunlv. Hiyhs mid-5tTonight mostlv clear. laiiws nrar 3f. Srt I'agt- A 10. - !5? Tun t in miiH ftnmmi lii(fct.a(i. iSt- - mil, 1ii ' n. nhi a I |