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Show The Daily Herald Wednesday. October 11, 1995 ons incineration likely to be delayed Man's autopsy By KIMBERLEY MURPHY Associated Press Writer inconclusive OGDEN (AP) An autopsy on the body of a man found dead in a sleeping bag a few miles from the Snowbasin ski resort has proved inconclusive. Weber County Sheriff Craig Dearden said Tuesday officials are still treating the case as a homicide because of the location and positioning of the body. He said several characteristics led officers to believe the body was placed where it was found after death. Autopsy results released Tuesday indicated "no conclusive infoi niatiuii" about the man's death, said Sheriff Chief Deputy Paul Newey. The autopsy confirmed the man had head injuries but not sufficient to have caused death, Dearden said. His office is waiting on the autopsy's toxicology tests, expected to take a month, to provide additional information. The body was discovered Sunday fully clothed and wearing shoes, face down in weeds about 30 feet from the road nearly two miles below the ski resort in Ogden Canyon. SALT LAKE CITY Medical, military and state officials aeree that incineration of chemical weapons near Tooele likely will not begin until sometime next year. The U.S. Army's $450 million Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Utah's west desert was scheduled to start burning weapons stored in Utah in December. But Martin Caravati, an associate professor of emergency medicine with the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, said medical and emergency personnel require additional training before "One of the weakest links is medical preparedness." said Caravati, one of four people participat FARMINGTON (AP) An woman has filed suit ld claiming her three prominent sons have fleeced her out of her money and home in Bountiful. The suit brought in 2nd District Court earlier this month by Marie C. Holbrook names former Democratic Davis County Commissioner J. Del! Holbrook, Republican Morgan County Sheriff Bert Holbrook and Weber County businessman Lee M. Holbrook. The suit asks that a judge force the sons to give her back sole ownership of her property. It calls for J. Dell Holbrook to repay an $8,000 loan to his mother and to produce more information about policies he took out on his late father. Wesley Argyle, a Salt Lake in child's death 79 hopefuls seek spots in new city ION. TAYLORS VILLE-BENSalt Lake County Utah (AP) Sheriff's Lt. Lloyd Prescott. widely heralded as a hero last year after saving 10 people held hostage by a gunman in a library, is among 79 people seeking office in this new city. Prescott may have the most name recognition among the candidates for the City Council. In the mayor's race, a couple ot candidates may the better-knowbe state Sen. Stee Rees. and LaVelle Prince, who was one of the main movers behind the n city's successful incorporation election in September. When Tuesday's 5 p.m. filing residents had deadline passed. filed in the maor's race, and 68 City Council hopefuls had signed 7. up. The election will be Nov. Nick Deputy Count) Clerk Floros said he has never seen as leadmany candidates running tor a in city. ership positions "There are some real deep opinions about how that city should be run." he said. of the Last month, voters registered in the area cast votes on' whether lo incorporate the ciiv of 55.000 and pick the form of government. one-thir- d within the next couple of weeks that w ill reveal at least 10 deficiencies in the area of emergency preparedness. Among them. Caravati said, was the fact that four of six area hospitals do not have the antidotes needed to treat residents exposed to nerve gas. Also, Primary Children's Hospital and the Poison Control Center have not been included in discussions of emergency preparedness, he said. While Primary Children's is probably prepared to treat patients exposed to chemicals, officials there did not know the hospital would be required to treat children if a chemical release from the incinerator occurred, he said. Caravati said that while disaster plans have been developed, communication remain problems between agencies and the public. In addition, the Tooele County Sheriff's Office does not have enough deputies to respond to a chemical disaster. Caravati said. The hazardous agents to be destroyed include so called "blister agents," which include various mustard gases and "nerve-ga- s agents." Some of the chemicals are also used in agriculture, but are the weapons have them in more potent forms. Exposure to the agents can cause burning, mucus secretions and even paralysis. Caravati said. He and Stephen Enckson. a member of the Governor's Citizens' Advisory Council and a of the Downw inders military watchdog group, doubts the facility will be able to open until at leas! next spring. But Thomas anticipates it vviii begin operating in early January. He said the company's request to change its operating permit Las contributed to the delay. Ihoinas said a surrogate iri.il burn conducted last month chemicals that were "harder to burn than the actual agents" was 'extremely successful." Thomas added that the facility will not open if it is not safe and that the chance of a chemical release from the plant is low. "Clearlv our obligation is safelwe will not operate until we and y are sale." lie said. Suanne Winters, stale science adviser lo (io. Mike l.eav in. also said there is "not a serious, signit-ican- i threat of an oil site release." lovers Honey stung Mother sues prominent sons in wallets this year Aunt charged SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Glenna Talbot has been charged with murder in the death last March of her niece, Tara Talbot Layman. An autopsy found severe wounds on the toddler's body, including tiny parallel puncture wounds on the girl's back. A pathologist thought the wounds might have been caused by a corncob skewer. Todd Grey, the state's chief medical examiner, said the girl also had retinal hemorrhages and optic nerve damage. Grey said there were 29 contusions on Tara's head, chest, back, arms and legs. The Department of Family Services had placed Tara with Glenna and Brian Talbot because the girl apparently had been molested by a teen-ag- e boy and Tara's mother and father were behind bars. The Talbots claimed Tara intentionally hurt herself by pulling out her own hair and picking her nose until it bled. The night of March 8, Glenna Talbot called 91 and told police she found Tara passed out in the girl's bedroom. She said Tara apparently fell from the top of a bunk bed. ing Tuesday in a panel discussion at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. The discussion. "Countdown to December: Incinerating Chemical Weapons in Utah." was cospon-sore- d by Women Concerned-Utahn- s United and broadcast bv KCPW radio. Tooele Army Depot houses 42 percent of the nation's stockpile of chemical weapons, including 20 million pounds of agent, said the facility's project manager Timothy Thomas. Much of that stockpile is to be incinerated over six years at the facility, 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. Caravati said the Centers for Disease Control, which visited the facility in August and has the authority to delay the incineration, is expected to release a report City attorney for the three men. said the matter should be settled around the kitchen table and not in a court. "It's just one of those situations, where they were doing the best they could do to take care of their mother and ran into a dispute," Argyle said. He denies that the Holbrooks defrauded their mother. Bert and Lee Holbrook declined to talk about the suit. J. Dell Holbrook said his mother is being manipulated by a who lives with their mother in a remote part of Washington w ithout a telephone. The suit alleges that after the death of her husband, Dell, in early March. Marie Holbrook was persuaded by J. Dell to rework the deed to the property half-broth- to make her and the three sons joint tenants. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Genuine Utah honey will be on the market in the Beehive stale soon, but buying some is going to sting the pocketbook. The unpredictable spring weather as well as a shortage of clover resulted in lower production and producers have had to raise wholesale prices, said Bill Jones, secretary of the Utah Beekeepers Association. Many plants popped up too early in the wet spring and then got seared during the dry, hot summer. "Spring brings up a lot of vegetation that can't be sustained over a long period of time because we live in a semi-ari- d climate." Jones said. "When you have a good At the time of the deed change, the market value of the property was SI 25.000. The three sons would divide the proceeds equally with their mother, the suit states. J. Dell Holbrook also borrowed S8.000 from his mother, but when he wrote her a check as repayment in July, it bounced, according to the suit. In addition, he wrote checks on his mother's checking account for his own use without her permission and collected proceeds from several life insurance policies taken out on his father, the suit states. J. Dell Holbrook said he would have invented a better scheme and richer victim if he wanted to line his pockets. er spring, Fighter pilots gear up for contest HILL AIR FORCE BASE (AP) Five Hill Air Force Base pilots preparing to defend their title at the Air Force's worldwide -bombing competition later this month. gunnery- "Competition among fighter pilots is all important." said Air Force Major Mark Tapper, the commander of one of six teams entered in Gunsmoke '95. Gun-smok- e is held every two years, and the 1995 shoot-of- f begins Oct. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base. New "We're all type A personalities, so winning is the only thing. You've got to win. It's bragging riehts." the pilot from Hill Air Force Base's 388th Fighter Wing said. Tapper has three goals for this Gunsmoke. He wants his Air Combat Command team, made up of 9 warplanes from U.S. bases, to w in the overall title. Tapper aiso wants Hill's four in the command team to BLM I become the first unit to successfully defend a title. Hill also won in 1987 and 1993. And. Tapper wants to become the first son to duplicate his father's Gunsmoke victory. Tommy Tapper, won the title in 1954 and 1955. his son said. "Back then, he was Hying an Super Sabre." the first supersonic U.S. jet plane. Tapper said. Each of the six teams will have four 6 Fighting Falcons and 0 Thunderbolts, eight Eagles, two bombers, either s stealth and one or fighter. Gunsmoke '95 is designed to simulate a wartime mission somewhere in the Middle East, such as Iraq. The warplanes are scheduled to take off Oct. 26. rendezvous with a refueling tanker over the central United States and then head for the Nellis bombing range in southern Nevada. flv cover. While four A-1- 5 most likely against U.S. Navy jets acting as enemy fighters, "all the other aircraft have to have their bombs on target within a window." he said. Planes d have to drop their bombs during a span within the 10 minutes. Each pilot gets 250 points lor a direct hit on the target, and the four get a maximum of 250 points based on the elapsed time of livtheir bombing runs. The the add 50 can cover to points ing team total for each "enemy " plane shot down in simulated aerial combat. The teams also can lose 25 points for any of the primary planes forced to drop out of the mission. However, each group of four 1 6s. has and one spare plane Hying along. In addition to Tapper, the Hill pilots are Capts. Charles Blank and Anthony Dennison of the 34th Squadron and Pat Wade and Stev e Williams of the 421st Squadron. 500-poun- two-minu- F-I- F-I- F-- A-1- E-- and transfer endorsed SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Western Legislative Conference has endorsed a bill to give the states 270 million acres of federal land. The conference, attended by legislators from 13 states, voted Tuesday to back the proposal by to transRep. Jim Hansen. fer the Bureau of Land Management land to state ownership. Under the plan. "'Government is brought home to the people, where it belongs." said Democratic state Sen. Timothy Jennings of New Mexico. An opponent. Rep. Nancv Rust. said. "These lands have been managed by the federal gov ernment, and taxpayers throughout the country have paid to manage these federal lands. It's not a good idea to give these lands that belong to a whole country to each separate state." The conference, which was attended bv more than 3H) lawmakers, staffers and corporate sponsors, also approved other states-right- s declarations, including one calling for state approval before Congress could designate anv addiiion.il wilderness areas. Utah Senate Majority Whip Leonard Bhukham. said Westerners are led up with being pushed around by the federal government and outside special interests. "We would have local control of our own destiny, rather than hav ing Easterner doing it. Most of them have never been out here and never will be out here." said Blackham. a turkey farmer. Rep. David Tamas. said federal agencies have been "recalcitrant in anv sort ot collaborative management" ol lands. But he warned auainst states following the same adversarial path. Some supporters of the transfer argue it w mild benefit states tmanciailv Jennings said the federal gov eminent collects doesn't it necessarily reflect into a great honey y ear." The problem is that bees at first are more intent on multiplying their numbers than making any extra honey. At the start of the season, a producer might have onlv 2.000 or 3.000 bees in a colonv instead of 80.000. "They use tremendous amounts of nectar and pollens to build up the colony. They're busy having little ones. Only after they've Inuit it up are they going to start bring ing in a surplus, and it's only the surplus that's available to the beekeeper." Jones said. "By the time you start bunging in surplus, you aren't going to get and much, even if il does rain this year it didn't." Also. Utah bees primarily are nourished by yellow sweet clover, which grows in open spaces that aren't heavily farmed. How even yellow sweet clover is a biennial plant that sinks roots one vear and blossoms the next. " fhis vv as not a clov er y ear." Jones said. Utah residents consume more honey per capita than do residents of other states. But Utah is one of the lowest honev producers, so the stale alwavs has to import honev. Jones said there are onlv alui 20 Utah firms or families that classify themselves as commercial honI here also are main ey producers. hobhvisis who have a few colonics. Center receives grant SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah's Southeast Education Service Center in Price has been selected to receive a $333,900 "Challenge Grant" for technology in education. The center is one of 19 institutions nationwide to receive funding under the $9.5 million Challenge Grants program, which encourages community partnerships in the use of technology for Clinton President education. announced the grant Tuesday. Other organizations and business have matched the funding with $70 million the first year and $300 million over the five-yea- r span of the program. With the state's computer Resource Web. the Southeast Education Service Center will use the grant to provide courses in American Indian cultures. Western history, geology and paleontology. State and national parks in the southeast region will participate in the program by offering "active learning projects" to students. In a statement released by the U.S. Department of Education. Clinton said. " I he recipients ol these Challenge Grants and their partners are committed to developing creative responses to die requirements ot all stu dents, including those in inner cities and rural areas." A spokesperson for tne governor characterized the grant as an enhancement lo the state's aggressive technology initiatives. Over the next five years, the grant will total about S3. 5 million, the spokesperson said. The Clinton nduiinisiraiion is asking for s70 million to fully fund the five-yea,c grants House has recommended $25 million and the Senate is considering a $ 5 million appioprialion. he Southeast Educaiion I Sei-vic- Center's Capitol Reef National Monument. Dinosaur National Monument. ar W'esi Laboratory, Novell. Utah Office of Museum Services. US WEST Communications. Utah Slate Parks. Utah ( )liice ot Education and several American Indian ti'ib.d councils. tismoo ww hq mm oumwm million S3l)( early from the users of BLM lands in New Mexico, and. "we need everv dime we can 'jet." 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