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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Prwo, Utah, Thursday January 18, 1996 Page A2 S K S 98 B rw$ ems si miiarv s? a? By DARLENE SUPERVTLLE 'Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Hillary Rcxfiuirn Clinton will be asked to answer, in writing, questions that a House investigative committee has afefci her role in the White House tnjvfct office firings. -- lite committee wants to know the administration called in the FBtund went through "an enormous chRie'' accusing the travel office staff bf improprieties. Rep. William Cliigr, the. committee chairman, w sat! today. ' itlhrnfe it was an inappropriate fee. FBI, and the IRS also if wis; uivolved.. there are a things MSjant to continue tclook at," Clingef said on "CBS . "ufof nurn-btJrs- . nave to answer mi sii ' think the issue here is why, sirjtfthey did have the right to fire them; that they went through this emyrmous charade to prov ide covet $; make them look better, to mad them look not so hardhearted lie said. IA.1 former presidential aide, DSvid Watkins, testified Wednesday; that he felt pressure from the fi0.1ady.to fire the travel office stuff in May 1993, even though she drjfrpt lean on him directly. ;The committee released three hanUwritten notes that Watkins wrote around the time of the firings implicating Mrs. Clinton. One said she was '"ready to fire them all" a week before it happened. Watkins wrote in another, previously released, memo that there would be "hell to pay" if he did not fire the seven-perso- n staff "in conformity with the first lady's wishes." But under oath, Watkins testified, "The first lady did not instruct me to fire the travel office." Watkins said other White House officials, including the late deputy counsel Vince Foster and Hollywood producer Harry Thomason, who at the time was a private, unpaid adviser to President Clinton, used Mrs. Clinton's name to press for the firings. "The pressure that I felt was coming from the first lady was conveyed primarily through Harry Thomason and Vince Foster," he testified. Republicans grew increasingly frustrated with answers they believed were contradictory to , what Watkins wrote in his notes, and suggested he was trying to cover for Mrs. Clinton. "I think we need now "to address questions to the first lady as a result of this," dinger said during a break in testimony. "We'll see what the responses will be ... and determine what will be done later," added dinger, Mrs. Clinton has said aides may R-P- a. Page Al) operation in Pervomayskaya was, ojir, the ITAR-Tas- s Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The government is giving states seven months to figure out how to catch stores that sell news agency reported. sales. Congress in 1992 passed a law forbidding any store from selling tobacco to anyone under 18. The Synar amendment, named for the late Oklahoma Rep. Mike Synar, requires states to enforce the sales ban. But the Department of Health and Human Services never told states how to do the job and studies have W teen-age- oitail ar6a-- ... &,iri:.rrv x ... An HHS-approv- federal state's ......43 TG?MT0ES 2S toss-- 4 fj&Uat,(30Lf4lit mm -- (Continued from Page Al) Mormon Church leaders, p3"ticularly prophet pioneer BJjsham Young, taught that some s(3 were so grievous that only the sliding of the sinner's blood w ould atw a chance for redemption. Gardner wrote that the historical rtord indicates the belief in the radical doctrine is what motivated most of Utah's first legislators th2m Mormons to giving convicted killers the chance to spill thiir own blood to be forgiven. In 1849, Young was discussing thi cases of two criminals with ot&er church leaders when he said, "Pwant their cursed heads to be fearly will remove the firing expected to pass the 1996 Legislature. But the belief still lingers in the minds of modern day Mormons, prompting local defense attorneys to often ask potential jurors in capital murder cases what they know about blood atonement. "It's important to know if someone believes people are better off in the hereafter if you execute them and they believe they are doing something good for the defendant by convicting them," said attorney Brad Rich. He said most Mormons called to jury duty are familiar with the blood atonement concept although they haven't given much thought over how it would influence their cutoff that they may atone for work as a isjuror. not indication Taylor There thsrr sins, that mercy may have her selected firing squad to atone for claims upon them in the day of sin. any reisanption." A former Mormon, Taylor ;?Two years later, the Deseret his innocence to the maintains which governed the and was baptized a slaying Great Basin territory sprawling before statehood, passed a law Catholic on Tuesday. He told a freelance writer that ajCijving courts to choose among he has concerns about being subthkre modes of execution: firing jected to lethal injection. sfliad, hanging or beheading. "I don't want to go flipping ribday, the religious effects of a like a fish out of water on around firing squad are nonexistent since he said. that table," dishas rch Chi th4 Mormon Instead, Taylor will sit, strapped avowed the b'.ixxl atonement doctrine taught' by early leaders and to a chair about 25 feet from five anonymous marksmen aiming dc&ics ever practicing it. four with live rifles lyCnd a bill requested in a target pinned at ammunition th international on his chest has s execution gener -- Asmbl, .30-calib- cr rin;'to atten-tibnrfayl- or Mr Quality is The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollution report compiled by the Utah Division of Air Quality. The Complete report is available by telephone at The air quality this morning was as follows: Wood burning Today is a "green" day for all areas along the Wasatch Front. Wood and coal burning stoves and fireplaces may be used, but residents are asked to use them in the proper manner to reduce their smoke emissions. ' " CUP . iiimiiiifi imii mi ffi i in mm ilium ii m m Tysafea&l&iijk BBBrafflBI.'m4 wmrurtp :;r- - vrmami ti mummum W,m . Outlook The forecast calls for decreasing pollution levels with a clearing index of 830 plus and the trend is increasing. Lindon Provo The Scale 0 moderate; good air; 9 unhealthful; 200-29- 9 very unhealthful; 300 and above hazardous, 0 51-10- 101-19- Abbreviations carbon monoxide ozone sulfur dioxide particulates Note The Utah County residential area reading is taken from the Lindon monitorina station. co oz so pa tat t j ytji Wtomm-j- im 1 FROSTED Sir ;COaNFIAKES UrkMk;; MITM'EATS KfJos,2e.4l3t -i vS-- 12 Oz. 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In fiscal year 1997, do enough surprise inspections to report scientifically how well states comply with the . sped fs, u CAULIFLOW rs rules. Synar died of brain cancer Jan. 9. The Tobacco Institute called the regulations a "reasonable" way to fight teen smoking, something the industry contends it helps to do already by educating store clerks not to sell minors tobacco. Under the new regulations, states must: By Sept. I, provide the government a list of all stores that sell tobacco and develop an plan to do surprise inspections to catch illegal sales to minors. Failure can mean losing 20 percent of the . - 1 Olti Jttit BBtt. 2K or On Friday, HHS will publish regulations in the Federal Register spelling out how states must catch stores that break the law and punish them until they comply with enforcing the ban. Enforcing the ban will help "stop illegal tobacco sales and discourage thousands of young people from striking the first match of a VsVA JJ k. 1 estimated that buy hundreds of millions of packs of cigarettes a vear. p f&U:$r' tea Onfy to iiiiiiiillMaiiirliiiniiMliijiilim lifelong, addiction," President din-to- n wrote Synar's family in informing them of the new 'I cf.M.,?.,.!;v Thst C5 ed A' I The missing hostages "must be c : t i i presumed alive," Yeltsin said. "They II r v ceiHd have escaped or hidden." Most Samsunf L ITof the estimated 70 to 120 hostages Trah7nn and women children. wte (Port of onaml & (Ankara I Russian troopS had trapped an e&nnated 150 to 250 rebels in Ferry's position midday Wednesday STRAVROPOL , jon Jan. 10, and went KRAY or) 'the offensive against them on Monday after the separatists refused A:dagestan I tor "release their hostages. Today, U. CHECHNYA Yeltsin said all the Chechen fighters Pervomayskaya MozdokP-- ' "If in Pervomayskaya had been killed. KABARDH . "AH the gangsters were elimiBALKARIA are unless some nated, hiding Grdzny INGUSHETIA the said, president underground," Russian forces ITAR-Tass. Russian r according to i ignored the forces lost 26 men, he said. hijackers' demand, Nazran C-Sounding a tough line, Yeltsin launching a Guerrillas have massive air and indicated that rebel leader Dzhokhar seized about 30 artillery assault workers at an Dudayev could expect harsh treat-nien- t, Wednesday on NORTH VIadilfvkf electric power plant. and Russia had no intention Chechen o tolerating more terrorist attacks. separatists. I"We have taught Dudayev a it and now s(Jimd lesson, is necessary tct deliver strikes on Dudayev's 25 miles j Major roads stjongholds ... to put an end to terrorgMSRHpffiBi GEORGIA ism on Russian soil," Yeltsin said. wh pai ines 25 km The captives were among up to APWm. J. Castello 3j)00 people Chechen gunmen 70 about cials claimed darkness, in the Jan. seized 9 sepaagain they escalated nearby city of predawn Pervoburst ratist the out because conflict of drama-tiin raid intended a fighters hostages were to Ky yar, their demand for a Russian troop mayskaya while dozens of combeing killed. Maj. Gen. Alexander rades from Chechnya attacked the Mikhailov, a spokesman for the w;bdrawal from their republic. fost of the hostages were freed Russians from behind, Russian Federal Security Service, said the the? flext day, but rebels herded news media reported, quoting the gunmen planned to execute the sSeral dozen onto buses to use as Federal Security Service, a succes- captives and try to escape. In Washington, Defense Secrehirjnan shields. Russian troops sor to the KGB. Russian helicopter gunships tary William Perry said Russia was them late that day in in the Russian and artillery pounded the village in justified in using military force in response to hostage-taking- s. r$Hib!ic of Dagestan just short of retaliation. The battle in Pervomayskaya has The Russians began storming QJiechnya's border. 2he fierce fighting that began in the village Monday, saying they been typical of Russia's war with Chechen rebels, whom resorted to force because the gunPfvomayskaya on Monday at least through the early men were killing hostages a the Russians have not been able to crush despite big advantages in charge separatist leaders denied. raining today. offiOn and numbers and weapons. Russian snow cover of Wednesday, heavy jL'nder BLVD., PflCVO S W m $&J?n. SPZifSm down on illegal tobacco son who first suggested financial wrongdoing in the travel office, an allegation largely dropped later as unproven. s.-i- rdrXSrl rJCJM 3&$ 753 ifiST teen-ager- s, beginning a national crack- , ii" s to cigarettes Committee Republicans also confronted Watkins with his notes of that conversation in which he quoted her as saying, "We need those people out. We need our people in." "I can't say those were the precise words," Watkins answered. "These were my thoughts and recollections of the conversation from Mrs. Clinton to me." He testified that it was Thoma- r 16-2- 2 By LAURAN NEERGAARD Watkins, the former White House chief of administration, said he had only one conversation with Mrs. Clinton five days before the firings and that he only briefed her cn where the travel office matter stood. Rebels threaten to Russian ferry and its autonomous Russian passengers regions in the Bosporus "f X strait unless ' Russian forces "' Seyastopcl1;.. halt their assault , SochP-- a on Chechen I j Black Sea rebels in (original fyV. f .,. ...IiSWIIWUI Pervomayskaya. - destination)' Jan. difficult have misinterpreted her expressions of concern about possible financial problems in the travel office to mean she wanted the workers fired, but that she never directly ordered such action. She also has said she will do "whatever it takes to cooperate." "I did not have a hand in making the decision," Mrs. Clinton said in a TV interview Wednesday. blow-u- p - 3 Continued from Teens to find buying tobacco Chechen rebels on three fronts YELTSIN: Bkli P.Ta NEWS We welcome news tip. To report a tip or if you have a comment or question regarding a news article, call 344-254- :iM,rBii74(.. (ULhktXlirjt.. 13 DEPARTMENT HEADS Publisher , Kirk Parkinson Editor Paul C. 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