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Show Page A2 r. THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, January 21, 19 m - Analysts say Americans grasp - WASHINGTON After months cf intense Republican attacks on Whitewater and the travel office firings, the Clintons' credibility was stung by unlikely sources last week: two longtime supporters who followed them from Arkansas to Washington. One was a personal assistant who has been trusted for years with handing Hillary Rodham Clinton:.erwork when she was a lawyer. Arkansas and now as first iady.isJl CanflftpfJ genteel, presidential assistant Carolyn Huber testified Thursday how Mrs. Clinton's , ; ; J ' .' .' Isought by investigators for two suddenly appeared in a years roqm only the president, his wife and close aides had access to. Someone, Huber told the Senate Whitewater Committee, deliber-- v ately put them on a table in plain view. The Clintons, who originally claimed the records couldn't be found, say they don't know who. A day earlier, it was an adviser who worked for years with then- Guv. Clinton in Arkansas and left .the White House under an ethical cloud who delivered the blow. former White House chief of administration David Watkins testi-- ! fied he believed Mrs. Clinton was behind the pressure to fire the travel office workers, although he never got the word directly from the first lady. Three handwritten memos sup-- ; ported his testimony. Mrs. Clinton it happened a different way: She only expressed concern about possible financial mismanagement NIELSEN: (Continued from Page Al) nomic Development Appropriation Subcommittee. "He was able to lead through a , time of unprecedented growth," " Fox said. , At the Legislature, Nielsen fought to make Utah Valley State institution and College a four-yesponsored bills on economic devel ar PITFIRE: (Continued from Page Al) Both the film editor, Margie Goodspeed, and the producer, Forrest Murray, also said they were pleased with the audience's reaction. April Reeb and Matt Banks, both of Provo, thought it was great that the Sun dance Film Festival offers a spe- cial event ';Provo. Film-goe- rs n culture,' Banks said. "itbn "The'j if 1crsity never hurts," Reeb s The people who helped bring the festival to Provo agreed. "It's an experience that's really worthy of the community's support," said Ron Clark, a member of the Sundance Institute's Utah Advisory Board and director of public affairs and guest relations at BYU. By The ' Associated Press t gators subpoenaed them. Investigators sought the documents to determine how much work Mrs. Clinton did for a failed savings and loan, Madison Guaranty, while she was a lawyer at the Rose law firm. The White House said they were lost. Republicans suggested the billing documents may have been deliberately withheld to hinder their investigation. The Clintons say they didn't hide the records and did not put them in the room where they were found. Newly disclosed documents show that as part of a routine document disposal at her law firm, Mrs. Clinton in 1988 directed that four files from her work on Madison Guaranty be destroyed. Three of the files dealt with Mrs. Clinton's work on the contro-- ! versial Castle Grande land development that Senate investigators and federal regulators are now probing. A former presidential aide, David Watkins, testified Wednesday that he felt pressure from the first lady to fire the travel office staff in May 1993, even though .she did not lean on him directly. Mrs. Clinton has denied she ordered the firings. Handwritten notes Watkins wrote around the time of the fir-- 5 ings said the first lady was "ready to fire them all" and that there would be "hell to pay" if he did not dismiss the workers. Mrs. Clinton's tour to promote her new book on children's issues was overshadowed by the disclosures, forcing the first lady lo answer questions about the travel office and Whitewater at nearly every stop. t- billing records, d cw & Developments last week in the Whitewater and White House travel office affairs: Carolyn Huber, a longtime Clinton aide and White House assistant, told the Senate Whitewater Committee billing records from Hillary Rodham Clinton's law firm mysteriously appeared on a table in the White House residence two years after investi- By KAREN GULLO Associated Press Writer Whitewater-relate- w The Whitewater week that was "developments - pi sp n m ' Whatever the outcome, the revelations had a sudden effect on the public's perception of Mrs. Clinton as her husband enters the election' year. In the last two weeks, one poll showed, her approval ratings plummeted from 59 percent to 42 ; : . ; percent. The same CBS poll also showed a majority of Americans felt it was time for Mrs. Clinton to step up to a congressional witness table and tell her story. Republicans and the first lady suggest that possibility is becoming more real. The travel office matter has more emotional resonance with the public than Whitewater because it's easier to comprehend, said Everett Ladd at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. The W hite House had the right to fire the travel office workers, some of whom started with John F. Kennedy but serve at the pleasure of the president. But rather than just dismiss them in 1993, presidential aides at the urging of presidential pal Harry Thomason raised allegations of financial misconduct and brought in the FBI to investigate. An audit only found sloppy bookkeeping. Thomason, a Hollywood producer, was a partner in a business that was angling to get in the travel office, new evidence suggests. The White House admitted two years ago that they botched the dismissals. The president and first lady, however, insisted then they had nothing to do with them. But documents that have trick- (Continued from Page Al) school districts to obtain additional nursing staff, Johnson said. She said it is a myth that each public school in Utah has its own school nurse. Actually, only around 50 nurses provide services a ratio of to 473,666 students one nurse to 9.200 students. The national average is one nurse to 750 students. Approximately 45,300 school-age- d children have a special healthneed care roughly 10 percent of the school-age- d population. ""School nurses are the major provider of school health services, including education, prevention and early intervention; taking the lead in early detection and correction of health problems," Johnson said. She said that because of the lack of school nursing services, educators and other school personnel have to assist with various forms of medical care for which they are neither qualified nor adequately trained to safely perform. Johnson said it Is estimated educators and sfaff spend nearly 30 hours each week, school, providing activities because there arc no other personnel available to provide these services, Lily Eskelsen. Utah EJucation Association president, asked legislators to make children's education, health and safety their number one priority. "The message is so simple. Do the right thing. Now health-relate- in the office but never ordered the a sudden turn up, those are the kind of things that people can say 'Isn't that a little funny?' " said Karlyn Bowman, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank. Added Claibourne Darden, an Atlanta-base- d pollster who works both for Democrats and Republicans: "In people's minds, they think it can be a Watergate, but they don't know if it is." firings:- - Many Americans have not kept develup with, the opments In Whitewater and the travel office affairs as they dragged on for months, but last week's events gave them something they could grasp. "Few Americans are following the intricate details, but when you're talking about files that all of often-compl- "I said, if they get independent opment, tourism and senior citizen issues. In his zeal to support UVSC, people to make the survey, I'll Nielsen stood out on State Street in stand out in the street in my pajaOrem in his pajamas in 1990. mas," Nielsen said. At that time, the county delegaThe regents appointed an outtion was pushing the state Board side consultant to make the recomof Regents to make the then-Uta- h mendation, and1 Nielseir hit the . four-'" in his sleepwear. a street Valley Community College His institution. The most controversial bill, a year regents maragreed to study the matter, but prohibition on same-se- x Nielsen said the study would be riages, was passed by the Legisla' flawed because the regents were ture last year. Nielsen's immediate plans for publicly opposed to the change. . .43 ..... Winmnm, jaj fefeflpMfc S:.: "i MlfaiMMau Sus.Mis fed -- SrfKwi v ww IMi LS.23QL . rannouS' xs i led to a Republican-le- d congressional committee now suggest that Thomason and Mrs. Clinton pressed aides to "fire them all." ' That transformed the whole debate from shoddy work by presidential aides to sharp questions about Mrs. Clinton's honesty, and possible cronyism. his life include more involvement in the community, but Nielsen said he won't turn his back on politics forever. Nielsen is not ruling out future runs for the Legislature, or even Orem mayor. "People have asked me to run for mayor," Nielsen said. But he said he would not challenge Stella Welsh, whom he called "a good mayor." 59 iik ; ' :OSS0UBEEF Efet$li4U. HCCEY ri ; CUP re . 0 NOODLES ifrllil UUtthM WSttARSttfl ; dish soap 39 Damifcs,14&tet CORNFLAKES , WcgftMfe ii iimmiimi.i ...!,M n urn.. !., jCmT?:J.T A 'fcfetar't&sfe...:. kCt:; RAISIN BRAN j& ...17! Mm mmummms ..AmBW VMnteMfcfeL - 1)MfiMMlJfe nfrriili S&W WBM fafeRM,tal,U. H I teS,!6k. . iPJ,ieSt lfi-j- MftaMfc SOUHWHUiTUHA : " 1 n nil i h, ranwrniniinii'iii i ' "This is what's viewed as a national coming-ou- t party for prolific young filmmakers," he said. "It's an honor," he said, "with the national and international attention on (Robert Redford's film fes- tival. we have the opportunity of being a screening field for them. I'm thrilled for the community." Clark said last year's event was a gala night that allowed local residents to participate in what the film industry knows as a banner experience: the screening of first-ru- n movies. "It's prestigious for our community to be able to host this," he said. Kerry Romesburg, the president of UVSC and member of the Sundance Institute' Utah Advisory Board, said one of the board's goals was "to find a way to bring the community to Sundance, and Sundance to the community." Romesburg also mentioned that the film which was to premiere in Provo had been carefully selected with community interests in mind. The films featured in the Sundance festival are not always films that are expensive to make, but they have a high level of quality, he said. The Provo Sundance event "exposes our community to new independent films that aren't the kind of films we usually would get." The mayor also agreed that the screening was a plus for Provo. "Sundance really adds to the community; it's nice to have it here," Stewart said. He noted his appreciation for Robert Frankenberg, of Novell, and his efforts to bring the festival to Provo. .'PU Twelve million American kids never had a choice. Won't you choose to help them? Call Second Harvest, America's ' is the right time. Make Utah a bet- ter place for Utah kids," she said. Jan Michael, with the Junior League of Salt Lake City, asked legislators to support the "Highly Impacted Schools Modifications" bill sponsored by Rep. Shirley The measure Jensen, additional would provide resources for individual assistance to students at those schools. She also asked legislators to support the Families and Agencies Coming Together program which would monitor families and children at risk as well as a bill that would allow schools to provide tutors to work before and after school who would teach English to foreign students, thereby helping them stay ahead in their school work. 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 Able to do It SECOND Overall air quality The air quality as of other service & Saturday was good for all areas along the Wasatch Front. Outlook The forecast calls for slightly increasing pollution levels. 1 work. H8RVESL mvuit ISflLMn C evci sv finnihiw UCh42GL(E!tsSH !iHAD Bw ktLSktott Hon,9s1tetai . I Tfeas,Mi 1 Vs ymmkm 1555 North Freedom Boulevard P.O. Box 717. Provo, Utah 84603-071-7 &38i... 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