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Show QfiESfl MM salos tax exemptions lifts Jazz past Lakers Page D1 Page C1 Page B1 Page A3 Strong second half Local women can find refuge from abuse Legislature amends Thousands bid farewell to Bernardin Wood Burning Conditions vr7 m. mm m OK Burn Day ' Cc-r- ai BJats'e temptQK to, 128 Yiira, ftra, Utah - A PaSse etnitmvtijr linwxr Calls raise Pledging team spirit anminllnl questions about laws 5tofi(i(di doh Was lhygiGini Lawmaker By PAT CHRISTIAN The Daily Herald Utah's District 3 Republican Chris Cannon has been in the nation's capital since Friday, had he and hoped to have a committee assignment by now. House But Democrats and Republicans Chris Cannon got around tCMglecting party leadership in the House on Wednesday, with Cannon and other Republicans electing Newt Ginto a second term, and grich, Richard A. Democrats t Congressman-elec- By JOHN SOLOMON and MARCY GORDON Associated Press Writers Gephardt, Not all is quiet on the Cannon front. Cannon has chosen and made public many staff appointments, including naming Charles R. Warren as his administrative assistant. Warren will work in the Washington, D.C., congressional office. Warren has been in Washington with Cannon and both have been undergoing initiation into the workings of the House. House freshman orientation ended Tuesday, but Cannon is scheduled to remain in the nation's capital. Warren returned to Utah Wednesday evening. Warren served as the Cannon campaign director and worked for Cannon at Cannon Industries as director of business development. Named as state director is Michael L. Mower, a Salt Lake attorney who managed the Cannon campaign. Mower will be based in family. R-G- a., (See CANNON, Page A2) Daily Herald PhotoFred McGuire Republicans forging more gentle image By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer R-G- a., WASHINGTON They don't want to be seen as fearsome revolutionaries anymore. As House Republicans anointed their leaders for the next Congress, their tone and choice of words made clear that this time, they want to be viewed as human, humble and absolutely not scary. This doesn't mean the GOP will abandon its agenda of cutting spending and weakening many federal regulations. But fresh from a campaign in which Democrats battered them as pitiless ideological cutthroats, the GOP is determined to forge a kinder, gentler image for itself. No one knows whether this will withstand the tough legislative batDemoctles that loom next year but rats say they doubt it Republicans say they've learned that voters don't want the government burned down. That makeover was fully on dis Democrats used as their poster boy for extremism in campaign attack ads. But Wednesday, Gingrich came perilously close to sounding like President Clinton at his "I feel your pain" best in describing the recent campaign. "Personally, I will report that in some ways it was a very difficult two years," he told his colleagues during his acceptance speech. "Some 80,000 ads later I am still here, but it was painful." (See IMAGE, Page A2) Tfeemi to sign in conjunction with activities leading up of Utah football game to the big Saturday. For more on the upcoming game, see Page D1. (See CALLS, Page A2) syeindeirs An WILMINGTON, Del. college freshman facing charges of murdering his girlfriend s newborn son surrendered today while onlookers shouted "baby killer!" and his mother wept. Brian Peterson Jr., accompanied by his parents and his lawyer, turned himself in to the FBI in Wilmington. A federal fugitive warrant had been issued late Tuesday after authorities became frusBrian Peterson Jr. trated with efforts to negotiate the surrender. Peterson, a student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and Amy Grossberg, his sweetheart from their high school days in New Jersey, could be sentenced to death if convicted. They're accused of dumping the newborn boy in a trash bin outside a Newark, Del., motel shortly after his birth in a motel room last week. student at the Uni- Grossberg, an was being held without bail. Both of them could be sentenced to death if convicted. Peterson and his parents walked two blocks to the building housing the FBI offices about 9:30 a.m. In front of the Family Court building, a woman shouted at the family "How would you feel if somebody dumped your baby into a garbage can?" Others yelled "baby killer!" But one woman yelled "Brian, you're in my prayers." Peterson's mother, Barbara, cried out and buried her face in her son's shoulder. She had her arms wrapped around her son and was sobbing when FBI agents and dozens of reporters and photographers surrounded the family about a half block from the FBI offices. . Peterson, wearing a blue Villanova baseball cap, blue jacket and jeans, looked dazed. His mother shouted "I want to go with him! I want to go with him!" as the young man was led into the building. FBI agent Tim Munson said Peterson would be taken to the Newark police station, where he will be booked, and then taken to Gander Hill Prison for arraignment. Hj ..B8 C4 .B2 Calendar .El Classified Ads . D8 Comics Crossword . . . .J. . .. S .El Legals 1 CI . Lifestyle Movies B9 B2 Obituaries Opinions JD8 Dl 'Sports........ .B3 B9 .A4 State Television World Weather mostly cloudy. Breezy and continued mild. 5 South winds mph s developing. Highs to Tonight, cloudy. Today, 15-2- mid-50- mid-60- s. ...See Page A7. Air Quality The air quality today to good for all areas along the Wasatch Front See Page A2. T baby's versify of Delaware, was arrested Monday and By THERESA HUMPHREY Associated Press Writer : Daily Herald PrwtoMattrtaw Terry Aleocer of Idaho and daughter Mlcah, 2, left, and Jason Johnson of Salt Lake City and hit ton Zachary, 1, toe In B.J. during the opening perfor- R. Smith martce of "Barney's Big Surprise" show at the David McKay Events Center at Utah Valley State College Wednesday night. a ; dteaflfo Peterson and Grossberg both come from wealthy families and were considered ','good kids" in their affluent neighborhoods in north-eNew Jersey, just outside New York. Attorney Joseph A. Hurley said Peterson's overfamily considered sending the teen-agseas to avoid prosecution, and that he "tried to talk them out of it," by telling them Peterson would have to go a hostile country where they wouldn't want him to live. "At least he has a life," was Peterson's mother's response, Hurley said. Authorities said Peterson drove three hours to Newark on Nov. 12 and picked up Grossberg at her dormitory at the University of Delaware. They checked into a motel. Authorities have said Peterson has admitted helping deliver the baby and putting it in a trash bin where it was : found the next day. An autopsy found the boy died of a skull fracture but investigators don't know if the injury happened before or after the baby was ; put in the trash. Grossberg returned to her dorm. But authorities learned a baby was missing when she was hospitalized for apparent complications from the birth.' m er can see how the programs have helped their daughter's concentration and coordination. Even though read have Their tickets may she can't talk, Merinda has found "Barney's Big Surprise," but it was her way to express her affection for the faces of their little ones they Barney, Baby Bop, BJ and the rest really came to see. the characters. of With children of all ages pulling Randy said anytime Merinda them along, hundreds of parents hears "I Love You," Barney's sigconverged on the David O. McKay nature farewell number, she grabs Events Center at Utah Valley State the closest person for a dance and a College Wednesday night for the hug. The principle held true af the opening performance of Barney's end of Wednesday night's show as latest traveling musical stage show. the young girl lovingly wrapped But most parents spent more of her arms around her mother's the evening watching their chilneck. ; t dren than they did following the Other popular Barney tunes that king of children's television. are part of the '.'Big Surprise" show "Sometimes her eyes get so big include "If You're Happy And You and lit up. Just to see the expresKnow It," "If All The Raindrops" sions on her face was worth the and "I'm Mother Goose." The 70r trip," said Roxanne Payne, who minute production also includes autistic some new musical numbers that brought her daughter Merinda down to the kept all the children enthralled; ; show from the Ogden area. One such child was Kelcie Dou Barney is a daily ritual at the glas, 2, of Salt Lake City. Her love of Barney also comes from video Payne house. Merinda has videohis and the dinosaur of purple tapes and every morning she car-lie- s tapes at least one with her to watch friends, and when one is over, she either rewtaik ftWe3bfhet run or at her babysitter's house. That ritual even prompted her sitter, Kathie pops in a new one. Roxanne and husband Randy : don't mind though because they (See BARNEY, Page A2) By JANET HART Business . im Daily Herald Lifestyle Editor Arts , Leading the charm offensive was Gingrich himself, whom Rick Meeker, a freshman from Sacramento, Calif., signs the Victory Board outside the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young Univer- sity Wednesday. The board is out for everyone The phone calls from ...Yee, whose relationship with Democratic donor Nora Lum has been under federal investigation, included one to Lum's Oklahoma company just two days before the company approved a $12,500 payment to Yee's mother, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Yee's attorney defended her conduct Wednesday, saying she believed many of the calls Yee charged on her card were to return messages left for her at her government office. "While it is difficult to recall As kids watch Barney, parents delight in their joy -- Find it . play Wednesday as House Republicans picked Newt Gingrich, to be speaker again and endorsed his leadership team after they not coincidental allowed reporters into their meeting room. ; WASHINGTON Using her government credit card, former Commerce Department official Melinda Yee made numerous calls to the Democratic Party, a donor's company and the homes and offices of executives of an Indonesian conglomerate, her telephone records show. The calls raise questions because federal regulations and laws p ohibit employees from making personal or political calls using government telephones or credit cards, or using their government positions to financially benefit themselves or their immediate o. appoints staff ; |