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Show Page A2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, luh, Tuesday, December 10, 19 Simpson's first witness tells jury OJ.'s guilty trial i By MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. The first witness for O.J. Simpson thinks he did it. "I believe your client is guilty of murder," retired Detective PhiJip Vannatter told Simpson lawyer Robert Baker on Monday. Called to kick off the defense case in the wrongful death trial. Vannatter startled the court with . his outburst after being asked if he was spending his time "denouncing" Simpson on TV news shows. "Thafs as much of a denouncement as you can get, isn't it?" Baker asked snidely. "That's what the evidence indicates to me," said Vannatter, who returns today for friendly by the plaintiffs. He was to be followed by criminalists Andrea Mazzola and Greg Matheson, police nurse Thano Per- - AVALANCHE: (Continued from Page Al) Vern's snowmobile was barely visible, so they started searching in radiuses around it. Guymon suggested that Craig and Dee get help while he and Sam continued to search. Soon Craig and Dee were back with help. Guymon thinks there were about 10 searchers in all, but critical time was passing and still Vern remained buried. "So much time had passed, I thought he was dead, but I told my son and 'Hey. we can't give up; we've got to find him.' I can't even tell you the emotions that were going on inside me." Guymon said he doesn't know what made him look up the hill. He didn't see anything at first, but for some reason he walked up the hill to where the avalanche originated. "I walked up, and I found his hand sticking out of the snow. You couldn't see it unless you got right on top of it," Guymon said. Vern said when he was hit it felt like two huge hands pushed at his chest knocking him backwards. "I slid for about 15 feet, and I had an ; instant thought to put my left arm straight up in the air as hi"h as I can. Don't ask me son-in-la- ; TRAFFIC: atis and Vannatter's former partner third-tim- e telling of his actions at ' J , J Tom Lange. the crime scene and at Simpson's In a surprise move, the defense house, and defending his decision tentatively eliminated from its list to enter Simpson's property with-on- e of Simpson's favorite targets, , out a search warrant, criminalist Dennis Fung. During Vannatter, who the defense has the criminal trial, the defense suggested was part of a wide-ranaccused him of sloppiness while he ing conspiracy to frame Simpson, faced the same questions at a precollected evidence. Vannatter's pronouncement was liminary hearing and the criminal trial. the only new wrinkle to his testiThe day began with the plainmony. The rest of his nearly daya dedicated tiffs was to resting their case after calling long testimony , '' g- myself, 'Who would have thought I would have died in an avalanche.' It was a very peaceful feeling." He said the next thing he remembers is hearing the rescuers' voices. Guymonaid it seemed like it took five to 10 minutes before Vern opened his eyes and started responding. He was cold, and after a few moments Vern was able to get himself over to where a fire had been built. Later, he was able to drive his own snowmobile 0 miles out to a road where an ambulance from Heber City waited. "We are just lucky nobody was killed in this deal," Guymon said. "The main thing I would like to get over is that I'm an experienced snowmobiler and this can happen to anybody," he added. Guymon knew avalanche conditions were dangerous Saturday but went into a potentially dangerous area anyway. "We knew there was avalanche danger. But I'd be lying to you if we gave it any thought when we were climbing that hill," Guymon said. A state avalanche investigator called Guymon for a report Saturday and mentioned that with electronic avalanche victim locators, pole probes and shovels, there is a 30 to 40 percent chance of survival. The investigator said he conducts classes on avalanche preparation and rescue and can why," Vern said. He ended up on his back with his feet pointing uphill and, after he stopped, heard the snow continuing to flow over him. While he often takes his helmet off or lifts the face shield, this time he hadn't. He now recommends that any snowmobiler stopped in an avalanche area leave his or her helmet on with the visor down. He said it kept the snow from filling his mouth or nose and left a small air pocket. Guymon estimates from the time of the avalanche to seeing Vern's hand as about 25 minutes. "I took the hand and lifted it up, and it fell back down, so I figured that he was dead," Guymon said. Soon the searchers were digging with their hands and found Vern's head under feet of snow. about "I knew he was dead because he was purple," Guymon said. "But then I saw his lips move, just a little bit, I said, 'He's alive!' " Vern said that after being buried, he had difficulty breathing. "I felt weight pressing down on me, hundreds of pounds and I was unable to completely expand my lungs," he said. The thought that crossed my mind is, " 'You've been in an avalanche, you can't move, you need to relax, breathe slowly, close your eyes, go to sleep.' I thought to 1 mother," she told one group. She sometimes compared suffrage to diamonds, saying women should value the right to vote and run for office more than they value diamonds. Cannon always made time from her busy private medical practice at the corner of South Temple and State Street in Salt Lake City to travel and speak for equal rights and public health. She fought alongside suffragists Susan B. Anthony. Anna Shaw and Elizabeth Stanton, and she was actively involved both locally and nationally. She spoke at public rallies in Washington, D.C., and spoke out for suffrage in Chicago at the World's Columbian Exposition and before the U.S. Congress. In Utah, more than anywhere else in the nation, the 896 election was enormously intriguing. Cannon's husband probably didn't have much of a chance, because Republicans in Utah were about as CANNON: (Continued from Page Al) (Continued from Page Al) authorities closed the interstate in In a bold statement, the Herald both directions and evacuated resiwrote, "Send Mrs. Cannon to the dents living within a mile of the State Senate, and let Mr. Cannon, a accident scene. Republican, remain at home to was closed between the manage home industry." American Fork Main Street and Passage of Utah's state constituAlpineHighland exits and traffic tion in April 1895 and statehood was diverted onto Redwood Road on Jan. 4, 1896 gave women the and State Road 92. right to vote and run for office. "Luckily, no one has been hurt Apparently women in Utah and the valves were shut off before bent on exercising the new were anything could get into the air," because in addition to Canrights, sakl Zimmerman about two hours utter the rollover. "What we're non two women ran, albeit unsucmost concerned about is clearing cessfully, on the Republican ticket the area so no one gets hurt in case for Utah's Senate. Four women ran something goes wrong when the for the House. No one in Utah had fought more truck is put back on its wheels." for women's right to vote crews Meanwhile, mightily emergency ; enlisted the help of neighborhood than Cannon had. "You give me a woman who tee)is to help evacuate the subdivision nearest the overturned tanker. thinks about something besides - One of those helpers was cook stoves and washtubs and Jon Watkins, who lives baby flannels and I'll show you, just a couple of blocks from the nine times out of 10 a successful sCene of the accident. I "One of the firemen just came upland asked me if I would knock im people's doors and tell them to evacuate their homes." Watkins said. "I was glad they asked me to help because adults don't trust teen-agethat much anymore." ; Some residents who were . forced to leave their homes were directed to an LDS stake center near Lehi City Center. - Those who did go to the stake center passed the time playing basketball or watching a video of the movie "Toy Story." Z David Holbrook. the stake president, said 22 people registered With the Red Cross. Most of those evacuated stayed with relatives in the area. Holbrook said. - "This is crazy." resident Don Sorenson said. "I don't know what I'm going to do. I'll probably just go to my mom and dad's house in American Fork." EE? iEEr The tanker was towed to a f MI y remote site in Salt Lake City where A V into the propane was siphoned nearby tanks. Officials from the Utah Highway Patrol. Lehi Police and Fire Departments. Provo Fire Department and Utah County Sheriffs and Fire offices assisted at the n i accident scene. 1 as the final witness Fred Goldman, whose furious quest to prove Simpson killed his son came to a sorrowful climax as he told jurors of the huge void the slaying has left in his life. "There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of Ron," said Goldman, shooting angry glances at Simpson and being overcome at times with such wrenching sobs that his lawyer had to pause in questioning. always get cross country skiers to attend, but not snowmobilers. Guymon said a doctor who looked at his injured leg also advised him of being better prepared. "I promised the emergency room doctor I will do everything to promote a meeting to have my friends attend one c f the avalanche meetings," Guymon said. "And I will do everything in my power to host meetings with the guy from the state and do everything to promote it, because we snowmobilers are poorly prepared. "Out there, all I could think of is, Vern is dead. My point is, if this can happen to me, it can happen to anybody. We were just lucky." Vern said he has relived his ordeal and already has survival guilt, focusing on a man from Farmington who is missing and is presumed dead after being buried in another avalanche. He said the next time he goes out on his snowmobile, he will have an avalanche-victilocator, avalanche probes, a shovel and other equipment. recreation-is- t One step every can do to assess avalanche danger is to call the Provo Avalanche Forecast at m back-count- 374-977- Taking a class in avalanche safety is another good step. much out of the political power loop in Utah in 1896 as Democrats 100 years later. are today two Republicans were Only elected to Utah's Legislature. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan won 82.7 percent of the Utah vote, still the largest ever in a Utah presidential election (Ronald Reagan in 1980 won 72.8 percent of the Utah vote). Since this was the first legislative race after statehood, ail seats were open, so Cannon was not directly opposing her husband. Ten candidates ran for five Senate seats, so both of them could have won. Out of the 10 candidates competing for five state Senate seats, Cannon came in fifth. Angus came in seventh. Cannon died in Los Angeles in 1932 at age 75. Her body was returned to Utah and buried in City Cemetery in Salt Lake City. She remains a Cannon family legend. Iraq to sell $2 billion worth of oil FlashKIRKUK. Iraq (AP) ing a wide grin. Saddam Hussein turned on a pipeline today to carry oil from Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, signaling Iraq's return to world oil markets for the first time since 1990. Boutros U.N. Secretary-GenerBoutros-Gha- li gave the OK Monday, allowing Iraq to sell $2 billion worth of oil to buy food and medicine for its people. Iraqis have lived under crippling international trade sanctions since Saddam's soldiers invaded Kuwait in August 1990, triggering the Persian Gulf War. "Saddam appeared to read a verse from the Koran, Islam's holy book, before switching on the pipeline in Kirkuk, 150 miles north of the capital. al - The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollu-tro- n report compiled by the Utah Division of Air Quality. 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Freitag's Nilsson, testified Freitag often beati her. A of Freitag! said he would punch holes in the wall when he was angry. But other evidence has showii! Freitag did not aim or fire aj weapon at the defendants. He also never showed them the crossbow ; he held behind his door frame. If Lavulavu is found guilty,. He" could be facing five years to lifd in prison. edit10itsnet.com, aC Z one. FAX All lis Quality e. Classified Advertising Retail Advertising Subscriptions and delivery service Newsroom For Departments not listed above Gift Certificate j 1 1555 North Freedom Boulevard P.O. Box 717. Provo, Utah 84603-071- 1 NORDSTROM r' 1 iTlc Dn ill) Hern li rs 0 0. (Continued from Page Al) testified he One saw Lavulavu take a gun from his shorts. Another said he saw; Lavulavu extend his arm as if afnf-in- g to fire shortly before Freitag was shot. But none of the know who fired the gun, they haie testified. The defense is relying heavily i on the "I don't know who fired"' I testimony. They say 1 Beau Heaps, 7, is the guilty party. Heaps is the only defendant who knew the victim before his, death. Heaps also had several ver- - j bal confrontations with Freitag and , threatened him on numerous occasions, witnesses have testified. Heaps will stand trial for the murder next month. j One of Lavulavu's defense arguments is that Heaps convinced f Lavulavu and the other defendants to go to Freitag's home the night he ' was killed. Lavulavu was the only Being a loyal person with a car. " ' friend, he drove. . defense' the Another argument makes is that-i- f Lavulavu fired the Co-- 1 gun, he did so in defendants have testified they' thought Freitag had a gun. When Freitag was found by neighbors and Orem police offi-- i cers, no gun was discovered. He did have a handful of bullets in md hand and a crossbow in another. The defense speculates eiftie Freitag had a gun which was removed by an onlooker or the handle of the crossbow was mis---' taken for the butt of a gun. 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