Show Kickoff v August 29 1093 Sunday- Norttindge Weber 14 Logan 33 Box Elder - Sunny High 96 Low 62 1 http 43 RoyO Ogden 0 Ben Lomond 0 34 Bear River 13 3 50 cents wwwstandard net SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 Russian leader denies resignation despite ensis but he won’t run in 2000 Russian flu Dow plunges another 1 1 4 points 3A INSIDE: The Associated Press MOSCOW - Boris Yeltsin vehemently denied Friday that he will resign as the government rallied support to show he was still in charge and would not bow to opposition demands to step down or share power “I want to say that Fm not going anywhere I’m not going to resign I will work as I'm supposed to for my Constitutional term” he said in an interview on national television “In 2000 there will be an election for a new president and I will not run” Yeltsin's emphatic Martena Casperson from Ogden puts the finishing touches on decorating tables at Loan Farr Park prior to the reunion of the Ogden High School class of 1 938 Casperson and her more than 500 classmates were in the first class to graduate from the then new school 6EHW RE&EY: Ogden High’s first class Class of 1938 members look back On 60 years of accomplishments By KELLY KENNEDY BOGDANOW1C2 staff Standard-Examin- - They’ve lived through the World War II and of grandchildren those achievements don’t top OGDEN the list - “What’s so special is that we were the first graduating class of the new Ogden High” said Isabel Read Tainter 1 Yes she’s talking about the building on Hamson Boulevard - and she’s talking about the class of 1938 Z “I get all choked up just thinking about it” she said About 80 members of the original class of about 500 gathered at Lonn Farr Park on Friday to talk about the old days They have plen -- Clinton has D President approaches but doesn't offer direct ipology for Lewinsky affair JJw Associated Press OAK BLUFFS Mass - President Clinton said Friday he has 2? be-co- such an expert in asking for- giveness in recent days that it is now “burned in my bones" But he Still stopped short of offering a dt-ft- et apology for the Monica Lewinsky affair Seeking forgiveness “gets a little ty to get choked up about laugh about - and plenty Commission puts alcohol on table to “We’re the baby boomers of World War I you know" Maye Ritchie Bagge said “We had to work hard to make it through the worst depression this world has ever seen and then we moved into this glorious building” Many of these students worked at the cannery or a local service station to help their famio lies get by and their “million-dollar- ” school was the pnde of the town “It sUll looks fabulous” said Beth Hanson Alberts who has been to the school recently Taylor Becraft remembers the good times through the Depression “All of us were in ROTC back then” he said “At the end of every year we used to sit the cap tarns and lieutenants in the fountains That was a great deal that sometimes didn’t make them real happy” Public meetings will review state’s liquor laws art-dec- See CLASS6A denial came after days of feverish speculation that the president was about to resign or be ousted He had not been seen m public since Tuesday prompting reports that he had already stepped dow n His government appeared to be regaining confidence Friday after several days of disarray brought on by an economic crisis that has seen the Russian currency plummet and stock markets collapse Presidential aides took the political offensive saying Yeltsin would not surrender or dilute his authority in a power-sharin- g opagreement with the hard-lin- e position Still in a concession to hardliners Yeltsin on Friday fired prominent reformers Boris Nemtsov and Anatoly Chubais - the latter for the third time Both men are hated by the opposition for being the chief proponents of reform Russians who have weathered one crisis after another in recent years were taking the latest one in stride too Short lines formed outside some banks as people tned to change rubles for dollars but there was no sign of panic All currency trades were suspended for a third day Friday and related issues McCall an Ogden real estate executive said she hopes the Sept 22 meeting will be the first of many during the coming years commisgiving the er By RALPH WAKLEY StandarctExamner stall SALT LAKE CITY - The rest of the Utah AJcohohc Beverage Control Commission has finally gone along with Vickie Tom Feeny is silhouetted m a balloon at the park PCtlTRSIT IN PLASTIC: McCall and agreed to hold a public meeting next month to discuss liquor issues sion a chance to hear from industry and tourism officials and the general public It’s something she has encouraged for the past two years “Right now the Legislature makes the laws and we implement them But we don't know if See ALCOHOU5A lot of practice’ asking forgiveness easier the more you do it” Clinton told a church audience celebrating the 35th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream" speech “And if you have a family an administration a Congress and a whole country to ask you you’re going to get a lot of practice” he said “In these last days it has come home to me again something I first learned as president - but it wasn't burned in my bones and that is that in order to get (forgiveness) you have to be willing to give it" - ence and a moderator who told him that black America is “no fair weather crowd” and will “be with you through thick and through Clinton said He spoke also of feelings of anger bitterness and resentment -apparent references to what he considers an intrusive invesugation into his private life by Independent thin” TFIDwCHTFUL As he spoke from scribbled notes Clinton clearly had in mind the turmoil over his recent admission of an mappropnate relationship with Lewinsky a former White House intern Clinton has been under intense pressure from fnends allies and key Democrats to either make a direct apology or to express a deeper sense of remorse for his actions Counsel Kenneth Starr Clinton has spent much of his vacation secluded with his wife Hilla- ry and their daughter Chelsea playing no golf and concentrating on what his press secretary called family “healing” The president spoke from the pulpit at histone Union Chapel before a cheenng applauding audi N8NBET: President Clinton places his finger to his forehead during a speech Friday m Oak Bluffs Mass STEPHAN SAVOIA Tlw Assocaled Prass ss0 qams 33 As Utah’s drug problem continues to grew so do jpsourcos to fight It lyflMGURRISTER andorUExanmar staff £ Utah's methamphetamine tsroblem continues to grow but jhe battle by state local and federal law enforcement agencies is jjrowing with it One leader of what is emerging as a mcih posse calls the drug ?a monster" Z “It’s a huge problem" said Gary lleward a deputy Weber County prosecutor the last 13 years who effective Tuesday takes up a new post created m fhe Utah Attorney General’s Office to oversee methamphetamine COPY ' prosecution statewide “It brings health hazards we as a society have never had to deal with" Heward said of meth also known as tweek and crank “Anyone around a meth cook is in danger" Not only have the addictive properties led to its overtaking of cocaine in popularity in recent years but just making the stuff can kill you Meth is made from chemicals that can explode bum or poison and that are bought legally eliminating middle men such as Co- lombian drug cartels another reason for the drug's soaring popularity As Utah maintains its standing among the Top 5 slates m the country for numbers of meth labs federal money is starting to help fight the problem The grant to hire Heward is part of $700000 in funding the state received this year from the federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Assistance Administration Next year the grant will be $16 million due in January With the federal funds the o state's DEA-Metr- Clan Lab Team also known as clan lab or clandestine lab has been and will conunue to receive all kinds of gear and equipment for safely seizing and investigating the volatile meth labs including specially designed vehicles to haul them olf The clan lab a term that is al- - SeaPOSSECA Of KITH KUSTIifc Gary Heward an avid hunter was recently hired by the Utah Attorney General’s Office to work with a methamphetamine posse cracking down on tubs throughout the state t' I I v pO- a f A A M |