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"V Layton July 24 fireworks may fizzle IE tandard-Bxamm- er J&s la 8 50 cents http:wwwstandardnet E2E32T2 HB SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 Scandal focus shite back to Sait Lake Ciy Jazz players woo fans back to NBA action "err IOC’s Olympic probe report expresses surprise at behavior of SLOC INSIDE: More coverage4A By BOB WARD Standard Examiner staff LAUSANNE Switzerland -Now that the International Olympic Committee has taken serious steps to clean up the corruption in its ranks the spotlight shifts back to Salt Lake City Earlier this month the president and senior vice president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee resigned from their posts amid charges that Utah Olympic officials “bribed” members of the IOC in order to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake The dramatic resignations of President Frank Joklik and Senior Vice President Dave Johnson coupled with a bit of rhetorical g seemed to place the ball squarely in the IOC’s finger-pointin- in Above John Stockton takes a moment to shake Standard Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY - One lesson coming from the scan- began a delayed dal is how far businessmen and government leaders have fallen ethically says Ken Bullock a member of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee’s board of trustees “It shows how far as a society we’ve evolved that you don’t win on the merits of your proposal but on who you know and what you’re willing to give” Bullock said Monday And state Rep Dave Ure says Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee officials “were doing exactly d with government lesson of Games By RALPH WAKLEY hands with some of his younger fans after the Utah Jazz season See SCANDAL4A SLOC board member: Poor ethics WELCOME BACK: lockout-shortene- court The world wondered what the vaunted IOC would do to clean its own house On Sunday IOC leaders answered those questions with a bold flourish of their own As of today three IOC members have resigned voluntarily and six are facing expulsion at a March meeting for allegedly accepting gifts favors and payments from Salt Lake Olympic representatives Investigations will continue on three other members and a last official will receive a strongly worded warning about his conduct In a political sense at least the a scrimmage Monday night at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City At right fans enjoy the show StoryIB photo2A JOHANNA WORKMAN Standard-Examin- Colombia quake kills The Associated Press ARMENIA Colombia - The death toll surpassed 1000 today from a powerful earthquake that destroyed nearly two-thirof all the buildings in this western Colombian city But as Colombians reeled from the worst earthquake to strike this seismically active country in more than a century citizens cheered in the streets of downtown early today when the Red Cross rescued three men trapped overnight in the rubble of a wrecked four-stor- y building Stunned residents in Colombia’s coffee ds AP 1 what we wanted them to do They got the Winter Olympics And it looks like they were ready to make a profit to leave us a legacy fund The only problem is now we’re finding out how they got the Games” But that is no excuse for the International Olympic Commit- tee which has accepted resigna- tions from three members and seeks expulsion of at least six others following an investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts the nine re- ceived from Salt Lake bid cials Bullock said offi- That may not seem like a lot See ETH1CS5A 000 SURVIVOR: Relatives cany a boy after a wail fell on him during an earthquake in belt chose to wait out the night around bonfires rather than venture back into their crumpled homes following the mag- nitude 6 quake Armenia Colombia Monday The quake flattened scores of buildings and killed at least 1000 people The earthquake flattened cities and towns across western Colombia on Monday afternoon Several hundred LDS missionaries in the Cali and South Bogota missions were affected by the quake Dan Rascon a church spokesman said early today “All the missionaries in that area are accounted for and are safe Each one has a week’s supply of food and water” Rascon said OSWALDOPAEZ The Associated Press I More finding Utah Insideltoday just isn’t the place Strong California economy cited as reason for exodus fewer move-in- s By SUSAN SNYDER Standard-Examine- r staff For the first time in six years one of the nation’s largest moving van companies moved more folks out of Utah than into it Of the 4032 households United Van Lines moved into or out of Utah last year 2158 of them were families leaving the state Cliff Saxton company spokesman said Monday It’s the first time that’s happened since 1992 when the number of households moving into and oat of Utah were about the same Saxton said :opy L Senate be asked to allow Lewinsky Jordan and Blumenthal to testify “Before that it was more out than in” he said All the way back to 1985 when the number was again almost even the report shows United has been keeping track of its moving patterns on an annual basis since WASHINGTON 1977-Fro- House three witnesses at President Clinton’s impeachment trial -Monica Lewinsky presidential that year through friend Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal 1984 it seemed leaving Utah was the popular thing to do with 1978 showing the highest percentage of folks bailing out Almost 65 percent of the people United moved in Utah that year The left the state The upturn happened during the mid 1980s about the same time Utah took a turn for the better economically It had climbed See UTAH5A - prosecutors have decided to ask the Senate for permission to call te 6 '0877311000011 4 Printed on recycled paper Shelby said on NBC’s “Today” that he is willing to listen will The Associated Press ‘ state-by-sta- Prosecutors want 3 witnesses Associated Press has learned The prosecutors made the decision today at a meeting said a House source speaking on condition of anonymity The prosecutors expecting to be limited by the Senate to only two or three witnesses decided to leave Oval Office secretary Betty Currie off the list because IWmi they felt her testimony was not clear enough on the retrieval of subpoenaed gifts the president had given Lewinsky the source said The Senate prepared to debate today whether to call any witnesses even as one Republican senator questioned the quality of the prosecution’s overall case “If it were an airtight case you’d probably have about 70 75 senators lining up to convict” said Sen Richard Shelby of Alabama “You don’t see that” to House prosecutors’ argu- ments for witnesses even though they “are hoping to find something rather than perhaps having something” Sen Larry Craig of Idaho a member of the GOP leadership said if senators gave permission to the prosecutors to take depositions they probably would be required to report back by Monday “There will be time limits absolutely” he said Before senators went into a rare closed session Monday to debate Byrd's motion the White House argued that the case was over “The case cannot be made It is time to end it” said attorney Nicole Seligman one of Clinton's defense team |