Show 2A Saturday Jure 15 S3 1 1 From 1A community that gave the money to do the campaign to the way the politicians came together and supported us” he said Johnson said late Friday that the bid committee’s work was all but done The much-talke- d about “Atlanta factor" was largely 'discounted by IOC President Juan Antonio Samar-Janc- h when he visited Salt Lake earlier this year and said Atlanta's hosting of the 1996 Summer Games should not hurt Salt Lake's bid Johnson said “I think President Samaranch when he was in Salt Lake City put us on a level playing field by saying we should not be hurt by Atlanta "Now I don't know if (today) the members will put ' us on a level playing field but obviously some of them are because people think that we’re a strong Johnson said Welch said the bid committee knew in September after Atlanta got the 1996 Games that it had a steep mountain to climb "If we don't get to the top of it vreTI get awfully close" he said j The problem with that is that “close" only counts in ' horseshoes In the race to host the Games there's no silver medal for second place no bronze for third But Welch said the 1998 bid committee's work will not have been in vain whatever the outcome “There's no question today in the eyes of the world that Salt Lake is a great winter center a great Olympic city "Whether or not now or in the future will be determined tomorrow” he said walking off only to get caught up in another conversation with someone else a few feet farther down the hall W'here he went after that no one seems to know A few minutes after his interview his secre- tary and another bid official came looking for him in the media center Like light off water WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Friday he wants to see the Soviets move toward genuine economic reform before the leaders of the world's wealthiest countries consider a request for a mulnbillion-dolla- r aid package The heads of the seven industrialized democracies known as the Group of Seven will gather in London one month from now to hear Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev explain what he wants from the West One plan being circulated was drawn up by a group of Harvard professors and a Soviet reformer with Gorbachev's encouragement But the Soviet president has never formally endorsed the proposal which calls for a phased transition to a private economy over a period supported by $20 billion to $35 billion in annual Western aid “I think we need a reform package" Bush told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to California for the weekend “After all the stories and pneetags 1 think there’s a recognition on all sides that the best way to assist the whole reform process is to move to reform itself and then we’ll see what hap- can-didat- c” six-ye- ar ‘ pens" Bush has taken several steps in recent weeks to ties including a guarantee of in bank credits to enable the Soviets to buy American grain and he is expected to ask Congress soon to grant the Soviet Union equal trading status with most other countries improve $15 billion US-Sovi- five-minu- te Marcos Martinez 8 of Salt Lake City protects his ears against the loud music at the Olympics bid party in Salt Lake City Friday night - ' By WENDY I - staff BIRMINGHAM England — This from Friday’s j i J j i OGATA Standard-Examine- - Birmingham Post: “Salt Lake City bidding to clinch the nomination for the 1998 Winter Olympics has offered IOC mcm- bers a Stetson hat which seems to have gone down well but members are reported to be using the Sam- sonite suitcase another gift from the Utah city to take home the haul of freebies from the remaining four cit- ies competing for the Games" Just hope the cowboy hats don’t get squashed by the rest of the booty Progress seen i Chicago Tribune broad-base- j I the root causes of problems: how Americans live produce consume farm play transport people and goods plan or don’t plan and how they have act- cd in the past water-qualit- y i Hard-lin- newspapers made little attempt to hide e their dismay over the victories of Yeltsin and other reformers The conservative Sovictskaya Rossiya newspaper complained that many voters unaccustomed to popular democracy didn't understand how to cast their ballots Gorbachev and Yeltsin are at odds over how quickly the nation should adopt reforms Yeltsin said his top priority was implementing more than 150 laws already passed by the Russian parliament which make up his plan for radical economic reform Election officials said Yeltsin captured 60 percent of the vote running against five opponents His nearest rival Communist Party candidate and former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov received about 16 percent of the vote Tass reported Yeltsin's allies Gavriil Popov and Anatoly Sob- - er But he made clear on Friday those gestures don't constitute support for a “megabuck package" of forn eign aid to prop up the collapsing Communist-rueconomy “The reforms have got to be detailed a bit more before blank checks are written" the president said “And even then it would be difficult We’re not rolling in cash" Asked if his Group of Seven partners agree Bush replied “I don't think there are big divisions in the G-- 7 on this" Germany however has been more generous toward the Soviets than the United States and Italy and Canada have been quite supportive Japan which has never formally ended World War II hostilities due to a territorial dispute is least enthusiastic about extending aid to the Kremlin One administration official said Bush and his subordinates have sought to make clear to the Soviets in numerous recent meetings both in Washington and Moscow that the Kremlin’s current anticrisis program won't work and that the Soviets must move toward fundamental economic reform "As they do that — and only as they do that — are they going to be able to think about the kinds of sizable Western assistance that they are interested in getting" the official said speaking on condition he not be identified “That is not to say they would get it then But from our point of view they would and should get more if they're embarked on a serious reform program" chak were elected mayors of Moscow and Leningrad respectively each with 65 percent of the vote against Communist opponents "The victory turned out to be convincing" he said "I'm satisfied but worried about the responsibilities that are going to be laid upon me for the fate of Russia and the rebirth of Russia” Unlike Yeltsin GorbacheV has never faced a direct election Yeltsin said he thought there would be direct elections to the Soviet presidency after a new constitution is adopted Despite his promises of a better life Yeltsin said life will not get better quickly “Improvement is possible at the end of 1992" he said “We should be patient throughout this time” Yeltsin seems eager to carve out an identity for Russians separate from the Soviet Union "Russia should return to Europe where it has been for 1000 years" he said “Return to Europe” was a favorite phrase of Eastern Europeans during the revolutions that ousted 1989 Communist leaders Yeltsin did not forget the giant republic's Pacific neighbors "At the same time Russia should be a bridge between Europe and Asia” he said water quality more effort asked in improving m to be done Paul Woodruff chairman of the steering committee of the coalition called Water Quality 2000 outlined From 1A creased THE LANGUAGE OF FRUSTRATION: I'm getting quite ornery with the hundreds of journalists from Japan who arc constantly trying to interview me to get my perspective on Salt Lake City’s bid My first day here a Japanese TV camera crew physically pulled me away from my work table and tried to put me in front of a rolling camera Every day at least one of them has tried to interview me and on Friday one of them asked why there weren't more Utah reporters in Birmingham I explained to her that both daily newspapers in Salt Lake City as well as the Standard-Examinall three network affiliates plus a couple of Utah radio stations were covering the IOC She kept pushing asking why more people hadn't come and finally I said “Hey that's all of us honey" using Japanese I thought I'd forgotten Probably when I’m really stressed out immediately after the host city is selected I'll speak in pig Latin The broad list is indicative of the sweep of the problem “There are no easy answers” Woodruff said “Focusing attention on these societal causes of water quality problems is essential if we are to articulate long-tersolutions in which societal goals are compatible with clean water” The coalition is aiming for a consensus on water quality goals and policies for the next century' and it set out the scale of the problems in its interim report which was developed over 18 months by more than 150 experts in water quality issues While the Clean Water Act has helped solve pollution problems from sources that discharge directly WASHINGTON — A d coalition that includes 80 environmental business and governmental groups reported Friday that progress toward improving America's water quality has been made since the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act but much more needs et Yeltsin members loading up on the freebies EDITOR 'S NOTE: Here are some notes and observations by Standard-Examine- r reporter Wendy Ogata ho is in England this week to cover the 1998 Winter "Games site selection by the International Olympic Committee "er US won’t write Soviets blank check Bush says Welch IOC Standard-Exa- FROM PAGE ONE into the water supply the report said far less progress has been achieved in controlling runoff pollution from farm fields parking lots and suburban lawns Findings by the US Environmental Protection Agency cited in the report concluded that agricultural runoff was the main pollutant of 55 percent of river miles and 58 percent of lake acres surveyed One or more of 47 different agricultural pesticides has been detected in groundwater in 26 states the report said Destruction of more 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