Show I V ! 1 Sta'da'd-Exa'TV'e- Tuesday February r 3A 16 1988 National Arizona Senate reconsiders rules for impeachment PHOENIX (4P) — Less than a week after deciding to permit closed meetings during the tnal of impeached Gov Evan Mecham the state Senate is considering whether to saop the idea Senators also decided Monday to reconsider whether to begin the trial Feb 22 as scheduled or agree to Mecham’s request and delay it until after his criminal trial Majority Leader Robert Usdane urged his fellow senators Monday to change rules adopted Thursday that would allow them to hold closed discussions at the - request cf only one senator “Even though it was never the intent of the Senate to hide from the public or to railroad or exonerate the governor in pm ate the press has intimated that this type of situation would not only be possible but probable behind closed doors" Usdane said In a formal motion filed Liter Mon- A Ari4 tta&vU igi f I'vVUUui 4 Wikviuujj discussions open “Absent a compelling reason the principals of fundamental fairness dictates that every moment of these impeach VfcsA y ment proceedings the importance and gravity of which cannot be overstated be witnessed by the citizens of this state and nation" defense attorney Rick Miller wrote “Surreptitious meetings held in smoke-fille- d back rooms will cast a dark cloud of suspicion over the hearings" he added calling it “nothing but a farce sham sod a mockery for the Senate to meet secretly A vote is required to change the rules The president cf the Arizona Newspa two-thir- ds Gay congressman to run Massachusetts Republicans can’t find serious opposition 4 ' WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep Barney Frank the liberal Massachusetts Democrat who acknowledged last year that he is a homosexual is busy raising moncampaign ey for his while the Republican Party is snll looking for someone to oppose him At this point the only Republi- can publicly talking of running against Frank is a conservative gadfly who withdrew from the 1986 Massachusetts gubernatorial race after admitting he had lied about his military record “I don’t know what the Republicans plan to do about it but the reading we have (from polling) is that voters care about perfor- trict which includes Democratic mance in office" and not personal strongholds on the outskirts of Republican issues like sexual preference Boston upper-clas- s Frank said “And that’s certainly enclaves like Wellesley and mill consistent with the reading I’ve towns such as Fall River near the Rhode Island border gotten from people" Massachusetts Democrats say Joe Malone executive director the homosexual disclosure will of the state GOP said the homohave little impact on voters who sexual issue could be exploited by have sent Frank to Congress with a Republican challenger not by increasingly convincing victory attacking Frank’s sexual prefermargins — 52 percent 60 per- ence but by telling voters he is focent 74 percent and 89 percent cusing too heavily on “gay issues" And they note that the disclo- at the expense of other congressure was not news to many con- sional work stituents However Malone could not Republicans however are be could Frank provide any how immediately about talking defeated in the state’s 4th Dis Usdane also said he might boycott closed meetings if the changes are not adopted Several Republicans said and Stephens a a favored change they Democrat said he believed his caucus also would be willing to go along with changes Mecham is accused by a House resolution of concealing a $350000 campaign loan lending $80000 to his car dealership from the governor’s protocol fund and obstructing justice pers Association Joe Soldwtdel praised Usdane’s appeal “We would like all of the proceedings to be in public" he said The Associated Press has filed a similar rank-and-fi- request Usdane in a letter to Senate President Carl Kunasek and Minority Leader Alan Stephens urged that all deliberations be in public and that closed meetings either be banned entirely or at least require a majority vote “This will allow the public to know the senators who voted for a closed conference" he said mmr PRE-SPRIN- Wss&bdb le G WIG SALE Sophtticite by Adolfo ruturel look tnd Soft blende Tapered neckline $g°° MiM L nturi color OFF Several Current Wig Styles ecsxnr vVITH a SALE PRICE Only Reg ‘4250 to 9500 3480 Washington Blvd Ogden Utah AND A lfcCUP $1 750 CHEC Call 393-900- 3 Closed on Monday AMERICAN Oil CANCER SOCIETY riv EIKEtlDED I v tVu A mmi gatoqday 6? if you missed us cn Presi- dent’s Day You’re in tuck! 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