Show £11111988 FATHER LOSES CUSTODY FIGHT 1 TONIGHT: Fair the upper 20s Man claims daughter in polygamist environment Page IB in Lows TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer Page2A SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1888 OGDEN UTAH — —— " — 50 CENTS - asaa Coalition buys the Eovotian By GORDON WEEKS MARK PETERSON and Standard-Examine- the theater — now the real work begins This will be a good deal for the ‘We got staff r OGDEN — A coalition of historical groups and private donors Thursday bought the Egyptian Theater for an undisclosed price saving it from the wrecking ball and paving the way for a proposed multipurpose facility The group — a coalition of Friends of the Egyptian the Weber County Heritage Foundation and individuals — now begins the task of renovating the building to house shops restaurants offices and the theater “I feel wonderful about this" said Ann Peck a member of the foundation and the Ogden City Landmarks Commission “It’s a good move for the community to save it” said Salt Lake City resident Ray Broadbent now the former owner of the building “I think they can do something with it” A Stephen Dirks — a real estate agent and former Ogden By JENNIFER Standard-Examine- community A mayor — called the negotiations with Broadbent the past week “amicable and professional” “We got the theater — now the real work begins This will be a good deal for the community” he said Broadbent Wednesday rejected a $200000 offer for the theater but said he would sell it to the organization for $250000 Peck said late Wednesday the organization was ready to offer the physician that figure for the structure As part of the purchase agreement neither party can disclose the full sale price said Dirks and See THEATER on 2A W & jK-- r ' Counsel: No evidence to warrant indictment WASHINGTON (AP) — Inde- Counsel James C McKay said today there was no evidence “developed to date” to warrant a criminal indictment of Attorney General Edwin Meese III in connection with the pipeline plan or his in- pendent Iraq-Jord- an vestment in telephone company stock McKay said the investigation is continuing statement In a McKay’s office said “the grand jury’s investigation is not yet complete as to these and other matters and will continue at least through the end of April" two-paragra- “If at the end of that period of time there remains insufficient evidence to warrant a prosecution as to these or any other matters the office of independent counsel will issue a report covering all the matters which have been under investigation” At the Justice Department spokesman Terry Eastland called McKay’s announcement “a good sign” He also said that the nouncement “should encourage everyone to continue abiding by the process I think it behooves all of us to await the final deter- See MEESE on 2A I- - i Jit M ' I - JS j - f an- f & '4 '$ - ' iN ' Mi File photo Aerial photo shows Morton Thiokol Wasatch Division plant Shuttle probably won’t be delayed on to alter Insulation motor isn’t problem rocket By JENNIFER PAUL Siandaid-Examme- r staff The next space shuttle flight probably won’t be delayed by insulation problems discovered on one of Morton Thiokol's solid rocket motors being assembled at Cape Canaveral a NASA spokesman says Technicians at the Cape found the insulation problem wasn’t located deep inside the booster so they will be able to repair it at Kennedy Space Center while continuing with launch preparations Lisa Malone said The booster likely will not have to be sent back to Thiokol’s Wasatch plant to be fixed she said Such a move could mean a flight delay of several weeks “This is not expected to delay the launch beyond the August date” Malone said today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida “I’ve heard no discussion at all about sending the booster back to Morton Thiokol to be repaired So we’re going to proceed with starting to do repairs Nobody I’ve talked to has said there is a possibility of delaying the launch” Thiokol has personnel and equipment at flight schedule expected ‘Things (during vehicle assembly at the Cape) crop up all the time We have to learn to deal with them and fix them It’s not a — Lisa Malone show-stopp- er Cape Canaveral able to deal with the insulation problem there said Rocky Raab corporation spokesman at the Wasatch plant Malone said the repair work can be done as workers continue assembling the boosters for the scheduled Aug 4 launch Workers Thursday discovered “unbonding” — separation of insulation between the case and propellant — on the right aft booster piece one of eight segments stacked to form a solid-furocket booster Malone said The separation was detected with feelers about the size of a human hair and the gap extends back from the edge of the booster about half an inch to 1 inch into the case el Raab said “The unbonding is in a area” she said “It seems to be localized” Technicians will clean the unbonded area where insulation came apart from the case then apply primer then adhesive and clamp the insulation down for at least two days Malone said “That’s how we’ve made repairs in the past” she said “We can do it in parallel with other processes” Raab said the procedure worked in similar situations in the past and is expected to work this time He said the problem was not caused by an early March train crash near Biloxi Miss The train was carrying Thiokol-mad- e boostlow-stre- ss ers The Discovery flight has already been delayed twice from the original launch date set for February Malone said “Things (during vehicle assembly at the Cape) crop up all the time We have to learn to deal with them and fix to get ready for a launch It’s not a them show-stoppe- m By PHIL JENSEN Standard-Examine- staff r OGDEN — Rep Jim Hansen said today he will “go to the mat” to keep production of the space shuttle rocket boosters at Morton Thiokol’s Northern Utah plant He said a proposal by NASA to build a $1 billion government-owned plant in the South for the next generation of boosters which would leave Thiokol out is politically motivated Hansen said he will sponsor legislation to prevent the government takeover or if necessary attempt to freeze federal funding Hansen also said he will ask Vice President George Bush to put the question of keeping booster production in the private sector in his presidential election platform “I'm a fighter on this one and as far as I’m concerned we’re prepared to go to the mat” Hansen said “It is absolutely wrong for the federal government to make this encroachment and intrusion into the private sector which will do the job better and cheaper” Hansen said he doesn’t buy NASA’s stated rationale that locations in the South would be better because of ready access to waterways to haul the huge boosters to Florida’s Cape Canaveral “I hardly believe they are serious about that and I honestly don’t believe it is going to go down” Hansen said from his Ogden office “It will be a long struggle but that part of Thiokol will remain viable” See CONGRESS on 2A ah r” Evan Mecham losing hand" said Sen Tony West a Republican and an early Mecham critic The Senate has heard five weeks of evidence on the remaining two charges: that Mecham tried to thwart investigation of an alleged death threat by a state official and misused $80000 from the governor’s protocol fund by loaning it to his auto dealership The article of impeachment was dismissed Wednesday in a 2 vote supported by all 11 Democratic senators and five staunch GOP supporters of Mecham Some of his sharpest critics have been state Republican 16-1- The Senate in recess for the Easter weekend is to hear closing arguments Monday then vote on the charges later that day or Tuesday Although many senators said they had not decided how to vote GOP Sen Bill DcLong said he thought most had made up their minds "There’s more than just the guilt or innocence on the charges” DcLong said lie said he expected senators would also be asked to act in the best interests of the state Sen Greg Lunn also a Republican said dismissing the third r f staff Dealing a blow to Morton Thiokol’s long-terhopes of keeping its space shuttle booster monopoly in Utah NASA says the next generation of rocket motors probably will be made at a plant to be built in the South financed privately instead of with government funds Adm Richard Truly head of NASA’s space shuttle program said the space agency’s proposed plan for plant acquisition might require the facility to have access to rail and water That could cut Thiokol’s chances of obtaining the contract for the advanced solid rocket motors to replace designs made at the corporation’s Wasatch plant according to an Associated Press story today NASA plans to encourage open competition for the next solid rocket motors to be used in shuttle flights starting about 1994 said Barbara Selby NASA space shuttle program spokesman “We want full and open competition” Selby said “We want the site to be by the water If Thiokol came up with something like that we’d consider it “This (competition) is not to preclude Thiokol You’re talking about a whole new advanced solid rocket motor It’s not a matter of taking something away from a contractor This is a new contract” Selby said Theoretically Thiokol could bid on a new site for production of the next generation of boosters said Sara Keegan another NASA spokesman Thiokol is one of five com-Se- e THIOKOL on 2A Hansen says he’s ready to ‘go to mat’ for Thiokol Stage- set for Senate vote on Mecham PHOENIX (AP) A failed effort to reinstate the most serious of three impeachment charges against Gov Evan Mecham has set the stage for a Senate vote next week on whether he should be removed from office Senate Democrats on Thursday refused to go along with a move by Republicans to revive the GOP charge that the first-tergovernor concealed a $350000 campaign loan — a decision one senator called "political roulette “If there are not the votes to convict and Governor Mecham is back on the ninth floor (the governor’s office) on Wednesday they have dealt themselves a PAUL m iW — A Stephen Dirks r charge increased the chance of Mecham being acquitted because the charge involving the $350000 loan “was the most damning” The charge was considered the most damaging partly because Mecham signed a letter promising the loan would remain confidential Democrats argued that a Senate trial on the charge could damage Mecham’s right to a fair trial in criminal court on similar charges April 21 They also worried that hearing the charge would extend the Senate trial past the May 17 date of Mccham’s recall r April 1 1988 - Vol 101 No 92 |