| Show 2A Standard-Examin- Tuesday June 14 1988 er Baker to resign return to Knoxville law practice WASHINGTON (AP) — How-ar- d Baker will resign as White House chief of staff and be replaced by his deputy Kenneth Duberstein cn July 1 it was announced today In addition White House communications director Thomas C Griscom intends to leave his post but has not said when he will leave said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater Although Baker had promised Reagan to stay until the end of the administration next January he asked the president to be excused from that commitment citing the ill health of his wife and stepmother who are both hospitalized Fitzwater said Baker joined the White House staff on Feb 27 1987 in the afscantermath of the dal In a statement read by Fitzwater Reagan said he accepted Baker’s resignation with deep regret “Sen Baker has been a close friend and adviser who has guid- - ed my staff deftly and effectively for the last 16 months” Reagan said “He held a steady hand in the operation of the White House while the investiga- - Smoke bacco industry’s legal forces “All I know is that we’re not another notch in their gun” said From 1A But some said the damages awarded might not be enough to encourage other lawsuits “Are you going to sue if all you’re going to get is $400000?” asked tobacco industry analyst Allan Kaplan of Merrill Lynch in New York Financial markets were closed twhen the verdict came in but Ka- negaplan predicted no long-tertive impact on tobacco stocks “Plaintiff attorneys cannot be encouraged by the small size of the award which pales in comparison to the $3 million they spent in time and money to try this case” said a joint statement from Peter Bleakley of Philip Morris and Robert Northrip of Lorillard both New York based “The fact that the jury awarded no damages to Mrs Cipollone was a clear signal from the jury that smoking is a matter of personal choice and responsibility” said Alan Hilburg spokesman for d Durham Liggett Liggett attorney Donald Cohn said today also on CBS’ “This Morning" he regarded the award as “sympathy” for Cipollone who pursued the lawsuit he had filed with his wife in 1983 “This jury as every jury has Iran-Cont- CBS-TV- ’s well-heele- Settle 1A will burn if the missile is launched Once the propellant hardens the core is gradually lifted from inside the motor For some reason violating company procedures employees on Dec 29 had left the remote control bunker and driven to the casting building at the time of the fire investigators said “They can't decide on their own to start the procedure — core removal — without their supervisor’s help” Raab said “At the same time the procedures are people” Praise for Baker’s job came quickly on Capitol Hill “He’s done a superb job as chief of staff for the president” said Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas Dole said he has talked with Baker and “I do know his wife Joy has not been well and that’s another reason he’s indicated” Dole speaking on the Senate floor wished Baker “God speed best wishes and good luck” Senate Majority Leader Robert C Byrd said Baker had encountered “rough seas” at the White House “I think he did much to help to calm and quiet and make things more serene there” Byrd said on the floor of the chamber Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan said Baker “restored stain a moment of genuine bility D-W- Howard Baksr Iran-Cont- ra Edell ’ From can ra try mounted an elaborate defense — one analyst put the cost at $50 million — to avoid a judgment that might unleash a flood of multimillion-dolla- r lawsuits Reaction to the verdict which followed five days of deliberations focused on its potential impact on hundreds of such cases pending around the nation Cipollone’s attorneys said the decision showed the tobacco industry is not invincible “Any time a jury awards a $400000 verdict I don’t think you can take it too lightly particularly in a situation where five years ago people thought we were crazy and when for the past 30 years people have failed” said Marc Z Edell Cipollone’s lawyer Speaking today on “This Morning” program Edell said: “This is the first case to be won by the plaintiff We’ll get it a better better the next time verdict a bigger verdict We’ll recover on other claims” Fewer than a dozen of about 300 smoker lawsuits have gone to juries and the tobacco industry has not paid a dollar in damages Most of the other cases withered d in the face of the to crisis It is sufficiently settled restored that he feels able to leave “It should be taken as a good tions were being conducted and his wise counsel fostered the spirt of cooperation in which those issues were presented to the Ameri- m NC-base- rewritten so if at any time a person thinks a procedure has been skipped missed or not followed properly then anyone can call an instant halt to the operation:” The operation can’t be restarted without senior management intervention Raab said Thiokol also has installed an additional camera in the room where the hydraulic puller is located “The camera gives a more panoramic view of the whole inside of the building” Raab said Cameras enable crews in remote bunkers to watch the slow movement of the hydraulic puller as it lifts the core out of the motor That means employees won’t have to drive to that building to Today’s weather outlook D-N- Y before found that people have the freedom to smoke and if they make that choice they are responsible for it” “I believe that it is a victory for her” Cipollone said “It wasn’t 100 percent I’m glad that we won partial but it’s a start” The jurors in the trial would not discuss the verdict other than to say the process was “emotional” and “nerve wrackfour-mon- th ing” groups viewed the verdict as a first step It “destroys the myth of invulnerability” and should lead to an increase in such lawsuits said Richard Daynard a Northeastern University law professor who runs the Tobacco Products Liability Project a support group for litigation against tobacco companies To support the contention that Liggett violated its promise to consumers of a safe product Edell introduced advertisements for Liggett’s cigarettes from the Anti-smoki- ng 1950s One featured actress Rosalind Russell with the text reading: “Rosalind Russell says L&M Filters are Just What the Doctor Ordered!” Others said: “Nose Throat and Accessory' Organs Not Adversely Affected By Smoking Chesterfields” and “Play Safe Smoke Chesterfields” verify exactly how the procedure is going sign” Moynihan said “His sense is such that he would of duty never leave were it not possible to continue without him” Reagan in his statement also called Baker “a steady force for peace” to promote negotiations leading to an intermediate-rang- e nuclear missile treaty with the Soviet Union and two summit meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev Fitzwater said Baker will return to his law practice Baker Worthington Crossley Stansberry and Woolf in Knoxville Duberstein became Baker’s deputy on March 23 1987 Baker recommended that Duberstein succeed him Reagan said that “Ken will be my principal aide and will lead the White House staff as we head into the home stretch “He is an outstanding manager and skilled strategist who has Cipollone’s attorneys also introduced numerous secret corpo- rate documents they said chronicled the inner workings of the industry For many antismoking forces disclosure of these documents into evidence was a victory The documents spoke of a “gentleman’s agreement” not to do cancer research of an industry “strategy” to create “doubt about the health charge without actually denying it” and of a research program designed “so that (the) results cannot harm” the industry The companies denied the statements in the documents saying they represented the views of individuals and were taken out of context They contended that Mrs Cipollone knew the risks but chose to smoke anyway They also argued that smoking is not a proven cause of cancer and that her type of cancer hasn’t been linked to cigarettes The defense managed to block many of Cipollone’s claims including contentions that cigarette companies could be blamed for illnesses in smokers unaware of the dagers after the 1966 warnings that the risk of cigarettes outweighed their usefulness and that the companies knew or should have known of a safer way to make cigarettes ations in procedures in buildings d where propellant is “cast” or poured and hardened inside the MX motors officials said Those first changes were almost finished by the morning of the fire semi-liqui- Possibly the crew on Dec 29 had some confusion about the core and had driven to the casting building to work on the situation' Now employees will be able to see the whole process from bunkers Thiokol rem- ote-control said Thiokol said it has taken other steps to streamline procedures including removing any remote controls that had been in the casting buildings The changes are in addition to ones that Thiokol had been working on at the time of the explosion Raab said A May 1987 close-caincident alerted Thiokol and the Air Force to needed alter- ll UOSH officials claim Thiokol hadn’t followed certain procedures inside the bunkers The agency’s March report alleged the company “willfully and seriously” violated three state standards “seriously” violated two others and violated one that was unrelated to the fire The settlement says the “willful” labels will be dropped by re- filing and citations reclassifying the 1 j I i 1 i I Utah governor unveils $80 million rebate plan SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov Norman Bangerter today unveiled an $80 million tax rebate plan that would give the average Utah family $120-- $ 130 back in 1987 state income taxes The governor said during a news conference that final estimates place the state’s fiscal 1987-8- 8 tax surplus at $110 million Under his plan $10 million of the remaining $30 million would go to education while $20 million would be placed in a “rainy day” fund part of which could be used to restore funds lost by depositors in five failed Utah thrift and loans Bangerter’s plan will ensure that each taxpayer will receive a rebate of 125 percent of his 1987 income tax payment or $10 whichever is greater Bangerter said he will place his plan before the Legislature during! a special session scheduled for Ju-- ‘ 9 ly Bangerter said there was no 18-1- sense in postponing the rebate until taxpayers file their 1988 re-- ’ turns next year “Since the money is going to be returned anyway I think it ought to be returned as expeditiously as possible” Bangerter said The governor’s proposal also calls for the 1988 income tax rate to be reduced by 5 percent and d of the would restore state deduction for federal income taxes paid That deduction was abolished by the Legislature in 1987 during a tax overhaul that shifted about $80 million in tax obligation to those in upper and middle income brackets one-thir- Among research described at AIDS the meeting Monday: From 1A among women who engage in risky sex “He is now using condoms” she said “We asked him to tell” women about his AIDS infection “but we can’t guarantee he is doing that” Padian and Haseltine described their findings at the Fourth International Conference on AIDS Haseltine said the new gene dubbed vpu has been isolated by his and two other research labs He said the gene is one of four in the complex AIDS virus that regulate the speed with which it makes new copies of itself inside infected cells “Now we have two genes that speed the virus up and two that slow it down” Haseltine said Researchers believe it may be possible to shut down the AIDS virus with drugs that could manipulate the microbe’s built-i- n control genes Dr Anthony Adams of the US Centers for Disease Control said that between 20 and 25 health care workers around the w'orld have become infected with exAIDS as a result of posure to the virus “We are now almost a decade since the transmission of the 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Ogden (downtown) Salt Lake City (downtown) FTovo (downtown) (Levels of 0 to 100 are to excellent) Baker’s decision to resign is sure to fuel speculation about him as a possible candidate for vice president His name has been on many lists of potential running mates for George Bush Baker’s resignation caught Washington by surprise House Republican leader Robert Michel of Illinois said that Baker attended a meeting of GOP congressional leaders with President Reagan today and did not mention resigning “This hits me like a cold towel” Michel said Fitzwater said the chief reason for Baker’s departure was the! health of his wife and his stepmother He said Baker has spent a lot' of time traveling back and forth to Tennessee “taking care of his personal responsibilities It has been a matter of some concern to: him for a long period of time! and that is the primary reason” Baker’s wife Joy is hospital- ized in Knoxville for a back ailment and his elderly stepmother Irene also was hospitalized recently for stomach pains Baker scion of an old prosper-- ! ous and politically powerful fami-- ! Tenn a ly from Huntsville Republican enclave that resisted secession during the Civil War came to Washington 21 years ago as the first Republican ever popularly elected to the Senate from' Tennessee He earned a reputa- -' tion as a moderate and a framer of compromises and won a na- tional following during his service on the Senate Watergate Gene Glasmann Hatch — President William L Johnson — General Manager Randall C Hatch — Managing Editor Flora Ogan — Associate Editor Published daily and Sunday by the Standard Corp 455 23rd St Ogden Utah 84402 Copyright © 1988 Postmaster Send address corrections to Standard-ExaminPO Box 951 Ogden UT (USPS 84402 Second class postage paid at Ogden Utah Seattle 85° Salt Lakt Ogden and Provo: Tonight fair Lows in the 50s Wednesday mostly sunny and a little warmer Highs 85 to 90 East: Fair to partly cloudy through Wednesday with a few in affairs Western states Regional forecast mostly been fundamental to the significant accomplishments foreign and domestic we have achieved since Ken returned as deputy chief of staff in March 1987” Reagan said In Reagan’s first term Duberstein served from January 1981 until December 1983 on the White House team of lobbyists known as the office of legislative 625-420625-427- 46 46 625-422- 19 43 27 625-422- 7 625-426625-428- consi-deredgo- 625-426- Other departments our switchboard 9 am Call Regional temps 1 394-771- 1 0 to 5 p m t |
