Show a V ' d - d- er LocalMetro Sports Obituaries Standard-Examine- r Friday October 21 1988 its id ce- - Idaho Drug stamp law feeing says no to DOE a challenge Utah expects little impact staff and wire reports Standard-Examine- OGDEN — A ban on further shipments of radioactive waste into Idaho should have little impact on Utah said a state transportation official n Nuclear trucks that o are stopped at the border may have to turn around retrace their routes through Utah and return to their original points of departure said Norm Lind-gre- n director of the Utah Department of Transportation’s motor carrier office “But we won’t ban the shipments (from coming into Utah) unless we get word from the governor or the state Transportation Commission” Lindgren said in an interview Thursday Idaho Gov Cecil Andrus ordered the ban Wednesday saying no more nuclear waste may be shipped into the state until the federal government opens a permanent repository for that waste “Any of this waste will be stopped at the border” Andrus declared accusing the government of going back on two promises to begin removing from Idaho millions of cubic feet of temporarily stored waste US Department of Energy officials have indicated they will honor the ban and will not send future shipments until the situation is resolved More than 2 million cubic feet radioactive waste of mainly generated at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant west of Denver has been stored on pads at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in southeast Idaho while the government developed a permanent storage site That site the DOE’s $800 million Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeast New Mexico is now complete and shipments were to have begun this month The shipping route was to carry the waste through Northern Utah entering the state north of on Interstate 15 and traveling to Wyoming via on to New Mexico and WIPP which is designed to low- - and intstore defense-relate- d ermediate-level nuclear waste 2150 feet below the surface in ancient salt beds had been scheduled to begin storing materials this month But that was postponed until at least early next year after government and private engineers raised questions about safety and a dispute arose in Congress over putting the site under Energy Department control The delay will probably set back the shipping schedule for several months but Lindgren said it e should not have any Utah on impact Northern Utah police fire and emergency crews already have received emergency response training in the event of accidents he said and state officials are comfortable with the shipping plans Much of the waste stored at INEL is from Rocky Flats Wyo See NUKE on 2B FARMINGTON — The Ogden attorney for a Syracuse man is challenging the constitutionality of a new Utah law that requires drug dealers to buy tax revenue stamps for controlled substances David Knowlton attorney for Lane C Stromberg 36 argued this week in 2nd District Court that buying the tax revenue stamps violates a person’s Fifth Amendment right to protection against Knowlton charged that purchasing tax stamps required by law to be affixed by dealers to narcotics spotlights illegal activity But Davis County Deputy Attorney Steve Major said today the law has provisions to protect against “You don’t have to give a name address or Social Security number You don’t even have to be the one who owns the cocaine You don’t have to give any information that’s going to incriminate yourself” Major said law was passed p The by the Utah Legislature in a move sought by police and prosecutors as an additional prosecution weapon to employ against drug dealers Knowlton also requested that 2nd District Judge Rodney S Page order the return of Strom-bergproperty which was seized by the county attorney’s office as part of its criminal investigation of alleged narcotics possession and distribution At the time of Stromberg’s arrest authorities called it the big- - waste-lade- Utah-Idah- low-lev- long-rang- 1 drug-stam- ’s el Tre-mont- gest drug bust in Davis County Standard Examiner staff and wire reports Blair Prize Bearing his prize high in triumph sixth-gradDontreil Daniel joins his classmates in walking back to G Harold Holt er Elementary School in Clinton after a pumpkin-gatherin- g field trip to a nearby pumpkin patch Kelley challenges By CAROL MacPHERSON Standard-Examine- staff r of four total positions up for election on the boards overseeing Ogden and Weber schools: Darrell inKelley challenges cumbent Celia Archibald for the District 5 seat on the Weber School Board The race is not colored by any burning issues Both candidates say they want to serve their community on the school board Kelley who works in real estate used to be in education He was a school principal in Ogden and served as superintendent in Lincoln County Nev Kelley left education in 1975 to work in real two-ter- m estate He said he feels he has a lot to offer the district and wants to Kelley Archibald serve because he has a “real love” of education Archibald who has been on the board since 1980 said she wants to continue because education is in turbulent times and she feels the district needs someone who is now thoroughly aware of how the system works especially funding seized In late September Stromberg was acquitted of cocaine possession with intent to distribute but the jury convicted him on a separate charge of marijuana possession He is scheduled for sentencing next week on the marijuana possession charge which is e a felony that carries a prison term of 5 years Knowlton told the judge that the jury found that three pounds third-degre- 0-- of cocaine worth between $200000 and $250000 found in a camping cooler in Stromberg’s garage in May did not belong to him so other property that was seized in lieu of the tax stamp payment should be returned to his client Major said the state Tax Commission has filed a lien on the property which includes financial records a personal computer software and an automobile and the county prosecutor’s office must retain it until the lien is lifted The lien was imposed by of the the state for non-payme- nt drug-stam- fees p Although Stromberg was acquitted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute Major speculated the jury may have believed Stromberg owned the cocaine but did not intend to distribute it and therefore acquitted him of that charge The drug possession law is part of the state’s criminal code Major said while the stamp law is part of the state’s tax code board incumbent two-ter- m She said people often offer minded It’s the only contested race KooistraStandard-Examine- r history because of the large amount of cocaine that was said school board members must be willing to get involved and spend time solving district problems “Too often people on the school board are not willing to spend the time to protect the public” he said Kelley said the biggest problem he sees facing education is discipline He said it goes back to whether the public sees education as a right or a privilege “We have to deal with kids who disrupt classroom time” he said Kelley said he feels there is a problem when a student can be kicked out of school one day and then allowed to return soon after He advocates stricter measures for students who are discipline problems Archibald also feels discipline is simple-- remedies to solve problems in education and usually such suggestions are made off the cuff “Changes can be made but you have to understand the system first — and I’m getting close” Archibald said “ We have to deal with the frustration the people have shown with the tax initiatives” Kelley chairman of the higher education committee for the Mission 2000 planning group said he feels his background in education gives him the necessary experience to serve on the board “I have an excellent background and I’m proud of my record” he said Although he wasn’t challenging his opponent on the point Kelley a problem and that it reflects problems with society as a whole She said the Weber district is battling discipline problems in a positive way with a citizenship program in the high schools She said prevention programs should be introduced into the elementary schools as a way to deal with the problem before it ben comes Archibald believes that discipline is in part some of the reason for increasing costs in education because society expects schools to solve society’s problems Kelley is also concerned about students missing class time because of school activities He said more activities should take place after school and if they must take See RACE on 2B full-blow- Centerville accountant set to answer felony theft charges Standard-Examine- r staff OGDEN — A Centerville accountant is set to answer charges he embezzled more than $ 9000 from an Ogden butcher shop Clark L Despain 38 of 358 W Willow-val- e Circle is to be arraigned Oct 31 in 2nd District Court on five counts of felony 1 theft He waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday in 2nd Circuit Court Despain is accused of stealing from Snider’s Family Meats 4421 Harrison Blvd for whom he was an accountant Kevin Wilson said Snider’s Despain was entrusted with making pay- er roll tax payments through the First Security Bank branch at 4301 Harrison Despain wrote the checks and the owners signed them Wilson said Despain is accused of depositing five checks worth a total of $1930725 into his personal and business accounts at First Se- - curity The alleged thefts were of checks deposited between Jan 7 and July 6 Wilson said the bank refunded the money to Snider’s The case was investigated by the Weber County Attorney’s Office st Congressional District candidates square off By PHIL JENSEN Standard-Examine- Robert PopeStandard-Exarrune- r Gunn McKay listens as Jim Hansen answers a question Thursday staff OGDEN — Republican Rep Jim Hansen and Democrat Gunn McKay clashed in debate Thursday differing on the minimum wage child care a new health bill and federal aid for education The candidates in Utah’s 1st Congressional District squared off at the Ogden Hilton Hotel in a debate sponsored by the Congressional Action Committee of the Ogden Area Chamber of Commerce McKay said he would vote for a bill to raise the minimum wage while Hansen said he opposed the bill because he believes it would rob young people of jobs McKay said he favors government-subsidize- d day care for working mothers but Hansen said that goes too far He said he agrees with a plan by Vice President George Bush to give businesses tax credits to operate child-car- e programs McKay said he would have voted for the catastrophic health care bill passed by Congress last summer even though it has some flaws But Hansen who has been taken to task by McKay for missing the vote said the bill will help only 7 percent of those eligible while elderly people on fixed incomes pay for it “It’s a bad piece of legislation" said a measure Hansen who is to delay implementing it McKay said the federal government should do more to fund education in Utah including university research programs but Hansen said the federal aid would hold too many strings “I don’t buy federal aid to education" Hansen said Both said they opposed gun control and each said the flat income tax is a good idea but it would never work Hansen accused McKay of waffling on a federal law that requires private government contractors to pay union wages a law that Hansen said costs taxpayers $8 billion a year Hansen said he is attempting to get the law passed in 1931 repealed and he challenged McKay to take a position McKay said he would decide wages isbasis judging how sues on a affect would Utah they “Is that a yes or a no?" Hansen asked in one of the debate’s few confronta case-by-ca- se 1 tions Hansen cited a case in which a private contractor at Hill Air Force Base is n truck drivers forced to pay $25 an hour even though he could hire drivers for $10 an hour “It’s coming right out of your (taxpayers’) pocket” Hansen said Hansen used much of the debate to blast Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis warning that a Dukakis presidency would mean higher taxes higher crime and severe cuts in Utah’s military complex He said a University of Utah study indicates that defense cuts proposed by Dukakis would eliminate 5200 military jobs in Utah and wipe out another 7000 peripheral jobs “It bothers me when I sec this non-unio- idea" quipped Hansen That prompted McKay to say “I’m wondering who Jim is running against Is it Dukakis or me?” The former congressman said the Hansen campaign has been unfair in labeling him “with a big broad brush” as a liber-Se- e DEBATE on 2B |