Show jr if EARTHQUAKES RATTLE UTAH TODAY: Quakes break windows in Logan and shake up Ogdenites Page 1C cloudy Partly MORGANNA STEALS ACTION Lows in teens Highs 40s TOMORROW: Partly cloudy Highs 40-5-0 Page 2A Arizona 27 WSC 21 Utah 57 BYU 20 Fullerton St 23 USU 13 Southern Cal 31 UCLA 22 Nebraska 7 Oklahoma 3 N Famous Kissing Bandit tells Mark Saal a tale of overactive lips Page ID XNOARB SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1888 OGDEN UTAH ONE DOLLAR 8SGBBES WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting both the Bush and Dukakis plans as unworkable the General Accounting Office said Saturday that tax increases and cuts in defense and Social Security must be considered to slash a federal budget deficit that threatens the nation’s economic future “Additional revenues are probably an unavoidable part of any realistic strategy for reducing the deficit” the congressional watchdog agency said in reports to President-elec- t George Bush and last hike leaders of the House and Senate Comptroller General Charles A Bowsher director of the GAO said a workable solution can be developed only through close cooperation between Congress and the new president with Bush personally involved in the negotiations The GAO which uses hundreds of experts in every field to oversee the federal bureaucracy on behalf of Congress made no recommendations on which taxes should be raised or which pro il n 3 the deficit which stood at $150 However the report cited esti- billion in the budget year that mates that $30 billion could be ended Sept 30 It ’specifically reraised annually with slight in- jected four approaches that have creases in personal income tax been proposed: “We cannot ‘grow’ our way rates and that a 5 percent national sales tax on most commodifies out of the problem" an approach except food housing and medical favored by some in the Reagan care would yield $67 billion a administration and reiterated this week in a report by the conservayear “All participants must consider tive Heritage Foundation “Public demand for government services all parts of the budget to be nego— to solve problems ranging tiable” The GAO said it saw no from drug abuse AIDS educa“quick or painless solutions” to tion and homelessness to drought grams should be cut Wl m and forest fires — grow as fast as revenues" said the GAO “We cannot ‘freeze’ our way out of the problem" During his presidential campaign Bush repeatedly rejected higher taxes and advocated a “flexible freeze” on spending “We cannot reach out and effortlessly gather in some magic pool of uncollected revenues” Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis proposed raising revenues by collecting the $86 billion or more in unpaid tax liabilities annually The GAO said administrative costs would be high and it would require several years to train new Internal Revenue Service agents for the job “We cannot ‘sequester’ our way out of the problem through mechanistic formula-base- d program cuts of the sort prescribed in the legislation” That law is aimed at balancing the budget but the GAO noted that as much as 80 percent of the budget is exempt Gramm-Rudman-Hollin- Onassis dies BUENOS AIRES Argentina (AP) — Christina Onassis heir to fortune of the billion-dolla- r Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis suffered an apparent heart attack Saturday and died officials said She was 37 Onassis whose famous father stormy romances and huge fortune made her an international celebrity was stricken at a country club swimming pool about 25 miles northwest of Buenos Aires a docior said Onassis who was married four times and had a daughter was the stepdaughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis widow ofassassinated President John Kennedy who married Aristotle Onassis in 1968 Dr Hernan Bunge a director of the Clinicq del Sol Hospital in Buenos Aires said Onassis was stricken at the weekend home of close friends Marina and Alberto Dodero at the Tortuguitas Country Club Onassis fell ill as she prepared to go swimming about 1 am (7 am MST) in a pool at the home 1 Biair Utes celebrate University of Utah receiver Dennis Smith (80) gets a hug from teammate Bryan Bero after hauling in his second touchdown pass from quarterback Scott Mitchell Satur- - KooistraStandard-Examine- By CAROL fvlacPHERSON The day after the tax initiatives were defeated the Weber School District announced it had an $800000 budget surplus Soon after the State Board of Regents announced a tuition increase for college students and the State Board of Education unveiled a budget request for the coming year that contained a 9 percent increase Those actions have made Danny Blaylock chairman of the We ber County Tax Limitation Coalition wonder if government officials really understood the message behind the tax initiative movement: That Utahns want r day The Utes stunned Brigham Young University with a 57-2- 8 win in Rice Stadium their first victory over the Cougars in a decade Story on Page IB government to be more thrifty and efficient Education officials say that despite appearances they definitely heard the message and are trying to act in the public’s best interests In the Weber School District for instance officials say the $800000 surplus was the result of increased efficiency and cuts in administration In addition business administrator Ned Stephens said the district received a $6 per pupil refund from the state that totaled $150000 That money was spent on supplies Stephens said that during contract negotiations this year teachers were promised first consideration if any surplus funds were available When an audit revealed the surplus the administration recommended that all district employees receive a 2 per cent bonus “We made a commitment with the employees — it’s hard to go three years without an increase” he said Blaylock said he will attend the Weber board’s Tuesday meeting to voice his opinion on the $800000 surplus “They’re saying they saved it but they haven’t saved it they spent it There isn’t a surplus until they’ve met all the needs in the classroom” he said See TAX Onassis Aristotle’s daughter was worth at least $1 billion She was taken to a country club d station station then to the clinic where she was pronounced dead at 3 pm he said The body was taken to a morgue for an autopsy and then to a Greek Orthodox church for a ceremony The findings of the autopsy were not immediately announced A police officer at the morgue said a death certificate could not be issued until the cause of death was officially determined A woman who identified herself as Annabella Onassis a cousin told reporters at the church See ONASSIS on 2A first-ai- Mobster 16 others guilty in conspiracy Educators defend budget requests Standard Examiner statf Christina on 2A PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mob boss Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo and 16 associates were convicted Saturday night in a racketeering conspiracy that involved murder extortion and other crimes A federal jury deliberated 26 hours over three days before returning the verdicts The government contended the 7 defendants are members of organized crime who conspired to participate in nine murders four attempted murders extortions drug dealing loansharking and illegal gambling They each face up to 20 years in prison US District Judge Franklin VanAntwerpcn warned the crowd before the verdict was read that he would not tolerate any outcry or demonstration and there was 1 none A few when the first “guilty” verdict was read concerning Scarfo 59' who headed the list of defendants Most of the relatives sat stunned a few wiped at their eyes ' and sobbed Scarfo already is serving a prison term for conspiring to extort $1 million from Philadelr phia developer Willard Rouse IIL In two other cases defense attorneys successfully discredited the informants to win acquittals for Scarfo — in a drug case and in the slaying of Salvatore Testa who authorities said challenged Scarfo’s control of the Philadelphia-southern New Jersey crimp 14-yc- ar family J This time each defendant was found guilty on the two main racketeering counts they faced In addition: Francis Iannarella Jr and of the relatives most of Salvatore Scafidi were convicted See them wives and children gasped MOB on 2A Northern Utahns remember JFK’s death legacy By GORDON WEEKS staff Standard-Examine- Peace Corps volunteer Alan Stockland was walking home from classes in Kuantan Malaysia when fellow teachers told him President John F Kenne- dy had been shot The group — some of the first participants of the 35th president’s new program — gathered in stunned disbelief in Stockland’s room to mull over the tragedy and wonder if Lyndon Johnson would continue Kennedy’s agenda “It was hard to keep from breaking into tears” recalls the Weber State College microbiology instructor Twenty-fiv- e years later Americans vividly remember the anguish and grief of hearing the news from Dallas on Nov 22 1963 followed by days in front of the TV watching the events unfold Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Wilson political science professor JD Williams i B DARK DAY! A deep sense of tragedy was felt by the nation cn the day John F Kennedy died IF and Davis School Board President Sheryl Allen all were on the University of Utah campus when the news was announced Wilson then a student said his geology professor told the class the president had been shot and dismissed them “The whole class just stood quietly and filed out” he said “No one was talking — there was a sort of numbness” Wilson — now an instructor at the university's Hinckley Institute of Politics — said he went home to his apartment where he and his wife embraced and cried for an hour Williams a University of Utah instructor said he was attending a lecture by Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke in the school's main ball- See KENNEDY on 2A Robert Pope Standard-Examine- r Judge W Brent West poses next to his bust of JFK T l |