Show SATURDAY NOy EMBERX26X1 988 Snow Heavy accumulations in mountains TODAY: Clouds Lows Page 2A TOMORROW: in teens JAZZ WIN 7 STRAIGHT PATIENTS OPEN LDS TO STUDY ‘REVELATIONS’ WIDE FOR TOUR Doctrine & Covenants is the chosen book for 1989 Church New camera allows dentists to offer unusual view of mouth Page 1C y Bailey makes up for Malone's to down Spurs Page 2B off-shooti-ng 1INER SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1888 OGDEN UTAH Chicago Tribune KENNEBUNKPORT Maine — During a relaxing day spent shopping and entertaining President-elec- t Bush denied that he was considering cutting the Medicare program by $35 billion to $5 billion for fiscal 1990 Asked about a report in Friday’s Washington Post that he was thinking about the cuts “I keep reading in the paper a lot of things I'm supposed to be doing that I don’t know anything about” Bush said “So don’t make judgments based on stories that really don’t have any authority behind them My view is I'll address the whole budget problem very soon” Associated Press t George Bush holds up a brown shopping from the ‘Tipsy Mouse’ a wine and cheese store bag President-elec- Without changes Medicare the federal health insurance program for the elderly is projected to cost the government $977 bil 50 CENTS lion in fiscal 1990 which starts next October an increase of 145 percent over the current year That rate of growth is four times the expected rate of overall inflation For the rest of Friday Bush visited the Tipsy Mouse rented “Broadcast News” and played host to reporters and later to the visiting archbishop of Boston He is to return to the rigors of Washington Sunday Press secretary Steve Hart said Bush began the day doing about an hour’s paper work and making phone calls He then left his massive stone vacation home at about 10 am to run errands in downtown Kennebunkport With a cavalcade of reporters in pursuit he stopped first at the Tipsy Mouse a wine and cheese store Bush and his wife Barbara selected slabs of Cheddar and Swiss which they informed reporters waiting for them outside would be served to the journalists several hours later during a tour of the Bush house From the Tipsy Mouse Bush went to a hardware store a video store — where he rented two of last year’s big hits “Broadcast News” and “The Last Emperor" — and to a golf shop At midday the Bushes entertained several dozen journalists on a tour of their ocean-frohome which was built in 1902 by Bush’s paternal grandfather The tour was off the record meaning journalists could not report any of the Bushes’ remarks as they informally led the group See BUSH on 2A nt Quake rattles east Canada parts of US Associated Press An earthquake rattled eastern Canada and the northeast quadrant of the United States on Friday but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries The epicenter of the 8:46 pm MST quake was 90 miles north of Quebec City Canada with a preliminary magnitude of 60 on the Richter scale of ground motion said US Geological Survey spokesman Don Finley in Washington DC The quake knocked out power in Montre'al and elsewhere in the province of Quebec Canadian Press reported that the quake lasted about 5 to 20 seconds and also was felt in Ottawa Toronto and 1 Quebec City A foreshock recorded Wednesday had a Richter magnitude of 45 Finley said In the United States the quake was felt from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast with tremors reported in Michigan Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts There were no reports of damage to US power plants transmission lines dams and telephone lines “It was widely felt and the and northeastern regions” of the United States said Arch Johnston director of the Center for Earthquake Research at Memphis State University in Tennessee “Some reported feeling it as far south as Washington DC” Police firefighters radio and television stations were deluged with calls officials said Houses shook ceilings cracked dishes fell from shelves and windows rattled in the Northeast In New York City firefighters went to 40 locations where there were reports of tremors but no damage could be found said fire Lt Kenneth Murnorth-centr- al phy In the central Vermont community of Berlin a chimney collapsed but there were no injuries See re- - QUAKE on 2A Nearly 300000 lights on the Mormon Church’s historic Temple Square were lit during a special ceremony Friday night lOl No 331 Partridge in pear tree Orlando Sentinel Besides gold rings the real deal this year is a partridge in a pear tree — $3995 down $5 because of lower pear tree costs Pipers piping and drummers drumming cost more this year and all other gifts remained unchanged Hostage bangs head on wall thinking he has been forgotten year "This may be due to a decrease in the price of five gold rings which are down $125 or 20 percent from a high of $750 in 1987” Christian said “People just aren’t buying them in groups of five anymore These days usually one will suffice" ) t remained the big-tick- et song percent said Robert Christian director of economic and fixed income research at Provident National Bank If you were to buy or hire each item every day it is mentioned in the popular carol you'd spend a total of $6774574 down 14 percent from last ¥ them longer to reach a conclusion” said Air Force Lt Col Ron Rand a Pentagon spokesman “When you do that the national interest is served” Still the blackout isn’t sitting well with some frustrated NASA workers who see no harm in providing simple mission details to the public such as daily reports about how well Atlantis — which will fly with more than 200 major safety changes — is performing in space envi“Those of us brought up in the open-doronment are having to unlearn things we do on a daily basis” said one official who insisted on not being identified out fear of angering the Pentagon As things stand now NASA will provide only brief commentary during Atlantis’ Dec liftoff A brief statement also will be made shortly after it See SHUTTLE on 2A specting payloads in space it’s hard for me to think of a good reason to shroud Atlantis in the secrecy they have” said Paul Stares a space analyst at the Brookings Institution in Washington measures surrounding Atlantis’ h The mission aren’t new The Pentagon used the same policy to govern two military shuttle flights in 1985 leaving NASA officials mute and pulling the plug on the agency’s norcommunication mally open broadcasts Military officials say however that the extreme security measures are necessary to make the Soviet sleuthing job as tough as possible and to keep their experts guessing as long as possible “If you don’t tell them anything then it takes Swans-a-swimmi- PHILADELPHIA fAP) — Buying your true love the gifts m the “Twelve Days of Christmas” will cost you more than a song but less than last year The 12th day would cost $1378563 down 06 “If you realize the Soviets have the means of in- CAPE CANAVERAL Ha — When the space shuttle Atlantis bolts skyward next week on its Pentagon mission the details will be so guarded that the astronauts’ families won’t know when to expect them home for dinner That isn’t all The shuttle's communication signals will be scrambled in code Launch workers will work under security clearances gained through FBI checks Even the crew’s lunch menus will be kept under wraps It’s all a matter of national security the Defense Department insists because strapped in Atlantis’ cargo bay is a sophisticated spy satellite There’s only one catch — the Soviets probably know a good deal about the payload already and what they don't they likely will find out soon item: $7000 per day for seven of them or $42000 for the six days they’re named in the a real deal cians will present Christmas concerts on the square and Christmas videos will be shown in the square’s visitor centers The lighting is the first of several holiday events planned at the site this year More than 75 choirs and other groups of musi- - Atlantis shrouded in questionable hush - Vol Associated Press Lights cameras Christmas! This is the fourth year Christian has compiled his CPI or Christmas Price Index He consults zoos importers and the entertainment industry for figures Here are the 1988 prices: A partridge in a pear tree $3995 down $5 Two turtle doves $50 unchanged Three French hens $15 unchanged Four calling birds $280 unchanged ' Five gold rings $625 down $125 Six $150 unchanged Seven 57000 ungcese-a-Iaym- g swans-a-swimmi- changed g Eight changed Nine ladies dancing changed maids-a-milkin- Ten $2680 a day un- $1800 a day un- $2000 a day up $220 Eleven pipers piping $86346 a day up $2126 Twelve drummers drumming $93542 a day up $2282 lords-a-leapi- ¥ hush-hus- space-to-grou- or 1 sweat the rusty manacle burns By STAN GROSSFELD Boston Globe his skin After 1000 days chained in a windowless room Terry Anderson hit the wall Literally He started pounding his forehead against the plaster until blood spurted out and ran down the pale yellow walls of his padlocked cell His celhnate French hostage Marcel Fontaine tried to stop him Fontaine hugged him telling him he had a family that loved him This had worked in the past when Anderson got upset But this time the former Marine was too angry too strong and would not stop More blood flowed Finally Fontaine called the guards They subdued Anderson but did not treat his wound The ( Terry Anderson Today is Day No 1352 of captivity for Terry Anderson the Middle East bureau chief for the Hs has Associated Press He has been held longer than any of the 14 foreign hostages in been taped Lebanon Nine of the 14 are American This is a portrait of transported Anderson’s life in captivity in a sealed drawn from interviews with three coffin Americans and one Frenchman blood dried on the wall of the who shared his ordeal but have cell they shared since been freed and his sister with cockroaches Anderson Peggy Say who has been to Dadidn’t see it he is blindfolded mascus and the White House and logged tens of thousands of whenever the guards are around He is told that if he so much as miles fighting for his release peeks at his captors’ faces he will be executed The morning of March 16 There is a chain shackling his 1985 was sunny and crisp in left ankle After three years of HOSTAGE on 2A up lika a mummy and 10-b- y- 10-fo- ot Bei-S- 5 0 ee |