Show w prinnrwf rr" ryrrrTTyrr ywnnr i SATURDAY OVEMBERJJ 811989 TODAY: Fair to partly cloudy TOMORROW: mid-50- s in Highs Page 2A SHOWDOWN IN PROVO EVERY WEEK’S FAMILY WEEK The time for talk is over as BYU and Utah clash today Page IB For LDS members it’s common for kin to get together Church EkMMRB-EXAMINE- R OGDEN SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1888 UTAH that hikes pay emit® ©midloirses trade-oft- f WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate endorsed a congressional pay raise of more than $30000 late Friday after leaders argued that ethics reforms in the bill would more than offset the political cost of increasing their own salaries 4 the Senate By a vote of killed a move by Sen Jesse Helms to strip the pay raise provisions from the bill as it headed toward a final vote That vote followed rejection of Helms’ request to delay action until February and a 90-- 9 deci 65-3- R-N- C sion to choke off any attempt by opponents to debate it to death as Congress rushes to adjourn for the year As debate continued into early evening House members who approved the bill a day earlier stopped by to check on the Senate’s progress If approved Helms’ amendment would have forced an election-year vote on whether congressional pay should soar from the current $89500 to at least $ 20800 and probably closer to $ 25000 under the measure 1 1 50 CENTS mands it" said Majority Leader in George Mitchell urging the Senate to follow the House lead with quick action before Congress adjourns next approved by the House one day earlier “We are not going to be any braver Feb than we are today" said Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas arguing for the Senate to decide the issue now “If the voters in our states look at what we do if we work hard have a complete disclosure of our assets our speaking fees then they can make the final judgment" he said “The need for Congress to come to grips with the ethics issue is evident Public opinion de ne 1 week Helms said he would try to strip the pay increases out of the bill before it was “rammed through" The public won’t accept the argument that ethics can be reformed only if members get more pay he said “Mr Joe Lunchbucket is going to stand there and thumb his nose at any congressman who says that" he said Even as they were announcing their intentions on Friday afternoon to follow the House example1 Senate leaders were still drafting their version of the legislation With President Bush’s support 4 on the House voted Thursday to raise its pay and that of other top government officials for the first time since early 1987 Their pay would increase at least 35 percent in less than 14 civil sermonths If ad vants receive a 252-17- rank-and-fi- le cost-of-livi- justment for fiscal 1991 as they usually do that would be added and the total raise would be more like 40 percent With the higher pay lawmakers would be barred beginning in 1991 from earning extra income by making speeches before inter- est groups Other outside earned income generally would be limited to 15 percent of their salaries and public disclosure would be increased The Senate leaders planned to amend the ethics oortion of the See PAY on 2A University status for Weber stirs more controversy By PAT BEAN Standard Examiner - Robert PopeStandard Examiner Dismal Dart Travis Edgar a senior at Davis High School contemplates the Darts’ 26-1- 4 loss to Kearns in the State championship football game The game was played Fri 4-- A day night at the University of Utah The Darts had taken a lead into the fourth quarter but saw it slip away See Page IB Premier proposes economic reform WEST BERLIN (AP) — The new East German premier said Friday his country is open to pri- vate enterprise and foreign investment to meet the needs of frustrated consumers but warned of hard economic times ahead In his first speech to the East German parliament as head of the government Hans Modrow recommended greater cooperation with economically powerful West Germany while rejecting reunification The official news agency ADN released a letter from President Bush telling the new leadership the United States is interested in closer relations By Friday night about 12 million East Germans had entered all of West Germany including West Berlin presaging a second wild weekend of shopping and sightseeing since East Germany opened its borders Nov 9 - Although East Germany’s economy inspires envy in the Soviet bloc Communist Party chief Egon Krenz and his new leader lays" Modrow also revealed his proposed Cabinet at the beginning of a two-da- y session of Parliament Elecn of the 28 places were given to members More than 200000 East Germans nearly percent of the population have moved to West Germany the past several months IV2 ship have made clear that debts and a dwindling labor force will prevent it from catching the West anytime soon More than 200000 East Germans nearly Vi percent of the population have moved to West 1 Germany the past several months Most are young skilled workers vital to the country’s industry Modrow sketched a blueprint for economic recovery that mixes a few principles into the state plan for the nation of 165 million He said talk of reunification was “dangerous and unrealistic" and instead directed attention toward a course of reform similar to that set for the Soviet Union by President Mikhail S Gorbachev free-mark- et Gorbachev’s model aims at social renewal through democratic freedoms of speech assembly and the press and at allowing workers to produce goods or provide services privately in their free time East German economists have d rejected the more reforms embraced by Poland and Hungary whose economies are in far worse condition Predicting hard times ahead Modrow said continued budget deficits will be necessary and the government must bring prices into line with production costs which will be hard on the nation’s disproportionate number of pensioners He blamed the current deficits on “squandering of state money and excessive administrative out market-oriente- of four small political groups al- lied with the party The cabinet forced out Nov 7 had only four mem- bers from the allied parties which were formed to create a semblance of open government and have become more independent since the movement began East Germany is “open for proposals on joint ventures investment transfer of profits and environmental pilot projects” Modrow said all of which address concerns of Western business leaders interested in the East German market He said the government “sees as its most urgent responsibility the stabilization of the econo- my" Talking with journalists after See GERMANY on 2A EPHRAIM - Members of the state Board of Regents said Friday they found a letter from a Davis County lawmaker about university status for Weber State College to be offensive and called on board members to “ignore the threats from the Hill" The board as one move to calm the storm of controversy qver Weber State also passed a motion directing the presidents and staffs of all colleges and universities “to avoid engaging in any activities that would further emotionalize this issue and do damage to the Utah System of Higher Education” The letter the regents objected to was dated Nov 8 and addressed to board chairman Douglas Foxley from Sen Haven In it Barlow Barlow suggested regents not make a recommendation on the issue “We would appreciate having you prepare for us a pro and con analysis of this matter without the Board of Regents having to take a formal position" wrote Barlow who chairs the Legislature’s public education appropriations subcommittee “We ask that this report include recommendations from consultants outside the state of Utah who are familiar with this problem" he said “We would like to have this analysis and recommendation as soon as possible" NEWBURGH NY (AP) — Megan Lambert wanted to go to her school Friday even though it was closed and she had nightmares about the cafeteria wall that was toppled by a tornado and killed seven of her schoolmates “Something like this happens your mind can never get off it" who escaped said the injury in Thursday’s storm at East Coldenham Elementary School Anne Crowley will attend service Sunday 7 pm “Some of my friends are dead and some more may get dead" Megan said More than 100 first- - second-an- d were eating when ot a tornado slammed into the wall killing concrete-and-glaseven children and injuring 18 third-grade- rs 30-fo- ss others Thirteen remained hospi- talized Friday three in critical con- dition The National Weather Service had posted a tornado watch for large parts of the East Coast from Maryland to New England includ- ing the Newburgh area and metro- - politan New York as storms along a rapidly moving cold front caused tornadoes high winds and heavy rain from the Southeast to New England toll from the The two-da- y storms was at least 29 dead and hundreds injured including 17 dead and 1000 homeless in Huntsville Ala which was struck by a large twister Wednesday evening President Bush issued a disaster declaration Friday for Huntsville making the city eligible for federal relief programs said Gov Guy Hunt’s press secretary Terry Ab- bott Hunt said he believed damage exceeded $100 million Another tornado Thursday knocked over trees and ripped roofs off houses in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle the National Weather Service confirmed And a tornado ripped the roof off an office building in King of Prussia Pa outside Philadelphia Storms also caused flooding in Washington D C blew windows ALEKSINAC Yugoslavia (AP) A gas explosion and fire in a coal mine Friday trapped workers underground nearly a half-mil- e and about 90 miners were feared dead the Tanjug news agency reported It said 73 miners had es- — caped unharmed A methane gas explosion and fire erupted at noon at the Rudnici mine 120 miles south of Belgrade as equipment was being welded in a shaft about 2300 feet underground mine director Branislav Mandusic told Tanjug The state news agency quoted him as saying flames blocked the mine's main access shaft and it was believed the miners perished because of poisonous fumes Alek-sinac- ki out of skyscrapers in Philadelphia destroyed a house in Piscataway NJ and blew the roof off a shopping mall in Quebec At Newburgh National Weather Service meteorologist Roland Lof-fred-o said wind blew about 100 mph near the school during Thursday's storm but the strongest wind was at a higher altitude and the school did not bear the full brunt of the storm "It was very fortunate actually in spite of the tragedy it could have been worse" said Loffredo ) 4 - xx i r j - - i - 1 approve idea of Weber U By CHARLES TRENTELMAN Standard Examiner SALT LAKE CITY — The state Board of Regents may be unsure and the Legislature has yet to be asked but student representatives from the state's colleges and universities apparently have no problem with the notion of a “Weber State University” The Utah Intercollegiate Assembly which met Friday at the State Capitol voted unanimously to support the change And yes the students from Utah State University and the University of Utah voted for it too The Assembly is an annual exercise in which students from all Utah colleges See STUDENTS on 2A prior to the 1990 session Calling the issue a “hot potato" Regent Ian Cumming said the “university issue is sadly going to end up a difficult decision See WSU on 2A 90 miners feared dead in Yugoslavian disaster Young survivors of school tornado live with nightmare First-grad- er State students 7 x j White smoke rising from the isiblc from a distance of at least one mile late Friday and police kept relatives and reporters well away from the pit which is one mile outside the mine was town of AIcksinac Rescue teams including special units from other mines in the region were trying to extinguish the fire and reach the site of the disaster Tanjug reported Mandusic said all of the miners were equipped with oxygen tanks but “in the exceptionally grave circumstances these could not be used" He did not elaborate Mandusic said 73 miners left the pit safelv but they worked in See MINE on 2A |