Show THURSDAY WORKERS HAIL TO JAZZ SUFFER STAGE SICKOUT THE POOCHES BIG SETBACK Up to 200 Utah Power Progeny of the Nixon family pet Checkers lives in West Point Page ID Utah San Antonio now & Light employees call in sick today Page 12A OGDEN UTAH tied for first place in Midwest Page 1 B SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1BE3 50 CENTS oviets limit gas oil supplies to Lithuania MOSCOW (A P) — The Kremlin sharply curtailed supplies of natural gas to Lithuania today hours after it halted the flow of crude oil to the republic for refusing to scrap laws promoting independence Lithuanian officials said Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said Moscow's economic embargo was tantamount to it recognizing his Baltic repub- - HAMMER: Pntianrrop'St dicts freedom for LcouaoA pre- 7C lie's independence A Soviet energy official however said the Lithuanians got what they deserved for defy ing President Mikhail S Gorbachev who on Friday threatened to cut off supplies unless they rescinded ted law their lndependencr-one- n A Lithuanian government spokesman appealed over Vilnius Radio today for fuel conservation "and maybe e will not be intimidated by these sanctions" The flow of natural gas as shut off in three pipelines — two from Latvia and one from Minsk in Byelorussia — reducing supplies to Lithuania by more than SO percent according to officials of Lithuania's parliament the Supreme CounciL A fourth pipeline from Sloaim in Byelorussia that supplies Lithuania continued to provide 35 million cubic meters of gas to the republic guaranteeing "a normal supply of gas for residents and communal domestic use in the Lithuanian of the gas it needs per day Lithuania uses an average of 18 million cubic meters daily for industrial and domestic use Lithuanian officials estimate the republic has enough oil to Last su weeks to three months Byelorussian gas concern's telegram as saying That leaves Lithuania with on Lithuania is entirely dependent on Moscow for oil and gas and the embargo as the toughest ac SSR” parliamentary officials quoted the Sandinistas Contras agree to ly 16 percent cease-fir- e rebels and the agreement signed a cease-fir-e early today that calls on the Contras to begin laying down their arms next week and to dis- midnight today The accords appeared to end a tense standoff among the Sandinista government Chamorro’s UN demobilization troops and Contra rebels look over mortars to be destroyed incoming administration and the Contras that had threatened to derail the transfer of power in lengthy negotiations including session that ended this morning The talks began on Tuesday all-nig- ht Nicaragua signing came after The agreement say's the rebel forces should begin disarming on Wednesday the day the Cha- mono government is inaugural- - ed Demobilization MEDICAL: Legislators hear 2C r of the Contra forces is to be completed by June 10 at the latest The leftist Sandinistas had details on medical waste posit law for the state Roger Gillespie of Utah Reeling of Salt Lake City said he’s even against curbside separation of garbage because it might lend to flood the recycling market and make recycling less profitable Mark Woodward of Pepsi Cola said deposit laws on beverage containers are not reasonable and would not have much impact on the percentage of waste "Containers account for less than 2 percent of the solid waste in landfills" he said He said a better solution is source reduction such as lighter-weigcor tamers Jim Olsen spokesman for the ht Utah Retail Grocers Association and the Utah Association of Convenience Stores protested a mandated deposit law saying it would burden grocers and create health hazards "The filthy containers would have to be stored next to food products" he said Only Sierra Club spokesman Eastern unions hail trustee appointment in bankruptcy NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after Eastern Airlines striking unions demanded the ouster of boss Frank Lorenzo a federal bankruptcy judge has appointed a special trustee to take over control of the airline But the head of Eastern’s Machinists while welcoming the move said today the action would not mean a quick end to strike his union's year-ol- d "It will not happen immediately" Eastern Machinists president Charles Bryan told a news conference in Miami "Obviously we have no interest in going back and sacrificing working very hard and bringing it out of bankruptcy only to still have Frank Lorenzo own alJ the common stock" suit w x' '- demanded that the Contras dis-a- n arm before they handed power to the new civilian government See CONTRA on 2A Sam agreed saying the Air Force had made a “discretionary decision to delegate safely responsibilities" and thus was immune from the suit The government contends that under Utah law workers’ Ray Wilmot spoke in favor of the law proposed Wednesday’s Health Committee meeting during Interim "The laws work in reducing Li- ter They have a proven track record in nine states" said Wilmot He said deposit laws also encourage other forms of recycling See RECYCLE on 2A com- pensation benefits are the only remedy in the case Rothenberger Jeffery Ellis Richard GoodseU Michael Smith and Del Loosli were puifirg a core mold from an MX motor w hen a static electric spark or friction heat from grit ignited the 100000 pounds of solid propellant All were killed at the See SUfT on 2A first-stag- e Hiker keeps cool after Frank Lorenzo With Unions sought hit ouster Eastern n Thi-ck- cl Recycling strategies include mandatory bottle deposit law By PAT BEAN Ministry n step-childre- ern half of the country at Soft drink grocery and recycling spokesmen told legislators Wednesday they are against a proposed mandatory bottle de- - Foreign fJ r3 rt SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful-death suit brought against the Air Force by the family of one of five Thiokol Corp workers killed in a 1987 MX missile motor fire A similar suit by the families of three workers remains set for trial in February 1991 US Distort Judge Das id Sam in dismissing the suit by the widow and three of Lawrence Rothenberger said Wednesday the federal government is immune under the law The Air Force has a Kan! Representative Office to oversee all government contract work at Tbickol’s rocket plant west of Brigham City where the missile motor burned Dec 29 1987 Rothenberger’s family claimed the Air Force was negligent in its supervision The family sought unspecified general and punitive damages Sally Rider a government lawyer in Washington DC said she argued that the Air Force was not liable for the deaths because it gave safety responsibility to as an independent contractor Cha-'znor- ro it Soviet spokesman Vadim Perfliev said today that Moscow "might have some other restrictions" impose on Lithuania but he refused to elaborate Si0sr3ka-iri- band by June 10 which began at The cease-fir- e noon today will be verified by UN forces and Nicaraguan Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo The document was signed by Nicaragua’s minister of defense Gen Humberto Ortega rebel commanders Oscar Sovalbarro and Aquilino Ruiz Robleto and representatives of Presidentelect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro “With this accord we conclude the peace process started with the elections" said Antonio Lacayo chief of the transition team The Yatama Miskito Indian group fighting alongside the Contras on the Atlantic coast reached a separate but similar disarmament agreement that esin the easttablishes a cease-fir- e SALT LAKE CITY — Everybody agrees that recycling is a good thing — until you start talking about ways to implement 1 dropped by judge US-back- ed SlandatO-Enamifie- -c MX MANAGUA Nicaragua (AP) — The Sandinista government The tion Gorbachev has taken in his effort to force the rcp-hof 38 million people to rescind its March 1 declaration of independence B i 100-fo- legs broken teen directs first aid VARY ANN LEMON Sia'fOa'S-EwmnB- f Du Bj’eau LAYTON — Kim Hash hiked up Adams Canyon with a group of friends and was enjoying the Airlines’ leader lor months view from a waterfall when she Judge Burton R Lifiand late Wednesday granted the request of Eastern's unsecured creditors who sought a trustee because of frustration over the earner's mounting losses and us plans to cut pay ments to creditors sharply- "The flying public's interest See EASTERN on 2A Fell put Chris Mansfield in McKay-De- e Hospital fall ot heard a rock fall then a rash of smaller rocks skittering off the cliff face above When she looked up she saw her friend Gins Mansfield falling backward off the face She beard other friends screaming below then the sound of Chris hmmg the canyon bottom more than 100 feet below She thought he’d been killed and she started I j panic "It was awful I didn't know what to do All I could do was scream" she said The group of teenagers rushed down to help Chris findirg him partally immersed in a shallow pool the water ringed with blood He'd started to haul himself out onto a log and the group pulled him onto dry ground He'd broken both legs a hip and 'a shoulder and she bones of his right ehn had torn through the skin Despite his pain the I "tv La yton boy kept bs head after ihe Friday auidert friends sad ard in J'’ e ’ A command of the situs’ medical help armed t rv later Chris told the grop sc wrp him in warm dry clothes his legs wrap hs fie’ and apply pressure to staurch tie ear-ol- d 1 'r rJ - ce-vat- e bleedmg “He was really pale hut he was telling everyone what to do He was in total control " said Kristina Treasure of Layton From his hospital bed on Wednesdays Chris na'an-a smile and said he figured re had to stay calm “I knew they would freak out if I started screaming It vav two boys and 15 girls so I knew I rad to keep a cool ! ead Then Set FALL on 2A J |