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Show Ut ah SUNDAY, November 10, 1996 Che Salt Lake Tribune SECTION( OBITUARIES Page C-10 Martin Luther King Board Says State Needs to Back Panel BY SHAWN FOSTER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE But A dams, director of Utah's Martin Luther Kin g Commission, also knew that when she came back home she would It was toughfor Sandra Adamstointroduce Coretta Scott King at thefirst meeting of state Martin Luther King commis Bions in Atlanta As the widow of the slain civil-rights leader spoke, Adams kept thinking of all the things Utah's commission could be doing. Teaching racial harmony in the haveto face the reality of 4 state govern. ment that does not want the commission It was pretty ironic standing there with Coretta Seott King when the Martin Luther King commission in Utahis haying such problems,’ Adams said Thetroubleis stateofficials would prefer a quiet and tame organization that Schools, helping people understand how te resolve disputes peacefully, doing More than just celebrating King goes along and gets along, members of the commission say ‘They're saying, We want 4 commis on the federal and state holida state cele! brate the holida But don't get bigger than you already are, helpsthe keep your vision focused on the holiday and know your place said Michael 1s, an Ogdenattorney who serves as jon chairman About two months ago, Joe Jenkins, director of the state Department of Coun munity and Economie Development whieh oversees the commission told the 15-member body that the state wants a different kind of organization The Utah State Martin Luther King Jr Human Rights Comm mn, created in sion thal keeps a fairly low profile and 1991 by former Gov Norm Bangerter's all people asion believes tha pon nship sen! wrong ime My husband and travel a Jot executive order should heeo me an inde pendent, nonprofit group wilh no ties to government, Jenkins said —and ng #F¢ 25,000 budget Jenkin out of town Thursday and Friday, several attempts to reach him were unsuccessful A predominantly white state like Utah, Adams said, needs 4 strong Martin Lu ther King commission, a8 much or even more than sts with larger African always American population African Americans do not own Martin Luther King,’ Adan id Martin Lu If we were independen ible we would be forgotten ther King was a humanitarian He served validation of Goy. Mike Leavill, and he knows it County prosecutor had been his friend for 40 years So why did he move so late to help his friend and might quicker action have helped Burns beat Demo 1 guess we'll never know,” said Leavitt “My in tention was to help Scott's campaign Kyer thought an endorsement like the one | made w Rampton, Leavitt would not crow The Rampton comparisons are gratifying, he al lowed. "My goal would be to be respected in the same way hele when there's 20 years’ perspective on my service etre leaving on 4 post-election break, Leavitt talked about what his next four years will belike and ed some of thecriticisms lobbed his way dur ing th ction That he is risk-ave and that he extended precious little of his political rismato help other Kepublican Leavitt did appear at events for leg dates, contributed to some campal, cash and cha lative candi and appeared in @ television ad for attorney-ger val candidate Seott Burns just before the election Bul con sinan-cleet Chris Cannon purportedly askedfor ai d was denieda Leavitt tel jon-ad en dorsemer and it stung The morning after his dra malic defeat of incumbent Democrat Bill Orton, Can hon specifically thanked every Republican in the eongr onal delegation. He never mentioned Lea seman Merrill Cook likewise wanted it but says he was not turned down the governor people just never got back to him ew congre Cook, however wi grateful for the and moral support he received since against Leavitt 4s earlier endor ment nad run he an independent just four year Audit Turns Up Cash Transfer cratic Atty Gen. Jan Graham? | he of most help at the end of his race How Leavitt acquired such a golden touch is an other matter of debate. He clearly connects with Utah's conservative majority but has fans beyond ney ets in Crimes unt been charged Keached by telephone day. the trea urer said} nothing aboul criminal | | | wore black In mem ory of our brothers who neverre turned from Vietnam étinos from the Southwes' Latinos blacks fromfrom the thSouth and LNWNorth eR, FINE FELINE Saturday making the Judge Patty Jacobberger sf rounds at the annual Purebred and Hous: old Pet Ca Id Pot Cat Showat the State Fairpark § 366 story on Page C-2 A color quard presents the American flag during the Utah Inter tribal Veterans Association \owwow Saturday in Salt Lake City units and died in ; flee INDIAN, Page C-4 Whars open, whats not stir it Van C4 { | | iathi ft into from al i sf t fed 4 J aceordis the audit report, th said he thought it } ' en's mone He said he could nut unde See TREASURER, age C4 Teamsters’ Hoffa Rallies S.L. Troops Son of Missing Union Boss Now 1s Campaigning to Take Control members will receive theiris electionVein ta HR tee : Hoffa, son of the tough f Team week Teamsters Jent who disappeared and is murderedree two decades ’ ag HY TED CULWICK from color fought in most of the disproportionate numbers in the jungles of Vietnam Yor many, coming home was — yan Milles The Balt Lake Tribune wot to nis (Questions the treaaur plis lion of the t f eet ed the Weaburer wae not tein truthful with ws On Aug we notified the county district alto ney that there may have been diversion of public fund J across the country and poor of « combat infantry the in | with tassel, Indiar Salt Lake Tribune Hef Indian y American he mit pay the money, the report sa lor Aug | sa or green camouflage army uni forms marched and fired M-16 ery n Mi first about this he sa I don't think Amer we were defending our pec lies,’ said association commander Clifton Oppenhein, a Western Shoshone veteran of the Vietnam War “It just so happens that our are right in the mid ger nation sang ietor tale Fairpark east, h week later the man | ed hank receipt howing he had paid the money into th al It is generally the poli ) massacred Indian villages in the 1400s On aturday Indian veterans marched again under the Stars and Stripe at the Utah Intertri elerans sociation powwow in Salt Lake Cit the flag is th elerans ay bul the me different patches with the words, Magna | | the Many of the veterans Short from of ferre 496.719 from ums bank account bi checking | Cavalry troop shirts ni int and Mining Muve | | | Ke THIBUNE Indian soldier nam Korea 5 velerane in blue eller to treasurer gr | that BY SHAWS FOSTER for many the | American Indian Veterans Remember Brothers in Arms World War I under the accordin Frida hort Doug The See LEAVITT, Page C-6 that led ( will lea! ainal the Auditor pate where problems could be and take care of the problems in advance and work cooperatively to do it When that happens, the governor added, things get done without acrimony But in polities, “you measure the size of the accomplishment by the pize of the dust cloud, and that’s just not nee Hk American fought in ered | you plan and think through the process and antici | heard some grumblings of others. Cook said Hut we think Mike Leavitt was particularly decent Magna charge “rer | with transportation problems and the freeway me that awaits Interstate 15 commuters in Salt Lake County during the next few years, they did not blame anyone for it, ineluding Leavitt ver one to bristle, Leavitt nonethele doesn't care muchfor the contention that he lack boldne: J have spent a lifetime dealing with the subject of risk,” said the former insurance executive “And | learned along timeagothat the best way to manage The way you reduce risk is funds opment | shied away from tough decisions that make people mad. Gradiey lamented that while voters were upset to reduce it BY CONNIE COYNE | the Kepublican fold, as the election results at He modestly offers that he owes much to the lates booming economy and beyond that, | work hard and try to do theright thing Crities contend he well-liked because he has tisk Je C-4 Charges given that my status had previously been that of an opponent As for Burns, Leavitt statedin the ad that the Iron wide race, — including proudly Democratic Carbon, and win ning with a margin thal surpassed the popular Cal po aid De Treasurer To Face bul evenafter racking upthelargest winning per bentage any Utah candidate has receivedinasta trouncing Jim Sradley in all 29 counties ery See BOARD, Wage His Popularity Is Sky High Despite Critics THE SALT LAKE THIBUNE ‘Tuesday's election was moreof a coronationthana in @ position of defending tate,” said commissic rf “Gillespie “We have beautiful trees and mountains and lovel people. It really has such a terrible repu ‘4t0n and this wouldnt Other commissioner hat onprofit Martin Luther min. ton would quickly sink mn LEAVITT-ATING BY LAURIE SULLIVAN MADDOX He fought for everyone AF Teamsters’ fidale reform. . rejuvenated strike fun ion epl into Salt Lake Cit eveived a loud, rousi ghout 1.400 members of | ate the emotional International Union president Jim Hoffa, running on a platform of ; Care as aMpaigning an a town pret ble.age tbe bh dential candidates on Hoffa's internatio The 14 million American and Canadian Teamster | new | elected internals bent Teamster lead nections Afler Utah National Guar Longtime Localend recon Tauren) wensTeamsters rr tl cularen challenge wave i] ref Team ‘ i fi te { presumed to} waging t neu i of Hoffa. Kver 1 Uniot aMur hestog go. the died me ' i ce HOFFA, Page C-6 UTAH QUOTES This is a very sad day for me. It is the nd of my marriage [and] the loss Of 4 father to my daughter Enid Greene, congresswoman from Utah's 2nd Distriet, after ex hushand Joe Waldhollz's sentencing Any black in Woods cigus-looking, | ques Cross is suspi Jim Gillespie, former head of Ogden's NAACP, who says two men near a Woods Cross murder seene were reported as suspicious only heeause they happened to be black I'm sure there are lots the league deris real 1 hope keep winnis of doubters hether I'v in Ty Detmer, winner of the Hei man Trophy while at BYU, co menting on his sucess as quarter back for the F hiladelphia Kagle Hi hett few cb nw it fee hen he feel Merrill Cook, who after @ string of defeats won election to Congre from Utah's 2nd District, on oppo nenthoss Anderson, who had yet to make 4 congratulatory phone call It's contraband, it drug It’s like marijuan i the illega Miteh Ingersoll, Utah Division of Investigations, on why the agency Is seizing mail-order beer and wine be fore they are delivered lo customer |
