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Show ROLLY & WELLS: CLINTON WANTS UTAHN FORBLMBOSS/ B-1 — CheSa tLake Cribune Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 s READERSHIP 328,500 WEDNESDAY/FEBRUARY19, 1997 http://www.sltrib.com SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84 Study Says Heart Doctors A-MAIZE-ING FINDS Did Ancient Asia Order Up Some Save wae Lives Than Diets American Takeout? BYBILL DIETRICH THE SEATTL BY BRENDA C. COLEMAN TIMES HE ASS( TTLE — Move over, Columbus Back in line, Leif Ericson. The Asians or Polynesians boated here first. CHICAGO — Deaths from heart dis- ease in the United States aredeclining That at least was the consensus of a panel of geographers, linguists and arweekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancementof Science. The idea that Native Americans and heart-disease deaths t Asians traded technology and crops across the Pacific by sea for centuries or millennia before Europeans arrived is have never had heart problems taking suchsteps as quitting smok ind stay- mostly because of better drugs and oth er treatment — not because people een 1980 and of the improvement came averting further problems in people whohave heart disease and from But scientists are digging out a growing f clues to give it added cre- Michel Spingler/The Associated Press ALLY TO ALLY NATOboss Javier Solana welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Belgium. See story on A-6. StephenJett, an anthropologist at the sityity of of CaCalifornia,a, Davis, Davis, pointed pointed t at I{ cal literature health surv Only 25 percent of the decline in 1990 canbeattributed to pex.le who not new t are wardingoff trouble by leading healthi er lives, a study suggests least 60,000 years ago and that some Pa- cific islands were colonized by boat as much as 32,000 years ago. That suggests niden apioct Philip Li cal College in Chic ider s the pre! Grong 1 tookasp sod adapuece Th HesTs ; ee Association ee ofthe American Medical About 400,000 people die | | ch year from heart diseasein the Unite States accounting for a third of all deaths. Heart-disease deaths decreased3.4 per- rafts, canoes, outriggers and finally junks could have carried cross-Pacifictravelers Cee ee : saidRodrig ; at the University of Haw the JAMAstu for a long time Carl Johanssen. a University of Oreg: geographer, made his investigation looking for signs of America in Asia, not vice versa — and came up with quite a For Utah’s Farmersin 96 list American Cornin India: In India, he said. samples of maize, or corn —a plant native to the Americas — have been found in temples dating back to thesixth century So has sunflower. And evidence of W hile Prices Were Fallir maize, sunflowers, peanuts, pumpkins and yams before Columbus can be found @) in China, he said. For example, mai: seerit cited in a Chinese medical encyclopedia from 8 Similarly, cotton may have come from to Peru as early as 2500 B.( 2., the pher said es Ritchie Key, a linguist at the Uni versity of ( torte Irvine, pointed to similarities =e E Dry Weather Baked Crop ind > a ial BY LISA CARRICABURL nlanguageusein Aus tralia and taone ca ind in South Ameri- And Paul Shao an architect at lowa State University, cited numerous exam. of similarities between Chinese art rehitecture and that found in Mexi feakan & aval amongrecently discovered Chinese coastal cultures could ve pushed small groups of settlers across the Pacific about thetimethe( mec and Mayan civilizations began America. tie Agsectaled Pree The documentation is decadesold, butit's all in order, so Dougal Thomson has his long-awaited "Eagle bad As evidence, hesaid sophisticated jade At 80,page Scout Is a Rare Bird ing appeared almost instantly in Ol- mecculture and that American and Asian art show many similar characteristics was ‘Only One Conclusion’: “Since there noart or architectural style that ex- 'H, Minn. — President Franklin sevelt should have signed Dougal isted in the New Worldprior to the Olmec, the so-called Mother Culture of 1200-300 B.C.,” and Shao wrote, Eagle Scout certificate in “its sudden full-grown appearance canpoint to bf thought I was too old to be an Eagle. Then I got to be 80, andI figured out I wasn't.”? Instead, President Clinton's signature appears on it only one conclusion: There were cultural contacts with and cultural adaptations fromthe Asian Pacific Rim cultures That is bec get around Meanwhile, another groupofscientists last sun took steps toward solving another mys tery Whyandhow didthe civilization of use the 80-year-old did not to applyin for the honoruntil six decades after fulfilling the requirements for Eagle Scout Thomsonwas recognizedformally with ic Northwest Indians becomeso so: the er Eagle Scout medal in a ceremo ny Feb. 8. Thomson was 17 and a member of Du- sticated without agriculture, the hall. k of other settled andcivilizedsociet ies around the world? luth’s Boy Thetraditional answer dating from an. Scout Troop 9 when he com ast of his or Eagle. thropology of the 19th centuryis that an: nual returns of salmonandsteelhead pro videdthe foodsurplusto allow a complex ilture to develop. The new answer, sci required merit He stopped short of ap ‘oveted honor when he joined program with an empha hip Bythe time he got involvedin that pro. gram, he figured he had missed his chance. Eagle Scout candidates must earn entists said, is that Northwest Indians farmedafter all, but in previously unrec ognized ways. Geographer Douglas Deur said North west Indians introduced new plants and have evidence of gardens, and may have used more vegetables in their diet than DOUGAL THOMSON 21 required merit badges before their 18th birthday They also must apply for the award withinsix months after turning 18. I guess I thought I was tooold to be an Eagle,” he said Monday. “Then I got to be 80, and I figured out I wasn't Last summer, Thomsonbeganpursuing the recognitionseriously. He had all the documentation. The Boy Scouts’ National Advancement Council: U.S. Loses Millions on Logging Committee approved him for the award Thomson, a retired technical-school teacher, said he wanted to get the Eagle to inspire his grandchildren to continue Scouting, and to join his deceased older BY SCOTT SONNER brother amongthe Eagle ranks previously believed E anthropologist Wayne Sut State University and eth nobotanist Nancy Turner of the Universi tles of Po rth land ty of Victoria pointed to evidence of a low-intensity agriculture, which was a BY DAN HARRIE = middle ground between cultivated fields and simplegathering of wild plants Lawmakers Seek Tax Break ; For Elderly Homeowners : = PAT INDEX ee Anntondes © Headliners Asimov Gul 7 Movies Briefing 42 Obituaries Business 84 Puzzles Classifieds 0-7 Rolly and Wells. Comics C6 Sports Editonals A410 Stor Gazer... For The Record. &2 Television Food C4 Ulan News HLM snow tonight state TRIRCN might be gambling me of the SoLEAE ene state's most valuable lar credit rating, financial experts LAKE TRIBUNE effect As Utah's economy continues to flourish some live in fear of too much of a good thing specially whenit comes to how much their homes are worth, say three lawmakers who want to protect retirees from ever-escalating property taxes Reps. Lamont Tyler, David Jones and Gene Davis want an amendment to the WEATHER: Partly cloudy, with rain and CARE HE GALT. For every effect, there is a side a2 cs Led oe 8-4 O41 0-40 co o4 RAL Constitution that would provide Details: C-8 —its stel say Millions in taxpayer dollars would beat risk if Utah’s AAA bondrating was downgraded A drop to an AA rating, for instance, would mean a 0.1 percent higher interest payment on a seven year bond. With plans for $720 million in bonding during the next nine years, that could translate to nearly $7 million overthe life of the project in extra interest | See AMENDMENTS, Page A-5 ews aw e See ee eed oom —— Inthe pushto spend $2.6billionon ; highways without raising taxes, Re- Brigham Young University and hea publican leaders of the Legislature of the state's Tax Review Commis If I'm a bond agent, I'd be real nervous about this game,” said ( Cornia, a public-finance psofessor at sion The GOP le that zope e Wh ¢ avery! ncies,”’ ( Rating age are intere in dedicated revenue sources, not in » promises € Trea ts the GOP plan not by itself lead t he state's coveted Nob h é pe Ir er € i cost nerally, U.S. F dizes timber extraction t th nd White House es But he ac about putting h ce ec receipt 8. $59, eport, fed th to pay off mm) emnd tow rey t Va non See HIGHWAY PLAN, Page A-8 f t i ed | nulate nd See LOGGING, Paye A-5 |