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Show A victory in Texas | USU falls in Logan | Weber edges SUU 33-32 nai Ags miss upset chance PAGE C-1 U. beats up on TCU PAGE C-1 iter PAGE C-5 heSalt LakeDribune Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 ~ Volume 254 Number 152 TODAY'S READERSHIP: 413,400 SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14, 1997 hitp://www.sltrib.com 143 South MainStreet(801/237-2800 © SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 © 1997, The Salt Lake Tribune The Climate Controversy Meeting to Address Emissions, But Will euGet Done? @Stom threatens California AS Up in walrus country, unhappy Eskimo hunters say the frozen sea is breaking up early these days. An ocean away, in the balmy mid-Pacific, islanders report the tides are suddenly stealing awaychunks of pre- cious land. Things are going wrong out at the edge of the world, and people there blame global warming. But back in the Kyoto, Japan, in December to sign the unprecedented new commitments After eons of talking about the weather, humankind may finally be ready to do something about it. But as the weeks tick down and the debate heats up, the outcomelooksless andless cer- tain. The planetary debate pits rich countries against poor, is- lands against continents, oi! producers against conserva- tionists. It means many things to world’s capitals, where 1997 is the year for action on climate ae things are going slow- manypeople. American negotiator Tim Wirth calls climate changethe top “environmental challenge” of our time. But Behind diplomacy’s closed doors, negotiators are drafting a treaty to control carbon diox- treaty negotiations as the century’s most important ‘‘eco- U.S. industrialists describe the Painted Land, Colorful People ide and other “greenhouse” nomic decision.” The emissions, gases many scientists say are warming the plan- A year ago this Thursday, President Clinton stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon and declared a sizable chunkof southern Utah a national monument. Althoughrelatively few Utahnsinhabit the environs and not many more have evervisited the ruggedly beautiful region, the controversy surrounding the creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuthentwasas instantas it was heated. Butthe 1.7 million-acre reserve is whatit i reporters Brent Israelsen and Brandon Griggs and photographer Al Hartmannspent a week eachcrisscrossing land, surrounded by the vast silence one day and townsfoik the next, and give readersa five-page look at this painted land and colorful people. It's all in this week’s... COMBINED NEWS SERVICES through Utah's political establishment. Was this some kind of joke? A big misun- derstanding maybe? A newspapererror? Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and thestate's congressional delegation scrambled to learn more. They did not like what they found: President Clinton was about to declare 1.7 million acres of southern Utah as a national monument, On Sept. 18, a casually dressed Clinton, aiong with Robert Redford and Vice President Al Gore, stood on the South Rimof the INSIDE A few clouds; highs in 80s, 90s. WEATHER,PageB-8 Economicclevelopment efforta of UTAH,Page B-1 “One of the greatest abuses of executive powerin [U.S.] history,” snapped Leavitt “A monumental blunder,” said a nervous Democratic Rep. Bill Orton. “Grand Staircase-what?” asked the average person. Feeling blindsided by a major public-lands life- Utah WildernessAlliance, fears the BLM will devise a plan that is too discretionary, with no onize her quickly management planning has failed,’ The question See GRAND STAIRCASE, Page A-16 loner whose deadly standoff at Ruby Ridge with federal agents sullied the reputation of the FBI and made Weaver a near-deity to the selfstyled ‘‘patriot” movement, But outside of Johnny Bangerter's makeshift stronghold AAD SurGur 20 WoldNew in La Verkin there are no FBI, no ATF, no U.S, marshals, no K-9 units. Not a police officer of any stripe anywherein the neighborhood, And that's just the way Sheriff Humphries wants it “Sure, we could go surround the place with SWAT teams and yell for him to come on out with his hands up, but I'm not going to get a deputy or anybody killed over something as minor as a fail, church would try to speed up the process, even for Mother Teresa, al- though he added that shehada “lifeso resplen- dent beforethe eyesof all, that I don’t think it will be too long a proces: But in an institution that viewsthings fromthe perspecSee SAINTS, Page A-11 Listen to the Experts: BY OLIN CHISM What if a window pops out sucking a passengerinto the void? What if the pilot has to make a violent evasive maneuver and snapsoff a wing? What if lightning strikes, sending the planetoa fi ery doom? Such fears can conquer rational thought. Lawrence Leibowitz, an engineer at the Naval Research Weaver, the Idaho AAA Raador advo. J neral procession. week that it was unlikely the SEATTLE — For white-knuckle fliers, the possibilities for disaster arelimitless. LA VERKIN — If Sheriff Glenwood Humphries gets his way, and he almost Humphries The Associated Press A boy waits for Mother Teresa's fu- DALLAS MORNING NEWS always does, this cozy town in southwestern Utah will not become the next Ruby Ridge. Sure, there may be a militant, wellarmed, anti-government white separatist with an outstanding arrest warrant holed up in his home with his family. It’s a plot reminiscent of Randy 43 Movin 11 Obituer the man on matters of doctrine, said last MayBe Groundiess BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A Stanley Steamer and more Ratzinger, Vatican's point Your Fear of Flying He Says He Will Handle Fugitive Without the Feds two-wheeled vehicles are expected at the Concours d'Elegance. ATTITUDE,Page J-8 luctant to shorten Cardinal Joseph seems not whether — but how long Longer than some people may think, or want Saint-making requires an ex haustive investigation of the potential saint’s life and a search for miraculous signs that the candidate truly was Groene ately deceptive in creating the monument, Their efforts failed, The Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monumentstill stands. her time, would like the Roman Catholie Church to can- said. Leavitt, who maintainsClinton was deliber- liticos boycotted Clinton’s Grand Canyon pho- during “bright lines’ for protecting wilderness. “If they don’t protect wilderness then the and a process that Catholic leaders are extremely re- tees of “the Saint of the Gutters,’ as she was called Scott Groene, spokesman for the Southern law publicity. Andit is cation to helping the poor. With her death, many devo- abounds. decision in which they had no input, Utah po- the traditional musical, launches Pioneer Memorial's season this week. A prequalification program is helping womenin need of loans to operate businesses. ties, sa of Calcutta, widely admired for showing selfless andtotal dedi- Today state and federal officials have joined hands to gather public input on how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management should manage the monument. series of public meetings under way on the monument has been extraordinarily congenial, but suspicion to-op, meeting instead to devise waysto challenge the nation’s newest reserve “Sweeney Todd,” a far cry from ___THE ARTS, PageD-1 that mixes theology, science, bureaucracy, poli- was Mother Tere- Ruby Ridge, Utah? Not If Sheriff Can HelpIt Utah’s largest cities are more intenge than meets the eye. fi is a long and arduous process was considered a A Year Later, Grand Staircase-Escalante Issues Simmer ‘The headline on Page 3 of The Washington holy. VATICAN CITY — If ever anyone on Earth ood Post, just more than a year ago, sent tremors the Won’t Come Quickly saint, to manyit Grand Canyon. Invoking his authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act, Clinton proclaimed the new “GrandStaircase-[scalante National Monument.” “The mother of all land grabs,” snorted Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. vs. Teresa’s Sainthood remote, overpowering, stunning. S: alt Lake Tribune SUNDAY MAGAZINE, Section J BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, “President Considers Carving National Monument Out of Utah Land.” environment See EMISSIONS, Page A-11 et. Emissaries are to gather in } Lab in Washington, understands thescienceof flight and knows the Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune White separatist Johnny Bangerter, here with wife Casey at a 1991 rally in Salt Lake, is a wanted man, butthe sheriff refuses to take a hard line safetystatistics. Even so, he was how thefeds handled things arelocal law enforcement officials. manufacturers have developedan ure-to-appear warrant,” says Humphries “The last thing I want is the federal government to come in here and pull another Waco. Johnny hasn't done anything that the feds would be interested in, and even if they were, the local sheriff should be the one to handle it.” If the U.S, Justice Department learned anything from the Weaver tragedy at Ruby Ridgein 1992 and the fiery assault In Idaho's Boundary County, local prosecutors last month chargeed an FBI cans sharehis anxieties, To address such fea ireraft intricate design process to ensure safe passenger planes. Thelatest to comeoff of the designfloor are sharpshooter for killing Weaver's wife, a new models of the Boeing 737 move that upset whichare going through extensive FBI Director Louis Freeh But the hard-line approach used by the Justice Department at Ruby Ridge and aes ies helped fuel the siege mentality on the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas, in 1999, it may bethis: Butt of al ernment vitriols like Bangartes, the self-appointed leader of a small and Texas, someofthe biggest critics of See SHERIFF, Page A-6 out until the locals ask for help, In Idaho too afraidtofly for 35 years. An estimated 25 million Ameri < testing, Fear of flying is “a part of our business. We have to takethat into account," says George Dial, man See AIRCRAFT, Page A-8 | L_____. ee " 4 |
