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Show The Salt LakeTribune tfn @ ING y ‘= iu z= gun ni |@ oe | cma S FRIDAY,January 22, 1999 ts ay | |} Han) HEREATHA) wnt mT (eae aflq ti UTI et) PAGE2 “A2 TODAY'S BRIEFINGBY: Peter S. Lozancich and Don Robinson \DBLINES It's going to be playtime for more Los Angeles children, thanks to $738,000 handed 2ee US out by Kirk Douglas andhis — wife, Anne. The couple an- WORLDN nounced 38 recipients Wednesday of their Playground Enhancement Award, financed by the Douglases and two foundationsto restore and Plea for Forgiveness: Aftera threeday dissection of the case against Presi- dent Clinton, the White House defense create play areas for children. team pivoted sharply at the conclusion of opening arguments Thursday to beseech the Senate to forgive the president for his “terrible moral lapse” and put an “end to this nightmare.” “The children of Los Angeles deserve to haveclean, safe places to play,” the actor said. “Anne and | firmly believe that playing not only leads to better learning, but is one of the basic rights of childhood that we should all work to protect.” This year's Details: A-1 awardswill create playgrounds for 56,000 children, Still Legislating: With President Clinton’spolitical fate and his ambitious legislative agenda dominating the public discourse, Utah Republican lawmakers aan Tim Allen is making room in his Los Angeles gatage. The “Home Improvement”star headedfor Ari- still have made timeto grapple with the zona on Thursdaytosell his 1968 Shelby GT 500KR Details: A-4 convertible at the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction. There are 800 vehicles on the auction block through Sunday at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Ariz. state’s and nation’s business. Bipartisanship: House Republicans will accept President Clinton’s sugges- “We are very excited to have someone of Tim's broad appeal and automotive enthusiasm involved tion to avoid spending mostof the budget surplus while lawmakers work out an agreementto save Social Security, a key committee chairman said Thursday. Details: A-4 with this year’s event,”auction president Craig Jackson said. The black Shelby GToffered by Allen, a collector whorestored the vehicle himself, is one of only 318 built. It is worth about $70,000. MILESTONES Relenting: The Yugoslav government announced Fridayit was “freezing” the expulsion order against the American head ofthe peace monitors in Kosovo — backing down after the envoy declared he would ignore the ordertoleave. Fined: Democratic fund-raiser Howard Glicken on Thursday by the Federal Election Commission for soliciting campaign donationsfrom a foreigner and Detaiis: A-6 Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press Killing Zone: Montanalivestock offi- cials say thestatewill not relaxits policy on managing bison that wander from Yellowstone National Park, rejecting a change that would have prevented the killing of some of the animals Details: A-6 en'sfine totaled $40,000. Seized: By U.S.authorities, nearly five tons of co- cainein the biggest cocaine haulin Texashistory. The drug was found aboarda freighterdelivering iron ore from Brazil last week. Ruled: By the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, that food cannot belabeled “organic”if it has been irradiated, genetically engineered or treated with antibiotics. The labeling plan was developedin re- Riot police confront coal miners during clashesin the village of Costesti, Romania, 120 miles west of the capital, Bucharest, on Thursday. Authorities are determined to block a coal miners’ protest march to the capital in order to prevent whatthey fear might be an outbreak ofviolence.In previous visits to the capital in 1990 and 1991, miners rampaged for days, leaving nine people dead, forcing the governmentto resign. STATE OF UTAH. IOC Apology:Addressinga sports-ori- arranging a contribution in a phony name. Glick- Bracing for the Rush D'S GO FEATURES DN sponseto an outcry last year against a setof rules organic farmers considered too permissive. ay Today’s Birthdays: Actress Ann Sothern is 90. Former Sen.Birch Bayh, D-Ind., is 71. =, ©! ented audience in New York City on Chef Jeff Smith (‘The Frugal Gourmet’) is 60. Thursday, the International Olympic Committee’s lead investigator into an ongoing bribery scandal apologized for the actions of certain IOC members, particularly addressing his apology to Salt Lake City Details: A-1 dust Dropping Names:Park City's expecting somebig names this week for the Sundance Film Festival: Isabella Rossellini, Glenn Close, Jacqueline Bisset, Henry Winkler, Ally Sheedy, Dustin Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Frank Gorshin to name a few. Calendar: F-1 Purse-Strings Control: A bill advanced Thursday to the Utah House would create an Olympic coordination committee and establish tighter, more formal requirements for the governor and Salt Lake City mayorto review and approve quarterly budgets from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Details: A-8 Parental Permission: They're B-a-a-a-ck: Theall-malesatir ical dancetroupe known for toe-dancing in tutus — Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo — returns toSalt Lake City next week, performing Wednesday at theCapito! Theatre Calendar: F-1 Seeking to help moreblack families become homeowners, mortgagegi Fannie Mae and the NAACP formed a partnershipthat will provide as much $110 millioninfinancing for ‘amilies that can't afford big downpayments, Under the partnership announced ‘Thursday, Fannie Maewill providefinancing for qualified black borrowers whowill be able to put down aslittle as 3 percentto 5 percent of a home's value. Thenewprogram alsois designed to help at least 20,000 black families get information on home ownership. learned someteachers had used questionnaires to find out if students were sexually active is stalling plans for how BUSINESS) Fannie Mae also pledged to finance an unlimited amount of mortgages for qualified families recommendedbythe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest civil-rights organization. -. AND THE BAD @ Tortured for Years millions of dollars from national tobac- co companies will be spent in Utah Details: C-1 Technological Turmoil: A wave of profit-taking roiled technology issues, contributing to a dropin U.S. stocks on DUI Law: 52-year-old Salt Lake City man on Thursday was orderedto stand Thursday. The DowJonesindustrial av. bile accident last June, becoming the first Utahn to be prosecuted under a newlaw that increases penalties for mo- 70.67 to endat trial in connection with a fatal automo. age sank 71.83, closing at 9,264.08. tech-hea idaq composite lost 2. Stocks: B-3 torists causing serious injuries while driving drunk Details: C-1 Support: The U.S. Forest Service, acknowledging it does not have all the skill, knowledgeandfinancial resources to carryout its work, is turning more of its attention to foundations, special-in terest groups and evencorporations for Details: C-1 Little Change:A child advocacy group OPINION End Run: Efforts toward making Dix ie College a four-year school — by pro: posed legislation — represent an end run around the state Board of Regents and alack of faith in the higher-educa tion system and its governing board Editorial: A-10 ing daughter washeld as a sex slave has settled a lawsuit against the manfor$5 million. Susan Billig said Thursday that the deal with former U.S. Customs agent Henry Johnson Blair cannot restore her peaceof mind I would haveloved for him to say I'msorry,’ just once, but he neverdid shesaid. Billig’s daughter, Amy, disappeared March5, 1974, at age 17. Billig helda service for her last year after a former motorcycle gang member confessed on his deathbed that Amy was drugged and raped by the gang and her body was dumped in the Everglades Blair was sentenced in } to two yearsin prison for aggravated stalking In her civil lawsuit, Billig said Blair called her as often as seven times a night starting four months after Amy's : THE MILLENNIUM e u oe | e ® PHOTOGRAPHY:Forcenturies there have been lens-operated devices that could throw an im- : age ona flat surface suchas a wall. The problem was @ making a permanent copy of the image. In 1827, e light-sensitive metalplates to makethefirst perma- @ @ @ nent photograph. It took an eight-hour exposure to affix the blurry imageof his country estate. He called the process heliography, Greek for “sunwriting.” Frenchlandscapepainter Louis-Jacques-MandeDa- ‘ guerre collaborated with Niepce and cameupwith a French inventor Joseph Nicephore Niepce used similar process he dubbed the “daguerreotype.” These metal-plate prints were crisp and clear, and disappearance. A womanin Miami who says sheendured21 years of harassing phonecalls fromastranger who claimedher miss Actress Linda Blair is 40. e While 73 percent of white families PP eeeGeG— own their homes, only about 45 percent of black and Latinofamilies are homeowners, officials said. state law that was passed five years ago afterit was help. NAACPHelps Home Buyers 0 M@ TwistersHit Little Rock exposure time was cut to 20 minutesorless, but the image was reversed and no copies could be made. Tornadoes and funnel clouds tore across Arkansas on Thursday, collaps: ing the front of a downtown grocery By 1839, Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot unveiled the photographic negative, which could pro: duce numerous copies ofstraightforward images. It became the basis for modern photography. governor’s mansioninLittle Rock Atleast four people werekilled and morethan a dozen wereinjured state wide, Tens of thousands werewithout power Three people werehurt at the Har t Foodsstore that was imploded in a er of seconds. ees were damagedat the Arkansas Governor's Mansionjust south of down townbut the housewas spared and Gov Mike Huckabeeandhis family were not hurt, said Huckabee's spokesman Jim Harris Tornado warnings were issued for — Gannett NewsService store and knocking over trees at the more than halfof the state's 75 counties in an outbreak that forecasters had beentalking about since Monday IN THIS DATE In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 82. In 1970,thefirst regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 began in New York and ended in London 6% hours later In 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its “Roe vs, Wade" decision, which legalized abortion, using a trimester approach. In 1973, former President Johnson died at age 64 In 1997, the Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first female secretary of state, UtahOnLine| is asking if the status quo is good enough for Utah youngsters, having learned that most keyindicators of children’s well-being have changed little over the past few years. Details: C-2 SPORTS, Today's Highlights at: www.sltrib.com 1 CANT READ Tip-Otf: Everyone wascalling it the YOUR AANDWRITING Bh LcKI/ busiest day in NBAhistory, andevery one was probably right. 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