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Show UTES WIN, COUGS FALL | NEXT GENERATION College basketball results B-1 | OFF-LABEI. SAVINGS Redford meets young filmmakers C-1 Value of supermarkets’ house brands E-1 CheSalt Lakeribune http://ww .sltrib.com Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 257 Number 102 143 SouthMain Street (801)2 Salt LakeCity. Utah 8411 SUNDAY, JANUARY24, 1999 © 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune NISHED RINGS: 20 BRIBERY SCAND Atlanta’s Billy Payne Gave GamesHis Heart Public confidencein integrity of Olympic movementis at stake BY GLEN WARCHOL THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ATLANTA — The modern Olympics were born of the loftiest, most ephemeral of ideals: peace, brotherhood, understandingand that the struggle itself is more importantthanvictory. So,it is ironic that the city in which the Olympic spirit may burn thebrightest is Atlanta, an American metropolis built on hype, a deep reverence for the bottom line and Coca-Cola. A city razed by a war over slavery and haunted byracism that unabashedly celebrates its most famous son, Martin Luther King Jr. In spite of its history, or perhaps becauseofit, Atlanta is home to the only man who maybelieve more fervently in the power of the Olympic rings than BaronPierre de Coubertin, the 19th-century Frenchman whoresurrected the ancient Games. Billy Payne's soft Georgian accent, habitual use of double negatives and “ain't” might give people from aroundthe world the impressionthey arein the presenceof a Southern hayseed. They would be wrong. A successful realestate lawyer, then banker, now anofficer in a high-tech company, Payne is no bumpkin. And he preaches the Olympicideals in a way that makes a journalist blush. BY MIKE GORRELL © 1999, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE LAUSANNE, Switzerland — No moreresignations of IOC members were announcedSaturday, the eve of what might be the mostcritical day in the organization’s history. But six of the 13 who were ordered to explain their actions in the bribery scandal surrounding Salt Lake City’s bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics did so in person to an investigatory commission led by IOC Vice President Richard Pound. The six-member commission worked late into the night to completeits report, which will be presented today to the IOC’s executive board. Once the executive board de- CLICK HERE ent i cides what, if any, sanctions are warranted against implicated IOC members, someor allof its findings will be released to the horde of reporters gathered here. The I0C’s ability to regain the confidenceof the public and corporate sponsors, and the integrity of the movementitself, is at stake. The daycould bring more resignations and an overhaul of how the IOCselects See PAYNE, Page A-4 Yellowstone: A-Park of Perils future Olympiccities. Or it could plungetheIOC into a deeper abyss if members suspected of corruption launch a counterattack andrefuse to go awayquietly. Back in Utah, Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) officials are anxiously awaiting the IOC report. They have scheduled a newsconferencefor this afternoon to discuss its ramifications. So far, Pirjo Haggman of Finland and Bashir Mo- hamedAttarabulsi of Libya have stepped downin the wake of allegations and admissions that Salt Lake Olympic boostersused direct cash payments, expensive gifts, free medical care andassistance with a real-estate deal to curry favor with IOC membersfor thecity’s 2002 bid. One media report placed the payment total at $780,000. Others said some members received more See INTEGRITY, Page A-7 : Park | erikHl WATER TREATMENT MAMMOTHFLEET CENTER: No eyewash available tor cee exposed to 98%sulfuric acid and ammonia. Yellowstone employee killed Aug. 5, 1997after crashing while traveling between 35 and 50 mph on a snowmobile which had the steering skis replaced with wheels normally used on lawnmowers; employee was not wearing a helmet; managerstailed to assessrisk of modifying ‘snowmobile without consulting manufacturer. a YELLOWSTONE HEADQUARTERS: Written plans for employee safety and health ignored; no knowledge or documentation of obvious hazards, safety accountability not part of management evaluations; no training for membersof park satety committee: failed to report 1994 employee death GRANTVILLAGE VISITOR CENTER: No staff training in fire extinguisher use NORTH GRANTVILLAGE MARINA: No ‘quardrails ontloating dock: §50-gallon gasoline tank unprotected trom car rash hazard and from spilling into YellowstoneLake ’ YELLOWSTONE = ai oS) CANYONVISITOR CENTER: No ‘emergency lighting: no lighted exit sign in visitor auditorium; auditorium exit doors locked or blocked by garbage cans and parked vehicle. Sp, EASTENTRANCE: Empioyos dicing unprotected trom | Ky MAMMOTH(ALBRIGHT) VISITOR ==" CENTER: mice droppings appear ‘on a | daily basis." . badein. petaRhea HEARTLAKE: Two Yellowstone workerskilled in an avalanche March3. 1997, were not trained in backcounty winter skills, did not have emergency equipment and did nottoliow standard avalanchesafety procedures. * MADISION MAINTENANCE SHOP: ~ | Grand Teton National Park UTAH PARKWIDE: Fire brigade expected to i a MEDICALCLINIC AND EMERGENCY MADISON WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT: Holesin floor ajension cords were spliced and had exposed wires; sel singfire doors blocked open, oxygen bottles stored nextto acetylene tanks could acceleratefire fight structural fires but had notraining for building blazes: gasoline stored at severallocations in unapproved cans; park logging crews did not wear 3 Yellowstone Blistered for Lax Safety OLD FAITHFUL VISITOR CENTER: employeesto falling into raw sewage and moving machinery ‘Noemergency evacuation plan, fire extinguisher in boiler room had not been inspected since 1982, fire extinguisherin visitor center discharged. protective head gear or chaps and were exposed to the hazardsof not receiving immediate medical attention Steve Baker The Salt LakeTribune Source OSHA, National Park Service Worker deaths and accidentstrigger hundredsofcitationsforviolations BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH 1999, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Afterfive p eople working in Yellow stone were y killed in less than four y irst stigation found and most famous nation- ad ignored hundredsoffederal Employeesat almostall levels demonstrated an unwillingness to take re sponsibility for safety and health,’ concluded investigators for the Occupational Safety and Health Admin- istration (OSHA), “Evenfront-line workers demonstratedlittle concernat times for their own safety and health andthat of their co-workers. In late 1997, OSHA launched a com: prehensive investigation of all operations in Yellowstone National Park, lo: cated mostly in northwest Wyoming other national park has ever received — another federal agency, if Yellowstone ryof safety andhealth standardsthat are have beenforced to pay $138,500 in pen- to Yellowstonein virtually every catego- required of both private and public workplaces. ‘The problems ranged from minorinfractions, such as excess accumulations of bat guanoin the attic of the park’s administration building, to life-threatening situations, such as making employees perform logging operations without protective equipment and without immediate access to emergencymedical care. “I do not believe that park worke) were ever careless just to be carele: said Yellowstone Superintendent Mike Finley. “They werejust so dedicated to get the job done for the public under spartan conditions that they took risks they shouldn't have; they continued to use frayed extension cords or never took the time to put the exit signs up over Inspectors foundnearly 750violationsof doorways.” codes, with nearly 600 of the violations Salt LakeTribuneunder the Freedomof federal workplace safety and health classified “‘serious” by the ager learly, this was the most extensive investigation with the largest numberof violations we've ever issued fromour of. fice,” said David DiTommaso, OSHA area director in Billings, Mont. “It was significant becausethe park hadan inju ry rate that was five times higher than the averagefor privateindustry. As a result of the investigation, OSHA issued 130citations — more than any A-2 Ad Ab A? Prime Suspects in the 1OC Investigation / A-5 Atter a rash of employee deaths, federal of Y National | and found morethan 700 violations of healthand safety codes. A brief sample of some ofthe hazards uncovered. 4,000-gallon propanetank located 8 feettrom roadway with noprotective fence to avoid vehicle collision breathing bottles andrespirators had not beentested for several years; grass, brush and otherfire fuels located within 25 teet of explosives magazine. @ Covering a-majorstory: Subplots aplenty in Utah tlanta’s worst Olympic nightmare. IOC:In-kind or cash, perks abound Prominent Utah “caucus' offers to help According to records released to The Information Act, OSHAinspectors found major safety lapses in the ava: lanchedeathsof an employeeanda park volunteer and in another case where an employeetook a fatal ride on an improp erly modified snowmobile. In both instances, the agency conclud. ed the deaths could have been prevented by taking a few basic, common-sense precautions (see separatestory). While OSHA cannotlevyfines against Lewinsky Returns To Center Stage Partisan disarray efuptsas Starr surfaces, Houseprosecutorsplan to question Monica BY DAVID ESPO and WALTER R. MEARS THEASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s impeachment trial dissolved into partisan debate Saturdayas lawmakers and lawyers alike dueled over a surprise attempt by Houseprosecutors to question Monica Lewinsky before the Senate decides whether to call witnesses. Withpartylines hardening, Majority Leader Trent Lott announced at day's end that Senate Republicans would sub- mit written questionsto Clintonasearly as Mondayto resolve “some of the in. consistencies’ in the case. Within an The discovery of widespread employ- ee hazardsat Yellowstone coincided with the National Park Service (NPS) recognizing that its employeesat parks around the country were being hurt or killed on the job in record numbers, with the agency's accident rate on par with heavy industry, such as mining “Lam determined to turnthis terrible trend around,” said NPS Director Robert Stanton. “It is taking a tremendous toll in terms of humansuffering, workers’ compensationcosts andlost produc: tivity.” Stantonrecentlyjoinedwith Secretary of Labor Alexis Hermanin announcing a pilot project to enhance employeesafety at 10 national parks, national seashores and national recreationareas run by the NPS. Under an agreement with OSHA the 10 sites — noneof whichis in the Intermountain West — will comply with federal safety standards, use outside consultants to develop a worker safety ethic and provide enhancedsafety health training for managers and em ployees Yellowstone reached its own agree: ment with OSHA last year, after working to correct the workplace dangers uncoy See YELLOWSTONE, Page A-10 Bennett, Hatch split over Monica A-45 — notClinton — would respond As opposing attorneys clashed over the Lewinsky-interview issue in the well of the Senate, a Republican spokesmanpredicted that an attempt by Democratic Sen. Robert Byrdtodis: miss all charges “will certainly fail when theroll is called early in the week Republicans hold a 55-45 majority — but that is well short of the two-thirds majority needed to remove Clinton from office Inside the Senate, meeting for a rare See LEWINSKY, Page A-15 hour, the White Housesaidits lawyers Pope Seeks End To the Plural In ‘Americas’ BY RICHARD BOUDREAUX had been a private business it would alties Douglas C. Pizac/The Associated Press. SLOC Chair Robert Garff plans a Utah newsconference todayto respond to the latest IOC report. LOS A ES TIMES MEXICO CITY — Challenging Ro: man Catholics to “stir up a new springtime of holiness” across the Americas, Pope John Paul I! on Satur. day laid out a blueprint for a more spiritual hemisphere that joins north and south against “social sins” of violence and injustice and rejects the prevailing neoliberal doctrine of the region's economies. ‘Thetime has cometo banish once and for all from the [American] conti nent every attack against life,” the popetold morethan 500bishops from the United States, Canada and Latin America in a plaintive homily at a Massin Mexico City No moreviolence, terrorism and drug trafficking,’ English. he exclaimed in “No more torture or other ‘ unday Mag INSIDE SECTIONS WEATHER Morningrain, forms of abuse. There must bean end nation or ghettos of poverty, Never again Hunched forward in his seat and clutching his text in a quivering right hand, the 78-year-oldpontiff addedin a strong voice: Theseare intolerable evils that cry out to heaven and call Christians to a different way of liv. ing See POPE, Page A-11 ’ Page A-9 42> Obituaries to the unnecessary recourse to the death penalty. No more exploitation of the weak, no more racial discrimi. snow INDEX Book Reviews 05 Personal Ads Careers Fl Purzles Classified Ads F-51 Real Estate C8 J6 F59 ha Crossword F-69,42 Rolly Col AY Lottery C2 Stor Gazer £58 Movies D10 Weird News. 2 it! 94) i 34 l |
