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Show ONE WIN TO SWEEP ‘THE POPE OF POP’ | | | Andy Warhol’s religious images C-1 85-63 gamegives Spurs a big chance B-1 heSalt Lake Gri | | FULL CIRCLE MeetAfter Another Brush With Death State GOP Boss Enjoys PartyJob, His Day Job, and Lobby Jobs, Too BY DAN HARRIE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah Republican Party Chairman Rob Bishop might needcareercounseling to finally win a little respect ‘I'm a teacher and lobbyist and a BY MARNI McENTEE politician, so I guess I’m zerofor three SPECIAL TO THETRIBUNE, as far as my professions go,” says Bish- FRESNO, Calif. — They met for the first time in February, over dinner in a hospital roomin this central California here they discovered morein com- monthan the heart surgeries each of een had survived ive yearsearlier, Bennie YarPee and Bill McEntee had been part of the largest seaborne invasion force op Utah GOPto vote on election policy D-4 personal history with a running com- mentary on Mel Brooks’ movie “The Producers.” A tapeof the classic satire of Broadway musicals is playing for students trying to snag a fewlast-chance extra credit points. “Oh, here comes the pretzel girl,’ AS usual, he is joking Isn't The 47-year-old Box Elder High School teacher says in all seriousness he loves his work. During a classroom interviewthis week, he interlaces his answers to questions about political philosophy and says Bishop, noting a particularly gar- ish memberof the chorusin thetitle number“Springtime for Hitler.” So what does the zanyspoof have to See GOP CHAIRMAN, Page A-3 Al Hartmann TheSalt Lake Tribune Rob Bishop, Utah GOP leader and lobbyist for some ofthe state's most controversial groups,also teaches history at Box Elder High School the modern world has ever known: The June 6, 1944, Allied assault at Normandy, France NATO, Yugoslavs On D-Day, Yarbrough workedin the chaos that was Omaha Beach. McEntee wasjust offshore in a Navyvessel carry- ing battle-ready troops toward the formi- dable Germandefense. To Set Timetable Yarbrough, then 25, was a technical sergeant with the Army's A Company, | ' } 246th Combat EngineersBattalion. His job was to keep men and machines mov- ing. He helped build bridges, fix roads H une SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1999 Veterans of D-Day ' http://www.sltrib.com Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 = } UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN The rates drop to 30-year low D-4 and remove land mines For Withdrawal We fought if we had to. Whatever the day brought,” said Yarbrough, 80. McEntee, a Salt Lake City native, was a 20-year-old seaman 2nd class and sig- nalman on an LCI (LandingCraft, Infan- try) that had crossed the English Channel to join more than 5,000 Allied ships Differences over Russian peacekeepers threaten to delay the peace process It was exhilaration, not fear, that the seaman felt ‘Il was soexcited, I was looking for- wardtoit.” he said. “You're not scared COMBINED NEWS SERVICES until you're in combat and even then you're so damn young you don't know BELGRADE, what's going on. You just can’t imagine it McEntee’s ship had waited for its turn to runits bow onto the shore to disgorge Army troops. On its first run, the land- Yugoslavia Moscow insisted that Russian — NATO command ease their relentless air campaign mayhave damaged Chernomyr against Yugoslavia and the Pentagonsaid the bombing could end by Sundayif President Slobodan ing ramp was lowered on what was mis- Milosevic keeps his promise to takenly believed to be a sandy shelf jut- begin withdrawing forces from ting into the sea. The first soldiers sank to their deaths. Kosovo. Generals from NATO, Russia and Yugoslavia wereexpected to “Their helmets went under the water andthey were gone,” McEnteesaid, trying to control the emotion that half a century failed to erase. The ship pulled back and approached again to let the re- meet face-to-facetodayto discuss a Serb withdrawal from thedis- puted province — the key step before NATO will stop the bomb- maining infantrymenashore. It would ing campaign return again and again under heavy fire If Serbia cooperates. the to pick up the wounded bombing could be halted by the end of the weekendorveryearly On June 19, 1944, a section of a tread- waybridge fell and crushed Yarbrough’s next week,” Pentagon spokesman foot. After four months in an English He warned, however that if the Serbs hesitate in accepting NA another of the deadliest conflicts of the war. By that time, he said, “I'd seen all the action I wanted.” TO's After the war, Yarbrough and his terms, the moredays British Lt. Gen. Michael son, commander of 15,000 N troops already in Macedonia, will six children (I amthe youngest) before retiring to Fresno in 1990 represent the NATO side. There will also be representatives from In a complex world of tenuous connec- tions, the two men discovered a bond forged on a bloody beach a continent Russia as well as Finnish Presi dent Martti Ahtisaari, the EU en andalifetime, away. They were amonga voy who persuaded the Yugo million Allied troops. half of them Americans, whotook part in the decisive slays to accept the peace deal battle of the war. deployment of Russian peace keepers threatened to delay a U.N. Security Council resolution formalizing the Kosovo peaceac: Still, key differences over the You get to a point whereyou don’t want to talk to anybody about it because Rick Fan The Salt Lake Tribune if you haven't beenthere, you don't understand,” McEnteesaid. “But you say MomentofTriumph cord that Milosevic agreed to on Jimmy Frampton of Nephi hits the finish line of the 100 meter dash during the Special Olympics Utah Summer Games onFriday. More than 1,000 athletes are participating in the event, which is taking place this weekend at BYU. See B-1 keeping plan which Russian special envoy Viktor Chernomyr dinhelpednegotiate — because it Normandy’ and, boom, your ears prick up. Thursday Russianofficials expressed concern Friday over the peace Inthat hospital room, thebattle for life over death had comefull circle His life was in some otherplace and weeach livedour lives until wemet,’ Yarbroughsaid. “We wound up onthe samebeach in Normandy and here we are, Youdon't oftenseethosekinds of things.” Park City Wary About Air Force’s Plans for Resort | Marni McEntee, Bill McEntee’s daughter, is a reporter for European PARK CITY — TheAir Forcewants to establish a resort beachhead in one of the most exclusive cor BY KARL CATES ners of this alpine community, but the townis not sureit likes the idea It’s a way for them to welcomemilitary men and women and showthat they're grateful for the ser vices they perform,” says Jim Tadje, chief of the INDEX Ann Landers Asimov/Bridge At Home Business Classifieds Comics C4 0-44 G1 D-4 D410 co general law office at Hill Air Force Base in Weber andDi counties, where top brass are pushing for Movies Obituaries Puzzles Sports Star Gazer TV Programs WEATHER: Scattered rain C4 87 D412 BA D413 C7 Details; C-8 Ma 0123 end Europe's worst military con: flict since World War II The peace deal gives construction of a lodgefor officers andenlisted per sonnel on five acres Citylimits. of federal land inside the Park Townleaders raise the mantle of open spacein questioning the proposal, which wouldput the 30- to 100-room facility in a parklike setting above Old Townand downhill from most of Deer Valley's ups: cale developments “It has nothing to do with the Air Force,’ said Public Affairs Director Myles Rademan. Anybody who cameforward and tried to build on something we'retrying to save as open space would be faced withour disdain. The Air Force is pushing for local approval any way, not becauseit needsit, said Tadje, but because itis the polite thing to do. ‘Anytimethe federal gov ernment decidesto take on aproject, it’s not subject to state, city or municipal approval However, Tadje addedthat the Air Force is unlike ly to press for Pentagon approval unless Park City endorses the project. Representatives from Hill Air Force Base are scheduled to pitch their proposal Monday to the town's Citizens Open Space Advisory Board. Russian leaders a chanceto I told you so,” after protracted skepti cism that the battered former su perpower was too weak to effect asettlement. The ailing 68-year old Russian President Boris Yelt sin, who took a hands-on role in directing the negotiations. re peatedlyinsisted that Russia was the only country capableof stop ping the bombing by peaceful means z n The Kremlin’s Stated goal was to end the Western alli ance’s assault on a low Slavic country with deep r ious ties to Russia. But a strong underlying motive was to f reclaimat least a measure of the influence that evaporated with Russia's transformation from a Cold War superpower into a post Soviet democracy plagued with political and economic problems If the peace deal holds, Yeltsin would be positioned to make a triumphant appearance at a sum mit in Germanylater this month with the seven leading Western nations, possibly shoring up an international imagethat has been tattered by his declining health and erratic dealings with the West The potential rewards for Rus sia includethe prospect of more financial aid, including a condi tional $4.5billion loan from the calls for NATO nations to form the core of the force. Officials in THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Stars & Stripes. breakthrough that could soon poe BEES Nehomineiiace bombing could continue many wife, Hazel, reared three children in Fresno, McEntee, now 75, married and raised men I saw Nevertheless, while the deal din’s credibility at home. world leaders credited Russia with the Kenneth Bacon told reporters hospital, he was sent back to combat, this time in the Battle of the Bulge — All thoseyears ago, McEnteeusedhis spyglass to watchtheinvasion. Yarbrough in his Armyuniform, he mused, was probably “oneof thoselittle brown troops will not be placed under NATOleaders agreed Fridayto See NATO, Page A-4 0! HatoSUNDAY Paychiatrist Jim Ferguson spends $500,000 a year on advertisements to attract volunteers for studies to test medicines. The advent of ads give patient The group was impaneledlast year to direct a pop: ular municipal effort to identify fast-disappearing greenbelts and decide how to spend a $10 million open-space-preservation bond TheAir Force project is being promoted ostensi place Hill Haus, a rustic and rickety Air at Snowbasin Ski Area that dated from the 1960s, Hill Haus waslost as part of the contro versial land swap that paved the way for oil-and hotel magnate Barl Holding to razethe structureand take over development of Snowbasin's public lands in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics See AIR FORCE, Page A-4 Williams andher UtahStarzz | stars. Starzplayers puta lot of | teammatesarecertainly rising energy into their role-model endeavors. and growing interest in theteam’s annual basketball camp for Utahyouthis but one indicator that the organization's efforts are succeeding. SUNDAY MAGAZINE | | |
