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THE U.S. OPEN WIMBLEDON Utah’s federal judges may move B-1 Payne Stewart winsthriller C-1 Tournament opens today C-1 heSalt Lake Tribune Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 258 Number 68 143 South Main Street Salt LakeCity, Ut MONDAY,JUNE 21, 1999 © 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune A DEALER'S STORY GoodIntentions Can’t Stop Crooks From Getting Guns Kosovo Is Free of Serb Troops Returning KLA rebels agree to demilitarization BY ARLENELEVINS BY MARK FINEMAN and VALERIE REE \) THE ASSOCIATED PR LOS ANG UPPER DARBY, Pa. — Three, maybe ES TIMES PRISTINA, Yugoslavia — With a signature or document, a whiskey shared with his British counter part and a handshake at Serbian police headiuariers here, the last Serbian soldier to leave Kosoy pred four times each month, one suburban pawnshop on the rough edge of Philadelphia takes a phone call asking it to trace a gun. into a Mercedes-Benzat 6 p.m. Sunday and sped off The caller — the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobaccoand Firearms — won't for the Yugoslav capital with British tank ants leaving behind a shattered provincenow fully occu pied bya foreign force. The moment marked the beginning of what lioso: say whether the weaponhasbeenstolen, abandoned, or worse. Just as the ATF won't say now whether Lou's Loan, a vo's new U.N. civil administrator hours earlics called bustling little shop, is amongthetiny the broadest, most important and most far-res ich ing task in U.N. history: to build from si vincial order in an ethnically torn provinceth: nically remains part of Yugoslavia, while the N10 led peacekeeping armyattempts to restore peace and security in the land NATO bombedfor day straight. percentage of thenation’s gun dealers cited recently in a report as the source of a large percentage of weapons linked to criminal activity. The report, released June 7 by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., blames 1 percent of the more than 100,000 federally licensed gundealersfor nearly half of Soon after, in Brussels, Belgium, NATO Secretary- CLICK HERE the crime guns the ATFtracedlast year. Lou’s owner, Stanton Myerson, is sure that his store is on Schumer’slist. After General Javier Solana declared the alliance’s air war all, he boasts, his shop sells a lot of guns. He objects that the reportfails to Early this morning, the KosovoLiberation Army (KLA), which has waged a guerrilla warto create an independent state in Kosovofor the estimated 90 per cent ethnic Albanian majority, finalizedan agreeinent with NATOto demilitarize. British Lt. Gen. Michael officially over. take sales volume into account. Only a fraction ofhis firearms fall into criminal hands, Myerson insists. Andtypically, crime gunsarestolen Jackson, head ofalliance forces in Kosovo, and Ha from a customer or arepart of anillegal “straw purchase,” in which the buyer secretly plans to give the gun away. From all appearances and byall aecounts, Lou’s avoids the pawnshop stereotype of seamyretailing. Its displays are spotless; signs declare the need for a shim Thaci, political head of the KLA, Rubin present. According to NATOsources, the KLAintentionally waited to sign the expected agreement until after the last Serb in uniform left the province The pact requires that the KLAstore all weapons larger than a sidearm within a month, cede authority to the peacekeeperson all security matters and expel all foreign members from the province But after a week that has seen armed KLA fighters records check. seize Serbian property, attack Serbs and attempt to form a de facto government in the vacuum of the withdrawing Serbian forces, it was clear that real peacewill come haltingly to Kosovo. didn’t do it, we would.” Oncepast the grittiness of its shopping district, Upper Darby looks largely mid- An atmosphereofreprisal prevailed in thecapital of the province wherethe Serbian army andpolice drovenearly1 million ethnic Albaniansinto exile dur dle class and prosperous.Tidy apart- ment complexes and sturdy houses of brick and stoneline streets shaded by trees. Tucked under a yellow awning and between a wig shop and a jeweler, Lou's storefront displays audio headsets and ing the NATO bombing through a campaign of killing. burning, looting andterror that scarred the Kosovo landscapeand the Albanian soul weenOE household wares. Signs advertise money orders and check cashing, not guns. drums, guitars and violins, microwave ovens and used powertools. Objects in fle Association, looms above. Wilson, like his boss, is a member, and he echoes the group's stand on control “This gun won't do anything unless this,” Wilson says, pointing to his head, “makes it do something.” Yet when he learns that a weapon he sold surfaces in a crime, he says: “Weshouldn't be surprised, but I always am.” Wilson does what he can to prevent such surprises. He advises customers to practice at a firing range, andhe in- structs them on thespot in handling and safety. He also follows gut instincts. can stop anyone| choose,” he says. “I “If I suspect them in any way, | will deny them.” Still, efforts fail Store manager Charlene Powerytells BY HEATHER MAY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah’s newest students from Eastern Europe and Africa cannot soon forget what they haveleft behind, even in the safety of American classrooms. The young refugees remember surviving on bits of bread and little water, seeing corpses litter their towns and watching soldiers torture andkill their relatives. Besides learning in a foreign language and navigating a foreign school work on a gun from Lou's. The buyer had of: red the gunto afriend dying « and he used it to kill himself. “L could notsleep for almost a week Poweryrecalls The state Office of Education this week talk about not having vegetables for two to three years, of hiding in base- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the state Division of Men. tal Health and the Salt Lake City School District have requested $150,000 from ‘It's hardtolisten to young children ments,readingbycandles at night, and eating bread and drinking water when they could get it,” said Julie Miller. principal at Edison Elementaryin Salt LakeCity But Miller and other educators may be getting some help in thefall for Births B+ D-7 DA | Classifieds D2 Comics B44 Editorials As TVPrograms WEATHER: Hot, sunny Details: If the grants are approved, the mon eywill be availablein the fall. in time to help the hundredsofrefugees expected for the newschool year. Already, 3,800 refugees attend Utahschool: It Lake ugee children adjust to their environment and beable to participate in the See REFUGEES, Page A-10 need to doadditionalthingsto help ref- City schools alone teach 1,200 students BY MIKE GORRELL THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Twoyears ago, Patty Haws lived through thedriver SEOUL, South Korea — IOC members on Sunday were advised that anyonetraveling to the United education of her oldest child. This summer, the Salt States may face FBIinterviews or subpoenasrelated to the Olympicbribery scandal Lake County motherwill do it again with her second daughter Francois Carrard, the International Olympic Committee's director general, informed the mem 1 know whatit’s like to send themon an errand and hopethey come home,” shesaid. "You worry, worry, bers that a one-page letter had been prepared defin wor Hawsandother Utahparents have a powerful new ally — a graduated driver-license program that goes It adds 24 hours of practice to what the average Utah teen-ager gets through a driver-education In addition to more time behind the wheel, the law forbids anyone younger than 17 todrive between mid night and 5 a.m. Exceptions will be made for emer gencies and for those going to and from a job, school or church-sponsored activities or agriculture work The changes delight Haws. Lad “The more experience they can have with someone in thecar, the better,” she said Students now taking summer driver-education coursesare the first group to encounterthe new driv. Mt!Oa" MM ‘. education they are being offered in the school system,” said Preddy Oseguera an alternative-language service coordi nator in the Salt Lake City School Dis trict the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “Thereis definitely a severe, serious BY KATHERINE KAPOS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE course. B-6 applied for a $250,000 grant from the About to Get Bumpier full license. Movies Obituaries Puzzles Sports Star Gazer Ad IOC Told to Expect hours of driving practice before someonecan get a INDEX themselvesand their troubled students. system, these students haveto get past their emotional trauma, and they look to their teachers for help. into effect July 1 Passed by the 1999 Legislature, the law requires 30 Ann Landers Asimov/Bridge Clinton, Yeltsin agree to revisit missile treaty More FBI Interviews for the one healreadykept upstairs. Af Notlong after, a womanstormedin, yelling “murderer!” and waving paper See LAST SERB TROOPS. Page A-4 Teens’ Road to License of a customer in his 70s who wanted a downstairs gun for protection, as backup ter a records check, she sold him a handgun. In villages where Serbs trashed and burnedethnic Traumatized Refugees Need More Than the 3 R’s From Utah Schools about 125 long guns and 250 handguns. Handgunsfill three long glass cases. Propped on green and redfelt, they cost from $180 to $750. A snapshot of Charlton Heston, president of the National Ri- < Dimitri Messinis’The Associated Preas An armed ethnic Albanian heads toward home Sunday near Srbica in central Kosovo. Many refugees are returningto find a slew of “revenge mines” waiting for them. See story, Page A-10. Inside, customers find floor-to-ceiling enticements: a cash machine and conga Mostdays, clerk Dennis Wilsonsays, buyers stand three deep and five across. They come mainly for the guns — in all, signed the pact, with U.S. State Department spokesman James Authorities give Lou’s high marks for obeying state and federal gun laws. “If Lou’s was doing anything illegal, they'd be shut down,” says Upper Darbypolice Capt. Rudy D’Alesio, “‘and if the ATF hock are downstairs, out of sight. FOR MOREDETAILS www.sitrib.com | sae ing requirement. Most believe extra practice is good. Theyjust wish they had turged 16 before the change A Michael J. Miller/The Salt Lake Tribune Skyline High School students Emily Smith,left, and Brittany Wallick practice their driving was implemented It helpsto practice,” said Glen Robinson, a student at Skyline High School. “Butit's morefor theparents They arethe ones scared to havetheir kids drive. I'm notscared,” Mothersandfathers knowthestatistics. Motor-vehicle accidents are the No. 1 cause of death among teen-agers. ‘The Automobile Association of America (AAA) estimates the crash rate per mile for a driver 15 to 20 years old is nearly four times as high as for those 21 and older. Excessive speed, poor judgment and inex periencearethe most common causes of crashes. a See TEENS, Page A-4 ing their rights under U.S. law and listing the tele phonenumber oftheorganization's Americanlegal counsel It is technically and legally possible the investi gators can subpoena the people they want to inter view,” said Carrard, who confirmedlast week that ies 10C members wereinterviewed when the IOC Coordination Commission cameto Salt Lake City in mid-Mayto receive an update on preparations for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Carrard also acknowl edged that a fourth IOC member will be inter viewed At his news conference ending a four-day general assembly meeting, IOC President Juan Antonio Sa maranch said the IOC “will respect the FBI and report to the Justice Department." Adding that he has no qualms about being ques. tioned, Samaranchsaid: “If I am interviewed, | am interviewed. That is no problem.” See 1OC MEMBERS, Rage A-4 ( ‘ |
