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Show FORT UNION SHOOTING | THIRD AREA CODE? Two killed, three wounded in rampage B-1 | IDLE CHATTER ‘Python’ player makes S.L. visit F-1 4 Utah counties may get new number E-1 Che Salt LakeCribune http://www.sitrib.com Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 250 Number 14 ©2000, The Salt Lake Tribune . numbers listed on A-2 Ban Ends Snowmobiling in Most Parks YOUNG Quarterback Mum on His Career Plans Interior Departments ruling has limited impact on Utah BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS The National Park Service on Thursday moved to ban recreational snowmobiling in 25 parks, monu- ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PROVO — No wayis quarter- ments and recreation areas that currently allowit. In Utah, the ban applies to Zion National Park, as well as to Cedar Breaks and Dinosaur national monuments, butit will havelittle impact because only Cedar Breaks receives any measurable recreational snowmobile use. back Steve Young ready to play an- otherseason in the National Football League. Heproved it Thursday, when the man once regarded as the LDS Church’s mosteligible bachelor re- Amere 1,000 snowmobilers year ply the five-mile road in Cedar Breaks, snowbound from October to mid-May, said Superintendent Tom Henry. Though snowmobilers will be shut out of Cedar Breaks, they still can enjoy 95 miles of other groomed trails in ad- weeks after hefi- jacent national forests, said Henry. At Dinosaur,the impact will be significantly less. “We probably get 20 snowmobiles a year,” said Su- Clearly, the man’'s timing is shot. Yet Young is still considering a perintendent Dennis Ditmanson. In Zion, only property owners with land inside the return to the NFL after missing 13 through the park are allowed to use snowmobiles, said park spokesman DennyDavies. That access will continue. The nationwide moveto ban snowmobiles in national parks largely is a response to a petition the Park Service received last year from a coalition of environmental groups that requested a ban on snowmobiles. It La asd @ Web Links @ PastStories also stems from studies on snowmobile use in Yellowstone and GrandTetonnational parks in Montana and Wyoming. Environmentalists have long argued that snowmobiles, with their noise and emissions that are about 100 times more polluting than automobiles, do not belongin national parkssetaside to preserve natural resources from impairment. the Interior, which administers the Park Service, ride near Gi 's Hole in Y National Park, Wyo. in this January photo. The National Park Service is See FEDS,Page A-10 more than two dozenof thesitesit manages,including three in Utah. After studying the issue, the U.S. Department of national park or those of them who need access games last season because ofa concussion he suffered playing for the San Francisco 49ersagainstthe Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 27. Doctors apparently are split on whether Young should risk playing again — the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player has suffered four concussions in the past three seasons — and the Niners have said Young might not pass a moar and could be released after June 1. Agent Leigh Steinberg, whorepresents Young,told the San Francisco Examiner recently that after being assured by several doctors that he has no higher risk ofconcussion than any other player, Young is “leaning in the direction of 143 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 64111 FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2000 ready to impose new restrictions on recreational snowmobiling at Leavitt Says No Strings ELIAN’S ENTOURAGE In GasBill Suggestions aboutconflict again” — although he ofinterest ‘unfair,’ he says has yet to make a decision. Thatlast part was certainly confirmed on Thursday, when Young eluded attempts to pin him down on his plans. “Are you going to play next year?”one woman shouted, as Young signed autographson his be out methe 4 Marriott Cen- BY DAN HARRIE THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE Gov. Mike Leavitt said Thursdayheisoffended by suggestions his father’s position as a director and shareholder of Questar Corp. influenced his decisionnotto veto legislation drafted and promoted bythe regulated utility. “We didn’t have a single conversation aboutit,” Leavitt said at his monthly KUED- @ More sports C-1 ter. ting cones more good smack from ting linebacker could ei eee ee y. Teaming up with friend and BYU professor emeritus Truman G. Madsenfor “Let Us Run With Patience The Race ThatIs Set TV newsconference.“Those who would imply that that’s the reason I acted, do so unfairly andit does impugn theintegrity of my father.” Thelegislation in question, House Bill 320, would abolish the independent Committee of ConsumerServices. Ithas been attacked by consumer groups as a boon to monopoly utilities at the expense of ‘Jose Goltia/The Associated Press ratepayers. Supporters claim it streamlines CubanPresidentFidel Castro,left, sees off fourof Elian Gonzalez's classmates andfouroftheir parents leaving Havana on Thursday, boundfor the United States to stay with Elian’s family at Maryland's Wye River Conference Center. Also Thursday, a federal appeals court denied Elian’s Miamirelatives’ requestfor visits with him. See Page A-3 for more. not to veto HB320 andinsteadletit go into law an overly adversarial and time-consuming regulatory system. Leavitt more than one month ago decided without his signature Cities Join Gun-Safety Plan Despite Lawsuit 190 communities express support for safety locks and gun-show background checks,feds say a movehe said was intended as a signal that “this is not over.’ es measure doesnot take effect until July 1, Ne promised, as hehad previously,thatthe bill will receive intense study and public discussion in coming months. “Unless the Legis- lature producesabill that provides for adequate consumerprotection, Iam committedto call them into special session until they do:” three years of “smart gun” technology COMBINED NEWSSERVICES ie pretty old,”is all he would say. Nowhere is thatless ofan excuse than in Utah, home ofKarl Malone and John Stockton and the NBA championship chase that just won't die. And Young is not the only one whothinks he can still play, even at 38 years old andwith his history of head injuries. Just three days ago, retired quarterback John Elwaysaid he thinks Young would be perfect fit for Elway’s old team, the Denver Broncos. Young played for Denver Coach Mi ike Shanahan when was the 49ers’ offensive coordinator during the team’s last Super Bowl season in 1995. Offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak also was an assistant coach on that 49ers team. “Obviously, he can still play and he’sgot a lot ofexperience and knowsthis system,” Elway said. “He could come in here andhit the ground because he’s been with Mike and It is that “hitting the ground” part, mere that has everybody WASHINGTON — Despite a federal lawsuit challenging a majorprovision of a sweeping national gun-safety plan,federal officials said Thursday the number of cities joining the effort has grown to 190 communities and continues to swell. “To get 190 communities is an overwhelmingly supportive response,” said Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, an architect of the gun-safety plan introduced by President Clinton in March. Last month, Smith & Wesson, the nation’s largest gun maker, agreed to the installation of gun locks on all the firearms it sells, the introduction within INDEX mianies ___tz imam Astrology D286 Births AAS Business and the prohibition on sales of its weap- ons at gun shows without background checks. In return, Smith & Wessonwill be the preferred choice for law enforcementofficials in the 190 communities that have joined the Communities for Safer Guns coalition. On March31, the coalition included just 65 communities. The 125 new coalition members announced Thursday include Peoria, Ill; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Trenton, N.J.; and Reno, Nev. No Utah communities havejoined the coalition. Communities on thelist range in size from behemothslike Los Angeles to smaller cities like Burnsville, Minn. But theplan to give Smith & Wesson a leg up on its competitors is now facing a legal challenge since seven gun makers andan industry groupfiled a federal suit Wednesdayin Atlanta alleging an illegal conspiracy in restraintoftrade. “No one has suggested that these companies are violating the law,” said Robert Delfay, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a plaintiff in the lawsuit against HUD and 16 cities in the coalition, “Only that they have not surrendered to the political designs of [a] few self-importantpoliticians.” Other plaintiffs include Utah-based Browning Arms, as well as Beretta Even so, the controversy continues churning, including the question of whether Leavitt had a conflict of interest because of his father’s stake in Questar. In twodifferent forums Thursday the KUED-TV newsconference and on Tom Barberi’s KALLradio show Leavitt was quizzed about the issue. Thequestionsclearly nettled the governor, whosaid he has no idea how much Questar stock is owned by his father, 70-year-old formerstate Sen. Dixie Leavitt. “This has been discouragingto methatthe people would impugn theintegrity of my father and imply that somehow he would. use influence with metoaffect it beca membership See SUPPORT,Page A-10 on that board,” See GOVERNOR,Page A-10 Prostate Cancer May Endanger i U.S. Senate Bid N.Y, Mayor’s ’sUS.S BYLYNNE DUKE ‘THE WASHINGTON POST Et NEW YORK — Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced Thi y that he has prostate cancer and said treatmentofthe disease could force him to take time off from City Hall and possibly endanger his U.S. Senatebid against Hillary Rodham Clinton. ‘The revelation stunned the New York political world and came just one day after Giuliani was spotted leaving Manhattan's Mount Sinai ~ Hospital, where he learned the re- sults of a biopsy that he said revealed “a very, very early stage of the disease.” A range of treatments = is available, and the head of oncol- ogy at Mount Sinai Hospital, Michael Droller, said Giuliani's cancer is “curable” and his prognosis “excellent.” Butthe disclosure ofa cancerous condition called into question Giuliani's political status. While advisers sought to assure voters that the campaign is going forward, speculation flew Thursday that he may have to withdraw from the Senate race andleave Republicans, —_at the 11th hour, without a strong candidate to lead their high-stakes battle to stop Clinton. GOPleaders have seen Giuliani, |'. New York City Mayor Ri See GIULIANI, Page A-9 er Giutantann announces that he has Thursday in New ‘a |