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Show WINTER HITS THE WASATCH HOLIDAY RETAIL BUMP Snowstormclogs mountains, ices,highways B-1 Big discounts pep up weekendsales C-1 he Salt LakeGri http://www.sltrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume263 Number 43 ©2001, The Salt Lake Tribune PRO- CHOICE BALLOT Utah Democrat Wants Change In Elections - Taliban vowtofightto death for last base perilous new. phase ofa conflict that until now has focused on airstril.es bi up the opposiion Northern SSOCIATED PRESS KE TRIBUNE. Forget fear of dangling chads and confusingbutterfly ballots. OneUtah lawmakerhas an election reformproposal that would require voters to punch more ballotholes,not fewer. Rep.Trisha Beck, D-Sandy, says making voters worktheirstyluses harder might producebetter election outcomes. She wants to eliminatetheability of Utahnsto cast a straight- party vote with a single ballot Telephone numberslisted or Marines Land at Kandahar BYDAN HARRIE THE 143 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah MONDAY, NOVEMBER26,2001 tion. North BANGI, Afghanistan — In a decisive movetostrikeat the last Taliban TERRORISM stronghold, hundreds of U.S. Marines landed byhelicopterearly today near the southern Afghancity of Kandahar, Factions to try to form new government A-4 Talibanatrocities described A-5- a seniorU.S.official said. As many as 1,000 troops could be on the ground there within days. > The deploymentof the first large U.S. ground expeditionary Alliance, plus limited ground m ms by several hundred American special forces fanned out:<in small units across Afghanistan. force comes a day after the Taliban's last northern garrison, Kunduz, fell to troops of the Northern Alliance. Sending in the Marines marks a Kandahar,the Taliban’s home base and spiritual’ home, has come under Taliban POW Uprising Crushed BY DODG EBILLING! st EY but the Pentagon said later that all SPECIAL TO THETRIBUNE U.S. forces in Afghanistan had been accounted for and that none had MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghani. stan Hundreds of Osama bin Laden's foreign legion were killed after staging an uprising with smuggled armsina NorthernAlli son Sunday, officials said. i trikes helped quash the daylong insurrection. A US. special forces soldier in- t died. The bloody scenario began Saturday near here when up to.600 foreign Taliban from Kunduz surrendered to Northern Alliance forces underGen. Rashid Dostum’s command. The otherwise peaceful surren: der was marred when one of the See TALIBAN, Page A-4 See MARINES,Page A-5 punch, reasoning that the easy option encourages knee-jerk, partylabel stereotyping. “It’s a lazy way to just go vote for oneparty,” Beck says.“I want and see who they are votingforor against.” Beckis preparinglegislation that follows the exampleofstates that have no one-punchoption on the ballot. She was prompted to pushthe idea now because of what Embryo Claimed she claims was Republican gerrymandering — or partisan manipu- lation — in the once-a-decaderedrawing ofpolitical boundaries completed earlier this year. BYJEFF DONN Beck’s HouseDistrict 48 was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dramatically reshapedin redistricting. After five years in the BOSTON A_ research company reported Sundayit House,shelost herbid for Sandy mayorthis fall and hasyetto decide whethershewill seekreency. had cloned the first human e Photos by Paul Fraughton/ The Salt Lake Tribune “This needs to go back to being a government forthe peoplebythe people,” Becksays. “Being one party does not servethe state Ona typically busy day, Salt Lake City Mayor well.” Beckcites annualover-thenantfaith does not endorse candidatesor parties. “As people have been counseled, they should study SLC’s Anderson Tirelessly Pushes candidatesverycarefully and vote for whorepresents them, and not vote for party,” says Beck, an ac- Staff, Himself pulpit admonitions from LDS Churchleaders that the predomi- tive LDS member. | Cloning Of Human peopleto study out the candidates. election to the Legislature facing a much more Republicanconstitu- | Taliban, hidinga grenade, blew up », a development it said aimedat producing genetmatched replacement for patients with a wide ct range ofdist es. Rocky Anderson grabs a sandwichathis desk, courtesyof assistant Christy Cordwell. religiou and political leaders who sawit as a step toward cloning human bein; veral states, including California, have banned hu: is man cloning, and Congr considering such a ban. But compan} insisted their work is thefirs step in providing hopefor people with spinal injuries, heart disease But Republicans, who dominate the Legislature and Utahpolitics in general, pan Beck’s proposal as anonstarter. . “It’s ridiculousto thinkthis is somehowgoing to make voters more deliberative,” says Rep. Greg Curtis, R-Sandy. “If they want to vote a straight party, so be it. Why would we wantto eliminate people’s rights in the voting booth?” Senate Majority Leader Steve Poulton, R-Holladay,also framed the issueas oneoffree choice. He gives the plan little chanceof passage in a Legislature where Republicans outnumber Democrats 2-to-1. Utah Republican Party Executive Director Scott Parker says straight-party voting makes no significant difference in election outcomes,so “I’m notsureit's a partisan issue.” Buthe opposeseliminating the straight-ticket option. “It seems to meto be a matteroftime and conveniencefor voters. I don’t see a pressing need to take thatability away. State Democratic Executive Director Todd Taylorestimates that straight-party voting accounts for 25 percentto 33 percentofthe ballots cast in manyelections, with two GOPloyalists for every Democrat. But Democratic Chairwoman Meghan Holbrook, who supports Beck'slegislation, notes that most Utah voters — upward of80 percent — are notregistered as Republican or Democrat. “Mainstream Utahnsare sending the Legislature a message by that — although they don’t want to hearit — that they want to choose whothey vote for.” dharrie@sltrib.com 8 BS {BG Obituaries .. B6 iness ....C-1 Puzzles .... Classifieds .. D-7. Sports .. Comics ..... C-6 Television .. Weather: Scattered snow, a 234 | a andotherailments. BY REBECCA WALSH THE SAL’ “71! re exciting prelimi tid Robert Lan one ofthe Call LAKE TRIBUNE Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson wolfs downhis lunch. Betweenhisbitesof thick-cutfries slathered in mayonnaise and ketchup and hunks of turkey sandwich, Environmental Coordinator Lisa mitlesssourceof immune-compatible cells for Romneydarts in andtells him about plan to light tissue engineering and trans: plantation medicine.” Lanzaand the company’s top executive, Michael West, said they had nointerest in an Olympic forest of potted conifers with wind power. “It's perfect timing,” she pitches. Anderson, chewing, agrees. Hepicksup the phonefor an interview about DARE.Assistant to the Mayor Christy Cordwell slips in from heroffice next door, deposits some planting such early embryos into a woman's womb to give birth toa cloned humanbeing, norwasit clear that their em literature about the drug-prevention program, adjusts the air conditioning, dropsoff his lunch change. Andersonlooksat his watch. Olympic Planner John Sittneris late for a meeting. Anderson returnsa few phonecalls. “Who wanted this meeting?”he asks,irritated. “John arranged i ” Cordwell calmly explains. “Canyou remindhimof that?” Anderson says. Sittner never shows. Just another Wednesdayinthe mayor'soffice. bryo would be able of that But the Washington, D.C based Natic Right to Life Committee wasted little time Sunday attacking the announcement. “This corporation is creat ing human embryos forthesole ing theircells, With few news conferences or meetings outside | | the office, Andersonis setting a quick but methodical pace,. sifting through correspondence and phone messages,strategi: zing with staff. His ~ his gate. keeper, Palm Pilot'and airoeate.mother: legislative director Johnson. “Unless acts quickly, this on and others will be embryo opening human farms.” Douglas And acritic of the company Anderson is demanding, abrupt at times. Despite stories from disgruntled former employees See MAYOR,Page A-6 who usedto sit on ACT's ethics In his outeroffice, Anderson‘erie underthe gaze of Gen. George Washington. The hard-driving mayor admits he is difficult to work for. See HUMAN,Page A-10 MormonBattalion Glitters as NuggetofAmericanHistory BY WILL BAGLEY SPECIAL TO THE ‘TRIBUNE Some remarkable military units have contributed to American history, from Roger’s Rangers to the Rough Riders to Irish brigades who fought on both sides of the Civil War, Buta unique outfit from the Mexican War stands outas the only U.S, military organization recruited from and named after a religion — the MormonBattalion. Although it never fought a major military engagement, the Battalion’s story is one of the epic and resonant tales of the American West. “History maybe searched in vain for an equal marchofinfantry,” its | commander wrote upon reachingthe Pacific in January 1847. “Marching half naked and half fed, and living uponwild animals, we have discov- ered and made; roadof great value to our countr; And besides sending their wages home, Battalion veterans helped launchthe California gold rush that proved the salvation of the strug: gling Mormonsettlementin the Salt LakeValley, In the summerof 1846, President James K, Polk hadall the troops he needed to fight the war he had just provoked with Mexico. Butthe presence of nearly 12,000 impoverished Museum of Church History and Art Pioneerartist George Ottinger captured the drama of the Mormon Battalion's See BATTALION,Page A-7 arrival at Carrizo Creekafter a desperate march acrossthe desertsof California. ‘- |
