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Show POLLUTING BUSES WEST ROUTS EAST Utah schools amongthe worst C-1 NBA All-Star Game, 135-120 B-1 he Salt Lake Gri http:/ /www.sitrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 263 Number 120 ©2002, The Salt Lake Tribune MONDAY, FEBRUARY11, 2002 2 143 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone numbers listed on A-2 Bush Pushes New N-ArmsRole TAKING THE PLUNGE Will Dialogue Toss Marriage A Life Raft? ‘Post-Cold War’strategy to concentrate onflexibility BY PAULRICHTER BYDAVID CRARY| LOS ANG THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS land”and “Sex andtheCity,” the prime-time Valentine's Dayoffering on PBSseems almost anachro- nistic: an earnest documentary examining the status of marriage in the United States. Butfora loose alliance called ment for International Peace, a private nonprofit need for a “flexibility” that will allow the United States to rebuild its arsenal on short notice. It has ordered construction of long-prohibited defensi group aimed at fostering world peace. “There's no question about it: There’s been a plan to do this, and we're seeing it laid out, step bystep.” In the past year, the administration has frequently demonstrated its willingness to shake up the status quo: It has announced a withdrawal from has been halted for a decade. WASHINGTON — Since he began his 2000 cam- armspolicy in waysthat reach far beyond the count of a new conservativestrategic vision,” said Joseph Cirincione, an arms expert at the Carnegie Endow- year-old tradition of arms control and asserted the weaponsand is even considering new nuclear arms, which could mean resuming nucleartesting that TIMES paign, President Bush has soughtto win recognition as the leader who cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenal by two-thirds, to “leave the Cold War behind.” Yet in thefirst yearof his term, the Bush administration has overhauled the United States’ nuclear In theera of “TemptationIs- ofoffensive warheads. The Bush team haseffectively set aside a 30- The approach aimsto reduce the numberof deployed nuclear weapons, yet it leaves the nuclear arsenal as the core ingredient of U.S. security. Its framework was sketched out a year ago in a report byan obscure Virginia think tank, the National In- stitute for Public Policy, that amounted to a blue- the landmark Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, distanceditself from a handful of other armstreaties and asserted its prerogatives to rebuild the nuclear arsenal at anytime. Administration officials believe that radical changesin the natureof the threat to the United print for the administration's nuclear arms policy. See BUSH,Page A-5 “Whatwe'reseeingis the steady implementation the Marriage Movement, the program representsa victory ofsorts. Formed two years ago to bridge theleft-right divide over family is- KUEDPuts PBS’ ‘Porn’ On Hold sues,the coalition ofscholars, clergy, family counselors and oth- ers tries to promote strong marriages and reduce a U.S. divorce rate estimated at 40 percent. “We wantto get a good conversation going with the broadersoci- ety,” said Don Browning,a University of Chicago Divinity School Station saysit will focus professor who helped found the Marriage Movementand create the documentary “Marriage — on history during Games Justa Piece of Paper?” “Marriage developed in the Westas a public institution, nour- BY IRENE HSIAO ished by religious and cultural tra- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ditions,” he said. “We may be in Utah PBS station KUED 7 has the process ofdismantling it, and before wedo, we ought to think aboutit.” delayed the airing of a controversial Frontline episode titled “American Porn” until after the Winter Olympics, explaining that the station decided to load the schedule with documentaries on Butwhat, exactly, should we think? Although polls show most Americans aspire to lasting, lov- ing marriage,the topicis often divisive, and pivotal questions lack Utah history. KUED will air a less-racy ver- simple answers. Havelaws made dior easy?Ifthere is. a magia: will it correct itself, sion of the show examining the state of pornography in the United States on March 9 at 11:30 p.m., 3% policies needed? Can government promote marriage withoutdis- hours later than it usually airs Frontline. Boththe original version and a version in Which some explicit im- criminating against unmarrieds? Several state legislatures recently have ventured into mar- ages and language are electronically ee riage policy, testinginitiatives that might reduce divorce without triggering an ideological backlash. Florida requires marriage education courses in high school. Lou- were offered t all PBS fons UTAH UPDATE nationwide. KBYU,Brigham Late-breakingstate, Young Univer- 'egional news AG sity’s station in =§=£—HH4H_— Provo, will not air either version. Thousandsof people march down streets during a carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. And, below, revelers dressed as President Bush and Osamabin Laden dance to samba music. The carnivalis the last celebration before Lent, whenChristians are encouragedto give up luxuries. The same holidayis known elsewhere asfat Tuesdayor Mardi Gras. See story on A-5. isiana, Arkansas and Arizona approved “covenant marriages” in whichcouples voluntarily limit their ability to divorce. Arizona provides state funds to help cou- ples attend privately run marriage-skills workshops. Staffan and Jane Berg signed up for one.Both 47, they have been married for nearly 20 years and run a flower shop in Tempe, Ariz. They attended three two-hour sessions on marital communication skills offered by FranklinCovey, a companybetter-known for work- place training programs. “We've always been keen on tuning up our marriage,” said Staffan Berg. “I don’t think anybodycan do somethingfor so long without having some continuing education.” Larry Smith, KUED general manager, said Sundaythe decision to delay the broadcast was made about a month ago whenthestation received However,a check of KUED programming schedules for February showed that the station intends to show the Frontline episode on the diet parents, nonmarried heterosexual couples, same-sex couples. For manyin this camp, the nuclear family archetype that domi- +| nated post-World War II pop culture was never as wonderful, or entrenched, as it seemed. “Some poe have this false for something in the '50s Engber, founder of the National Organization Single INSIDE Asimov ....C-14 Landers ... C-7 «C13 Movies ....C-8 ae ee Obituaries . C-4 C6 Puzzles ...C-12 alton . AB Sports ..... B For the Record A@ Television . C7 Weather: Partly cloudy. A-10 itt 0 i. industry at the program’s See NO ‘PORN’, Page A-6 US.Relying on Bad Intelligence, Say Afghans Misdirected January raid killed 21 in fight against terror _BYDDOUG STRUCK Those who celebrate a diversity of family structures welcomed the increasesin all major types of nontraditional households — single of the Hesaid programming managers decided they could achieve highex ratings in February with programs: discussing Brigham Young, Park Cityand polygamy. insight into American romance. “People are keen on sending a lot of flowers before they get married, and then after marriage they preview “We thought wecould do better with a local flavor this month,” Smithsaid. Berg, a native of Sweden, says the flower business gives him an don’t send anything,”hesaid.“It’s no wondermarriages don’tlastif people don’t makethe sameeffort afterward as before.” ‘Therecenttorrentof federal census data has provided ammunition for almost every viewpoint in the marriage debate. the program. out, blocked entry to thesite of the blast. THEW ZHAWAR, Afghanistan — Mir Ahmad wasa little tall, But he was not Osamabin Laden. Villagers here in the remote moun- The soldiers also barred access to the nearby village where Ahmad and the other two menhadlived, “This is an ongoing military opera- tion,” said the soldiers’ commander, who wouldnotidentify himself, after consulting by radiowith his superiors. “If you go further, you would be shot.” tains of eastern Afghanistan said Ahmad and twootherlocal men, Daraz and Jahan Gir, were peasants gather“We're trying to find ing scrap metal ao the SS Ut Minneat here, war in a region of sus: too,”he added. pected al-Qaida hide-outs. WAR ON TERRORISM The uncertainty over They were killed last &x-warlord governor says heis who waskilled in the misMonday when a U.S. Hell- ready to fight for power A-4 sile attack illustrates the problems facing the fire missile, shot from @ {ran shuts office of anti-Karzai, ClA-run ee: drone, anti-U.S, Afghan warlord Ad United States asit tries to shrieked down in what identify and destroy the was supposed to & an at: remnants of an enemy tack on terrorists, that has slipped into the rugged hills of ‘The Pentagon has said the missile was Afghanistan. More than four months affired on the strength of intelligence sug: ter the start of the war, U.S. planes are gesting the men were al-Qaida leaders, still crossing the skies and dropping feeding speculation that a tall man among bombs and rockets. But increasingly, Afthem might even have been bin Laden, ghansin this area said, the Americans do the elusive al-Qaida founder whowas the not really know who they are aiming at, main target of the war launched by the and sometimes hit the wrong targets, Rush ‘administration in Afghanistan on “Whoare they talking to?” said MoOct. 7, Since then, however, Defense Sec- hammed Ibrahim, governor of Khost retary Donald Rumsfeld and other U.S. province, about 130 miles southeast of officials have said they are unsure who Kabul near the botder with Pakistan, was hit. U.S, soldiers, dispatched here to find See BAD INTELLIGENCE,Page A-4 ) POOR COPY| : ! Freed Taliban’ prisoners line up Sundayin Kabul payments from Red Cross to |