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Show UTAH, BYU VICTORIOUS | 4-A, 5-A VOLLEYBALL Utes beat UNLV: Cougs rally past Wyoming C-1 | Timpanogos, Skyline win statetitles C-1, 9 he Salt oreae ( Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 285 Number 23 ©2002, The Salt Lake Tribune enake Utah oH BY DAN HARRIE S| Bac aniciandnimensSlnsicerlins Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson pulled off what some see as an elec- peeentn to Congress last toral miracle. He won a U.S, House district custom-designed by Republican political engineers to defeat him and week, vows to stand firm on issues and not swing to the right * NOVEMBER 10, 2002 While the elder Matheson remains one of the state’s most revered political leaders, the son notes that “He never won Washington = County, either.” In the end, Matheson defeated Republican John Swallow by amere less than 1 percentage 2,000 votes according to unofficial point : results. ae ELECTION 2002 southern Winning Utah's most populous and fastest growing county was not even a question LDSfaith not an issue in Romney win A114 semUnkcomeretoalsegs fri Matbsoninlet Guo nate ate ipleaseand aon he becomes the first Demo- District made crat in major office to represent southwestern Utah in nearly 20 more conservative by redistricting, “1 am what | am,” he = ‘Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune years, since hisfather,thelate oo tt Matheson,retired in 1984 after = terms. pounded, receiving less differance Having wonthe elec tion, the question remainingis: “What now? ; Beeee ce iy wanthesetsare aS the 2nd Congressional District? SS than one-third of the Newly configured following votes cast. That contrasts starkly — ane part ons oe in e County, where he won it nearly 60 Sane votes. once-in-a-decade Legislature's See MATHESON, Page A-8 Quick VALOR ON THE FIELD Strikes Planned Attack on Iraq in works even before U.N.vote BY DAVID SANGERand ERIC SCHMITT THE NEWYORK TIMES WASHINGTON PresidentBushhassettled ona war planfor Iraq that would begin with anair cam- paign shorter than theonefor the Persian Gulf War, senior administrationofficials say. It wouldfeature swift groundactionstoseize footholdsin the country andstrikes to cutoff the leadershipin Baghdad Theplan, approved in recent weeks by Bush well “Trent elson“The Salt LakeTribune Wan NeConnl ofSat Laka hy iecoorto the fd Saturday afternoon at Rice-Eccles Stadium by Rick Reese of the Veterans Day Committee anda Marine honor guard. War li, was wounded - 11U He fought in the Battle ofthe Bulge in World ‘and was awarded the Purple Heart and Presidential UnitCitation. Se storyon Page A-18. | Remembering Vets BY DAWN HOUSE the guns wereto fall silent on the 11th hour ofthe 11th dayof the 11th month honored only World War I ‘THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE | Battles of the 20th century | | | have called more than 26 million Americans p More than 26.4 million adult Americans have served in the military, comprising 13 percentofcivil. ians aged 18 and older, according to the 2000 U.S. cen. sus. Approximately1 in 5 of the nation’s veterans served during World WarIl, 1 in 6 in the Korean War, 1 in3 in the Vietnameraand1 in 9 haveserved since August1990, which includes Persian Gulf War veter- ans. Veterans Day, long known as Armistice Day, is a reflection of the 20th century's bloody conflicts. Monday's observance is fixed to the date of the signing of the Armistice in 1918 that ended the Great War. When that conflict did notlive uptoits billing as the war to endall wars, the Great War became knownas World War I. “The unsettled issues of the First World formed the agenda of the Second World Wai id University of Utahhistory professor Ron Smelser. “The war to end all wars turned outto span another one.” Armistice Day | tale vets until 1954. Congress changed the holidayto “Veterans” Day, recognizing the loss of American lives in Koreaandthefact that World WarII had brought the greatest mobilizationofsoldiers, sailors, and airmen in the nation’s history. Thirty-sevenpercent ofthe nation’s veterans are over the age of 65, but their numbers are quickly diminishing. World WarI veterans are dying at a VETERANS DAY rate of1,500 perday, acSchedule of Utah events B-5 cording to the Depart: ook around. Chancesare 1 in8 that the person standingnextto you is a veteran. Controversyin Taylorsville B-5 mentof VeteransAffairs. “World WarII veterans werethe folks who until a decade or so ago ranthis country,” said Smel. ser. “Most of the Congress and every single president from Dwight Eisenhower to George Bush senior were fromthis generation and were World WarII veterans.” before the U.N. Security Council's unanimousvote on Friday todisarm Iraq, calls for massing 200,000. to 250,000 troops for attack byair, A-6 start” ofsubstantiallyfewerforces, ij war Pentagon and military officials A-7 probably begin with a “rolling The road to pos say. At a news conference Thursday, Bush did not discuss the secret process for planning a possible war, but he noted thatif military action is required See QUICK STRIKES,Page A-6 Is Iraq Building Nukesor Not? BY CHARLESJ. HANLEY THEASSOCIATEDP} In tens of thousands of words, many of them “may,” “could” and “probably,” intelligence agen: cies and private analysts have sketched out a por trait in uncertainty andcalled it the Iraqi quest for doomsday weapons. A close review ofrecent in-depth reports shows that at times U.S. andBritishintelligence organiza tions and otherspecialists contradict orfail to support one another's assertions on Iraq and nuclear weapons, assertionsthat are often unsubstantiated e in the U.S.intelligence report, for Iraq “may” have acquired technology In Utah, World WarII-era veteransfar outnumber their like-aged male civilian counterparts who did not servein the military, by 58,249 to 25,358. The total for women veterans, age 65 and older, is 1,877. erial. But noconcrete evidence is offered, and the British intelligence report suggests the opposite that U.N. sanctions have kept such equipment out ofIraqi hands. See VETERANSDAY,Page A-18 celebrated on Nov. 11 because U.S.-IRAQ lraq ponders land andsea. Theoffensive would ultimatum See IRAQ, Page A-9 aces | Ground Zero Air More Hazardous Than EPA Admits, Study Says Toat least one Utahn, there attractive businesses ee, | An poteown ancient Sposk | play to hit a stage in Salt 7" Clty. Arts D-1 | drama may outrageous Aer Dy lotay we Crossword D-13 Obituaries B-6 Classifieds ..F-2 Real Estate F-20 Rarthweek A-14 Review ..., B6 Editorials .AA-1 Salt Sub. . D-16 Landers ...D-15 Sports .....C-1 Rain or snow likely across much of the state, with “The EPA was veryupset that people were taking measurements and coming When a team of university-based air pollutionscientists reported in February they had found dangerous airborne contaminants drifting over a then-massive World Trade Center rubblepile, the news madesomefolksat the U.S. Environmen tal Protection Agency uneasy. The EPA'sjob is to monitor air quality up with analyses that essentially coun tered their results,” said former UC Davis researcher Kevin Perry, recently hired by the University of Utah to work as anas. sistant professor in the meteorology department. According to Perry, news ofthealternate findings was a bombshell to the | | | and emissions throughout the country and especially at the Ground Zero site in New York City where the debris re. agency. EPA spokeswoman Bonnie Bellow remembers it differently. She said multiple moval job is mostly complete, An agency spokeswoman said administrators bristled when they heard someone had been research groups, not just the California team, decided ontheir ownto test Ground Zero-vicinity air. Agency concern only testing lower Manhattan air without co- grew when Perry's team andothers released data without what EPA adminis. 4, Ba IR COPY) incomplete i ALT LAKE TRIBUNE | ween, 4 BY TROY GOODMAN 9 000,TH ordinating with EPA beforehand, Even worse was the February media eventin whichUniversity of California, Davis,re. searchers claimed months worth of government readings on post-Sept. 1) air pollutants’ risks were woefully trators considered a scientifically valid “period of review” or thoughtful govern. ment input See AIR, Page A-15 Kevin Perry, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, lo an expert on ai pollution and weather patterns. His evaluation of the dust over the collapsed World ‘Trade Center found levels of particulates higher than what was reported by the EPA. , |