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Tokensope trilogy concludes in grand styl Review / Dé Sperts commentary / Ci US. presses aheadwith Iraq raids Along came a spider hole: A Utah soldier is proudto find himselfin the right place — andat the wrong time for Saddam An attemptto ease the campaign andlet Saddam’s loyalists surrender doesn’t bring results By BRENTISRAELSEN ©2003, The Salt Lake Tribune president’s loyalists to give them a CoMBINED NEwsSERVICES chance to surrender, a top Pentagon gen- seat in whatlikely will go downas the most memora- “There was a period of tiiethat'Cen- rebel leader and 78 other Iraqis on Tuesday in an operation north of Baghdad as tral Command determined that it was anti-U.S. attacks and demonstrations best to not do specific types of raids, to persisted in the wake of Saidam Hussein's capture. In a battle late Monday near Samarra, attackers ambushed a U.S.patrol with a give those who were potentially close to ble moment of the Iraq war: the capture of Saddam Hussein. Spe. Ryan Brescher, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, was part of the dragnet Saturday that rousted Saddam out of his hiding place, a 6-foot- Saddam an opportunity to digest the in- formation ... and perhaps turn themselves in,” said Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman ofthe Joint Chiefsof Staff. But none had surrendered, to his knowledge, Pace said at a news conference. roadside bomb, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. No U.S. sol- diers were hurt but 11 attackers were killed, military officials said. The violence continued early today, when a With Saddam under interrogation by bates raged Tuesday over what fate should befall the deposed dictator. truck bomb exploded in Baghdad,killing President Bush said he favors the death penalty for Saddam. See IRAQIS, A4 No CHILD Israel plannedto kill deep hole in the ground near the Saddam in ‘92. A4former dictator’s hometown of Tikrit. “This was a great honor for meto be a part of this historic event,“ Breschertold The Salt Lake Tribunein an e-mail late Tuesday. Brescher, 21, who mansa .50-caliber machine gun on a Humvee attached to Gulf Troop 10th Cavalry, said he positioned his truck northeast of the hut where Saddam wasbelievedto be hiding. See UTAHN, A4 the Americans at an undisclosed site, de- at least 22 people, according topolice. After Saddam’scapture, the U.S.military temporarily eased up on certain types of raids against the ousted Iraqi ‘Morning after’ pill gets nod ofpanel A soldier from Salt Lake County hada front-row eral said Tuesday. The U.S. military said it captured a PHOTO COURTESY OF BRYANNE BRESCHER Spc. Ryan Brescher, a gunnerfor the 4th Infantry Division's ist Brigade, poses on his Humvee in Iraq. Brescher, a Granite High School graduate, participated in the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Economic hurdles: Extra effort by administrators and teachers, Lerr BEHIND programs like Rise and Read help makea difference A school’s path to progress By HrarHer May The Salt Lake Tribune Principal Janine Smith knowsher students at Salt Lake City’s Parkview Elementary down to the food they eat, the games they play and the time they go to bed. It was that awareness that helped get one of her students, Patrick, interested in learning. Andit is that level of attention that put struggling Parkview on the right path to meeting federal academic standardsthis yearaf. ter failing four times in the past Over the counter: The FDAadvisers recommend that the contraceptive be available at pharmacies withouta prescription By Marc KAuFMAN The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The emergency contraception ‘morning after” pill, marketed as Plan B, six years. should be available to women in As Utah’s public schools report this week whether they met new targets under the No Child Left Behind Act, economically disadvantaged schools such as Parkview havethe mostto lose. These so-called Title I schools will be punishedif their students don’t progress enough. Schools in wealthy neighborhoods won’t suffer sanctions, which range from paying to send See SCHOOL, A5 pharmacies and supermarkets without a doctor’s prescription, a panel of experts recommended Tuesday to the FDA. The panelvoted 23-4 in favor of dropping the prescription requirement, but the one-sided vote did not reflect the heated disagreements among some panel members about whetherthe pill’s action amounts to abortion and whetherwider availability would encourage couples to engage in The numbers are in Sruve Grivvwn/The Salt Lake Tri Parkview Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Monica Gayton instructs her students during Utah State University’s Junior Enginé@ring da at the school Tuesday. Students took part in various science and engineering projects and experiments throughout the day, which were provided by the university. Parkview, in the Salt Lake City School District, failed the federal testing mandate last year but passed it this year. By BrentISRAELSEN American women, a numberthat Under a would be expected to grow Clinton-era sharply if it becomes as easily availableas aspirin. Plan B, which consists of two rule, The Salt Lake Tribune Snowmobiles are about to becomeendangered in Yellowstone National Park. A federal judge Tuesday ordered the aus National Park Service to reinstate a progestin: pills taken 12 hours apart, would cost about $30 with- out of out a prescription, said the manufacturer, Barr Laboratories of Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Yellowstone during the next two years. The panel’s recommendation Clinton-era rule that banned the machines in America’s first national park and in neighboring Grand Teton. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington said the Park Service under the Bush administration should not have is not binding, but the Food and @ Results from schools in Davis, Granite, Salt Lake, Jordan districts. A6 @ Possible adjustments in the law. A6 set aside the Clinton rule. Sullivan’s ruling comes as a major victory for conservation groups, which have becomeincreasingly frustrated by Bush’s environmental and public lands policies, It also earnedpraise from former Park Service officials, many of whom have banded togetherto criticize Bush. “Our duty is to take care of our na tional parks,” said Denis P. Galvin, former Park Service deputy director See SNOWMOBILES, Ai4 Drug Administration usually fol- lowsits experts’ advice. Company officials said they expected a desos cision by early February. INSIDE The panel majority argued forcefully for the switch to over- Births busi women need quicker, cheaper access to the drug. See EMERGENCY, Al4 BT Editorials... AN6 - iene. Classifieds ..... £8 Obituaries....67 the-counterstatus on the grounds that WEATHER Page 80 | Carolyn Hax ....D8 Comics . rf Ss.ei : yet — Sports............ C1 | Prosecution wants te drop charges | | Big spenders in Utah | U.S. Censusfigures show Po Dry conditions Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked life across the state, courts in New York and Utahto dropall — with temperatures mostly in the high 305 to low 40s. Wil ll lh | Utahled the nationin oe Soe charges against Jung Hoon “John” Kim, | government spending indicted in connection with the Salt | VoLumE 267 growth over the past Numner 64 Lake Olympic bid scandal. Page A8 | decade. Utah, BI 7 9 re | Bape...” casual unprotected sex. If the FDA accepts the recommendation, women whofear an unwanted pregnancy could take immediate protective measures on their own without consulting a medical professional, a process that many women described in testimony Tuesday as cumbersome, expensive and timeconsuming, For maximum effectiveness, Plan B should be taken within 24 hours after intercourse. Since it was approved in 1999 on a prescription-only basis, the manufacturer said, the regimen has been used by 2.4 million |