Salt Lake Tribune | 1995-01-22 | Page 2

alt Lake Tribune SUNDAY PERSPECTIVE Sunday. January22. 1995 THE ROLLY REPORT Utah's Political Newsletter by Paul Rolly oe MR POSTMAN ent nonprofit . gan earlier and conflicted with the tion Trust Fund (which does not count event. The race raised $250,000 — mostly from corporate sponsors — for Primary Children’s Medical Center. oO toward the law’s spendi: cap), the Legislature would not be to spend about $52 million of the estiimated = million surplus — even with the t: as being recommended. ci Meanwhile. Mea) part of his seven points in his budget message this year, Leavitt has recommended continuation of the spending cap law, noting the importance of limiting growth in government spending WHATEVER WORKS Somelegislators quietly are say the $45 million Transportation Trust Fund proposed by Gov. this year is a clever also was there, as was — ate Mike Leavitt to get around the Republican-imposed spending limitation dominated Li f The Republican, ture passed a bill a EXPERT WITNESS Sandy police Officer Kent Cravens ars bac bi rom sing the state’s budget at a perce ge higher than a formula was a campaign booster for successful district attorney candidate Neal Gunnarson, even letting Gunnarson use some authentic gang graffiti on his based on population and personal income increases in the state. This year’s e Postal Servic White History Cuts Out Black Heritage in West the past four years. If Leavitt did not campaign sign that said, “Kill Cravens. Now, Cravenswill be the newest detective in Gunnarson’s district attorney 0 ffice. He has tendered his resigna- put the $45 million in the Transporta- tion vwith Sandy spending has been more than 8 percent on for the lower ess’ session be- turnout. She s ys By Shi revenue growth has surpassed therate of that formula In fact, the state’s the2 Park ( ity woman for the posé was not th ice of the new 1993. The eSOaGeo Ge) aae Earthquakes a Svk While participating in last | week's observance of Martin Luther King/Human Ri Day, I found the myself somewhat weary of a regurgitation about awman ame a the oppression of black Americans and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. This is not to dispar- age thecivil-rights leader for his vision and deeds, but the history of black Americans includes more than slavery and Martin Luther King The challenges facmg many but homa. thoacnerl se arndee and | never also in the lack of knowledge about their rich contributions to Dlack folks talk wehim In ; e the “idea” of what it means to be Americans Search on ther a ae Generations black and white children still ofare proceeding ‘he OS, ie Aleutia em Alaska, Indone: province, Cyprus, Oklahoma and school in Okla- blacks today are not only rooted in the atrocities of slavery, Islands. ahour bis even efter aolng)) te : 2 Avalanches An avalanche unleashed heard by a fierce winter storm crashed down on the Reeves was andic fishing through an educational system and emerging virtually unaware tig Gwe aio Huilt the country _utation as one i with a rep: best sharpie in a ese an ig 14Ny people. Several of the vic- During one in better, a white marshal in the Indian Territory of Muskogee (Oklahoma). had an outlaw ee Oeauun hen thousands of tons and it is onetypicallyseen in the light of whiteness. Americans have cometo think of cowboys as foguingisamethitigalike John, Wayne and Gregory Peck, when, in fact. many looked like Sammy Davis Jr. or Sidney Poitier, aecording to historian Art Burton Burton, assistant dean of multi- culture aff irs at Loyola U niver- sity in Chicago, Black, is author of Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters ofthe Indian Territory, 1870-1907. Thebook is aculmination of six of the ShoGtermever times hemmed in G Statior ) and ce ae Bi Reeves calmly aimed his rifle and stranding more than 1,000 people the Reeves and cavalry regiments, drifted into outlaw bands and appeared on “wanted” posters, became kee Nation, who becamecaptain ofIndianpolice within the Creek nation. Sixkiller had a reputation of preaching to his prisoners Wein whow delivered Gael n to Issac Parker. “han the judge’ of Fort Smith Ark ae idents of Puerto Rico as the worst deyone later photographs) and folk sto- ries to reveal black Americans’ contributions to the West ‘IT had always loved Western and colorful history. And it in- cludes more than slavery and Martin Luther King. Utah. POSTMASTER; Send address changes to ‘TheSalt Lake Tribuneat the above address, ——— te BySue EllynSealetta say the eight-foot-tall creature's fresh footprints measured about on6.and-a-haif-feet (eng and die: play only four toes ~ Additional Sources: South Al Institute, Jay teorolog) or repealing the Endangered Spe- Ironically, these much-decried unfunded mandates” evolved in Among other things, their goals would exempt city-run garbage dumps from groundwater-protection requirements, public build- sharply cut funds to help states and local governments pay for such things as improved water and sewerfacilities. The anti-environmental movement t represents sents aa small small majority majority new Republican Congress promises to set environmental cau back decades. Their agendatal sa aia avery fromwilaim at everything dead derness protection to safe drinkLast year, Republicans blocked perfund law, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking WaterAct and the Endangered Species Act ronmental opponents,” Ron Ar- nold, founder of the Wise Use movement, said Wise Use is an expanding netoe Work of more than 500 conserva- tive organizations, largely within the mining, ranching and logging industries. They say environmental laws and regulations trample the rights of private citizens. The issues span wildernessprotections, which might prevent Now that they have a majorityin drilling or grazing on wilderness both houses, manyof those environmental protections may be facing extinction. lands or logging in protected na- Anti-environmentalists were delighted with the big GOP tional forests. Mining rights on federal lands areanotherhot topIe. “We are against environmen- Drinking Water Act, weakening fees for grazing on federal lands. ings from asbestos-removal rules disinfection water-utilities and and water-utilities disinfect rules. Otheritems: Sen. Frank Murkowski of —_Ajaska, who will chair the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, supports oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and expansionof logging in the old-growth Tongass National Forest. So does his Alaskancolleague in the House, Don Young, whowill head the House Natural Resources Committee. @ Conservative Republicans wantto repeal the Superfund provision that forces corporate polluters to clean up contamination. @ Action is expected to prevent Congress from imposing environmental requirements on state and local governments without providing funding for them. the 1980s when President Reagan of Americans. But they are pow- erful and well organized. So what _can you do? Get involved as those trying to overturn environmental pro- tections have. ™@ Monitorlegislation. Environmentalorganizations follow state and nationallaws. @ Write letters. Lawmakers are influenced by what they hear from constituents. Keep your letter simple, to the point and courteous. Telephone your lawmaker. Let him or her knowwhere you stand and why. @ Educate others. And get them to join your effort. Congresses come and go, but we haveonly one planet. 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But the ate of the University of Utah. cellations and billing information,eall Monday through Friday, 4a.m,to Wintry prints could belong to another “Big “icsActandiittingetfortstoraise very substantially the goals of enough elected officials with a voice of authority in Congress that we will nowbe able to very Editorial Writers commonwealth Briefrains during the hurricane seasoneased thecrisis, but dry weather ECO REVIEW The Tribune's National Desk and a board member of Planned Parenthood of Utah. Sheis a gradu- delivery information, new subscriptions, restarting subscriptions, can» All other areas thet talists 100 percent. We're a threat to their existence and that’s what we want to be,” Arnold told the Boston Globe. Republicans hopeto scale back the Clean Water Act and Safe Daily Only (Utah Johore state, where reports of the Water rationing resumed for res- sighting werefirst received. Tension mounted when superstitious vildrought ‘this century worsened agers feared that the fresh footacross the U.S. KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE Welcometo yesterday morning “Our political goals are now Shinika Sykes is a member of eeattrenesliod Congress Comes and Goes, But We Have Only One Planet sweep. CIRCULATION NUMBERS For same-day missed delivery replacement on weekdays and Saturdays, | Business News call before 10 am. Sundays eall before 1 pam. For carrier and home Editor arpa. oe ag! Catarina, Parana and Sao Paulo. Floods brought on bythe onset of Indonesia's belated rainy season has claimed three lives and dam- The Salt Lake Tribune (USPS 478-360) Established April 15. 1871. Published daily and Sunday bythe Kearns-Tribune Corporation, 143 South Main St, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City aie uld next je Environmental tmentreportedthatthe ve attackedchildren and picture of western America is in- ssumed that neither did their readers. Now, researchers like Burtonare scanning the historical records: newspapers. government reports, military rosters, pioneer memoirs, artists’ sketches (and the southern and midwestern parts of Brazil have left almost 12,000 residents in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Santa action to revise and renewthe Su- cluded in the glorious saga. and Heavyrains pouring down theand southeast officials in the Oklahoma Territoryin the late 1890s complete. The recognition of black scouts, stagecoach drivers, cowboys. lawmen and outlaws showsthat blacks, too, have a rich Floods e ae) aaa near dian tribes But as the history of the West Without the black story, a true ries. mu and Srinagar, Andeancity of Puno, bllere were others: Mary good and bad weather for eight years in the Montana Territory George Winston, the black bailiff: through the next several months FI became the leading American folk tale, blacks were dropped fromits pages. Historiansdid not want black men and women in- eeareh for a hai eatenterlyingdormantfortwocen- ing water to hazardous waste cleanup. cooks and chiefs of In- the international community for food Ange Cone Grant Johnson, a freedman [for oe vo naser, a mer slave] who enforced the law sheriffs, Jn Search of Big Foot Malaysian army andpolice units joined with wildlife experts and jungletribesto Aplagueoffiyingantshas dlieast eight dead and caused sig has raturried ta iacant ef neegu ae orate as atone ie teres o ee LUCcSNS Deadly also will learn of SamSix: killer, a black man born in the Go- icids also knownas "Stagecoach Mary a pistol-packing black ans, enlisted in the U.S. infantry3 ae As another round of drought parched muchof southern Africa, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho appealed to Winged Menace legend grew and TomMix.trapped They explored the wilderness, furs. discov- — and joined — American Indi- t ter of a mile away — he brought downs the fleeing outlaw. ‘With shout the evils of a criminal life ered mountain passes, founded settlements, prospected for gold andsilver. tended herds, fought Gut of by the snow.and high winds: coast guard officials Drought reported that the volcano on remote Barren Island, in the Bay of Bengal, has been sending a stream ofblacklava Sn cee ane “He won't get far Witha single shot from a quar that, J portationandcommunications. Several hundred Greek villages were : 9 : rie ‘aide UPON fresh footprints. They combed ie were killed whichis sixsquare milesinsize. The zania in the northto the fertile fields thousands of square miles of dense Say Pee ee ist pea vent Mee) of eee and alt Afric jungle surrounding Tanjung Piai in said: ly the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Gen. See eeanlce je aged more than 9,000 homes in the Sumatran provinceof Riau Aplumeofsmokewasalsoseenris- assistance. Low harvests are “Big Fo t aft ny e led ing above the uninhabited island expected in most areas from Tan. 19 Foot.” after trekkers stumble ing Snake District of the Chero : jjvestock, leaving somebadly bitten. Eruption Indian en oS downits slopes since the New Year. the last century According to Burton, from the time of Columbus, black men and “ ae gh winds created one n U.S, marshals before retir jpg at the’age of 69 in 1907 Readers of Black, Red and 4 L—SS= For the wees ee January 20, t blizzards in recent frontier West. Burton draws pictures of larger-than-life characters who both challenged and en- Blacks rode with Ponce de Leon Chief Osceola, Davy Crockett, Bil- ; 12 miles outside, of uringsaliibeayos his long tenure as deputy nerved WiGer women helped shape the frontier ms Muskogee. Despite heavy gunfire in both directions. the marshal andhis posse had no luck captur Meike outlaw With night approaching, Ledbetter sent for Reeves. As the deputy marshal arrived, the out law across an open field with the posse shooting at his heels years of research into the missing history about black peoplein the forcedthe law in the latter part of v | , we also means a large number of peopleof color For example, the cowboy archetype probably is the most pervasive in American culture MAeiaie a Daily and Sunday NEWSROOM NUMBERS Reader Advocate Recreation Rolly & Wells State Desk = ean, Utah OnLine $5.76 $9.24 What: Theentire news, sports and feature content of today's Salt Lake Tribuneis availablein- stantly on your personal comput- Who:All Tribune subscribers can receive 45 minutes daily of Utah OnLine free.e (Sunday-only subscribers receive How:Call [phone] with your PC's 1200 baud modem or better and your telecommunica- er (by noon) with a Utah OnLine connection. Youwill receive: ™@ Updated AP news/stocks Tribunelibrary access @ Downloadingcapabilities 95 minutes daily.) 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