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Show GUNMANINTERRUPTS WEST VALLEY CHURCH SERVICE/ D-1 CheSalt LakeTribune MONDAY VOLUME 250 NUMBER 59 TODAY'S READERSHIP: 336,700 SIMPSON CASE For Victims’ Kin, Loved Ones Gone But Not Forgotten COMBINED NEWS SERVICES LOS ANGELES— It hasbeena nightmare year that began with a telephone call in the early morning hours of June 13, 1994, the stomach-curdling call that every parentfears when the phonerings in the middleofthe night. Since then, each family has found its own wayto cope. For Louis Brown, the father of Nicole Brown Simpson, it has been a year of shock, grief and unabated frustration. Anger rose in his voice as a reporter asked how he would describe the last 12 months. “The last year has been horrible,” he 52 June 12, 1995 Takeover Attempt Turns Mellow: Lotus OKs IBM Buyout THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Lotus Development Corp. agreed Sundayto be bought out by IBMfor $3.52 billion, the software industry’s largest merger. The deal is worth about $220 million morethan IBMoffered whenit began the takeover last week. The companies arrived at a $64-per-shareprice, $4 higher than the original bid. The firms announced the agreement Sunday afternoon, turning IBM’s first hostile takeoverbid into a friendly one. The deal has the potential to reorder the personal-computer software industry by putting [BMin a strong position to challenge Microsoft Corp., which has come to lead the industry through its dominance in operating system programs that run the basic functions of a PC “Lotus will be a very critical and important part of IBM and IBM's growth strategy,” IBM head executive Louis GerstnerJr. said The buyout beganasa hostile offer, announced publicly last Monday just moments after Lotus was informed. Lotus executives had rejected offers from IBM during five monthsof private talks on a variety of businessrelationships. By Robert Shogan LOS ANGELES TIMES CLAREMONT, N.H. — President Clin- ton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich co-hosted a unique sort of TV talk show Sunday, and though their discussion covered manyofthe most divisive issues on the national agenda, the result amounted to a bipartisan lovefest For most of the past eight months, since the midterm congressional elec- tions, the Democratic chief executive and the Republican leader of the conservative ‘counterrevolution” frequently have been at each other's throats in the na- No Nightmares: “They miss their mommy, they miss their daddy, but they don’t have nightmares, they don’t have crying outbursts,” Juditha Brown told the syndicated television show “A Current Affair” in an interview to air today. On most days Brown and his wife, Juditha, choose not to makethe five-hour round-trip drive to the downtowncourthouse from their home in DgnaPoint in Orange County. “Why? So I can tear my heart for my daughterthat’s gone?” he said, the anger creeping backinto his voice. No.” On Thursday, Judge Lance Ito ended the court day early when Ronald Lyle Goldman’s father, Fred, broke down during autopsy testimony. Kim Goldman, the victim’ssister, is in court every day, often accompanied by her stepmother, Patti. She says she and her brother had made a promise always to be there for each other. “The reason we go[to court] is to make certain that Ron is not forgotten and that hopefully justice is done,’ Fred Goldman said. “We want the jurors and everyone else involvedin thetrial not to forget that there were two people brutally murdered.” Other than that, he said, “We take every dayoneday at a time.” AnnLanders B-2 Movies Bo Asimov Quiz B-5 Obituaries 0-5 Births D-5 Puzzles D7 Classifieds. D4 Rollyand Wells. D-4 Comics. B4 Sports CA DayBreak B4 Star Gazer D8 Editorials A-6 Television BS For The Record. D2 Time &Money. B-4 Letters to Ed A6 Ulah News D4 WEATHER:Mostly clear skies as mercury hits the 90s across thestate. Details: C-6 grammers, who can leave if they don't like the acquiring firm The key attraction for IBM at Lotus isa product called Lotus Notes, a conferenc- ing. database and e-mail “environment” that eustomerscantailor Theproduct has changed the way some businesses organize themselves and is used by a growing number of IBM's larg- est customers, including General Motors and U S WEST. With IBM's backing, Lotus will have a chanceto bolster Notes at a time when the product is leading the market but has seen its growth stall Behave for Elders the week’s events andthe attorneys coming up with somenewlies, new hired witnesses,like that maid,” hesaid, referring Rosa Lopez, the housekeeper who worked next door to 0.J. Simpson and wascalledto the witness stand to back up his alibi. Lou and Juditha Brownsay caring for their late daughter’s two young children — 9-year-old Sydney and 6-year-old Justin — has kept them busy while dealing withtheir pain. They said the children have adjusted well to the loss of their mother and father. The kids are not allowed to watch the daily broadcasts oftheir father’strial. INDEX IBM’s initial cash offer of $60 per share was twice Lotus’ market value at the time. Lotus stock rose $28.94 to $61.44 on June 5 when IBMannounced its offer. It closed at $62.8712 Friday on the Nasdaq Stock Market Lotus head executive Jim Manzi will becomea senior vice president of IBM continuing to lead Lotus, which will retain its name. Gerstner said he was “delighted” the deal came together quickly Manzi’sroleis key to ensuring a smooth transition. Hostile takeoversarerarein the software business because the most important asset of such firms are pro- Clinton, Gingrich said. ‘Every Sundayto hear the rehash of Trial Is Difficult: Both families share the frustrationsof listening to defense arguments that they find offensive and testimonythat is given in mind-numbing detail that seemsto haveno relevanceto the case, For Louis Brown,the coroner's testimony last week about the dimensionsof the stab wounds, whether they were an eighth or a 16th of an inch, wasa perfect example. Rather that go to court each day, he said, he worksat the foundationfor battered women that he and the familye tablished in his daughter's name. The Nicole Brown Simpson Charitable Foundation distributes money nationwide to groups that help victims of domestic violence Recently, the family began a national campaignto have June 12, the anniversary of the murders, declared "Stop the Violence Day,” writing to governors in every state to get the word out. “Not just for Ron and Nicole, but for all the victims everywhere,” Brown said Unlike Goldman's father, who has become increasingly outspoken about his feeling that Simpson is guilty, Brown is reluctant to talk about his former son-inlawin deferenceto his two grandchildren who nowlive with him andhis wife and whostill ask for their mother and father But he s his feelings about O.J Simpson donot interfere with the affection hestill feels for Simpson's family. “They're entitled to whatever theybelieve, and if I were his family, I'd probably hold blood closer than water, too,” he said. Lou Brown said his family speaks with Goldman's family fromtimetotime, describing their relationship as being on “friendly terms,” “Wefeel for them because Ronwa victim of circumstance,” he said ©1995, THE SALT LAKE TRIBL NE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH84111 which we disagree but then make our best effort, our dead-level-best effort. to work together to move this country forward.” Taking his cue from the burst of applause that greeted the president’s tonesetting comments Gingrich responded in kind “All Americans can be told the truth and ean actually watch sunshine, the two men delighted anatten- their leaders have honest, open disagreement and talk things out and find common solutions he said. “The presi- tive audienceof senior citizens by making dent and I will now tion’s capital. But on this afternoon, seat- ed side by side in the New Hampshire civility the order of the day Disdaining the harshness and hyperbole commonto contemporarypolitical discourse, Clinton and Gingrich took every opportunity to find peints of agreement And even whentheyheld opposing views. they sought to give each othercredit for goodintentions and conscientious effort “Wehave lot of differences, but we also have some areas in which we can work together,” Clinton said in his brief opening remarks at the hastily arranged. unprecedented joint appearance in this southwestern New Hampshiremill town “The most important thing is that we are have a dialogue and maybe the country ean learn little about working together and not just buying [political] commercials and attacking each other.” Moments later, Gingrich urged the Gingrich audience to applaud Clinton's measured response to a question about holding down Medicarecosts and health care re@ See DISCUSSION, Page A-3 trying to identify clearly the places in Family, Friends and Fans Give DownedPilot a Hero’s Welcome Tim Dunn/The Associated Press THE MAJESTY OF WATER ByCindy Loose and Ellen Nakashima THE WASHINGTON POST Melting snowpack makes the roaring Yosemite Falls all the more dramatic as water crashes 2,425 feetto the valley floor. This year's WASHINGTON — Other family members wavedflags andflashedbig grins at snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada is the heaviest since 1983. By Tony Mauro USA TODAY WASHINGTON — TheSupremeCourt heads into the final three weeks of its term today with a handful of momentous decisions pending — including sever that could fundamentally reshape civilrights law. “We'drather get themsoonerthan lat- er to get the nervousness over,’ says Penda Hair of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Some of the key cases have been pend- photographers as they walked. but that feet of him as hehid. He pressedhis body wasn't enough for 79-year-old Dorothy and face into the dirt, Giustra. Shepretty much dancedacrossthetar- As Term Winds Down, High Court Faces a Stack of Key Rights Cases mac at Andrews AirForceBase, filling in with a marchstep hereandthere, waving a bottle of champagneinherright hand After all, her grandson, Air Force Capt Scott F. O'Grady, was coming home. For six days, O’Grady’s family had ing for months, suggesting possibleinter- struggledwith the possibility that he may nal struggles to win majorities for com- have died. But Sunday, seconds after the exit ramp of a C-20 Air Force transport peting opinions. The court's docket this termis the smallest in decades — 82 cases compared with the more typical 110 — but 26, nearly a third, remain to be announced Noneof thecurrent justices is known as a slow writer, so it's fair to speculate there is division,’ y Bruce Fein. “There isn't one command@ See HIGH COURT, Page A-3 Wasthere a lapsein U.S. intelligence? A-4 Fighting continuesin war-torn Bosnia A-4 swung open, he was in their arms again ‘That's the man that ate the bugs,” a small boyin the crowd proclaimed when he saw O'Grady, referring to thepilot's covering his with camouflage gloves. Whenhegot the chance, O'Gradyradioedfor help, He was rescued June 9 by Marines in AH-53heli- copters Sunday, Gen. Ronald Fogleman, the Air Force chief of staff, credited O'Grady’s survival to the courage and heroic professionalism of the Marines and to O'Grady’s training, his strong will to live and his unshakablefaith in God. Wecelebrate your rescue and thank God for your return,” Fogelman told a cheering crowd of about 200 peopleat Andrews before turning a por- table podiumoverto thepilot time spent hiding out in western Bosnia First off, I've got totell you that in the O'Grady parachutedinto thehostileterri- past, | had mydoubts that miracles were possible. But I stand here before you, afterit was hit by a Serbian missile June 9 O'Grady said, adding that his survival Armed soldiers had passedwithin a few @ See O'GRADY, Page A-4 tory from his exploded F-16 fighter jet OnTrack of the Cat, Did Guides Rig the Hunt? ByChristopher Smith THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OSIRIS — On a hillside overlooking a southern Utah ghost town namedafter the Egyptian god of the dead, atrail of blood andfootprints left a mystery in the snow, This summer, a Garfield Countyjury will be askedto solvetheriddle byde ciding what really happened F\ 1993, on a rocky ridge abovethe Sevier River, Utah game wardens say the tracks in the snow reveal one of the most bizarre cases of a “canned” or rigged cougarhunt they have¢ seen, Four men are accusedof lassoing an angry 6-foot-long mountain lion, chok ing it senseless, dragging it down a de and thenreleasing it so a paying customer could shoot it Andtheysay thestate's storyis pre posterous. ‘This is going to be alot like a mur, der trial,’ muses defense attorney E Kent Winwardof Ogden. Although Winward has never been hunting in his life, he is representing one of the state's most prolific hunting guidefamilies, Red Creek Outfitters in Paragonah is operated by Val Robb and 4 his sons — tall, muscular men who are the hunting party was driving along considered among the best hunters in John's Valley Road on the boundary of Utah. In some circles, they also are consid. ered the most brazen of poachers. An undercover sting in 1990 resulted in Robband threeof his sons pleading no contest to charges of possessing anille gally taken cougar aresull, the state wildlife board in 1993 revoked Val and Brandon Robb's cougar-hunting privi leges for five Less than a week after the board vot ed, the Robb boys were guiding another cougar hunt. And again, this one led theminto trouble According to court documents and an investigation by officers of the Utah Di vision of Wildlife Resources (DWR) William Mehl of Pennsylvania had paid the Robbs $3,000 to guide himon a cou gar hunt, Meh! had drawn one of a handful of cougar permits for the Mon roe Peak unit, a state wildlife manage ment area spanning Garfield and Piute counties, It was a Wednesday. Mehl’s plane home was leaving Thursday morning and he had yet to get his cat. In two pickups carrying yipping hound dogs, the Monroe Peak unit near theoldredstone creamery building that marks the ghost town of Osiris, whenthe tracks of an adult male lion were spotted cross ing theroz Problemwas, the cougar had headed east, into the Boulder Mountain unit Mehl’s permit was good only for the Monroe Peak unit to the west of the road. After finding no sign the cougar had crossed back into the MonroePeak side of the road, the four Red Creek guides ~ Brandon, Shawn and Chris Robb and Shawn McElroy decided to cut the dogs loose on the cat's trail. They hoped to chase him out of the Boulder Moun tain unit, west across the road and into the Monroe Peak unit, where Mehl was readyto plug the trophy lion witha pis: tol What happened during the next 90 minutes is the subject of four charges of wanton destruction of protecte wildlife, third-degree felony crimes that carry 4 maximum of five years in @ See MOUNTAIN LION, Page Ad b William Mehl of Pennsylvania hoists a cou gar hekilled in 1993 in Garfield County, |
