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Show || FRIDAY, October 6, 1995 | UTAH DATELINE | Page B-2 PRIMARYRESULTS: Beating Poverty in Utah Ranks of States’s Poor Are PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS DIRTY JOB, BUT... Sandy Police Chief Sam Dawson was asked by the mayor andcity attorney, as well as the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, to sit through the movie “Showgirls.” The officials have gotten complaints from residents, so they wanted to determineif the film is pornographic. If Dawson deemed it pornographic, he could close down any theater in Sandy showingit and seize the film. He could recommend the county do the same. His review: “The only thing pornographic is that you have ; Page B-7 a ROLLY & WELLS | SECTION B The Salt Lake Tribune to pay money to seeit because eege A woman whoworks for IBM in Salt Lake City (who does not wantto be identified for fear of getting in trouble with her mother) recently took her 88year-old grandmother,visiting from Slovenia, to a movie. She hadn't bothered to check ratings or reviews of movies, and when she saw “Showgirls” on the marquis she thoughtit would be something like “Chorus Line.” She figured her old-fashioned grandmother mightlike it. A short ways into the movie, she realized it was a mistake. She apologized to her grandmotheras theysat through one nudescene after another, suggesting they leave. No way,said grandma. “We paid for the tickets and where I come from we don’t let anything go to waste. o Dwindling, Census Suggests By Tony Semerad THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah’s economicprosperity is reaching downinto the ranks of the state’s poor,if a new batch of Census Bureau numberscanbe believed. The bureau’s Current Population Study for 1994, released Thursday, says 8% of Utahnslive in poverty, or two of every 25 residents. That is down from 1993, when 10.7% of the state’s 1.9 million people met federal poverty definitions. ‘What we don’t want,” said Brad Barber, deputy director of Gov. Mike Leavitt's Office of Planning and Budget, Agency Corp. made him pay the going political rate. a NATIONAL MODEL? Salt Lake City Councilman Stuart Reid will be featured on the syndicated daytime talk show‘Montel Williams.” Reid was invited to talk Thursdayin Los Angeles about the new city ordinance he sponsored that makes it possible for the city to punish parents with fines, communityservice and jail if they fail to supervise their children who repeatedly break the law. He will be joined by Berlinda Thomas, the mother of an 11year-old boy who was shot dur- George Tabernacle is a church. But the City 1 Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN ie CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Patricia Tuft will face M. Bryce Jolley for the District 6 City Council seat the Salt LakeCity general election on Nov. 7. The wrong name was published Wednesday in TheSalt Lake Tribune. a Richard Valdez, responding to a Utah dispatcher whoaskedif he was wauted for murder in Los Angeles, said: “No, but I think they’ve got me connected with something.’ He wasincorrectly quoted Tuesday in The Tribune. Oo Circulation for Salt Lake County's librariesis 6 million. An incorrectfigure appeared Mondayin The Tribune. Temple in Salt Lake City as part of the Gateway Project, a Zion Securities Corp. development. Upon completion; the projectwill feature a three-level underground parking garage topped by an 17-to 20-story high-rise. Decorso to Stand Trial in Sex Attacks, Killing ByBrian Maffly fighter, 3rd Circuit Judge Michael Hutch- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ings ordered Decorso to stand trial on 10 Michael Scott Decorso raped an acquaintance late one October night three years ago at a charity haunted house, one of his many alleged victims testified Wednesday. But because of marital troubles, the ‘woman did not go topolice with her allega tions. A conviction could have put Decorso behind bars before he launched what prosecutors deseribe as a one-man crime wave of sexualterror. Thursday, after hearing four separate cases against the former Midvale fire- Decorso, 26, pleaded not guilty to charges that could lead to the death penalty if he is convicted. He was ordered to appear before 3rd District Judge Leslie Lewis for arraignmentOct. 13 Among his alleged offenses is the Feb 15, 1994, sex-torture slaying of Margaret Martinez, 50, during a robbery at a West Jordan shoe store that netted $850. Her killer wrapped duct tape around her face felony counts for attacks on six women and girls between October 1992 and September 1994. ordinance. KTVX, Channel ByJoshua B. Good THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Publicity about the inspection brought thieves to Smith’s com- Bylaw, John C. Smith has too many dogs at his dumpinSalt pound near 800 South and 2400 West. A report hefiled with Salt adult pit bull and 11 puppies were swiped Monday, the dayan article i The Salt LakeTribunedetailed ordered him to do. If he does not, officers saytheywill seize theani- &4 loss: $5,400 Also, six people who dogs probablywill be killed be- and were referred to Smith. causethepit bull is considered a breed rejected their offe 1 bet if I gave 4 Id do like they do Tiffany Burlingame, 1n > COUNTRY CAT" IN1 COUGAR A NEW Ar Workers ease a 19,400-pound stone lion into the Brigham Young University Museumof Art on Thursdayas they prepare for the Nov. 1 opening of the “Imperial Tombs of China exhibit. The statue is fromthe early years of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) n The private land: , ie ie (a i i 4 an | | industrial z would end those upi > The Utah Humane So not adoptov the dogs’ do ness. Anypit bu’ ie eee as Te Gk tho ‘weok ot aaa a risk f mw sj eS c verve née . oreabicent every f f BFE” stally se tfedeot nding inany lowed He every one of =e ag ba Rick Egan’TheSalt Lake Tribune magazine's “Pet of the Year. i Who worship the cow anddon't Provo homemaker who is in the running for Penthouse aus rr q 5; adopt the dogs called7 in six months," Smithsaid I'mstill an American and | pay 4, althoug ted TV tabloid a spent Oo tionally the dogs’ plight. Smith’s estimat- *“““Phey're still private property, SPEAKING OF EXPOSUREthe cer Lake City police indicates an vowing to keep them. He is not interested in finding homesfor 14 of his 16 adult pit That is not the issue, as Smith pro- is scheduled to be featured ieon seteee E See DECORSO, Page B-8 dangerous the day has yet to be deter- mined But the print is not enough evidence to mals. If theyare confiscated, the on will air oe = on t tape used to bind Martinez’s ankles bulls, as animal-control officers has a The one of his fingerprints to a piece of duct Lake City. He knows it. But he is councilman anda Saye Silverton, Ore., which so tightly she suffocated. Decorso already awaits an Or.. 30 trial before 3rd District Judge Homer Wilkinson in a February 1995 rape aid murder attempt on a 51-year-old womar he purportedly picked up hitchhiking After Decorso’s arrest in this attack, police say they cracked earlier unsolved assaults when victims identified himinlineups. Investigators say they also matched §.L. Junkyard Owner Vows Fight to Keep Pit Bulls val gangs while he was riding in a truck on Salt Lake City’s State Street. Thomas opposes the ordinance. Guests also include Joe Clark, the former high school principal in New Jersey whose get-tough style inspired the movie “Lean on Me,” anda city similar A =e 7 Ay and South Demolition of the Bonneville Telecommunications Building is under way at the corner of Main Street organrecitals and thingslike that.” ing a confrontation between ri- i @ See BYU, Page B-8 See POVERTY, Page B-7 By Dan Harrie ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Mormon Church leadersinsist the St. you for great cooperation.” that rate, but the Newspaper BYU police Capt. Mike Harroun said Wednesday The person responsible usually strikes on week state level. They fluctuate widely from year to year, a fact Census takers say reflects the relatively small number of Commission Will Settle Dispute in St. George See TABERNACLE,Page B-7 rate. Actually, he tried to get doing it to harass the school’s Limbaughfan club. But don’t bet the house on these numbers, especially on a Tabernacle? the next years. Again, thank count to get a high-volume By Robert Kirby SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE PROVO — At Brigham Young University, even the graffiti is conservative. Messagesin blue markerare appearing aroundthe Mormon Church-owned university attacking the homeless and needy or lauding conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh and his legions of devoted listeners who call themselves “‘ditto-heads.”” BYUpolice don’t knowif the person leaving the messagesis a fanatical supporter of Limbaughor is Flow Near eee ceitines ot Come * SEeTTea Nebi Rend of ‘Tehri tran that explains how Nejadeacbil dean “engineerof geology” and he wants to buy a “Rouse forlife.” But he doesn’t have enough money the letter maholid ea: “Please give me $10,000 for REST OF THE STORY Wednesday, we ran an item about three Sandy City Council candidates who used the Sandy City logo in a paid political ad in Monday's Salt Lake Tribune. We noted that candidate Ross Baldwin purchased the ad under the Riverton Motors’ ac- “is to have our economic expansion hurt those people on the bottom end.” “This is good news,” he said. Only Vermont and New Hampshire had lower poverty rates, according to the figures, based on surveys of 69,000 households a month. The average poverty rate nationally was 14.5%, which translates into some 38.1 million indigent Americans. The Censusstudy also found that about 220,000 Utahns are without health insurance — or 11.5%. Only 14 states had a lower percentage of uninsured residents, while 34 states had a larger uninsured population. The national average is 15.2%. Will Liquor Council disagrees, saying it is a historic building. St. Georgeofficials confirmed Thursday that they are sticking by their 4-month-old “Jocal consent” for Mama Eddy’s restaurant to obtain a license to serve beer, wine andcocktails. The tabernacle’s status as churchorhistoric landmark is pivotal to the license award becausestate law prohibits a liquordispensing establishmentwithin 600feet of achurch. Mama Eddy’sis 502 feet from the Tabernacle grounds. The council's decision comes despite a recentletter from the presiding bishopric of The Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day sain Goclaring that the 119-year-old ediice is a church. “Tn the opinion of the council, the tabernacle is a historic site, not a church,” City Attorney Gary Kuhlmann said Thursday. When St. George originally endorsed restaurant owner Jerry Baker’s liquorlicense application last June, the churchproximity issue didn’t arise, Kuhlmann said, “because the nature of the tabernacle is such that it's mainly used for tours, a few buy one house, then I pay at BYU Blue Over Vandal With Conservative Pen on { |
