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Show JULY 30, 1992 TBUSINESS LOCAL SPORTS THURSDAY Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair to partly cloudy. 2A U.S. athletes | shoot straight Company honored Convenient recycling Women’s basketball team, Kimberly-Clark hailed as ‘outstanding citizen.’ 6C Ogden to have curbside 1c service available. rifle entry aim for gold. 1B eiBeh “mn aE a \rEN Z OGDEN, UTAH SERVING NORTHERN UTAH SINCE 1888 Space Andrews is executed station backed Utahns put 18-year ordeal behind them Standard-Examiner staff The House’s refusal to Utah’s Thiokol Corp “Beginning in 1996, four to six shuttle missions a yea > dedicated to placing S| Station Freedomin orbit. That represents about 65 percent of Thiokol’s space shuttle motor sales annually,” said Thiokol spokesman Steve Lawson By TIM GURRISTER POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN — Despite a dramatic |1th-hour appeal enter- tained briefly by the U.S. Supreme Court, William Andrews was put to death early this morning for his role in the 1974 Ogden Hi-Fi Shop murders. The death bylethal injection slammed the door on appeals strung out over 18 years for one of the nation’s longest-standing death-row inmates — appeals that anguished the surviving Hi-Fi victims and their relatives and ignited a massive death penalty debate in Utah. hours after the execution had been interrupted by the U.S. high court. A clerk of the court contacted the Utah attorney general’s office seeking a delay just as Andrews was being strapped into a gurney in the execution room of the Uinta 3 unit of the Utah State Prison’s maximum securityfacility. Prison officials said Andrews’ legs were strapped down on the execution platform as six guards were beginning the process of securing him on the gurneywhen state Corrections Director Lane McCotter told Andrews of the delay at approximately 11:45 p.m. His defense attorneys had faxed their final appeal to the high court. Andrews’ demeanor was deadpan at the news, Officials said. His only remark was a simple “Yes” when McCotter asked him if he understood what had happened. That contrasted sharply with his mood two hours later, when the execution was onforrealafter the court rejected the last-gasp effort to today. Standard-Examiner staff The author who spent seven years re- searching and writing a best seller about the Hi-Fi murders said today William Andrews’ death will never diminish the survivors’ pain, but it mayhelp close their emotional wounds. “There wasn’t anybodythere for the victims. I’m always astonished at the amount of support perpetrators get when victims are ignored,” said Gary Kinder, who wrote “Victim,” a detailed account of the three murders committed in-1974 and the troubles encountered bythe two survivors and their family members. “I do wish that all this energy regarding . “Obviously the space station is a necessary part of our business and will ensure Thiokol’s present NASA contract through the end of this decade,” he said NASAofficials are also acclaiming the House decision supporting Space Station Freedom, but they still face a battle to persuade Con- gress to give the program all the The Associated Press money President Bush wants. The House voted Wednesdayto William Andrews provide $1.7 billion for the mannedorbiting laboratory, $525 save his life. A smiling, laughing Andrews blew kisses to family members andfriendsthere to witness his death. His body bound to the gurney with numerous leather straps, he held his head up to reveal a wide grin as he mouthed the words “I love you” to the five people he invited to watch his death. Watching through a window from an adjoining room werehis sister Audrey Minter Boson, and her daughter Minnie Minter, his niece, both of Dallas; friends Grady Walker million less than Bush is seeking for the coming year. Becauseof the shortfall and other disputes, the measure faced a veto threat as it moves into the Senate today. But the Senate appropriations committee this morning voted to restore almost all the money Bush wants for the space station. Bush andofficials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration consider the station the core and Dedi Larsen; and Heber Geurts,a for- mer LDS bishop who counsels with maximum security inmates and has been invited by the condemned to witness the last three executions at the prison. Nine media witnesses assembled in another adjoining room, while observing in an- program of America’s space endeavors for the early 21st century Despite the gap between the amount the president wants and the total the Housé NASA Administrator See EXECUTION on 2A Goldin expressed relief tt ‘Victim’ author says death may allow survivors to heal By AMY JO! BRYSON to kill the space Station prograr Standard-Examiner staff Official time of death was 1:46 a.m., two ar this aspect of the story had goneinto helping the victims,” he said, referring to protests over Andrews’ execution mounted by such groups as Amnesty International! and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Kinder, who said he neither favors nor opposes the death penalty, said he does believe the execution of a criminal who has committed a heinous crime helps the surviving family members. “This is not scientific, but I think it adds an element of aid to the victims in just knowing that it’s over. There becomesa finality that they can deal with it now. To keep the criminal alive keeps the victim’s See VICTIMS on 2A aoe project wasn’t killed [ j “In difficult economic times, the Congress stood up and did what’s right for the future,” Goldin told reporters after House voted See SPACE on BA . Nick Challed (left) of Salt Lake City and Natalie Swain of South Jordan re- AUGUST MILLER/Standard-Examiner act to news that William Andrews’ last-minute appeal was denied. Ejected juror announcesinmate’s death By CHARLES F. TRENTELMAN POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN —- In an ironic twist to an 18year-old tale, the man who didn’t get to help decide William Andrews’ fate in the beginning got to announce his fate in the end. In 1974, James Gil- lespie Jr. a a state narcotics officer, a former Ogden police offi- Now, Gillespie is director of field operations for the state Department of Cor- rections. Over the years he has discussed his role in the trial repeatedly, saying he never felt there was anyracial bias in his exclusion from the jury. He also has said he would have voted for the death penalty for | ? ~~ Andrews and his crime partner, Pierre Dale Selby. ana cauten Gillespie cer and the lone black person selected for the jury pool to try Andrews and his part- ner, Pierre Dale Selby, for the Hi-Fi Shop murders. Gillespie was ejected from the jury on a peremptory challenge by the prosecutor, who said he didn’t want Gillespie to come under unduepressure as the only black on a jury trying two black suspects. Ever since, however, his exclusion from plans to build new booster that jury has been a keycriticism of the way the trial was held. One of the reasons Andrews repeatedly appealed his conviction wasthe lack of blacks on his jury, which he said showed racial bias. Standard-Examinerstaff House scuttles This morning, Gillespie was the highestranking department official in the news media center when word came that Andrews had died. So, he announcedit. Asked afterward if his making the announcement was an ironyorchestrated by the people higher up, Gillespie insisted it wasn't. It was just “one of the duties of the job,” he said. By PAT BEAN Standard-Examiner staff Utah congressmen are rallying in Washington, D.C kill funding for an advancedsolid rocket motor proposedto replace | kol’s cur- rent motor. Rep. Wayne Owens says killing 4,000 North- the ASRMcouldsave ern Utah jobs. ccessfulls Sen. Jake Garn toda pushed through a Senate committee an amendment to kill ASRM funding, one day after Owens accomplished the same feat in the House, seeing his amendment pass by a 249-149 vote An earlier amendment by Rep tead divert $175 Jim Hansen t million of the ASRM money to NASA’s spacestation program was defeated on a vote of 181-226 Thiokol, which would have had approximately 20 percent of the ASRMcontract for providing the nozzle for the motor, has maintained a neutral stance on the ASRMfunding More inside on Andrews’ execution “Of course. we will continue to monitor the situation since Thiokol shares a portion of the ASRM con- @ LAST STATEMENT: Andrews explains why his life had meaning. @ FINAL HOURS: Corrections officials describe how Andrewsspent time. 4A tract,” Thiokol @ LAST-MINUTE MANEUVERING: 2A @ PRISON VIGIL: Loud cheers, anguished cries greet execution news. 4A @ EYEWITNESS:Reporter Tim Gurris- @ PROTESTERS:Hope turns into de- Graphic outlines the appeals filed. ANNE RAUP/Standard-Examiner Witnesses to the execution of Ogden Hi-Fi Shop killer William Andrewsline 7 A i Ain: Caan a: , July 30, 1992 — Vol. 105, No. 212 Business/Economy 6-7C Classified ads 10-16C Comics & puzzles 12-13A the execution chamber walls shortly after he was pronounced dead. _ 1-60 Local news 1-56, 8C Obituaries —-- 910€ Sportsnews Seusupunen Stock market Theaters TV schedule__ __1-68 — 7C SD 5D 4A spair at Salt Lake gathering. Theaerospace firm has, however 4A » about possible expressed con discontinuation of the space station program, which is sees as a future and jobs source of contracts Lawsonsaid the station would provide Thiokol contracts with NASA See MOTOR on 8A Panel votes to bring back IRAs,give credit to home buyers WASHINGTON(AP) — A bipartisan bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would bring back popular tax-deductible Individual Retirement Accounts for all work- Dear Abby TRA es,The voluminous tax measure, which lawEditorials&letters 14-15 makers expect President Bush to support, alHorizons ter describes the grim assignment. sman Steve sp Lawsonsaid t so would offer a $2,500 credit for people who buy a home for thefirst time between now and yearend. And it would provide new incentives for businesses and investors to create jobs in inner cities and poverty-stricken rural areas. The committee approved the measure Wednesdaynight by voice vote with nodis- work out a compromise with a version al- ready passed by the House. The Senate plan would cut some taxes by more than $30 billion over the next five years and raise other taxes by the same amount. By comparison, the Housebill has a $17 billion price tag. After a year of heated political bickering between the Democratic-controlled Congress and the Republican White House, the Senate legislation would allow lawmakers and Bush to brag to voters about doing something to boost the economyand to respondto last spring's nots in Los Angeles, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, chairman of senters, Senate action could come as early as the finance committee, said the bill is a se- next week; negotiators then would try to ries of steps “toward a enal weall share: pool]Cop long-term sustained economic growth for missing fron workers and their families.” capital-gains cut and Democrat: Among those footing thebill for the Senate plan: upper-income people, who would lose permanently a part of their itemized deductions and some or all their personal exemptions; securities dealers; workers who claim a tax deduction for job-related moving expenses; gamblers, whose winnings would be subject to 28 percent tax withholding, up from 20 percent; corporations andindividuals who makequarterly payments ofestimated taxes Many of the same provisions were included in a bill that Bush vetoed in March because it would have raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans, That tax increase is new bill, along with the proposed tax relief for middle-income families But the restoration of tax-deductible TR A¢ for all workers regardless of incomeis likely to be popular with middle- and upper-in come wage earners. Before the tax deduction was restncted in 1986, nearly 16 million cou- ples and individuals had IRAs. That figure dropped to $.3 million on returns filed in 199] A sizable majority of workers still qualif\ for an IRA deduction of up to $2,000 a vear Interest earned by the account is tax-deferred until withdrawn at age 59> rent law restricts the or later, But cur. deduction to workers not covered by a company pensior |
