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Show 2A Sunday, July 12, 1992 5 FROM PAGE ONE St River Democrat From 1A tling one of the few issues unresolved two days before the opening the kill. aide, speaking on condition of anosaid the In August 1987, at least 2,000 endorsement cutthroat and brown trout were destroyed when a underground chlorine line ruptured at Ogden City’s treatment plant near the Pineview Dam. would come on Jackson’s Cable News television program. Clinton arrived in the humid convention city shortly before nightfall aboard his chartered camPaign jet, greeted by New York Mayor David Dinkins and other The city had to pay Wildlife Re- sources several thousand dollars to replace the dead fish. locally prominent Democrats. Ear- The memory of those major spills is never far behind, especially now, after the recent spate of her, he confessed a case of nerves as he closed in at last on thepresi- dential nomination he struggled so hard to secure Even so, he seemed clearly to be enjoying himself, joking before an NAACPconventionthat his grandmother once told him he could have been a preacher if he were better behaved. “So I wound up in politics,” he said, laughing. During brief airport arrival remarks, Clinton said he wanted to be a “president for all the Ameri- minor incidents along the river. On June 17, two street department workers dumped watereddown diesel fuel into a storm cul- together little kids and dogs play,” she said. “They should make the employees dump the stuff in the county landfill.” By not hauling the waste water to the landfill, the employees violated at least two Utah pollution laws and the federal clean water act, according to Roger Wilde, environmental health director at the Weber-Morgan County Health before the NAACP. “¥ to waste or an ve a person it to lose” in The Associated Press Rare bronze casts of Abraham Lincoin’s head the country, the drive to and hands taken shortly after he became ck audience, Clinton told president are missing from a Chicago muse- vowed to make economic opand portunity “the civil rights issue of the 1990s.” Protests sprouted in NewYork. Abortion opponents and abortion rights activists staged competing demonstrations. Elsewhere, about 40 people behalf of homeless ch . said to number in the thous: n New York City me agreed to send ships off Yugoslavia firm at a jazz club. “We’re not serving tea sandwiches with punch templated. Secretary of State James A. Baker US this political atmosphere the brutal ; Vietnam era. And Bush stressed that the Unit- y wars of winter ed States was not trying to settle first Democr ected president “I think people are reluctant to since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Asked as he left He said the U.S.’s chief responsibil- vous about the ity was providing humanitarian re- ention. he re- hef. Whatever the fall campaign He said there was “reluctance on brings, Clinton hadlittle to worry the part of people to go storming about inside the convention halj, cated from a military standpoint. party platform crafted to his speci- Sure, sanctions, and humanitanan front and pretend to be its leaders.” Ireland said she welcomesthis ety about abortion rights, job secu- outreach to women voters and the rity and the direction of the country will prompt ;voters to care enough to pay attention. “This is not a political game to platform. Nevertheless, NOW’s role will be played outside the con- fications was on the agenda for approval on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, a roll call of the states relief is the answer right now.” Like Bush, all of the leaders in Munich were politically weak and and Goreaccept their Thursday he nominations and launchtheir cam- was strapped by a staggering budget deficit that limits his hand. And with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the endofits military threat, European leaders are their economies were feeble. Bush the nomination: on will hand him paign with prime-time televised speeches. Among his one-timerivals, only Jerry Brownwithheld his endorse- ment, From 1A expected demonstrations this week He went on, and later repeated the term. Applause from the audi- you, sir.” ence was sporadic and polite and NAACPexecutive director Benjamin Hooks said he saw people cringe at some of Perot’s wording. Otherofficials from the organi- ple reason that they have the same liberal policies they have always had, especially if they have the sametired old liberal warhorses up zation, which traditionally leans to- ward Democratic candidates, said there doing the talking,” said Winning numbers Charles Black, a Republican political consultant to President Bush. “If you look at their platform po- 9 sitions, there’s not a dime’s worth of difference in what they’re running on and what Dukakis and Skeptics, including some party insiders, question whether Democrats can make muchof an impression through a massive and 11 24 28 44 Mondale ran on,” Black said, refer- ring to past nominees Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Walter Mondale in 1984. ungainly convention. The party must overcome public alienation On May 11, an semi-truck parked in a residential area spilled 4060 gallons of diesel fuel into a Wildlife officer Pratt attributes — part of the rise in pollution reports to heightened environmental awareness in the community. “Fifty years ago, who cared about what went into the river? But right now, we value the river © a lot more,” he said. To answerthe the public’s ques- | tions, the Ogden Fire Department | in Septemberestablished a hazardous materials hot line at 629- | 8084. So far, the departmenthasfield- i ed 20 calls, reports Fire Capt. hand-written log of the hazardous spills. Most of the callers ask toxins such as gas andoil, he said. The recentspills into the Ogden River don’t pose a danger to the 4 people using the river, according | to the health department. No one = has reported ill effects this sum- mer from swimming in the Ogden = River. Still, the thought of children playing where the incidents oc- curred is unnerving to some. “They’re jumping in the river right in wherethis stuff has been spilled,” said Pratt. “It’s just what you want your kids swimming in.” Perot was simply naive. vention, most immediately in defense of abortion clinics that face by anti-abortion advocates. Republicans naturally sneer at the Democrats’ attempt to change their image. “It can’t be a success for the sim- cratic Woman. looking for ways to assert their own independence. Perot abortion-rights plank of the party time to get real about the fix.” Clinton’s theme, and therefore the convention theme, will be “Putting People First” by investing in all classes of Americans, not just the rich and powerful. A secondary theme T is: “The: Year of the Demo- gates were pledged to him and a_ Andalso we think diplomatic pres- In the advisory, Wilde states that one of the employees involved in the dumping did notrealize pouring fuel down the storm moving, so they want to get out in Despite reduced television exposure for this year’s convention, some Democrats predict that anxi- has turned sideways. The healthcare system terrifies people. It’s into a situation that is very compli- Morethan 2,500 of the 4,200 dele- Wilde also requeststhecity tell workers that anything emptied into storm drains eventually contaminates the river. have seen a large crowd gather and political director of the Democratic National Committee. “The schools aren't good enough. The economy ; plied, “Sure.” who want to support them. They lems that are overwhelming this administration,” said Paul Tully, Warfare,” Bush explained Friday. in Arkansas whether he was ner- lic frustration toward economic voters, it’s getting down to prob- get bogged down in ... guerrilla the governors mansion into the spotlight and exploit pub- crats “responding to whatall of us have seen: a growing momentum of women candidates and voters hard times. the bitter ethnic dispute. ty landfill. said she already sees the Demo- of the usual appeals to special-interest groups, thrust baby-boomers . 5. survivor of jing to become the and spring nla III said the United States did not Want to get trapped in a “quagmire” — a buzzword from the freeze must be taken to the coun- Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, people carelessly dumping toxins into the river. about how to dispose of common wastes such as used oil and anti- nipulation. hazards on ongoing basis, he said. City workers are not the only Greg Chamberlain, who keeps a form employees that hazardous picions about cynical political ma- e concern for women, eschew some tO monitor observance with U.N. sanctions. It was a far cry from the naval blockade that had been con- and Mountain Dew,” promised host Jim Lebenthal. Music was by “The Filthy Rich.” Into ma ing taught about environmental The incident prompted Wilde to issue a reminder to city employees this week. The advisory — the first in Wilde’s tenure — was addressed to Rocky J. Fluhart, the The letter asks Fluhart to in- toward its recent heritage and sus- business we can’t tolerate mistakes such as these.” But no specific programs have been launched as a result of the incident. Instead, workers are be- Department. city’s chief administrative officer. There was no shortage of parties. Among them: a bash for the Idaho delegation hosted by a brokerage plunged ¢ um. Police and museum officials said Saturday they were mystified about the theft, and suspected it might be an inside job. the environment. Like any other Madison Street storm drain that they’re polluting the street where 1ome town of Carthage said. “We're very, very tuned into empties into the Ogden River, according to Joe Decaria program managerat the health department. drain near her front yard. “It made me mad because “Coming out of this convention, the American people are going to know there is a team, there is a party, there is oproach that will bring this c¢ back,” he said. Earlier, he re campaigned error. It’s embarrassing, and not something we take lightly,” he Avenue. From her house, 15-year-old Aruid washed down the massive newal verse. City Operations Manager Jim Wolfe confirmed that disciplinary action had been taken against the employees, but declined to specify what steps were taken. “They made a serious, serious vert at 22nd Street and Madison in Verley, watched as the dark liq- can people, to rebuild this country to reunit this country, to give us a sense oi drain was environmentally ad- Two lawn herbicides — 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, which was banned in 1983 — were suspected of causing of the convention. One Jackson nhymity, d-Exami Powerball 20 Sat.jackpot: $3.5 million “*You people’ is not a term you use to an African-American audience,” said Lacy Steele, an NAACP national board memberfrom Bellevue, Wash. “The term ‘you people’ shows he is not sensitive to African-Americans. People in the audi- ence were beginning to get very frustrated.” “I don’t think he’s racist, he just doesn’t know,” said newly elected national NAACPPresident Rupert Richardson of Baton Rouge, La. 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