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Show Life as Hectic on Road, as off, for Congressman Editor's Note: Utah's First Congressional District represen- tative, Jim Hansen, recently became involved in his second serious accident in two months. Thefirst occurred while he was alone in Washington. The second happened last week when he was with his family in Salt LakeCity. The congressmanspendsa lot of time in both places. Reporter Patrick Christian talked with the congressman about his accidents, and how his family is affected by the fast-paced life of a Washington congressman. This ‘ first of a two-part account, examines details of the accident itself, By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer Life as a U.S. Congressman can be smashing. But after two spectaular auto accidents, Utah freshman Congressman Jim Hansenis beginningto ihink fate is taking things too literally. Friends supposedly in the know, warned the Republican that political life as a congressman wouldn't be easy. But, they failed to warn him about the traffic After two serious smashups destroying two cars, it's a Washington accident, Hansen decided to buy a sturdy four wonder Hansen's not a paranoid front bumper and a heavy, steel who views every other motorist as a Democrat out to remove a conservative vote from the House floor. Someone ran « red light in Mayand bounced Hansen’s new Mustangoff other cars andfinally into a steel pole. A straight piece of metal could hardly be found on the new silver-blue car Insurance adjusters ruled it a total loss. Hansen onlysprained his back, wrist and finger, and said police told him he was lucky. He was wearing his seatbelt “While cutting me out, rescuers threw a cloth over me to ward off sparks,’’ says Hansen. “The car must have really looked a mess, because two women came by and one said, ‘I guess he’s dead.’ I probably surprised them by saying, ‘No ma'am I am quite alive." Partly because of the serious wheel-drive Bronco. He installed an extra-strong steel cattleguard the storage area behind the back seat. David hada lot of cuts and wasbleeding Last week, looking at his twisted apparently totalled back bumper — “‘just in case’ he says. But it happened again last Bronco Hansen shook his head. saying “As bad as the accident week. And this time his family was with him. Driving home from Salt Lake City to Far- outofit alive.” mington after a celebration of his 18-year-old son Joe’s LDS mission call to Chile. another driver lost control and hit the Hansenvehicle, causingit toroll over on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City. Seven Hansens shared a was, I'm darn glad everyonegot His wife Ann was hospitalized for four days with a back injury She is still in pain and spends mostof her time in bed. but she can walk around frightening experience. “I didn't have a second,” said Hansen. *‘All of a sudden, wham he hit us and we went over After the rollover there was silence for a few seconds. ‘My wife finally said, ‘I think I've broken myback.’ first checked for fire and counted the kids. I couldn't account for David. He had been sitting behind me, and the window where he had been sitting was gone. I thought, ‘On no,’ then a hand came up from Twenty-year-old Susan is spending painful hours in bed at home also with a cracked vertebra in her neck. Tall and lanky David, 15, isn't practicing basketball anymore. His left elbow is in a cast after being fractured during his over-theback seatflight. Jennifer, 9, Joe and the congressman have bruises. Only13year-old Paul cameoutof the accident unhurt. He was the only one wearinga seatbelt, the fami- Pat Christian Photo ly says. Hansen, son survey damage of second accident. Story continues on Page5. Friday: Nation’s Players Agree to Play Ball 108TH YEAR, NO.315 PROVO, UTAH, FRIDAY, JULY31, 1981 Play ball! The umpires have begun practicing their yells and wondering howto handlethe likes of Billy Martin again. The baseball strike is over. Tentative settlement cameearly $5.50 MONTH—PRICE 25 CENTS this morning after an all-night negotiating session. Interestingly. both sides believe they won the battle of wills and got what they wanted. « * Full details appear on Page 6. Gambia Fighting Coup Attempt DAKAR, Senegal (UPI) — Senegalese paratroopers linked up today with loyal Gambian | police fighting a coup attempt by leftist rebel troops in Gambia. Mostof the capital of Banjul was reported to be in loyalist hands. The soldiers from neighboring Senegal intervened at the request of Gambian PresidentSir Dawda Kairaba Jawara. who flew to Dakar from London vowing. “‘I will fight my way into Banjulif necessary’’ to crush the coup attempt. Diplomatic sources said a paratroop force was flown from Dakarto the Gambianfrontier whereit joined Senegalese troops to push across the border in a 400-man force Thursday night. | By midday today they reached Gambianloyalists | | | | at the presidential offices. where Vice President Assan Musa Camara had held out since dawn Thursday. The Senegalese and loyalists also were reported in control of the airport and advancing on thelast centerofresistance at the radio station. which the rebels used to denounce Senegal's intervention saying they were fighting against forces of “imperialism and neocolonialism.”’ Several persons were reported killed in Thursday's sporadic fighting and disorder. which included looting of stores in the Gambiancapital. The Leftist force launched the coup attempt while President Jawara was in London for the royal wedding. The coup was staged by Gambia’s 900-man paramilitary security force. which declared Thursday that a 12-manleftist r i "y council was in controlof the country. Theloyalist force was estimated at 600. At least three people were killed in fighting Thursday. as rebel troops moved to take over the radio station, the airport, bridges and ferries across the Gambian river early Thursday. An unknown number of foreign tourists were believed in the country at beach hotels in the capital. U.S. officials in Dakar said less than 100 Americans live in Gambia and werebelieved safe They said a numberof French citizens had taken refuge at the small U.S. embassy in Banjul The rebel-held Radio Banjul declared Thursday that the revolutionary council would establish a ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ and named Kukli Sanya Sanyang as the new chiefofstate. Sanyang was identified as a leftist opposition fi igure whose party was banned lastfall after the as- of the of the p y security forces. But in London, Jawara vowed to “go straight to Banjul’ and put down therebellion. The coup attempt interrupted 16 years of democratic rule in the tiny West African nation, which was the setting of the novel and TV docudrama. “Roots.” Tax Cut Impact to Take Time WASHINGTON (UPI) — Congress soon will complete action on President Reagan's tax cut plan. But while the first reductions take hold Oct. 1. it will have little initial effect on most Americans. In fact, people making less than $10,000 a yearwill get such a small tax cut next year — offset by inflation and increases in Social Security payroll deductions — that they will end up paying more taxes. The Senate planned to give final approval to the president’s 33-month, 25 percent across-the-board tax package today, sending it on to a House-Senate conference to resolve differences between it and the Housebill. Although thefirst year of the tax cut is billed as a5 percent reduction,it will amountto a 1.5 percent cut for calendar year 1981. Workers’ federal income tax withholdings would be adjusted to reflect the average 5 percent tax reduction through June 30, 1981. Then the second installment, a 10 percentrate cut, will take effect July 1 1982, boosting the cumulative effect to a 15 percentcutfrom current rates — a little more noticeable in workers’ paychecks. The final installment — another 10 percent rate cut — wouldtakeeffect on July 1, 1983. for a cumulative 25 percent cut in individual tax rates on the average over a 33month period Because it is an across-the-board cut, those with the highest incomes, who pay the most in taxes. will get the deductions would be: At $15,000, the family would reduce largest reductions. Theeffect of the tax cut from 1982 its current $1,233 tax liability by $151 in through 1984 for the average family of 1982, $226 in 1983 and $281 in 1984. four with a non-working spouse and two At $30,000, the family would cutits children and claiming about 23 percent current $3,917 tax liability by $405 in of its adjusted gross income in itemized 1982, $744 in 1983 and $914 in 1984. $60,000, the family would cut its current$12,634 taxliability by $1,255 in 1982, $2,370 in 1983 and $2.928 in 1984. At $100,000, the family would cutits Senate-House conference comcurrent $27.878 tax liability by $2,137 in 1982, $4,648 in 1983 and $5,822 in 1984. mittee, which will work out The average family of four with two minor differences with a nearly identical bill approved Wedneswage earners also would benefit from day by the Democratic-domithe reduction in the so-called “‘marnated House. . Tiage penalty.’ Their tax savings would be as follows House and Senate leaders in*At $15,000; $181 in 1982, $283 in 1083 dicated it would be the middle of and $333 in 1984. next week before the differences At $30,000; $499 in 1982, $916 in 1983 are resolved and the compromise and $1,079 in 1984. is sent to the president for sign*At $60,000; $1,547 in 1982, $2,895 in * ing. 1983 and $3,423 in 1984 The Senate endorsed its ver=At$100.00: $2,749 in 1982, $5,748 in sion of Reagan's tax cut Wednes1983 and $6.872 in 1984. day in an 89-11 procedural vote The figures, compiled by the nonpartisan congresssional joint tax combut final approval wasput off until voting was completed in the mittee, apply only to federal income taxes. They do not take into account House. where the Constitution says all revenue bills must scheduled increases in Social Security taxes. originate. Reagan Anticipates Signing Tax Bill WASHINGTON (UPI) — By the middle of next week, President Reaganis expected to have on his desk. awaiting his signature,a bill providing for the biggest tax cutin U.S.history. The reductions would begin taking effect Oct. 1. Reagan maintains that when coupled with his nearly approved slashedback budget, theywill put the nation on the road to economic recovery. The Republican-dominated Senate — having resolved a technical dispute that stalled passage of Reagan's 33-month,25 percent, across-the-board tax cut —wasprepared today to approve the bill. The measure then goes to a France Won’t Return Bani-Sadr to Iran By SAJID RIZVI United Press International Iran’s Islamic government formally asked France to extradite escaped former President Abolhassan BaniSadr and arrest him on the spot as a criminal. But Francehassaidno. Iran madeits formal extradition request Thursday by summoning the French ambassadorin TehrantoIran's Foreign Ministry. But Tehran radio monitored in London and Ankara, Turkey, reported the French ambassadorsaidthat in accordance with his government's principles, defeated politicians are granted political asylum if they requestit The ambassadorexplained that Bani- Sadrsigned an affidavit undertaking to avoid any political activities against Tran and had been granted asylum following his dramatic flight into France Wednesday aboard a hijacked Iranian military aircraft “If, today we demand Bani-Sadr's extradition it not because we are afraid@gf him" the radio, quoted a political under-secretarary of Iran's foreign minsitry as saying. ‘‘Rather the request is based on our beliefs and religious faith.” The official Pars news agency, quoting Tehran Radio, reported an arrest warrant for Bani-Sadr has been issued by a Tehrancourt in connection Quake’s Death Toll May Hit 8,000 ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) — Working through the ruins of smashed villages in sweltering heat, rescue teams dug out scores of bodies today to raise to more than1 300 the official death toll in Iran's devastating earthquake. Tehran Radio said. U. N officials estimated 8 000 werekilled. Tehran radio said rescue workers recovered another 100 bodies from the rubble being cleared since the quake — measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale — struck southeastern Iran's Kerman province Tuesday night. In Geneva the U.N. Disaster Relief Organization said an estimated 8,000 people werekilled in the quake and another 1 000 hospitalized. Tehran radio said searchers have recovered the bodies of more than 1,300 vic- with the extradition request and that details of the charges against Bani- Sadr were handed to the French ambassador. The charges were theft and embezzlementof public property. being an accomplice in the infliction of bodily harm “resulting in injury and disloca- tion of bones.’ and spreading false reports andleveling accusations." An accompanying note from the foreign ministry invoked an Iranian- French treaty on the extradition of criminals and said the French govern- tims. ment should take the necessary steps to Iranian relief teams Thursday flew more tents food and medical supplies to as many as 60,000 people directly affected by the earthquake that hit Kerman province Tuesday toppling detain Bani-Sadr. Thursday Iranian demonstrators marched outside the French embassy in Tehran shouting “Death to Mitterrand” andcallingfor the extradition of Bani-Sadr, who was ousted June 22 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Bani-Sadr, who dropped from sight June 12 days before his formal ouster, was hidden in Tehran by Mojahideen Khalq leader Masud Rajavi, who also arrived in France Wednesday buildings and flattening a string of villages Medical teams sprayed the twisted wreckage of buildings with disinfectant to prevent out breaks of disease UPI Telepboto Crater (in foreground) is all that remainsof plant. ‘Sickness’ Saves Woman’s Life Federal agents may never know whattriggered three violent explosions that disintegrated a mining detonator factory and its five workers in Grantsville, Utah, but they believe it was an accident touched off by volatile chemicals or possibly by a lightning storm. Today, only a huge, moon-like crater marks the spot in the western Utah desert where the plant once stood. . One of the workers, Lorri Sandberg called in-sick — and it saved herlife. ‘‘I feel very lucky, but at the sametime feelterrible aboutit,”’ she says. ‘‘It hasn't really hit me yet and I thinkit will take a long time beforeit does.” She had taken the job only two days before the accident See stories andpicture on Page10. Medical Examiners May Exhume Body In New York City, medical ex- aminers may exhumethe body of Dennis McNell, brother of two Wall Street businessmen whose charges Deputy Director Max Hugel Prosecutors think McNell mayhave been beaten to death See stories on Page 2 led to the resignation of former CIA Johnson VowsLife for ERA The secondhalf of the coverage on Sonia Johnson's address at the Women's Cultural Center in Provo appears in the ‘Today’ section Ms. Johnson is the excommunicated Mormon whofoundedthe Mormons for ERA organization. This article emphasizes her dedication to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the extent that she says she would giveherlife for it. She strongly believes that “‘neither sex wins in oppression.”’ See story on Page 19. SummerSkies Staying Fair Partly cloudy to fair skies are expects to prevail through Saturday in the Central Utah area. There isa possibility of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Overnight lows are expected to be near 60 with highs Clear to partly cloudy weather also is forecast for Utah in general for tonight and Saturday with lows in 60s and 70s range and the highs from the 90s to the 105 in Utah's Dixie, Saturday in the mid-90s. Here's Whereto Find It All Amuseinents Business ...... Classified Ads Comics Community Notes Crossword National-Internatio: Obituaries Opinions Sports . Today . |