Show - - AP ' 1 - '' I 1117 111111ln I e arITI P et PnIitorri Toet TnttlP til e ti 10(11 14 1 By Douglas L Parker Tribune Political Editor The Legislature convening in special session Friday may choose a tactical maneuver to avoid exceeding its self-impose- d spending limitation while appropriating $5 million toad-'ac- e nuclear-fusioresearch in Utah That's one of the technical hurdles confronting lawmakers as the exotic scientific subject undergoes its first exposure in the political arena at the behest of Gov Norm Bangerter who proposed the funding to capitalize on international interest in the fusion research n ( 1Vith the ink barely dry on a bill passed in February legislative appropriation leaders are suggesting a fiscal paper shuffle appears necessary to split the funding request between two budgetary years and steer away from bumping into the appropriation lid The limitation act was adopted to cap annual spending from major state funds at no more than the percentage growth rate of inflation and population It takes a -emergency" vote to override the ceiling which was initially applied to the current 1988-8fiscal year ending June 30 spending-ca- p two-thir- 9 Senate appropriations leader said the legLyle II Ilyard islative fiscal staff calculates the new spending limitation would allow little more than $2 million to be appro More Fusion Stories: 4-- It t I Death Decoys Wildlife in Alaska Spring Rachel Carson Spring" — "Silent i the mountainsides and green shoots poke out from the matted brown stalks along the beaches The strengthening sun warms the towering faces of tidewater glaciers snaking down from the Chugach Mountains and bays echo with the thunder of icebergs tumbling into the cobalt water Many creatures that wander far off to other climes to escape the unforgiving Alaskan winter are nalf-moo- n recommuning to birth their 4 young breed and gorge on the abundance that has thrived here since the last ice age -It's exciting to see the first varied thrush or rocky sandpipers" said Nancy Lethcoe a guide and naturalist who has watched the arrival of 20 Prince William Sound springs from the deck of a sailboat Each April she notes the return of phalaropes and puffins trumpeter swans and arctic terns As spring stretches daylight s of the way around the clock Prince William Sound teems with life "The daylight makes the plant cells bloom and that kicks everything off" said Rick Steiner a University of Alaska marine biologist who's coordinating the fishermen s response io the oil spill three-quarter- "Soon you've got plankton I soup Little bugs eat that The bugs wake up the little fish and spaw ning crabs who live on the bottom About that time pink salmon fry and herring start emerging from the gravel Seabirds and marine mammals eat the herring and small fish Whales also eat plankton and small fish" And on and on it goes right op to the king of the realm the Alaskan brown bear -Bears are going to be eating dead otters" said Steiner -Of course bears can eat a can of paint and survive but this is pretty toxic si off" Steiner is anxious to see if any animals vv ill actively avoid the spill Ile s especially oplunistie that whales will sviim avvay because the crude oil slick will irritate their skin the I Harry F Rosenthal Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Oliver North a role firmly defended his Thursday from the witness stand at his criminal trial declaring be was merely a Marine following White House orders "I was not stepping in I was brought in" he said North was stopped before he could respond to his lawyers suggestion that Reagan had desfor him the role Asked diignated rectly who told him to secretly help the Nicaraguan rebels North named former National Security Adviser Iran-Contr- By Tad Bartimus And David Foster Associated Press Writers 'VALDEZ Alaska — After a winter of ice and white of stilled rivers and violent seas of long sleeps in deep caves and distant journeys to warmer shores Alaska's wild kingdom is waking up and coming home Waiting in Prince William Sound for the 1 million migrating ducks and geese due this month the 10 million shorebirds passing through the endangered humpback minke and fin whales swimming north the eagles flying south the millions and millions of salmon eggs hatching in the gravel of melting streams and the black and brown bears waking up hungry is the largest oil spill in American history "In portions of Prince William Sound we will have a silent spring" said Jon Lyman an Alaska Department of Fish and Game official Already thousands of animals are known dead and uncounted thousands more also have probably succumbed But that is only the beginning Biologists say spring a time of rebirth will be a time of death in Prince William Sound "We have more and more animals coming in birds moving up from the lower 48 to nest whales arriving right on time harbor seals and sea lions due to deliver their pups in late May and early June" said Mark Kuwada a state tabitat biologist -- If they get contaminated they may die" Each spring nature's wild kingdom stages a huge family reunion among the 10000 square miles of fiords glaciers and rocky islands that make up the magnificent spectacle that is Prince William Sound Snow is starting to retreat up y Bud Scruggs the governor's chief of staff viewed the issue as a minor point and said the administration is amenable to splitting the money be 1 111 then-Preside- Robert McFarlane McFarlane's John Poindexter and late CIA Director William Casey North's testimony came shortly after his lawyers read the jury a then-deput- y lengthy statement — agreed to by prosecutors — that said then-Vic- e President George Bush had played a role as intermediary in Reagan's secret effort to aid the Nicaraguan rebels after Congress banned official US help Machinists Like Ueberroth Bid Part Ownership NEW YORK (AP) — A group led by former baseball commissioner Peter V Ileberroth agreed Thursday to buy Eastern Airlines and a union spokesman said he was cautiously optimistic the deal walkout could end the month-ol- d The $464 million agreement would give employees a 30 percent share in the company in exchange for wage concessions Ueberroth's group is seeking around S210 million back strike-cripple- d according to from the unions sources close to the situation Eastern had demanded $125 million in concessions "The sale 3rd graf The sale by Eastern's parent Texas Air Corp is subject to approval by US Bankruptcy Court and East-ern- s creditors Eastern also must reach new work agreements with its striking unions by Monday under terms of the sale "Under this agreement Eastern can be back flying in very short ordersaid Texas Air Chairman Frank Lorenzo who has been the target of bitter personal attacks from union members About 500 striking Machinists jammed a union hall in Miami where Eastern is based cheering and See A2 Column 4 As re- developments pace placed the sometimes-languiof the trial now in its seventh week the jury heard that Bush personally told the president of Honduras in 1985 that extra aid was being funneled to his country In earlier testimony McFarlane had said that the aid was part of a secret agreement calling for Honduras to help the Conrapid-fir- e d tras At the White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said "We can't say anything It would become a part of the case" North who faces 12 felony charges including lying or misleady Gening Congress and eral Edwin Meese about his efforts to help the Contras testified that he had been ordered by his superiors to keep silent about his role in keeping the rebels going after the cutoff of official aid "I was told not to tell anybody" North said "I was particularly admonished" to keep secret "that another country was providing millions of dollars to help the Contras" That was an apparent reference to Saudi Arabia which supplied some $32 million in aid to the Contras beginning in North described himself as an rs-obeying Marine who had planned to return to Camp Lejeune to command a battalion when top officials in the Reagan administration enlisted him to run the secret Contra operation in 1984 "Was there a time when you were stepping in" to help the Contras? asked North lawyer Brendan Sullivan "I was not stepping in I was brought in" North replied Sullivan asked whether North "understood" that Reagan had designated him as the Contras' new provider Prosecutor John Keker objected: US District Judge Gerhard Gesell sustained the objection and North didn't answer On point after point North said he had permission of superiors For Project Democracy as the help to the Contras was known he said he had the approval of McFarlane Poindexter and Casey The orders to keep secret the contributions from other countries came from the president Casey and McFarlane he said "I never made a single trip down there or a single contact" North said of his frequent visits to Central America "without the permission the express permission of Admiral Poindexter or INIcFarlane or usually without the concurrence of Director then-Attorne- mid-198- - q014e't d r n 2 0 1989 7 f : r t 0irt1s: r ' ' "- 4 lootetwo$ votowm ( - ''' ' 7z 7 4 ' rate""':: A I: Li 4k ir: " i ' '''' ' woo woo i 'f : i : I ! f:t(t') ::a ''' '''4A - k - t' P two ' 0' ' :: :i ' ' - :: :''"s '''''''''4 4i I i : - ' 1 yir v A - 4- ti1-'- W sstowo v' 1' lit """" 1:A " - ' 4' I r1 tk 1 ir '44 ip :11: ? p — I' '''''br - woo voramm i( 1-- A 1ariA McFarlane had testified that he told his staff members the congressional ban on helping the Contras did apply to them but North said "I never heard" that As for raising money he said referring to himself and potential contributors "I knew Colonel North could not ask them for money" After the congressional ban cut off official US aid North said he told Casey that "all the money in the world" wouldn't replace the former CIA assistance He said Casey gave him the name of retired Maj Gen Richard Secord who "basically created a mirror image outside the CIA" to keep provisions coming is to be Secord a tried later North testified for about 212 of the hours including half-hou- r slide show which he gave 75 to 100 times to potential contributors to the Contras while he was working at the White House He will return to the stand Friday morning ' 'iv " 4v i ' 1 ''c''v9'':1--- "z 10- ' 41 - V ': 1 - :'4:4-- o' ' : I 45 g v '1 ‘ 'rt 1A - - ' A :7:: '1 ili 4 "' '' ' 'IV' t ''' ' ' - 417 t'S '' - 4 ' — : Press Lotter000to —Associated Oliver North with wife Betsy leaves court after spelling out then-Vic- e effort President Bush's role in secret Contra-aid Bush Tells Shamir Occupation Must End Gives Tempered Support for Elections 4 orde- Casey" citizen-formeI: ta b Tax Limitation Coalition who opposes hasty legislative spending on the fusion project Legislative staff sought to arrange an appearance by U of U chemistry Professor B Stanley Pons who along with colleague Martin Ileischmann of the University of Southampton in England set the scientific world agog with their March 23 announcement they had sustained a controlled nuclear-fusioreaction in the laboratory But Dr Puns was unavailable The breakthrough was immediately cited by some as the See A-Column 5 U - 10: Bowel Order estifies orth -- By tween two years if lawmakers want to take that tack Gov Bangerter is still looking at the special session as a single-da- y single-issu- e forum be added The session convenes at 9 am Friday and the Senate and House will evolve into a joint session at 10 am in the House chamber to hear an address by Gov Bangerter Then senators and representatives will go to their respective chambers to hear reports from University of Utah President Chase Peterson and representatives of the state Board of Regents Time has also been granted to Merrill Cook spokesman for the cal year But to avoid any question the appropriation can be split between this fiscal year and the 1989- 90 one beginning July 1 the senator said -I just don't think it's a good signal to put a cap in place and then immediately break it" Sen Hi Ilyard said -They fusion researchers don't need all the money now anyway" added House Speaker Nolan Karras Salt Lake City Utah—Friday Morning April C No witchcraft no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of life in this stricken world The people had done it themselves" B-- 1 priated in the remainder of this fiscal year It is a conservative estimate Sen Ilyard acknowledged and the executive branch's budget staff maintains there is sufficient margin un 41 Vol 237 No 175 3 der the limitation act to allow the full $5 million request in the current fis- it a Later 'WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush gave qualified support Thurs- for international supervision" be said "Israel has a long tradition of democracy and decent and honest news conference ruled out international of the balloting day to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's idea for elections among Palestinian Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza and emphasized that Israel eventually must give up the occupied lands Bush said he told Shamir we do not support an independent Palestinian state nor Israeli sovereignty over or permanent occupation of the West Bank and Gaza" which Israel won in the 1967 Six Day War By mentioning Israeli "sovereignty" Bush went a step beyond his statement Monday that Israel must end the 'occupation" of the seized We do not think there elections" is a need The prime minister said Israelis and Palestinians would oversee the elections He was also confident Palestinians would support the propos- Inside The Tribune al Tribune Telephone Numbers on A2 Asimov Quiz Business Classified Comics Crossword 3 2 EG 6-2- 6 Editorials Entertainment territory "If the Palestinian Arabs want to get some peaceful solution — and I know they want one — they will pkwticipate in it" he said But Shamir said he did not expect support for the idea from the PLO because "they want the immediate establishment of state" A-2- 4 Jeane Kirkpatrick former US ambassador to the United Nations praised the proposal as she introduced Shamir at the session which was sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute a conservative think tank "Israel is proposing to bring peace to the West Bank and Gaza by the methods of democracy not by the method of violence" she said Shamir's proposal is regarded as a potential opening rather than any breakthrough in the long search for Middle East peace "We're engaged in a See Column I Foreign Lifestyle Local National National Bush standing alongside Shamir and reporting on their talks said he was confident an "acceptable formula" could be produced for holding elections in the West Bank and Gaza Shamir's election proposal is the centerpiece of his government's effort to resolve the conflict in the West Bank and Gaza torn by more than 15 months of Palestinian revolt The election would determine the makeup of a Palestinian delegation to negotiate with Israel for "an interim period of administration" Shamir said That would be followed by negotiations for ''a permanent agreement" he said Obituaries Public Forum Sports Star Gazer 4 5 8 E-- 7 Television Washington Palestinian a E-- 4 4 Today's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity — Sunny and unseasonably warm Highs 70s Lows 40s Details step-by-ste- p A-- 2 B-- 2 Will Military Help Mop Up? Oil Spreads to US Park Captain Is Out on Bail By Fred Bayles AP National Writer VALDEZ Alaska — The nation's worst oil spill penetrated a national park on Thursday as state officials pushed the Coast Guard to take control of the cleanup from Exxon On the East Coast the captain of the tanker that leaked the oil was freed after his bail was reduced from $1 million to $25000 The judge said the former skipper Joseph Hazelwood of Huntington NY was unlikely to flee The spill of 101 million gallons of crude oil has killed thousands of aniPrince Wilmals in the wildlife-ricliam Sound and resulted in millions of dollars in losses to fishermen The first oil was spotted Thursday in the Kenai Fjords National Park a rocky remote refuge southwest of Valdez a park spokesman said but favorable winds were still keeping much-maligne- d h the heavy gloppy crude offshore An airborne spotter was seeing an oil sheen up on some of the rocks and seeing staining on the rocks" spokesman John Quin ley said Gov Steve Cowper said Exxon's cleanup has been too slow and asked Coast Guard Rear Adm Edward Nelson Jr to take control The governor said Nelson agreed but the Coast Guard said no formal decision had been made In Valdez Rep George Miller DCalif called the effectiveness of Exxons cleanup "almost nil" He said the spill has temporarily scuttled the oil industry's chances for winning Congressional approval for exploration in an Alaskan wilderness area Miller head of the congressional subcommittee overseeing oil exploration in Alaska called for federal takeover of the cleanup In Washington White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Presidert Push may order the Todav's Chuckle can never trust a pig they're full of baloney You - Cr's: '' 4'-- t ' - VI - e I 1 I e ' ' i '' "s' ge ye '-- ' "" ''' i' 'C( : - - t ik 1 "' ' ''''' 4 ii ' ' '' —: ' 5' ' " i ' a" 474 I 1 i' Ai i -- ' : d I ': f - I 1 mili- tary to help in the long-tercleanup of the spill But the administration underscored its opposition to a take-Se- e A2 Column 3 t —Untied Pri5i6 inlernottunu! 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