| Show " v Missouri Utah St v 35 Wyoming 21 Louisville Utah Idaho State 14 9 41 Hawaii 31 UTEP L6 Colorado St 23 W 48 eber State 21 A C Salt Lake Citv Utah— Sunday Morning— September 11 1988 Vol 236 No 150 Super Slcfji’s Grand Finale Firefighters laze at Y ellowstone By J David Ake United Press International YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL — A rearguard of fire- PARK fighters aided by rising humidity held bark a wind driven wildfire threatening Yellowstone National Park headquarters late Saturday and planned a counterattack for Sunday Meanwhile Interior Secretary Donald Hodel toured the fire ravaged Old Faithful area with other top federal officials and defended the government's firefighting efforts at the park The North Fork Fire burned to within 1‘k mile of the headquarters d at Mammoth Hot Springs prompting the evacuation of some park employees but some 500 firefighters and 60 fire trucks stood between the blaze and the compound With the help of moist weather conditions the firefighters managed to hold their ground and keep the flames in check "We hope we can get out Sunday for a direct attack — construct fire lines around the headquarters and bring in the bombers which have been grounded by too much smoke” National Park Service spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt said Saturday night The complex ringed by a natural fire barrier of "very defensible" grass sagebrush and scattered trees was manned by the crews and about 60 fire trucks she said "We re planning to stay for the ” night she said "We ”re feeling very safe for the moment Humidity was expected to rise to 50 percent Sunday she said Despite winds that gusted to 60 mph Saturday only one tent was lost to the flames’ National Park Service spokeswoman Sue Consolo said As the blaze closed m on the headquarters complex firefighters spent the day cutting fire breaks around the compourd and spraying buildings with water and foam park spokeswoman Linda Miller said Races May Keep Utahns Away From the Polls Parker Tribune Political Editor Whether voters are ready or not county clerks throughout Utah are prepared for the most modest state primary election in several years Tuesday There is no high visibility statewide election contest for political party nomination on Tuesday s ballots and no countywide voting for many along the populous Wasatch Front — leaving a hodgepodge situation that would seem to ensure opp of the lowest modern day voter turnouts But there is voting in at least some portion of every county although it may be confined to only one political party's ballot for county government office and legislative seat or to non partisan school board positions The most extensive contest pits contenders — two Robert Stringham and Craig Oliver— for the Democratic congressional nomination in the 3rd District The district covers 12 counties in central and eastern Utah plus the southwestern quarter of Sait Lake County e Candidates: B-6- 7 The Democratic winner however relatively few votes are cast hopes to capitalize on the primary exposure to launch a campaign for the Nov 8 general election against three-terRepublican Rep Howard C Nielson who faces no primary opposition Political party nominees for such major offices as U S Senate two more congressional seats governor and other state execu tive offices are already deter mined and they can watch the pn mary election from the sidelines with only passing interest Tax limitation and rollback initiatives also won t come to a vote until the general election Tuesday's primary will see countywide partisan voting in 20 of the state s 29 counties aimed at picking nominees for county government posts mostly county commission seats But much of the voting will be confined to only one political party In only a half-doz i Graf Becomes 1st to Win Slain Since ’70 Most of the headquarters evacuees described as not essential to the fire battle drove to Gardiner Mont just outside the park s northern boundary or to the homes of friends and relatives The flames also destroyed some microwave communication dishes on Bunsen Peak to the south cutting off some telephone service to the park ' We had winds of mph for most of the day and gusts up to ' mph Sholly said late in the dav But the humidities w ere up to 40-4percent "There was some cloud cover and tl °re was seme rain in the southern See 2 Column 3 a f L S Los Angeles Times Service BANGKOK Thailand — Burma s rulers abruptly yielded Saturday to swelling popular demands for democracy signaling the end of 26 goveirs of repressive ernment to stay in the political game President Maung Maung convened a special congress of his Burma Socialist Program Party two days abrad of schedule Official Rangoon Rddio said hat tlm 968 delegates to accept the voted unanimously and a multimultiparty system party general election will be held No date was set for the election hut Maung Maung said that it will be tnd as soon as possible Poer corrupts and absolute he depnwfr corrupts absolutely clared m his speech to the congress aJmifng mistaken policies of Tlthee Inrg ruling authoritarian party f j v ar old former jurist told party U aders that the interests of Burma s 36 million people were paramount In six weeks of mounting anti government protests that brought the rountry to the point cf chaos the e F jt people had demons’ra'ed tha tbtr prime m'orest u as (be ( f one party rule one-part- M y & 30-4- ft ' ' Lendl and Wi lander 50-6- 0 Vie for Men 's Title 5 US Open champion Steffi ietor’s spoils Graf hoists By J Roy Bardsley Utah voters continue to favor the en counties are their both Democratic and Republican county government nominations on the ballot And in the more populous Weber Utah and Salt Lake counties there are no countywide contests involving county government partisan nominations Statewide there are a score of scattered primary contests involving seats in the Legislature and three races connected with district representation on the State School Board In most of the counties local school board primary-raceare on tap to narrow the number of candidates but many of those inv olve only a portion of a county Both state and local school board races are open to all voters within the particular district involved For partisan nominations the state's open primary which doesn t require political party registration leaves voters the option of choosing either a Democratic or Republican ballot m the voting booth — but rot both s By J Roy Bardsley seesaw contest is shaping up ir Utah s 1st Congressional District A tax reduction and measures on the November ballot but opposition appears to be mounting toward Initiative B which would roll n propertv-tax-hmi-tatio- back state Tight INITIATIVE A results Turning to Initiative B with Republican James Hansen opening up a re- in- come sales gasoline and tobacco taxes to the 1986 level The third money measure which would provide priv parents a tax break is also slightly ahead just as it was three weeks ago ate-scho- Democrat Gunn McKay which reverses standings shown by a similar sounding three weeks ago In the other three congress- ional races U S Reps Wayne Owens and Howard Nielson still hold comfortable leads over their challengers The lead in the McKay Hansen contest has changed hands in the last three Utah Polls Both Democrats and independent voters support the measure while Republicans split 50-5Current findings for the third initiative known as the "Utah Family in Education Act " were substantially the same as three weeks ago If passed the measure would provide children parents of private-schoo- l with a limited tax credit for tuition textbooks and transportation Governor Race: A -- 2 1st Congressional District Today Aug 18 James Hansen IMTLVmEC Todav Aug Sen Ornn Hatch and ing) when a similar reading was taken These voting patterns were revealed by a late statewide poll sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribute on the three initiatives that will appear on the general election ballot There has been little movement on the People's Tax and Spending Limitation Amendments" that would limit residential property taxps and clamp spending constraints on state and local governments The variations shown below on Initiative A are within normal error ranges of the poll lead over slight vealed increasing opposition to the measure which would wipe out last years tax increases Where three weeks ago voters favored the measure by 17 points the margin dropped to nine points m the current poll INITI TIVE B Today Aug 18 53 50 Favor 36 41 Oppose 11 10 Lndccided ("Today's" figures do not equal 100 percent due to statistical round- 49 (Rep) 18 Gunn 4 4 McKay Southern Africa Tour Opens bent Wayne Owens in the 2nd District who arrested the charge of Republican Richard Snelgrove 2nd Congressional District Today Aug 18 HARARE Zimbabwe (API — Pope John Paul II on Saturday accused South Africa and oth°r forces of de- In the 3rd Congressional District Republican Howard Nielson has lost some ground but continues to enjoy long leads over Democrats Bob Stringham and Craig Oliver 3rd Congressional District Todav Aug 18 Party Rule In Burma on Pope Criticizes Apartheid The Way Out Prays Daily for Mandela 1 -- 4 Utalms Still Favor Tax Drop Hansen McKay Seesaw in Loses Ground But Rollback Contest Low-Profi- le Bv Douglas L 1 stabilizing the region criticized apartheid and called for the release of black nationalist Nelson Mandela The Roman Catholic leader at the start of a 10 day tour of southern Africa also urged the people of the region to renounce violence ‘ Powerful political economic and ideological forces endanger the still fragile stability of countries which are onh beginning to consolidate their recently acquired independence " the pope said in an arrival Those forces impede the speech of peoples they foment ideological ethnic and tribal con Diets they delay the process 0f " development ‘ The pope did not mention any country by name but he said his comments were ‘ true for the grave issue of apartheid" South Africa s policy of racial segregation He told journalists accompanying him on the papal flight from Rome that apartheid was a racist ideology " Hundreds Zimbabweans of cheered w ildly as the pope appeared at the door of his Air Alitalia Boeing 747 descended a stairway and kneeled to kiss the soil in his traditional arrival gesture At the airport President Robert Mugabe one of the nearly 1 million Catholics in this country of 8 5 million people waited at thp edge of a red carpet to greet the pope Traditional dancers and church choirs gave John Paul a festive welcome to start his 39h tour abroad and fourth visit to Africa since he became head of the Roman Catholic Church 10 years ago The pope s three-datrip to Zimbabwe is the first stop on his five See 2 Column 5 In the statewide contest for U is senator Republican Orrin Hatch remains well in front of Brian Moss al'hnngh the Democratic challenger has made inroads daring the past three week' U S Senate 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