| Show 16A The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday September 11 1988 Week in Review: Yellowstone Utah Fires Top News Events 4 September Sunday winds fanned a hot WINDS FAN FEARS OF CANYON FIRE — Heavy brush fire across 4000 acres above Emigration Canyon Saturday forcing the evacuation of homes in Pinecrest Canyon and casting a sooty cloud over the Salt Lake Valley Fire officials had no idea when they could contain the blaze because of troublesome night winds and a shortage of people and equipment The fire began about noon Friday and quickly spread into tiny Killyon Canyon where fire crews established lines around the homes to protect them WALESA HALTS STRIKES TO START TALKS — Solidarity leader Lech Walesa succeeded in stopping Poland's strongest wave of strikes in and 2400 bus seven years Saturday when 250 coal miners ended a sit-iwave of strikes which and dock workers cut short a strike The involved 100000 employees nationwide ended in a whirlwind of appeals and arm twisting Walesa urged supporters to end local disputes so that promised roundtable talks could begin on union pluralism and legalizing Solidarity Monday September 5 CANYON FIRES EASE AS WINDS OBLIGE — A wildfire consumed another 1000 acres of land above Emigration Canyon Sunday but fire officials said they may be able to tell dislodged residents Monday when they can return home The blaze which reached 5000 acres by Sunday evening was less threatening because of favorable winds and aerial retardant-drops that prevented damage to many homes But numerous hot spots continued to burn on the north slope some intensely YELLOWSTONE BLAZE THREATENS TWO TOWNS — Fire crews lit " effort to a line of flames through the forest Sunday in a buffer two towns from a wildfire raging along the northeast boundary of Yellowstone National Park where a spokeswoman said the situation was deteriorating Local authorities urged the 1 50 residents of Silver Gate and Cooke City to evacuate in case the “backfires" built to cut off the mam fire's fuel source failed to protect the two park gateway communities “last-ditch- 6 TuesdayBY September RAIN — Rains worsened the BANGLADESH SWAMPED misery Monday of millions of people driven from their homes by the worst flood disaster in the history of Bangladesh and officials said the most urgent task was distribution of safe drinking water Officials said water spread to s of the nation with more cover more than than half of the population of 110 million affected by the disaster and revised from 25 million to 28 5 million the number of people without homes and seeking shelter as best they could or in state-rucamps RESIDENTS EVACUATE LAMBS CANYON — Lambs Canyon was being evacuated Tuesday night after a cabin caught fire igniting another cabin and surrounding trees the Salt Lake County Fire Department said The cabins about 7 miles up the canyon were fully involved in flames when the blaze was reported about 9 pm Salt Lake county and city fire crews were dispatched to the scene said dispatcher Karen Mickelson Cabin owner Fred Seidel told The Tribune he was watching television with his wife when he noticed a glow outside his window He walked outside and saw that part of the house and some trees were on fire 55590-square-mil- three-fourth- e n September 7 Wednesday LAND ON THIRD TRY — Two cosmonauts returned COSMONAUTS safely to Earth early Wednesday after their descent had been aborted twice and their food and oxygen began to run out the official Soviet news Hispanic Week Starts Today WASHINGTON (AP) — The contribution of women to Ihe Hispanic culture of the United States is being featured a 1 this year's National Hispanic Heritage Week sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Beginning Sunday the weeklong leccelebration of performances tures and exhibitions will mix Tex-Me- x music and Latin jazz with a review of the role of Hispanic women under the theme “500 Years of His- panic Heritage The 1492-199- Women’s Contribution " “They are the carriers of the culture and traditions" says Luz Maria Prieto Hispanic-Amencahistory program coordinator at the National Museum of American History “A very important part of their work was in the family the community the workplace and the church” Ms Prieto says "The woman has always played a pivotal role a crucial role in her community” Manuel J Melendez coordinator n agency reported Tass reported that Abdul Ahad Mohmand the first Afghan m space and his Soviet crewmate Vladimir Lyakhov touched down at 4 50 a m Moscow time (6 50 MDT Tuesday) in Soviet Central Asia The Soyuz TM-- space capsule landed about 99 miles southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan TOURISTS EVACUATE OLD FAITHFUL COMPLEX — A huge fire Tuesday prompted an evacuation order for the Old Faithful tourist complex at Yellowstone National Park and a wall of flames moved to within 600 yards of the town of Sill er Gate and threatened Cooke City The 500 to 600 visitors and employees near the park's most popular attraction would be asked to leave by 9 a m MDT Wednesday for safety reasons and to allow firefighters the access they need to protect structures said Yellowstone spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo CREWS SURROUND RED BUTTE FIRE — Firefighters tightened the ring Tuesday around the remaining trouble spot from a wildfire above Emigration Canyon and expect to have it contained Wednesday morning “Squirrely" afternoon winds prevented firefighters from completely encircling the hot spot near the top of Red Butte Canyon by 6 p m Tuesday as once envisioned but officials were confident a concerted overnight effort would succeed said Interagency Fire Center spokeswoman Kathy Jo Pollock 5 8 September Thursday — FAITHFUL Windblown DESCENDS ON OLD INFERNO embers from a 165 forest fire ignited buildings Wednesday inside the Old Faithful Geyser complex of Yellowstone National Park after hundreds of tourists evacuated the area At least four buildings caught fire as embers from the big North Fork rained down on firefighters wetting down roofs inside the complex At least one a shed containing a vehicle was destroyed officials said Wednesday's evacuation was the first in the 116-yehistory of the oldest U S national park ordered as the fire burned to of the park s most popular attraction within a half-mil- e SINGER-SWAPMEN CHARGED — All three men convicted of trying to kill FBI agents in the January Singer-Swapfamily standoff were charged Wednesday with the killing of a state correctional officer in the same shootout Addam Swapp his brother Jonathan Ramon Swapp and John Timothy Singer were charged in 3rd District Court with second-degre- e sentence if murder They each face a possible convicted The trio is charged in the Jan 28 killing of Lt Fred House a K-- 9 officer shot in the chest at the end of a y standoff with police in Marion Summit County CORPORATE RAIDER BIDS FOR UP&L — Corporate raider Ian Cum-min- g has offered to buy a majority interest in Utah Power & Light Co m an apparent bet that federal regulators will kill the utility’s proposed merger with PacifiCorp Mr Cumming lias offered to buy 67 percent of UP&L at $30 a share — a $1 17 billion bid according to sources close to the negotiations PacifiCorp has offered a minimum of $32 50 a share in stock for all of UP&L’s outstanding shares The proposed merger however has been stalled by federal regulators BUSH BLUNDER MAY LIVE IN INFAMY — Vice President George Bush in an address to the American Legion Wednesday astonished the veterans by declaring “Today is Pearl Harbor Day" jumping the gun by three months The Republican presidential candidate dumbfounded the 6000 people attending the 70th annual convention of the American Legion and set them to murmuring with his error “Today you remember I wonder how many Americans remember Today is Pearl Harbor Day" he told the audience Later Bush said “I just got messed up" he said “I wanted to work Pearl Harbor in and just got carried away and said Sept 7 and then I looked out and saw the incredulity on the face of one particular guy down 000-acr- e p 13-da- of Hispanic Week for the Smithsonian says that women "did the nudging the reminding They were the ones who had to hold it together while the husbands were out there working ' Unbeknownst to them their ingenuity was integral to the labor movement — when their husband came home from work they would bounce their ideas off the women and how they handled it is a reflection of the countless conversations that take place in the home" Melendez says Scheduled events include Ruby Nelda Perez of San Antonio Texas play “A performing the n to my left and I thought ‘W’hoops my heavens I've done it’ so fortunately I got it in time to correct it" 9 September Friday FIRES CLOSE OF YELLOWSTONE Firefighters on Thursday — MOST for the first time closed all but a small piece of the oldest national park devastated by fires that surrounded Old Faithful and charred more than 1 million acres “I’ve done this for 20 years and I've never seen anything 6s awesome as this" said Fred Roach operations chief on the 221800-acr- e North Fork fire which destroyed 17 buildings near the Old Faithful geyser Wednesday FAMILIES FLEE WILDFIRE IN UINTAH COUNTY — A Uintah County wildfire expanded to 13000 acres Thursday evening leaving behind a smoldering structures and forcing the evacuation of more than 20 families Fanned by winds and opposed by inadequate crews and equipment the blaze moved rapidly Wednesday night and Thursday through vegetation surrounding the scattered small farms and fishing-streacabins on the south slope of the Uinta Mountains north of the town of Whiterocks The fire Wednesday night destroyed a home three cabins a mobile home several barns and a number of sheds and small buildings associated with the farms and cabins 500 RETURN TO SOAKED HOMES — Half of the 1000 people forced from their homes by waist-deewater headed home Thursday as floodwa-ter- s subsided leaving roads passable and letting businesses and schools reopen Scattered showers continued Thursday but Florida’s Manatee County was spared the torrential downpours of the previous three days that turned streets into rivers half-doze- n p 10 September Saturday of doomed Air VIETNAM JETLINER CRASHES a — A surviving pilot e Vietnam jetliner said lightning may have hit the plane that crashed in a ball of fire just short of Bangkok airport Friday killing 75 people including Asian officials and diplomats Six people aboard the plane survived but were seriously injured in the crash of the aged Soviet-bui- lt The dead included the Vietnamese health minister the Indian ambassador to Hanoi and a Japanese diplomat stationed in Vietnam embassy officials said HURRICANE SNAPS AT GULF COAST — Thousands of Gulf Coast residents from Florida to Louisiana fled to higher ground Friday while Hurricane Florence approached with winds of more than 80 mph Forecasters warned coastal residents to prepare for 100 mph winds tides and up to 10 inches of rain Shortly after noon Friday wind speeds of up to 65 mph were reported buffeting the southern Louisiana coast at Burwood Democratic presidential candidate’Mirhael Dukakis postponed indefinitely an outdoor rally at New Orleans' Jackson Square as well as two indoor fundraisers — a cocktail party and a $10000-per-coupl- e twin-engin- Tu-13- 4 $1000-per-coupl- e buffet UTAH REPORTS $35 MILLION SURPLUS — The state this summer gave $80 million in unspent revenue back to the taxpayers m the form of a rebate put away arother $20 million for a “rainy day fund” gave another $10 million to education and still ended the fiscal year with a $35 million surplus That’s the conclusion of the State Division of Finance's preliminary financial report for fiscal year 1988 that was released to the public Friday “There has never been a year in the history of the state when the use of state financial information has been more confusing to the average citizen” Division Director Gordon L Crabtree said in a letter accompanying the report Woman's Work” and Jesus "Chuy" Negrete of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Chicago performing some of his “corridos" — narrative ballads based on the lives and histories of Mexican-Americaworkers m the Midwest At a "Latina workers historical forum" Blanca Vasquez of the center for Puerto Rican studies at Hunter College m New York will talk about Puerto Rican garment workers and Cynthia Orozco of the University of California at Los Angeles will discuss the feminist history of the League of United Latin American Citizens with mild to moderate high blood pressure requested for n HYPERTENSION STUDIES University of Utah Dumke Building Compensated for time Contact: Research Coordinator or 531-36- 5! 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