Show Triad Says Sale of Subsidiary South Salt Lake To Skyhigh Resources Is Off Fires Fireman Continued From l was inadequate and the transaction was not at arins-lengtB-- Earlier this month Skyhigh announced it failed to raise the $35 million cash portion of its bid by selling stock to private investors In addition the price of Skyhigh stock has crumbled since resuming trading after a monthlong halt Trading was halted at Skyhigh’s request after Sheraton obtained a temporary restraining order Skyhigh's slock closed Friday at $252 a share down from $12 a share when trading was halted Dec - LI ' Skyhigh's bid for Edgington depended heavily on the value of its slock Skyhigh's bid included 14 million shares of Skyhigh stock and two series of bonds that could be converted into Skyhigh stock Continued From Mr Fraser expressed hope earlier this month that Skyhigh would still be able to acquire Edgington but acknowledged the deal would have to be B-- l sage parlor industry" Davis said "After it started he didn't know how to extricate himself and he kept getting in deeper and deeper" City officials claim the massage parlors leery of undercover investigations paid for the schedules so they would know when it was safe to engage in illegal operations and when to play it straight In November investigators received a tip from a confidential source within the massage parlors that a city official had been providing police information for a fee Further investigation uncovered a number of phone calls made to the massage parlors while the suspected employee was on duty From there officials set up a sting operation When confronted he confessed everything "It hurt us on one case" Mayor Davis said restructured Triad's news release Friday said several parties have indicated an interest in acquiring Edgington Triad received a $58 million cash bid for Edgington when the company was previously on the sellers’ block This was the only bid deemed acceptable that included the Edgington's Agrifuels Refining Corp subsidiary according to an affidavit by Tariq Kadri president of Triad Energy on filed with the US District Court Agrifuels is building a $105 million ethanol refining plant in New Iberia La with the backing of $799 million in federal loan guarantees The company has entered into numerous loans agreements that are contingent on it remaining a subsidiary of Edgington Today’s Weather Utah Forecast moist west to northwest flow alofl will prevail over I tali llirough Sunday with a series of embedded disturA bances The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered snow showers Highs will be in the 30s north and in the upper 30s to mid-40- s in the FRONTS iupun Waini Showeis Him Mumos Snow Nil! 123 ( okt Occluded NoOonol Weothff Service NOAA U S Deo of Commerce Siilt Luke (Jin rudotrr 2:t:t I'mui Oplen 22I5 cruul 727 IruMi !:( 100 Morgmol Green Boer I Gedtir (Jil' 25 Good Moult 1 2210 IS Good JJL Excellent 25 7? M 23 OZ CO TP OZ Blunding Si George S2 CO M OZ Source Uloh Means Oeot 55 CO M OZ Monoxide CO TP- 2035 3050 100 fotol Porticuionu Area Forecast Saturday and Sunday Ogden and Provo — A somewhat moist west to northwest how olotl will prevail over the area The forecast colls tor areas of fog and haze decreasing by the afternoon Otherwise exSoil Loke City pected mostly cloudy skies through Sundov with o chance of rain or snow showers of times High temperatures will be In the mid fo upper 30s with overnight lows In the low and mid-20- s Northern Utoh Forecast — Cache Valley: The forecast for the area calls for mostly cloudy skies today with widely scattered rom ond snow showers at times Highs will with overnight lows near be In the trud-JO5 degrees Wasatch Front and Western Deserts: The region can expect mostly cloudy skies through Sunday with scattered snow showers at times Highs will be In the mid to upper 30s with overnight lows In the upper teens to mid-20- s The chance of measurable snow at Salt Lake City is 30 percent through Sunday Uinta Basin- The forecast for the area calls for mostlv cloudy skies with lew snow shower s possible today Highs will be In the with lows between upper 20s to mid-30- s zero and 10 degrees Southern Utah Forecast — Southwest Valleys and Sevlet Valiev: T he lor ecast for the area calls lor mostly cloudy skies today with scattered rain or snow showers at times Sunday will be partly cloudy and much colder High temperatures will be In the upper 30s to near 40 with overnight lows In the upper teens and 20s Chance of measurable snow at Cedar City is 30 per-cethrough tonight Southeast Utah: The forecast for the region calls for mostlv cloudy skies with a few showers possible Winds will be light and vai lable Highs will be In the upper 30s ond s 40s with overnight lows from the to low 30s Utah's Dixie: The crea can expect variable cloudiness with o lew roin o' snow showers possible Sunday will be mostly sunny and slightly warmer with light ond variable winds High temperatures at St Georae will be in the lower 50s with lows in the lower 30s Recreational Areas — Lake Powell ond Canyonlonds: The forecast for the area calls for mostly cloudy skies through Sunday with a few showers of rain or snow possible Winds on Lake Powell will be light ond southerly Lake Powell Highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50 with overnight lows in the lower 30s Canyonlands highs will be In the upper 30s tonight ond near 40 Sunday night Lows In the area will be in the lower 20s Northern and Southern Mountains: The forecast for Utah's mountain regions colls for mostly cloudy skies today with occasional snow showers Moderate northwest winds at rldgetop level are expected Northern highs will be in the mid to upper 20s with lows in ttie mid and upper teens Southern highs will be in the low to mid-30- s s with lows in the Extended Forecast for Utoh Monday through Wednesday Northern ond Southern Utoh — An upper ridge will build over Utah Monday and Tuesday but will break down again Wednesday as another Pacific disturbance moves Into the area The extended forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies Monday and T uesday with areas of haze in the northwest valleys Becoming mostly cloudy Wednesday with scattered snow showers developing mainly in the western portion of the state Highs will be mostly in the 30s north and In the upper 30s to upper 40s south Lows will be In the upper teens to mld-20- s Extended Forecast for Idaho Monday through Wednesday Northern ond Southern Idaho — The extended forecast for northern and southern Idaho calls for mostly cloudy skies throughout the period Occasional periods ot heavy snow are expected except for rain or snow in the lower elevations Highs will be from the mld-20- s through the 30s with overnight lows mostly In the 20s Global Weal her Summary I enips M — Missing T — Montana Note: This information Is received daily from the Notional Weather Service at the Sal Lake International Airport Precipitation readings and temperatures ere those recot ded at the air port Yesterday's Weather Data Precipitation — Precipitation Accumulative Precipitation Accumulative Utah high — Utah low — SLC high — SLC in January — excess — since Oct l l®86 deficiency — 57 — 122 027 288 t80 at Zion NP 13 at Logan 31 low — degrees degr ees degrees degrees degrees degrees Normal high for this date 20 Normal low for this dote — 60 Recot d high for this date — 14 Record low tor this date — 7:45 MST Sunrise Todav — 5:35 MST Sunset Todav — Utah Agriculture Forecash Utoh's agricultural oreas can expect mostly cloudv skies through tonight ond with much warmer — temperatures Widely 38 scattered rain or snow showers ore expected moinlv in the northwest volleys it at resignation Friday Mr Hurley will stay on through March in an advisory capacity to ala low for smooth transition of power and then he will leave after 30 years of state government service UDOT officials said Mr Hurley will be replaced by an acting director within a few days said Kim Morris UDOT community relations director The new permanent director will be named by the governor with the concurrence of the State Transportation Commission and consent of the State Senate Later while attending the annual meeting of the Utah Chapter of the Associated General Contractors Mr Hurley told The Tribune he had grown weary at the post “You can’t make everyone happy all the time" January 24 1987 B3 he said this time of budget distress has been to convince the legislature that compromise of UDOT funding has a large impact in loss of federal highway dollars For example the state stands to get $160 million or more in federal funding this year so long as it can come up with approximately seven percent in state matching funds To the extent the department is compromised there is proportionate compromise of federal funding In other words to save one state dollar the state sacrifices as much a 20 federal dollars That has been a difficult concept for the legislature to understand he said Particularly frustrating in Some $65 million of the federal funds he said would go to interstate and major highway construction Another $44 million would go toward interstate rehabilitation The interstates he said are subject to ever increasing wear and tear because of growing volume of traffic "During my 10 years as director I accomplished most of what set out to do" Mr Hurley said "The department is strong stable and capable of meeting future needs of the state" The outgoing director joined the old Utah Department of Highways in 1962 and served as 1 materials division chief and disin two districts before being named to the directorScott ship in 1977 by then-GoMatheson Mr Hurley's tenure with the department spans the construction of the Interstate system in the state His major challenges as director have included the emergency response and repair at the Thistle slide and flood control along Interstate 80 at the Great Salt Lake trict director v Gov Bangerter in accepting the resignation said Mr Hurley "has been responsible for leading the upgrading and professionalism of the department and making it one of the top transportation departments in the country His service and dedication has been tremendous and his expertise will be missed" Mr Hurley is a past president of the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials a member of the Utah Society of i'rofessional Engineers the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists and the Association of Engineering Geologists Mr Hurley said by the lime he $60000-plu- s post he will be qualified for full retirement He began work on a highway survey crew when he was an engi- leaves the neering student at the University ’ of Utah FBI Agents Carrying Boxes of Cocaine Take the Stand in Trial Against 10 cocaine seized were sustained No testimony was taken Friday on the lead charge of the indictment that the cocaine spread Utah through a conspiracy which reached from South American suppliers to lead defendant Scott L Nichols Instead Friday's testimony focused solely on the discoveries made by authorities when they searched properties of many of the defendants during summer and fall of 1986 Mr Nichols and the other men are charged with being part of what the prosecution calls the largest drug distribution ring in Utah history Most of those indicted have accepted plea bargains offered by the US Attor- ney's Office As part of those agreements several of the original are Continued From l Bank principals have begun discussions with the owners of the three B-- thrift companies Interlake Copper State and Commerce Financial with the hopes of consolidating the three companies into a financial institution that will be able to receive FDIC backing But those discussions are only in the preliminary stages he said "Somewhere between the depositors and owners of those three thrifts as well as the state we ought to be able to get clear title to some assets that we can use to restructure those companies” he said George Sutton deputy commissioner of the Utah Department of Financial Institutions said the latest development in the crisis has brought expected to testify next week against those on trial And in the last defense opening arguments Friday morning attorneys tried to minimize those witnesses' credibility "Donald Fenton and Van Duke would submit are singing for their freedom” said Stephen Eisenberg attorney for David Palomino Defense attorneys also continued their attacks on government tactics saying FBI operative John Clayton was a manipulator who "preyed on weak minds preyed on the weak of I habit" Among the evidence offered by the government Friday were photos of a coffee table found at Mr Palomino's Miami apartment which had beer hollowed out allegedly to conceal cocaine Shot in Bed FDIC Rejects Bennett’s Plan To Save Troubled Thrifts Officers Arrest the five thrifts just one step close 'o liquidation The department is considering placing the five thrifts into the hands of the US Bankruptcy Court for Utah so they can be reorganized under Chapter 11 The demise of the current Bennett plan means that "right now it looks like we don't have anywhere to fall back to" Mr Sutton said "But as we study placing the thrifts into bankruptcy court it becomes more and more obvious that it will entail a lot of expense and potential delay for the companies and their depositors" Mr Sutton said He said the department has received estimates from attorneys familiar with the bankruptcy court that it could cost each thrift as much as $1 million Watson Laments His Decision To Delay Work on 1300 East ministrators recommend trimming to rescue their animal control program? Mr McFarland wouldn't He feels the county could get more from its $50000 by investing in $24000-a-yea- r Daily Data 000 lannounced his B-- Conditions Troce The director of the Utah Department of Transportation for the past 10 years William D Hurley Continued From l $12 million property tax hike spread across the unincorporated valley until Mr Watson stressed that in good conscience he couldn’t vote to raise taxes until consolidation of services and other options had been analyzed Mike Reberg his administrative assistant said that less than 24 hours before the proposed tax hike was to be approved Republican commissioners indicated they would changed their minds and challenged Mr Watson to produce needed supplements What would human services ad- Yesterday's Inlermountuin Saturday UDOT Director Resigns After 10 Years As Chief of the State’s Highway System By Road G Wagner Tribune Staff Writer A series of FBI agents most carrying boxes of seized cocaine were called to the witness stand in US District Court Friday as the government began presenting evidence against 10 alleged drug conspirators Nearly 10 kilograms of the drug — plus such assorted articles as scales memo pads briefcase portable phones and a wooden bust of a naked woman — were stacked on the stand throughout the day as the prosecution laid its evidentiary foundation for the case Judge Bruce S Jenkins repeatedly denied requests by defense attorneys to refuse the drug exhibits as not being relevant to the case However several similar objections on other Ogilnn Slilsiiiuy Index Air Pollution iikt" liiriiiitrlnl I south Lows will be upper teens ami 20s The Salt Lake Tribune animal control officers instead of $30000 deputies Human Services Director Chris Segura said he would reduce fund balances Kerry Steadman associate director of human services feels fleet management's $90000 charge to animal control is high It budgets gasoline at $1 a gallon even with the conn ty discount for Maybe he said gasoline charges could be reduced He would also tally fleet management charges: $1250011 for advice front attorneys auditory commissioners and others $11 Odd of the county phone system ami $466000 for animal control to buy food maintain equipment and facilities and pay its officers Mr McFarland said bulk-purchas- lot-us- Ogdenite in Shooting of Girl Clearfield police Friday arrested an Ogden man on charges he shot and critically injured a Clearfield girl last summer while she was lying in bed in her home Lee Allen Aase 30 was arrested Friday at about 3 30 p m and booked into the Davis County Jail He is held on $100000 bail A complaint filed in 4th Circuit Court by the Davis County Attorney's Office charges Mr Aase with attempted criminal homicide a sec felony stemming from the July 31 shooting of Caryn Per vine 13 ond-degr- Caryn was injured just before midr bullet night by a single as she lay in the bedroom of her home at 750 S I OHO West in Clearfield She was in the basement bedroom with the lights on when shots were fired through the window A single bullet hit her in the elbow and then went through her buck Several other slugs were found police said large-calibe- Police had been investigating re ports of a prowler and gun shots w hen they heard someone crying n a near bv house In a statement released Friday Clearfield Police said the case m based on hard circumstantial evidence " The case has been under in by Officer Dick Martin a Clearfield Police dispatcher said Police said the case appeared to be a random incident and not related to the murders and disappearances o! several women last summer in the Sail Lake area and other western states ' Firm Warned for Arranging Guild’s Bar Permit By Dave Jonsson Tribune Staff Writer A consulting firm's use of its name to allow the Utah Symphony Guild to have a cash bar at its Utah Symphony Ball Friday night brought a warning Friday morning from the Utah Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control Bonneville Associates applied for a permit and was granted the license by commissioners But the tie with the Symphony Guild is indirect: Bonneville’s president Decdee is on the guild board of directors Bonneville itself was not sponsoring the event State law says the organization sponsoring the event must apply for the permit warned Chairman J Bonner Ritchie He told Bonneville Associates Cor-radi- I Dennis MiMiMit want you to know I consider that this permit went to the Symphony Guild Acknowledging the fact lhat wine for the was already being chilled event commissioners said they couldn't in Rood conscience dc'y the permit The application was legal in all other respects Why the "circuitous” application by Bonneville'’ Spokesman McMaster said he did not know but commissioners said they have a good idea: the law limits any organization to just two permits a year Having an affiliated organization apply for tne permit spokesman saves the sponsoring organization a permit for a later event that year Under u strict interpretation of the law were a single lodge of a fraternal organization to get a permit all other lodges m that organization in the slate would be limited to one more permit lhat year It is an outcome of the regulation that wasn't foreseen at first and one commissioners are seeking to avoid The satiation is critical for a num her t'f large groups such as Shnners organizations or arts groups that have many smaller units which may hold several gatherings or events each year The commission recently expand ed 'he regulation to include church gro ips and members said Friday th i they will now consider modifications to lift the seemingly unfair restriction on large groups with many local units and also to u c up the seeming hphole that cmiul amount fund-raisin- to an evasfon of the law ' |