Show I Hercules Knows This for Sure: The Russians Are Coming By Mike Gorrell Tribune Staff Writer Hercules officials are preparing to have a Soviet arms-contrverification team set up camp outside the company’s gates but say they still don’t know spe- cifically what will be required “We Hercules are planning to take those steps re- quired to comply with the verification provisions of the treaty” said Ted Olsen spokesman for the Hercules Aerospace Products Group which operates the Bacchus Works outside of Magna "At this point we’re not clear what will be the scope J of the inspection provisions of the treaty In that we have provided the US negotiating team with details and maps defining areas of the plant that - were involved in the Pershing 2 production effort” Mr Olsen added that the company was working with the US government to “draw up the terms of this inspection and verification” i The Soviets apparently will establish a compound ol ‘ re-‘ga-rd near a designated exit at the company’s Bacchus East works the older area of the plant east of Utah Highway 111 (8400 West) where Pershing 2 missile motors were built Initial reports indicate the verification team will be and possibly inspect allowed to weigh measure the contents of vehicles leaving the plant and can maintain around-the-cloc- k inspections of the plant perimeter to ensure nothing is removed secretly from the facility Newer Hercules production facilities west of Highway 111 — the Bacchus West plant where work is proceeding on large strategic (MX missile system) and space rocket motors — will not be open to inspection Mr Olsen said He said Hercules officials were not certain which gate in the company’s perimeter fence would be selected The plant has major access points off 4100 South 8400 South and Utah Highway 111 but the company spokesman said there are other gates that generally are locked and not used X-r- IDOE jf SS-2- long-rang- Wednesday Morning — December 9 1987 Section B Page 1 Sports is on B-- 3 Panel Deny Supercollider Bumors By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer Still another “list” naming Utah as a finalist for the Superconducting Supercollider drew guarded delight and formal denials from around the nation’s capital and the state Tuesday "At the very least principals fear politics have entered the $6 billion derby in earnest if reports are true that the purported choices of a panel of 19 scientists and engineers were leaked by US Department of Energy insiders — whether the list is accurate or not “atom-smashe- residents who soon will have Soviet neighbors is Article 11 paragraph 6 (b) The requires the US to allow the establishment of a “permanent continuous monitoring system at Hercules within six months after entry into force of this treaty” Conversely the Soviets will allow an American team to conduct similar inspections at the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Soviet plant at Votkinsk which is roughly 600 miles east of Moscow near the Ural Mountains was 0 missiles used in construction of medium-rang- e but also is involved in production of intercontinental SS-2-5 missiles Sen Jake Gam previously told The Tribune that the similarity of Hercules and the Votkinsk e plant in developing both intermediate and missile components was valuable to future efforts to reduce the superpowers’ nuclear arsenals et Local jlalt fake ®ribunr The portion of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty of importance to Hercules and Salt Lake County “There are a lot of things that have to be considered many questions that are not answered” Mr Olsen said including the number of Soviets in the verification team Arms control officials have told Utah’s congressional delegations the Soviet contingent would include 10 to 40 inspectors The specific details are important Mr Olsen said because Hercules has accepted responsibility to protect the company’s production procedures and technosolid-rocklogical developments unrelated to the Pershing 2 motor contract which expired in June Production began in August 1982 “We feel that burden is ultimately with Hercules to safeguard against the loss” the company spokesman said He added however that "Hercules feels the assistance of the government is necessary as only the government is in a position to understand national security needs and to negotiate with the Soviets to protect those interests “We hope the treaty as it is finally drafted protects the interests of the American parties” r” But Utah Officials Still Pleased to Be Mentioned Chicago and Dallas newspapers say Illinois Texas Colorado New Mexico and Utah have been named locations by a National Academies of Science and Encommittee gineering based on technical merits California Arizona New York Ohio and Mississippi perhaps are among other states that may be included by the time DOE officials release their official “short list” of finalists sometime in January “best-qualifie- site-selecti- Both the director of the academies’ panel and a DOE spokesman in Wash- ington DC denied knowledge of any finalists’ list at this stage “There’s no list yet but we’re getting close” said Raphael Kasper the committee’s staff director when contacted Tuesday “I’ve seen the deliberations of the committee and have heard what they’ve been saying They’ve never come up with a list that looks like that as conveyed in news reports” he said then denying the existence of any list However Mr Kasper did say the panel “has its preliminary ideas” on final sites if not a formal list Jeff Sherwood a DOE spokesman in Washington said department officials have asked the academy panelists only for a "recommended list” of finalists He acknowledged that DOE officials could always add or remove states Many observers believe the “short” list must contain a dozen or so states to maintain a political consensus for the project Tuesday’s list rumors prompted to issue a Rep Wayne Owens statement expressing “guarded optimism” that they were true for Utah’s sake Yet he also warned that such leaks may undermine the selection pro-Se- e B-- 2 Column 1 Wheelie While You Can The Snow’s Cornin’ Lance Shields enjoys a brief bit of sunshine but he’ll have to put snow tires on his bicycle to keep it up Forecasters predict as much as five inches of snow will fall in Northern Utah mountains Wednesday and commuting may be dangerous along the Wasatch Front Northern Utah valleys are unlikely to receive more than an inch of snow but it could stick to streets because over night temperatures will be considerably cooler than those that preceded Monday’s storm A high pressure ridge will begin forming and strengthening the next few days with clouds and smog Jailed Killer May Get A New Trial Jury Error Suggested In Troublesome Case By Mike Milord County Sheriff Eld Phillips satfois office is investigating the allegation at the request of 4th District lourt Judge George Baliff and County Attorney Warren Petersen The sheriff said he expects the investigation to be completed later this week The allegation was brought to the attention of Judge Baliff last week after a juror in the case who was involved in another court case made passing mention to a bailiff that another member of the panel tried to talk about a newspaper story in the jury room The bailiff in turn reported the incident to the judge who contacted the prosecutors and defense attorneys Hamilton’s defense attorney during the trial Marcus Taylor of Richfield said he was involved in a conference call between the judge and Millard County officials last week Hamilton’s family has retained Salt Lake City attorney Ron Yengich to handle the appeal Mr Yengich was out of town Tuesday and unavailable for comment His law partner G Fred Metos said he was unaware of the allegations but noted that if they are true “It certainly would be grounds for a motion for a mistrial” While prosecutors were trying to remain hopeful that the county will not have to retry Hamilton Mr Petersen approached the Millard County Commission Monday and asked for an additional emergency budget allocation of $35000 for 1988 to fund another trial Those funds are in addition to more than $120000 in expenses not includcovered by the rural ing man-houcounty in 1986-8- 7 to bring Hamilton to trial last summer Because of those expenditures county employees have gone without raises for two years Mr Petersen said Assistant Utah Attorney General John Soltis who aided Millard County in its prosecution of Hamilton said he is unsure whether the juror’s actions would result in a mistrial He noted that there was no proof that any information contained in the newspaper article was used by the jury in their deliberations Mr Taylor however feels it would be impossible to make that distinction if the juror had read the article The allegations are the latest problems to plague the county in its efforts to bring the killer — or killers — Ms Sant to justice of the Last spring the state’s key witness in the case Robert William Bott changed his story just before the case was scheduled to go to trial and admitted that he sexually molested the woman and helped Hamilton chop up her body and bury it above the desolate Cove Fort rest stop along Interstate 15 in Millard County Bott 29 at one point had been a codefendant in the case but murder charges against him had been dismissed for lack of evidence When Bott changed his story however he believed he had been granted immunity due to a mixup in the Millard County Attorney’s Office A judge later ruled that Bott’s statements could not be used against him Prosecutors decided they would risk the case against Hamilton if they at-SB--2 Column 4 rs Tepee Burr Trail Faces Vandalism Charges Dweller-Nea- r By Rodd G Wagner Tribune Staff Writer An environmentalist who lives in a tepee near the Burr Trail was brought to court Tuesday on charges that he fouled the fuel tanks of four bulldozers parked there last week He was also charged with six counts of alleged drug violations for marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms found during a search of his tent and person Monday night Garfield County officials said Grant Smith Johnson 31 was arrested at about 6:30 pm Monday at a telephone booth in Boulder Utah said county Sheriff Robert Judd Authorities earlier found “circumstantial physical evidence” linking Mr Johnson to the vandalism said County Attorney Patrick Nolan Mr Johnson is scheduled to return to court Wednesday for a hearing on reducing his bail now set at 2250000 The prosecutor said the current high bail is based on the drug charges and the estimated $100000 damage to the earihmAvoro US District Senior Judge Aldon J Anderson allowed grading and other improvements to the trail with a decision last Monday defeating a conservationists’ suit to stop the work The court approval was at least temporarily rescinded Friday morning after the environmentalists petitioned for a change in the ruling A hearing on that request is scheduled before the judge this Friday at 1 p m Thursday night before the judge someone rescinded the poured a substance possibly sugar into the fuel tanks of four of the bulldozers Footprints and tire tracks were mentioned at that time as part of the evidence W’hile Mr Johnson is an environmentalist living on the Deer Creek Ranch near the Burr Trail he was not called to testify at the trial and was not involved in the preparation of the case said Lori Potter attorney for the Sierra Club in Denver County Commission Chairman Tom Hatch said Mr Johnson is one of a “bunch of people in that area associated with these environmentalists” Several structures sit on the ranch he said “He kind of comes and goes like the rest of them He’s not a permanent resident there He’s in and out of there all year round” said Mr Hatch Prosecutor Nolan said a “substantial amount" of marijuana was found at the tepee He would not elaborate beyond saying “there was more than would be there for one person’s individual use” The ten charges against Mr Johnson include four counts of third-degrfelony criminal mischief sec- - ond-degr- felony production of felony possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms possession of marijuana with intent to distribute possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of marijuana possession The plaintiff conservation groups Tuesday were critical of the vandalism and said it had no link to their marijuana third-degr- court battle Commissioner Will Urge Regents to Make Switch Kerr Wants Utah Colleges on Semester Calendar By Peter Scarlet Tribune Education Editor Wm Rolfe Kerr Utah’s higher education commissioner will ask the state Board of Regents to require Utah’s nine colleges and universities to switch from a quarter to a semester calendar The commissioner’s recommendation comes two years after an informal survey of the colleges and universities making up the Utah System of Higher Education showed that most students preferred keeping the quarter calendar and its four academic quarters of fall winter spring and summer Faculty feelings were mixed Aside from the University of Utah’s law school the state’s colleges and universities operate on a quarter state-support- calendar Westminster College of Salt Lake City and Brigham Young University use a semester calendar with a fall semester and spring semester coupled with a shorter sum- mer term Dr Kerr’s proposal drafted in the form of a report has been distributed to college and university presidents and academic leaders this week for their consideration It proposes a wholesale switch to a semester calendar effective fall in the 1989-9- 0 academic year Although he admitted the proposal will be controversial among students and faculty because it would represent a major change he said the advantages of a semester calendar outweigh those of the quarter calendar Higher education officials admit- ted financial retrenchment the need to provide educational services to growing numbers of students at the same or less cost figures in the proposal But Cecelia Foxley associate commissioner for academic affairs said switching to semesters wouldn’t even be entertained by Dr Kerr’s office if doing so would hurt academic qualityDr Kerr’s decision to seek the switch is related to the state’s economy and the governor and Legislature’s emphasis on savings Jhe said While there are some small costs in the switch Dr Foxley said semesters can save money by eliminating an entire cycle of administrative registration processing They would increase the use of physical up-fro- nt cilities a sore point with several legislators who periodically complain of finding empty classrooms on university and college campuses Dr Kerr’s report says other financial advantages include shortening the time required for a bachelor’s degree by a year for students taking a semester’s worth of courses in the summer term to increasing attendance — and gate receipts — at early home football games Dr Foxley said the new push for semesters isn’t new but has long been studied in the higher education system Regents and presidents last year considered the matter but decided to put off a decision because the higher education system was preoccupied with another form of retrenchment See 2 Column 3 B-- Carter Tribune Staff Writer Convicted murderer George Wesley Hamilton serving a sentence for the 1985 mutilation murder of SUSC coed Sharon Sant may get a new trial because of leged jury misconduct attornq k the case have confirmed 7 Prosecutors have ordered® “ves Jflat “ JVror gation into allegations took newspaier cuppings ossibly bout the grisly ca Jnt0 h® Enoom during deli®raon 4th by daiYadmonitions list despite district Judgedeorge Baliff to avoid Yfweitre t( press coverage of the ' |