Show - ftoDrlotoikWViNoW4142011111111TINE1116411Sgoet9 : 1 1 4 Virginia Feud Threatens State Demos Spotlight er-p- " - 41 1 t il 4' ktopo t ' 1 - ?:'4 ' t 3 ' :f - — I : : 1 "41 - 11 ' ' 1 t'''' '- - " 6k 4abtt 41‘4e'Aol t I4 THE NEW YORK TIMES MCLEAN Va — The political game in Virginia is traditionally played with a certain civility — sharp elbows permitted but deliver the blows in a gentlemanly manner N: 7 4 " ‘i 1 : ' i tio ifikt4i t 4 itip':riy: A ''''''''L ''' iAo : AI - - ' 1 Aat N ' ! ii - i please 447 - 1 $': :LI David Letterman Lately however the game has become unsportingly rough and tumble no quarter asked or given Gov L Douglas Wilder and Sen Charles S Robb the state's two preeminent Democrats both of them possible presidential candidates in 1992 are pummeling each other with such verbal ferocity that some party leaders and political analysts say they are endangering both their political futures and their party's dominance in Virginia In the latest exchange Wilder charged on Friday that someone had taped personal calls he made on the cellular phone in his limousine and had passed on the contents of the conversations to Robb He did not say what the conversations i :logo Randy Travis David Letterman host of NBC's "Late Night" is in a snit at being passed over to succeed Johnny Carson as host of "The Tonight Show" according to published reports "Dave's TV Tizzy" blared the New York Post's Page One headline Friday reporting that "the grinning host of 'Late Night' reportedly turned beet red" when told that Jay Leno Carson's guest host would get "Tonight" next year "He's very angry Next year is his 10th anniversary at NBC and it would've been perfect for him" the Post quoted an unidentified network source as saying After opening his Thursday show Letterman said "Before we continue I think we should congratulate our friend Jay Leno for being selected as the host of 'The Tonight Show'" Continuing his customary banter with "Late Night" bandleader Paul Shaffer Letterman joked that his show would be taking over several of Carson's "Tonight" comedy bits: "You know what that mean's for us? We get 'Stump the Band' And I'm negotiating now for 'Aunt Blabby' Keep your fingers Gloria Estefan were about The governor called the alleged eavesdropping "criminal" and said that while he had no evidence that it had been carried out on behalf of Robb he believed that the senator was at least guilty of passing on confidential contents of the tapes to crossed" Gloria Estefan plans to fight a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against her by pianist Eddie Palmieri her lawyer said Palmieri's $10 million lawsuit claims Estefan's 1989 single "Oye Mi Canto" borrowed the chorus from a recording he made in 1981 "We are ready willing and anxious to fight this case in court" L Peter Parcher a New York attorney hired by Estefan said "The two songs are dramatically different and what Mr Palmieri is purporting to do is identify a snippet of traditional Latin music pluck it wholly out of context and make it the basis of his copyright other Democrats Through a spokesman Robb denied any involvement with tapes of Wilder's conversations The governor's accusations came to light in an article in The Washington Post on Saturday Interviewed by telephone from Bonn where he is in the middle of an 11- - lawsuit" Parcher said Palmieri said in the May 7 lawsuit filed in civil court in New York that the chorus "oye mi canto" which means "hear my song" comes from his "Paginas de Mujer" of "Oye Brian Caplan Palmieri's lawyer said Estefan a Mi Canto" took the song's "heart and soul" day European trade mission Wilder said he learned about the taping from various sources none of er Randy Travis says President Bush an enthusiastic which he would identify He ordered his chief of staff JT Shropshire to inform the superintendent of the state police Col William F Corvello of the alleged eavesdropping The governor could not be reached on Saturday by reporters seeking comment But Shropshire in a telephone interview from his home near Richmond said that Wilder was "deeply disturbed" by the purported taping country-musi- c fan has taken a personal interest in the success of his song "Point of Light" Bush used the phrase "a thousand points of light" during the 1988 presidential campaign to symbolize volunteer efforts At the urging of a presidential aide two Nashville songwriters composed the song about Americans helping one another Travis released the tune about eight weeks ago and it has climbed to No 13 on Billboard magazine's country-musi- c chart He played it for President Bush in March in a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington It was funny because he "I talked to Mr Bush shortly after was asking how it was doing" Travis said "I said 'Well we've got a great start most every radio station in the country is playing it' He was real happy about that" In ington Post Wilder said he had never said "anything at all" derogatory about Robb and added that if his interview with The Wash- Billy Crystal learned the hard way that writing about fording an icy river in a cattle drive and actually doing it are two brrrry different things "On the script page crossing a river looks easy" said Crystal in New Orleans for a preview of his new movie "City Slickers" "But you get to the edge and the water is 40 degrees" he continued "There are rapids with sharp rocks underneath and trout " coming to the surface saying 'I wouldn't go in there if I were you' Slaying of Florida Students Renews Fear of '90 Killings THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for the Alachua County Sheriffs Office said police had fielded many telephone calls from parents "We've heard from parents all over They are concerned They are scared Some have taken their son or daughter back home and I can understand that" Mann said "It's frightening It's real frightening" Layne Northsea a sophomore said Saturday "I was up until 6:30 this morning I waited until it was light to feel safe" Mann said authorities have no suspects and have determined no motive but find no connection to last year's killings "The condition of the victims' GAINESVILLE Fla — The slaying of two University of Florida students has prompted fear in this college cormnunity that last summer's serial killings will be repeated Authorities say the latest slayings are unrelated to the five last August but that hasn't calmed many nerves here "Everybody is kind of in shock" said Tom Hall a senior "They say it's not related to the other murders but to me that makes it worse That means there's another killer out there" The bodies of Eleanor Anne Grace 20 and Carla Marie McKishnie 22 were discovered Friday morning in the condominium they shared Police said they were killed between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning Many students went home for the weekend after learning of the killings Friday Others had slumber parties with friends trusting in the safety of numbers Lt Spencer Mann a spokesman r bodies were certainly a lot different than what we had in the serial homicides" he said But Mann added: "We can't promise there is not going to be an- other victim" The Medical Examiner's Office determined the victims were strangled and there was no evidence of sexual assault Mann said there was no evidence of robbery or burglary ocrats" The feuding goes Robb-Wild- back well over a decade to the late 1970s when Robb beat Wilder to the political punch in running for lieutenant governor Wilder had been carefully laying the political foundation for his own run for the presidency a particularly difficult task in the state that was the keystone of the Old Confederacy and he was miffed when Robb a relative latecomer to Virginia politics seemed to cut in line Jail's Records gab gribunt (LAPS 143 South Main 114177ND TELEPHONE NUMBERS vou noed mformation want sports scores hare a news slurs or feature you want to talk about" Is your paper miNsiiV" yftli u ant to discuss a classified or display advertisement" HERE'S WIIERE TO CALL 10 a m Sunday before Ipmi Delivery Information Customers outside of both Salt Lake Counte and South Davis County please 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She said her daughter's nights are still explosive with the nightmares of that raid Imaginary masked men still crawl through her window and take her away Her doctor says she suffers from A-- 1 m Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome or shell shock the mother said Mr McDonald said he's still paying for the damage the SWAT raid and search caused to his home especially the windows "The cram thing is the door was unlocked" Mr McDonald said "It was a horrifying exper- In the Pyle case officers exchanged shots with the suspect moments after entering the door but they did not shoot at Mr Pyle after the initial exchange West Valley Police Chief Dennis Nord felt said And police say they've now con- firmed that the gun Mr Pyle used to shoot at police was also used in a drive-bshooting in Sandy about ience" Police defend their actions in both cases And they make no apologies for aggressively pursudrug dealers ing small-timCops have to go after little fish "to get to the big fish" said Capt Joe Gee commander of the Metro Narcotics Strike Force "If we don't we aren't doing our job" Lt Larry Scott Salt Lake City Police SWAT commander said warrant at Mr the home was "executed perfectly We didn't know the girl was in the home and there is no way we could have known" While the evidence at the home wasn't overwhelming it did demonstrate that Mr McDonald was involved in illegal drug trafficking police said y six weeks ago "There's no way to know if Pyle did the drive-bshooting' Sandy Police Chief Gary Leonard said "The only thing we know that it's the same gun" Capt Gee noted that those in: volved in illegal drug trafficking are often connected to armed rob- - beries burglaries and car thefts: So the war on drugs of- - ten extends to a broad range of criminal activity and cops say warrants to'' they need win the fight Capturing a drug suspect at home is often the safest place e y - k k - Capt Gee said Police could grab the suspect as he drives to work or walks to the There was a sign in Mr McDonald's home hanging above a cabi- corner market and they sometimes do that But Capt Gee noted ' that police want to limit the possi- in a residen— bility of a shoot-ou- t tial neighborhood where there's a potential for a hostage situation net containing illegal drugs It said "Fill Your Prescriptions Here" Police also found envelopes filled with cash - Police 'Grenade' Adds Element of Surprise By Chris Jorgensen THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE istractton1Devië'ëR El Drug dealers are becoming as sophisticated as the police and officers complain constantly of drug traffickers having better weapons and more money The only real advantage the police have is the element of surprise Police raid suspected drug houses with surprise warrants every week in Salt Lake County sometimes nightly And some of the raids are heralded by one more surprise — an exploding percussion grenade The small explosive bombs — which police insist are not grenades but "distraction devices" — are most often filled with black powder and do nothing more than make a loud noise and a bright light But the head start explosions can afford police a and sometimes that's enough Officers toss the grenades through a smashed window or a crashed door There are different types and brands of grenades but their explosion is generally equivalent to banging a metal garbage can with a hammer Not much of a boom unless your half asleep say police The bright flazh constricts the pupils causing temporary blindness and in the few seconds it takes a suspect to recover police have him surrounded with guns drawn Use of the explosives are rare Of the 70 or so raids conducted last year by the Salt Lake City Police SWAT teams only about five percussion grenades were used said SWAT commander Lt Larry Stott There are other SWAT teams in the valley who use the grenades including a West Valley City team one at the prison the FBI and the state Division of Investigations In May of last year a young girl was injured when police exploded a percussion grenade in her bedroom Investigators didn't know the girl was in the home And last week there were two young girls in a West Valley City home raided by SWAT police The police killed the girls' father a suspected drug dealer who had just shot two officers The officers hadn't intended to use the grenade but launched one anyway when the suspect ran for cover The grenade left a shallow hole in the carpet The bombs make judges who authorize use of warrants nervous Some judges won't sign the warrants if there is a chance children or elderly people are in the home But police are quick to defend the devices During a recent raid officers watched a drug dealer dive for a pillow and stopped him with a grenade Officers found a loaded pistol under the pillow said Lt Stott BLAST DETECTABLE UP TO 6 FEET MOMENTARY BLINDNESS UP TO 30 FEET Illy : wi: -- - :: :10::::-:::w:JJ:: :4: lit : (11""°' ) a In : five-secon- d t: a ' --T-- : i:::or:::::i-:- :saz:xi::i 1 :::p4::: P-sv!)!:?i:: :'':4:-- 5 ':'iO?:'-- k t :iktot4-4:x4:s:47s- E':4:'N::"' : ?i:P::: M:Vg:ZV' :::: ::4'Wg :''E:::hia::' IDistraction devices create a simple confined explosion that about as loud as a jet take-o- ft officer a advantage five-seco- Source: SWAT Sgt Roger Winkler The Salt Lake Tribune Graphic no-kno- 1 - 4' :171:11-"11!111""'1- ‘ 'r r )1°67" - ' A r4e- - 4 eft 0904:07 er :' I ' '1 two-fo- t: 4i 44: ' : 7 - 1ko::00 : - ' ' Paul FraughtonfThe t Salt Lake Tribune Percussion grenade called distraction de- head start vice often gives police ' By THE ASSOCIATED There are some legal safeguards warrant still but getting a PRESS k SPRINGFIELD Mass — In May 1856 a man was sentenced to 30 days in jail for allowing "swine to forage in one of Springfield's main streets" Later that same year a 10year-olboy served three months for "being a stubborn child" Those are just some of the crimes that could land you behind bars in 19tb century Massachusetts according to nearly 150 years of old jail records recently presented to the Connecticut Valley Historical Lake City Utah Mail Dolly arid Sunday (Utah Idaho Ne vada arid Wyoming) $12 00 rno Dairy Only (Utah Idaho Nevada S8 00 'no and Wyoming) 80(i 662 4354 Classildd Ads liptad Adk Si 84111 By ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTS lpntdal !111di South Main Sunacry Only and in Kearns4nbune Corporation Sunday with daily Comniunity Relations Reader Advocate Editorial Page Publisher Editor Complaints (Mon—Fri' SPORTS SCORES Lao: Els v horo JAMUL Established April 15 1871 pubhshed daily and Sunday by the Warrants: Vital to Police Or Needless 'Dirty Harry' Tactic? No-Kno- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - CLIP AND SAVE A3 Show Crime in Judge Must Trust Officer in Granting Warrant Chris Jorgensen ruled narcotics investigators had that if police do not burst into the 19th Century "insufficient" justification to use a house someone may be endangered the or the warrant d Mir Aalt galit Zribunt I anyone had tapes to the contrary then "they ought to play them" Corvello would not comment Robb's spokesman Steve Johnson said he and his staff were aware that unconfirmed reports were spreading through the state that tapes had been made of Wilder's conversations and were being passed around But Johnson added: "We cannot confirm who this is or how it is done or how extensive it might be Neither Senator Robb nor anyone on his staff has been involved in providing tapes to anyone or playing such tapes for Dem- The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday June 9 1991 Museum "It's an incredible opportunity" said museum director Joseph Carvallo This is one of the first times if not the first that such an extensive and comprehensive set of early penal records have been made available to historians And they are invaluable in the insight they offer to the period" Most communities tossed out old records as new jails were built he said or stored them under such poor conditions that they rotted The 270 volumes including admission records doctors logs and prison industry ledgers were found in scattered cubbyhole storage areas in the upper floors of the 104year-olHampden County lockup said Louis Gormally a local historian Some had been moved from an earlier county jail he said The records recount crimes from homicides to "bolding a meeting on the Sabbath- - an offense that earned a Springfield man 30 days in 1855 comes down to the word of a police officer The judges who sign the warrants which give police the power to burst into a home at any time without warning must rely on the integrity of officers for the warrant information "You assume the warrant affidavit is correct if it's sworn and signed" said one judge who spoke on condition of anonymity "It's like any other legal matter that's taken under oath You have to trust they're telling the truth" Between April 12 and June 1 Salt Lake County circuit judges signed 14 warrants authorizing raids Defense attorneys contend and prosecutors concede that warrants are vulnerable to several k abuses: Evidence could be "trumped up- to convince a judge of the need warrant In April for a 3rd District Judge Frank Noel refused to allow six ounces of cocaine found in a prominent local businessman's house into evidence He k evi- k Investigators sometimes "judge shop" seeking the judges they believe are most willing to sign a warrant warrants And many are based on information given to police by confidential informants The informants range from neighbors and friends of the suspect to convicts and known drug peddlers "That's all baloney It doesn't k k happen" says Capt Joe Gee com- mander of the Metro Narcotics Strike Force "We don't handpick our judges and if any officer was discovered to have put less than accurate information in a warrant he would no longer be a part of Me- tro" Drug investigation is a coven operation and police have to rtly on confidential informants the captain said And there is no way to hide an informant's identity he said Many times the judges insist on knowing who they are The captain said he warhas been executing rants for 20 years and a lot of expertise goes into each one k To get a k warrant inves- tigators must convince the judge suspect may destroy dence — what police call "the dreaded toilet flush" Different judges interpret the warrants differneed for ently said the judge who spoke on the condition he not be named Children in the home could be enough for him to refuse to issue a warrant But he also said he trusts investigators' discretion Before they are taken to a judge most warrant requests are reviewed by the Salt Lake County Attorney's Office said Chief Deputy County Attorney Bud Ellett The office reviews about 20 warrants a month 10 percent of which are he said Like the judges the county pros- ecutors are also vulnerable to wai rant requests said trumped-uMr Ellett But he quickly added he doesn't believe it happens very often if at all" And judge shopping has its practical problems he said "I can't tell you it isn't done" said Mr Ellett "But in most cases the warrant is so need for a immediate police have no time to wait around for their favorite k no-kno- p k judge- - - d a Singer Won't Seek Motown Mayor's Job THE ASS( (IATE:1) PRESS DETROIT — Motown star Stevie Wonder has decided that music and politics don't mix lies no longer interested in running for mayor "Being mayor is not going to hap pen" Wonder said last w eek look forward to doing some positive things that help everybody As to me and polities I don't know if it's in a way really going to work would want to do it- In 1988 Wonder said he wanted to run someday for mayor of De- troit But the singer said he prefers to contributions without a political connection m! ke civic 1 ' - '4 |