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Show I) e Salt fake SrUvun t Vol. 232, No. 110 I'tah Saturday Morning Salt Lake City. January IB. l()Bli Major Banking Bill Wins Speedy OK By Paul Roily And Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writers With the 1986 session of the Itah Legislature less than a week old, a measure allowing history-makinhanks from throughout the country to merge with Utah financial institutions is already set to become a law as soon as Gov. Norm Bangerter signs it The banking bill. House Bill 189, was rammed through the Utah Senate Friday before many senators even had a chance to read it after rumors flew through the Senate chamber that a Salt Lake City bank would fold by Monday if the bill hadn t passed through both chambers by then. "They had to reprint the bill to put some amendments so we probably won't get it until next week, but we feel everything w ill be OK as long as it is signed into law by next Friday.' said Francine Giam, Gov. in s press secretary The measure passed the House on Wednesday and had just been placed on the agenda of the Senate Business and Labor Committee Friday morning By noon, it was ready for Gov. Bangerters signature which, according to a special provision in the bill, will make it effective immediately. She acknowledged the urgency of getting the bill through the Legislature was due to some problems in one or more of our financial institutions," but she said she could not disclose which institutions were in Sen President Arnold Christensen. said during a news conference Friday that one of the reasons for the urgency in passing the bill was based on a request from the governor's office, which had made the measure a top priority Rumors floating through the Senate indicated a Salt Lake City financial institution was in deep trouble and was negotiating with an institution for an infusion of badly needed capital But current law precludes banks e from outside the Western region from merging or purchasing Utah finan cial institutions Utah Financial Institutions Corn missioner Flame W eis acknow ledged to the Senate that her office hoped the bill could be passed and ready for law by Friday because of "some problems" in the financial community But despite the almost emergency-typaura surrounding the bill, and the quick passage through the Senate, it is a major piece of legislation Column bo-Se- e LEGISLATURE 1 A-- Doctors Clip 3 Growths From Reagans Colon By Terence Hunt Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Reagan had three "very small" growths removed from his colon and a sample of skin taken from a bump on his face Friday in his most extensive medical checkup since cancer surgery. Doctors initially judged the specimens to be but further tests will be conducted. "All indications are that when the lab results are in they will confirm the president to be in excellent health," the White House said in a written statement describing the results of Reagan's colon examination and checkup at Bethesda Naval Hospital. The three growths, described by doctors as "clinically benign," were removed from the colon in a procedure known as a colonoscopy. Reagan, leaving the hospital after nearly six hours, gave a thumbs-u- p signal and said "Everything's fine." He and his wife Nancy then flew to Camp David, Md for a three-day Palestinian Says Russia Will Shield Libya TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Hard-lin- e Palestinian leader Ahmed Abu Mousa said Friday the Soviet Union has warned the United States it will not allow any American military strike against Libya. Abu Mousa said Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy received formal assurances that the Soviets had delivered that message to President Reagan through the "direct secret channel" from Moscow to Washington He did not elaborate on what the Soviets might have meant in saying they would not tolerate U.S. military action against Khadafy, a staunch Soviet ally He told reporters the Soviet warning was the main reason the danger of military confrontation had receded, but "the Americans also feared a hostile reaction throughout the Arab world and danger to American citizens Pving there. In Washington, White House spokesman Edward Djerejian told reporters, "I can categorically deny that we have received any warning as alleged ... against military action a n against Libya from the Soviet Union." About 400 Filipino Moslems marched on the U.S. Embassy in Mademonnila Friday in a stration. A statement distributed at the rally said, "If America ever hurts a Libyan brother, we shall not forgive any American we chance upon in any street or place in the Philippines." Arab blood spilled in the Middle East is the same that "bleeds from the Moslems in this country, said one of the organizers, lawyer Bayan Balt. Abu Mousa. 57, is secretary-genera- l of the Palestine National Salvation rival of Front and a Libyan-backed Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. He spoke with reporters for nearly two hours about the Middle East, the crisis within the Palestinian moveconment and the Libyan-America- n flict. He said he did not know which Palestinian group carried out the Dec. 27 terrorist attacks that killed 19 people at the Rome and Vienna airports, but as long as there is no solution to the Air Force Buying Unnecessary Parts For Cargo Planes, Audit Reveals WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has been buying spare parts for its cargo planes that appear to be or unnecessary, ina $317.97 cluding fiberglass "pan toilet" for an aircraft latrine, a congressional audit has found. over-price- d The service's Air Logistics Center at San Antonio, Texas, has been paying sharply different rates for essentially identical "engine mount link assemblies," the audit found, and purchased two wing panel assemblies even though two had been in storage since 1973 The audit, conducted by the General Accounting Office and dated Jan 13. was requested by Sen William A copy was obtained Roth, late Friday Maj Jim Jannelte, an Air Force l spokesman, issued a statement Friday night confirming there had been a problem with one of the contracts cited by the GAO, but asserting the congressional agency had erred in reviewing the remaining three contracts. The GAO addressed the Jan. 13 report to Weinberger, describing it as part of a much broader audit that has yet to be completed. The interim report was issued now, the GAO said, because auditors had discovered questionable contracting practices at the San Antonio center Chuckle Todays all can they want about They say being over the hill. It still beats being under it The GAO said it had reviewed four contracts involving the and found "two of the four procurements were overpriced and one product was manufactured locally for significantly less." "We also found that three of the procurements should not have been made. Two of the items described as having been purchased unnecessarily involved parts for the latrine system aboard the giant cargo plane. continued. The Air Force has been buying the items even though it is now in the process of installing a new type of latrine system on the plane, paying $317.97 for a pan toilet and up to $272.22 for a "pan assembly" to cover the pan, the GAO said Palestinian problem, you must expect more such operations that will disturb the entire world. Among those killed in the airport attacks were five Americans, and Reagan ordered sanctions against Libya, accusing the Khadafy regime of supporting international terrorism and, in particular, another Palestinian splinter group headed by Abu which the United States blames for the airport assaults. Abu Mousa said that with strong encouragement from Khadafy. he was making progress in his efforts to merge all radical Palestinian factions into a single movement "to eliminate the traitor Arafat once and for all from the Palestinian leadership." Ni-d- Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers on A-- 3 in nut surprising." given Reagans medical history, said Professor Gary Gitmck of the UCLA School of Modi cine "The fact that they look benign when viewed with the naked eye is eneouraging, but the key is how they look under the microscope," he said in a telephone interview. And even if they do prove benign, he said, it will be important to see if that is, of a they are type judged likely to turn cancerous if left to grow much larger. In addition to colon cancer, Reagan also had a basal cell carcinoma the most common and easily curable form of skin cancer removed from , the right side of his nose last August The White House statement said the new bump from which a sample was taken w as on the right side of his face A leukemia-sWASHINGTON (AP) The White House refused to submit tricken teen-age- r on Friday reto reporters' questions about the alized her dream of meeting Presipresident's condition. dent Reagan and chatted with the On also underwent chief executive moments before he blood Friday, Reagan and a CAT scan, tests. examinaleft for a cancer follow-uwhich can provide highly detailed tion and accurate pictures of the brain. "He's a very nice guy," See Column Tina Fowler of New Lenox, 111., said after watching the president and first lady Nancy Reagan leave by helicopter from the White House's South Lawn for Bethesda Naval Hospital. Reagan went to the hospital for his first internal exam since a cancerous tumor was removed from his colon six months ago. II illem J. Kolff Tina and her family were brought to Washington bv a New Jersey-base- d Pioneer foundation that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. The Fowlers met the Reagans outside the White House as they walked to a waiting helicopter. The president Crossing and Mrs. Reagan talked with Tina, her parents, brother, sister and The Sahnrn gi andmother for about four minutes before boarding the aircraft. As the helicopter engines idled Martin Luther King Jr holiday weekend Asked whether he had named a successor to departing Agriculture Secretary " John Block. Reagan said. "Not yet Reagan, 74. had gone to the hospital for the first examination of his colon since his successful cancer surgery six months ago. "The finding of three small polyps Cancer Patient Gets Wish Meets Reagan - p A-- Coming Sunday noisily in the background, the Fowlers gave the president a Chicago Bears Super Bowl mug filled with jelly beans and two stuffed bears. They also presented Mrs. Reagan the leash she was clenching. tered rain or snow showers, clouds Lows 20s. Details. B 6 Highs mid-40- Miracle of Crying Statue Melts Away Overnight oil and drops of his own blood to ate the effects. The tears, the sweat, the Quebec blood that appeared on the cheeks of the statue of the Virgin Mary all seemed miraculous to thousands of believers who waited in the brutal cold to see for themselves. But then the skeptics of modern science and medicine came up with evidence suggesting it was all a hoax not even a very clever hoax, and overnight the Miracle of Ste Marthe melted away The affair came to a climax Friday when a Montreal newspaper reported the statue's owner admitted he used Hart Honing Political Savvy for 88 Race By Robert G. Fichcnberg Newhouse News Service - WASHINGTON It's a crazy political system that requires a man to quit public service to run for the highest public office in the land. But it worked for Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon, and Sen. Gary Hart, thinks it will work for him. Although Hart hasn't confirmed that the reason he's leaving the Senate when his term runs out this on year Is to concentrate winning the Democratic presidential nomination In 1988, he has done everything but formally announce his candidacy. To longtime the full-tim- ap lot' photo Gary Hart for Something1! It mining Hart-watcher- e - a loner, senator somewhat of a mystic and an expeIk rienced student of symbolism providing indisputable signs. He has given up his fashionable condominium in Denver and purchased an old stone house in the Rockies Irreverent political reporters who survived the uncomfortable ride up to it have dubbed it "Troublesome Gulch." And on Hart's appearances, he's affecting Western dress more frequently, an unmistakable sign, those maintain, that he's certainly running for something. Hart seems more relaxed now that his major decision is behind him and that hei starting what Hart-watche- generally is conceded to be his second campaign for the White House In a meeting with reporters Friday, Hart said he learned a lot in his unsuccessful 1984 campaign against Walter Mondalc and he has a much better idea of what it will take to win the nomination and presidency In '88. He spoke out on a wide range of issues, from arms control ("I don't think this administration fundamentally believes in negotiations, Gorbachev is beating us to death on arms contrdl") to defense cuts ("it's not how much you spend, but what you spend it on") and on ideas ("Ronald Reagan won in '84 because of the power of ideas. They Elegant Dining Italian Style Blood, Sweat and Tears Exposed By Charles Campbell Associated Press Writer Today's Forccasi Salt Lake City and vicinity - Scat 1 were bad ideas, but at least he had ideas.") "Tve learned that we Democrats are not going to win with just pleasant personalities," said Hart. n And in a reference to his '84 campaign, which still has $3 4 million in unpaid bills, he said. "I ve learned that it's better to have money than not to have " money With Reagan continuing to do w ell in the public opinion polls and Americans professing to be more comfortable with tniddlc-o- f the road politicians, Hart is working on softening his liberal image. Although he said that the Demo-SeColumn 5 debt-ridde- e A-- cre- Police in this lakeside town on Montreal's northwestern outskirts estimated 12,000 people flocked here in less than a week to view what local television stations took to calling the "alleged miracles." Church officials have been cautious in their statements. The local bishop, the Rev. Charles Valois of St. Jerome Diocese, called the affair "an exaggeration of the marvelous." "God seldom speaks by extraordinary means but rather through the Bible and the teachings of the church," he said. "It is not through such means as these the statue's tears that we are going to find out what the Lord wants to say to us. The visitors to Ste Marthe paused to gaze and pray in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary that seemed to have shed tears of blood All around were icons most of them reproductions of a single paintwith what looked like ing of Mary sweat or tears running down the surface. The pilgrimages began after Jean-GuBeauregard, a railroad worker in Montreal, said his statue began the Feast of the weeping on Dee. 8 Immaculate Conception. When the phenomenon began to attract curious crowds, Beauregards landlord asked him to move the statue lie look it to the home of Maurice and Claudette Girouard in - e In January, the Girouards told reporters. the Virgin's tears began to mix with blood and many of the sur-SeColumn 4 A-- V |
