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Show Vol. 232, No. 114 Salt Lake City, Utah Reinstates Internees Suit Panel Voids ge Statute of Limitations By Tom Seppy Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON A U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday reinstated a suit brought on behalf of the 120,000 Japanese-American- s removed from their homes and detained in camps in World War II. - The three-judg- e panel, voting said the lower court erred when it dismissed a suit seeking $24 billion because the statute of limitations had Wednesday Morning 0 22, 1986 January o Coegress Is Back to Battle Deficit By David Espo Associated Press Writer In a partisan WASHINGTON kickoff to an election-yea- r Congress, House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill Jr. vowed Tuesday to expose crazy, nonsensical domestic spending cuts he expects President Reagan to seek. As the opening gavels fell in both houses on what is expected to be a tumultuous session, Senate Majority called Leader Robert Dole, for a partnership between the administration and the Congress to n tarhelp meet the Gramm-Rud-main the contained gets legislation. - deficit-reductio- n But across the Capitol in his ornate speakers office, O'Neill, the veteran Massachusetts Democrat, told reporters he wanted to vote item by item" on Reagans budget proposals. ONeill hopes to close out his political career in this second session of the 99th Congress by showing Democrats the way to victory in next falls congressional elections. The president takes all of the glory but he doesnt want to take any hard knocks, ONeill said. Theres going be be plenty of hard knocks for Mr. Reagan, said the speaker. There was fresh pressure from some lawmakers for a tax hike to help reduce the red ink, as Sen. Pete V. Domemci, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said, "You cannot fix the deficit with just budget cuts. But O'Neill insisted and Dole that there would be no such agreed bill unless Reagan dropped his long- ing cuts in a bid to meet the $144 billion deficit target contained in the new legislation, known as "Gramm-Rudma- standing opposition. Reagan repeated that opposition at a private White House meeting with leading GOP lawmakers, where he also stated his preference for an increase in defense spending. In his budget blueprint for fiscal 1987, which commences next Oct. 1, the president is expected to propose roughly $54 billion in domestic spend controversy over its provisions continued, as House members used their opening day session to alternately embrace and denounce the law. Y., said it Rep. Ted Weiss, D-would lead to disaster," while Rep. Hal Daub, said it would enable Congress, like Moses, to part the Sea of Red Ink." There was little doubt that tax The legislation is named for its authors, Sens. Phil Gramm, and Warren Rudman, and overhaul, trade and towering, $200 billion federal deficits would domi- nate Congress agenda, flavored heavily by political activity that will serve as prelude to the November elections. Said Robert Were say." Senate Democratic Leader C. Byrd of West Virginia: in for a pretty rough year, Id And the session was only four hours old before the first filibuster surfaced in the Senate, as opponents led by Sens. Howard Metzenbaum, and Arlen Specter, sought to ., See Column A-- 1 Opposition to Gemayel Mounts expired. Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer of U.S. District Court here had ruled that the statlawsuit was barred by a ute of limitations on suits against the government. It may be that timely claims on their behalf would have prevailed, Oberdorfer wrote on May 17, 1984. But it is now close to 40 years after the camps were closed, and almost that long after the facts essential to those claims were published. Much time has passed, memories have dimmed and many of the actors have Car Bomb Kills 27 in E. Beirut six-ye- By Nora Boustany Special to The Washington Post A car packed BEIRUT, Lebanon with powerful explosives blew up in a street crammed with shoppers in Christian east Beirut Tuesday, killing 27 people and injuring more than 100, but missing an office of the Phalange Party that apparently was its target. The explosion came amid mounting Christian concern over a Syrian military buildup in the hills above Bikfaya, the hometown of President Amin Gemayel, and stepped-upolitical pressure for Gemayels isolation or departure from office. died. However, the appellate court said in a opinion written by Judge J. Skelly Wright: "The United States cannot be presumed to be amenable to suit. Fortunately, the founders provided that the right to obtain just compensation for the taking of ones property should remain inviolate. victims strewn about. Motorists were incinerated in their cars and two Lebanese soldiers passing by in their jeep were burned to death. "This is not hell, but a street in Beirut, a television commentator said, introducing pictures of flaming cars in a thick cloud of smoke. A branch office of the Phalange Party on the second floor of a building 30 yards away, was still standing, but its windows were blown out and furniture was overturned. A woman living in the building, dazed by the explosion, cursed the militiamen, screaming: "They fight and we get killed! They use car bombs and we get killed! Observers said that besides attacking the Phalange office, the bombing e may have been intended to fuel re-Se- Column 2 A-- p d Christian discontent with a peace plan led to the ouster of Elie Hobeika, the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces militia who had approved the plan, and has plunged Lebanon into a deeper crisis. No one claimed responsibility for Tuesdays car bomb, the first this year. Authorities estimated that 550 pounds of explosives were in the vehicle parked on an east Beirut street when it was detonated by remote control. The explosion ripped away the facades of seven buildings and set dozens of cars ablaze. Shops and stores on both sides of the street were reduced to smoldering, twisted metal and debris, with Syrian-engineere- In so doing, they no doubt assumed that the normal statutes of limitations would apply, Wright said, joined by Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But they also most certainly assumed that the leaders of' this republic would act truthfully. In the main, history has proven the founders correct. However, the majority said, the nation has learned that extraordinary injustice can provoke extraordinary acts of concealment. Where such concealment is althe government leged it of a free people to evade an honest See A-Column 1 miles DPI Graphic Trio Found Guilty in Gandhi Murder Trial - NEW DELHI, India (AP) A Sikh bodyguard accused of murdering Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in October 1984 and two charged with conspiracy to murder were found guilty Wednesday, a defense lawyer said. All three persons were pronounced guilty, said defense attorney Rupinder Sodhi, lawyer for accused Sikh assassin Satwant Singh. He made his statement to reporters as he left a New Delhi courtroom. Judge Mahesh Chandra pro- h nounced the verdicts in the trial of the three Sikhs accused of involvement in the Oct. 31, 1984 assassination of the prime minister. eight-mont- The cases were tried without a jury. Court hearings began last May and ended Jan. 15. Political observers predicted a guilty verdict for Satwant Singh, Mrs. Gandhis security guard who was accused of killing her, despite his lawyers contention that he was an innocent scapegoat in a family plot involving Mrs. Gandhi's son and successor as prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. Charged with criminal conspiracy were Balbir Singh, a police guard at Mrs. Gandhis residence, and Kehar Singh, a civil servant. Kehar Singh was an uncle of Beant Singh, another of Mrs. Gandhis bodyguards who was shot dead at the scene of the assassination. A lawyer for Satwant Singh, Pran Nath Lekhi, said in pleading his case before the Special Sessions Court judge that a guilty verdict would jeopardize the peace process in Punjab state, which is still torn by Sikh terrorist attacks. Lekhi made sensational allegations throughout the trial but never provided evidence to support his charges. Chandra dismissed charges of Gandhi family involvement as flights of imagination and warned Lekhi the courtroom was no place for political-personal vendetta or character assassination. But the question of a larger conspiracy and who was involved remains unanswered. Rajiv Gandhi claimed a few days after his mother was killed that there g was a plot with foreign links. This line was never developed. Defense counsel said the assassination was an inside conspiracy involving the family and Mrs. Gandhis close aides. The government never replied to the charge, and the judge rejected all of Lekhis witnesses. wide-rangin- During the trial, the three defendants sat inside a bullet-proo- f glass enclosure, reading, taking notes, swapping jokes. They were not interrogated. She Has the Heart to Leave With a SAN FRANCISCO that says I left my heart in San Francisco, Donna Ashlock, 14, leaves Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center for her home in Patterson, Calif. Donna received the heart of a boyfriend, Felipe Garza Jr., 15, on Jan. 5. In an almost prophetic announcement, Felipe said he was going to die and wanted ailing Donna to have his heart. Bill Is Sent to the Utah Senate House Clears Warning Label on Smokeless Tobacco By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer Utah came a pinch closer Tuesday to becoming the second state in the warncountry to require health-ris- k ing labels on smokeless" tobacco products. The Utah House of Representatives advanced a bill to slap the following advisory on chewing tobacco and snuff packages and containers: "Use of this product may cause oral cancer and other mouth disorders and the product is addictive." Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers on ban agreed to placing his bill back in the House Rules Committee. In the wake of the warning-labe- l vote, he mentioned he may amend his measure to seek a ban on smokeless tobacco advertising instead. members approved the sponsored by Rep. Scott vote Holt, by a 65-and sent it to the Senate for final consideration. If adopted there, Utah would join Massachusetts as the only two states mandating such warning labels. Other states are contemplating similar moves, while federal legislation filed last year is still pending in Congress to institute the warnings nationwide. House measure 0 Representatives, however, The House also delayed action on a anbill to abolish clove cigarettes in other purported health threat the state. A lawyer acting as lobbyist for that industry was hurt in an automobile accident Tuesday morning, and House members agreed to reschedule his presentation later. de- ferred a vote on another bill to ban smokeless tobacco products altogether, That would cost Utah at least $600,000 in sales tax revenue annually, and House Republican leadership wants to assess that potential loss while the in states 1986-8- 7 budget is still the planning stages. Rep. Richard Maxfield, sponsor of the smokeless-tobacc- Although unrelated to that, representatives agreed to take up the measure mandatory selt-beWednesday morning. On the House floor Tuesday, Rep. high-profi- lt o Holt held up a package of bubble gum shaved to resemble chewing tobacco and the real thing. "We need to advise our kids this bubble gum. It isn't what our sports figures make it out to be. He corroborated the need for his bill by referring to an array of medi- isnt cal studies and reports linking smokeless tobacco use to mouth cancer and other internal afflictions. But the only debate on the Holt measure centered on what the state would do with smokeless tobacco contraband that which is sold or circulated in Utah without the warning labels. Rep. Bryson Garbett, A-- Val-Se- e Column 2 Page LlfestyleFood National Obituaries Public Forun Sports Star Gazer Television Washington Interstate Banking Bill Becomes Law 5 By Paul Roily Tribune Staff Writer C-- 5 0 Day hangovers still the linger memory of Utah revelers and the Legislatures annual session is barely a week old, but 1986 already has a new law on the books. New 9 A-- 4 E-l-- 3 A-- Years in A-- 5 And It Is a tion at that. A-- ll B-- 5 C-A-- l 3 Todays Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity -Cloudy with chance of rain showers Highs 40s. Lows 20s. Details, B-- major piece of legisla- Gov. Norm Bangerter Tuesday signed a historical banking bill containing a special provision making it effective upon the governors signature. The main effect of the chief executives stroke of the pen Tuesday is that where banks from outside the western region could not acquire or merge with Utah banks on Monday, they were able to legally do It, for failing banks only, on Tuesday. The legislation, House Bill 189, whizzed through the Legislature in near record time last week and by Friday had passed through the House and the Senate before lawmakers had even completed their social schedule for the session. The bill passed the House on Wednesday, was Introduced to the Senate on Thursday and, through suspension of the Senate rules requiring at least two votes before passage, was shoved through a Senate committee and the full Senate on Friday. Four days later it's law, due to the special provision that waives the traditional effective date of 60 days after the end of the session, y We feel this is an important bill for the citizens of this state," said Francine Giani, Gov. Bangerters press secretary, "What it does is open up the banking industry in Utah to competition." The bill was pushed so rapidly through the Legislature at the governors urging because of concerns that some institutions in Utah are in financial trouble. Because interstate compacts with failing financial institu- - Chuckle Todays wonder movies are so bad; No theyre made by directors in their 30s for producers in their 40s for distributors in their 50s for exhibitors in their 60s for teen-ager- By Paul Roily Tribune Staff Writer After nearly two hours of debate and several unsuccessful attempts to change the guage, the lan- Utah X Senate Tuesday narrowly A decided to allow the Mar- tin Luther King Jr. bill to live for at ' V jj I i least another day. V The bill, which KQ Cg has spawned sev-- i eral similar pieces of legislation since it was introduced Lake, by Sen. Terry Williams, would make the third Monday in January an official state holiday honoring the memory of the slain civil rights leader. The Senate voted to keep the measure alive for further consideration. If it survives one more ote, it will have passed the Senate and will go on to the House, but three senators who voted for it Tuesday indicated they may not vote for it on the final , jj D-S- A-- 3 Business Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Entertainment Foreign Legislature King Bill Kept Alive by Senate Vote Already tions in the state have now been made legal by HB 189, the governor's office feels negotiations can now lake place banks that will save with the troubled institutions and protect depositors, the spokeswoman added. In a prepared statement, Gov. Bangerter praised Utah's banking industry for supporting the measure and the Legislature for its rapid passage of the bill. I want to commend the banking industry," the governor said. "Their cooperation and willingness to work with us have been gratifying. "The Legislature has shown great foresight in passing this legislation," he added. "The law will benefit Utah depositors by enhancing competition See A-- Column 1 16-1- 1 tally. Utah is one of three states that do not officially recognize a Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which also Is a federal holiday, said Sen. Williams, who is the first black in Utah history to serve in the State Senate. "The civil rights legislation spawned largely by the 1960s movement led by Dr. King represents what America ought to do, what See A-- Column 3 |
