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Show Source of Flame Eludes NASA Bail Decision Due Today For Hofmann By David Espo Associated Press Writer - Defense Attorneys See Severe Discrepancies By Mike Carter Tribune Staff Writer Fifth Circuit Judge Paul G. Grant Thursday took under advisement a request to let accused bomber Mark W. Hofmann out on bail, after defense lawyers argued that there are "severe discrepancies" between police reports and the complaints filed against their client. Prosecutors argued that the circumstantial evidence they presented to the court is sufficient to support the burden of proof to hold Mr. Hofmann in jail pending a preliminary hearing. Judge Grant said he would rule on the motion Friday. If he decides that Mr. Hofmann will be granted bail, further testimony will be heard to determine what amount bond will be set. If Judge Grant declines to set bond, and orders Mr. Hofmann held without bail, defense attorney Ronald Yengich said he will appeal that ruling to 3rd District Court. Prosecutors say they want Mr. a comHofmann held without bail mon request by prosecutors in a capital homicide case. Defense attorneys say their client, who remains on crutches awaiting leg surgery for injuries suffered when a bomb exploded in his car, is not a danger to the community or a flight risk and should be released on bond. Thursday was the second day of testimony in the bond hearing in which prosecutors put on a thumbnail sketch of their evidence against the a monthMr. Hofmann long case, said Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney Gerry D'Elia, condensed into one hour. In that hearing Salt Lake City Police Detective Ken Farnsworth who along with Detective Jim Bell has directed the homicide investigatestion since the Oct. 15 bombings tified of eyewitness accounts placing Mr. Hofmann in the Judge Building just before Steven F. Christensen died when he picked up a booby-trappe- d package left outside his office door. The detective was the only witness called by either side. Other testimony was stipulated to by the defense and prosecution prior to the preceedings. Detective Farnsworth reiterated witness testimony placing a van identical to a gold Toyota van owned by Mr. Hofmann, prowling the See A-- Column 2 late-mod- NASA told a WASHINGTON presidential panel Thursday an errant flame near Challenger's right rocket booster first appeared 59.8 seconds after liftoff and "moved quite a bit in the final instants before an explosion destroyed the space shuttle and killed its crew. Space agency officials also said NASA has no reason to suspect that sub-freezi- launch-da- tempera y tures affected the boosters or in any other way contributed to last Tuesdays tragedy. , One NASA official, Judson Lovin-goo- d of the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Alabama, said the booster ma- nufacturer Morton-Thiok- ol recommended to proceed with the launch. He also revealed that after several previous flights, inspections showed leaks from the inner seal of booster rockets, but that the outer seal had not been penetrated. He said the problem had been corrected. h Testifying at the opening of a probe into the nation's worst space disaster, NASA's Jesse Moore four-mont- Booster Found? A-- 2 said his agency has not yet located the source of the flame, and is not sure it was responsible for the tragedy. "I cant show you exactly where it No matter what the cause, another official said NASA has no practical" emergency procedure that could n have saved the five-macrew so long as the shuttles twin solid rocket boosters were burning. Neither Moore nor any of several other NASA officials sworn in Thursday were questioned about data, apparently not available to flight controllers, that later revealed a 4 percent loss in thrust from the right See Column 6 is," Moore said when asked to pinpoint the origin of the plume on the booster rocket, "because we don't know exactly where it is " two-wome- Moore told the panel that according to data received at Mission Control, The vehicle appeared to be per- forming normally until the explosion." But suddenly, nearly 74 seconds into the flight, he said, all telemetry stopped and we observed the breakup" of the shuttle from the ground. A-- Kings Widow Gets Cheers , No Holiday By Paul Roily Tribune Staff Writer Coretta Scott King would not have been able to stay in certain Salt Lake hotels nor ride in some elevators 25 years ago, but Thursday she was revered by the state's top officials and received standing ovations from thousands of admirers. She did not receive what she was hoping for, however, because the Legislature failed to pass a bill honoring her late husband with an official state holiday. There goes history, commented a disappointed Sen. Terry Williams, Lake, who had hoped the Legislature would pass the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday bill while Mrs. King was in Salt Lake City. Gov. Norm Bangerter was also disappointed. He had hoped he could give the widow of the slain civil-righleader the pen he used to sign the bill making Utah the 48th state to honor Dr. King with a holiday. He gave her a calendar instead. Dont be too discouraged, the governor told Mrs. King during an afternoon meeting in his office. "I served 10 years in the Legislature and I know they never agree quickly on anything." He said he would mail the pen to her when he finally signs the bill. Mrs. King addressed both houses of the Legislature and received a standing ovation in each chamber. She also delivered a noon address at the First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City and an evening speech at Brigham Young University in Provo. (See B-- 2 for details on speech at BYU.) She spoke to standing-rooonly crowds and received standing ovations at every occasion. But a hurried-u- p effort to pass the lt ts el 4 Die Stealing Ballot Boxes; Philippines Alert Extended By David Briscoe Associated Press Writer Four MANILA, Philippines ballot were killed stealing people boxes, the government said, and a military alert was extended when millions of Filipinos voted Friday for Ferdinand E. Marcos, a president ruler for 20 years, or Corazon Aquino, widow of his assassinated rival. A military "red alert due to run out at noon was extended indefinitely to deal with the violence and cheati- ng. Even before the polls opened at 7 a m, both sides reported fraud and harassment. There were stories of men brandishing rifles and firing in the air to scare waiting voters, stolen ballot boxes, and votes being bought for as little as $1. Its a mess, fraud all over, said Ching Montinola, a press spokeswoman at Aquino headquarters. The worst incident, reported by the official Philippine News Agency, said communist rebels ambushed an army tank escorting election officials carrying ballot boxes on a road in northern Mindanao, 500 miles south of Ma Artificial Respiration'1? Reagan Defends Budget Against- Sharp Attacks WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan and his top aides defended the administration's new $994 billion budget against sharp attacks Thursday from both parties in Congress, although Reagan conceded the plan Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers on 3 A-- Page Business Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Entertainment Foreign Intermountain Legislature Lifestyle National Obituaries Public Forum Sports Star Gazer Television Washington G-- l 4 2 A -A-- 9 A-- 4 BU 5 6 B-- B-- 4 A-- 5 Today's Forecast - PartSalt Lake City and vicinity low to in colder. Highs and ly cloudy mid-30s- , lows in 2Ps Details, B-- 3 might require "artificial ion." respirat- Congressional critics complained that the administration had made defense the top budget priority while calling for deep cutbacks in social programs. But the president, in his annual economic report to Congress, said he was not willing to "sacrifice programs essential to the nation, nor to consider supporting a tax increase. Reagan, in his third report to Congress in as many days, said the economic outlook was bright through the end of the decade. But, he cautioned, changing events, including erratic monetary and fiscal policies, can bring any expansion to an abrupt and unexpected halt. A day after its submission to Congress, the presidents new budget clearly was running into trouble in both chambers of Congress. A House GOP leader, minority whip Trent Lott, predicted there would be a Republican budget in the House witbin two weeks to supplant the presidents plan and that it would earmark less for defense and more for middle-incom- e programs than Reagan had proposed. And Democratic leaders said they would press on with hearings around the nation next week on Reagan's See Column 3 I A-- nila. The agency report said four attackers were killed and several wounded when the tank returned fire. There were no other casualties, the report said. In Albay province, a pollwatcher reported from Luzon that voting in four towns abruptly stopped after one Todays Chuckle You know youre getting popular when your friends throw you a going-awa- y party and you weren't planning on going anywhere. hour when unidentified men seized seven ballot boxes. Election officials said peak voting eight-hou- r voting day normally occurs in the early afternoon, but unusually large numbers of voters were standing in line before the school-hous- e polls opened. Millions walked, rode in ox carts or took ferry boats to cast ballots in one the most important elections in Philippine history. in the The 26 million registered voters are required by law to cast ballots in this nation of 7,100 islands and 54 mil A-- Column World Greets Reagan on - pr n. 4, 1 To Wed May Triple in Utah By Douglas L. Parker Tribune Political Editor The Utah Senate approved an increase in the cost of marriage licenses Thursday in order to raise money to assist un- employed home- makers left in the lurch without job experience. The Displaced Homemaker Act would go to Gov. Norm Bangerter for his signature following House of amendment providing for voluntary repayment of assistance grants earmarked for the plan. Senators voted 17 to 5 for the act. overcoming vocal opponents who hike repmaintained the license-feresented a "hidden tax" on a few for the use by others, and that the earmarking of the special funds was an unwarranted special privilege. "But a vote for this is to support the role of a woman as a homemaker," countered Sen. Dona Wayment, floor leader for the legisla- Presi- in songs, Reagan, cakes and a box full of personal greeting cards, celebrated his 75th birthday Thursday. Looking fit after a year in which he underwent major surgery to remove cancer from his colon and a minor operation to remove skin cancer from his nose, Reagan heard "Happy Birthday" led by Vice President George Bush at a prayer breakfast for 3,900 of Washingtons power elite and got a box full of greetings from over 100 world leaders. At noon, after addressing about 3,000 political appointees, he appeared surprised when Bush again announced a tribute, turning to look for it in the wings of the Constitution Hall stage. Mrs. Reagan, accompanied by daughter Maureen, wheeled in a multitiered birthday cake, which the first lady sliced and fed a piece of to her husband as the crowd sang "Happy Birthday. Reagan, asked at an Oval Office photo session how it felt to be 75, reminded reporters that 75 "is only 24 Celsius." At a private dinner in the White House, Mrs. Reagan surprised the president with a $20 gold coin minted in 1911, the year of his birth -l Representatives approval of an 75th Birthday (UPI) awash dent WASHINGTON House-amende- Cost of License lion people. Results were not expected before the weekend. Senior military officials, interviewed on government television, played down reports of violence But Gen. Fabian C. Ver. the armed forces commander, told a television red alert interviewer that a declared at noon Thursday had been extended particularly in the hot spots to avert any potential election irregularity. Under the red alert," all 200,000 See in town fell short when the Senate d could not get to a version of the bill before it adjourned Thursday at noon. And a straw vote during the Senate's lunchtime caucus indicated the bill may still have far to go before it becomes a law. The informal tally showed that the senators voted against the House version of the bill. The House version would replace Lincolns birthday with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, while the majority of senators want to drop Columbus Day instead. Sen. Williams, the first black to ever serve in the Utah Senate, worked hard to get a final version of the bill through both houses during visit by Mrs. King, who the one-da- y was in Utah at the invitation of the Associated Students of Brigham Young University. Sen. Williams was aided in his efforts by a coalition of Republican lawmakers in the House and Gov. Bangerter. But while officials heaped high praise on Mrs. King and her late husband, it was still evident the idea of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. faces some resistance in Utah. The House passed Sen. Williams See A-Column 1 e tion. The measure, sponsored by Rep passed the Beverly White, House last month on a 46 to 27 vote. She agreed with the Senate amendment eliminating required repayment of the grants and said support is likely in the House. The bill would increase the present marriage license to $30 effective July 1 The money from the $20 additional charge, which is to continue for two years, would go to widowed or divorced homemakers looking for work. They could apply for state assistance in counseling and job train$10 Qff ing United Press Intei national Photo Nancy Reagan surprises her man with a kiss and cake as George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger enjoy the revelry. T' IH- - ft ' To qualify under terms of the legislation, an applicant would have to be unemployed for 10 years providing "unpaid household services for family members . . . The legislative fiscal analyst estimated about $346,000 would be raised from the license hike in the first year. ( |
