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Show Local alt 1:akt (Tribune inje Friday MorningMay 9, 1986 Section It Page I - , i Al- . .,,....., ' 5 . rt . , ;bet e t giO i.r. , ,4 a , 4,4. . '' -- ,14 ,...k ',,t,t P . - t l ic; 4Arantulk . , a .. ,, 1; .1Xt , NAL:t', ivr 0 samt CP N ,1 i . . P. ' ' 06 ' ,..7ki!" 014:74 Bill to Protect Executives Is Contested ,,,, 31 I 4 -0 ! ilk ' à t. to -.- . r I .4.,,p, - .414t ! ir44.61 24,4 , lIt.. illeip 1 g 4,, . gy 711Te VS 4 110' 4,,....., e.,..to,;:is.s,,,:. e 4,10, 1 ... s' 144 , I. . '6....001----71s:k- r Panel Wants Legislature To I eny Immunity Plan By Paul 'Holly Tribune Staff Writer 1 .., The controversy over whether corporate directors ''11 should be protected from liability suits filed by angry ib....014:1"INVIto I kI C 4.,, 4. - 4, - - investors has crystallized into what promises to be a , . ".".- Ir 4111",' r.g heated battle in next week's special legislative session. ' Awe,. "...."..kkommall.w4or4m.,,..... ,.,bie The Governor's Study Committee on Directors and -"4.".1alommum.. 1.:' 7'1 111"b"Mairvom.r.ril'Ir ' ',..,... . Officers --' Liability Insurance has recommended the state '''''""... ::''S. Y''''. 171:r-, DIIK.., ,...:..t..,...:,..10..ft-..a- , ,,....,,,, ,,,,,,, a legislative proposal that would grant some imreject . 4.- -wit..5, '.'"', ""',---3.------. ..., t' tt 002.1PN f s"'". munities from liability to corporate directors and offi- -' 1.2 ! 41510MAIL,,,,,.....'Mw. t ,W,,,,, I T:c- , cers. But sponsors of the legislation plan to push hard in ak,........7Z1 I' ' . t.:). k 4, , 10 To, ' , ,.,. 44. the special session for its eventual passage into law. '. -The measure is designed to grant the immunity so ......, ,r3te-,......, ,,.... ..r ,tt.t , businessmen , ..z. consenting to sit as outside directors on . '''''4. '...Hr..1.111ANFI.'"1": .. 1M. 0 d5,11i., ,,,:' .4, corporate boards can obtain what has become a very ........ 11.1111,4410 It 4, "4'.."' elusive line of liability insurance coverage. .;;;.;:;morn a . i e a0C"" """1""' .(' .0( !'1.iSPIO,;-"-The bill passed as Senate Bill 214 during the general' 1 ..7... 4' b344-, .....,..., .7 - - - .,- ''' . ''' ' session of the Legislature last January. but Gov. Norm .5.... I. ..0 .. ....,.. 4,40.. 0 . ....... ...1....-,x.de-if oft,. , nin.:. ' 114- .- - . Agar -Bangerter vetoed the bill after receiving protests from .nolo.: 4071,Alooki C.,A1 ...1119.1.11.1...... -; 41111111"."1"r's; , isr''. who claimed the legislation would set a dan00"."' opponents , 7 mall.kl, ,,,4 :''' Soii P-,, '.4411.1.11P..,....itiglillte :40;.Ir 'I t.," ' in Utah. i gerous precedent v-- I ,0.7r" Fe4171."' The C ,...... to veto the bill because he felt decided 41Nmgmbottio "''"101.K.governor . t --411 ' the issue had not had the proper airing. But Sen. Kay Iwo.,,,, Cornaby, who sponsored the legislation, said it sailed through all the necessary committees and floor debate of both the Senate and House, and opponents were silent on 4"fts . .ned"b 4. the matter until after the session had ended and the .404' "Ihre governor had to either sign or veto the bills on his desk. otoomill4a, ,, , vb. When Gov. Bangerter vetoed SB214 after the general Air . " r,.,01-,session, he indicated he wanted the issue thoroughly ,.. studied and that he would bring it back for another conTrObuno Stott Photo by Lynn R. Johnson sideration in the special session. He then appointed the task force to look at the issue. wet two of while the of Wasatch areas feet 1300 South 900 Waves washed well over curb and gutter at Front, heavy, lying West, But the business community became concerned with in snow mountains. Utah Northern avalanche in low fell Well an inch over warnings prompted Thursday, as the deluge continued. the veto, claiming the lack of available liability insurance coverage for corporate directors was making .it difficult for businesses to find capable people to serve on their boards. "The problem we're facing is the fact that liability insurance for corporate directors is practically nonexisCache Valley. That will just wind its way through storm By Mike Gorrell dense into heavy showers along Salt Lake's east bench. tent. And the coverage that can be found is tremendously Tribune Staff Writer drain systems to the Jordan River and canals that carry From Wednesday evening through Thursday afterexpensive," said Sen. Cornaby. Just when the water outlook for Salt Lake City and it to the lake. noon, when a few rays of sunshine managed to break 'To renew premiums, the prices are going up from northern Utah looked dim, things got worse Thursday. It rained just as heavily on the lake itself. That just through to the valley floor before being blocked out by four to 16 times the amount they are ct.rrently." Sen. Not that any major problems developed. The worst more dark clouds, Olympus Cove received 1.69 inches, stays there, since the cool temperatures obviously aren't Cornaby said. "And coverage has been reduced at least was a couple feet of water on a Rose Park street for most causing much evaporation. Holladay 1.56, Sugar House, 1.70, the mouth of Big Cot15 percent." g of the afternoon. Residents of that neighbortonwood Canyon 1.49, Sandy 1.30, the lower Avenues 1.26. In sum, that just means more water problems all Sen. Cornaby chairs the Legislature's Insurance Study hood on Salt Lake City's northwest side are going to along the waterfront. Rain also fell consistently on the central and western Committee, which is planning to reintroduce SB214 in become accustomed to that as the Great Salt Lake conThe rain came from a wet, cold the special session. "We have made some clarifications," part of the valley, adding up to 1.22 inches in Murray, 1.21 system tinues to grow. in Taylorsville, 1.27 in West Valley City, 1 inch in South he said. "But it is basically the same bill." over stalled counterclocksouthwest Its that Wyoming. will storm similar Each results, acknowledge produce Salt Lake and 1.50 in west Kearns. a wise circulation flow moist of northwest created The issue received its stamp of controversy this week very city and county officials. air along the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake City International Airport recorded 1.23 Gov. Bangerter's task force let the study commitwhen To makes matter worse, groaned National Weather inches. That makes the total for eight days in May 2.31 tee know it would oppose SB214 and introduce a different "It's like a Ferris wheel with spokes containing precipService vneteorologist William Alder, Wasatch Front inches; the average for the whole month is 1.47. bill, one that Sen. Cornaby says is inadequate. itation pivoting around," Mr. Alder said. "This one that mountains received more than 2 feet of heavy wet snow. It's also now the second wettest eight-mont- h "All that the task force's bill does is maintain the came in late Wednesday night, had just the right northperiod at That will have to melt now. the beginning of the water year, and the top mark set in status quo," Sen. Cornaby said. "It doesn't address the west flow and the proper lift when it hit the Wasatch Soil saturation levels weren't eased by the addition of 1983-8- 4 isn't too far away from being surpassed. Mountains." problem." 1.50 inches of rain on Salt Lake's west side, even more Some SB214 would define in the statutes what the expected The northwest flow reached the mountains and cooled parents received reports that street flooding, than that in Holladay and Sugar House, and anywhere up See B-as it was lifted up and over, causing the water to con Column 4 See B-- Column 4 to 1 inch of precipitation from Davis County through the ivg,,c,"... .": 10 . . 4- ,f'7r:rr.:'"''NN; IM r: , ,,,,,, " .0 7.Ln...in: 9 , -- 1,-- --..- ' -- - ,, ,- ,,- ' '''''''' Xrp: ' ,., . ) ... -,,,,;- ' - .., I 44komo OIPMEIL 0 "1, .. tr: n "'F'.... ..1 -- 11,4iik WO, - ao . -0- -- ,--., ' ' ;0 , ''"1",1,,et,o, - mom a. 0 . ,e, 0 , , t i........ I Utahns Learn When It Rains It Really Pours low-lyin- re 4 Crews Recover 3 of 6 Bodies In Plane Crash Near Price Special to The Tribune PRICE Crews Thursday recovered three bodies of six Colorado resie dents killed when their plane crashed in the Book Cliff Mountains during a snowstorm. Federal investigators plan to probe the crash site Friday. All victims were residents of Colorado Springs, Colo. The plane, flying from Colorado to Utah for an inspection of a mine near Price, was discovered about 9 a.m. Thursday, according to Jim Robertson, chief deputy, Carbon County Sheriffs Office. The pilot had been in communication with the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center when the craft dropped off the radar screen about II a.m. Wednesday, said Jerry Wellman, spokesman for the Utah Civil Air Patrol. The plane had been leased by Kaiser, and was on a flight from Colorado Springs for a tour of a Sunnyside mine. The pilot had been discussing his altitude with Denver flight controllers when radio contact was lost. Mr. Desautels identified the victims as: pilot Ray Panzer, 36; Russ Haworth, 32; and Kaiser Coal customer services manager Linda Landers, 33. Also killed were Holly Sugar executives John Corsberg, vice president: Harold Grinde, director of twin-engin- co-pil- environment and energy control; and Gordon Shemilt, vice president of administration. Holly Sugar is a customer of Kaiser Coal which operates the Sunnyside coal mine. Kaiser Steel is owned by Perma Corp., of Colorado Springs. Bob Johnson, acting director of the National Transportation Safety Board's Denver office, said investigators will be flown in to the site Friday to determine cause of the crash. Mr. Robertson said a deputy in a helicopter spotted the wreckage near the 8.000-folevel near Goose Neck Ridge, six miles east of East Carbon City and about 24 miles east of Price. The area has castle-lik- e formations and heavy ground cover. Recovery crews were hampered by dense fog, rugged, soggy terrain and deep snow that had struck the area Wednesday night. About 100 people, six helicopters, and several ground teams participated in search efforts. Radar showed the plane on an easterly approach to the airport when contact was lost, said Mr. Wellman. Heavy clouds and intermittent rain and snow were evident at the time. The bodies will be taken to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Salt Lake City for autopsies. Is Candidate a Demo's Trip Turns Into Roadblock on Comeback Trail By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer Kevin Watt's bid to return to the Utah House of Representatives is off to an inauspicious start, and he concedes he hasn't helped matters much. He is appealing his disqualification as a :, District 26 candidate , ,,4orks .,..,,: by the Salt Lake zi:,, N County Clerk's Office. :1:7:4 But should a county 4,k",,: ;.:in,:::A ".7N attorney's opinion hold that he goofed by registering to vote in California last year, Mr. Watt says he'll probably just leave it at that. Unbeknownst ts,:i: ,,,, t7 ,, ., tz,l': to Mr. Watt or travail this year actually began on a troublesome foot last summer, taking the candidate from Utah to California to Alaska then back to Utah. While heading to Alaska for a summer fishing job last June, Mr. Watt stopped to visit a brother in Santa Maria, Calif. "Upon arrival, job prospects and climate made me contemplate staying, and while in this frame of mind, I filled out a California voter registration form," he stated in an affidavit he and his attorney prepared for Salt Lake County officials. Consequently, California officials forwarded a routine notice to cancel Mr. Watt's voter him, his political-comebac- k Prison Population Hits an By George A. Sorensen continually. Hours for the laundry, commissary, Tribune Suburban Editor maintenance, recreational and religious serDRAPER Although the Legislature has ap- vices have been expanded. propriated $32 million to upgrade and expand Visiting hours have been expanded to accomUtah State Prison, it's apparently coming too modate the larger prison population, all of late to handle the facility's explosive inmate which require more staff time, Mr. Franchina said. population. The situation reached a critical stage Thurs"All this comes at a time when the prison is day, and will likely worsen until new facilities understaffed by as many as 80 correctional offiare completed. cers, according to a recent study by a private e The inmate population hit an high correctional consultant who was hired at the Thursday with 1.601 inmates housed in facilities request of the Department of Corrections," Mr. designed for 1,335. The total number of inmates Franchina said. assigned to the prison is 1,783, of which 182 are A number of initiatives have been housed in jails and other facilities outside the implemented by the administration to manage the continprison. David R. Franchina, director of institutions, ual rise of the number of inmates entering the said 227 inmates have been placed in the prison prison. during the past eight months, an increase of "We have had to identify the areas which can almost one inmate per day. stand the strain the most. We begin by placing In attempts to meet the inmates' basic needs, more beds in our dormitory housing areas befood is now being prepared and served almost cause people are already living in close proxim all-tim- Ttahn'? County Attorney Must Decide trail All-Ti- me status here, said Merrilea Jones, Salt Lake County's elections supervisor. "I've disqualified him," she explained. "Because he registered in California, he relinquished his Utah residency.'; She informed Mr. Watt that he was out of the a few legislative race by letter last month days after he filed his Democratic bid to represent House District 26, taking up the south-centrportion of Salt Lake City. The Utah Constitution says candidates for the Legislature must live in the state for at least three years and in the district they intend to represent for at least six months. The candidate and his lawyer will argue that Utah law requires "an act of removal" before state residency is forfeited. and that Mr. Watt never pulled up his roots. "Subsequent consideration of the idea of removing permanently to California led me to the conclusion that my emotional and other attachments were in Utah," according to Mr. Watt's affidavit. After staying in California for a week, he returned to Utah and "reaffirmed arrangements for my furniture and other possessions " to be cared for in my absence He then spent the summer in Alaska, came back to Utah last September, registered to vote here again in February and filed his District 26 Democratic candidacy in April. Mr. Watt, 36, a hospital medical-record- s clerk, had represented the same district as a Republican from 1979 through 1981, after wards failing in a try for the Utah Senate. His zeal for politics apparently overwhelmed him when he came upon a California agent outside a Santa Maria bank during his visit last year. "I don't really know why he registered therer a somewhat sheepish Mr. Watt said in an interview. "It was one of those stupid things we all tend to do at times." Asked why he registered as a Republican there when now running as a Democrat here, he explained: "I don't know; that's a good question. I imagine I'd be a Republican in California or any other state, but a Democrat in Utah." He had "repudiated his affiliation with the GOP in 1982," according to a news release Mr. Watt issued last month to announce his comeback bid for the seat currently held by Democratic House Minority Whip Blaze Wharton, who is seeking Mr. Watt cited "the recent resurgence of public interest in the Utah Democratic Party," claiming his candidacy would contrast "stale philosophies and failed leadership" in the party of late. He mentioned that perhaps some Democrats may have brought his residency predicament to light. But now he only wants the matter of his eligibility settled before ballots are printed in a few weeks for the Salt Lake County Democratic Convention on May 31. Otherwise, he may have more time for n High of 1,601 ity to each other and we felt this would cause the least amount of stress," he said. "We then started to look at the idea of double bunking. The Legislature provided us with $213,000 during the last session to help accommodate the increasing population. "We started at the Young Adult Correctional Facility where cells are larger and where inmates are out of their cells for longer periods of time. Construction of the second bunk will begin May 19 and until then 117 extra inmates will continue to sleep on the floor," he said. Double bunking in reception and orientation areas has been introduced because the inmates are there for a period of 90 days or less and have little personal property with them during that time. "We are not looking to double bunk medium security's C and D Blocks because inmates are employed in or are in various programs during the day and not restricted to their cells for long periods of time," Mr. Franchina said. The Legislature has provided relief by adding million for a total of $2.2 million to contract with counties and oVier agencies for secure beds to help relieve the overcrowding at the Draper site, he said. It is hoped this will buy the corrections department time until the new housing unit comes on line in July, 1987. This new secure facility which is being constructed will provide an additional 526 beds. Mr. Franchina said the study lists several reasons for the increasing population: Imposition of mandatory minimum sentences for (sex) crimes imposed by the courts. The acceptance of the Board of Pardons of new sentencing guidelines which lengthen the time served by inmates. Stricter enforcement of rules covering offenders when they are released on parole result in a greater number of r exile violations. $1 The high growth rate of the state's risk population ages projects a continued rise in the prison population for several years. 18-2- o t t Lawmaker Asks. ; For Talks on Atom Disaster State Rep. Samuel Taylor, Lake City, wants the Legislature to consider the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, and has asked Gov. Norm Bangerter to put the foreign policy mat- ter on the agenda for the lawmakers' special session convening Tuesday. Rep. Taylor wants consideration of a resolution he's drafted that requests all nations to immediately report nu- clear accidents. "It's fitting and appropriate that the Utah State Legislature shall take the initiative to consider and enact such a resolution due to the sad experiences involving nuclear and other chemical exposures to Utah citizenste and animals." Rep. Taylor said. lt - |