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Show Local Salt lake Sribuiir iUljr Lawmakers Dump By I J tj n And Douglas Tr.hune Pol u Bj L news protection 5 r,irkr iha-gi- j Writer' obscure 6 year ol J Ij a Ajvn ptalcd in four hours Wedrit la v by the Legislature - supposedly lifting some burden from a grand jury and nth rs imestigmng t ert jin ituh Power L Light to activities lawmakers removed the transac-Mona- l ' immunity sec tion of a statute detailing Iubhc Serve e Commission fe aring and subpoena powers, trad ing that action for assurance th.it juste e would proceed more smoothly By votes of 56 in the House- and 21 6 m the Senate, Ic gislators guaranteed immediate, exc lusive liberty for the attorney general, county attorneys and special prosecutors to take the upper hand in granting I SC wit- An , - 1 in s from iiiminal n 'urn for pointed mfor testimony or everyone s knowledge had never bee n invoked And it had received no notoriety since its enac'inc-n- t in 1517 l investig etors and attorneys al filiated with three separate LF&F probes turned it up lad month Those were largely points raised Wednesday by some legislators those who customarily que-tiothe c merpency nature of most spec lal session issues - and James Jardinc a lawyer retained by I'P&L to review the statute s ramifications Mr. Jardine said the Legislature was essentially "debating an atsenc e of controversy." The attorney stressed that certain constitutional other Deliberations for the special ses sion began for legislators at noon over lunch, with senators also consuming briefings in a caucus weighed the issue with plates at their desks What was rare was the special session dealt with only one subject, a pledge Gov Norm Bungerter kept The parley called by the governor primarily at the behest of Salt Lake grand jury and Division of Pub s o Vj yr in"- isr. , -- the sponsor. Sen KS Cornaby.H Salt Lake City The senator offered the resolution as an alternative to repeal, suggest ing that hasty special session action runs counter to the concept of the Legislature being a deliberative - $ 4 ps I- " X'. - v T'S'H, , f , -- ,T -- t . Tribune Photob. Ceoftie t i . a Sorensen 4 2 Hurl in Truck Rollover Rescuers work on extricating a man identified as Ricky Rile, 37, after he was pinned inside pickup truck rollover (near 7450 West) and 11000 South, lie wreckage on was in stable condition at Veterahs Administration Hospi- U-l- ll tal, said Sheriffs Deputy Bob Casias. The driver, Richard Pugh, 39, w as in serious condition at University Hospital, a apparently caused nursing supervisor said. A tire blow-ou- t the truck to swerve across the road and roil end over end. Health Officials Seek Funds to Stem Infant Deaths I'tah has slipped far below position as leader in low infant death rates, state health officials Wednesday requested legislators make funding of prenatal care the top priority in preventive health While infant death rates still art-delining, Utah has dropped from first to 27th in national rankings, and the state s rate has slowed in comparison to the nation's. Health officials attribute the slip to those women who forego medical care during pregnancy because of cost It is estimated every year l.oOO pregnant Utahns go without medical attention or nutritional guidance, a Noting itv practice that has been linked to low and babies, post-terbirths, and birth of disabled children. Very low birth-weigbabies, those weighing 3 5 pounds or less, have a 40 percent greater chance of dying than those of normal women over the weight Teen-agerage of 35. and low income women whose pregnancies are considered of highest risk, are among those women least likely to acquire prenatal care While city and county health clinics in about half the stale prov ide prenatal care to women who might not otherwise be able to afford it. there are no such facilities in the state's birth-weig- counties. Southern eastern Utah are largely without public services Asking that the Legislature appropriate J1.000.000 toward prenatal clinical services and educational programs were the Healthy Mother-Healthy Babies Coalition, representatives of the March of Dimes. Utah Issues, and Dr. Suzanne Dandoy, executive director of the Utah Department of Health. Because tobacco use is detrimental to fetal development, the group recommended a 5 cent cigarette tax be used to fund more comprehensive programs Maria Carlos program coordina south-centra- l, proponents sjd tin but not solely as a re plan I'n rit to Iiiinnating the sp c ul izi d au'oni immunity grant rt ponded body tu ly is fine repeal tins law, you may riot the information you want because 'i'SC witncssesl could lake the I'lfth t Amendment (protecting cituens from self incrimination) and not be said Hep Loim cornpc lh-- to I ace. H Salt Lake City turns f a lawver lluwcwi. - PARK CITY The Federal Rous mg Authority apparently has decided to refuse to guarantee mertgagts in subdivision included on the Superfund cleanup list and Park ( itv ib considering legal action be th Prospector Square be au.se the area may be i iU'C of i, Park City Attorney Tom Hyde said because seine home buyers apparently have been denied HI A financing He city is considering legal action against the hnvironmcnlal Protection Agency for damage done by pro- - posing the site for inclusion on the list. Prospector Square was addl'd in October 1985 to the KPAs pioposed update to the Superfund list, which makes some 860 sites eligible for environmental cleanup funds Park City officials however, claim that data used to qualify Prospector were flawed A Superfund listing casts a stigma on the resort town, claim local busi ncssmen and municipal officials Prospector Square and its residential neighbor, Prospector PaiK. weie built upon tailings from mining in the area dating back to the late 1800s The tailings contain levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium Residents and businesses there have formed a special improvement district that is in the pioccss of capping the tailings w ith 6 ini hes ol topsoil aimed at containing windblown tailings dust Last fall the municipality retained an environmental consultant who detei mined groundwater in th' area was not contaminated Information obtained by 7 he Tribune from the II A through the Free dom of Information Ac t says the FH A has not made ain determination in the jrea but goes on to say it is currently impossible to make a dctcrmi notion as to mottgages theie Reports and internal and external communications were denied The 7 do ue und r the FOI ac t bv MIA b cause these no moi.induns ,m higher-than-av-era- LDS President Out of Hospital Mot men 1 hun h Preside nt l.zra Taft Henson, who was ad nutted to 1 DS Hospital Tuesday afternoon for 'flu like distress was st nt home Wednesday at it 30 ant said rhur h "spokesman Jerry Cahill Church presidents are typical ast ly he Id in the hospital for at 13 hours whenever they are ad in. lit d but IT sident Benson ap (cand to be in sm h good c ondi-tiohis physu un dm rmintd he I 'old go home a day c ai e wniiid n "..on und r i I ' cr ly w h obsi-rv.- i r e 1 dec ision.il jsic j dt protruilej ar jry one awav we hne th uw read todav n I's c istmg lurm( saelHip Cay le Me Kc j. lime II Ui nal a lawver who sponsored the bill to repeal the immumtv edict I a Thit' II we g a (aiM-- 1j c r the l 'It really isn t as compile i'i d a we sometimes trv to make it ' hi said Hep Me K ai lime emi husied that st jte. county ami sper lal prose c ub-rretain the right to negotiate immum ty under another statute if they be ' repeal advocate' persuaded the Legislature to consid er delays in investigations and a coron responding 'collision course splintered priority subpoena juris-dition Hut the- immunity snarl could create. Some said it could have- led to a court ruling unless the Legislature e - - and s tor for the March of Dimes region pointed out the state can pay now or pay more later. She told committee members the state would save more than $10 million by providing adequate prenatal care to all women Inter-mountai- n Nan Street, president of the Utah Perinatal Association said newborn intensive care for an average stay of 15 days costs $16,000. special education for children costs between $3,000 and $5,000. and institutional or custodial care costs betw n $25,000 or $35 000 annually- .- a significant portion of which is paid by the state. By Mike Gorrell Tribune Staff Writer W est desert pumping w on t start on schedule because of the June 7 storm that knocked Southern Pacific railroad's causeway out of commission and ruptured AMAX Magnesium Corp 's dike, but it w ill be operational in time to affect the lakes elevation next spring That message was delivered to legislators Wednesday by state Department of Natural Resources Director Dee Hansen, who hustled between meetings trying to resolve several intricate issues imjierative to the success of the increasingly complicated plan. "The storm changed everything Weve slipped one to two weeks No question, the storm knocked us off schedule, Mr. Hansen said. "If we can make up tune, we still could have the pumps working at the end of February f 987) To meet that timetable, the state must decide who will excavate a canal that will carry the pumped lake w atPr to the w est desert and w ho w ill prov ide the power for the pumps, two uncertainties aggravated by the damage incurred by Southern Pacific's causeway line during the June 7 storm. The storm caused an estimated $5 million damage to railroad's line in the stretch between Lakeside and Hogup Ridge, where the pump station will be built. Mr. Hansen said The railroad tracks and an adjacent roadway were to provide access to the site Mr Hansen told legislators that Southern Pacific's board of directors determined the company had sunk enough money into its causeway line and that unless the state allowed the 1 a witness has something worth offering Hut repeal oppon nts c ouri tered that statute is cloud d under a pending t Idh Supreme ( ourt appeal See B ft. ( olumn lic-v- cording to Brian laylor, manager the office, her credit is good ' railroad s Reno based t ontraetor to excavate the Hogup Ridge canal and use that material to rebuild the dam aged causeway Southern Pacific wouldn t commit to restore the line Without the causeway access ami because the few dirt roads in the tie sent are so poor, any company that received contracts to excavate the canal or bu'ld the station likely would be unable to reach the site, particu larly in bad weather, thus jeopardi ing the project, Mr Hansen said lie said he sympathized with Utah contractors w ho objected strenuously Tuesday to the state's contemplation of awarding Southern Pacific's con tractor the $8 3 million contract to cut the canal, without opening tlu project to bids But he said it appealed nec essary The railroad has us over a barrel We're at the point where if we don t go with the railroad, we simply won t be pumping in time to affect 1987,' Mr. Hansen said. In that case, the railroad might not restore the cause way line to Ogden, meaning scoies of employees laid off last week would not return to work and businesses would face hardships and higher costs shipping products to the W'esl Coast ; , ' ! ! ) t ' "They re playing their cards They're a tough group to deal with They drive a hard bargain, but they're fairly straight with their fig ures When they say they're going to do something, they do it. Mr Hansen added, noting SP has committed to finish the work on schedule. A member of Southern Pacifies board met Wednesday with Gov Norm Bangeiter, Mr Hansen and other state officials to discuss the is Column See ol Flames from a painter's blow ton h Wednesday threatened to turn l hi historic downtown house o( pioneu and Chur h of Jesus Chi ist ol Latter day Saints President Bi'gham Youi g An apparent burst of flnnii through a era k between the loof and wall of the Beehive House, 67 F Soutl Temple, ignited the interior of a 'tor age space in the third floor attic area of the 132 year old house, said Capt Gordon Nicholl, Salt Lake City Fir Department public information offi Until th rcspunsil.il ..g. nc.es 1 I PA. UDH (Utah I Vp.u tmenl of ll.alth make mote definitive mfnr M d,i sm ill l.i e.u la i W i Collett and sjid painters also t a t c tinguished one Tuesday Neitt er fin air-eany dam ipe t! e said cer The 11 am fire raused minimal damage to the structure and its con tents. Capt N'u hull said Firefighters aUo contained sniok damage to the thud floor of the his tone strmture The only other dam age to the house came (tom a smal' hole firefighn is cut in the teding t" 'i see if the file had spri ad Capt rholl said The house w as m la dull for tours Thursd.n Column ! d to i opt e Workers from an I, OS Chun. maintenance shop h ive been repaint mg ihe extei ioi o' the st nu lute, bin h tn 854 Tin astern eaves and tie building s from ue the last st tion-s- i hcduli ) foi i ep in ' mg Mr Collett 1 ' 8. ' 1 B-- But when Mr. Taylor requested an MIA appraisal he was informed the agency is no longer allowed to do ap praisals in the Prospector Square area Dick Bell, head of the Utah FHA office, admitted they are no longer issuing mortgage insurance in the area ' We are not making loans . issuing mortgage insurance until we see what the FJ.A in Denver determines what they are going to do," he said Mr. Bell said he had a discussion with his Washington office, which recommended the freeze on mortgages, but noted he has nothing in writing In the Denver UFA office. Kelsy Land. Regional Project officer foi the Utah atoa, said her office has had contact with the Washington FHA office, but she c laims no advice or judgment was offered by it Ml we told them was the inform. tion that already was public knowledge Really it was very general information on the site AVe did not ask fur them not to issue loans in the area nor would we have, ' she said She expects a determination on the site by the FPA to be made as soon as July To our knowledge, our Salt Lake City field office has not received a request for mortgage insurance for a property located in Prosputcu Squan Further, the Department of Housing and Urban I) vclopment has not issued any specific instill tions concerning the Ptospectnr Squat e a letter to 7 be 7 im nt , an a from HUD sas See B ' Flames Damage Allie Area of Beehive House City May Sue EPA, Says FHA Sliul Off The Tap for Prospector Square Loans By Ten Gomes Tribune Correspondent I Bui System Will Be Working By Spring, Lawmakers Told - 5 I'ng Big Storm Knocked Plan to Pump Lake Off Schedule f m ri x. v DI!D Immimily Law system Heeornmendaiions weie sought for the next tegular ligisla live session in January, according to n - 'I. I 1 uri-i- ev icb ne e y y rights cuuli be Jeopardized by all ahriij t repr al rd the immunity ( die t He and ri :iv lawrn tkers urged a thor nigh siudy of the Ijw s role in I SC an criminal proc ceding- - be fori making am rnov e The Lcgisiatui did adopt a rcsolu tion to appoint a task force to study the broad subjects of granting of im murnty. subpoena power aril t he ef fectivencss of the county grand jury ttic fuss was about The immunity law, to the best of fun' ( Old - did leave sev lic I tilita s c uurisi oral lawmakers wondering whjt all ma'ion Otherwise lawyers argued wit m "is enjoyed tlm tin cjue disc re tion of lined mg immunity them selves after revealing 69-Year-- liursilay Morning s ti"ii It I Saul paint r app i, ntlv w as using tin propane blow touh to loos n sever layers of p.i.nt ahug tl h'HiM s , t i avs btfeu shaping away te said Capt No hell and Da Collett hu.ldiHg nain'enara i and op orations direi toi ern layirs He said r 't nt 'of lohv LaO'1 w Jin0'A Firefighters position ladder to attack fire at Brigham Young Beehive House, 67 E, South Temple. Damage was minor. V painteis i had t.t m i |
