| Show B2 LOCAL Thursday March 5 1992 The Salt Lake Tribune Acid Spill Fails to Activate Emergency Broadcast System 13 - Continued from B-- some guy rolling down the highway listening to country music and getting ready to exit off into the contaminated area?" KSL the primary EBS station for Salt Lake and the state was prepared to notify other stations in the city Mr Dehnel said Though the FCC allows KSL to activate the system on its own he said station policy is to wait for a command from a designated official Mr Dehnel is concerned because officials decided to stress the importance of using the EBS after November's spill at Thatcher Chemical City officials were 1 major television stations had agreed to break into their programming and inform the community" But Mr Dehnel noted that for nearly two hours Capt Dan Andrus described the situation as a civil emergency and called the wooden plug unstable More important be said the EBS exists to notify as many citizens as possible "The television stations did in- terrupt regular programming" Mr Dehnel said "But what about all the radio stations? What about 1111WEATHEninspo Reporter TR Dowell also tributed to this report - Liromm-40-- 3555 Call BUS-INF- 2874631 O &L- NORTHERNAUTAK EN Park CRY ScSnow 3755 38S3 ' A word to th! wise: It might be advisable not to open those windows too wide today and tonight as a chance of showers or thunderstorms looms Northern Utahns can anticipate some rain today and tonight — a 20 percent possibility There's also a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms at higher elevations a depressing thought for sure but it will start to warm up a bit by midday — hopefully Light to moderate westerly winds are certain to blow some winds into northern mountains and maybe even keep the snowpack up to par for skiers Venial Pt Cloudy 3113 FreeO3147 t THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PRICE — The last Republican elected in Carbon County was in 1944 when Sheriff S Marion Bliss 1 '1 r PtClotidy 3358 ' Price Pteloudy Delta PtCloudy 31151 3155 r year" Dennis - SOUTHERN istAMION01010 NOW 1)ctIglizr111 Y 31524 Utah denizens are in the same boat today as their neighbors to the north — more or less Cloudy skies and the chance of showers that oftentimes accompanies them will be evident to most residents of the Uinta Basin and exg motorists farther treme southeast valleys south will want to exercise caution as patchy early morning fog and some precipitation are likely to appear However conditions will warm later in the day and 10-2- 0 mph winds this evening promise to help generate clouds and Moab Pteloudy 3960 Cedar aty PLC:body 3453 r1Ading Euttrog 110oudy PLCIoudy ncloudy 4163 4285 rain 3255 ram INORTHAWIFORECASIIII Residents in the state's northern half are likely to see mostly cloudy wet weather through the next five days Sunday skies are not expected to offer relief from clouds However it might still look like light-jackweather Monday when warmth may be due for a strong comeback Mediocre highs may be mostly in mid-40- s and rising steadily to the 50s 2 high A GO 58 low E3 :39 iff ii 52 '36'' : A( AIL high 56 50 43 low Ea 3 EEI : i 44 '24-- ' EU a i AILVIICUAANA000 0 06 Precipitation this month Accumulative deficit 006 014 675 Precipitation Accumulative excess Utah lugh Utah low Normal 1 1991 0 Yesterday's Weather 14 SunriseSunset today 6:55 ii 22 Ina county AM6:23 PM 33 ao 80 Wiber County (100 li ataleStut kii11114111 it - The chly Lisbon 50 23 cidy rain London 57 44 59 45 fin Madrid Manila '1 1111 50s ett 40 11111 52 fair M M N Bogota Brisbane 72 39 cldy Moscow 48 34 54 54 46 Nairobi New Delhi 82 Brussels 81 54 Nicosia Oslo 61 36 fair fair fair 45 27 fair fair fair Paris Rio 59 34 fair 90 70 64 41 86 55 fair fair 46 34 91 77 fair fair 43 32 chly M M cidy fair Caracas M 66 cldy Copenhagen Dublin 43 41 57 48 55 45 Havana 55 26 82 64 79 64 Heki 37 Hong Kong Istanbul Rome fair fair Santiago Seoul chly fair Singapore Stockholm AI rain Sydney M Tokyo Vancouver 52 37 fair 64 63 52 47 59 48 rain fair 50 cidy 48 36 cidy 34 39 Vienna Warsaw WARM OSO RION LOW StIOWERS ss I :0: 4 Afiuo k4 i ' 8 iii II k k k k k Ork : k '411t 70s : : 14: Z air am 70 ' Irkinir : : PIIIII1M'' tt k RAIN mg rSTORIAS ED FLURRIES cc SNOW t ICE Inc 1992 SUNNY in PT CLOUDY M f2 CLOUDY - areas The storm had previously dropped 2 feet of snow west of Saguache in the mountains of southwestern Colorado The moisture ended weeks of drought in the Denver area and was welcomed by the ski industry and agriculture Morning rain over southeastern Wyoming changed to snow by early afternoon with up to 6 inches of snow possible in the mountains by this morning Rain in the Plains changed to snow at higher elevations of the central and southern Rockies and into northern Arizona Rain also extended over much of the central and northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley Heavier rainfall during the six hours up to noon CST included 268 inches at Lufkin Texas 176 inches at Houston and 137 inches at Bryan and College Station Texas Temperatures at midday were 15 to 20 degrees above normal for early March over the the upper Great Lakes the lower Ohio Valley the Tennessee Valley and the selthern Appalachians Temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal extended over much of the Mississippi Valley Plains and upper Missouri west-centr- Valley Records for the date were tied at 72 at Burlington Iowa 75 at Mansfield Ohio 61 at Muskegon Mich and 69 at Ottumwa Iowa 019 Weather HLPTtp Vernal 50 Wendover Zion NP 55 34 59 42 017 39 33 028 005 63 42 001 61 58 Denver 41 38 Grand Jet 46 40 Tucson Colorado 34 Hanksville Heber City 59 28 T M M M Helper Kanab 45 34 54 37 Logan 49 40 56 28 007 Rexburg Twin Falls 52 047 Montana 31 40 57 Party 4611m Pocatello 53 42 65 35 57 T 43 Helena 57 37 Missoula Nevada Elko 57 41 48 32 008 Las Vegas Reno 68 46 003 Wyoming Cheyenne Evanston 42 33 42 28 Laramie 35 29 Bock Springs 41 Nephi Ogden Park West 49 31 53 43 46 27 Price Provo 45 29 T 42 34 Randolph Richfield 42 24 44 31 Roosevelt Salt Lake 54 34 Spanish Fork St George 41 62 45 M Tooele 45 28 005 029 002 006 010 031 nothing to do with his party affiliation" he adds Still ever since Sheriff Bliss' term was cut short the Democratic party has held sway in the coal country southeast of Salt Lake City County Clerk Norman Prichard says during the past several general elections more than 45 percent of the county has voted a straight Democratic ticket while Democratic candidates routinely pick up 70 to 80 percent of the vote 72 percent (683 M—Missing Yesterday L Prep 55 35 Anchorage Atlanta 4 80 12 Atlantic City Austin 47 89 79 053 022 29 002 T—Trace 61 33 57 56 33 209 003 If Today Fest L 63 45 ptd 9 72 11 any 58 rain 49 39 fair 81 55 58 fair 70 34 53 31 61 34 ptel 54 V 51 mely 64 74 35 47 57 69 44 tidy shirr 59 75 45 31 63 68 56 37 Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland 54 39 18 Dallas Des Moines 7157 67 44 Detroit El Paso 55 31 62 Fairbanks 15 46 34 Fargo Grand Rapids Hartford 42 35 59 56 60 Honolulu 85 29 23 67 Houston 68 74 59456 81 44 48 56 66 73 62 68 62 71 69 Indianapolis Jackson MS Kansas City Little Rock Las Angeles 50 80 61 064 003 001 007 55087 Memphs 66 74 75 Muuni 75 53 56 54 72 Most ND 43 Minneapolis— 44 70 76 53 70 Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland ME Portland Ridimsed Sacramento San Antonio S32 INT) San Francisco Seattle Sem Falk St SpoLne Louis Tamps Tulsa Washington Sutra Clromtloa 63 78 50 74 39 49 36 43 001 003 076 65 54 56 71 77 64 46 67 58 57 359 008 01 only 5$ 37 70 50 56 66 034 ptd pki 52 57 53 56 53 52 57 72 ptel Ulm M M 38 39 55 61 ram 38 50 ptd way rain ptd ptd 52 64 40 43 60 24 44 44 48 82 M 64 59 56 55 52 45 5247 40 way ptd defy 59 66 58 79 63 4639 48 63 73 64 rain rain sbwr 14 010 rndy ptd ptd 35 34 55 52 59 34 38 n Indy 29 68 58 48 46 70 47 41 47 58 57 54 43 39 57 51 slawr shwr 437 42 36 34 36 56 57 052 21 57 57 68 80 0 60 47 51 M Milwaukee Nashville New Orleans New York 002 52 39 71 85 68 Louisville ptd 41 30 22 73 40 Boston Buffalo Columbus Concord 014 rain rain rain ddy run piel rata rain pin ptel ptel rain Defy ram fair eidy rain rain Din 56 37 rsda 7665 yid 65 49 walls of their homes" Much of the reason for the coun- rid 66 53 59 44 et 6246 rd ley S62lcidy ! 1 1 i coal-minin- Utah Democrats Benefit From Primary CI Continued from cans B-- 1 members they would have arranged for a Republican preference vote just like the Democrats did" said Merrill Cook the Independent Party's candidate for governor Utah GOP Executive Director Dave Hansen said party officials discussed but declined a similar primary "First any primary isn't sanctioned by or conducted under state election law It is just a party running its own election and that can be a problem" he said "Second last fall President Bush was unchallenged It was clear then that he would be the party's nominee Why spend our time and energy on a primary when we already have a nominee? We decided to put our resources into other elections this year" said Mr Hansen The victory of Mr Tsongas and the good showing of Mr Brown suggested an interesting divergence in Utalms' Democratic philosophies The two are miles apart in many of their political views Mr Tsongas a former Massachusetts senator is generally viewed as the most conserva- tive mainstream candidate among the Democrats He supports the death penalty foreign aid for the former Soviet Union cut and an investment-tax g ar "I don't think it's schizophrenia" within the Utah party said James Roberts the organizations executive director "Brown has a message that appeals to everybody who id sort of fed up with the whole system" Mr Roberts said Wednesday But among other Democrats "there's a feeling it's time to win one People are willing to sacrifice some of their ideological beliefs for someone electable" like Mr Tsongas The $50000 Mr Tsongas invested in television ads in Utah and the two campaign stops by Mr Brown with 20 radio interviews also played a role Mr Billings said Utah Republican Party Chairman Bruce Hough agreed dismissing deeper analysis as nonsense "It would be an absolute mistake to overanalyze on its profound meaning because I don't think there is any" he said "What it proves is that media pays That's the thing that differentiated them from the other I I candidates" Arkansas Gov Bill Clinton — who forged an impressive win in Georgia's primary — placed a distant third in Utah picking up 18 percent Final results in the preference poll showed Nebraska Sen Bob Kerrey in fourth place with 11 percent and Iowa Sen Tom Harkin registering a sluggish 4 percent Based on Tuesday's vote nine delegates will be pledged to Mr Tsongas five to Mr Brown five uncommitted and four to Mr Clinton The remaining five delegate slots will be filled by Utah Democratic Party leaders while opposing a reduction in taxes for the middle class Mr Brown former governor of California is seen as the nontraditional outsider He opposes the death penalty and supports an immediate tax cut e followed by imposition of a income tax He advocates The Associated Press also aid to former Soviets only after meeting the needs of all Amen contributed to this story flat-rat- framed newspaper advertisement from the 1930s touting the local Democratic ticket Flanking the display are old campaign signs for g the of a chubby d whiskey snorting cigar-smokin- ty's strong Democratic leaning comes from the union influence of the region's industry Members of the United Mine Workers of America here are unflagging in their allegiance to the Democratic ticket Another factor solidifying the Democratic trend is the high number of Italian Greek and other immigrants who settled the area "Our ethnic diversity really goes against the grain of the state" says Janet Prazen a former state party vice chairwoman who took her granddaughter to the polls Tuesday "We just have a lot of unionized ethnic workers" Signs of the Democratic tradition here are hard to miss: Behind a statue of a coal miner in the county courthouse lobby is a never-marrie- Democrat named Brigham Young (no relation to religious leader) "Brig served 42 years here as county clerk and even after he retired they kept him on the payroll another three years as a consultant" chuckles Mr Prichard who succeeded the late Mr Young But this legacy of Democratic dominance rankles Republicans who feel the concept of a political system has been forfeited in Carbon County "I picked up the local paper in September and the headline said 'Voters elect county officials by landslide' " says Gary Olsen chairman of the Carbon County Republican Party "This was the primary not the general election A lot of people are tired of that two-part- y and want to see the system returned to Carbon County" Although the pull toward the Democratic Party is strong here it isn't irresistible Just ask David Kobe In 1972 he was a member of the Utah delegation to the National Democratic Convention in Miami At 17 Mr Kobe was the second youngest national convention delegate in party history "I thoroughly enjoyed it but it was at that point I started moving away from the Democratic Party and organized politics" says Mr school Kobe now a teacher in Price "1 wasn't that impressed because most of the politicking went on in the back two-part- y ld rooms" But Carbon County Democrats can take solace in the fact Mr Kobe did not betray his party completely "No I didn't turn Republican after the convention" he says "I'm more of an independent now" LDS Church Seeks to Raze 'Historical' Homes homes By Paula Huff The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints wants to bulldoze two homes north of its Salt Lake City headquarters despite a promise in 1989 to renovate them Zions Securities Corp the arm of the LDS Church wants to raze homes at 145 N State and 151 N State in Salt Lake City But members of the city's Historical Landmark Committee comsay that violates a promise The struggle began when Zions Securities decided in 1989 to demolish 17 homes on Gordon Place and four homes on State Street replacing them with a grass area The landmark committee tried to halt the move to preserve the Capitol Hill neighborhood and retain State Street's residential nature A compromise was reached instead: Zions Securities could demolish the Gordon Place homes if it restored the four State Street Latter-da- the homes were renovated at great expense said William Two of THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE NATIONAUNI101MillS11 Albuquerque people) of the county's approximately 9500 voters cast ballots in Utah's first presidential primary with 325 percent backing Tsongas 27 percent backing Clinton and 19 percent backing Brown Democrats always do well here In 1988 Michael Dukakis took 5521 of the county's votes to George Bush's 3019 even though Bush won the state handily Republican legislative candidates are rare here and the last GOP member to run for a county office was in 1984 — he finished third with less than half the votes garnered by an independent candidate "The Democratic Party has been the only game in town for a long time" acknowledges Mr Dooley who sips from a "Unions First" coffee cup in his office in the courthouse basement where he serves as county personnel director "I can remember many of the oldtimers around here having pictures of FDR and JFK on the 007 61 26 sure the shooting had ' blue-coll- 62 35 58 35 59 46 42 29 35 Lewiston Billings Great Falls Moab Monticello 47 39 100 008 Idaho 58 34 Boise Coeur d'Alene 48 39 Idaho Falls 49 38 Green River Midway Milford 045 39 30 Flagstaff Phoenix 57 -- 33 Arhona 034 45 34 1 45 35 003 Delta 45 27 003 Fillmore Flaming Grg 37 27 008 47 Bumungham Bismarck MA Whip C Heavy rain caused flooding Wednesday in parts of Texas heavy snow fell in the Colorado Rockies and temperatures were unseasonably high from the Plains to the Appalachians Elsewhere rain extended over the northern Pacific Coast and the northern Great Basin the area that includes Nevada and western Utah Rain and occasional thunderstorms extended over eastern Texas and western Louisiana at midday Rain also extended across Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma Up to 8 inches of rain hit parts of Houston pushing bayous over their banks and inundating some highways Several rural roads also were closed Along Interstate 10 at the White Oak Bayou dozens of cars were stranded in water Handicapped chilOren and their driver escaped serious injury when their Email school bus went into swollen White Oak Bayou near downtown The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for all of southeastern Texas where the ground has been saturated by repeated heavy rain since Christmas Heavy rain bad pushed Ciliolo Creek to 6 feet above flood stage by noon near New Braunfels Texas In the Colorado Rockies west of Denver 3 to 4 inches of new snow had fallen by midday with up to a foot possible in some A - 3 50s oopire'' A09VosI 403038 "ego MSUNIMAR- i M Thursday March 5 STATOONARY L 1 M 80s H loom fair cidy chly rain t'it - cidy fair ftrdil Presvo Vo Bullfrog Cedar City Coalville 80s gli—Allk grnr COLD 90 70 cldy fair 60s FRONTS: -- Brigham City 55 42 35 26 Bryce 81 Is 1341:1741 talk 60s mummowlt Vital cidy fair Mexico City Montreal NO & 31 eldy fair VI 402 Blanding 51 61 for noon llask 30 37 Lines separate high temperature zones for the Oily ' Alta fair 52 M Utah HLPrep 25 70 Harare i 84 73 82 70 66 M ram fair Bermuda Geneva hait Lase City Davis Weber counties GOOD Ogden Prow SI ft Utah counties GOOD all Johammsbrg Lima 72 43 fair 61 50 55 41 Frankfurt Id Mos is Federal standard) 10 Good SOO Moderate 200 Unhealthful Very Unhealthful - 101 201 61 95 73 M 39 cidy fair 61 39 Budapest Buenos Aires 84 72 Si 34 Calgary Cairo 66 48 is Ogden Athens Sumas H Jerusalem 41 39 Belgrade Berlin wort Provo M Beijing Beirut ligooAvliPettimpol10Ex41 Carbon Monoxide Particulates Salt Lake City SL & Davis counties Amsterdam Bangkok Barbados e8 28 deg'rees 6OdegreesiolOO7 2 degrees in 1966 Record high for this date Record low for this date Yesterday's liLSuani 62 at Si George 22 at Flaming Gorge highlow for this date ij INTERMOUNTAiMWO Precipitation since Oct al El If Southern Utahas think they'll be spared some of the cooler weather due their neighbors they had better think again Variable clouds and highly likely scattered showers will rain on their parade today through Monday Relatively speaking residents might want to keep the winter jackets out of storage just yet as lows in the upper 20s to lower 40s pervade the region 11 42 53 SOUTWSLDAYMFOnECASTON 0:1:1: At 47 says Dooley chairman of the Carbon County Price Tuesday St George took office "And he was shot dead in the back the next Democratic z r By Christopher Smith con- PICtotuly it Lake City PtClotuly 0 —On cause Auto omissions ore tho 01 ott pollution (luting a tompotatutst Invtslon Wm can help tocluc pollution and cut down ttattic conostion by totting the bus Of 0 001000i kl 3351 Wendover Pte lowly Unionism Ethnicity Keeps Carbon County Potttwal Stronghold for Utah Democrats Today's Report Compiled by Verdo Thomas Ekgs Tiv Ogdf-- criticized then for failing to quick ly inform residents "City officials did a good job" Mr Dehnel said "But some people still may not understand the policy" he said "We need to make sure they do" Tuesday's leak was caused when a hole developed in a rubber lining of the tank "and the hydrochloric acid ate through the metal tank" said Terry Nordyke Rocky Mountain regional manager for Great Western Chemical y real-esta- te Cannon residential property manager for Zions Securities He would not give the cost "We spent more than we would have spent if we had built a new building" Mr Cannon said "So we delayed doing anything on the other two homes" The church now wants to demolish the homes a and a bungalow and build one house with characteristics fitting the neighborhood Mr Cannon said "We kept our commitment on the first two houses and we will keep the principal on the second two but we are not willing to remodel the other two homes" Mr Cannon said "We're entitled to what we bargained for" said Ralph Nelson member of the landmark committee "Two structures are much more aesthetic than one It's an important location because it's the late-Victori- Writings on the Walls By Tony Semerad THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEST VALLEY CITY — The city is considering a new program to erase youth gang graffiti — and some of the fear that goes along with it Janice Fisher says she was stricken three weeks ago when she saw gang insignias throughout her West Valley City neighborhood It stained two prominent walls in what had been a quiet residential area near Hunter High School the city councilwoman said And worse competing gangs had left their marks signaling a violent challenge "It makes you feel violated" Ms Fisher said Wednesday "It's spray-painte- d gateway to the Capitol" "Every time Zion Securities gets involved with a project this happens" said Randall Dixon who was vice chairman of the landmark committee when the compromise was made "This petitioner has no regard for city rules Now there appears to be serious deterioration on one of the homes If it had been maintained it wouldn't be this serious" Some landmark committee members believed the church also agreed to build a road with curb and gutters connecting Gordon Place to Main Street but it has not been built Mr Cannon maintains the church agreed only to improve and maintain the existing alley The landmark committee which monitors construction and demolition in the city's historic areas only has the power to stop demolition for five months After that landowners can apply to the city's planning commission for IV Vat ley to Take Action almost like somebody breaking into your home" Under a proposed policy West Valley City could begin spending up to $20000 in an equal blend of city and federal money each year to remove graffiti in public places The policy is intended to neutralize any sense of power gang members may draw from territorial markings Assistant City Manager Karen Leftwich said It also would discourage additional graffiti and console residents fearful of gangs in their neighborhoods and instill community pride she said West Valley police say gt affiti on public and private property is a growing problem concentrated in central and eastern neighbor gang-relate- d hoods If passed the new policy would require: The cleanups to be done on public request using volunteer labor If the graffiti is on private property homeowners would donate equipment and paint City workers to report all information on graffiti sites and content to gang specialists with the West Valley and the Salt Lake City police departments The federal share of the S20000 to be spent in neighborhoods where residents have low and moderate incomes West Valley City's policy would mirror one in place in Salt Lake City The proposal will be finalized during next month's city budget hearirgs Ms Leftwich said I' 1 p i |
