Show rakitioatwweewamftamemo igNoaill"ditt i -- —eallxilos c 0 p f It MI r J 44 t'ott 14 4 dopp-4s- ''Itat r Al-s-1- 1 a 4 1 VOLUME 245 NUMBER 147 tJttwilitiol 11 t tt t r fx ti 1 WEDNESDAY i- TODAY'S READERSHIP: 332100 II 1993 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SALT I 4KE CITY UTAH 84111 MARCH 10 1993 dEMEIMMEMI Reno Impresses Senators Gets Bipartisan Lift - --- - C) REUTER NEWS SERVICE — WASHINGTON c j Attorney Janet Reno won bipartisan praise at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday General-nomine- : e41--- it e 1 ' ' Yeltsin HardLmers Today ""7-41--4 :000 10vEv :4-- 1 k ! 1 and seemed headed for quick approval as the first woman to head the Justice Department "Attacking violent crime drug trafficking and public corruption must be the first priority of the department and if you confirm me it will be" Reno 54 the Florida state prosecutor for Dade County told the Judiciary Committee "I look at the attorney general of the United States as the lawyer for all the people" she added Reno answered questions for five hours before the committee recessed until today when Chairman Joseph Biden said he hoped to complete the hearing "You have not raised any controversy" Biden told Reno She could be confirmed by the end of this week or early next week if there are no objections President Clinton turned to Reno on Feb 11 after his first - - i4Pr jj - - - C'' THE WASHINGTON 44411Itt' l '4 :a) k at " P 4k c - 'r 141 ti ''soro - tj lommenneiNdw i z10 :0)4 — : -- - -- in political circles with rumors of military coups dark conspiracies and even assassination plots in the offing But there is a gap between the feverish political rhetoric that has filled Russian news media and ti e political weariness of many citizens tired of constitutional crises and power struggles Shoppers near-hyster- e The Associated Press Reno Sen Bob Graham share laugh at Capitol Hill hearing choice corporate lawyer Zoe Baird withdrew amid controversy involving her hiring of illegal aliens as domestic help Federal Judge Kimba Wood widely assumed to be Clinton's second choice also withdrew for similar reasons D-D- el Utah Sen Orrin Hatch the panel's senior Republican joined in telling the nominee: "I am impressed with your credentials Your extensive background will ia commuters and It-S- C you" In Miami Reno heads an office with 238 prosecutors that handles more than 100000 cases a year Reno said her other priorities included enforcing laws to protect the environment and equal rights and helping children t '''' ' WASHINGTON of President Clinton's first big budget votes on Capitol Hill Washington politics seems to have been turned upside down The Democrats were continuing their wrangling Tuesday night — but not over the traditional questions of whose wheels to grease with federal largess Instead they were competing to see who could propose the most in spending cuts Clinton's initial bid uL 4246 billion in cuts over five years has been raised to more than $300 billion by House and Senate Democrats What's more the most politically explosive element of the economic package unexpectedly has turned out to be not the tax increases — with Clinton's proposed energy Itax raising little more than a whimper — but the modest stimulus package with its $16 billion in spending for summer jobs and new roads The White House has been forced to launch a lobbying campaign on its behalf with Clinton warning Tuesday about the dangers of overdoing at the expense of nurturing the economic recovery and meeting domestic needs To the amazement even of senior White House officials and various Washington experts the capital seems to have undergone a political sea change — apparently brought about by a combination of the warnings on deficit dangers by Ross Perot and Paul Tsongas in last year's presidential campaign by Clinton's energetic lobbying for his economic program during the past three weeks and by Democrats' vows to end gridlock Not since the days of President Johnson and his Great Society programs in the 160s have a president and congressional leadere on ship worked so behalf of a major legislative package That could be a good omen ' ii k oorke three Utahns in the House of Representatives are hearing the same plea from constituents: "Cut more cut more cut more" In response all three are unveiling specific ideas for cutting the federal budget Rep Karen Shepherd wants to pare $20 billion from programs already targeted by President Clinton All 5- Her suggestions include a Mississippi-base- rocket-moto- d r plant — one that competes with Ogden-base- d Thiokol last-minu- "The democrats are not strong enough to push the reforms and the opposition is not strong enough to stop them" said liberal legislator Anatoly Shabad "And this fighting only hastens the collapse of the country" Previous gatherings of the Soviet-era a have shown Yeltsin to be weak in this forum unable to control or predict its actions With inflation out of control and most Russians feeling themselves worse off than when Yeltsin took over even his supporters fear that this Congress could mark the end of his effective influence The leaders of the failed 1991 coup recently released from prison have resumed an active political life and are demanding a "strong hand" to end the anarchy Conservatives for the first time are calling for Yeltsin's impeachment at this Congress The value of the ruble has plummeted Yeltsin's government "They're playing to the crowds" Mr Hansen a member of the Appropriations Corp She admits her proposal would cost Utah millions of federal dollars "I don't want to kid anybody that cutting is going to be painless" said Ms Shepherd a leader of the Freshman Task Force on Congressional Reform "And we've only gotten Committee said "I say 'How far can you cut and still have a viable military?' It's the same old song and dance and I wish someone would go down to the White House and teach them a new tune" g hand-in-glov- for Clinton not only for his economic package but also for the reforms of health care with tax and spending decisions that might be even more difficult "Suddenly what used to be unacceptable has become acceptable and maybe downright fashionable" said Martha Phillips former Republican staff director of the House Budget and Ways and Means Committees She is now executive director of the Concord Coalition a group headed by Tsongas Norman Ornstein a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research agreed "The political dynamics of this have changed to where it is politically more advantageous to be for discipline and pain" he said Of course the votes set for today in the Senate and House Budget Committees are only the first step in a long and typically tortuous process The committees are expected to approve $15 trillion in budget resolutions generally following Clinton's blueprint that set limits on how much the government can spend and must raise next year But some of the most difficult specific decisions — particularly on where the new spending cuts Congress is demanding will be felt — are still to be made by the and appropriations committees in the next six months still-to-co- deficit-reductio- n INDEX By Nancy Hobbs weak to hold a pen yet the has By Penny Ries For a moment life was life again I shared with my friends warm happy smiles And together at night under bright gleaming stars we danced t We skipped along the beach with bare skinned feet as we We cried on one another's shoulder sat and watched the sun's colors fade away We splashed through the water 'tit the cold burnt our skin And oh pr a moment Life was life again 4 A-- 2 Briefing Business Classifieds 5 Comics C-- 6 Crossword Editodals Food Headliners D-- 6 A-1-0 C-- I A-- 2 14 Roily & Wells B-- 1 Scoreboard D4 Sports Star Gazer Stocks Television Utah News D-- 1 D-- 7 ' B- -I ):ti : 'i - :'' i ''' : Column A-- 2 1 0!- ''''7 4 '7tT 4- it gi - : 1: - 1471 4"44 4 ''' k4- 1 ? t I i ! tk i ' I - 1 - L 1 4 - - J ' "4---1::- Nik - 410 0 - 12 l'' t i- - 44 joaloot06 C3 '4 C) I - 4I: i 4zz ---- J Ct) 44t 47 lkt:'A I 14‘ t41 fill Z-- 1 147-'- 4 -- - - 111 s 11-- - ta- t '' ti ' '' 4 ti' ID - ' 411111 t V I "k Pr1enett 0 ' ' '' 1 1 - 4' ' i ' ' e -- - - 00'11 44Pk4 17 r : lk Yi14 "4 - : - -- 4 - i'1s‘ -- 4 --- ' i - - ALown-- '''' -- 4 iaoMstiliJLeodiC ' 4 The Associated Press Lawmaker passes "The Will of Russia" newspaper during session seems to have almost as many economic policies as advisers all contradicting one another The most successful aspect of reform the privatization program is under populist attack Many Cabinet ministers now favor a return to the failed — but nostalgically recalled — state control of economic planning But Parliament and its speaker Rus Ian Khasbulatov are even less popular than Yeltsin most polls show and have little alternative vision of how the country can be saved Mostly they seem set on curtailing Yeltsin's powers as much as possible while denounc ing all kinds of conspiracies After Yeltsin met with top generals last week and said he was holding a "final option" in reserve legislators warned darkly the offing that a coup Was-i- n Khasbulatov decialtd without offering evidence that iweleading liberals were in danger of assassination by other liberals who would then blame right-win- g forces for the killing All sides acknowledge that Russia cannot long continue to mesh its democracy consti with its 1978 Brezhnev-er- a tution which poorly delineated separation of powers st Bandits Demand $6 Million to Free Hostages at Embassy in Costa Rica that the gunmen held between NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- SAN JOSE Costa Rica — Nic- araguan gunmen incensed by events in their homeland demanded a $6 million ransom Tuesday — and a purge of leftists in the Managua government — to end the siege of their nation's embassy in the Costa Rican capital The gunmen holding more than a dozen diplomats and em- bassy personnel as hostages vowed they were "ready to leave this compound dead" triumphant or '' r vii- t ':t 142 - Penny Ries who has brain cancer shows off her book of poems d v mares about the incident and that he "was just trying to stay alive" as officers struck him again and again "I was just trying to stay alive sir trying to stay alive" King said in response to a question from Barry Kowalski one of two lead prosecutors in the case "They never gave me a chance to stay still" King patiently fielded almost three hours of questions two-stor- y - ! The gunmen emptied gasoline from embassy vehicles apparently to use as a weapon he added A woman who answered the telephone at the embassy sounded irritated "We are all fine They have treated us very well and everything is going just fine" she said from prosecutors and defense attorneys representing the four police officers who are charged with violating his civil rights King nervous but poised rarely raised his voice during his time on the stand but he drew gasps from some members of the audience when he said that the officers taunted him with racial epithets as they struck him "As they were hitting me they were chanting: 'What's up killer? How you feeling killer? What's up nigger?' voice King said in a He added that he was rolling around on the ground trying sing-son- g 111 See A-- 2 Column 2 ) i - 14 and 16 prisoners Among those seized when the gunmen took the pink embassy Monday afternoon was Ambassador Alfonso Robe lo a former leader of the Contras After meeting the gunmen aragua's Roman Catholic prelate Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo said the assailants were armed with explosives grenades and automatic weapons and "are willing to go the whole distance if nec- essary" jury that he suffers from night- - - - ft t rA N i 011 e 1' ' 1 - il l''' -- ' !k i :4 ! - - - Iv N ' F 1 LOS ANGELES — More than two years after he was beaten and arrested by Los Angeles police officers Rodney King took the witness stand Tuesday and told a federal k 'en1 - - - s --- ' 2 Years After Taped Beating King Tells His Side - i: ' NO- it fyi 4 1 N - i : : e1 - ti of LOS ANGELES TIMES : :: t 44 - e! 41 'n''7 I Paul Fraughtonfrbe Salt Lake Tribune See - The hostages "are a little anxious a little tired a little nervous" said Public Security Minister Luis Fishman "We have offered food to the people held hostage We've sent medicine to a lady who is pregnant There are no complaints of mistreatment" he said adding t - 1 - Sixteen-year-ol- -- - - 16 C-- 7 'Ns i': - - ' ' sr ') C-- 5 UTAH WEATHER: The Wasatch Front will see mostly cloudy skies with haze and some light wind highs in the 40s Some fog morning and night Utah's Dixie will Details: B-- 2 reach 70 attention A i 6 A-1-1 Obituaries 1--5 D-- 4 "1 usually write about death God and Heaven nature And I write about love" said Penny as she lay in her bed clutching the teddy ear her best friend gave on her 15th I get in moods where I don't write for several months Other times I write 10 or 12 poems a day" Last August Penny was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor But even as her body battled lymphoma she has continued writing dictating passages to her mother AllotTink paperback with Penny's name on the covefstarries 62 of her favorite poems from a collection of more than 400 verses The book was published last week by Salt Lake's Northwest Publishing in cooperation with Make-A-Wis- h Foundation of Utah The national nonprofit foundation's goal is to fulfill wishes of children with illnesses to help relieve some of life's daistresses for the child and family ly Her mother Donna says Penny is loving the El L:-- B-- D-- Letters Movies N birth-"Sometim- Life Was Life Again Jumble C-- 7 Births tax-writi- just published her first book of poems Wyo — Penny Ries is too EVANSTON Cl Ann Landers Asimov Quiz Now Here Is a Thought Just for You Penny: Write Flourish and May Your Days Be Many THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 4it I pro-Weste- itrant legislators have only mocked thus far Rep Bill Orton wants a year freeze in discretionary programs The Provo Democrat was among the House Budget Committee members who met with the president Monday and called for $63 billion in additional cuts "The bottom line is we're not going to keep burgeoning the federal deficit" Mr Orton said in a press release Republican Rep Jim Hansen 1st District praised the Democrats for considering new budget reductions but he criticized the focus on defense rutrimming a Depression-erral electric subsidy and axing a Ae4440404 power-sharin- g to talking about cutting — after that we've got to do it" THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE last-minu- deficit-cuttin- free-mark- et Shepherd Orton Say Cut Hansen Says Not Defense By Judy Fahys 'di'r-- il 1 ' J- If- - e 1111Mt — On the eve - ' 1040-memb- Clinton Warns Against Too Much Too Fast As Democrats Compete to Slash Spending NEWSDAY f f - ' ' 41 self-describ- BySusan Page - Tuesday shrugged complained about high prices and griped that their leaders are allowing the country to flounder "Who's going to launch a coup on these salaries?" asked Olga Timofeyeva 27 a housewife reflecting a common view that further muddle and paralysis are likelier than any explosion The stakes are high for this session of the Congress of People's body Deputies a nationaldominated by hard-linists ardent Communists and centrists determined to reverse President Boris Yeltsin's reforms and foreign policy The Congress was convened in an effort to resolve a power struggle over who should rule Russia: Yeltsin or the Congress Yeltsin has urged the legislators either to approve a clear agreement or to call a referendum so voters can decide — proposals that increasingly recalc- serve you and the people of this country well as attorney general" Added Sen Strom Thurmond "I predict you'll be confirmed and I expect to vote for tr t''''''' ' - - POST MOSCOW An emergency session of Russia's supreme legislature beginning today has caused t i - -- dism000k - i 'f4"1 - t--a- - 161 rl Janet Showdown Pits High-Stake- s 1:t - J |