Show '''4"e"91tiL'z'fl"r'r"10"b"Ple1"" 10AeriAi40ziodookormommish4064r-44v7ooltz5otilihip- ''zo4Pad1vst6tt4 r '- - FRIDAY August 26 1994 SECTION D L CA L OBITUARIES Page D-1- 4 ROLLY & WELLS "I A 3 ?V‘ I: 41r But Base Plans to Accept Applications for Early Retirements Resignations I - - PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELL- S Teacher-salar- y talks in Cache County were suspended after a Cache Education Association meeting where teachers bashed melons painted to look like the district brass CEA President Peggy Tuddenham had a watermelon painted to look like Superintendent Larry Jensen and a cantaloupe resembling business manager Dale Hansen Tuddenham a teacher at NH number-cruncher- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Mille Elementary then pulled out a hammer and invited teachers to smash them One teacher gleefully squealed: "We get to beat their brains out" Others appalled reported the incident CEA officials will meet today with the school board and superintendent in an executive session FYI Cache had offered a 45 pay increase — one of the eight highest hikes in Utah's 40 school districts The Hill Air Force Base work force got the word Thursday: next month's layoff of 350 civilians won't be enough Directives from the Pentagon will require the Ogden Air Logistics Center and other bases throughout the country to cut more civilian jobs through the year 2001 Exact numbers for Hill are not yet known However the Air Force alone is looking at eliminating more than 28000 Fatal Blast " - would be inappropriate to hold a barbecue at the burned out Governor's Mansion the state Republican Party moved this year's event to Wheeler Farm Because a few Republicans like wine with their burgers four or five bottles were provided But no one had a corkscrew Wben they tried to get one from farm officials they were told Wheeler Farm is a faciliSalt Lake County-ownety and alcohol is not permitted Result? Indulging Republicans ended up with a little cork in their wine after opening the bottles with pocket knives d ODD Roadside Snipers? When Sen Orrin Hatch this -- week weneon TV criticizing proposals he angered motorcyclists nationwide Hatch quoted his late Sidney Hansen of Newton Utah who said the reason motorcycle and other criminal gangs don't come into small towns is "because they know we have guns" Chris Bojanower precinct chairman of the Republican Party in Roy was offended that Hatch grouped motorcyclists with crime Bojanower is president of the Utah Chapter of American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE) and insists Hatch is repeating a stereotype image of bikers that came with the Marlon Brand° movie "The Wild Ones" Hatch apologized to bikers on the Senate floor and Thursday was endorsed by ABATE gun-contr- fath- er-in-law 000 te - e :1:i tds ' I 4 " ! See Column 4 D-- 2 - '1' 0 44 - V s - - t )- '' - 4 I - 7tMt ' or' Friction From Tank en - -- - - ti 4 41? t 11J - ti t Ai palt -- 41 - - f 4 - 11Q1 4 - - '''4 1 )j s 4 -- -- 4 SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE ii:i1 (12 41A16-' ''' ' 44 f if-'- 4 -- SPANISH FORK — Friction from the leg of an old metal storage tank scraping on a floor permeated with chemicals caused Tuesday's fatal explosion at the Trojan Corp in Spanish Fork an official said Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) investigators pinpointed the cause of the blast after probing the rubble of the burned building Thursday The plant which employs 108 workers was to resume operations at midnight Thursday ArThe blast killed thur F Dix of Santaquin and injured two other plant workers neither seriously who were dismantling the building Spanish Fork Police Chief Dee Rosenbaum met with the All' team after it concluded its investigation He said the wood building which had been used in the manufacture of explosives was permeated with the chemical known as PETN Rosenbaum said workers using a backhoe and cable were tipping the tank which was 6 feet in diameter and 5 feet tall onto one leg at 9:34 am "The friction from the leg caused one explosion 10 to 15 seconds later there was a second explosion" Rosenbaum said He explained the ATF investigators made the determination based on blast patterns that radiated from under the tank ATF investigators would not comment on the investigation The team included a chemist and explosives expert as well as certified fire investigators — some from Salt Lake City — who have special training in r 4 e 'f P 7 - By Cornelia deBruin GOP Slop Concluding it Just over a year ago Gov Mike Leavitt shared his vision of an electronic school where students could get at least some of their education at home through computers Thursday a group of Utah educators announced they have nearly $500000 to develop the blueprint for Leavitt's futuristic school The Utah Education Consortium a partnership between the five Wasatch Front School Districts the State Office of Education and the University of Utah's Graduate School of Education wants to move quickly on project FOCUS an acronym for -- The Future of Children: Utah Schools" t-- 7 - Katherine Kapos MI ' - DOD By THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Column 4 D-- 2 t Caused by Moving Closer to Reality by Nov 9 II See D-1- 6 Home Electronic School if the work was "interserviced" across military lines Silver linings were harder to come by Thursday But Ogden ALC Commander Maj Gen Lester Lyles managed to convey "one bright spot on the horizon" in a letter he released to the work force the same day To lessen the impact of any additional reductions he said the center has requested authority to offer early retirement and resignation incentives Anticipating that approval will be granted the base plans to accept applications for the two programs Oct 3 through Nov 4 Employees whose applications are denied would be notified positions "We're going to hear a lot of figures over the next few months" said Hill spokeswoman Tech Sgt Barbara Fisher "But we aren't sure because it's a dangerous world still and we could have requirements to build back up But right now we're going to cut" s Defense Department had determined in June that civilian employment levels across the system were not being reduced commensurate with overall force reductions The military services subsequently were told to accelerate and increase civilian cuts through fiscal 2001 Air Force officials at Ogden reacted to that memo with a degree of optimism saying Hill still could be in a position to get additional work amid the downsizing By Laurie Sullivan Role Models? Page Expects More Civilian Layoffs 097 BUSINESS - i -- - ' i id I r - ' f - - - 11r 1 - I - I e 1 i f ' a è - it' i ' i' - : k - - ' f ' - Ir097-e0- I - 1 ld - 'f :- t' - N t ' ! :' - t 7 4 ' :'' - - li 2000-square-fo- ' e:' rf'4 e - - - Lynn R Utah native Kathryn Kende 11 first 34 the state ACLU's full-tim- ACLU Lawyer to Leave Utah Take Up Ken-de- ll full-tim- e Sall Lake Tribune and legal smarts with a disarming sense of humor Kende 11 has played an important role in successfully challenging a Utah law forbidding most elective abortions She helped win a ban on graduation prayers at public schools but failed to secure similar limits on prayer at Salt Lake City Council meetings She says she is most proud of her victories in prisoner-right- s civil-righ- ts 11 After three years with perhaps the most despised organization in Utah Kathryn D says she has bittersweet emotions about leaving The staff attorney for the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday she soon will depart to head the legal department for the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco e Cause Gay-Righ- ts nificant litigation in recent years — causes rarely endearing her to conservative Utahns "We are often the pariah and the whipping boy because of the political climate in Utah" says Kende "I have felt on many occasions that individuals who don't like the ACLU demonize the people who work for it I have worked hard to make it difficult to demonize me" Blending feistiness eloquence "I find myself walking around with a big lump in my throat" says Kende 34 who leaves the Salt Lake City post Nov 1 "As a lifelong resident of Utah I have loved living here and I will always have tremendous respect for the community and the state as an institution" But as the Utah ACLU's first attorney the Weber County native and University of Utah Law School graduate also has pushed the states most sig By Tony Semerad THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Johnson-Th- lawyer has bittersweet feelings about leaving e SI See D-- 2 Column 4 Trip to Remember Morris Air Vice President Doug Terry and spouse Shannon recently went to Tucson with friends Shauna Vranes and Jeff Romney After shopping in a mall the women put their packages in their Hertz rental car and drove off Later when they met their companions they noticed a black bag containing several discs a small computer and a camera in the back seat Assuming it belonged to the person who earlier rented the car they returned it when they turned in the auto which they learned had been reported stolen In the mall parking lot the women had driven away in the wrong rental car which their key coincidentally fit At the Hertz counter the man who owned the bag was waiting He accused Terry of stealing it As the group headed toward their plane he screamed to police to apprehend them The Terrys and Vranes were detained Romney flew to Salt Lake where he too was met by police who checked his bags for another camera they were accused of stealing car-rent- Rough trip Whoops Again The forged name of yet another legislator has appeared on the petitions Rep was John Valentine on a petition in Utah County He didn't sign it The signer wrote down his Provo law office address as being in Orem term-limitatio- v ' ' t: 15' 9 4 wow10c 110 '5 '' n m 5' ' 4101''' 0 ‘ et-- - '" i ' r ' ::k p ' t i A - j h14'f By 1 i - 1 1 ve-- 3 474 r --- 1 i '''' 44- jr10agt4140" - k -- - 0 :'' i7 ) - ' 'to ' i 1 k e'f 'k A V' I ' f ovA'''i 1 - P : : :-- r:ek i : 411 : Danny Gallegos left Joan Pearson and Vicki English accuse SL police of misconduct in the investigations of their loved ones' murders The cases remain unsolved Murder Victims' Loved Ones Claim Cover-U- p Sue to See SL Police Investigation Files By Ted Cilwick THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ments in a bid to intervene in the lawsuit of He repeatedFrank Hatton-Warly has alleged police have ignored evidence that could lead to arrests of the killers s The request to intervene in suit against the city was filed by attorney Ross Anderson on behalf of: Danny Gallegos father of Christine Gallegos who was stabbed and shot near 1380 S Jefferson St in May 1985 Vicki English Frances and Yvonne Bryner mother and grandparents of Tiffany Hambleton a stabbing victim found in March 1986 in a ditch along 1300 South and Joan Pearson a friend of Lisa Strong who was shot and d ex-D- Survivors of three slain women disgusted by what they call lies and deception from Salt Lake City police for several years Thursday took legal action of their Hatton-Ward'- civil-righ- They filed court papers asking a state judge to open police files of the unsolved homicides "There are reasons to believe the SLCPD has sought to cover up its misconduct and now refuses to seriously pursue the investigation because of a fear that if a proper investigation is conducted it might prove just how wrong the SLCPD has been all along" the legal papers contend The women's survivors filed the docu ts 1111 See D-- 2 Midvale Soon May Join Other Cities Possession In Utah Outlaw Spray-Paint 4 - 'ik: t '):tt tt ''-- - - let-- l'g'- 4- inefN----- - -- ' own D P64' - - Column 4 Jon Ure THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MIDVALE — Within a month possession of a can of spray paint near fresh graffiti could earn you the close scrutiny of a police officer — and possibly a criminal charge Tired of increasing gang "art- - that blights bridges and buildings and costs tax money to repair the City Council probably will vote Sept 13 on a class B misdemeanor ordinance that would carry penalties of up to 6 months in jail and a $1000 fine As always those caught in the act of illegally adorning other peoples' property will be prosecuted But with the new law those possessing graffiti paraphernalia with "an in order to graffiti" will intent to use also be prosecuted "But it's not like you can arrest some kid for having a magic marker in his pocket" explained Sgt Jeff Jensen Midvale Police Department "You'll have to show a relationship between the person and some graffiti It's like finding cigarette rolling papers in your pocket — it doesn't arrest you" That's a relicf said Kathryn Kende 11 staff attorney for the Utah American Civil Liberties Union Although it's not in the Top 10 civil liberties concerns "to make the possession of it illegal is a constitutional problem" she said "More important than the legality or illegality of possessing a can of spray paint or making that illegal the fact is this is a Band-Ai- d approach" said Kende head-in-the-sa- "The law gives license for a cop who wants to abuse his or her authority to do so" Midvale Recorder Christine Pratt said graffiti certainly is not unique to her city "We have no more than everybody else but it's such a problem" said Pratt "This is a device to help get a handle on it some way" Tooele and West Valley City already have passed ordinances allowing officers to arrest minors during the early morning hours for possession of spray cans and devices to modify them for writing graffiti But in Tooele there have been only a few referrals to Juvenile Court since the law was enacted a year ago said Sue Casias of the City Attorney's Office West Valley City's ordinance has been in effect just a few weeks said Officer Dave Shopay Few if any citations have been issued and he said the law will not deter hard-coryouths "You could have the death penalty out there and they don't care" Shopay said "But the wannabe kids is who we reach It's nice to be able to tell kids we have something like this and tell them 'Look this is the way it is' It's an education and a warne ing" The law also "gives officers an excuse to deal with young people who are out" said Michelle Arciaga community coordinator for the Salt Lake Area Gang Project "You catch them out at 2 am and they're probably not working on a hobby project It won't cure the problem but it will get them off the street and maybe they won't be out the next night" i wetElol!qM1§eM67-Vi0—f0-0414M411- 4 0: 4 |