Show latmtier Serving Weber North Davis Morgan and Box Elder Counties 97th Year Ogden Utah Saturday June 2 1984 No 154 25$ Daily 75$ Sunday Indians’ motion denied By SCOTT LLOYD Standard Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge Friday denied the Ute Indian Tribe’s motion for a preliminary injunction which would have blocked closure of the InSchool termountain Inter-tribin Brigham City al Indian leaders contacted Friday refused to admit defeat but the decision by US District Judge David K Winder appears to destroy their last hope that the boarding school 34-year-- remain open The tribe located at Fort Duchesne sued the US Interior Department and asked for an injunction blocking the June 30 closure Three other tribes from Arizona and Idaho supported the Ute tribe as friends of the court In a hearing May 24 attorney Martin E Seneca Jr argued that the Bureau of Indian Affairs was Thick black smoke from a fire at a storage yard at Smith nlubboir By WENDY OGATA Standard Examiner staff ir Steve JonesStandard Examiner & Edwards Country Store billowed hundreds of yards into the air Friday er boarding schools But Winder ruled that the bureau was properly using appropriated funds as allowed by the Snyder Act and that the bureau properly detailed its plans for program transfers in an April 1983 report The judge noted that some of the school’s programs were by the Indian Health Service a separate government agency and therefore the bu- A fire fueled by liquid rubber touched off explosions and sent a billowing pillar of black smoke up hundreds of feet into the air Friday evening from the Smith & Edwards Country Store storage yard As of late Friday night the cause of the blaze was unknown The fire was contained to an area about 200 yards south of the store It caused no damage to the building and it will be business as usual today according to Jim Smith general manager Weber County Fire District Chief Jay Goodell said several barrels of liquid rubber were being stored hundred on the property by a northern Weber County resident who had been directed two years ago to dispose of the material Smith confirmed this but He declined to disclose the owner’s name Other than the rubber Goodell said some toxic materials were possibly involved in the blaze Fire authorities plan to sift through the charred remains with health officials to determine exactly what burned in the fire The blaze reported shortly before 6 pm was initially treated as a toxic fire but firefighters found they were able to work at the site without air packs Goodell said In the early stages of the fire authorities said if the wind blew the thick smoke onto nearby Interstate 15 the highway might have to be closed 50-gall- ad-minste- red reau is not responsible for trans- ferring them A preliminary injunction “would contravene the mandate of Congress” that the school be closed Winder ruled “It does not appear probable that the plaintiffs suit would succeed on its merits” he said on “I’m very disappointed I felt there was a chance” said Josiah However the wind cooperated and dissipated most of the smoke to the south at a high elevation The towering pillar of smoke was reportedly visible from as far away as Salt Lake City Occasional explosions that sent orange fireballs billowing into the air were also visible at the scene See FIRE on 2A improperly using government funds to arrange the closure without first seeking an appropriation specifically for that purpose He further argued that the bureau had not submitted an adequate plan for transferring the school’s unique programs to oth- Steve Several hundred 50-gall- on JonesStandard-Examine- r cans of liquid rubber stored improperly were burned Doside Moore chairman of the Papago Tribe at Sells Ariz one of the tribes that joined in the suit “When we get copies of the proceedings we will share them with our Arizona congressional delegation and tell them what did happen that the bureau did not really consult parents about the closure” Moore said “Nobody seems to listen to us” said Maxine Edmo chairwoman of the Shoshone-Ban-noc- k Education Committee in Fort Hall Idaho “That was the best vocational school we had and the only one with those special programs” mmn Common heritage won’t unite protesters with president’s policies Ireland (UPI) — Presiwho recieves academic honors today is savoring the joys of discovering his Irish roots but finding hositility to his policies in the land of GALWAY dent Reagan his ancestors The president’s arrival at Shannon Airport Friday on the first leg of a European swing was marked by a rainbow in the sky and protests on the ground against his Central American and nuclear policies After spending the night at fairytale Ashford Castle in County Mayo Reagan arranged to fly to Galway where the National University of Ire- 10-d- ay Korean Christians NCAA 1C champs Two Utahns win NCAA titles 4B Higher still The Great Salt Lake is greater land was to present him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree At the same time Reagan whose Michael Regan emigrated to the United States will sign a special proclamation commending Galway on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of its charter Both the university’s students and professors were prepared to stage protests against the conferring of a degree on Reagan saying they are opposed to IB great-grandfath- er (3 Sections 36 Pages) Church News Classified Comics Editorials C Section LocalMetro Mini Page B 8B-15- B 2B-3- B 4A Section 5A Movies Obituaries 6A-7- A Sports 4B-6- Television Utahthe West Weather the “militant policies” of the United States in Central America and object to the university “being made part of his campaign” But White House aides were hoping n to defuse the demonstrations with the surprise announcement 7B B 2B on 8A 2A anti-Reaga- T ) that Secretary of State George Schultz had met with top Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega in Managua Friday directed by PresiMexican was inspired by Reagan dent Miguel de la Madrid who has been advocating a negotiated peace rather than a military solution to the strife in Central America About 300 protesters were blocked by police about a mile from Shannon Airport Friday and carried signs reading The new initiative “Reagan Warmonger” “Butcher of El Salvador” and “Ronnie Reagan’s no good — send him back to Hollywood” Irish President Patrick Hillery was much more gentle but in his welcoming remarks at the airport he told Reagan that his interview with Irish television correspondents “displayed an appreciation of the sincere anxieties of many of our people in relation to world affairs” “We feel that it is our duty to express or genuine concern about such matters” Hillery added In turn the president touched on world affairs in his response saying “the challenges to peace and freedom that we face today are neither easy nor free from danger But face them we must and surmount them we can providing that we remember the rights of individual liberty and of government resting on the consent of the governed ‘The challenges to peace and freedom that we face today are neither easy nor free from danger But face them we must’ — Ronald Reagan are more than the sole possession of the dispute in Northern Ireland “Americans are people of peace” he chosen few they are universal rights ev“We have known and suffered the said men from women God to and gifts trauma of war and witnessed the fruits erywhere “And-thosana are of reconciliation That is why we pray crucial rights — chor for stability in a troubled world tolerance and reconciliation will one a world where peace is threatened by day unite Catholics and Protestants in governments that oppress their citizens Northern Ireland in a spirit of commurenounce God and prey on their neigh- nion and community and that is why bors” those who advocate violence or engage Reagan won applause from a gather- in terrorism in Northern Ireland will ing of 200 dignitaries at the tightly never be welcome in the United guarded airport when he referred to the States” |