| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday January 1988- -3 11 Indicted Mecham to address Legislature today The indictment some lawmakers said makes it more likely that the Republican-controlle- d Legislature will try to Impeach Mecham who n recall election in the also faces a spring "(The indictment) persuades me that the House will vote out a bill of impeachment" said (UPI) — Gov Evan Mecham’s indictment on criminal charges will make it difficult for the increasingly hostile Arizona Legislature to work with the chief executive and probably ensures the House will vote to impeach him lawmakers say Less than 72 hours after being indicted by a state grand jury on perjury and fraud charges involving a $350000 campaign loan the Republican governor was to go before the Legislature today with his State of the State address ‘‘Nobody in his right mind knows or can guess what Monday may be like" House Minority Leader Art Hamilton said Sunday "Its going to be very tense in terms of us versus the governor” Senate Majority Leader Robert Usdane described the indictment and Mecham’s defense a scathing attack on Attorney General Robert Corbin as "a mess” "It certainly doesn't help anybody's effectiveness" Usdane said "But we have to work with him and he with us It makes things near-certai- more trying” Mecham has kept mum about his second-yea- r agenda which must address such issues as budget deficits air pollution and health care for the poor The state's largest newspapers — The Arizona Republic The Arizona Daily Star and the Tribune papers in Mesa Tempe and Chandler— have demanded Mecham’s resignation saying he cannot effectively govern while defending Sen Greg Lunn one of the first Republican lawmakers to urge Mecham to resign last August amid growing allegations of racial and sexual insensitivity and poor judgment within his administration Speaker Joe Lane said the House would not be swayed by the indictment but would wait for the report of its special counsel on impeachment William French due Friday himself against criminal charges A poll taken the day after Mecham was indicted showed 65 percent of those asked believed the governor should resign Taken by The Arizona Republic and KPNX-Tin Phoenix the poll showed 27 percent said Mecham should not resign The respondents were divided about evenly on whether he should be impeached But Mecham declared Saturday that "resignation is not an option" and that he is the victim of "political persecution” by Corbin a fellow Republican who denies he is a potential candidate in the new gubernatorial election Mecham accused Corbin of misusing the grand-jur- y system to obtain the indictment and called the charges "a mockery of justice" V Establishment laughed but Mecham persever ed and won governor’s post By United Press International Voters split the between Democrats allowing the derdog Mecham to capture the race with only 40 percent of the vote The day after the election Mecham sent chills through the black community and civil rights supporters when he re- newed his campaign promise to abolish a paid state holiday honoring Martin Luther King un-Ev- Mecham a Utah farm boy who grew up to be a fighter pilot and millionaire auto dealer spent 20 years pursuing Arizona's highest office before realizing his dream in Nov- - ember 1986 Projecting bright visions of a "new beginning" — less crime no drugs cleaner air and fiscal responsibility — he was inaugu- rated Jan 5 1987 as the state’s first Republican governor in 12 years Only days after the first anniversary of his administra- tion he faces criminal charges for allegedly concealing a campaign loan and a near- certain recall election if he does heed demands for his resig- nation or the Legislature does not impeach him The softspoken demeanor and trim slight build of the bespectacled Mecham who has endured endless iokes about his hair piece belie the public outcry that has raged since Mecham upset powerful former legislator Burton Barr the party’s choice for the Re-publican nomination in the 1986 primary The establishment laughed Three injured in plane crash Neighbors say when Mecham announced his candidacy in the summer of 1986 but his attacks on power brokers struck a chord with Arizonans particularly new residents unaware of Mecham’s runway on a takeoff attempt crashed into the Sea of Japan The four crew and 48 passengers were rescued and only Domestic Airlines turbo-proin the shallow waters near lies airplane in western Japan Yonaga Airport Sunday The plane unable to clear the Toa A p three injuries were reported past campaigns He hammered away at Barr accusing the politician often called rthe most powerful man linked to racism murder-suicid- e Til LACLEDE Idaho (UPI) — A jobless man who headed the only black family in this area of the Idaho Panhandle apparently killed his wife and her three children before committing suicide and neighbors said he felt he was a victim of racism The bodies were found in or near the burned out rubble of the family’s house in the hills above the Pend Oreille River just north of Hayden Lake headquarters of the white supremacist Aryan Nation Officials said Sunday they were examining charred bones and teeth in hopes of positively identifying three incinerated bodies found in the rubble Bonner County Coronor Gale Coffelt said remains believed to be those of Minnie "Serena” Brooks 20 and her infant son Jonathon were found Saturday Authorities believe Brooks her son and two stepsons Nathan and Malcolm about ages 5 and 3 were shot to death and their bodies burned Thursday night by Brooks’s husband Malcolm T Gray Firefighters found Gray’s body Thursday nignt — his 41st birthday It was leaning against a tree near the home with a bullet in the head The remains of the two older children were found Friday "In all probability he killed his family in the house set the fire walked down the hill waited for someone to respond to the fire and sat down and killed himself where he could be found" Sheriff Don Nelson said note and some rambling stamps were found in an open mailbox "He put us on notice that the family 'was destroyed’" Nelson said of the confused note Neighbors said the family — the only blacks living in the area — came from Tenneesee living in near total isolation in the rugged mountains with no phone or electricity and rarely going into town Gray they said had been unstable for the past two years in part because of a rift with his family in Tennessee and partly because he felt he was the victim of racism in an area where the small Aryan Nation band of white supremacists is A food three-pag- e Jr Wary opponents kept an eye and began the governor-elec- t the laying groundwork for the recall movement True to his word Mecham abolished the holiday one week after he was inaugurated He calmly defended his contention that the holiday had been dared illegally by his preon de-n- Democrat Bruce Babbitt even cooly debating decessor civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on national television During the administration's early days Mecham gained a reputation for speaking his mind and shooting from the hip When criticized ne would lash back with little worry At one point he declared the political columnist for a Phoenix paper a When blacks took offense to Mecham’s defense of the word “pickaninny" as a term of endearment Mecham said he would call blacks whatever they wanted to be called When Jews were appalled by Mecham’s statement that Jesus Christ was "lord of the land” Mecham said he was sorry Jews were offended but would not apologize for making the news-Septemb- "non-perso- - atomic weapons tests the 1950s and performed during 1960s of radiation exposure The 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April 1987 that the government was immune from a lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of radiation exposure some who have died of cancer and others who have cancer and other ailments an upset victory Mecham a conservative and constitutionalist making his fifth bid for governor campaigned as an outsider SHOWTIME self-describ- ed who would not be beholden to special interests against Demo- crat Carolyn Warner whose wealthy husband was tied to a group of elite businessmen Mecham’s pronouncements seemed even more appealing when millionaire businessman and Democrat Bill Schulz reentered the race as an inheadquartered dependent Schulz at one time the Democratic frontrunner dropped out of the race in 1985 but returned because he was “The injuries in this case conduct of the atomic tests in unhappy with the candidates would not have occurred question here” without the government’s act" Under federal law the govsomebody:$’attic lawyers for the victims argued ernment may be sued for inju39WI100N in their appeal "The Atomic ries caused by negligent acts of ALLMENS CLOTHING The justices rejected an apThose bringing the suit peal by some 1200 residents of Utah Arizona and Nevada who argued that the government say the jgovernment was could be sued because it failed negligent m monitoring the to comply with a law passed by tests and in failing to inform the Congress requiring test officials public of the hazards of testing to ensure the safety of citizens and ways to minimize the risk living near Nevada test sites Neurly 2 million people visited Zion park in ’87 ZION NATIONAL PARK Utah (UPI) — A record of nearly 199 million people toured southwestern Utah's Zion National Park during 1987 indicating the park can expect more than 2 million visitors this year officials said Sunday "The final travel figures are in and showed a total of 1986382 visitors in the park during 1987" said Superintendent Harold Grafe up 7 percent from the previous year It was the third consecutive year for record tourism at Utah's oldest national park created in 1909 "and continues the visitation trend that should result in 2 million visitors this year" Grafe said Because of its location just off Interstate Highway 15 about 300 miles south of Salt Lake City Ranger Bob Lineback said most of the tourists probably stop off at Zion on their way to Grand Canyon or Yellowstone national parks or to Southern California However the Energy Commission itself had its employees the duty to provide for the government is immune from e safety of the public and suits challenging discretionary it created the risk of harm conduct In this case the 2nd Circuit through its atomic weapons ruled that the government had testing" Justice Department lawyers only a broad mandate to protect urged the court not to hear the the public and could not be sued case saying "There is no because there was no evidence evidence that any AEC safety of a single negligent act resultregulations were violated in the ing in injury off-sit- w Wr z "z T MEET OUR FRIENDLY STAFF T PRICE WOMENS SKIRTS CCC Audiologlot Kim Hillyard Renee Hillyard Offica Monagar Racaptloniit Hearing Testing Hearing Aids Listening Devices r ICOkK 7 Q '£s 129 E 1400 Logan 753-717- 1 7 ON SHOWTIME NOT ON HBO: i SMOWUMI’TW MOMF CMMMfl MW to SHCAVlMr !M MTU ML 1N Tp SqUlNmi (Jitf dv Of Hw Mw (tom MM I’HMMl 9PM JAN 11 Coble Channel 17 fife m-- m TAX ON INTEREST? 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