Show -- 3 Z ' r 332515 ” a MM -- CITv -£ - " e - - C — Md r- i jt -- ill-’ VoL85No311 Thursday December 29 1994 1 50 Cents Logan Utah © 1994 Bridgerland’s Daily Newspaper Landlord jailed briefly for not cleaning properties By JoLynne staff writer J Landlord David Walker’s attorney Lyon Shannon Dernier said his client’s sen- tence which filled three pages was A local landlord was booked into the Cache County Jail Wednesday after he violated the terms of his probation handed down last week But within hours David Walker was released from the y jail sentence a new trial for misdemeanor pending charges of allowing litter and scrap metal on his rental property excessive “When you make such a complicated sentence it’s impossible for my client to carry it out” Dernier said Last week Logan Municipal Judge 10-da- Cheryl Russell sentenced Walker for eight Gass C misdemeanor counts: four of allowing litter and four of allowing scrap metal to stay on his property On each count Walker received 90 days of jail time ami a $750 fine plus a surcharge of $26250 for a total of $8100 But the jail time and all but $675 of the fine would have been suspended if Walker successfully followed the stipulations g of his probation period year-lon- The stipulations included orders for Walker to certify that he had cleaned up four properties near 400 North between 300 and 500 East By Wednesday two of the properties were to have been cleaned up Logan Police Sgt Russ Roper said that though Walker had apparently cleaned them both properties still had some litter left On Wednesday afternoon Walker was booked into jail to serve 10 days and fined $250 for violating one of the provisions of his probation Dernier filed for a new trial and Walker went home two hours after entering the Cache County Jail Russell suspended all the jail time and fines imposed in her sentence pending a new trial in Circuit Court Demler said Walker is simply unable to follow the stipulations of what he called What's an “unreasonable” sentence more he said the sentence should hac fit the crime not the desires of the people in the courtroom When W'alkcr was sentenced last week 40 residents who live near his property turned out to the trial The judge invited See LANDLORD on page 12 Clinton opens search for new US spy chief WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton is opening a search for a new CIA chief to polish the h spy agency’s image in the of nearly a decade of treachafter-mat- ery by Russian mole Aldrich Ames James Woolsey 53 resigned Wednesday after two tumultuous r$ years as CIA director during which he was dogged by the v V-'- Ames affair congressional criticism of the agency’s bloated budWar get and post-CoI- d restructuring WL V " 44 ‘ J Jr Woolsey cited personal and family considerations and the White House insisted he was not forced from office Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch the No 2 official at the Pentagon was said to be high on - James Woolsey the list of possible successors ' White House officials said however it was too early to speculate on Dcutch 56 has a reputation as a demanding taskmaster and a front-runne-rs shrewd political and strategic adviser to the White House He has been at the center of many of the administration’s most sensitive decisions on the use of military force particularly the operation in Haiti Haunting the selection process is the case of Ames the 31-ye- ar CIA veteran sentenced to life imprisonment after confessing he served as a paid Russian agent for eight years turning over secrets said to have caused Moscow to execute several key US intelligence agents Sen Dennis DeConcini the outgoing chairman of D-A- riz AP photo The casket of David Hilemon Is removed from a hearse at his graveside funeral ceremony Wednesday helicopter crash in North Korea prior to Christmas the Senate Intelligence Commit- tee had complained that SEOUL South Korea (AP) — Hours after President Clinton demanded the release of Bobby Hall North Korea countered today with a handwritten statement purportedly from the American pilot asking forgiveness for “a flagrant violation of international law” It wasn’t clear whether the statement was an indication that North Korea is ready to free Bobby Hall or an attempt to intensify pressure for a public US apology It was impossible to know whether Hall wrote and signed the statement as the North Koreans claim or if he did under what type of pressure Although most of the Ames spying took place before Woolsey assumed command of the CIA early in 1993 his decision not to severely punish the CIA officials for whom Ames worked stirred a storm on Capitol Hill The statement dated Christmas Day was released after inconclusive talks Wednesday between North Korean officials and US diplomat Thomas Hubbard Another session was scheduled for today in Pyongyang the North Korean capital Hall was captured Dec 17 after his helicopter went down in North Korean territory died and his body was returned His last week Korea News Service in Tokyo a agency today released a photograph of the handwritten statement it said it had obtained from North Korea statement is headlined The seven-pag- e co-pil- ot pro-Nor- Dietary supplements Group wants compromise changes Sens Orrin Hatch D-lo- R-Ut- ah wa and the authors of the Senate version of the new law say discussions of changes are preliminary until they see how the FDA implements it th OH-58A- FDA outlawing Vitamin C generated 2 million consumer letters to Congress After two years of bitter debate Congress in October passed a compromise setting the first safety standard for supplements requiring rules makers to follow the FDA’s health-claifor four years while a presidential commission studies whether the rules arc too strict However it ensured consumer access to sup- foments and allowed manufacturers to label E ow they affect bodily function such as a label saying “Vitamin A is important for good m The Utah State basketball team had no trouble with Wednesday night at the Gossner Foods Classic in gress and present the will of the people” At issue is regulating the $4 billion dietary supplements industry The FDA planned to keep the industry from making unproven claims that supplements cure or prevent disease but manufacturers contended it really would ban supplements Companies spent $2 3s million in lobbying and with ads depicting the pre-mark- et approval to sell food ingredients as supplements restrictions on information stores can offer about products the high safety standard and restrictions on health claims for four years instead of the two years the industry preferred 8 the Spectrum Index 3 20 18 13 16 4 Weather Where is winter? The question is the topic of conversations across the valley And it doesn't look like things will be chang12 ing soon See VITAMINS on page 12 Annual IRS mailing deluge to mark the new year ss tax The schedules don’t indude any of the middle-clabreaks that President Ginton and Republicans in Congress have been talking so much about in recent weeks Rather the forms will look very much like the 1993 edition although there are some extra tax breaks for e families and an extra tax bite for Social Security recipients IRS Commissioner Margaret Milner Richardson said a major goal of the agency this year is to expand the use of such high-tec-h procedures as filing returns by Touch-Tbn- e and home personal computer telephone ss low-inco- higher-incom- -C Glickman begins transition WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Glickman begins the transition congresstoday from nine-terman and frequent defender of m Bridgeiiand Classified ads Comics Discover Letters to the editor Obituaries But the Nutritional Health Alliance contends the law gives the FDA too much power It objects to the requirement of State Lewis-Clar- k vision” WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the White House middle-clamay be trying to outdo each other with offers of a busiit’s Service Revenue tax cut but at the Internal ness as usual as another tax season officially opens The Postal Service is scheduled to begin delivering 109 million 1994 tax forms and postcards next Tuesday But as in past years some post offices have already jumped the gun The forms regardless of when they are delivered will be due back on April 17 April 15 the traditional deadline falls on a Saturday in 1995 AP photo killed in a “CONFESSION” Only the first and last pages are clearly visible US officials had no immediate comment on whether it appeared to be Hall’s handwriting In the statement released by the North's official news agency Hall said he was on a reconnaissance mission when his helicopter “deviated from the route” and crossed into North Korea He did not admit to spying and gave no explanation for the deviation but said “I admit that this criminal action is inexcusable and unpardonable However at home my parents wife and kids are anxiously waiting for my return to them” Inside Tom Harkin was North Korea releases pilot’s statement Woolsey’s actions in clearing the wreckage left by the Ames affair were weak and inadequate But he called Deutch “a very competent fellow” and said he would be an excellent choice to head the agency The White House officials said Ginton soon will begin to concentrate on his choice and said it is likely he hopes to conclude the search in the next few weeks Woolsey agreed to stay through the end of January if necessary WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitter congressional battle over regulation of the dietary supplements industry considered settled when President Ginton signed compromise legislation this fall may not be over after all Some supplement makers now say the law lauded as a historic compromise just two months ago needs changing because it still gives the Food and Drug Administration too much authority over vitamins herbs and other supplements The supplement makers insist they’re not fighting the battle again merely because of the new Republican Congress which incoming Speaker Newt Gingrich vows will be less regulatory although they acknowledge that will certainly help “Hie people will be respected and not protected as if they were ignorant cattle — that’s the change that just took place in Congress” said Gerald Kessler head of the Nutritional Health Alliance “We would like to go back into that Con- - in Gig Harbor Wash Hilemon The IRS will offer free electronic filing services at 126 of its offices up from 40 last year The agency estimates that 155 million taxpayers will file electronically and in 29 states they will have the option of filing both their federal and state returns in a single electronic transmission In addition the IRS is pushing the use of personal computer programs to aid filing including greatly expanding a that allows taxpayers to file their returns directly home computer Kam See TAXES on page 12 farm programs to an agriculture secretary who may preside over cuts in crop subsidies and other politically sensitive farm supports Glickman was to meet today with the man he replaces Mike Espy and his policy advisers to get a better sense of where the administration is headed as debate on the 1995 farm bill approaches Espy leaves office this week because of an ongoing ethics investigation into his conduct as secretary farm bill covers The five-yenutrition conservation agriculture and forestry programs that make up the bulk of the department’s 1995 budget of more than $67 ar Glickman has helped write three farm bills during his 18 years as a House member from Kansas a leading wheat and cattle state But the 1995 debate may be the most difficult with both Republicans and Democrats expected !to respond to voter demands to cut government spending His nomination Wednesday by President Ginton was welcomed by a wide spectrum of farm and consumer groups ) mMw i A 4 r 4 - 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