Show fol 87 No 253 Monday October 21 1996 Inside Logan Utah ©1996 Brldgerland's Daily Newspaper Court upholds ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ policy WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court today turned down u challenge by a homosexual former Navy officer to the Clinton administration's “don't ask don't tell" policy on gays in the military lire court without comment rejected former I! Paul Thomasson's argument that the policy violates homosexual serh vice members’ rights and discriminates against them irrationally Thomasson was forced to leave the Navy last year alter writing a letter to his commander that said “I am gay” Today's action was not a ruling on the merits of (lie issue and docs not preclude the high coun granting full review of the frcc-spccc- Hilda Fronske says sports enthusiasts should get a cue Page 9 policy in some tiiiuic case Hut the justices let stand a lower coutt's luling that upheld the policy adopted alter months of controversy In other developments the court: Refused to let Albuquerque NM bar a film that seeks converts to Christianity from being shown at federally funded senior-eilize- n centers City offid cials said showing the lilm at centers would violate the constitutional- court handed advocates a major victory by ruling that Colorado gay-righ- ly ts voters could not ban stale and local laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination Hut that ruling did not address the legality of homosexual conduct In 9K the justices upheld a Georgia law that criminalized homosexual sex between consenting adults required scpaiaiion of church and slate Ordered a lowci court to reconsider — in light of a new immigration law signed by President Clinton last month — whether US oflieials in Hong Kong 1 ClinliiiTs “ilim'i ask don t p'ii cv was a compromise that icsidied congressional repudiation ol Ins to lilt the longstanding lun mi mxs hi the military The xlicv is inn nded n ki gays serve as long as tlicx keep linn sexuality private Thomasson who lives in the Distiiii pl-d- of Columbia winked !' By Jenie Skoy staff writer PROVIDlNCi footage limn Family Fun Night in honor of Ribbon Weer is bom 7 9 tonight at the Community Reation CeMe? 195 S 100 West Logan a fish pond downs lac ActvSM will All are mzited story telling and pai' Ti ad zity is sponsored by the Bear Rivei Health Department and the P7A A raes PagG 4 Other events Weather A temporary warmirtg will move in Tues- day but don 't expect much Page 8 Index Clasvf-ed- Cache 4 s Comics 13 1 Crossword Moves Sports 11 1 8 6 imvia ( uni ( u In the I’ruv idenee Inn lei-ln- l ilmi 1: 5fi million homes i i n n 1: v in wm Id this morning ' OV( lii mie shopping i iitinn I I ()( Crew memheis limn turned the I’rmideuu Inn im telex isinii studio at 7 a m lodux ond' with came x caving tlnough the inn s chapel a mass ol lights and ahmii 'dlcicw imn hers This week on () ( is Ji dn it ed to Utah xeiulms ihe shnxx nil! leatllie ( N I pioducl' and will In broadcast Irmn Hi Imuimis in tile stale I his i' the lii't linn-OVhas in Cache f minibut the second xcat it Ins U in broadcast limn t iah Imaiimi said Paul Kell v a A ( ln : " llicx 'xe pul I’ihx idem e n the map di limn lx Mi hi a Davis who alone iiii in wm SollVU owns I lie IT 'X i I' n Inn 'I lie hioailcasl also liaiuiil a clip ol n al om pm duccrs in t lie xullcv im Imliiii1 box-offi- Cache tonight Mil is id 9-- ’s long-standi- liiii 'in Im who administered the puliev The Navy based ITn mi n charge on his statement ihit In and there were no liiidiutjs engaged in hoiunsexiid emu! Ml A lateral judge upheld tin as did the 4lli I S ( iuii: f ime Appeals by a live from Providence Hollywood can’t kick smoking habit NkW YORK (AP) — llic brash young Wall Streeter flicks a flame to light his wife’s cigarette then plucks one front the pack for himself lie next stretches across a table and gets his father-in-lawcigar going The billowing smoke isn't confined to Hollywood's new romantic comedy stal“She's the One” Such warts as John Travolta Hruce Willis and Whoopi Ooldherg all puff through their recent films Despite legions of Americans who’ve kicked the habit smoking on the silver screen has not diminished since the surgeon general first linked cigarettes to cancer heart disease and other ailments 3 12 decades ago two studies show In a society that's banned smoking from many public places kicked the Marlboro Man off roadside billboards and determined secondhand smoke is a health hazard the celluloid behavior can seem strikingly out of killer Moviemakers insist the smokes are just props a wav to define tough or rebellious characters enhance romantic scenes or evoke earlier eras when smoking was common Hut advocates fume that Hollywood willfully or not is glamorizing cigarettes 'they note that TV shows have largely given up tobacco and suggest that more imaginative ways exist to summon nostalgia — tail-fi- n ( 'adillacs and Nehi grape soda for two examples Moreover the haze is reviving concerns the tobacco industry is paying for its pnxlucls to appear in movies Such “hidden advertising” would violate the federal requirement that tobacco ads include the surgeon general's warning that smoking is hazardous to health “At the very least (filmmakers) arc being grossly irresponsible" asserted Dr Stanton Glanlz a University of California pmfessoi of medicine who has chronicled Hollvwood's habit (ilantz in a random sampling of films scenes from ft 2 released from IWI to I WO found that overall tobacco use in movies remained level over three decades And even though smoking by the lead characters dropped somewhat it was still three limes that of real people in similar demographic groups — 05 percent to 10 percent by (ilantz 's reckoning in 1004 may refuse It) issue immigrant visas to Vietnamese boat people Agreed to use a former Idaho state employee’s lawsuit to decide how quickly government officials sued in state courts may appeal a denial of immunity Earlier this year the nation's highest city-owne- Update Entertainment About 50 Cents 1 lh-e- I i Robert HendricfcsHerald Journal The Providence Inn was host to a live broadcast on OVC cable television's shopping channel this merning The Quality Value Channel will be broadcasting from different locations in Utah all week DETROIT (AP) — Hob Dole and Jack Kemp focused on their economic plan By Miriam Rand University student was killed and another was seriously injured in separate accidents Sunday night after ice coated US Highway in Wellsville Canyon causing I both students' ears to spin out of control and into the path of oncoming vehicles Killed was Adrienne lliomsnn 19 (M - 4925 South Ogden A Utah Highway Patrol press release said I liomson's car was headed north through Ihe canyon just north of Weston Sherwood Hills resort at about 7:30 pm when she lost control of her car on the ice and spun backward and into the path of a southbound Honda Accord driven hy Scott E Carter 35 349 S Willard Park Hoad Mantua 'Ihomson was pronounced dead at the scene Carter and passengers Kristen Carter 10 Dalian Carter 5 and Melissa Carter 3 were taken to X9-9- I- logan Regional Hospital where Kristen Carter remained in satisfactory condition this morning with facial and mouth injuries Scott Carter was treated for cuts and a broken breast hone and released Dalian Caller was alvi treated for internal injuries and then released Melissa Carter had no apparent injuries An accident on the north summit of Dry I Jikc about 10 minutes later seriously injured l'SU student Ann M Kruger IS of Salt lakc City A Highway Patrol press release saiJ Kruger was traveling north through the canyon when she lost control of her 970 lord Pinto after hitting a patch id black ice and spun into the path of a southbound four-whedrive pickup truck driven by Cory I vm:n 37 Salt like Citv POOR COPY 1 t- - X Dole pushes economic issues staff writer See A( (T DENTS on Page ( mi Page Thecam4aign Canyon crashes kill one injure five A Utah State ' 0 Sit H in a crucial Midwestern other Democrats are criticizing their tax cut plan in order to “drive a wedge" between labor and employers “You cannot hate employers and You cannot form employment without forming capital” Kemp said setting They spoke in a town hall-lik- e organized by the Republican Governors Association held at a Detroit Diesel Corp plant that employs (300 people and has turned itself from an industry laggard to a leader in heavy engine manufacturing Although Dole and Kemp contended the economy is working at a much slower pace than it should he some of the governors acknowledged that it actually looks pretty gtxxl Hut they said Clinton didn't deserve the credit “The economy has never been belter Hut let me tell you it's the governors ol this country who have made the difference " said Ohio Gov George Vninovich Clinton meanwhile spoke to a rain- - battle- ground state today insisting the economy was stagnant and would perform much better if taxes were cut and the federal budget balanced “It's about growth it's about opportunity it's about jobs it's about Ihe private sector" Dole told Republican governors and private business leaders “We believe there are great opportunities The mainstay ol this campaign is the economic package" Dole the Republican presidential nominee said his plan lo cut income taxes by 15 percent give lamilics a lax cialit and halve the $50(1 would spark investlax capital gains ment and job growth He also insisted pcr-chil- d that his campaign still had a chance to overtake President Clinton "There's a lot of movement out there" Dole said "People are beginning to listen" Running mate Kemp ‘aid Clinton and i'r soaked audience :: it 'In Minn i nl ol iiiiimm Cuyahoga campus lege Hillside Clexili:ul till im m i Mu dent loan program iliil kud The president sml the i pm " l!l u me- gram was an cxumpL ' u with Dole who vo d h an gram's creation in I 'Ml' t In cut it hack anil i up: li n : :n Dole atlackeil tin Deitoi weekend al stops in tinli i Kipuh Mean slates Ini n eenl iix ‘nisi people with 'ie- - 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I - Clinton praises student loan program -- Ohm (Al1) Slicking to a staple id his reelccimn rhcinnc I'rcsidenl Clinton today hailed a new rexirt indicating the increasing popularity of a student loan program that bypasses hanks Addressing students and iaeully at the I'arma campus of Cuyahoga ( ommunity College- outside Cleveland Clinton said more than IWKI colleges now participate in the I ducaiion Department's direct student loan prou'am up iiorn l2Vi a year ago He cited figures pom an Education iJtpaiinicni report released today that also said both college's and students prefer the direct loan approach ( claimed it has saved students an average- ol $19(1 on college loin eosis by eliminating hanks as middlemen ( Imam cited the dt'cel On a gray and wet loan idea as an exaMrk d Imn le differs with Rtjieihlieaii nxal Hob Dai who xolid against the program's creation in l'r'rl “He's tried to eut it haek and cripple it ever PARMA p" i J '''A jl - Itn-to- - -- f 1 d-- V ( UNION on I’agefl jU Prevdent Clinton maFe a prji- -i ns Fund r erection Sunday -1 dnc h V:-- address s' f- - S : |