Show - BikifiHMfentfs Insido — v —— — Journals liaiiy W-'V- 3 Cache metaphor for life USU said in a news release issued this morning As a result the cover was released before the spacecraft had stabilized in orbit and sunlight fell on the instrument's cryostat — an insulated Engineers at Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory have determined what may have caused the Wide-Fie- ld Infrared Explorer to malfunction resulting in the loss of the astronomy mission When WIRE’S power was switched on it die satellite’s first obit an caused a power surge that h of a second but was just probably sufficient to release explosive Update container of frozen hydrogen used to coed die telescope The spacecraft’s instability was then compounded when hydrogen gases from WIRE'S cooling system were released too rapidly The entire supply of frozen inte-circu- hydrogen was exhausted before the spacecraft could be brought under control According to USU the results of the one-40t- bolts securing the telescope’s cover :' Logan Utah : 0 1999 SOCents investigation have been reported to Space Dynamics Laboratory Executive Vice President Frank Redd who chaired lab's WIRE review board said operating glitches like the one in the $2000 circuit are routinely documented when they are discovered and reports of any problems accompany parts when NASA's WIRE Anomaly Review Board which is trying to determine why the $80 million satellite spun out of control shortly after its March 4 launch from Vandenberg Air Fence Base in California NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said earlier in the week it would be months before his agency issues its findings “We’re sure the report will say what we should have done” WIRE program manager Harry Ames said “It's like saying what the Jazz should have done after die game is over” they are purchased The problem WIRE engineers discovered has now been documented and appropriate alerts added to literature for future users Redd said Because USU engineers did not find the problem beforehand Ames told The See SATELLITE on Page 14 amy tolerance at end? Environment For heaven’s sake leave us in the dark Groups hail incest conviction as Utah milestone law-enforcem- ent SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a jury’s decision convicting a polyga- By Calvin Woodward mist of incest still echoed in the courtroom groups proclaimed an end to Utah’s Associated Press writer anti-polyga- WASHINGTON — A cosmic to tome people in lands a common thought expressed in many tongues: Where has the night gone? In the Middle East Muslim clerics say it's difficult to find the faint sliver of the new crescent mom because of glare from the ground In the Arctic native elders say legends drawn from the winter sky are becoming harder to pass on because village lights obscure heavens inhabited by spectral caribou and departed souls Rom the Himalayas in India retired geologist SB Misra thinks back on the Hindu star mythology he learned as a child and observes: “The clarity of the sky appears to vary from place to place and seems to have decreased with time in half a century” Call it light trash As development spreads so too do lights of civilization The dark frontier recedes — “It creeps up on you gradually" says University of Virginia astronomer Phil Ianna who some nights can see the city of Richmond's glow 70 miles away from his hilltop observatory Some worry the is nightscape primeval fading from n states sight Leaders in a scores of communities and groups internationally are acting to bring it back They are pushing for restrictions on light that shines wastefully into the illuminating nothing but the bellies birds as they like to say AssociaThe International Dark-Sk- y tion draws astronomers and other stargazers together to fight celestial glare For untold millions it says the “spectacular view of the night sky that lour ancestors had on dear dark nights no longer exists” ' Look up in an average suburb or city and on some evenings not much more than die moon some planets and a smat-ques-tionocc- attitude toward the peculiar lifestyle “This is not a polygamy free zone anymore” said Douglas White an attorney with Tapestry of Polygamy a support group for former polygamous wives intent on seeing polygamists prosecuted “There's not a single prosecutor in the state who is not watching what’s been done here today” White said A jury on Thursday convicted David Ortell Kingston 33 of one count each of incest and unlawful niece who sex with his far-flu- h — - USU lab pinpoints cause of satellite loss Combined Herald Journal and Associated Press reports A — had claimed she was forced to become his 15th wife Kingston acquitted cm two incest counts was hustled away in handcuffs and showed no emotion Third District Judge David Young scheduled sentencing for July 9 J&ingstoa faces possible penalties of op to five years in prison and a $3000 fine ou each of the two third-degr-ee felmry counts The closely watched case brought renewed attention to the practice of polygamy in Utah and other parts of the West where an estimated 25000 to 35000 polygamists reside Most belong to groups that are offshoots half-doze- ible It’s like watching a slide show in a lighted room says David Crawford president of the association Sources vary — it could be the distant superstore playing on glow of a ur the clouds a conglomeration rtf highway lamps erasing the stars a neighbor’s security light scattering its hush rays or all of that and more put together 24-ho- Weather end to Mother Nature the old witch? Page 14 On the Web of The Church of Jesus Christ of AP photo Saints which renounced leads polygamist David Orta! Kingston away Thursday after he waa con- Latter-da- y victed on one count of inceat and one count of unlawful sexual conduct Defense attorney Suaarme polygamy in 1890 under intense A 3rd District Court bailiff Gustin-Ferg- is courts Large-scaprosecution of polygamists has not taken place in Utah for more than four decades and the few isolated cases have centered on violations of bigamy laws In the Kingston case the judge le and attorneys repeatedly told the jury to consider it a case of unlawful sex and incest not polygamy But polygamy was unavoidable particularly as two women identified as David Ortell Kingston's wives by the victim took the witness stand for the defense After two days of testimony attorneys for both sides agreed in closing statements that the case hinged on the veracity of Kingston's niece now 17 and identified in court documents as MK Defense Stephen He and attorney se Susanne Gustin-Fiug- is said the girl lied to get away from her family and their strict rules against associating with anyone outside the Kingston clan It didn’t matter if there was a wedding on OcL 15 1997 as described by MK McCaughey said What mattered was that there was never sex between uncle and niece he pressure from Congress and the is pictured with Kingston attorney McCaughey attacked MK's version of events saying she offered eight different stories to authorities and noting that 20 times she testified she said she could not recall facts of the See POLYGAMY on Page 14 Flood warning canceled The loneliest guy in town but threat remains high Parks chief sees few visitors at bond election open houses if a little water continued to By Michael R Weibei staff writer The flood warning for Logan River has been canceled But forecasters said the possibility of additional flooding due to intense thunderstorm activity will remain throughout the spring Bill Alder chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City said showers this afternoon and tonight could drop 05 to 075 of an inch of rain in Cache Valley and the local mountains “The river’s going to stay high" he laid urging people to be cautious Alder laid he wouldn't be sur- - lood campgrounds in Logan Canyon and perhaps a few homes In a statement issued Thursday night Brian Mclnetney a hydrologist in the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office said the Logan River is expected to flow at or near capacity through as a result of the large inowpack at higher mid-Ju- ne late-seai- on elevations The snow is melting at a rate of an inch and a half per day He said the flood warning was canceled because cooler temperatures have Mowed snow melting in the mountains “Although the possibility for See FLOOD on Pfege 14 By Lance Pitcher staff writer Two months from a Logan bond election and one week into n series of open houses to scope the proposed projects there are a few things on Logan Parks and Recreation Director Russ Akina's mind “You want to do what you can to bring an informed voter to the polls” Akina said Sitting on the stage in the Adams School multipurpose room Akina faced tables of information he and Logan Parks Manager Joel Lundstrom set out earlier Thursday evening The room was quiet until Lundstrom saw it was 7:30 pm — time to go — and started folding up tables “You get irked when they say ‘I didn’t know anything about it'” Akina said know what they need to know before entering the polls Aug 3 to vote on five projects the city may bond for From a list of 35 miles of trail new park land an outdoor swimming pool improvements to the Logan Recreation Center and a skate park for skateboards and skaters Logan residents will have the chance to vote for or against each project On Thursday night Akina wrapped up the first week of open houses where people can come look over project designs and ask questions But there haven't been too many questions or at least too many people “It seems like each night we pick up a few more” Akina said Two here four there he said and the occasional Boy Scout troop looking for a public meeting to meet merit badge requirements for in-li- ne Akina’s optimistic Logan residents will See BOND on Page 14 Bombs still flying despite Kosovo peace plan BELGRADE Yugoslavia (AP) — NATO warplanes bombed an airfield near Belgrade and ranks in Kosovo today and Western generals began talks with their xhgoslav counterparts a day after Slobodan Milosevic's government accepted an international peace plan The West promised no letup in the allied bombings until there is a verifiable withdrawal of 40000 Serb forces from Kosovo and more than 855000 ethnic Albanian refugees are then allowed to return home In wake of Belgrade's acceptance Jacques Chirac said NATO would refocus its air cam- ated talks with their Yugoslav cour about a timetable for the withdrawal of i and paramilitary forces from the southern province Generals from the two sides will meet Saturday on the border between Macedonia and Kosovo to discuss the technicalities for a withdrawal NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said face-to-fa- ce Michael Jackson British commander of NATO troops in Macedonia preparing to enter Kosovo as part of a peace implementation force will represent the allies There will also paign “to strictly military objectives’’ The be a representative from Finnish President French president did not elaborate but it Martti Ahtisaari who convinced the Yugoslavs targets” — factories makappeared “dual-us- e ing both civilian and military products — would no longer be attacked y Chirac said at the conclusion of a European Union summit in Germany the 15 European leaden were “unanimous” m agreeing that NATO should modify its targets — and “our American friends” coocuned NATO kept up the bombing campaign that itarted Mans 24 even as alliance generals initi-two-da- Index Classifieds 21 Comics -- 17 17 Crossword Obituaries Opinion Sports 4 —a10 to accept the deaL Foreign ministers from the G-- 8 group — Russia and the seven major industrialized democracies that put together the peace plan — planned to meet Sunday to work out points formalizing the plan Although wididnwali are a key condition for ending the air campaign NATO officials say they want to see evidence that they have begun not jut an agreement tiwt it win happen AP photo hi On the stand of n nawpnpar vsndor the Yugoslav capital Bolgrada Jlw poQsa oi via ravpvnavrm pwn jr yivnv xm a cvnai ov m paaov mvi for mv Erang iwpvip w ' Kosova mu wu iwinv nDvaow r 'V - 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