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THE DAILY Oscars create questions See page B1 TTl 11 TYTfTl XI. XiLxl. XL mx Friday, March 23, 1990 Southern Edition 35 Briefs Bangerter supports bunking, Idaho bill Activists pressure Andrus to sign anti-abortion law loose ends left over. Among them are technical shortcomings in the newly passed liquor reform bill, but Bangerter said he's confident any glitches can be worked out. "With any major reform piece of legislation, you can never be certain there aren't any problems," he said.

Bangerter said it isn't likely that a special session would be needed to further discuss liquor reforms, but he said one might be called to discuss expansion of the Salt Palace. "I'm fully supportive of the project and I think the Legislature is. I think the votes are there," he said. But the governor cautioned that he would summon lawmakers back to the Capitol only if he was sure legislative leaders agreed on a bond proposal for the expansion project. Bangerter said funding for the project shouldn't be a problem.

"I think it's totally achievable," he said. During its own recent legislative session, Utah lawmakers stopped short of passing tougher abortion statutes. Instead, the legislators passed a resolution opposing abortion of demand. "We will study and watch during the next year and will potentially deal with more restrictive laws. When we do it, we will do it well, do it legally and we won't be overturned, Bangerter said.

Concerning the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Utah over prison overcrowding, Bangerter said if the state loses, taxpayers could pay up to $30 million a year to improve conditions at Point of the Mountain. "I think we are treating them (prisoners) as well as we possibly can," he said. "I don't support the concept of building a penthouse out there. I double-bunked my kids and they hadn't done anything wrong." On another issue, Bangerter said Utahns are pleased with progress made by the 1990 Legislature, but he acknowledged there were a few of birth control," committee legislative director Doug Johnson said, predicting the bill will withstand a court challenge. Hundreds of telephone calls, messages and letters flooded the governor's office again today as lobbying by both camps shifted completely to Andrus after Thursday's 25-17 state Senate vote approving the ban on abortion as a method of birth control.

The Senate quickly followed that vote by sending Andrus repeal of the state's 1973 law imposing prison terms on women and doctors involved in abortions if the court ever reversed itself. The governor had called for repeal of that law, which he signed in the wake of the land man; court ruling. conning up roses for new Dixie coach SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gov. Norm Bangerter, saying there's nothing wrong with double-bunking at Utah State Prison, is urging federal judges to use caution when ordering states to ease overcrowding at their penitentiaries. Bangerter, speaking at his monthly televised news conference Thursday, warned that if a pending federal court case ends in the state prison being prohibited from double-bunking, it will be Utah taxpayers who end up footing the bill.

"I would hope the judiciary of this country would recognize there's more to this theory than now much space or how much health care prisoners are entitled to," he said. The governor also said that Utah is prepared to support neighboring Idaho's anti-abortion bill. If the measure touted as the strongest anti-abortion law in the country is challenged, Bangerter said, Utah likely would file a friend-of-the-court brief. Everything by Doug fox Spectrum sports Editor ST. GEORGE Dave Rose has been Dixie College's head basketball coach for all of nine days and it still seems a little too good to be true for the ex-Rebel player.

But before he has to pinch himself to make sure he hasn't been dreaming it all, something always occurs which affirms the reality of his new responsibility. The telephone rings. And then it rings again and again. "I've spent a lot of time on the telephone," said Rose of his first week on the job at his new assignment. And a busy week it's been for Rose since Ken Wagner resigned March 14 to take the head position at BYU-Hawaii." When he's not on the phone, Rose is worrying about what needs to be done to get the Rebels in position once again to challenge for the Scenic West Athletic Conference championship and get back to Hutchinson, Kansas after a five-year absence.

"What every coach wants to do is set goals as high as possible," he said. "My goal would be to get back to the national championship and win it. And that's going to be our goal every year." Dave's family is still trying to get used to the idea of his new position. When his wife, Cheryl, tried to explain the situation to their daughter Channell, the 8-year-old grasped the most immediate implication that of the pre-game introduction. "Oh, now they'll announce daddy's name first," she said.

Pre-game etiquette aside, the Rebels just went through a down year, by their standards, with a v. BLM admits problems WASHINGTON (AP) The Bureau of Land Management's director acknowledges that poor enforcement by his agency of oil and gas regulations probably resulted in oil thefts, loss of Native American revenues and damage to the environment. However, Cy Jamison also said the BLM has found such occurrences are minor, and the federal bureau is taking steps to improve enforcement of the rules in the future. Jamison was responding to criticism in recent reports by the Interior Department's inspector general, the U.S. General Accounting Office and an investigative panel of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.

Statue vandalized SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Vandals have damaged a bronze statue in Utah's new Vietnam memorial, breaking off the barrel of a rifle borne by an infantryman, officials say. The heroic sculpture stands in the middle of a small plaza sur rounded by granite walls with marble plaques bearing the names of the 389 Utahns who died in the conflict. The memorial, located on the west grounds of the State Capi tol, was dedicated last Veterans Dav. The statue depicts a soldier carrying his own rifle and the weapon and helmet of a fallen comrade. The vandalism appa rently occurred over the weekend, said Paul Malovich of the Vietnam Era Veterans Me morial Committee.

Less secrecy SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A U.S. Supreme Court ruling, coupled with recent state lesi slative action, will take some of the secrecy out of Utah grand jury system, a special prosecu tor says. In a unanimous opinion, the justices declared unconstitutional a Florida law prohibiting grand jury witnesses trom reve aling their testimony. The ruling affects Utah and 15 other states with similarly severe restrictions. During the last grand jury investigation in Salt Lake County, attorneys were not sure they could even talk to their own clients because of the strict sec recy provisions in Utah's law.

"The matter of disclosure was discussed, and there was some concern about it, said attorney Rodney G. Snow, who served as the grand jury's special prosecutor in 1986. "Frankly, if you read the statute literally, witnesses couldn't discuss their tes timony with their own attorneys." In addition to the high court's decision, the Utah Legislature recently overhauled the state grand jury statute, revising the secrecy rules to permit lawyer client communication. Air Force must disclose plans SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -The Air Force has dropped its plans for an electronic battle field in Utah's western desert, but it still must disclose infor mation to a military watchdog group, a federal magistrate concluded. Magistrate Calvin Gould said that under the Freedom of Infor mation Act.

an aeencv must dis close information when asked, "regardless of the need or rea son for the request." Downwinders spokesman Ste ven Erickson praised the magis trate's report and recommenda tion Thursday to U.S. District Judge David Sam. Weather, See page 2 Bible Verse "The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace." Psalm 29:11 COLD DEAL! Maxine D. of St. George knows that The Dally Spectrum Classified Action Ads get fast results.

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"It's got a wide-ranging impact beyond the understanding of the people who voted for this here," said Jack Van Valken-burgh of the American Civil Liberties Union. He joined Planned Parenthood in promising the court test the National Right to Life Committee hopes to ignite with the Idaho law. "The people of Idaho have said strongly what millions of Americans believe, that abortion is not an acceptable means playing with current NBA All-Stars Akeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler a real tough break. After college, he coached for three seasons at Millard before giving up that job to be an assistant at Pine View, where he could learn under Lynn Christensen and get closer to Dixie College in the process. In one year's time he got the offer from Wagner to be an assistant at the college.

Now, three years later, he's in to the designation of additional wilderness in the United States. Learning said the $13.2 billion figure is a conservative estimate. "There's a tendency of proponents of wilderness to say that wilderness is priceless," Learning said Thursday. "It isn't. There's a price.

We need to decide if we want to pay the price. We ought to make an informed decision." Learning said if all 3.2 million acres under study by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah were designated wilderness, the state's $16 million F-16 and an emergency landing by a fourth fighter. Both Air Force Reserve pilots ejected safely after the accident Thursday night 30 miles southeast of Wendover in Utah's western desert, said spokeswoman Barbara Ann Vessels. Major Tom Ward, 37, Layton, and Capt. Ron Zimmerman, 36, Bountiful, were taken by helicopter to the Hill Air Force Base hospital and were in good condition with no serious injuries, she said.

The single-seat planes from the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing, a Reserve unit at Hill, were on a night refueling and air-intercept training mission when the crash occurred about 6:50 p.m. on the military's Wendover Range, she three years as enjoys a few the telephone. ST. GEORGE As the basketball turns at Dixie College, Dave Rose's stock spiraled upward when he was elevated to head coach after Ken Wagner's assistant. Here he moments on the court, away from (Spectrum Nancy Rhodes) roots, something he said needs to be done if the Rebels are to ink some real quality big men.

"To compete in this region," he said, "I think our front line needs to get bigger." The last 10 years of Rose's life have been marked by good fortune. After finishing his two years at Dixie College, for example, he really wanted to play ball for BYU. But when the Cougars showed no interest he ended up in Houston 19-14 record and fifth-place regular-season finish. That would be an acceptable standard for many schools, but at Dixie, it can't become an annual occurrence. Pressure is something most coaches feel at one time or another, but it's something Rose should be able to deal with from a player's perspective as well.

As a collegiate player, there's no bigger showcase than the NCAA Tournament. Rose participated in the big dance not once, but twice while at Houston three times if you consider his redshirt season. During those three years, his Houston Cougars made the elite eight once and the Final Four twice, including an NCAA championship contest against North Carolina State. Now that's real pressure. But whether as a player or a coach, Rose's goal simply remains the same.

It is, as Raider owner Al Davis would say, "Just win, baby!" "I don't think anybody can put any more pressure on me than I can put on myself," said Rose. "No one wants to win more than I do. I know that when you set goals sometimes, maybe they're unrealistic. It's like a salesman. He may say, 'Everyone I see today I want to sell That's a lot of pressure.

As a coach I want to win every game. Every salesman doesn make every sale I know I'm not going to win every game, but I'm sure as heck going to try to do it." Rose has been on the recruiting trail, beating the bushes before the April 12 signing day. His first weekend as coach was spent at an all-star game in Utah County and scouting BCI workouts in Las Vegas, Nev. He plans to make the trek to Alabama shortly for the BCI national tournament, in an attempt to expand Dixie's recruiting base from its Utah and Nevada "Health United States 1989," was released Thursday by Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan and Assistant Secretary for Health James O. Mason, a former director of the Utah Health Department.

Utah ranked best in the nation in its newborn mortality rate, with 4.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. The national average was 6.7, and the highest rate was 15.5 in the District of Columbia. frrir-gfr i -r-'ir-T-i-rinir-r-- js. Owens' wilderness proposal costly, harmful, Arizona economist claims SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Adopting Rep. Wayne Owens' proposal to designate 5.1 million acres of wilderness in Utah could cost the state $13.2 billion a year, an Arizona economist said.

George F. Learning of the Western Economic Analysis Center told participants in the National Wilderness Conference that protecting so much land would severely affect the mining, livestock and tourism industries. The three-day conference is sponsored by 150 groups opposed the front office and he knows it's a case of being in the right place at the right time. "There's no question about that. Some guys it takes 10 to 15 years.

Me, I was lucky. But right now I'm concerned about who's going to play for I think 1 11 feel a lot better about the job in the middle of April. After I ve signed a few kids maybe I can relax a little." That is, if the phone would just stop ringing. economy would experience of $9.2 billion each year, a loss This would create a loss of 93,600 potential and existing jobs, he said. Rep.

James V. Hansen's 1.4 million acre wilderness proposal would cost the state $1.4 billion, according to the economist. Gov. Norm Bangerter told conference participants it's "not realistic" to argue against the designation of additional wilderness in Utah, but said Owens' 5.1 million-acre figure was "totally unreasonable." Wendover said. Vessels could not say whether the planes crashed because of a midair collision.

The Tooele County Sheriff's Office said the site was remote and no officers were sent. Another F-16A crashed four miles northeast of Wendover Friday. The pilot ejected after the plane's engine failed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Air Force said the plane had undergone maintenance at Hill and was on a test flight. It would not comment on the cause of the crash.

About 10 minutes after the F-16A crash, a newer model F-16C made an emergency landing at Wendover, near the Nevada border, after catching fire. Two more F-16s crash near Pulling together SALT LAKE CITY San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, (far left), anchors a student tug-of-war team Thursday as pupils kicked off a campaign to aid an area in Mali. (AP) Utah ranks first in newborn WENDOVER, Utah (AP) Two more Air Force F-16A jet fighters have crashed near Wendover. The accident followed by less than a week the crash of another survival rate For older infants, however, Utah averaged 4.1 per 1,000 live births, put the state 44th of 50 states and District of Columbia. The national average was 3.6, the highest was 6.0 in the District of Columbia, and the lowest was 2.3 in Connecticut.

The combined overall infant death rate in Utah was 9.0 per 1,000, or 14th in the nation. The national average was 10.4. The highest average was 20.4 in the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON (AP) More newborns survive in Utah than in any other state and health care costs are among the nation's lowest, according to a new federal report. However, Utah has one of the lowest percentages of available hospital beds, spends about the least for mental-health care and among the highest rates of death for older infants.

The 300-page report, titled 1 vfc '-t.