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2iM 033312 383390 2 Data Corp 3322 3 rd East Salt Ldke Ci lTT 64115 Lighting rehearing denied See page 2 Jl lr-i (Jill I Marathon countdown underway See page B1 A ui yuui shell See page 5 SOUTHERN EDITION Copyrighted SINGLE COPY PRICE: 35' ST. GEORGE, UTAH VOLUME 27 NUMBER 220 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1989 20 PAGES The Daily S3 (TVW If 1M 1 1 Briefs Medical examiner poisoned by cyanide gas in cadaver 1 l.M.illlUillll IMIIIIIIIIIIII I I I II mill Mill jr it X1' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The state medical examiner said he and an orderly suffered cyanide poisoning when they cut into the stomach of a woman who apparently had committed suicide. "It was scary real scary," said Dr. Todd Grey. "We literally got gassed." Grey and orderly Mike Brookey were conducting an autopsy Sunday of a woman found dead alongside a road outside Moab in southeastern Utah.

Part of the procedure involves examining the contents of the deceased stomach and intestines. "I cut into the stomach and Mike went right to the floor," Grey said Monday. "I had to carry him out." Grey said the gas left him feeling giddy and feeling a burning sensation in his nose and mouth. Blood tests showed both men had cyanide in their bloodstreams more than an hour after the incident. Brookey was given the day off and both returned to work Monday.

Grey and three of his colleagues knew working with cyanide vic tims could be dangerous. A similar incident in the office two years ago prompted them to write an article entitled, "The Bio-Hazard Potential of Cyanide Poisoning During Post-Mortem Examination." The monograph was published in -the Journal of Forensic Sciences last month and describes the generation of hydrogen cyanide gas when cyanide comes into contact with stomach acid. Grey noted it is the same gas used in gas chambers to execute convicted felons. While Grey sees that coincidence as ironic, just as strange was the presence of another cyanide victim in the room when the two were overcome over the weekend. One of the tell-tale symptoms of cyanide poisoning is the odor of bitter almonds, which the poison emanates.

Grey said he kept getting faint whiffs of the smell, Dut wrote it off as coming from the other cadaver. "So when I opened this woman's stomach, I got a blast," he said. "I turned to Mike to tell him it was this one, and watched him go to the floor." In addition, the dead woman did not display any of the other overt signs of cyanide poisoning, so he and Brookey were not on guard. The fast-acting poison generally is found in the vicinity of the body and its presence alerts police and medical personnel to the potential hazard. Its symptoms also can include a cherry-pink coloration of the victim's skin.

Most telling, though, is the almond smell, which Grey said can be detected by about 40 percent of the population. "Fortunately, I'm one of them," Grey said. Grey said he still was investigating how the woman ingested the poison. Grand County Sheriff Jim Nyland suggested the poison was in a bottle of picante sauce found near the body. Not anticipating any hazard, Grey said he and Brookey were clad only in gowns, masks and double-thick rubber gloves used as a protection against infection.

Grey pointed to a telling passage from fee recently published paper. "Thus, our data shows that is is possible for personnel involved in post-mortem examination of cases of poisoning by ingestion of cyanide salts to develop clinically significant cyanide concentrations by inhalation of cyanide gas from the body of the victim, even many hours after the victim's ingestion of cyanide and demise," he wrote. "That sort of says it all," the pathologist said. Commissioner loses false imprisonment suit Jump for Joy ST. GEORGE Katie Sappington gets a jump on fitness with this fun form of exercise.

(Spectrum Nancy Rhodes) Voter turnout light in Utah primaries SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A federal judge has tossed out for the second time San Juan County Commission Chairman Calvin Black's $3.5 million false imprisonment and slander suit over a raid on his home by federal agents seeking ancient Indian artifacts. "What it means is the government won and I lost," said Black. The suit claimed then U.S. Attorney Brent Ward unlawfully ordered federal agents to seize 23 ancient Indian artifacts from Black's home in 1986. The search was part of 16 raids in Utah and Colorado where federal agents seized 325 artifacts suspected of having been stolen from public lands.

Black, his wife Carolyn, Danny Black and Shane and Mary Shum-way filed suit against Ward and federal agents Ben Tafoya, Tim Clark, Daniel Hughes and Craig Endicott. They alleged agents illegally detained them during a three-hour search of the Black home near Blanding when the Blacks and Shumways were forced to stay in one room of the house during the raid. Earlier, U.S. District Judge David Winder ruled the detention was warranted because Mrs. Black had moved toward a gun cabinet and allegedly threatened to shoot the agents.

Winder ruled Friday that the detention of the Blacks "even viewed in a light most favorable to their claim, was legally justified." Black also alleged Ward slandered him when the U.S. attorney Cocaine seized CASTLE DALE, Utah (AP) -An Emery County deputy's routine stop of an errant vehicle resulted in the seizure of cocaine with an estimated street value of $60 million, the largest bust of its kind in the central Utah county's history. County Sheriff Lamar Guy-mon said Deputy Richard Graham was working traffic patrol along Interstate 70 Monday when he noticed a van weaving from side to side on the highway. Guymon said the officer stopped the van to give the driver a sobriety test and discovered questions on the vehicle's registration. The driver gave him permission to search the van.

Guymon said the officer found 20 kilos of cocaine in the roof and after getting a search warrant, 70 additional kilos were found. Statute overturned SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -The Utah Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a state law providing that actions for personal injury, property damage and wrongful death against construction professionals must be brought within seven years after the completion of construction. The ruling came in connection with a suit brought following the March 15, 1985, prpane explosion at the Goldminer's Daughter Lodge at Alta. Lorraine K. Horton was injured and Darnall W.

Boyd Jr. was killed in the explosion. Boyd's survivors brought suit in federal court against the lodge owner, propane supplier Cal Gas and builder Buehner Concrete. Horton brought a personal injury suit. Cal Gas filed a claim against the lodge owner, Goldminer's Daughter and Buehner Concrete and Buehner Concrete and Gold-miner's Daughter cross-claimed against Cal Gas.

Warning issued SALT LAKE CITY (AP) In the wake of a 10-year-old Cub Scout being lost 5 days in the Hidden Treasure Mine, the chief executive of the Great Salt Lake Council of Boy Scouts of America has called on area Scouts to stay out of abandoned mines. "We just have no way of knowing the hazards that are in mines, and to protect the health and safety of die Scouts, we are asking that no more outings be planned around abandoned mines," said Hart Bullock, council executive. INDEX Business 10 Classified B5-7 Comics B8 Legal Notices B7 Lifestyle 8 National World 4 Opinion 5 Sports! B1-2 State Local 2-3 TV Listings B8 Weather 2 Weather St. George: Tonight partly cloudy with a tew thundershowers during the early evening. Wednesday mostly sunny.

Highs low 80s. Lows 40s. Today's Bible Verse "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." Romans 11:36 RENTED MOBILE! Ralph G. of Washington knows that The Dally Spectrum Classified Action Ads get fast results.

He advertised a 2 bedroom mobile home for rent and rented it the first day the ad appeared in The Dally Spectrum. Let ACTION ADS work for you tool To place an ACTION AD Just call 673-3511 In St. George or 586-7646 In Cedar City, todayl more (voters) than we have in the past. We've certainly had more publicity than I can remember." The city's police union has blasted Mayor Steve Newton and Councilman Warren Adair. Al Av-ila, president of the Sandy City Police Alliance, said officers have had no pay raise in four years, the city has one of the lowest ratios of policemen to population and crime rates are soaring.

City officials said the pay of the average police officer has increased 11.3 percent during the past four years, said there are three Utah towns with fewer police officers per capita and denied crime rates have soared. In other late developments, Salt Lake City Councilwoman Florence Bittner said she has used a Scout troop to distribute pamphlets and it was disclosed that a Sugarhouse developer has provided a substantial percentage of the campaign funds for three Salt Lake City candidates. Bittner said she paid $450 to Explorer Troop 9570 of the Rose Park Mormon Church's 10th Ward to distribute 10,000 fliers in District 1. Hart Bullock, chief executive of said he could prove 10 of the 23 items seized from the Black's home were from federal lands. Winder ruled Ward acted "within the proper scope of his duties in making his statement to the press, and, as such, is immune from liability for defamation." One year after the raids, Judge Winder dismissed Black's initial defamation and false imprisonment claims.

Black then appealed to the 10th Circuit Court, which sent the case back to federal court in Utah. The case was remanded to determine if Black's claims were applicable under a new Federal Employees Liability Reform Act jCon-gress passed the act two years after the raids, but the 1988 law is retroactive. Winder held that even under the new law, Ward and federal agents had acted within the scope of their employment, and could not be held liable. In the latest ruling, Judge Winder granted the government's motion for summary judgment against Black. The judge dismissed the complaint with prejudice, which bars Black from bringing a similar claim against the government at a later date.

Judge Winder also ordered parties to pay their own legal fees. Black said he hasn't decided if he'll again appeal the case. U.S. Assistant Attorney Joseph W. Anderson said the judge's decision speaks for the merits of the case.

The six children, ages 11 through 18, were brought to Utah in February from Illinois for the grand jury investigation into the 1987 slaying of Colorado polygamist clan leader Daniel Ben Jordan. Some of the youngsters were in the deer-hunting camp in central Utah's Sanpete County when Jordan was shot numerous times on Oct. 16, 1987. One Utah relative said it was possible that the children might rendezvous with Ervil LeBaron's sons Aaron LeBaron, 21, or An- inone Maine 6 LeBaron children disappear from foster homes BLM Burr Trail ruling overturned by board the Boy Scouts of America Great Salt Lake Council, said Monday that the organization discourages Scouts from getting involved in political campaigns as a matter of policy. Bittner said she has used Boy Scout groups before.

"I've been in politics since 1952, and I'll bet I've used them (Scout groups) not once but a hundred times," she said. "It's not an endorsement, and I do hope I'm not getting those nice people in trouble." Kent Blad, troop leader, said the troop distributed fliers for Mrs. Bittner in her campaign four years ago, and it would contmue to distribute fliers for candidates until instructed not to. Blad said he got clearance from Val D. Ringwood of the Rose Park Ward's bishopric for distribution of the fliers.

Ringwood said the action was not an endorsement of Bittner because the troop got paid. If the troop had passed out the fliers for free, it would have been political activity, he said. whether it's inconsistent for the appeals board "to say you've got to study the paving proposal further but not the gravel proposal." The Sierra Club, the National Parks and Conservation Association, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and The Wilderness Society had appealed the BLM's decision to the board. In an environmental assessment filed earlier this year, the BLM wrote that the county proposes to create "either a paved or gravel surface travel width (road) of 24 feet with a design speed of 30 to 40 mph." As far as its own land was concerned, the paving would have no significant effects, the BLM wrote. However, administrative law judges of the appeals board, in Arlington, noted that stand appeared in conflict with the BLM's own environmental assessment.

The study noted that "a totally paved roadway could result in an overuse of existing recreational facilities, a change in tourist use patterns between Wayne and Garfield counties," plus different visitor-use patterns at Capitol Reef National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The appeals board wrote that cumulative effects could be significant. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Turnout was light today as voters went to the polls to cast ballots in 39 Utah cities and towns holding municipal primary elections. Some 52,800 voters in four Salt Lake City council district were eligible to cast ballots. City Recorder Kathryn Marshall said the 1987 primary drew 21 percent of the registered voters.

"This time we did try to put polling places where the county has them (during general elections)," she said. "We're hoping that will be less confusing to voters." Late this morning, Marshall said early indications were that between 15 and 20 percent of the voters were exercising their franchise. In Provo and Ogden, city recorders Marilyn Perry and Lana Mills, respectively, also reported light turnout in the 20 percent range. West Valley had three council seats at stake and Provo and Sandy had mayoral contests as well as council races. The Sandy race has drawn attention, and city recorder Shirley Bloxham said.

"Maybe we'll get drew LeBaron, 29. Some investigators, however, believe Andrew LeBaron may be dead. Another senior LeBaron son, Heber LeBaron, 28, is incarcerated in Arizona. The children disappeared in a similar circumstance from Denver, turning up later in Chicago. Davis County resident Glen Chy-noweth, a relative, said the children did not like living separately.

He said there is a strong likelihood the younger members of the family made a rendezvous with Aaron or Andrew LeBaron. "If they are smart, they're in Mexico by now," he said. Chynoweth said he aided his mother, Thelma Chynoweth, in an unsuccessful attempt to adopt the children. Thelma Chynoweth is a target for Ervil LeBaron's followers, Chynoweth said, because she backed away from the self- reclaimed prophet and his eliefs. "When they didn't support him, he added them to the list," Chynoweth said.

"A lot of them just tried to get out with their lives. And they lost those, too." Mark and Duane Chynoweth and Duane's 8-year-old daughter, Jennifer, were killed in June 1988 along with Eddie Marston in Ervil LeBaron died in the Utah State Prison in August 1981. He was imprisoned for the 1977 slaying of rival polygamist leader Ru-lon C. Allred. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Six children of the late polygamist leader Ervil LeBaron disappeared from their separate Salt Lake-area foster homes, and authorities fear they may have returned to elders of the clan that is suspected in nearly two dozen slayings.

FBI agent Tim Screen confirmed Monday that the agency was seeking the children, who disappeared Friday night. Screen said the search was part of a larger investigation, but would not elaborate. Enrollment choice in U.S. schools The nation's governors have recommended a series of educational reforms. One is to Increase parents' ability to choose their child's school district Map shows the choices on school enrollment that states give to parents.

Choice for afl students Ureter conskleratton to SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A Bureau of Land Management's opinion that paving southern Utah's Burr Trail would have no significant effect on government land has been overturned by the Interior Department's Board of Land Appeals. The decision does not halt Garfield County's plan to improve a 28-mile section of the scenic road with gravel. Contracts already have been issued for that work. However, the appeals board said that before the county can proceed with longer-range plans to pave the entire 66-mile stretch of road, environmental impact of such work must be studied further. At the same time, the appeals board disagreed with environmentalists' contentions that Garfield County doesn't have a right of way to the dirt road.

The board also took the opposing view on environmentalists' claims that a proposed gravel lit site should be studied urther. The board also said the county can improve and put gravel on the road's western section without further studies. Wayne G. Petty, a Salt Lake lawyer who filed the appeal for the environmentalists, said Monday that he was exploring tJr-orat-nsK secondary students Alaska SOURCE: National Governor Association.