January 2
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1882-Oscar Wilde arrived in New York to begin a
lecture tour. He told a customs agent, "I have nothing to declare except
my genius."
1901 Ogden Standard Examiner pg 7 SALT LAKE CRIME Sheriff John F Howells completed his annual report late
yesterday afternoon The report shows that in 976 civil cases processes were
served and in 863 criminal cases warrants were served. It further states that $7851.04 was collected
as gross fees and for the various offenses named below 250 arrests were made. Petit
larceny 18, polygamy 1, willful destruction of property 1, battery 5, vagrancy
6, trespass 2, prostitution 3, resisting an officer 1, assault 6, attempt to break jail 3,
incorrigibility 5, disturbing the peace 11, highway robbery 1, robbery 8,
carrying burglar tools 3, cruelty to animals 1, procuring females for immoral purposes
1, obtaining property by false pretenses 1,
peddling without a license 1, adultery 7, sending obscene literature
through the malls 2, assault with deadly weapon 9, burglary 31, housebreaking
11, rape 2, grand larceny 29, attempt to commit grand
larceny 5, obtaining money by false
pretenses 8, insanity 28, drunkenness 2,
murder 4, abduction 1, embezzlement 7, interfering with united states mall 1,
attempting to commit murder 1,
impersonating united states officer 1, fugitives from justice 3, sodomy 1, selling liquor to Indians 1,
defaulting jurors witnesses etc 17 Twenty seven persons were taken to the state
prison. Nine to the reform school and 29
to the insane asylum, property to the value of $6891.50 was stolen and of
$5271.50 which was recovered and restored to the owners. From the report it
would seem that good service has been rendered by the sheriff’s force in this
county
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1965 -2 January 1965
Saturday-The lacerated nude body of a South Salt Lake Man was found early
Saturday in the snow in North Ogden divide just east of here. The victim was
identified as George Roy Moriarty, 33, who lived with his mother Mrs. J.H.
Moriarty at 164 West Burton Avenue in South Salt Lake. The discovery was made about 8 a.m. in the
canyon near 3100 North 1300 West. Mr. Moriarty apparently had been savagely
beaten then taken to the top of a 100 foot cliff and thrown to the road below
said Weber County Sheriff Leroy Hadley.
The victim was last seen in Salt Lake area Friday about 8:30 p.m. when
he left Willie Café and Lounge 1776 South Main. A bloody automobile seat cover
and signs of a struggle were found about a ½ mile from the body. A trail of blood and bare foot prints in the
snow led from this point to the cliff and on to where the man was lying curled
beside the road. The victim’s leg
injuries plus some other evidence led officers to believe he had been hit by a
car after he had staggered through the snow after the fall. A trail of personal paper and clothing
apparently thrown from a moving car led
down the canyon for a mile and ½ into North Ogden. Sheriff Hadley said the man died sometime
during the night from injuries or exposure or a combination of the two. His
head, chest, and legs were lacerated deeply.
Lt. Allen R. Sexton of South Salt Lake Police said a bar tender, Frank
Miller, told him the man left alone. He
had been brought to the bar earlier by his brother and was without a car. He was divorced and a veteran of the Korean
War. He was a member of the Catholic Church and a welder for American Steel
Company. (01/03/65 page B1 col.2 SLTribune) The Murder of George Roy Moriarty
1978- The Utah “Gay Activity Society” was formed to
“get folks together in a social atmosphere and to attend movies, plays, rock
concerts, dinners, drag shows, art receptions, sport events and meetings.”
1982 “Parsons denies quitting” Deseret News A5
Columbia SC- University of
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South Carolina President James Holderman has
confirmed Lady Gamecocks basketball coach, Pam Parson, a Utah, native has
resigned. ..Parson, a native of Richfield, Utah, she earned a Master’s Degree
from Brigham Young University and began her coaching career at Old Dominion
University. In 1977 she moved to South Carolina. Her career record is 191 wins
against 73 loses.
1985-Having been refused permission to participate
in the New York Veterans Day Parade by the American Legion, the Gay Veterans
Association filed an application to hold their own parade on Veterans Day. The
request was denied.
1988 Saturday- Sam [a stranded native American BYU
student] wrote a note thanking me for my hospitality. He’s Gay but had never
been around Gay people before, especially a Gay Party so it was a unique
experience. Well he could have done a
lot worse because we were all well behaved and Unconditional Support doesn’t
have sex parties. [1988 Journal of Ben Williams]
1991 Prostitutes: Crowded jails deter
prosecution, making S.L. a haven for AIDS-infected hookers. HEALTH OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO CONTAIN DEADLY DISEASES Law-enforcement
officials say Salt Lake City is becoming known nationwide as a haven for
prostitutes who can knowingly spread the AIDS virus without prosecution because
the jails are too full. And Salt Lake City/County health officials are worried
about a link they see between AIDS and tuberculosis. Both diseases are deadly,
but tuberculosis is more troublesome because it is spread through casual
contact. Somewhere in the Salt Lake Valley, county health officials are trying
to hold a homeless man who has a form of tuberculosis that resists all drug
treatments. Anyone he coughs or breathes on could contract the deadly disease.
But the man, who they refuse to identify, doesn't want to be quarantined. In
fact, officials have caught him in the past panhandling and eating at shelters
for the homeless. Salt Lake City/County Health Director Dr. Harry Gibbons said
the man was seen three days ago using his welfare check to buy alcohol. Salt Lake
City/County health officials want Salt Lake County to build a quarantine
facility at the jail currently being built in South Salt Lake City. That way,
when police arrest people with contagious diseases, they have a place to keep
them. They also are endorsing a bill that would put prostitutes who carry the
deadly AIDS virus or other deadly diseases behind bars. Health officials
believe a recent revival of tuberculosis is connected with the AIDS epidemic.
They site statistics that show 18 percent of Utah tuberculosis patients have
AIDS as well. They suspect most AIDS patients carried the tuberculosis virus in
a dormant state for years until AIDS weakened their immune systems. But the
Health Department's stand is not universally popular. The proposed bill and the
quarantine facility do not have the support of the Utah Department of Health's
AIDS Advisory, who favor improved
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treatment strategies instead. And it has put
the local health department at odds with AIDS support groups who believe jail
time for prostitutes may be discriminatory. "I think such legislation
would be constitutionally suspect," said Michele Parish-Pixler, executive
director of the Utah American Civil Liberties Union. The concept of a
quarantine center doesn't sit well with the founder of Utah's People With AIDS
Coalition, either. David Sharpton said he thinks it will turn into "a
witch hunt" for people with AIDS. He thinks that unless the individual has
a known history of
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prostitution, officials can't prove the person is out spreading
the virus. He doesn't think the quarantine center would be effective.
Meanwhile, health officials are holding the homeless man in a trailer, but they
aren't able to watch him all day. A county employee delivers a meal to him each
day and makes sure the man still is there. "Drug-resistant tuberculosis
is, in our minds, more dangerous than AIDS," said John Inch Morgan, deputy
director of the Health Department. But AIDS also is a serious disease, and the
two often are linked. Prostitutes with AIDS still work Salt Lake City streets.
Morgan said officials have identified seven of them, but there may be more. In
fact, law-enforcement officials say Salt Lake City has become a haven for
prostitutes from around the United States who can practice their trade - and
knowingly spread the deadly AIDS virus - without prosecution. Sgt. Terry Orton
of the Salt Lake Police vice squad said 145 prostitutes were arrested in Salt
Lake City alone from May to July, in addition to 134 "Johns" or
customers. Another 58 people were arrested for sex-related disorderly conduct.
"There are so many out there, we don't know who does and doesn't have
AIDS," Orton told a Legislative committee recently. "Many who do say
they don't care what happens to anyone else because they (the prostitutes) are going
to die anyway.” The legislation health officials endorse calls for a mandatory
AIDS test and counseling upon a first conviction for prostitution. A second
conviction for a person testing positive would be upped from a Class A
misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, carrying a one-to-15 year prison
sentence. ( Deseret News).
1992--Bobbie Smith, Jeff Workman and I went to Unconditional Support tonight.
We are still meeting at the Stonewall Center and Michael Bryant led the meeting
for a little while before he had to go home to take some medicine. After the
meeting we went to the Rhino Nest for Coffee. (Journal of Ben Williams)
1993 Saturday Charles Edward ``Chuck'' Griggs, Jr. age 30 died in Newport Beach,
California after a long and valiant battle with Aids. He was employed by Federal
Express for nine years. Step-brother of Julie Brizzee, Lesbian activist in SLC. Survived by long time companion, Rob
Quest He attended Kearns High School and then graduated from the University of
Utah with a B.S. degree in mass communication in 1987. He had a great love for
reading, art, music and traveling.. He was very dedicated and involved in many
hours of community service in Out Reach programs and educating in Aids
awareness.
1996-Publishers of Deneuve, a lesbian magazine, announced they would change
the name of the magazine after actress Catherine Deneuve threatened to sue.
1997 Salt Lake City Weekly 1996: Year in Rear View
Political Menopause By Katharine Biele It as the year of Short, bad and ugly.
Nineteen ninety-six was for Utah politics what PMS is for women. No one’s quite
sure what's causing all the internal havoc, but they know damned well it's at a
boiling point. Over the silliest things. Thoughtful pundits would tell you that
the issue of campaign financing was paramount this last year. Utah's two newest
congressmen spent tons of their own money in quest of public service. Big
election losers were those who refused to take money from political action
committees and the like. And President Clinton came under fire for nuzzling
Indonesian interests, granting special favors in return for big campaign bucks.
Nobody cared. Nobody but the candidates themselves ranted and raved and most
Americans were assured that things would continue status quo into the next
election. The really hot political topics in Utah were personality-based,
incendiary and inflated as to their consequence. Salt Lake County government
has been the best and most lasting example. The county commissioners and County
Attorney Doug Short disagree on the most basic way to conduct business by
communicating. Never mind that all the players have their own agendas, they
can't even seem to get an animal control ordinance hammered out.Short has been
anything but deferential to the county troika, and that has been part of the
problem. The county attorney has been trying to investigate allegations against
the commissioners specifically Brent Overson while acting as their legal
counsel on county matters. And the commissioners, who incidentally have sued
Short, trying to bring him in line, believe he wants to make policy as well as
scrutinize the legalities. All of this came to a head when commissioners first
cut Short's pay and then, in a screaming match at the end of the year, sent him
packing for a day before he returned with a judge's order. The upshot Short's
an elected official and can't be put on administrative leave. Ultimately, the
solution will be some kind of legal fix in which either the county attorney's
job is redefined or the commission form of government is scrapped. Whatever,
the whole thing gives the word "politic" a bad name. Those wily
commissioners are also involved in another pissing match, this one with the
Utah Transit Authority and Salt Lake City over who has the power to appoint
board members. The controversy has made for some interesting alliances. The
county, labor interests and light rail opponents have plotted a coup d'etat
against UTA general manager John Pingree, a 19-year veteran of the bus company.
Secret meetings, name calling and insinuations of impropriety mark this
episode, with its underlying dissatisfaction over UTA's unilateral decision to
push light rail into the 21st Century. Of course, the UTA debate resulted in a
lawsuit, too. When people can't talk, they go to court. Ironically, the courts
in this one refused to rule and passed the bus buck to the 1997 Legislature.
The Legislature: Where Utah will be trying to put civility and good sense into
the law. Where they'll try to figure out how to prevent mayors, like Salt Lake
City's Deedee Corradini, from secretly soliciting personal contributions from
influential friends. Where secrecy is as much a part of their own operations as
it is of Corradini's. The Legislature is fending off a lawsuit from the
American Civil Liberties Union for holding a secret meeting to
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discuss the
fragile topic of high school gay clubs. But what was said publicly was almost
as controversial. The issue revived homophobic responses from those who believe
the gay lifestyle is a choice and sometimes a coercive choice. Rep. David Bresnahan,
who later distinguished himself for using his concealed weapon while chasing
down bad teen-age drivers, bared testimony on his gay brother to the House of
Representatives. On his deathbed, his brother confided that he and numerous
other Boy Scouts had been abused by a Scout leader. As it turned out,
Bresnahan's impassioned speech was much exaggerated. Something significant has
begun to happen in Utah's gay community, although it's not yet apparent how it
will pan out. Almost as a political sidelight, Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats
(GLUD) disbanded its lobbying, fund-raising and PAC work, leaving only its
caucus within the Democratic Party. GLUD founder David Nelson said he
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| David Nelson |
was fed
up with the lack of activism among Utah's gay and lesbian community, and so he
resigned. Whether Nelson was just burned out had that political PMS or was
truly reflecting the anomie of the Utah community won't be known until another
hot-button issue arises. If 1996 created uncertainty for the gay and lesbian
community, it created near chaos within the Democratic Party. The elections saw
lifelong Democrats distancing themselves from what they perceived as the
left-wing element of the party. A faction of the party that could permanently
disenfranchise Democrats throughout the state, they say. The gay issue was a
good example. Too fractious for the population as a whole. Certainly, Democrats
winning office in the state are few and far between, but whether the Party can
remake itself without becoming Republican Lite is the challenge. In the 2nd
Congressional District, the primaries saw Kelly Atkinson beating up on Ross
"Rocky" Anderson for his "liberal" views. Ultimately,
Merrill Cook's repetitive references to Anderson as a supporter of gay marriage
put Cook over the top and gained him a much-sought political office. Oddly,
Merrill Cook is not the story of the 96 elections, despite his earlier
disaffection with the Republican Party and his successful return to the fold.
The story's unfolding on the other side in the Democratic camp where the
question of survival is being played out. And the debate over how to survive is
perhaps more important to the public as a whole. Certainly, Utah Democrats were
demoralized by Clinton's back-door designation of the Escalante-Grand Staircase
National Monument. While some Democrats would have liked to have a chance to,
well, explain to their constituencies, most shrugged with a sense of
resignation that Clinton's actions have heightened not only conservatism in the
state, but intense states rights feelings, as well. All in all, 1996 was an
emotional roller coaster politically. It ended at the top of the loop with
everyone's hands in the air, screaming, laughing and waiting now for the
precipitous drop Ñ somewhere. To menopause, maybe?
1998-Friday... “David W. Olson (Forum, Dec. 9) arrogantly
and erroneously thinks that he
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is the voice of collective society. He also
misses the point about Wendy Weaver being ordered to ``shut up or else.'' Gays
and lesbians should be able to talk about their lives in the same manner that
heterosexuals take for granted. Everybody, especially gay and lesbian youth,
should know that it is OK to be homosexual. I personally know the tragedies
that can result by telling them otherwise. It was the Nebo School Board, and
all the bigots who supported them, who crossed the line when they illegally
banned Weaver from discussing her personal life with students, staff and
parents, thus alienating her from the community in which she lives. This sent
the wrong message to gay and lesbian students; indeed, it was an affront to
decent society. Furthermore, it was hypocritical, since virtually no one,
including school board members, refrains from talking about their personal
lives with those whom they work with. Olson and his kind need to wake up and
realize that in spite of a decidedly conservative atmosphere, ``we as a
people'' are accepting gays and lesbians in our country on an unprecedented
level. Doubters need only look to social meters to verify this. There are more
openly gay characters shown in a positive light on TV and in the cinema than
ever. Also, more and more businesses and government are passing laws and
policies to protect their gay and lesbian employees. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of
people who don't know how to accept or even betolerant of those who are
different from themselves. LORE
GONZALES West Valley City (01/02/1998
Page: A16 SLTribune)
2000 Page:
AA7 Vegan First Amendment Rights Should Be Recognized By Utah Schools BY RACHEL
DECKER In Utah Schools, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States seems to change somewhere around 66th South, or maybe it changes between
courtrooms at the federal courthouse. Recently in a suit concerning gay
students in Salt Lake City Schools, Federal Judge Bruce Jenkins called the
First Amendment "sacred ground."
Salt Lake City school officials agreed that all students, including gay
students, have First Amendment Rights, and school officials publicly promised
to respect those rights. In contrast,
Federal Judge Dee Benson recently seemed to rule literally that vegan students
have no First Amendment Rights in the Jordan School District. In Salt Lake
City, gay students may choose to present their point of view in all
extracurricular activities. That's their First Amendment Right. School
authorities have promised to respect those rights and the federal courts stand
behind them.
2 January 2000 New Year's Pot Luck Social at Sara's place,
in Salt Lake. Drinks and utensils will be
provided. Please bring a dish to share if you can, but in any case bring
-yourself. The social will end a few minutes to 5:00pm . . . so everyone can go
over to MCC for the workshop. . . . . Workshop
on love and personal spirituality, facilitated by Margo Hope, at Metropolitan Community Church,
2013 Two men in Salt Lake City murder-suicide identified BY MICHAEL MCFALL THE
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SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUBLISHED JANUARY 11, 2013 Salt Lake City police have identified the two men who
died in a murder-suicide last week. Police believe Andre Pappas, 70, shot and killed his
domestic partner, Theodore Beehakis, 67, before taking his own life in the
living room of a home at 1011 S. 400 East. Police aren't sure how long the pair had been dead before
their bodies were discovered Jan. 4 during a welfare check after a hospice
worker was unable to contact them that morning. The two men were last seen
alive Jan. 2. Police also aren't sure what prompted the murder-suicide.
No note was left, and police had never responded to the home before. Both men
suffered from significant health problems, said Sgt. Shawn Josephson. Police have been unable to locate either man's next of
kin and are asking anyone who knows their family members or is related to them
to contact the police department at 801-799-3000, with the case number
2013-1659. First Homicide of the year
- When I first read of this I thought of Andy and Ted since I
haven't seem them lately. It's hard to imagine two nicer men. I didn't know
them well but assisted them at the library countless times.They were both
gentlemen in spite their health difficulties. Rest In Peace. I'll miss you
guys. Walter Austin
2014 Salt Lake attorney defends filing made without lesbian
couple’s permission Dispute •
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E. Craig Smay says rules allow it and he won’t
back down. BY BROOKE ADAMS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A Salt Lake attorney who used names of a married lesbian
couple on a class-action lawsuit without their permission remained steadfast
Thursday that he had the right to do so and would not remove them from the
federal complaint. E. Craig Smay said under federal court rules involving
class-action lawsuits, he did not need
permission from Amy N. Fowler and Pidge
Winburn to list them as plaintiffs in the complaint he filed on Dec. 27 in U.S.
District Court that listed the state and The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints as defendants.
Smay said he informed Fowler by email that he didn’t need
her consent to use her name and claimed she “blabbed” to the press about the
lawsuit. “I’ve explained it carefully,” he said. “She can file
until the cows come home. She’s wasting her time and she’s wasting my time.” In fact, Fowler and Winburn were unaware they had been
named as the lawsuit’s plaintiffs until contacted by a Salt Lake Tribune
reporter. Fowler, who filed a bar complaint against Smay Thursday,
said she has not received one email from him and would be “incredibly”
surprised if he could do this legally. Three attorneys — one a former federal judge — say the
bottom line is he can’t. “To name someone as a plaintiff without their permission
is not what the rules of procedure allow,” said Paul Cassell, a University of
Utah law professor and former federal judge. “You can file a class action, but
the way that is done is you have named plaintiffs whom you represent and have
permission to represent. You can’t drag someone into a lawsuit without their
permission claiming to represent them.” Fowler and Winburn were married on Dec. 23 and were
featured in a Dec. 26 front-page story about the newlyweds in the Tribune,
which is where Smay said he came across their names. Fowler said they had never heard of Smay and had never
been contacted by him. She also said neither she nor her wife have any interest
in being part of such a lawsuit. Fowler, an attorney, immediately attempted to contact
Smay by telephone and email to get their names removed from the filing. When
attempts to reach him failed, she filed a petition on Dec. 31 asking the court
to dismiss the lawsuit. Smay said he believes U.S. District Court Judge Robert J.
Shelby got it right in his Dec. 20 decision that found Utah’s ban on same-sex
marriage was unconstitutional. He filed an amicus brief on Dec. 26 in support
of the judge’s decision to deny the state’s request for a stay of the ruling. “The demand for a stay in this case is simply a cruel
imposition upon gay people,” he wrote. “It should be promptly denied.” In addition to Shelby, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
refused three requests from the state for a stay. The state is now seeking a
stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. Smay said he filed the class-action lawsuit because of
the state’s ongoing efforts to stop those marriages and eventually have them
invalidated. “I filed it because I think that what the state, backed
by the church, is doing is wrong, which the Supreme Court has made clear to
them,” said Smay, who said he is not LDS or gay. “How would you feel if it were
your marriage? You would feel very badly about that. That’s infliction of
emotional distress that ought not to be happening.” Smay said he would remove Fowler’s and Winburn’s names
only when “we have someone else to substitute in.” “In the meantime, there is no requirement that we take
her name off,” he said. But like Cassell, attorney Paul Burke believes Smay is
wrong. “A lawyer should not act on behalf of a person without
having been engaged by that person or authorized by a court” to represent them,
said Burke, who is general counsel at Ray, Quinney & Nebeker and handles
professional ethics for the law firm. “He can’t just assume consent. He needs
actual consent and authority to act on their behalf.” And Cliff Rosky, a University of Utah law professor and
Equality Utah board member, says Smay has taken the entirely wrong approach and
is “flagrantly in violation of ethical rules.” “Suing the LDS Church is misguided because the church is
protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and because the
church has nothing to do with the lawsuit,” said Rosky. Beyond that, “Everyone in this country has the right to
go to court and present their views and have them heard by a judge. The state
of Utah has that right as much as the same-sex plaintiffs do. You don’t sue
someone for appealing.” Clients control the objectives of a lawsuit, Rosky said,
and Smay has already admitted his objectives are at odds with those of Fowler
and Winburn. Smay also misled the court by holding himself out as their
attorney. “If your client tells you, ‘I don’t want you to be my
lawyer anymore’ then you have to” respect that, he said. brooke@sltrib.com
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