Show I Jj I Vfol87 Na83 Thursday April 1 199S Logan Utah 01996 BridgeriancTs Daily Newspaper Inside 50 Cents Young pilot dies in crash Wyo (AP) — A girl trying to become the CHEYENNE youngest person to fly across America was killed today when her plane crashed shortly after taking off in a doesn't get any better for Mountain Crest soccer Page 11 It storm Her father and her flight instructor also died The crash that killed Jessica Dubroff her father Lloyd and Joe Reid happened on the second day of their flight The single-engin- e plane Cessna owned by Reid a four-secrashed in a residential area narrowfrom ly missing a house a half-mithe runway Update at le ‘Grumpy old men’ have cause for grouchiness PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Men lose brain tissue at almost three times the rate of women curbing their memory concentration and reasoning power — and perhaps turning them into “grumpy old men” — a researcher said Wednesday “Even in the age range of 18 to 45 you can see a steady decline in the ability to perform such (attention-orientetasks in men” said Ruben C Gur a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Gur said shrinking brains may make men grumpier because some of the tissue loss is in the left frontal region of the brain which seems to be connected to depression “Grumpy old men may be biological” said Gur who is continuing to study whether there is a connection However one researcher not affiliated with the study said Wednesday that other recent studies contradict Gut’s findings on shrinkage The findings which augment earlier research published by Gur and colleagues are the result of his studies of the brain functions of 24 women and 37 men over the past decade He measured the brain volume with an MRI machine and studied metabolism rates Police Chief John Powell who was first on the scene said the bodies were still strapped into the plane when he arrived but he couldn't tell who had been operating the plane “It was very fortunate it didn’t hit any houses in the area” he said te “There was a attempt by the pilot not to hit houses" Dawn Salyards who lives nearby last-minu- said the plane struck the ground nose first make the call Aerial maneuvers By ' - the 1996 recipient of the award handed out by the Lieutenant Gover- nor's Commission on Volunteers He was nominated by River Heights Mayor Robert Davis Crosbie worked for the city from 1949 to 1994 when he was forced to retire at age 72 after suffering an - s j When recocted griw&Tfli Cegrrf "i PRESS a PRESS 3 then leave ff e t rrtsSxK) edit-Tri- Cache tonight " Dorothy KMdington and Sayad Ahmad SharilwSpraMnl that book ‘A Square Sky tf 7 tonight at The Book Tatar 29 S Main Logan Tha book e ffia Dory ot Share1 wrongful Impnaonmant along tha bordar ot Afghanatan and Iran RaTraevnantt wS ba aanred and tha public to watooma PsgO 4 Woather Phi Jensen RIVER HEIGHTS — A man who opened his home to the city working for River Heights for 45 yean with precious little pay has been named Utah's Civic Volunteer of the Year Ervin Crosbie will be honored at a dinner in Salt Lake City tonight as comments to two minutes and leave your name (spotted out) and town of residence We wa not- report on snonymooi ocmmertia about five miles and the temperature was 38 decrees “right on tnc edge of icing being a problem” He said he had no information on how the decision was made to take off That decision he said would between the airport and the crash site said the airplane never got any higher than 400 feet “I kept thinking ‘Please I Please get some altitude!”’ he said “It just went right into the ground I knew background welt their turn An approaching storm system may send the boys indoors tor a tow days however as rain showers and cootor temperatures move into tha region impossible” the plane took off at 8:25 am after spending the night here “It’s been a long day” Jessica said after landing late Wednesday “I enjoyed it I can’t wait until the as any city in Cache County For this he was paid $100 year And Crosbie had only just begun Aside from recordcrtreasurer he was named building inspector sewer and water inspector parks superin- Page 10 have been between the pilot and the Federal Aviation Administration flight controllers But he said there were apparently no regulations that would have kept her on the ground Within 20 minutes of the crash a tarp had been placed over the plane The only sections visible were the tail and wings which were detached from the rest of the plane Bombing suspect fired from job in ’78 (AP) — familiar with the case The dismissal followed a difficult breakup between Kaczynski and the woman but the source peace for 25 years with no pay holding court in his living room day or night But court was just one use Crosbie and his wife Meta opened their home as the city office for more than did not know whether these events occurred before the first Unabomber attack in May of that almost-bankru- ings “They never charged rent or complained about calls coming in at all hours of the day and night” Davis said in his nomination R Hart EvanaHaraM Journal See CROSBIE oa Page 10 Rivar Height resident Ervin Crosbie was named Utah’s Civic Volunteer of the Year money problems Using his business degree Crosbie turned a deficit into a surplus that today has River Heights in as good a financial shape Olson said surface visibility was factory where they all worked according to a source 40 years conducting official business and hosting city council meet- pt had According to the plans Reid WASHINGTON aneurysm as he was about to sweep some city streets He was hired in 1949 as recordcrtreasurer to help pull an city out of its I Theodore Kaczynski under suspicion in the Unabomber attacks was fired by his brother in 1978 alter being accused of harassing a female supervisor at a Chicago-are- a tendent water supervisor streets supervisor building supervisor dog catcher meter reader banker bill collector bill psyer historian and justice of the peace Crosbie served as justice of the year Kaczynski 53 was arrested a week ago at his remote cabin near Lincoln Mont and is being held on a single count of possessing bomb components He has not been charged with any of the 16 Unabomber attacks over 18 years that killed three people and injured 23 in nine states In other developments: Cache job market continues to be healthy Most new jobs are in restaurants analysts say By Michael R Weibei staff writer Cache Valley hillsides are slowly changing from winter gray to spring green Hundreds more people found work in Cache County at the end of Ian year espe- daily in restaurants and other retail businesses The Job Service's quarterly report for the Bear River District noted that more than 500 new jobs were created in Cache County during the last quarter in the trade category And roughly 300 of those new jobs were in restaurants In addition to die opening of a handful of new restaurants in the county Cadre County Auditor Tamra Stones said restaurants have seen increased sales during the past year t ir “It stalled over my building no one survived It would have been FHteen-year-ol- d Devin TWedt son of Tom and Carta Twedt of Logan catches some air from a makeshift ramp in River Heights Wednesday afternoon as hia buddies in tha staff writer - Index wasn’t supposed to touch the controls except in an emergency Her father was to sit in the luck seat of the Cessna 177B Cheyenne Airport Manager Jerry Utah's Civic Volunteer of the Year winner has spent years in city service Several prominent authors joumaHsts clergy members and others are in Logan this week to speek on the topic of Mslues and liberty as part of USLTs annual OC Thnner Symposium Wei find out what they think on the subject but we also want to know where you stand What are your values and ' whrt rote do you think government and other institutions snot! piey in advancing these values? The : Herald Journal wH accept recorded calls on Vw Issue between 7 and 8 this evening and writs a story on wants said Tom Johnson a pilot said he saw the plane shortly after takeoff and it appeared the pilot was trying to return to the airport in the face of the rain and snow River Heights man honored You Other 3Mb Wednesday in Half Moon Bay Calif The Dubroffa died this morning when their plane crashed next day I can’t wait to sleep two hours of sleep last night winged over and went straight into the ground like a dart” he said Johnson whose office is halfway R Hart EvanaHarald Journal father Uoyd before they took off “From the looks of it you could tell pretty much right away that there would be no survivors” she 15-ye- ar d) APtto photo Jessica Dubroff la shown with her Restaurant tax proceeds climbed from $397533 in 1994 to $44860 in 1995 she said The 1 percent tax on meals purchased in restaurants is used to encourage tourism promotion and the construction of recreation and cultural facilities throughout the county Job Service statistics from the second quarter of 1995 the latest figures available show that taxable retail sales increased 96 percent to $153 million from $140 million the year before Wiihin retail trade food stores had higher sales than any other category with $254 million followed by general merchandise stores at $201 million and motor vehicle dealers at $154 million The report noted that additional retail trade jobs were created in department stores and car dealerships as well as lumber stores and other building materials stores during the fourth quarter The number of construction jobs also climbed “Employment in construction continued to show strong growth during the fourth quarter with the addition of over 200 new positions” according to the report “Jobs were created in almost every construction category including residential construction industrial building and warehouse con- struction nonresident! construction and highway and street construction" Single-famil- y how e cr housing construction dropped according to the Job Service But Logan Community Development Director Enc Toll said the number of single-famil- soared y home permits in his city “We could barely keep up” he said “We were cranking them out so fast” See JOBS m Page 10 — Federal agents searching Kaczynski ’s cabin found aviator sunglasses and a sweat shirt simi- lar to those seen by the only known witness to a Unabomber attack the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Examiner reported Wednesday An employee at a Salt Lake City computer store had seen a man with a moustache dark aviator glasses and hooded sweat shirt under the wheel of Eut something car on Feb 20 1987 When another worker moved the item it exploded and injured him USA Today reported in today’s editions that w itnesses recalled Kaczynski seeking odd-jo- b assignments at a temporary job agency in Salt Lake City in 1978 The paper said the company SOS Staffing Associates is near the computer store where the bomb exploded nine years later |