Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday August 17 2002 Nation West! vlras ©a©© toaomidl RliD® CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) — The West Nile virus has reached Wyoming where slate health officials confirmed Friday that a horse died ol' the disease It confirmed hy federal scientists Wyoming would he the 34th state that the westward moving mosquito-hornvirus has hit “We're treating it as a positive am we feel really comfortable calling it a positive" Ross Doman spokesman for the state Health IVpartment “We did two tests on ' c eastern Goshen County near the Nebraska border' Samples were collected last Thursday and Friday and taken to the Wyoming state veterinary lab in Laramie on Aug 10 Creekmore said Test results Thursday and Friday confirmed the virus caused the Terry Creekmore West Nile Virus project coordinator for the state Health Department said the horse that died of encephalitis came from Human death toll from virus reaches 10 CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois health officials said Riday that a man had died of the West Nile virus the first such death in state history and the 10th nationwide this citizens” horse's death it" the arrival of the disease for some time “This is not a cause to panic" Sherard said “We've been preparing for the arrival since last summer and we’re working at thestate and local level to educate the public and providers to protect the health of our ' Suite health officer Brent Sherard emphasized that no human cases have been reported in Wyoming The disease was confirmed in Colorado earlier this week making Wyoming and Colorado the two westernmost states West Nile has reached this year Sherard said slate health and vet- erinary officials had been expecting Justice Department spokes- ALEXANDRIA Va (AP) — Turning aside government woman Barbara Comstock said in a statement that proseobjections a federal judge Fricutors were ready for the start day postponed the trial of accused Sept 1 conspirator of jury selection Sept 30 and Zacarias Moussaoui until Jan added “We will continue our 6 after concluding the defense preparation and look forward couldn’t he ready this fall to the opportunity to present US District Judge Leonic our case in court” Brinkcma said the evidence Edward MacMahon a was voluminous and complex defense and site granted Moussaoui's lawyer said “We are pleased motion to postpone “the the judge has continued the Leonic Brinkcma Travesty of trial We needed the time not Justice Trial" to read the avalanche of only ' Hie French citizen 34 is documents the government is representing himself against giving us but also to investicharges that he conspired with gate any leads we might the 19 suicide hijackers to uncover” commit terrorism A team of Moussaoui had refused to court appointed defense cooperate with the defense lawyers supported Mous-suoui- 's lawyers and cursed them postponement request repeatedly in written motions U nder the revised schedule: but lately has asked them to Questionnaires will be disinvestigate leads and find inditributed to a pool of potential viduals who could help his jurors Nov 18 case The government has said The pool will be narrowed it would seek the death penalby Dec 6 ty if Moussaoui is convicted Questioning of jurors in A government motion concourt will begin Dec 9 and tended the public victims who continue until a final pool of survived the Sept 1 1 attacks selected From that po-i" 'and families of those injufttL group there will be 12 jurors and lulled deserved a spe&y and 6 alternates selected on trial as required by federal Jan 6 followed by opening law statements! The prosecutors said the “Although the public's right If attacks were “volleys Sept is trial a to a speedy legitimate in a declared war against the concern this court's para- - ' intended to mount concern is ensuring that United States nation terrorize the entire receive the defendant a fair Thus the victims and the trial” Brinkcma said in a nation's interest in a fair and three-pag- e order “The volume and complexispeedy trial is beyond disthe this evidence in of pute" prosty Moussaoui said in his ecution fully support the motion that the strict condidefense request" she said tions of his confinement made Brinkema also said each it impossible to prepare a ' side would be permitted to defense under the original dismiss 25 individuals from schedule! ihcjury pool to reach the West Coast Ftam 1999 through 2001 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 149 human cases and 18 deaths This year it had already killed seven people in Louisiana and two more in Mississippi lists are pending on other cases A CDC West Nile expert Dr Lyle Petersen said the disease's peak this year may not come for several weeks and that “a lot more cases” could be reported before cooler weather kills the disease-carryin- g insects year State Veterinarian Jim Logan reminded hone owners in Wyoming that a vaccine is available for their animals if they contact their local veterinarian “People in the areas who West Nile has been diagnosed and in all of Wyoming if they haven’t vaccinated and they are concerned should go ahead with vaccination” he said Moussaoui trial moved to January dm My®nniDBii State health director John Lump- - kin laid the man slipped into a coma after being admitted to the hospital Aug 4 and died six days later The virus has spread rapidly since it was first detected in the United States in New York in 1999 It has shown up as far west as Colorado and Wyoming and experts expect it Hijacker’s UNITED STATES remains POSTAL SERVICE bring up questions 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the human remains painstakingly sorted from the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crash sites of Sept 11 are those of nine of the hijackers ' The FBI has held them for months and no one seems to know what should be done with them It’s a politically and emotionally charged question for the government which eventually must decide how to dispose of some of the most despised men in American history “I think in Islam you’re supposed to be buried whole so I would take them and scatter them all over the place” ' said Donn Marshall whose wife Shelley died at the Pentagon “They don’t deserve any kind of religious courte- 7 ¥" court-appoint- ed 4- - -- I y Jgy -- - s ! APphoto An unidentified woman leaves the US Postal Service Kilmer mail processing facility in Edison N on mailbox has prompted federal officials to Friday The discovery of anthrax spores in a Princeton N order anthrax testing at this mail processing center and the Monmouth Processing and Distributing said Diane Todd a spokeswoman for the US Postal Service on Friday The Center in Eatontown N two mail facilities are scheduled to be tested Sunday J Two NJ postal facilities DETROIT (AP)— Stephen P Yokich the former two-terpresident of the United Auto Workers known for never shying away from a fight to improve the lives of union members died Friday He was 66 A spokesman at St John Hospital said Yokich died one day after suffering a stroke Yokich horn six days before the founding of the UAW ' served as its president from 1995 until June when he retired “The last seven years have' been the most satisfying years and the hardest years I've had in my whole career” Yokich said in his June 6 farewell address at the UAW ebrivention in Las " ' Vegas Yokich was media-sh- y and had a gruff demeanor butwas best known as a bare- ' ' knuckle fighter for workers' rights “He gave iis a lot of benefits and did so much on job security” said Jeff Washington president of UAW Local 900 in Wayne ' Yokich alsb made it a priority to repair rela--! ' tionships wilh the automakers after disputes ' ' ! Texas regulators revoke Arthur Andersen’s license AUSTIN Texad (AP) — Embattled qccount- ing firm Arthur Andersen on Friday lost its license to practice iq Texas the home state of ' lts former Client Enron' ' v t Texas The state board that regulates the accounting profession voted unanimously to ' revoke the once venerable firm’s license “Although it is tragic that a firm with Andersen’s proud history in Texas should be brought so low the firm’s actions in the Enron case i - In New York where the monumental task of identifying the remains of 2823 vicr tims believed to be dead continues no remains have been linked to the 10 hijackers who crashed two airliners into the World Trade Cento1 About half the victims’ families still are waiting for their loved ones to be identified though it’s likely many never will be because so much of the site was incinerated In contrast the remains of all 40 victims in the Pennsylvania crash and all but five: of the 184 victims at the Penta- gon site were identified ' months ago ink EDISON NJ (AP) — Federal authorities ordered anthrax testing at two New Jersey postal facilities as they investigate whether spores found in a Princeton mailbox had been there since tainted letters surfaced last fall US Postal Service spokeswoman Diane Todd called the tests precautionary ' “No new workers have reported exposure and there is no new evidence that these facilities are contaminated” she said Friday Todd said die Monmouth clearly warrant this result” said K Michael Conaway presiding officer of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy The Chicago-base- d accounting and auditing firm was convicted by a Houston jury in June of obstructing justice in a federal investigation of Enron’s financial collapse That collapse led to a December bankruptcy forthe Houston-base- d m sies” be tested for anthrax jyill n In brief Former United Auto Workers president dies J J Processing and Distributing Center in Eatontowh and the Kilmer General Mail Facility in Edison would be tested ' Sunday If anthrax spores are found contaminated areas will be sealed off she said Last fall five people died from exposure to anthrax Federal officials announced Tuesday that they had found anthrax spores in a Princeton mailbox Mailboxes in New Jersey were tested based on postal coding that shows when items ’ ' epter die mail system authorities said Using the codes the postal service was able to pinpoint boxes where mail originated last fall when four anthrax-lace- d letters were processed by a regional plant near Trenton The tainted letters were sent to Sens Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and the New York Post No arrests havebeen made despite a $25 million reward mail-processi- ng ' Firefighters protest Bush’s Correction funding cuts Midway Airlines anti-terroris- m WASHINGTON (AP)— gency personnel Rescue workThe International Association of ers’ efforts on Sept 11 at the Fire Fighters is considering World Trade Center were hin- -' dered because die agencies’ boycotting the annual national manorial service for Men fire- - radios could not Communicate with each other fighters to protest President energy trader Bush’s decision to withhold Bush also blocked $90 million for long-terhealth monitoring money that would help fire of emergency workers at departments ' Bush said Friday he had a Ground Zap and $150 milium DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines banned commitment to firefightfor equipment and training strong its from bull a after planes aggressive dogs pit but ers needed federal to cut grants to fire departments escaped from its cage in the cargo hold of a A sponsor of legislation creatspending ’ Boeing 757 and chewed up electrical cables ‘‘What they ought to be upset ing the grant program Sen The damage knocked the plane out of comabout is the met that Congress Christopher Dodd mission for repairs for nine days but never tried tie Bush hands” to asked Bush Friday to reconsider my placed the July 22 flight from San Diego to said “They said ’You’ve got to his dedsion' New York in any danger officials said ' “Our nation’s firefighters ' spend $5 billion or none of the Crew members said they heard thumping $5 billion’ And I chose not to play a critical role in ensuring from the cargo hold and discovered that backthe $5 billion because homeland security and your spend some radio and up navigational equipment one we didn’t need to and two decision to block the release of wasn’t working ' these funds — while if is important for this country applicaAfter the plane landed ground crews opened ' to be fiscally disciplined as our tions are still pending — is in ' thecargo hold doors and spotted t)ie pit bull to recover” my view misguided” Dodd running free The dog had gnawed a h61e in the economy begins The withheld wrote to Bush At its convention $51 president bulkhead damaged the pargo hold door and ' billion million in Ijb Vegas earlier this wefek $100 including hose-size chewed through garden electrical the union voted to ask its presi' fpr improvements to communicables cations for dent to formally protest Bush’s systems firefighters The airline said the ban was smarter of safeofficers other decision' and etnerpolice ty and would apply to all pit bulls Rottweilers i i i and Doberman pinschers arid any other dog that exhibits aggressive behavior The American Kennel Club called thp air-- V line’s move an oyerreaction “There is broad agreement among canine experts that aggressive or dangerous behavior is not breed-specifi-c” the dub’s chief executive Alfred L Cheaure insisted in a letter this week to American official! 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