Show H read Journal Logan Utah Friday March 16 1939 -- Pag 5 Testimony ends in trial for Exxon Valdez skipper - Jurors will have ANCHORAGE Alaska (LTI) to decide Joseph Hazelwood’s fate without hearing the Euan Valdez dapper's owe version of what happened the night his tanker crashed into a reef and caused the nation's worst oil spilL Testimony coded Thursday in the seven-wee- k hid and die jury is expected to get the case next Wednesday Superior Court Judge Karl Johnstone asked Hud wood if k was his desire not to testify and with the jury out of the courtroom the fired ship captain replied “That's correct” witnesses testified for the prosecution tarty-fiv- e 19 for die defense Hazelwood one conspicuous potential who never testified was Coast Guard Cmdr Steven McCall die Valdez port commander at the pore of dm grounding McCall is heard on a tape conversation with Hazelwood shortly after went aground just after midnight die last March 24 and dumped 11 million gallons of crude into Prince William Sound McCall's part comments have partially supported the defense and partially supported the prosecution and apparently both sides were afraid to call him Hazelwood 43 of Huntington NY faces up to iwH Joseph Hazelwood rubs his nyto Thursday as Ns draws to a dose triad D-Ca- lif ed of work He stopped short however of predicting that a second year of treatment would restore the oiled shoreline to its previous condition “I’m reminded of the deep regret that we have that the accident ever took place and the impact that it's had on the lives of many Alaskans Raymond and upon his fifth trip to the site of the worst oil spill in US history Raymond defended Exxon's spill response saying that "after the grounding of the Valdez ire stepped forward to acknowledge an Exxon that it was an Exxon Shipping Col vessel k We were shipping company employees and k was our Corp-proble- Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole warned that increasing numbers of businesses - night - consider hiring children because of labor shortages developing in some sections of the country and pledged that her department would not tolerate such practices "Through ‘Operation Child Watch’ I want to deliver a clear message" Dole told a news conference “The cop is on the m filling nearly beat Violators the illness reported of the flu down from a reason high of 89 percent reported Dec 30 As of March 3 6 6 percent of the nation's deaths were attributable to flu or pneumonia It marked the first time the death rate dropped below the epidemic rate of 69 percent since reaching epidemic levels the week ending Jan 6 said Susan Good the CDC's season Officials expected a similar pattern this year but it has yet to appear Gunn said the small number of cases of other types of flu such as and type B open type the possibility that a new epidemic could occur still Gunn said for people to check doctors Some tobei Hie CDC which gathers flu reports from ISO monitoring physicians 55 stale and territorial health departments and 121 cities reported 997 percent of the confirmed flu cases were type A mostly a strain known as Shanghai flu Last year the type of flu changed from type A to type B about halfway through the BRIDQERLAND PHONEBOOK Please call 763-676- 5 LUCH OF THf IRISH CELEBRATION coordinator approached March 85 percent in rale 57000 people died Iowa and New York were the only two states still reporting widespread cases of the flu The official flu season designated by die CDC ends April 30 Good said Arkansas uniMMiMfctnz-A- cross-examinati- H 12-- 1 ( INC Or March 28 1990 the Logan City Housing Authority will stop taking applications for the 3 Bedroom Occupancy Waiting List Those wishing to apply for housing assistance must submit a complete and signed application to the Bear River Association of Governments office at 170 N Main Logan Utah on or before March 28 1990 Applications cannot be accepted after that date EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ASSURED n -- Due to distributor volume requirements this regional outlet has been authorized for sale to the public a container load of Brand New Sewing machines from NELCONECCHI (Quality since 1835) two of the nations largest manufacturers THESE MACHINES MUST BE SOLDLII THE HEAVY DUTY AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINES that are made of METAL and sew on ail fabrics Levi's canvas upholstery nylon stretch vinyl and silk EVEN SEWS ON LEATHERI No attachments needed for buttonholes “any size” monograms hems sews on buttons satin stitches overcasts darns appliques and more Even Has Professional Serging Stitch Just set dials and see magic happen without old fashioned cams or programmers MVS ©KHLV8 Friday & Saturday March 16 & 17 Friday 12 noon - 8 pmVSaturday 9 am - 5 pm SEECTA'I! All I!M machines are brand new In factory sealed cartons tSSMlfy Febru-ar- y This year's flu epidemic has been the worst since the 1984-198- 5 winter when an estimated g ucnai momma gfdppetg influenza surveillance death VALLEY METALS an flu-relat- ed The wide-rangin- whether motivated by greed or ignorance will not be tolerated” But Lanlos said the special operation which utilized more than half of the department's more Ann 900 investigators showed the need for more employees to check on violations Flu drops below epidemic levels "It's - monitoring symptoms 32 In announcing the operation spill-relat- ed doctors theycaa perform Mrawr Kyaan fm wMsymyilwh'jihi Watch" but declined to name the million gallons of oil into pristine waters and painting more than 1000 miles of shoreline Mack The spill killed tens of thousands of animals canceled fishing and changed the lives of native villagers who hunt fish and live off the sea Raymond said k was impossible to carinate how much more Exxon will spend on the the forthcoming cleanup He said k would be smaller than last year’s 12000 woken Raymond said the Feb 27 federal indictment of Exxon on charges played no role in the oil giant's decision to renew the cleanup He refused to discuss the criminal charges or its plea bargain saying Exxon had agreed with the Justice Department to keep that confidential Exxon submitted its general cleanup plan to the Coast Guard and to the state Thursday but cleanup manager Otto Harrison said April shoreline surveys would determine the size of the cleanup and the treatment methodi to be used at varioua beaches visiting jobs Child "Operation during responsibility" patients Prosecutors say Hazelwood spent most of March 23 drinking vodka in Valdez bars before be sailed his tanker out into Prince Wiliam Sound that night with a load of 53 million gallons of oil They say that he irresponsibly left the ship in the hands of unqualified crewmen while the tanker was on s detour mound floating ice and that he recklessly tried to rock the tanker free after k hit the rocks of BligbReef The defense acknowledges that Hazelwood had two or three drinks fewer than alleged but maintains he was not impaired and acted prudently If Hazelwood had taken the stand he would have been subject to SHOP William Brooks the department’s aasirtant secretary said companies were not identified night because their cases were still officials their said Department "conservative" estimate was open He acknowledged some that $18 million in fines would be assessed against the compaAluminum Cans nies found to be breaking the law i ATLANTA (UPI) Influenza is no longer at epidemic levels in the United States and the wont of the flu season may be over if no new strains appear government researchers reported The federal Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday that by March 1 65 percent of andafelony those resources that we companies might never be named lmi if they entered i rrmnt have right now" and see if they are sufficient agreements Most of die violations unthink that "I goes beyond our covered said Brooks by the sweep involved of responsibility” year'heuid 14-- and I arena also said violators of releasing names "I don’t working too late at night too or we should hours come out with a many child labor laws should face Brooks said 900 youths usually heavier fines and be identified laundry list" were found 16- - and Dole also said she was not yet calling advene publicity a potent deterrent prepared to ask for Atitinwt performing hazardous jobs and "The public has every right to funds for enforcement She said 198 violations involved youths under age 14 know who is violating the laws" the task at hand was to “ he laid John ZaUuky of the AFL-CIcalled an the department to use CLASSIFIED 752-212- 1 its powers to seek criminal penalties against violators of the awwwwwwnMWMMW child labor laws which limit the hours children can work and the every day of the year "What we need now is more Indians an fee job noc far three days but every single day of the WASHINGTON (UP1) — A three-da-y Labor Department crackdown that uncovered 7000 child labor law violations failed to go fir enough because the names of the burinewes hiring children were not released a congresrional critic says Rep Tom Lsntos rfuiww of the House subcommittee on employment and housing promised he would identify companies found in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act on taiday at a bearing of his paneL The Labor Department said Thursday it had found IflOQ children working illegally at 1400 of the 3400 businesses k examined during a three-da-y nationwide sweep by 500 investigators ending Wednesday ANCHORAGE Alaska (UPQ — Eaaon’a premdent promised beaches of cleanup crews would return to (he Alaska beginning May 1 because "Acre's more work to be done ” but stopped dmt of saying the coastline could be returned to in pristine condition before the nation's wont oil spilL Exxon Corp President Lee Raymond said he took "a stroll on the beach" fast week that convinced him the company’s $2 billion response last year did not go far enough in cleaning up the spUl by the Exxon Valdez The cleanup in May will employ fewer people and less equipment than the massive effort undertaken after the supertanker ran aground March 24 1987 but Raymond told a news conference Thursday that he hoped Exxon could finally leave the beaches in the best possible shape The Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef last March 24 seven years and three months in jail and a $61j000 fine if convicted of reckless mdangerment operating the (anker while intoxicated negligent disdiarge of oil and criminal discharge — throe misdemeanors Government faulted on labor law enforcement Exxon announces renewed oil spill cleanup proposal 11 Related story on page 9 Prizes all week long! 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