| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 5 1992-P- age 3 Leavitt relishes making tough decisions SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mike Leavitt realized his ability — and relish — for making tnngh decisions one afternoon in his senior year in high school sitting alone at the kitchen table It is a knack he hopes will save him well as Utah’s new governor The year was 1969 and it was die height of die Vietnam War Leavitt was tom between saving his country and serving his church on a two-yeproselyting mission The decision was forced he said by a telephone calL ar “A friend called and said there was an opening in the local unit of the National Guard and that I could have it” he said "But he said I had to make the decision today” Leavitt’s parents were out of town So he sat at the table and carefully and deliberately measured the pros and cons Then he called his friend and joined the Guard “It was literally the first time in my life I had to make a major decision that would affect me for die rest of my life” he said It was heady stuff he recalled And it whet his appetite for more ”1 like die process of weighing competing values and circumstances and then making a decision” he said "There is something exhilarating about it to Republican Gov Norm Bangerter is ready He has already introduced a y plan to begin revamping the state’s public school system from the bottom up As Utah’s governor the boyish 41 year-old Leavitt will get his fill of exhilaration Utah’s young and rapidly growing population promises to continue to overtax a public school system that already has the largest class sizes and spends less per pupil than any other state But Leavitt the protege of the state’s outgoing His ties to the previous administration and establishment Republican politics in Utah enabled y Leavitt to mount his campaign Bangerter over another Leavitt endorsed tradition breaking Republican before die September primary The k governor and Sen Jake Gam his campaign two-ter- m 100-da- me” -- low-ke- R-Ut- ah lame-ducd Gritz gets 96000 votes SPOKANE Wash (AP) Gritz — whose campaign was often piggybacked -d- ential candidate James "Bo” Gritz got a political on a series of paid "preparedness seminars” that bounce from Idaho for his role in helping to end a mixed survivalism Biblical themes and right-win-g deadly standoff But the Populist Party candidate politics — pledged to get rid of private corporations and the Federal Reserve Bank to eliminate income polled less than 1 percent of the national vote An Associated Press count showed Gritz received taxes and halt all foreign aid of that 95659 votes in 19 states Nearly activist The former Green Beret and POW-M1total came from Utah which gave Gritz 28391 votes he when in attention media extensive August or 4 percent of its votes for president Louisiana gave got standoff in an the became intermediary him 19289 votes In Idaho where Gritz made national headlines in between authorities and fugitive white supremacist Idaho Gritz was August be got 10259 votes or 2 percent of the Randy Weaver near Naples into Weaver with surrendering after a talking state’s total a distant fourth among presidential credited and son died from wife marshal Weaver’s and federal candidates In most other states where his name 1 gunshots appeared on the ballot Gritz got percent or less one-thir- d A 11-d- ay Quake rattles northern Utah BRIGHAM CITY Utah (AP) An earthquake registering magnitude 45 rattled a remote section of northwestern Utah but no damage or injuries were reported — Ron BlnghamHerald Jounu Accident A car is readied for towing following a 7:40 am collision in North Logan today North Park Police Chief Paul LaMont said a preliminary Investigation showed Ryan Swanson 17 the son of Gary Swanson 1082 E 2200 West North Logoi puled out of the intersection of 2500 North and US 91 and into the path of a southbound vehicle driven two-veNd- e by Karen Cheney 20 195 W 200 South Lewiston Swanson Cheney and her son Geoffrey Fakenborg 2 were taken to Logan Regional Hospital where they a r? being treated for injuries LaMont said the accident is stHI under Investigation and a citation is pending Waverly Person a geophysicist with die National Earthquake In- formation Center in Golden Cola said die temblor occurred at 11:22 ajn Wednesday The epicenter was 75 miles west of Brigham City and 60 miles northwest of T r 4k Great Salt Lake "No damage has been reported or is expected This earthquake is really out in die boonies” Person said Shaking from the quake was reported felt as far noth as Rupert and Burley Idaho and 75 mules south in Salt Lake City Residents border town of of die Wendover also felt die shock 154-pa- said Wednesday’s shaker specifically struck west of the Great Salt Lake in the northern Great Salt Lake Desert 27 miles of Lucine In 1987 a magnitude 48 quake struck 28 nodes southeast of where The quake matched the Wednesday’s temblor was cenmagnitude of one that struck tered In 1970 a 47 quake southwestern Salt Lake County on occurred 20 miles northwest Sept 2 That temblor left cracks in Arabasz said Utah-Neva- east-northe- da n avu dHiifciam Former Geneva workers claim victory SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorney Gerry Spence called a federal judge’s ruling hi a pension suit brought by 1900 steel workers against USX Cop a “victory of mammoth proportions” "When working men in a small community can go against the biggest steel company in the world and win” it’s a sweet victory said the famed trial lawyer who flew to Salt Lake City from Jackson Hole for a news conference Spence said die workers won die right to rerover lost wages and penrinm amounting to mote than $100 million USX Cotp formerly owned the Geneva Steel plant in Orem A USX attorney at die Pittsburgh headquarters said Spence’s estimate is far too high Dawne Hickton said USX figures it will pay damages in the $5 to $10 million range US District Judge Bruce Jenkins handed down a ruling triaL accused k workers The 17 months after an Wednesday USX of violating the Employment Retirement Income Security Act when it closed the Oran steel plant in 1986 and formally idled in February 1987 They said the company wanted to save on pension costs some buildings near Herriman but no injuries or serious damage was reported Walter Arabasz of the University of Utah Seismograph Stations Holiday Open House 'e Initiative author Ran Rankin was preparing to refile the plan to cap property taxes at 1 percent of market value before week's end to force the issue roe more time in 1994 Cinnamon Bear Gifts and Calico Crafts SlS0Nnaia Friday Logan NmnberS Sitariby November 7 Open House Honrs Prizes given Friday 3-- 6 pm Saturday 10--6 pm ge eight-wee- away d m iuLiRSrS — Jk SBS— houty a Gaming property taxes remain at issue BOISE Idaho (AP) — Idaho voters may have been overwhelming in their decisions about capping property taxes and banning casinos But defeat of the One Percent Initiative and adoption of die constitutional ban on casino gaming by Tuesday’s record electorate DIAMONDS Straight from the cutter Antwerp Belgium Gene has just come back from a buying trip to the diamond center of the world Antwerp Belgium Come in and see these beautiful new diamonds - straight from the cutter SfL tyedfiam JeioeCers 141 North Main Downtown Taggart Student Center USU Use a touch tone phone MM HtmldJournal NEWSLINE listen for directions and press appropriate button for desired Information INEORMAmlONISOURGB aSPORTS WEATHER ®ooekunity aTHEATER a MONEY LOTTERY aFORUM Readership Surveys Customer Service Sponsored by: ILllii TacoTime tslllj mBlggorundbotlm thunthomtl" 90 E 400 N Loqan Sponsored by: Coldwell Banker ’VaurOuMMrtSpMUbk 434 So lean Logan General Repair Cm aUfM' Cm 135 So Main Logan U"""' Sponsored by: IpMkM 405 So Main Logan Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Harold Dance La Tienda Si Mbereokf Mid NMbwiioRf 360 N Main SL Logan "MUtoUMlnlMw’ Franklin 2 So Stata Sounding Board Upcoming Features |
