Show A1 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday June ‘irra wascHS i n t 2001 Ml X wmmm I mat 3MM Notional tomporaturo? Cacho Valloy outlook Utah outlobk Forecast for Friday V WHO ’ ? Temperatures indicate previous day’s Ngh and overnight low to 6 am - WTT1"'1 ?£ses- - - & rnrvrrnrTPra "rJi TODAY sp 4 gr i juttr VV: 'Sv $ - MV- r- £&3vi&f! 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02001 AGCtiWMfar Local tomperataros Hiu on Thursday were forecast in the 60s and 70s in the northern Plains and western Great Lakes 70s and 80s across the Pkiite Northwest Rockies southern Great Lakes Ohio Valley region and New in 80s Great die California 90s Basin and England Up abovo Almanac 9:00 Early tomorrow Humidity: 74 percent UV Index: at 1 am Mid-Atlan- EOT Venus is at graeisot western etongetion Tha degree ot separation Is 480 degrees between it and the sun This event places Vlenue over the eastern horizon at Ke best place for viewing during this 9 (High) Lawn Water use: 6 days between ' orMorthesua Moon: Last quarter June 14 328 The AccuWeather forecast for noon Friday June 8 aatronomyMrocketmalxom tic and 90s and 100s in die desert Southwest and southern " Nevada the Lower 48 states on Wednesacross Temperatures from a day ranged high of 106 degrees in Del Rio Texas to ‘a low of 30 degrees in Craig Colo CTo EI3 E23 E3 0 fe EeS i J£ that when he found a 31 rifle missing from the facility in June 2000 he held a staff meeting and asked everyone to return anything they might have borrowed from die gun lockers Mason said he specifically asked Nielsen in July if he had any of the guns Nielsen said no But Nielsen later on he had taken die rifle for target practice and then left the gun in the back of his truck where it had gotten rusty on one side In October Nielsen reported to police that he had been shot in die left shoulder as he worked on die facility grounds He later admitted that he had shot himself with a 22 pistol that he had gotten from the facility He was fired after that incident When Mason did a gun inventory following the shooting he found a 22 pistol missing and a 12 gauge shotgun The 22 pistol and 32 rifle were recovered from Nielsen’s truck but the shotgun has not been found Nielsen was charged with ' Trial CoBtlnuedliromAl t counts of rape a felony and is a suspect in the death of Itisha Autry a Hyrum girl Autry’s partial remains were found in a pit at the research facility last month In the homicide investigation authorities remoyed hags of items fiom Nielsen’s home and the home of his sister who lives across die street Officials believe Autry may have been dismnnbered Officials are hot yet sure how the cases are related to first-degr- ee eachother Nielsen will go to trial on two counts of theft each a second-degrfelony one count of giving false information to police a class B misdemeanor and two counts of wrongful appropriation each a felony Russ Mason Nielsen’s former boss and field leader at the station testified at a hearing Wednesday ee third-degr- ee wrongful appropriation after investigators say they learned Nielsen used a government-issue- d Visa credit card to purchase several nonapproved items including a respirator mask The items totsded less than $5000 Mason testified that Nielsen had been issued die credit card in January after completing training about its use He became siispicious'about all Xielsen’s credit card purehas es because he knew Nielsen had been fitted fbr a personal ized mask several months before The other i charge stems from Nielsen allegedly signing for items from Hill Axr Face Base that were intended fbr die research facility Government agencies share surplus itemsThe research facility often gets needed items from the air ' force base Will Pitt another supervisor at the research facility said in ' summer 2000 he went to ‘ Nielsen’s Hyrum home and saw several large items in die garage including a generator that had come fiom Hill Air ’ - ry involved are being prosecuted in juvenile court Jordan hi scheduled for a preliminary hearing July 17 on charges of me of a child a felony The jnotheirf one of die l&year-ol- d girl ha also been chsigisdwithfiftoHdeirae fejooyrape of a child shehidjied Plea Continued from A1 a Hold Continued from A1 first-degr- ee alcohol and room he had contributed to die rape of the girls First District Judge Clint Judkins accepted the plea bargain with die child abuse charge because he said Jarom’s actions led to serious physical and emotional injury of children According to state law anyone 13 and younger is not allowed to have sex even if it is consensual Bis considered rape of a child The other male juveniles : :fnendlieto fs parents about tbext daughter was die Lefdpsityr:7 V- Tbe nibther is also accused ofdroppingdietwbgiilsoffat comfortable with where die general fund sits” said Karen Borg council member: Two million dollars fiom power Mils goes into die gen- eral fond anmultyJini addi- tional $400000 is sent to the city to pay for administrative costs of billing customers for' power use Council member nope to further reduce city budgets by about $1 million ’and die amount of die hike biy the party ’half 'The mother has entered a The action received mixed IviB not guilty plea and be in reactions among city officials court for a preliminary healing “I think it was ah appropri June 22 : Force Base - wIt had ‘government surplus’ signs on it and I saw other items too with signs like that on them” Pitt testified Pitt testified Nielsen said he was planning to return die items but needed a trailer to get them to the research facilit- Search Continued from A1 t t instrumentalities that may have been used to dismember Autry any vehicle or instrument used to move or transport the body of Autry or yphotographs or other “trophy” Facility managers again evidence associated with i went to Nielsen’s home after discovering more missing aur lAutQfaui no bbii Liu j found at the item of None items die air force Iran plus die house has been linked to base That foil investigators found many other items at the Autry It might be weeks before the crime lab can posihome including a snowmobile trailer a compressor a tively identify any of the items said Cache County agov? Sheriff’s Lt VonWilliamson and an censeplate Nielsen also allegedly — vehicle all propTremonton woman die raped research of facility erty First District Judge Clint May 12 in his house He is being held without Judkins ruled Nielsen' should ' m the CadjeCounty Jail bail stand trial on all charges An on two on die rape charges Nielsen arraignment charges is also accused of raping a was set for 1:30 pjn July 9 Hyrum girl who was Nielsen will also be in court at friend of a 1:30 Autry pjn June 27 for a preCache County Attorney liminary hearing on die two Scott fyait has asked the rape charges sheriff’s office to redo some Nielsen will remain in die interviews in die homicide Cache County Jail without case' bail ? - K all-terr- old ate decision on their part” said Ron Savfile director of : and Power ilbm Kerr does not agree He worries how this may affect services to residents because fhe budget is tight enough “It (the city budget) is already starving and they want to quit feeding st” Kerr said “It’s ho different-froany other business If you’re not paying for yourself you ought to make the changes neces- - response to increases in the cost of natural gas and a decrease in the amount of: power produced by hydrodec-' trie dams ' The council plans to resume discussionsaboutthepower rate at its meeting June 20 “We want to make sure any "charges filed would hold up in court” Wyatt So far die case looks like it would warrant a murder charge but not a capital offense charge he said In a “ capital offense the prosecutor can seek foe death penalty ' Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelson said news coverage of die case has generated a lot of ' phone calls to his office “For die htostpirt disk hak been good we are gaining information” he sud “But as gain information we want’ to follow up on it and that takes timer Nelson did not know when an announcement would be made about an arrest in die '-- -- case- v I Also among die more than 60 items taken from die homeJ a knife holder a meat hook and five knives shoes base- - 1 ball caps an electric kiln sev--’ eral cellular phones a box of papers a hunting knife with I gutting hook a bottle of Plrozac and an drill Utpe American flag Police said some of these I item were crmfiscated not murthe as of necessarily part der investigation but because ' they are bdieved stolen fiom j the Predator Research Fadlityi ' ’) dit f Reporter Ann Herron can be contacted at ahenxxiOhjnewsom f (5i M i’ i i j For Information and the m ’ location of your nearest ' Troop Pack or Team Call : v- v-- ' t ' ’4 rate increase would cover die increased cost to the city of providing power Prices have risen in ounvnOiVMK MfiavR on Ar Cache Khte PecNatrlc Rehabilitation Center VV7 “ ( rrocoaoB vuni ' c i " i- ! 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