Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 18 2001 Utah Q : 2 In brief Travel trade Most people in Utah don’t want closed Republican state primary feels shock of terrorist attacks SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most people in Utah oppose the state Republican Party’s decision to close primaries to all but -- registered Republicans according to a survey In heavily Republican Utah that party’s candidate often is the general election victor Republicans hoping to keep Democrats and independent voters out of their candidate-selectio- n process voted to close the convention in the at August party primaries A Deseret News-KSpoll conducted by Dan Jones & Associates found 69 percent of those surveyed strongly or somewhat oppose the Republican Party closing its primary Twenty-tw- o percent strongly or somewhat favor a closed primary A fifth of all voters surveyed said they will be less likely to vote for GOP candidates in a final election because they don’t like the party’s stance on closed primaries The Jones study found that 56 percent of Republicans oppose closing their own party’s primary 79 percent of Democrats oppose Republicans closing their primaries and 84 percent of independents oppose a closed GOP primary The survey of 400 Utah residents was conducted Sept 6 it has a margin of error of 5 percent The respondents were not necessarily registered voters Joe Cannon state GOP party chairman said the poll numbers were troubling and he plans to launch a publicity campaign in support of the closed primary system Some recent elections in the state have been close enough that independent voters helped determine the outcome L AP photo Police officer Joseph Allen right checks the ID of Berlin Ballada at the new entrance to Fort Douglas on Friday in Salt Lake City The new dorms at the University of Utah rear will serve as the Olympic Village for athletes during the 2002 Winter Games Security in the city and aropnd the state has been beefed up following the terrorist attacks of Sept 11 Military SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Glenda Wright and her son Jeff had to leave Franklin Idaho five hours before Jeff’s flight was to leave Salt Lake City International Airport Within minutes of arriving at the Delta Air lines terminal where counter personnel outnumbered outbound travelers Jeff Wright was checked in on his flight to Florida “They told us on TV to be here three hours early Obviously we didn’t need to” Glenda Wright said indicating the empty maze that she had expected to be jammed with people waiting to check in “But you never know Looks like whatever they’re doing it’s working It will probably be hairier during the Smoky 757 sets down in Cedar City CEDAR CITY (AP) — A United Airlines 757 flying from Los Angeles to Chicago landed here early Monday after the crew discovered a mechanical problem No one was reported injured and another United 757 landed a short time later to take the 181 passengers on their way United said A spokeswoman for United said a mechanical problem forced the landing “Any time we have a hint that something is mechanically wrong we err on the side of caution” said Chris Nardella United spokeswoman in Chicago She would not provide details on the mechanical problem Flight 128 left Los Angeles at 11 pm Sunday and landed in Cedar City at 1 :53 am Monday Nardella said Cedar City’s runway is 8653 feet long Salt Lake International 243 miles to the north has runways of up to 12000 feet Olympics” Salt Lake International was one of the nation’s first airports to implement battened-dow- n security in the wake of Tuesday’s hijack attacks on New York and Washington said airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann “Each airport is really very different” she said “We’re doing fine with it” Gann said the 11 airlines flying out of Salt Lake reported they were running at 80 percent to 85 percent of opera' tional capacity At midmoming the airport ' was quiet Two cabs idled in front of the terminals the dri Huntsman donates to Red Cross SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The American Red Cross said Monday that Utah resident Jon M Huntsman has promised to donate $50000 to the organization as it continues its relief efforts in the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks Huntsman the owner of Huntsman Chemical Corp was expected to present the check to Susan Sheehan of the Utah chapter of the Red Cross at its offices in Salt Lake City Monday The billionaire chemical magnate has spent more than $250 million of his own money to open and operate the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah V"? “°P® toresnaoow ““ what may happen during the 00C8 ' Winter Games “It’s the Olympic traveler who is going to have a greater concern because the Games may be a higher target" for terrorism said Spence Kinaid assistant director of the Utah ' Travel Council That Utah tourism will security “Ordinarily we decline in immediate future would get something to eat” seems undisputed All air travLinda Hathaway said soundelers are certain to reassess ing only a little wistful their need to travel experts That’s not an option any say The only question is how more for those seeing off famlong the downturn will last ily or friends All the airport’s “We have significant canfood concessions are past the cellations for foe next two security gates where only weeks and that’s with both ticketed passengers are groups and individual reservaallowed tions” said Tiffany Ho operaFormer Orem resident Loni tions manager for QuintS tar Tuaileva who now works in Management Inc which manManhattan was in Atlanta on ages five motels and 400 Tuesday When she arrived at in Moab rooms the airport “it was crazy” she limited resumption Despite said air travel of Thursday it seems Tuaileva arrived at Harts-fiel- d normal traffic that unlikely International Airport two into Utah will return soon — hours early and it was a businesspeople in Salt Lake good thing She wasn’t Moab and St George say allowed to take her canyon Tourists and business travelers bag aboard “They opened my will remain wary of flying for bags and went through everytime some cowl cause which thing The line was so long it business conditions tq be y ' ' took 30 minutes just to go depressed "through security she said" Questar Gas wants to cut rates 15 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lower natural gas prices have prompted Questar Gas to seek a cutback to the rates it has increased during the past year Questar asked the Utah Public Service Commission for the $111 million decrease Monday It would likely cut the average customer’s natural gas bill from $905 to $767 a year according to company figures The utility requested the decrease begin Oct 1 The decrease follows two increases totaling $230 million in the past year Questar gets about half of its natural gas from suppliers It produces the rest from its own wells The price Questar pays its suppliers for gas fluctuates while the cost for gas from its own wells remains relatively constant During the past year rising prices led Questar to seek two increases totaling $230 million This year with decreasing prices the company is planning to pass on the lower prices to customers according to company officials J SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah businessestatering to travelers and tourists have receiving hundreds of cancellations from people afraid or unable to fly tome state The cancellations brought on by last week’s terrorist attacks are another setback in what already has been a disap--' pointing summer for Utah's hospitality industry Hotels catering companies and other businesses say the fragile economy has made people more careful about de-fac- to 4-- I vers waiting for fares Shuttles appeared only sporadically There was no sign of unattended luggage Salt Lake’s airport has always had a separate island for curbside passenger pickup but on Monday it was all but deserted A sign said that skycap service had been temporarily discontinued Gann said she didn’t know when or if curbside luggage handling would resume Heber residents Linda and Clark Hathaway were at the United counter helping their son Simon check in for a flight to Los Angeles As it had at the Delta counter the process took only moments “Mayor Anderson urged us to be two hours early so here we are” said Clark Hathaway The Hathaways had no complaints rather they said they appreciated the enhanced —DENTURES' “From the Lab to You No Dentist Visits Required' Save caa’a a Buck Back liar $1 OTF Mma the La an sandwich or hamburger j ZaMeau’s HARRIS DENTURE DESIGN William (435) Harrla-Uccaic732-361- Dcnturlrt d (204) 1 165 east 1400 North a 646-22- r lama gpunssrcr i— i something to think about Because all doctors are NOT the same Neither are all lasers More than 250 LASIKS have been performed on doctors and surgeons It's ' iim ! : across the Wasatch Front by Dr Wapner at the Aris Vision Institute and Standard Optical Dr Wapner is the doctors' doctor And now you can have LASIK vision Cbrrection with DrWapner andtiieiategVISXtechix)logy-the- 1 if ( 'laser in the world for as low as $699 per eye including ' s -- : ic care: A great price especially since pre and improved for flexible spending and IRS 125 Cafeteria Plans! post-operati- ve this procedure is iiV I I Aifta Bfoose testa tymCgator 801 I v is yr' (fiayFteSijalra) ' :w' & I ' a I — — ' fe-- - : fcjwz i Al r niaaaaaa ' iV s- c V - - v 'v v £ J Vi- free Initial consultation l’ 'i- I— ib f Financing available j t wk WiMC - j':‘ V-- I ' l) f - v:-- ' 'I j- ‘‘a t v ly-- ‘v i r ( : '"A - :"! 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