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Show ,. ?f THE ONIVERSITY JOlI RN,\b • SOUT~.RN \FI' AH llNIYERSI'l'Y • MQNDAl', FEBRUARY 3, 1 UTAH DIGEST MORMON CHURCH LAUNCHES WEB SITE: Th e Momion Church's long-planned World W1<lo Web page is on- line. Wh ile sc.ve:rol Momion-rel:itcd raies a lready '1.!C on rhe lmcrnct, t bc one ,.,fficial Church nf Jesus C hrist or Laue r-day Saints web s ite can nnly be fo und at http://www lds.org. Henry B. EyrJ ng, • 111cmhcr of the ch urch's Q ttorum of the T ,wl vc, sai d the roads," s31d Carol Page, Davis County com missioner. T oll r<1ads ore being used s uccessfully in California and several fast Cc,ast states, said To1n Warne, Utah D e pa rrmcnt of Transpo rtation executive director. GROUP OPPOS1NC LIGHT RAlL ASKS JUDGE TO RECONSIDER: Opponents of lignt-rniJ uacks on Salt Utke Ci Ly's Main Street have asked" Judge Lu rcconsiJcr a lluw iJ1g Utith Trru1s1l AuHwrity w go ahead "' itb its r lons. Sa lt Lake on Track, a nonprofn group opposed t0 ,he downtown route. based its m orion fo r re,:ons idl:ration Fciday on a and rmg ll'U-e/ ' Eyn ng said. OC\!J.SPA\'H!r -.;tory. UTA !-11::iokes.n,an llill B:imes told the Descrel News L AWMAKERS OPEN DOOR that a defoy o f up to a mo nth T O TOLL ROADS: A !louse c:t,mm incc h:is ap11rovcd a bil l 1ha 1 wouJd not adversely affect th e construc:tion ~c hcduJ~ for light wou ld allow State o ffkwls w rai I. T hat wmmcnt secme~ consider toll roods on son,e ne \,, coun, er w rhc aTgumcn ts 1113dc by b ighw:iys - princ ipally the UTA nttoniey Randal l Fei l 1n J"r<ipllScd Legacy Highway to be court. Third Dlstr!ct Cou rt Judge bu ilt w est of Inte rstate 15. Pat ll. Brian last w~ck rejected Salt T h e fil'st pan of the legacy proiect lak e o n Trnck's request fo r a - a 120-milc-long road proposed Lcn, p-nrary rcstr:i inin; ordt.!r lO frvm north uf Ogdl'n co south of prcvem the UTA and Salt Lake Nephi - could he the Wes t D,ivis City from s,gnlng an agrt:,ement Highway. " fl is sm a rt 10 develop that wou ld £ix the double-Lrnok severa l dtffcrcut h,nding opti011s, route o n Ma in Street. including tile idea of using tol l Web page, w h ich was put up last month, was delayed because Monnnn lenders wanted to make sure Imm its in ccptfon that it w1ts dun e righL ' ·We w:mted Lu be s u re that our message ,votd d be c lca.r I THE STATE Is Merrill Cook another Enid? Utah Democz-ats ask FEC t o in vestigate finances SALT LAKE CITY (APJ - T he Utah £ilcd with the Federal Electio n JJcmocrntic Party h as nkd a complaint w ith Commission," she said. the Federal Elcc,t ions Commission, clahnmg funk said Cook hai>hircd atrom ey Dan 2nd Dlstrkt Re(}. Merri li Cook, R-Utah, Berman to aggressively figh t Nielson's snit. violated federal rules by tU1der reporrmgh is Cook s u cceeded Grc.cnc, w hn J ec ided cam paibol dchts. no t co seek re-clccti(m last year afte r her T he complaint was iilci.l former h us b,md, Joe Fri day, a wct:,k afte.r former Waldholtz, pleaded guilty to campaign consu ltant R.T. felo n y ch arge,, which included Ntclson Co. riled a scatc cmrrt illegally pun Ins$'./. million lawsui t ~gainst t he Ercshmnn 1nto Greene's 191>4 campaign. cuni.rcssm.m, cl3Jm i ng h" Punk ca !Jed the Dcm'1crars' failed co pny n $200,000 bi.II attempt w lin k N ielson's for work on t he 1996 ~ comp laints wi t h Gree ne's ca mpaig11. dlfhcu llics is offensive anJ The Demvcrn,s asked the i rrdcvam. "llvery dime FEC 10 lnve..<tigate whether Congressman Cook spent in C(lOk filed fuJsc reports b is campuign ,,•as kgully bccauS\! Cook dm,sn't 01mw raised and fu lly :iccountcd on FEC rcpons all the d0bts for." Nielson says arc owed, t hus Funk snld Cook " dehn icely forcing Nielson to carry an doesn't o we" a ll the money lo " i llegal" Joan im the Nielson that Nielso n clai ms. campaign . Mem/1 Cook l'ui-tin; the debt on t h e PEC ------~ - - - - - - - rep o rt would hav,c been "T he FEC sh o ul d q_uickl~ invcstig:lle and determine '"'hether Cook improp~rl y fi nanced his comp,iign," Zuh l said. "U tah crin'l afford anothd campnlgn ilnance scandal," he s:lid, referring to 1he on e C ref!n~, to no t seek re-election. 1n a.ccu rate, she soid Cook reported to t h e FEC b1 Novcn,_bc.r d1at h e m igh l owe Niclso11 ,ibout $37,000, l'u:ak srud. IJu t tl1ls week Cook's campaign delemi incd char t h e actua l debt is no mo re than S7,000. But Cook's s pokeswo m an, Marianne Funk, called tho.complaint " political sniping." " Congressman Cook bas fully followed the la w in al l campaign fi11ancc ccporrs he h as HcJwcve r1 i n Ligh1 of Nielson 's cla im s :1.nd in :iccordancc ,v1th FEC require ments, C(iok o n FriJ,iy ii led an ame n dm e nt [co the N ovember re port. t b.1tlorccd C<Jok's predecessor, Rep. Enid - |