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Show MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2002 STATE MAN GAVE TEENAGE DAUGHTER DRUGS; IN COURT: In a document filed Wednesday in 3rd District Court, Dale Moroni Gibbons = allegedly paid doormen | last June to allow his 15i 1id Dale Gibbons, year-old daughter into two Salt Lake City nightclubs, where he bought her at least 10 vodka cocktails. He also allegedly watched she used the moodenhancing drug ecstasy, ingested the animal tranquilizer ketamine and inhaled laughing gas. The former chief financial officer of Zions Bancorporation has - been charged with child endangerment, dealing in material harmful to a minor, and drug possession. Gibbons was arrested June 21, a week after he called 911 to report his 19-year-old gitlfriend was unconscious after a night of club-hopping. Gibbons' daughter was also unconscious. Both recovered. Each charge against Gibbons is a third-degree felony, carrying a possible prison term of up to 5 years. PARALYMPIC FLAME LIT IN UTAH TOWNS: UNIVERSITY JOURNAL In Woods Cross, about 1,000 people gathered to honor 25 citizens chosen to light the cauldron there as well. FOUND BODY COULD BE MISSING WOMAN: A body found Sunday off Interstate 80 near Wendover could be Copperton store owner Chong Suk Allen, who vanished in Dec. 7. Two rabbit hunters discovered a decaying corpse, still clothed, off the highway in Tooele County. An autopsy revealed that the dark-haired, still unidentified woman had been murdered, probably within the past few months. Homicide detectives on the case will use dental records and fingerprints to identify Richard Cozzens lit the caldron for the 2002 Paralympic Games Friday evening. Richard has been wheelchair-bound since he contracted encephalitis at the age of 38, Moab is one of 15 Utah communities that will ignite a flame and bring it to Salt Lake City on Wednesday in preparation of the Paralympic Opening Ceremony Thursday. A torch relay will wind its way through Salt Lake City that day, ending at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Residents of American Fork and Brigham City also lighted cauldrons. CORPSES FOUND AT CREMATORY: The draining of a lake at a Georgia crematory is expected to begin today. Investigators have found 339 bodies so far on the 16-acre grounds, some stacked 10 high in outbuildings, others in shallow graves and more dumped in the woods. A skull and torso have already been found in the lake and investigators expect even more after the lake is drained. Crematory owner military wing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomber was identified as a 20-year-old Palestinian from the Deheishe refugee camp. near Bethlehem. The terror attack occurred in an Orthodox neighborhood as people were returning to the streets at the end of the Jewish Sabbath. The area has been the scene of similar attacks in the past year. Ray Brent Marsh, 28, remains in the Walker County jail, CONFLICTS IN INDIA LEAVE SOME 400 DEAD: charged with 118 counts of fraud and theft by deception. He is accused of dumping the bodies, which were intended for cremation. After three days of conflicts between Muslims and Hindus in India, some 400 are the body. Allen, 43, had black hair and lived alone. She was a diyorced mother of two. Police found Allen's car WORLD on Dec. 20 in Magna, but it BUS CRASHES, KILLS provided no clues about her disappearance. 19: Late Thursday evening, a bus linking Algiers to the western city of Oran crashed into a ravine killing 19 passengers in the worst road accident reported in Algeria this year. At least 17 other passengers were injured, five NATION MISSING GIRL’S BODY FOUND: Missing San Diego girl Danielle van Dam’s body was of them seriously. The found Wednesday 25 miles east of San accident, which occurred in the mountainous road of Diego, about 25 N The Paralympic flame was lit Friday night in the town that welcomed the Olympic flame to Utah 25 days ago. Moab residents Mary and FOCUS: THE WEEK THAT WAS sttt Danielle van feet from a two-lane fondnear Dam’s body a lake found. Investigators said the state of decomposition indicated that the body was dumped shortly after the disappearance and that it had not been covered or hidden in any way. Danielle was last seen Feb. 1 when her father put her to bed about 10 p.m. She was discovered missing at 9 the following morning. Oued Zeboudj, near the town of Khemis Miliana, about 80 miles west of Algiers may have been caused by a brake failure. Algeria recorded nearly 2,000 deaths in road accidents last year, according to official figures. SUICIDE BOMB KILLS NINE: Saturday evening a suicide bomb exploded in a central Jerusalem street as Muslims and Hindus when this bus was set on fire. believed dead. The uprising began Wednesday when a large group, believed to be organized Muslims, firebombed a train carrying Hindu activists near Godhra, Since Wednesday, Hindus and Muslims have engaged in pitched battles, using stones, sticks, knives, swords and homemade bombs. Buildings have been torched and dozens of people have been burnt alive. Muslims accuse the police of reacting slowly to protect them and Hindus accuse Muslims of throwing acid bombs and gasoline bombs. Friday night, the heart of Ahmedabad was deserted, as police — aided by some 1,300 army soldiers — enforced a curfew. Violence continued Saturday. about the groom’s feminine gait and high-pitched voice, The matter ended up in court when the transvestite groom “had gone to the girl's residence to take his wife back,” a local paper reported. The paper said that in her statement the girl didn’t know her lover was female until she was told by her parents. The plaintiff asked the court that the marriage be declared void since it was entered into on a false declaration of identity. SPORTS MADDEN TO JOIN ‘MONDAY NIGHT WOMAN FINDS HUSBAND IS FEMALE; FILES FOR DIVORCE: A Suicide bomb kills nine, injures 57. worshippers left Sabbath services, killing nine and injuring some 57 others. The Al Agsa Martyrs Brigades, the young Sri Lankan woman filed for divorce after just three months of marriage after discovering her husband was really a woman. The bride was taken away by her parents on her wedding night when they were suspicious Cst 1984 68 North Main - Cedar City « 586-2422 group with vocal, and best the past eight years, was nominated for seven, released from his contract Wednesday and joined ABC’s commentating team for “Monday Night Football.” Madden will join play-by-play man Al Michaels in the broadcast booth. He'll also contribute to NEL coverage on ESPN. Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller, who had teamed with Michaels the winning none. MISS USA CROWNED: Friday, Miss District of Columbia, Shauntay Hinton, a broadcast communication major from Howard University, was crowned Miss USA. The 23-year-old said she hopes to use her position to promote volun- past two seasons, are out, as is sideline reporter Eric Dickerson. Melissa Stark will remain as a sideline reporter. Had Madden not been teerism, would have remained with “Monday Night Football” for fight homelessness the upcoming season. But, as and available, Miller and Fouts Michaels says, “When the gold standard is available, you go after it.” LEISURE ALICIA KEYS, U2, AND ‘0O BROTHER’ WIN BIG AT GRAMMYS: Wednesday's Grammy awards sent the soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Keys, and U2 home as the big winners of the night. O Brother, a bluegrass soundtrack that topped the country charts last year, won five Grammys, including album of the year, defeating works by U2, Bob Dylan, OutKast and India Arie, Keys also took home five awards, including song of the year, Exclusively at Castro & Co. Jewelers oo Gemologists best new artist, best R&B album, and female R&B vocal performance and R&B song. U2 won four, including record of the year, best rock album, best rock performance by a duo or pop performance by a duo or group. U2 led nominations with eight. India Arie was GAI Tension Setting Castro & Co. Alicia Keys won five Grammys Wednesday. FOOTBALL’: John Madden, FOX’s lead NFL analyst for Thou?, R&B singer Alicia David Westerfield, 49, a selfemployed engineer was arrested Friday after searches of his home and two seized vehicles turned up DNA matches with the girl’s blood. Police also said they found other DNA evidence on an article of Danielle’s clothing in her bedroom. Conflicts began between PAGE 5 Miss USA Shauntay speak out for breast cancer Hinton. awareness. Miss Kansas, Lindsay Douglas, was the first runnerup. Originally from Starkville, Miss, Hinton will compete in the Miss Universe competition in May in Puerto Rico. If she wins, Douglas, 23, will take over as Miss USA. Miss Indiana, Kelly Lloyd, 25, a Ball State University journalism major, was second runner-up. The other finalists were Lanore VanBuren, 26, of Minnesota and Alita Hawaah Dawson, 23, of Connecticut. Twelve semifinalists were selected Thursday from among the 51 contestants after two weeks of interviews and modeling. |