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Show Thursday J December 30, 2004 Mil) 'o. ! ill) ' Utah valley i EDITION SO CENTS YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIG-K- in i SPORTS A Aw fk ft VI' "1 Fingerprint database held up by I IN UV TODAY .nj ASSOCIATED Elisabeth Nardi DAILY HERALD As one of her last official duties as governor, Olene Walker signed a declaration Tuesday making the American Fork Marching Band thje official Utah Representative at the Inaugural Parade for George W. Bush in Washington, D.C While there is no state money available to back-u- p her declaration, band officials hope her support along with other Utah politicians such as Sea Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jim Matheson will help the band collect another $107,000 needed to make it to the nation's CapitoL "Any kind of additional support from the governor or congressional leaders is great," said Martin Lewis, chairman of the band's g committee. "They feel - - rt tf See DATABASE, . Press fund-raisin- like this is a positive thing for Utah and it affirms the good work and dedication of this group of youths." Soon-to-b- e governor Jon Huntsman Jr. is also giving his support by asking that the band play at his inauguration party on Wednesday. While Huntsman is not giving any money directly to the bond, he has promised to use his "connections" to get the band in front of people who may be able to sponsor them, said John Miller, director of the band But time is running out to raise the money. So far the students have raised $50,000. The 203 band members also have contributed $350 each toward the trip, Miller said See BAND, A8 I Saying goodbye: Gov. Walker packs up her bags, A8 "They feel like this is a positive thing for ' Utah and it affirms dedication to this group of youths." Martin Lewis fund-raisin- g chairman Tsunami toll continues to climb "1 f m f ,r PRESS ' When HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. Sgt. Jose Bermudez returned from Iraq early this year, he came home to a new baby and a troubled marriage. "We were on the brink of divorce," Mandy Bermudez acknowledged as the couple ate lunch recently with their three children, all under age 3. The Bermudezes were among 300 couples with the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division who have attended "marriage enrichment seminars put on by the Army in hopes of savrelationships. ing With studies showing divorce rates as high as 21 percent among couples where one spouse has been sent off to war, the Army is spending $2 million jUj fj 0 ft. wiSSfc. rr war-ravag- ed See MARRIAGE, A8 DAVID LONOSTREATHAssociated Press for the soulof his sister on Wednesday at dawn dong the beach near KhaoLak, Thailand. Wetchakul's sister was swept out to sea and believed drowned as she sold goods to tourists on the popular tourist beach just north of Phuket. Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers Actor Jerry who played a sardonic seen ll cop on "Law ft Order" died Tuesday night of cancer. Sea C4. Or-bac-h, it-a- SPORTS !! OUR TOWNS ci r0Z1 comics uv uv Rain and snow MsroE ,: iS1- -, ' HOROSCOPE CELEBRATIONS AA3 TELEVISION UV BUSINESS Ct WEATHER n OPINIONS A4 HIGH 42 LOW 28 VOLUME 82 ISSUE 152 IjliilSIPL Churches ask members to donate for relief effort Desperation felt in Indonesia as relief effort bogs down 1 '1 . " Chris Brummltt BANDA ACEH, Indonesia As the world scrambled to the rescue, survivors fought over packs of noodles in quake-stricke- n Indonesian streets Wednesday while relief supplies piled up at the airport for lack of cars, gas or passable roads to move them. The official death toll across 11 countries soared past 77,000 and tlie Red Cross predicted it could exceed 100,000. Bodies were piled into mass graves in the belief that burial would ward off disease. Paramedics in southern India began vaccinating thousands of survivors against cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and dysentery, and authorities sprayed bleaching powder on Amie Rose and Todd Hollingshead beaches where bodies have been recovered In Sri Lanka, reports of waterborne disease such as . diarrhea caused fears of an ept. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : t,imii"iWM" 11 the good work and A8 Go lon& Jerry V TIDAL WAVE AFTERMATH Kimberly Hefling THE ASSOCIATED DOUOIAS C. ftZACAssociated as she heads home for the last time from her office Wednesday in Soft Lake City. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Miner carries a vase of roses given to her. Utah Gov. Olena Walker waves goodbye Army seeks to save marriages hurt by war ' Orchestra sizzles in Salt Lake n Eaii to reiDreseit Utah in D.C PRESS C WASHINGTON More than IJiree years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration Eas failed to create a unified U.S. fingerprint database because of agency infighting, meaning most visitors to the country still . aren't fully screened for terrorist or criminal ties, the Justice Department's watchdog warned Wednesday. The continued bureaucratic clashing the very behavior the . Bush administration pledged to end after the attacks is causing serious delays in solving the problem. In his fourth report about the situation, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said the situation "creates ' a risk that a terrorist could enter the country undetected." Despite some improvement, the Justice, State and Homeland Security departments are at an impasse over such basic issues as whether two or 10 fingers should be printed at US. borders and ' which law enforcement agencies 'OlJLmiU IMIVB BUCU LU iiiiiiiwi u-mfnrmafinn hnn MUW IIIHIWUi WU rrogress towara ine longer JLVJL JLJ.VJ'JL Trans-Siberia- Curt Anderson THE '(PVIJAT I PHX3P STORXDO .11 JJ f? UJiiU, infighting 2 kPER r I tonic. ' ' ..t ' PresidemBushaimouncedthd;;''. United States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an .inter? national coalition to crordinate. relief and reconstruction of thesis A 3,000 miles of Indian Ocean riitt walloped by Sunday's earthquake and the tsunami it unteashed,; ; V A ) "We're facing a disaster unprecedented proportion n' n4-- rf ture," said Simon Missiri, a top' : Red Cross official "We're talking WORN LARSSON ROSVAIVAP . about a staggering death toB." i .,. On hundreds of Web sites, the Oats Undblom, evacuated from Phuket, Thailand, is welcomed messages were brief but poi- - ''. Bldmee Christina by relatives Wednesday upon his gnant: "Missing: arrival at Landvetter airport in See TSUNAMI, A6 Goteborg, Sweden. 2 . ; HERALD Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatteSaints are asking members to donate generously for victims of the tsunami in southern Asia earlier this week. "In association with other relief agencies, the church is extending substantial hLimanitarian aid to the stricken people of southern Asia," the First Presidency said in a statement Wednesday. "We have representatives on the ground who are assessing needs and who are administering help. This coming Sunday, 2 January 2005, will be our regular fast day. In the present circumstances, we urge our people to remember in their prayers those in the devastated areas and to contribute most generously in fast offerings, which will make it possible for the church to increase its aid to those whose suffering is so great." For information on how to donate to the church's relief efforts, interested people can go r-day - $ DAILY See DONATIONS, A6 |
