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Show D A I 14, IY Sunday. January 2. 2005 HERALD Utah stocks outpaced the Dow Jones in 2004 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , SALT LAKE CITY Utah's 31 publicly held companies averaged a 17 percent increase in stock value last year, outpacing the gain on the Dow Jones industrial average. Utah's best performer was Salt Lake which rode a trend of increasing online retail sales to a spectacular 247 percent share-pric- e increase, "People are discovering we do have the lowest prices and our name recognition is way up," said Overstock.com chief executive Patrick Byrne. "We have hit the tipping point in the American consciousness." Nature's Sunshine Products Inc., which manufactures and distributes nutritional and personal care products, turned in Utah's second-bes- t stock performance of the year. Its shares increased 142 percent to close at $20.36. FX Energy was the third-beperforming Utah stock. The company, involved in exploring for natural gas in Poland, saw its stock price rise 134 percent. Shares of Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City gained 76 percent. The biotechnology company issued a statement City-base- Over-stock.co- d st earlier this week indicating it submitted a new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin Phase 1 testing of a new cancer treatMPC-- 2 130. ment Aft,er several years of , lan- guishing, Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. staged a turnaround. Its stock was up 55 ' percent for the year. The company is known for computer hardware and software systems used to create realistic images for training airline pilots and military personnel. It also offers digital theater products for planetari-ums- . Not every Utah company saw its share prices increase in 2004. Utah Medical Products Inc. hit a high of $27 per share last d August, but the medical products manufacturer was broadsided by an FDA lawsuit claiming quality-contro- l problems at its production Utah-base- facilities. Within days, the company's shares hit a low at $1,7.26 before rising to $22.47 closing down the year 14 percent. The company denies the FDA's allegations and says it's making and selling products "without any regulatory Bill to raise school money back in Utah Legislature ASSOCIATED THE PRESS SALT LAKE CITY A proposal that would raise more money for public education by limiting income-ta- x breaks for children is headed for a third year to the Utah Legislature, but it may face worse odds of passage this three dependent children. In a state that celebrates big families, critics say it looks too much like a head tax. Rep. Patricia Jones, Lake City, and Republican Rep. Steven Mascaro of West Jordan, say the Utah tax code can't generate enough money to keep up with a school system expected to add 145,000 more students over the next lt Actor William Boyett, 77, dies Dennis McLellan '. LOS ANOEIES LOS ANGELES WIS -Wi- ' l-lianl Boyett, a veteran stage, screen and television character actor best known for playing Sgt. "Mac" MacDonald on the TV series "Adam:l2," has died. He was 77. Boyett died Wednesday of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, said his daughter, Suzy Boyett. Boyett's early television credits in the 1950s included everything from "Playhouse 90" and "Four Star Playhouse" to "Perry Mason" and "Sea Hunt." He also had two recurring roles as Officer Johnson and Sgt. Ken Williams on the 1955-5police-dram"Higha 9 way Patrol," starring Broder-ic- k Crawford. Over the years, Boyett showed up frequently on series including "Family Affair," "My Three Sons," "Emergency!" and "Knot's Landing." He also played the father of Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) on "General Hospital." His work with Jack Webb on both the 1950s and '60s versions of "Dragnet" led Webb to cast actor with the barrel-chestethe gravely voice to play the role of the low-kebut authoritative Sgt. MacDonald on "Adam-12,- " police-dram- a the 1968-7that starred Martin Milner and Kent McCord. "He's one of the last (members) of the Jack Webb stock company," McCord told the Los Angeles Times Friday. actor-produc- d y 5 ' f "Bill was one of trjbse steady performers you could count on. He was honest in his performance: He conveyed truthfulness, which is what' Jack ; t . yH' required from everybody who worked for him." And, McCord added, "Bill was a delight to work with and made it one of the greatest pleasures of being on a series for seven years where you had such compatibility among all of us. We had our own stock company (on 'Adam-12'It really was a fun show to be on." Among Boyett's other credits are the "How the West Was Won" and films including "The Rocketeer" and . ). . mini-serie- s, "The Hidden." His distinctive voice also was pften heard in voice-ove- r work, including national commercials for Hamm's beer and Soft Scrub. Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1927 and raised in Waco, Texas, Boyett moved to Los Angeles with his family in the early 1940s. While at Dorsey High School, he won the Southern California High School Shakespeare competition, which led to acting jobs on radio. He attended the University of Southern California, where he majored in radio and television. After serving in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, he appeared on stage in New York, including a small role in "Mister Roberts." In addition to his daughter, Boyett is survived by his wife of 48 years, Joan; son, Keven; two granddaughters; and his : .ft CLAUDIA GAZZINIAssociated Press Belgian theologian Jacques Dupuis is seen in front of a statue of Jesus Christ in the Gregorian University in Rome in this Feb: 27, 2001 photo. Depuis, 81, died of a brain hemorrhage Tuesday. Rpltfian thpnlntfian whose work was attacked by v in Dnmn ti aiiuui uica in uuiuc at ui iin si 1 Art declared in 2000 that the book contained "notable ambiguities" ROME that could lead a reader to "erThe Rev. Jacques brothers, John Olafson and Wallis Collins. roneous or harmful positions." Dupuis, a Belgian theologian In a compromise, Dupuis whose book on religious pluraltime. ity exploring salvation through. signed a statement worked out with the Congregation and The measure would reshuffaiths was atfle state income tax brackets decade. tacked by the Vatican, has died worked the Vatican criticisms in Rome. He was 81. and limit family deductions to into his book. In return, the Their plan would raise income tax revenue, dedicated Church did not sanction him Dupuis collapsed Monday and allowed him to continue his entirely for education, by $82 night after dinner and was million a year. work. taken to a hospital, where he OBITUARY FEES died of a brain hemorrhage But afterward, Dupuis told "Responsibility is a famThe Daily Herald charges for obituaries. on Tuesday, the Rev. Jose De ily value. (The bill) puts the reporters in Rome that he was Death notices, brief items identifying the forced to suffer in silence for deceased and the funeral home involved, Vera, director of the Jesuits' responsibility where it should however, run free of charge and must be while the Vatican ata instead of 'head said be, office, Saturday. press years getting placed by the funeral home. of Education. tacked his book and made what The theologian's work on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS bonus,' " Jones said. "It gives The Daily Herald obituary rates are as he called "false accusations" He joined the university us positive tax reform, a siglows: 52.60 per line, 515 per picture. pluralism drew the ire of the in 1940 as a physical educanificant infusion of money in PLEASANT GROVE about it. Vatican at a time when it was An additional $30 00 internet fee 30 days to run pn leqacy.cpm that a of the Leon Grant Green, athletic and our In it's to tion instructor. the At the time, Jesuit Superior 1973, he schools, going primacy underlining an win online quest dook inciuqes " General Peter- - Hans Kolven-bac- h added to the obituary fee. end up in the classroom." assumed the role of Athletics Roman Catholic Church over director for the University of Of particular concern Idaho died Thursday at his Director until retiring in 1979. other religions. ' For further information call 344 2533. You praised Dupuis book, sayto may also it "dares to venture into a to some is a provision that home after a long illness. Green was actively involved Asked what his ideas were, ing dhobitphotoheraldextra.com would eliminate the federal-ta- x in the design and building of He was 90. Fax Dupuis said, "For me Jesus dogmatically fundamental area DEADLINES deduction on state refor the future of the interreli-giou- s Christ is the universal savior, Green, a University of Idaho the Kibbie Dome and other intramural sports complexes turns. Professor of Physical Educabut at the same time I believe dialogue." Tuesday Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Day before publication. That was a sticking point on campus. tion and Division Director that in the divine plan the other He said the statement Dupuis last year with House RepubSunday: 00 p m. on Saturday In 2000, Green was honEmeritus, was a native of religious traditions of the world signed in the end "clearly estabMonday: 1:00 p.m. on Sunday lican leaders, who said it was Idaho. lishes the limits of this teaching ored by the UI Alumni Ashave a positive contribution to For Sunday & Monday publications, obits to which the author has tried unfair to better-of- f families sociation for a lifetime of make to humanity." ' He attended the univeror faxed. need to be His book "Toward a Christian to adhere, even if he has not with grown children. service to'his profession and sity on a football scholarship, Photo deadlines same as above. his alma mater. graduating from the College Theology of Religious Pluralalways succeeded." When the Vatican in 2000 ism," first published in 1997, sought to reconcile the doctrine reaffirmed the primacy of the that only Christ brings salvation Roman Catholic Church over for mankind with pluralism that other religions, leaders of sevsees the possibility of salvation eral denominations expressed concerns that the Vatican was through other religions. The Congregation for the changing course on efforts for Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatdialogue with Sales ican's guardian of orthodoxy, Pope John Paul II has made betlaunched an investigation into ter relations with FREE Delivery a sign that the Vatia goal of his papacy. the book can he V V A. J, concerned was was Mfm,art sugDupuis taught at Rome's Pontif286 West Center Provo gesting one religion could be as ical Gregorian University, a prestigious institution for seminarians good as another. After years of and other students of religion PHARMACY Born in Huppaye, Belgium, in investigation, the Congregation 1923, Dupuis studied literature and philosophy at Notre Dame of Peace in Namur, in the south of his homeland, and pursued his studies in philosophy at college in Eegenhoven, Belgium. After studying theology at St. Some people get out of this old world in a quick death such as heart attacks, car wrecks, accidents of many kinds, last acting disease. No one is prepared to Mary's College, in Kurseong, India, he studied Hinduism in accept such a death and the turmoil around it can be huge lor everyone involved. We are inclined to think that death will happen to others but never to us, but it Calcutta. He concluded his studdoes. When a child dies we grieve lor he or her death and we grieve also lor the luture ol that child's life within the family. We grieve for the loss of feeling the joy ies at the Gregorian, obtaining a of having them marry; we grieVe lor the loss ol grandchildren Irom that marriage. Our hopes and dreams for our loved ones are shattered. Everything has been doctorate in theology. Dupuis joined the Jesuits as brought to a very abrupt end by no one's choice. a novitiate in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1954. When a spouse dies we suffer the loss ol the support, companionship, and love now. Olten we leel like we are half ol a whole' person. The survivor must now learn to discover that he or she can indeed be a whole person without the spouse. Loneliness can become almost paralyzing if it is allowed. Our task is to learn that we can be alone but not lonely. Friends and lamily can assist but the true work must be done from within ourselves: Our social realm will move to a singles group rather than a couples group. It is important to stay involved with others. It is important 'to work to let go of the "what if"s and the "I wish I had..." and "I feel so FAMILY MORTUARIES and need to be released. No one is perfect and on any guilty because.... ". These statements are rooted in the desire to change the ending. They are For all of the given day we say things and do things we would not do il we had known this is the way your relationship with your spouse would end. reasons that matter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former University of Idaho athletic director dies fol- ' . . MEDICAL EQUIPMENT and Rentals MS mi 373 - 7288 lf Quick Death Can Cause Deep Grief Of Another Kind Walker I We grieve differently at the death ol an elderly person. When a parent dies quickly we grieve for the past. It is not easy to be a orphan. We all have varied memories ol our past with our parents. Many are sweet and loving and with lots ol humor. Others come from homes with great stress and unhappi-nesBut the faitiily ties are still very strong. 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Certainly when a quick death happens with our circle of lile we need all the comlort and trust we can draw from a kind, loving Heavenly Father, who knows much more than until we are we do. He is always there waiting for us to call on Him. Sometimes wc must struggle through our own iiMirpiitftl Sm ices ttcauhfiil rjulmc; Of THE UTAH DIRECTORS PROVIDER FORETHOUGHT Simmsh Fork Pleas Visit Our Web Site lt Send Your Condolences lo Families www walkf rfamilymortnoriei com I NATKHMl ASSOCIATION OF FUNERAL We" HANS Ri'tmntu'tiil FORE THOUGHT HLMKALI'LWNIM. |
