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Show Tuesday, June 28, f ew lariosis Local Forecast 'The Forco' Hits University Mall The Jedi Adventure Center, an exhibit highlighting the legend and lore of the Star Wars movies, will be on display in the University Mall, Orem, begin- By The Jedi Adventure Center d also includes a can visitors where display Ehoto their picture taken and appear to step into the fantasy ning Friday and continuing world of a galaxy far, far away. through July 13. The Jedi Center Plus, there are special receivers will be located in the Mall north which will give Star Wars enthucorridor near Mervyn's. siasts a chance to hear messages Visitors will get a from two of the characters from and Darth glimpse of how Star the films, Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Vader. and Return of the Jedi were In addition to these activities, created through original art- the Jedi Adventure Center will work, concepts, photos and docu- host a special Star Wars trivia ments, many of which have quiz contest with nearly $5,000 in never been released to the public valuable Star Wars prizes to be behind-the-scen- wrap-aroun- Lilted Preti Iatenattoaal Utah will experience a contiiuied warm spell throughout the state for most of this week, with some widely scattered thunder showers, mostly Thursday and Friday afternoons. The National Weather Service said a weak trough will brush by northern Utah today, bringing with it the possibility of some es O before, officials say. given away. Provo Public Hearing Tonight The Provo City Council will conduct its final public hearing on the city's $43 million 1983-8- 4 city budget today, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Council members expect to approve the final budget and set the mill levy for the coming year. Preliminary plans are for a small reduction in property taxes, coupled with a slight increase in local property taxes. Also under consideration for final hearing are increases in city utility, water, waste water and garbage collection fees. The meeting will be in Provo City Council chambers. tonight's man was critically injured when a vehicle he was driving struck a horse near Cedar Fort late Monday night. Utah Highway Patrol officals were delaying release of the victim's name until family members could be reached. The victim was flown by medi-va- c helicopter to the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Orem Man Dies in Canyon Crash man was killed when senger in Olson's car, Dave the car he was driving slammed Grundy, Orem, was treated for into a tree in Hobble Creek shock and broken bones. An Orem Canyon. Orem police Detective Frank Wall identified the victim as Kit Robert Olson. Wall said a pas Grundy's age was not available. Wall said Olson was driving westbound in the canyon at about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Trucker Dies in Freeway Crash An Idaho truck driver died The Highway Patrol spokesearly today when he apparently man said that Flippence died at fell asleep and his truck ran into the accident scene located on a bridge abutment on Interstate near the Payson Main Street I-- 15. ' off-ram- p. Utah Highway Patrol officials said Larry Flippence's truck left the road, hit a guard rail, then jackknifed and flipped. The cab of the truck then struck the bridge abutment. The victim's truck was so badly damaged in the crash that extraction brought in. equipment was RAIN isolated thundersnowers. Another more significant trough will approach the state Wednesday and that will mean more scattered showers for the state. Highs will continue in the 80s for most of the week with the temperatures reaching into the high Ms in Utah's southern desrts. Salt Lake County Flood Control Director Terry Holzworth had good news, though. He said runoff from the mountains has peaked and the thread of floods of canyon streams hs passed. Holzworth recommended Utahns keep their sandbags in place for a while, though, because a heavy rain could still bring the bulging streams over their banks. Regional Forecasts Sandy Man Critically Injured A Sandy The victim of Preston, Idaho, was driving for Miller trucking of Hyrum. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Johnson said the southbound truck was pulling an unloaded trailer used to haul cattle when the accident occurred about 2 a.m. SALT LAKE City, Ogden and Provo: Fair to partly cloudy today with isolated afternoon thundersnowers possible near the mountains. Fair tonight, but increasing clouds on Wednesday with a slight chance for thundersnowers late in the day. Daytime highs in the mid 80s with lows in the upper 50s to near 60. Variably northerly winds S to 15 mph. Probability of a shower less than 20 percent today and 20 percent Wednesday afternoon. Logan: Partlly cloudy today with isolated later afternoon thundershowers mainly near the mountains. Fair to partly cloudy tonight and cool. Increasing afternoon clouds Wednesday with a risk of thundershowers. Highs in the low 80s; lows in the mid 50s. Cedar City: Fair to partly cloudy today through Wednesday with occasional southerly winds to 20 mph. Highs in the mid 80s; lows in the lower to mid 50s. St. George: Fair to partly cloudy through Wednesday with occasional southerly winds to 20 mph. Highs near 100; lows in the mid Utah: Fair to partly cloudy today and tonight with late afternoon thundershowers mainly near the northern and eastern mountains. Cooler Wednesday with increasing clouds in the north and fair in the south. A few late afternoon thundershowers in the northwest. Highs generally in the 80s except in the mid 90s in the southern deserts. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s. Northern Idaho: Mostly sunny today ith increasing clouds tonight and a chance of showers or thundershowers Wednesday. Most highs will be in the 70s; lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Thunderstorms Plains. An Iowa man was killed early today when his car was swept about 600 feet down a rain-gorgcreek near Iowa City. Detroit's entire freeway system was closed for the first time ever, snarling an estimated 200.000 cars in up to I feet of water during the bomebound rush hour. "I was just bobbing along," said Celeste Eckman of Detroit, whose subcompact Renault was carried along by the current on the westbound Ford Freeway. Another motorist described the scene as "the damndest thing I ever saw." Stretches of Interstate M, the Dan Ryan Expressway, on Chicago's South Side also were flooded and many main street underpasses were impassable. More than S inches of rain soaked Lemont, 111., a Chicago suburb. Record lows were reported in northern Michigan, where the reading at Marquette dipped to 37. The storms broke the grip of a heat wave from the upper Midwest to New England but passed north of New York City, which sweltered through the hottest day this year at 95 degrees. A soccer coach playing on a field at New Bedford, Mass., was struck by lightning and killed and three construction workers in Suf field, Conn., were injured by lightning. The storms left more than 22,000 Connecticut homes without power and knocked down a 23,000-vo-lt power line at Glastonbury, Conn., which burned a hole 24 feet wide and 2 feet deep into a road. "It got so hot it melted the asphalt," said Fire Capt. Jack Gutt. "It was just boiling." Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in Nebraska and Iowa, where 4 inches of rain fell in M minutes at Britt and flash flood watches were posted. Four to 5 inches of rain doused South Dakota, northeast Nebraska and western Iowa, where several roads were under water. Overnight downpours in north central Custer County, Neb., dumped more than 10 inches of rain. The storms were the most severe in Oklahoma and Texas, where gusts of 60 mph destroyed a grain elevator at Vera and damaged nine small airplanes and six hangars at an airport north of Seymour. They caused sporadic power outages throughout the area. A tornado hit Purcell, Okla. The upper Colorado, running 3 feet over flood stage, burst through an earthen dike near Grand Junction, Colo., and flooded a few homes near the Connected Lakes subdivision but began to recede without endager-in- g another 100 homes in the area. in two homes in that "It got ankle-dee- p area but these homes were not swept away or anything," said Mesa County Sheriff's Capt. Bob Silva. "It looks like it can be contained." Lt. Gov. Nancy Dick, acting for absent Gov. Richard Lamm, declared a state of emergency in the Grand Junction area. Interstate 70 in the area was closed where it ran near the river. wan WEST FLORIDA has origins shrouded in mystery. The whfte star on a blue field may have been the symbol of secret society believed to have been behind the formation of the Republic. 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