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Show IT:;: v Utah Thursday, November 29, 1990 The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah Me32 UZah StigJ? ecftco! g?c& plan to coniinus on ufth highar learning - brain and forget trip planning,'' e said Whitney. "And during the holidays, people like to party, and then they like to get behind the wheel of a car." While the number of fatalities goes down during the winter, SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Parties, liquor and icy roads combine to make winter holiday travel hazardous, highway officials say. , . . "On any given weekend there would . be one fatality on the attrib-ut- e months, which authorities to people driving slower, the number of reportable accidents can increase as much .as 57 percent, according to Salt Lake roads," said Gary Whitney, ; spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety. "On a holiday weekend, the average is going to be between three and four." , Ten people died on Utah's highways during last year's Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, according to the Department of Public Safety. Many officials attribute the high accident rate from December to February to the.bad conditions and the opportunity for more drinking on the road. "People get traveling on the statistics. "The traffic accidents will always go up around this time," said Salt Lake City Police Lt Tom Brown. "We just handle them one after the other as quickly as we can." "Normally, when we have big storms and the streets get really, really bad, we could get as many as 20 calls and that's conservative."- said ; back-logg- ed - Tammy Eithell, dispatch supervisor for Salt Lake City's police and fire departments. To reduce the risk of accidents during the winter, authorities recommend that all vehicles be properly equipped with, snow tires. There is no requirement for snow tires in Salt Lake, but it's a matter of "common sense," said rh f think we're kind of due for ident Saddam Hussein removed from power and his military machine scrapped. But, if Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the other Per- sian Gulf nations negotiate a settlement, "the magic solution would be the Arabs working out their own official said. deal," the think-tan- k visit is sponsored . . Carroll's Utah by peace advocacy groups, includar ing Utahns United Against the Arms Race, Utah Peace Test, : Physicians for Social Responsibility of Utah, the Catholic Diocese of , Utah and the Interfaith Peacemaking Resource Center. Bush has a big enough force to launch an offensive strike against Iraq, and he has been pushing the .United Nations and Congress to agree with a military solution, Car Nu-cle- war." BYU: 22 a more active winter because we've had four years in a row," said Alder. below-norm- al all-Ar- ab Briefs - A LAKE CITY (AP) judge has taken under advisement a motion to grant condemned killer Ronnie Lee Gardner a new trial. During a two-da- y hearing before 3rd District Judge Raymond Uno, attorneys argued Gardner deserves a new trial because be was poorly "represented during his 1936 trial for killing a lawyer during a botched April 2, 1985 escape attempt. The motion also alleges hypnotically enhanced testimony from the state's key witness was tainted. Gardner, 29, shot and killed lawyer Mike Burdell and critically wounded sheriffs bailiff Kick Kirk after a woman slipped Mm a gun when he was being transported to court for a hearing for an unrelat FENWICK SPORT . SEAT Complete Two Person A comfortable seat, a nice 72 Hour Supply Includes Water , tackle box and an ice chest all in one well made 9"x12 x14 unit. A great gift idea.' school Originally sold for $34.00 they would go to any recourse; we're going to pull out," Carroll said. "That would be totally short of our objective, which, apparently for President Bush, is to eliminate Saddam Hussein, to nullify his political and military role in the Middle East," he said. Carroll does not believe there is settlemuch chance of an ment because "we're doing so a two-ye- ' college.. Two percent indicated a preference for a private or business school in Utah, and about 10 percent said they were looking at school attending an The university of choice for 28 percent of those looking at four-yeinstitutions was the University of Utah, with another 22 percent expressing a preference for Brigh-aYoung University. Twenty percent said they wanted to attend Utah State University; 19 percent Weber State College; 7 percent prepare and good tasting retort food.retort water, shelter, heat, and light for two people for 72 hours. Compact size, easy to carry. Will store 7 to 10 ar much arm twisting," promising military supplies to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and other Middle East nations and favored-natiotrade status to United Nations members with crucial votes. GLOVE WARMERS Rame!ess heat packs that you just keep your hands toasty. reg. 50e each slip into your gloves to 5 for $1.95 Limit 25 years. Value $79.95. m Utah State College. Southern It's A Dream Come True ed murder charges. He was convicted of first-degrmurder and sentenced to death. Gardner was shot in the chest by a prison security guard during a shootout Uno took the motion under advisement and said he wCl retain the case as a senior judge after he retires Dec 31. He isn't expected to rule on the case until April During the hearing, the appeals lawyers questioned Gardner's defense attorneys and Gardner himself testified. Additionally, they related Gardner's troubled childhood as a victim of family violence, which attor- jT - ee t - " . v - . ' . - . . - ' ! -' - , j &s " ney Karen Chaney said should have been brought up during his trial, but wasn't ,! Governor backs deficit reduction Gov. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Norm Bangerter says he will ask the Western Governors' Association to support genuine cuts in the federal deficit "If we're going to be real players resoluin the federal budget-defic- it tion, we've got to be willing to say well take less money from the federal government," Gov. said Wednesday on the eve of his departure for the association's conference in Las Vegas, Xex. "We cant criticize the federal-budgdeficit when we applaud 'their increases of roughly 10 percent,' he told reporters. "It just Ban-tgert- er et doesnt wash." , The governor has been critical U the federal budget package passed last month, saying it actually increases spending by 91 percent Tm going to raise the issue and see, if together, we can come up with some kind of unified position to take to (the National Governors Association), be said. Although the governor said he believes his counterparts will support the concept "philosophically, well see if we're any better than the Congress when it comes to putting a line on the paper. , - j. . . - After the association's conference, Bangerter will attend a y; 'T Bangerter, who will become chairman of the group following the meeting, said the federal government should pursue development of alternative fuels. ' be implemented before March, UTA officials said. Two weeks ago, UTA directors, citing increased fuel prices, gave tentative approval for 20 to 30 percent fare increases and indicated they would be imposed by Jan. 1 But UTA economist Richard Hodges said time constraints make that deadline unrealistic and implementation now will not be possible before March. Under the proposed plan, to be aired at Wasatch Front-are- a public hearings, adult fares would go up to 65 cents a ride and monthly passes would rise from $18 to (21 Senior citizen and disabled rider fares would go up a nickel to r-- ' V- - L . 1399 Sealy G)venani Posturepedic queen frize set Savf on thi hixurj; mattress and m springs sd nm Seal v with a rate rise before March Pro SALT LAKE CITY (AP) posed bus fare increases will not ' .. three-da- y meeting in Phoenix with the Interstate Oil Compact, an organization of 29 states concerned with energy production and environmental regulation. 20-3- UTA: No , 8 HOUR An excellent supply of easy to te all-Ar- ab ; Close Out $14.95 Utah ar Buy now and make no payments until February 1991 Hearing ends with no decision SALT ' part-time- . Dixie College: 20 Snow College: 18 Eastern Utah: 5 10 selected an n The problem for Bush would be solution and an Iraqi an Army withdrawal before an assault could be launched, possibly as early as December but no later than the end of February to avoid brutal summer weather, Carroll said. "If they said, "This satisfies us, (Saddam) is going to leave (Kuwait), he's going to have certain additional rights, and hell leave, they'll say, 'We're happy. Thank you for coming. Please don't delay. Go away.' I dont think we'd have ar The board said the figures are Utah State University: 20 Weber State College: 19 Southern Utah State: 7 Westminster College: 2 Two-yea- r institutions: S.L. Community: 29 Think tanlt official: Only Arab truce could stop a U.S. invasion of Iraq . roll said. "By the time you get 450,000 people out there, you cant afford to sustain that force. When you get the gun cocked, you'd better pull the trigger or some thing will go wrong," said Carroll, former director of U .S. military operations in Europe and the Middle East "If you prepare for war and make no efforts to. avoid it, you're going to have war," Carroll said during a visit to Ogden Wednesday. "Congress is never going to er 4-.- Utah high school graduu.es 'schools of choice:' University of Utah: 28 UVCC: 28 OGDEN (AP) Virtually the only thing that could stop the United States from invading Iraq would be a negotiated truce among the Arab nations, said Eugene J. Carroll, deputy director of the Center for Defense Information. . President Bush wants Iraqi Pres- ; high school in order to obtain - .. .: v, : l job. ,. However, employment specialists i in the state say that's a misconcep-- . tion, since 80 percent of Utah jobs do not require a four-yecollege -degree. J They say, however, that attrition r over the first two years of college ...' brings those figures mare in line V with job availability. ar me- teorologist William Alder predicts that this year's winter sea- -' son could be the worst in several years. "I consistent with Utahns' perceptior' that the majority of students' should continue schooling after ar adequate room between cars while on the road. National Weather Service Slightly more than 2 percent said they would attend Westminster College. The choices for two-yecolleges included Salt Lake Community Coir lege, 29 percent; Utah Valley Community College, 28 percent; Dixie College, 20 percent; Snow College, 18 percent, and College of Eastern Utah, with just under 5 percent, v Almost four in five of the ates said they planned to work full- edu-catio- h : Brown. He said people should allow plenty of time to get to their destination and leave more than City - . " SALT LAKE CITY (AP) More Utah high school graduates than ever say they intend to continue their educations, according to a , survey of more than 15,000 seniors. Fully 84 percent of the Class of DO plan some post-hign, school SI in from 1389, up percent according to the Office of Education. , The office interviewed 15,000 sen64 percent of the state's iors graduates just before graduation last spring. Of them, 45 percent plant to attended a Utah four-yecollege or university, while 24 percent said 0 15-ve- ar warranty. off other models Saw on our entire stoti of5ealy Pturepedic and Pture Dream mattreses and box springs in the Sleep Shop. 30 cents. UTA has been hit by diesel fuel increases that will raise operating costs by $2 million a year, said General Manager John Pingree. Rising fuel costs also are expected to drive ridership up, and there will be indeterminate new costs to serve that new demand, officials said. 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