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Show Mill Felice locate pregnant boyfriend 10-year-o- Tips on when to go to the emergency room Crossing guards put at risk by speeders ld, Page A3 Page A9 jlf . - I Second unit keys Jazz win Page CI B1 Page Wood Burning Conditions OK Burn Day f"sssa$, From DAILY HERALD STAFF and Wire Reports The weather Wednesday night and Tuesday morning was defibad enough to shut nitely bad down the Alpine' School District, but not severe enough to close other Utah County Schools and government offices. While severe, the storm that was propelled by 70 mph wind gusts throughout northern Utah seemed to spare Utah County the level of wrath it visited on Salt Lake County. In Salt Lake City, most schools and government offices were closed. Bill Alder, of the National Weather Service in Salt Lake ' City, said the storm did not stretch any further south than Utah County. ; District School Alpine spokesman Michael Robinson said at the time the decision to close down for the day was made, it appeared the heavy storm was headed for areas of his district. But later in the morning, he said, the storm did not live up to that prediction. "Just because it looked like it would hit about the time the kids would be out standing waiting for buses, the decision was made to close and not risk having kids standing out in a blizzard," Robinson said. Susanne Thorpe, of the Utah Department of Transportation district office in Orem said, "I bet Alpine and Highland got quite a bit. Last night they closed By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Acknowledging they can't get a balanced budget deal with the White House right now, House Republicans are offering a solution to the debt ceiling crisis and moving to pass legislation that would keep the government f running for another month. 7., Averting a default in the y, debt took on new urgency h , Wednesday as a Wall Street credit-ratin- g agency, Moody s Investors Service, threatened to downgrade the rating of $387 billion in U.S. bonds. Moody's said the impasse on the budget and debt had "significantly increased the risk of By MIKE CARTER Associated Press Writer By TOM McHOES The Daily Herald The creamy white substance falling over Utah County Wednesday afternoon was basically dirty, wet snow. According to Randy Graham of the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City, the snow collected an unusually large amount of desert dirt in the air and dropped it on residents and their property from southern Utah County to south Salt Lake County. "We had really strong southwesterly winds," Graham said. "The winds stirred up the dust in the southwestern desert, brought it over Utah County and mixed with the precipitation." And what about the paint job on your car or the new clothes you just got during the holidays? Not to worry, Graham said. Anything that can clean regular dirt should be able to clean this residue for the simple reason that it is just regular dirt. Daniels Canyon to Strawberry (Reservoir) and wanted to close (State Road) 92, the road to Micron, but they couldn't SALT LAKE CITY It seems the Utah State Legislature has spent more time celebrating the state's centennial than passing legislation. Rep. John L. Valentine, said 324 bills were introduced in the first week of the Legislature, but only one of those made it through both chambers in that time. "I've never seen it that low, except in 1987," said Valentine, chair of the House Rules Committee. The committee reviews bills and determines which will go through the lawmaking process. By comparison, the Legislature introduced 337 bills and passed nine in the first week of the 1995 session. m Find it Arts Business Classified Ads Comics Crossword Legals Lifestyle Movies Nation Obituaries Opinions Schools B6 A15 D7 D6 D12 D7 Bl B7 A3 A10 D3 All CI Sports State Television Weather World A12 B7 A4 A5 Weather Winter storm warning today. Tonight mostly cloudy with snow showers likely at times. Additional accumulation 2 inches. Much colder. Lows in the teens. Friday mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers mainly early. Highs near 30. See Page A6. Air Quality Today is a "green" burn day for all areas along the Wasatch Front. ieS Utah TIT ILegislatara Related stories, Pages A9, A10, A12 li hii n in 11 iimiiwiiMii m iiiuiiiiimi mm w iiim Mum 'atllr ... -.,-..-.J. AP Photo Tyler Anderson, of Orem, sweeps newly fallen off his car before leaving for work this morn- ing. The snowstorm, driven by winds of up to 70 because there are so many people She said all valley and canyon roads were open, but kept UDOT said the most likely for this culprit year's situation is the Utah Centennial. The first day of the session was devoted to cen- Valentine businesses and govern-snoment offices closed this morning. For a detailed Utah forecast, see page A4. mph, left some schools, crews busy trying to keep them clear. "They say they got 40 inches at Aspen Grove. I just talked to spent in historical ceremonies," Valentine said. Even the bill that was passed was part of the state's birthday cel- - the amount of time we spent in historical ceremonies (that caused a lack of bills to be passed last week)." Rep. John L. Valentine, "It was R-Or- em tennial celebrations and many legislators, including Valentine, dressed in period clothes. There was little time left for real lawmaking that day, arid in subsequent days, centennial presentations have taken up floor time in both houses. "It was the amount of time we ebration. The bill designated the star Dhube, the one in the Big Dipper that points to the North Star, as the state's centennial star. Dhube was chosen because it is 100 light-yeafrom earth, and observers are seeing light that left when Utah became a state. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mar- rs Threats posed by land mines in Bosnia 'complex,' say experts Reeder said there are an estiWASHINGTON (AP) U.S. forces in Bosnia are depending mated 1.7 million land mines in on training and technology to Bosnia, many of them in poorly protect themselves from more marked fields and most of them than a million very diffi- cult to land mines said detect. to be littering the situaland mine "jne C0U'There is no silver buiief to the mine ion faced in Bosnia is clearly one of the WQrst jn the WOrld." . w ." one driver and he said at dance in Provo Canyon there's so Sun-there- (See STORM, Page A2) da Dillree, at the the of Planetarium, Hayden request also designated the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer as the state's official astronomical symbol. Despite the lack of progress due to last week's party atmosphere, Valentine said legislators are number preparing an of bill requests. As of last Friday, the office of Legislative Research had received 1,100 requests for bills. Regardless of the number of requests, Valentine said the Legislature will only act on 350-40- 0 of them. To try to make the load manage- able, Valentine said legislators have been asked to select two bills each for priority consideration. ,1 to file a bill that would make a lethal intravenous injection the state's only execution method. Allen said the decision on how the inmate dies either by shootshould be left ing or injection to the judge to allow for cases in which a convict wants to donate his or her organs. "The state has the difficult task of executing this person, and I think it should be left up to the state to decide how it should be carried out," Allen said. But Allen's initial proposal to" ban the firing squad in Utah has found little, if any, support on Capitol Hill. Republican legislative leaders in both the House and Senate have said they don't have much problem with firing squads. Nor are they worried about the bad publicity that may befall Utah as the state prepares to shoot child, killer John Albert Taylor on Friday.' said House "It's a Assistant Majority Whip Kevin "If they want to Garn, be shot, then shoot them." Senate President Lane Beattie said his read of lawmakers is that they're happy with the law as it stands. "I don't see any big movement to change things," he said. Currently, Utah is the only state that gives the inmate the option of firing squad or lethal injection and is one of only two states that still has the firing squad as an option at all. Inmates in Idaho can be shot or lethally injected, but the mode of non-issue- ," (See LAWMAKER, Page A2) I 0 VI Nonethe- less, Reeder praised the complex the threat, 1 work that's Maj. Gen. Clair Gill told a House land mine specialist been done to prepare National Security AP Photo for this mis- Committee hearWith various types of land mines in the foreground, sion. Often Thomas ing Wednesday. left, an Intelligence analyst for the National Reeder, As commandant of the Army as a technical expert on land Ground Intelligence Center, and Ma). Gen. Clair Gill, commander of Engineer School, Gill has respon- mines, I feel that sitting here the U.S. Army Engineer Center at Fort Leonard Wood, testify on sibility for developing techniques stateside I often have a better Capitol Hill Wednesday before the House National Security Subin Bosnia. for dealing with mines. perspective than people in the committee on the threats posed by land mines Thomas Reeder, a land mine theater. I don't feel like that at So far, one U.S. soldier has Terrorists and disgruntled solspecialist at the government's all with Bosnia." "I'm pretty optimistic," he been injured in a mine incident. diers from the warring factions National Ground Intelligence said, but conceded that "we will Spc. Martin John Begosh of are the most prevalent threat, Center, said "the land mine situation faced in Bosnia is clearly continue having a smattering of Rockville, Md., suffered a leg Navy Capt. Joseph Mazzafro told wound. the hearing. incidents." one of the worst in the world." nomas neeaer, non-worki- TV 13 ' SALT LAKE CITY A lawmaker who wanted to abolish the firing squad as a death penalty option in Utah has decided; to leave it on the books, butt she wants to take the choice away from the condemned inmate. 1 Rep. Cheryl Allen, said Wednesday she has reconsidered her original intention No, it was not milk falling from the sky or chemical fallout caused by Geneva Steel. a default" - Such a downgrade could drive up government borrowing costs, leading to ; higher interest rates generally and putting downward pressure on the economy. "The president is confident now that the Republican majority in Congress understands that shutting .down the government and ; threatening default are not ; useful tactics in terms of budget negotiations," presi-- " dential spokesman Mike f. McCurry said today. "So he ; remains confident that we ; will get this necessary business of the nation accom- plished in short order." White House officials said they were encouraged " by the new overtures from ; House Speaker Newt Gininclude short-terwhich grich, spending and tax cuts Gingrich said would be a "down payment" toward a balanced budget. ' "We have agreed with the " president on enough things that I think we can get to a down payment" of up to (See DEFAULT, Page A2) cents Lawmaker withdraws bill abolishing firing squad Nuclear winter? No, dirty snow By DONALD VV. MEYERS The Daily Herald ' . 50 Centennial occupies Leaislature's time Republicans offer deal to ;:avert default , Csrttra! 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