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B4 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/OBITUARIES Friday, July 2 . 1999 Highway Patrol Says Wagons Whoa, But With Permit, It’s Wagons Ho THE ASSOCIATED PRE PROVO — wagontrainre-enacting the Califor- ne highway patrol stopped the group Wednesday be use of safety concerns. That canyon has a historyof really messyaccidents. Just imagine some semi barreling down and coming around the corner and bamo,” Kramer said. The participants from Nebraska, Utah, Oregon, California, Tennessee and other states began their dusty trail in K: s and are bound for Sacramento, Calif., in the sesquicentennial re-enactment of the California Gold Rush of 1849. nia Gold Rush that was temporarily stopped from proceeding through the Provo Canyonwill beal lowedto continue down thehighway Highway Patrol spokesmanChris Kramer said the group has nowobtained a permit from the Utah De. partment of Transportation and has hired private companytoescort them throughthe canyon on U.S 189. They planto continuethrough the canyon this morning We're supposetoparticipate in [Monday's] Pa- oe Primary Could Be Called ‘Fragile Friday’ radein Provo. Canyon,” Stewart said. Joel Murphy, a Utah Countyresident who rodehis horse with the wagon train from Duchesne to Midway, said afterthe lieutenant put his foot down, wagon-train supporters made phone calls to highway patrol higher-ups, Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office and the governor; progress began to be made. said trail boss Tennessee John Stew- art. He andtherest of the wagon train were waylaid He and wagonmaster Russ Leger wentto the Utah just north of Midway after 1,500 miles on thetrail. Stewart said the group crossed Kansas, Colorado Department of ee office in Orem late Wednesday to get a permit. | Kramersaid he admires what the wagontrain participants are doing. “But it's the not the pioneer days anymore. We've got a lot of traffic on the roads. It could be like one of those old John Wayne movies with a wagons careening downthe canyon. and part of Uiah without ever being required to have a special permit ButStewart said a Utah HighwayPatrollieutenant stopped the groupjust past $ rawberryReservoi He askedus, ‘Whatare you doing on myhigh? and told us we couldn't go down Provo Running for President? $500, Please BY DAN HARRIE THESALTLAKE TRIBUNE, Fewer and fewer things in @ Continued from B-1 life are free Now, it costs $500 to get Leavitt and other primary orga Wewanted more — no doubt about it.” said Leavitt aide Vicki Varela. “But three [states] is without charge At the same time, ballot ac- cess has been made tougher for presidential candidates not affiliated with a recognizedpolitical party. It used to Al Hartmann/TheSalt Lake Tribune Lt. Gov. Olene Walker describes plansfor the first Western presidential primary. With her, from left, are state Republican Party representative Scott Simpson, Sherry Swensonof the Salt Lake County clerk’s office, and state Democratic Party representative Megan Holbrook. coordinating the regional prima four votes on the last day of their [legislative] sessions,” said Shee. Safety Concerns Sen. John McCain, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, said Sheehan. ment they welcomed,” favor’ of joining the regional pri- is said Perry To protect people from them selves, federal, state andlocal au up with number of laws governing the of fireworks @ Utahoutlaws the useof fire works that de or launch such bottl je-rockets, cherr E n candles. “Ar at propels off the ground Hegal going to dowell in the West — and areas. If you live own Throw in boo e and you have an even more explosive mix Your judgment goes out the window whenyoupour that alco. come In Utah, the primary is estimat ed to cost $600,000, an amount that was appropriatedby lawmak ers in March Nevada's primary effort was ry bills based oncost wed fireworks altogether in BC Seilouds from B-1 thorities have hamperedbypartisan politics Apparently, the Gore people's tion regulations prohibit flying withfireworks — passengers who take combustible toys on board can receivejail time or criminal fines up to 32 his Salt 1 Officials as Holiday Nears hol down the gullet,” han. Idaho and Montana lawmakers both defeated regional prima dland/urban here the hills.” State homes mee according to Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Brent H en think about set evaluation was that Gore wasn't that [primary] was not a statesaid Var- blanceto an individual responsi- and generallyrobs banks that are closeto interstate highw In theSalt Lake City bank robbery andone in Sherwood, Ore., hewasseen fleeing the bank in a 1990s Chevrolet Camero Iroc The suspect has used a small handguninmostof the robberies, although he has not fired the weapon, Still, the FBI considers the bank robber “very dangerous “That is why we are trying to identify the individual in that photograph TheFBI is asking anyone who recognizes the manto call (801) 579-1400. There is a $50,000reward for information leading to the bank robber's capture, the stick-up guy are one the same e bank robber has struck at least 34 banks in Utah, Idaho, Or egon and Washington, including Photo in Lehi Resembles Man On Wanted List banks in Provo in 1997 and 1998 andin Salt Lake City in 1997 In thefirst several robberies the suspect wore a baseball cap and stocking over his face, but in the most recent robberies he has favored the checkedshirt or a zip- @ Continued from B-1 The FBI considers the man the nation’s most wanted bank robber, and one of the most crafty He does not leave fingerprints carries the money in a Officers Support Cop In Beating Case what the police were F ained he 4 pr dditional kicks,” He re coulc illed panicking nylon bag Then, according to Torres ps kicked him in the ribs. the face and the neck Torres said the only thing he ‘ould hear was the sound of boots triking his body. After the al orres recalled the officers laughing Torres remembers bleeding ‘om the mouth when the am take himto the € he was treated for nes in his ¢ was booked and sinus rt into jail for aulting apolice of and sh . Heaps wrote BEEHIVE’S BEST ee IN UTAH Fr You can now buy any one of our aids for 20% down Se ~ Now ony585 FULL SHELL i | * NO INTEREST I * NO MIDDLEMAN $240 WE CARRY THE $430 CONTRACT * NO SALES TAX We Pay Your Tax FULL WARRANTY i) as Hans Monuments 1555 E. 3300 §. S.LC., Utah 484-1594 $10 PER WEEK YES $10 PER WEEK J 100% DIGITAL NOW °1,640 tno kemore REG *2.400 Midvale 568-0404 7450 So. State past we've had could leave his car in the parking lot “He sat here for four hours, Steggel said. tS es Fax: 568-3615 1-800-508-4327 ALL TESTING FREE “We thoughtit was odd the whole time he was here because he walked away four or Body Found In Trunk; Man To Face Charges away He apparently drove around the area, but his car again overheated. Coincidentally, he park ing outside the home of Steggel’s daughter, about a half-mile mile away from the conveniencestore ‘She was home,” Steggel said kind of thing, and hereit is. A meterreader spotted a man try Junction. a convenience store in downtown Le and asked the clerk, Betty Steggel, if he ficer Torres’ attorney said that the 25-year-old Mexican still has blurred vision in his left eye and bleeding from his ear A lot of people get punched and the damage usually is not this said David Mendoza, an investigator for attorney D. Rich ard Smith, who is representing Torres. “Theextent of his injuries file their candidacies in Utah. Asof close of business, no papers had been filed, not even from aspiring “favorite son” Sen. Orrin Hatch. $$ “This is just scary. We moved to a small town to get away from this kind ofthing, andhereit is.” Betty Stegge! Levan resident RET hanging around a couple of homes, possibly looking for car Police say they decided to tow Serratos’ car when they discovered he didn’t have a driver's li- cense. “There was definitely a smell from the trunk,” Carter said “But they were just doing anin ventory before having the car towed.” That's when police say they found Cuvillas. “We think he was looking for a place to dispose of the body,’’ Carter said. Police say there was a brand-new shovel in- side Serratos’ car. Stubbs said Ogden police had parts, so the worker called police who investigated Serratos as a not dealt with him before. Serra- trespasser, Sheriff Carter said County Jail cy groupfor Utah's ethnic minor ities, is planning on writing a letter to the Department of Jus tice requesting that the FBI investigate theincident Torres wonders, as well, if race playedarole Just becauseI’m Mexican and undocumented, it doesn't mean that I'm a bad person — I just came here to work.” Torres said tos is being held in the Weber cord here, and he insists he did not have troubles with the law whenhelived in California At the sametime, police offi cers at the hearingsaid Heapsact ed pbeepEats ly fe is a conscientious, solid level headed officer,” said Salt LakeCity police Sgt. Dave Cra- croft, a 17-year veteran who was oneof Heaps’ trainers more than is tell Why didthis happen” There's no 10 years ago. “Laneacted within reasonfor the police to treat me thelaw and within policy. All the Multicultural Legal Cen likethis officers here feel he acted lawful A review of Utah court data ly and that charges never should shows Torres has no criminal re havebeen filed led us to believe that Jc ing the truth, that he was ind stompedon The President Clinton finished second in that expansivefield. Republican Bob Dole needed no Viagra to prop up his impressive 20 percentage point victory. Thursday was the first day for presidential hopefuls to Steggel said the man told her that he was waiting for a friend small town to get awayfrom this heated again,” Carter said He purportedly drove to Coun: Howard Phillips, who was amongthe first to warn of a “one world order” conspiracy. tice anything strange about the car ‘This is just scary. We movedto a @ Continued from B-1 tion guru Ralph Naderto Con- five times, then turned around and cameback. But wedidn’t no kicked ter, a newly formed legal advoca eee, UTAH’S ADJUSTABLE BED oa oc HEADQUARTERS Se apy ‘f NOBODY BEATS a9 WILEY! 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Now, the fuls, from consumer protec- servative Caucus founder SiS ¥S_afs.8aFesee° Sheehanhas been point man on collecting 300 signatures of choices presented to voters. In 1996, Utahns had their pick of 15 presidential hope- zez ee ZEe5?_ s52Oo§ Leavitt policy deputy Tim reasons We lest twostates by a total of be a non-mainstream candidate couldgetontheballot by up in the eclectic mix of 6 Convenient Store Locanons To Seeve Yout SYRACUSE 1093 W. 2700 $ $0. SALT LAKE 774-2800 461-3800 THIS NOW. Open...’til 10:00 pm CLOSED SUNDAY YY Se Hable Espanol Fy PP, 01 UnePoy 6) £64005 =r ‘ ; = 207-8800 261-6800 RIVERDALE/OGDEN 4065 5 verde Hod 622-7400 TAYLORSVILLE/W. WALLEY Wisw.ows 967-4800 Oo te hapry eo sched ate wd ok hese 2EE_ oS2789_82_' RQxePereaz Fie asisc. e282 _ 3F, said the Texas governor has taken notice The Bush people are watching. It matters to them,” said Varela. “It’s tripled our relevance states expressing interestinjoin ing decided to sit out the first theease of runningfor the nation’s highest office showed House hopefuls to run here W. Bushpresidential campaign election for financial or political That is a new requirement the old statute allowing White Varela, who also is Western re. gional chairwoman ofthe George He noted that several of the as one of the most liberal states for ballot access — and under state law that repeals three times better than standing aloneas astate ry your nameon Utah’sballot as a candidate for president nizers quite frankly, many individuals who just wanted their name in the [news]paper,” Walker said. Utah previously was known |
