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Show THE STATE UTA.H DIGEST WALD HOLTZ TESTIFIES AGAIN BEFORE GRAND JURY: Rep. Enid Waldholtz testified yesterday for a second time before a federal grand jury investigating allegations that her Enid Waldholtz estranged husband - - - - - - engaged in a $1.7 million checkkiting scheme and lied to the Federal Election Commission. Mrs. Waldholtz, a first-term Republican from Utah, testified for more than three hours in the closed-door session at the federal courthouse. Emerging for a lunch break with her attorney, Charles Roistacher, she told reporters she was "j ust telling what happened." She declined furt her comment. Roistacher said her testimony likely would be continued at a later date. STORM MOVES THROUGH UTAH: A storm preceded by winds gusting to m ore than 70 m ph continued to plummet northern Utah, shutting down som e highways and closing schools, businesses and government offices. " This is probably going to be one of the largest (snowstorms) in a while. Everything is favorable," said Edward Carle, National Weather Service lead forecaster at Salt Lake. The jetstream, moisture, instability and lake effect all played a role. The lake effect occurs when cold western winds pick up moisture as they move across the Great Salt Lake, dumping it in the form of snow over the Wasatch mountains and valleys to the east of the lake. State government was closed, except for essential employees or those who could get to work safely because they live nearby, said Vickie Varela, spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Leavitt . UTAH MAN ACCUSED IN ALLEGED FRAUD SCHEME TIED TO MONTANA MILITIAMAN: A Utah man has been released on bail after being accused of attempting to pass phony certified bank checks stem:ning from a scheme hatched by a federal fugitive holed up in Montana. Brigham Parley Evans, 42, of West Valley City was arrested Jan. 9 and charged with com m unications fraud. He posted bond for his $5,000 bail and was released Monday. His preliminary hearing is set for Jan . 30. Child killer is executed POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) - Child killer John Albert Taylor, fa strapped to a black metal chair with a §Q white target over his heart, early today ., became the nation's first convict in 19 < years to die a firing squad. ~ ...__..__ _ _ _ _ __ Taylor, 36,before was executed at 12:04 a.m . at Utah State Prison with a fourConvicted child killer John Albert Taylor, shackled in his cell, was bullet volley fired by anonymous d marksmen using .~0-.30 caliber deer execute by firing squad at the Utah State Prison in Draper at 12:04 a.m. rifles - th e t ype used to execute G ary strapped into a steel chair 23 feet from Gilmore at the same prison in 1977. five executioners, a white cloth target "The execution was carried out without any incident of any kind," said pinned over his heart and a pile of sandbags behind him. A black hood Attorney General Jan Graham, who was told Taylor had "some final words, was placed over his head. The executioners - all law apparently in the form of a poem." enforcement volunteers paid $300 each Utah is alone among the states in - fired through rectangular openings. offering the condemned a choice of One gun is traditionally loaded with a lethal injection or firing squad. Idaho blank round; none of the shooters has shooting and injection, but the knows which. choice is made by the state director of Taylor was already seated in the prisons. death chair when witnesses first saw Taylor said he chose the firing squad him. He looked relaxed. because it would be costly and His body, heavily strapped to the embarrassing to the state and because chair, did not move when the bullets he feared "flipping around like a fis h shredded the target on his chest. Blood out of water" if given an injection. He quickly soaked the front of his body also hoped the method would m ore Even with ear protectors, the shots dramatically underscore his claim that fi red in unison, resounded in the ear~ of his death would be state-sanctioned witnesses seated behind glass windows m urder. Wearing a dark blue jumpsuit, he was in the next room . ...,""'-_...r;....J T~us e>n_ 1oreyes. Hawaiian Haze 5 Tannins 6 And lips. And cheeks. And ... 491 S. Main #2 • Cedar Pointe Mall • 865-9999 ~ ~ ~ ~ r- Who says you can 't ha ve it all? Merle is the place to find eve1y thing you Wc!ill~rnUftrn~ SJ~ ~[P)®ceflc!ill need to be you r most beautiful , from advanced $2.00 tans Feb. 12-16 sk in care to the most glorious 20 min. beds only selection o f foundation shades, Book Now!! eyeshadow colors, lip color, SUU STUDENT DISCOUNT nail color and lots more. with lD. card So come in today, and try Wolff Bed $4.00 Platinum $4.50 us on for everything. ~ a: w New hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 am 'til 8 pm Closed Saturdays & Sundays I orman :E 0 mERLE noRmAn* COSM E TIC STUDIOS The Place for the Beautiful Face'.M 987 North Main Suite 7 865-0555 |