| OCR Text |
Show !MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 STATE PROPOSED UTAH TAX CUT IS LARGER THAN EXPECTED: The Utah legi},lature is poised to deliver a $24 .5 million tax cut to residents. roughly $20 m1llron more than either the ~ Democrats or Gov. Mike Leavitt Mike Leavitt proposed. The GOP relief package is structured so that most Utahns should see some benefit-about $70 to $100 per household Central to the plan is a one-time, across-the-board $18 million adjustment to the state income tax. But Republican leaders are shying away from a proposal to annually adjust Utah's income-tax brackets for inflation, which would have eliminated an invisible , annual tax hike. The plan is short of goals set by fiscal conservatives. It also shuns a state Tax Review Commission recommendation hat inflation be inserted into Utah's tax equation , keeping the tax structure in line with purchasing power. The Tax Commission urged that tax brackets be adjus ed . beginning rn 2001 , using the Consumer Price Index as a yardstick SANPETE MAN FOUND DEAD NEAR FILLMORE: Millard County sheriffs detectives are Investigating the murder of a Sanpete County man found dead Thursday near Fillmore . Law enforcement officials said they found the body of Virgil L. Barney . 67 . at the Interstate 70 and Interstate 15 interchange . A motorist saw the body and called the Millard County Sheriffs Office about 7 a.m. Thursday. Investigators are looking for Barney's 1996 gold-colored Mercury Cougar with license plate 852 JZ.V. Sheriffs detectives are not releasing any other details, but are asking the public's help in locating Barney's car. TWO BYU FOOTBALL PLAYERS FACE CHARGES OF THEFT: Two Brigham Young University football players were arrested early Thursday for allegedly shoplifting a six-pack of Tecate beer and a tuna salad sandwich . Running back Marcus Whalen and defensive lineman Brent Pollock face misdemeanor charges of retail theft and underage drinking after undercover pohce said they saw the players steal the ,terns from a ?-Eleven store on University Avenue in Provo. The 19year-old freshmen were booked into the PAGE 9 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FOCUS: THE WEEK THAT WAS Utah County Jail after the 1:30 a.m. incident, officials said , hen released . BYU Coach Gary Crowton suspended Whalen indefinitely and dismissed Pollock from the team. Crowton did not commen about his action Pollock already was on university proballon and had been suspended for the Cougars· first two games next seasorT after pleading guilty in December to charges of underage dnnking, public 1ntox1cat1on and urinating in pubhc. A judge was going to have those charges dismissed if Pollock stayed out of trouble for a year. Pollock and Whalen have court dates March 22 . The university Honor Code O ce also is investigating the incident. NATION TWO DIE IN NAVY PLANE CRASH OFF FLORIDA COAST: A Navy jet crashed into the Atlantic on Wednesday, killing the instructor and test pilot, the Navy said. The T-45A Goshawk was on its way to the USS Eisenhower from the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville when it crashed at about 5:30 p.m . Navy spokesman Pat Dooling said . The Navy said both men ejected just before the crash . The T-45A was based at the Naval Air Station in Kingsville , Texas, and had been temporarily assigned to a detachment in Jacksonville. Killed were Navy Lt. Gregory Fulco, an instructor pilot based in Kingsville, and Air Force Capt Justin Sanders, a test pilot based at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla ., said Master Chief Jim Rostohar, a Navy spokesman in Kingsville. FBI CHARGES HANSSEN WITH ESPIONAGE: An investigation that led to the arrest of an FBI agent on espionage charges -may soon clear a CIA officer who was the original target of the rnvestigatJon. a Washington Robert Philip newspaper said on Hanssen Friday Sources close to the investigation told The Washington Post that the CIA officer, who has been on paid leave for 18 months, had passed several polygraph tests and that some officials considered the evidence against him marginal The FBI arrested Robert Philip Hanssen . a 25-year veteran of the FBI , on Sunday, charging him with trading secrets to the Russians for cash and diamonds dunng more than 15 years of espionage activity . A 110-page Traveling TOGS Clolhlng & Accessories BEST BRANDS · BEST PRICES OPEN LATE in Downtown Cedar City affidavit filed in federal court on Tuesday alleged that Hanssen had also fingered three double agents working in Moscow, and that two of those agents may subsequently have been executed. INFANT HAS 'BLOODLESS' SURGERY: The ?-month-old son of Jehovah's Witnesses received part of his grandmother's liver in one of the first "bloodless" surgeries of its kmd performed on an infant, doctors said The family's religion opposes blood transfusions , which are typical in pediatric liver operations. Instead of using the usual two to three units of transfused blood during the infant's surgery, doctors used drugs to stimulate his production of red blood cells, and the blood from his incisions vas recycled . The "bloodless" operation performed Feb. 7 on Aiden Michael Rush's liver was so successful, it could become routine , doctors said Wednesday. "We made special arrangements in this case because of this family's religious beliefs. but from now on , we'll do this on every child to reduce our use of blood products," said Dr. Yuri Genyk, a member of the team that performed the surgery at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles . WORLD THREE BOSNIANS CONVICTED OF RAPE AND TORTURE: A U.N war crimes tnbunal Thursday convicted three Bosman Serbs on charges of rape and torture, the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to come before an international court.The tribunal convicted Dragoljub Kunarac and Radomir Kovac of sexually assaulting and torturing Muslim women at rape camps during the Bosnian war. Kunaric was sentenced to 28 years impnsonment, and Kovac got 20 years.The court said Kunarac was involved in a "nightmarish scheme of sexual exploitation· that was · especially repugnant.· BASQUE CAR BOMB KILLS TWO IN SPAIN: A car bomb exploded near a commuter train station during the morning rush hour Thursday , killing two men and wounding at least four others in he latest attack blamed on Basque separatists. The regional Basque parliament condemned the bombing as a · new example of coward ice, cruelty and inhumanity" by the separatist group ETA and its supporters. Explosives were rigged to a car parked about 200 yards from the train station m coastal San Sebasban and set off by remote con rol around 8 a.m., iust as workers were arriving for work. FIRST MEETING FOR BUSH AND BLAIR 1PRODUCTIVE 1 : President Bush and Bntish Pnme Minister Tony Blair emphasized continued cooperation between their nations Friday as Bush Tony 8/a,r wrapped up his trsl meeting with a European leader. In discussions at Camp David, the two men addressed issues such as U S plans for a missile defense shield , containment of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and a European force to maintain peace in hot spots on the continent. "This 1s a special relationship, the relationship between America and Bntam ," Bush sa,d Friday at a news conference with Blair. Blair described the meeting as ·excellent" and "productive.· SPORTS LA LAKERS BEAT ATLANTA HAWKS113-106: Shaqu1lle O'Neal scored 30 points and Brian Shaw, starting in place of the injured Kobe Bryant, added 22 Fnday night as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-106. II was the Hawks' first game since they traded center Dikembe Mutombo to Philadelphia Atlanta also gave up forward Roshown McLeod 1n the deal Thursday for Theo Ratliff. Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed and Pepe Sanchez.O'Neal matched his seasonhigh with eight assists and also had eight rebounds in the game the Lakers dominated most of the way UTAH JAZZ. TRIUMPH OVER SEATTLE SUPERSONICS 96-84: Kart Malone scored 33 points and the Utah Jazz won their fifth game in a row and seventh straight on the road with a 96-84 victory over the Seattle Gary Payton Supersonics Friday night. Coming off a win in Portland on Thursday night, the Jazz improved their record to 37-16, best m the West. and went 3-0 against the Sonics, winning twice in Seattle. They've won 10 of their last 11 starts. The Sonics lost for the third time in four games since the AllStar break. Gary Payton led Seattle with 19 points. A new outfit really lets people know you've arrived. A huge selection of the hottest clothes at incredible prices, so you'll always arrive in stylel |
