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Show 2B Friday, Octobt r The Salt Lake Tribune, 3, J9Hb Utahs September Jobless Rate Drops Slightly Some 43,600 Utahns were unemployed in September as the state's jobless rate dropped slightly to 5 7 percent, the Utah Department of Employment Security reported Thursday. The unemployment rate edged of a percent last down month, maintaining a rate about one point lower than the national average. Utahs current rate places the state in a rather enviable economic position, said Labor Market Economist Lecia Parks. However, the gen one-tent- h Since September of last year, Utah has lost 1,500 mining jobs, 2,300 construction jobs and 3,200 manufacturing jobs, she said. Within the major sectors, only comput- erally declining rate of growth in jobs remains a maThis languid rate concern. of area jor of expansion more closely reflects the general sluggishness of the economy, she said, adding it eventually could cause an unemployment increase. Since September 1985, Utah has netted 8,100 new jobs, an increase of only 1.3 percent. "Layoffs in construction, mining and manufacturing have been sorely felt in recent months and have impacted the growth of the Utah economy as a whole, Ms. Parks said. goods-producin- g manufacturing and food products manufacturing have made employment advances, she said. Fortunately, on the side of the coin, things looked better, Ms. Parks said. Financein-surancereestate has expanded 6 percent this year, adding 1,900 new jobs to Utahs economy. The services industry grew 4 percent, an increase of 5,400 jobs since September of 1985. Retail trade has brought 3,800 new jobs to Utah since last year, an m crease of nearly 4 percent. Government contributed 4,000 new jobs and transportationcommunica-tionsutilitie- s made a small advance over its September level in spite of recent job losses in the airline industry, Ms. Parks said. service-producin- Hill Fighter Wing to Get New Commander Special to The Tribune - HILL AIR FORCE BASE Col. Lawrence E. Boese, who has been vice commander of the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., will become commander of the 388th Tactical Fighter W'ing here Monday. electric machinery er-related Col. James M Johnston III is leaving as commander of the 388th to become Tactical Air Command inspector general at Langley Air Force Base, Va. A change of command ceremony is scheduled for 1.30 p.m. at Hangar g Todays Weather Th ForcMt Utah Foreeast for 8 p.m. EDT, Fri, Oct. 3 so The forecast for today and Saturday calls for scattered showers at times through to- night and turning partly cloudy on Saturday, with a chance of showers. Continued cool temperatures but warming in the afternoons. Snow level near 7000 feet. Highs mid-50- s to 60. Overnight lows upper-30- s to 80 High Temperatures' Showers Ram Flurries Snow Cold-- , Occluded Statienar pi - Ogden Notionol Weotlw Service NOAA, O S lliil Dept of Commerce Sail l.uke Bountiful Ogdon 12.3.r curios er I'rov 1 t:o ernal 3750 Provo tO.xh Green River 1258 Cedar Cilv Moab 3855 St. 1659 4152 1867 Source utoh Health Don!. Monoxide TP Totoi Porticulonls Friday and Saturday Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo Forecast A cold moist upper level trough ot low pressure will be moving slowly eastward. Moving east off the Wasatch front by Saturday. The forecast calls for showers at times ond continued unseasonably cold through the period. Gusty canyon winds at times. Cloudy and cool Saturday. Highs will be 50 to 55 on Friday, reaching near 60 Saturday. Overnight lows will be In the upper-30- s to lower-40Wasatch Front and Western Deserts forecast Cache Volley: The forecast calls for cloudy skies ond cold temperatures through tonight. Gusty canyon winds In the morning ond evening. Partly cloudy Saturday with gusty canyon winds In the mornto ing. Highs will be In the upper-40- s mid-50- Lows in the 30s. Wasatch Front ond Western Deserts: The forecast tor the region colls for showers at times ond continued cold through Saturday. Gusty canyon winds at times through Saturday morning. Chance of measurable rain neor 50 percent Friday. Highs temperatures will be 50 to 60 both days. Lows In the upper-30- s to mld-40Ulnto Bosln: The forecast calls for portly cloudy skies ond cool temperatures through Saturday. Occasional rain showers with gusty winds ore expected. Highs 50 to 60. Lows Is the 30s. Southeast Utah: Southern Utah Forecast The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures through Saturday. Occasional showers and a few thunto mid-60dershowers. Highs upper-50- s Lows 40s ond 50s. Utah's Dixie, Southwest Valleys and Sevier Valley: The region con expect mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Breezy south winds at times, with occasional scattered showers through Saturday. Highs will be mostly in the 60s to near 70 at St. George. Overnight lows for the region will be In the 30s and 40s. Lake Powell and Recreational Areos Canyonlands: The area con expect occasional showers ond a few thundershowers with continued cool temperatures through tonight. Look for decreasing clouds and worming temperatures on Saturday. Lake with Powell highs will be In the mld-60- s overnight lows neor 50. Canyonlands highs to mid-60will be In the mld-50- s with lows In the 30s and 40s. Flaming Gorge Reservoir: The forecast colls tor occasional rain ond cold temperatures through tonight. The snow level Is forecast to remain neor 7000 feet through Saturday. High temperatures for the area will be In the upper-40- s Friday and near 50 Saturday. Lows will be In the low to mid-30- s through Saturday night. Northern ond Southern Mountains: The northern and southern mountains have cloudy skies through Saturday. Showers at times in the north with snow level near 7000 feet. Locally heavy snow possible. In the south, occasional showers with snow level 6000 to 7000 feet. Possible local heavy snow amounts. Highs in the north will be in the 30s ond 40s, with overnight lows dropping into the 20s and 30s. Highs in the south to mid 50s, with lows in the 20s and r-405 30s. Extended Forecost for Utoh Sunday through Tuesday The exNorthern and Southern Utah tended forecast for Sunday through Tuesday calls for partly cloudy skies at times with a chance of showers and temperatures slowly moderating through Tuesday. Gusty winds at times. Temperatures well below seosonol norms. High temperatures s will be in the Overond mid-60- mid-50- night lows will drop into the 30s to 40s. Extended Forecast for Idaho Sunday through Tuesday Northern and Southern Idaho The forecast for northern ond southern Idaho calls for fair skies and mild temperatures tor the forecast period. Highs in northern Idaho will reach into the 60s and low-70Overto m,d-40night lows will be m the mid-30- s Southern Idaho highs will be in the mid-60- s to mld-70- s with overnight lows dropping Into the low-30- s to low-40- Global Temp? Intermountain Troce will uppe- Weather Summary Missing T exploded about 9 20 a m. Wednesday, principal Lamar Sorensen said. About 80 students and two adults were sent to hospitals in the city for treatment of stinging eyes and throats after the incident. All were later released. The rest of the 1,662 students were sent home for the day. Sgt. Brown said one of three teenagers suspected of setting off the grenade was taken to the Salt Lake County Juvenile Detention Center. He was taken into custody on the citys west side after the three failed to return home from school Wednesday. Specifics of the youths apprehension werent available, Sgt. Brown said. Detectives continued to look for two other suspects in areas around the city, he said. Auto Accident Injury Tracy Cummock, 23, 2777 Wentworth Ave., is treated by Salt Lake City paramedic. She suffered minor injuries in a 2.35 p.m. accident at 800 E. and 100 South. The driver of the other vehicle, Patrick Holst, 19, 1032 E. 400 South, was not injured. him by Mr. Cannon. Mr. Christensen is the Republican candidate for coun- Area Forecast M tear gas where the chemical grenade Salt Lake County Commissioner Mike Stewart said Wednesday the commission will wait to see what Mr. Cannon does before deciding what action to take. He said he is confident Mr. Cannon "will do the right thing and step down. Meanwhile, Ms. Clark said Thursday she regrets bringing Deputy County Attorney Mike Christensen into the controversy because of the recent attacks leveled at lilanding George nile Division. School maintenance men washed down an area in the buildings southwest corner to dissipate traces of B-- Sail Lake Cilv Air Pollution Index Meanwhile, Salt Lake City police investigating the incident took one juvenile into custody and sought two more, said Sgt. Bill Brown of the Salt Lake City Police Departments Juve- Continued From l and do nothing to stop it, those officials could be liable. Ms. Clark, through her attorney, L. Zane Gill, has already filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Division and a notice of claim State to file suit with the county commission, both necessary steps before a federal civil rights lawsuit can be filed. The mechanics are in place to force a removal of Mr. Cannon immediately Mr. Jones said. If they can get a judge to go along with them they can ask for a temporary restraining order, which could effectively remove Mr. Cannon from office for 10 days until a hearing could be held, then they could go for a court order to enjoin the county attorney from continuing in the office the remainder of his term. The commission has already voted to appoint Deputy County Attorney William Hyde as acting county attorney until the end of the term if Mr. Cannon agrees to step down. I l.ogiin :t y East High School students returned to clear classrooms Thursday, the day after a tear gas grenade exploded in one of its hallways and forced the school to close. County May Be Forced to Fire Cannon To Avoid Any Liability for His Actions low-IO- s. FRONTS: Warm East Students Return to Clear School Yesterday's Conditions Montano ty attorney, recently defeating fellow deputy county attorney Roger Livingston in the GOP primary. Mr. Cannon strongly supported Mr. Livingston in the primary and has claimed that Ms. Clarks allegations were instigated by Mr. Christensen as a way to get political revenge against Mr. Cannon. If I had it to do over again, knowing what I know now, I would have tried to go to someone else for help instead of Mike Christensen because of the position this has put him in, Ms. Clark said. Mike is now being attacked and thats just all wrong because he was the only one willing to help me with my situation. Mr. Cannon claims he was set up for the sexual harassment complaint by Ms. Clark and said she was wired with an electronic bug in order to trap him. He called Mr. Christensen a ruthless, politician who uses overkill political character assassinations. Mr. Gill said Thursday Ms. Clark was not wired, she merely activated the tape recorder on her desk during one conversation because she was getting tired of the intimidation and was trying to take measures to get it stopped. A lot of people knew what was happening in that office, she said. And nobody was willing to do anything to stop it. Mike was the only one who had the guts to come to bat for me, and now hes being criticized for it. I feel bad about that because he put himself in that position to help me. Mr. Jones said he believes some good will come out of the recent situation in the county attorneys office. He said the publicity has sparked a number of telephone calls to the countys Equal Employment and Opportunity office from women in other county offices who believe problems exist in their working environments. Northern Utah Escapes Storms Wrath ; Eastern, Central Parts Not as Lucky Continued From B-- l cipitation, fell overnight at Ibapah, Tooele County. The storm also dropped .32 inches of rain Thursday in total to .80 increasing the border towns two-da- y inches. Geez, isn't that a terrible way to start off the new water year?, Mr. Alder said. Northern Utah fared far better. Salt Lake City International Airport received .13 inches by Thursday evening, giving the capital .20 inches for the first two days of the new water year. Elsewhere along the Wasatch Front, the storm dropped .50 in Sandy, .37 in Centerville, .31 inches in Grantsville, .30 in North Orem, .28 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, .25 in Holladay, .20 in Farmington and west Kearns, and .15 in North Ogden. Snowbird also reported 3 inches of snow at the base and 5 at the summit of Hidden Peak. Although less than expected, the continuing rain has Utahs fall harhad a pronounced impact on farmers vest has ground to a halt with the past weeks rain, farm officials said. Both the third cutting of hay and the states onion crop have been caught on the ground during their critical sicunng and drying stages. In addition, the dry bean, behind all are slightly lage corn and potato harvests schedule, said Del Gneiting, chief statistician for the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. The damage is especially critical for onions, which d need about 10 days of dry weather to cure. Only of the crop is in and spoilage will probably double among said Phil Muir, purchaser for the remaining Wen-dove- r, one-thir- two-third- Muir-Robert- s. The irony is that poor weather conditions in Utah, Idaho and Oregon have raised the price for onions above break-evefor the first time in two years, he said. Well have a better price this year. We just need something to sell. About the only crop being harvested during the week, said Mr. Gneiting, was apples, which are handpicked. Apple harvest was in full swing, with growers hoping to finish before the first hard frost, he wrote in his Harvest was ahead of weekly weather summary. schedule with 57 percent complete statewide. The delay in harvest should not cause significant damage to crops other than onions unless the rain continues. of four The quality of the third cuttings of hay this year will suffer, but not dramatically, he said. The rain has been good for the western desert ranges, said Mr. Gneiting. The rain has come too late for any significant increase in growth, but will protect what vegetation was there. Ranges are rated in good to fair condition and there had been concern that last month's dry spell would hurt the western deserts, which are used by sheepmen for winter ranges. Mr. Alders forecast indicated there might be some relief in sight. Although the chance of rain Friday is 40 percent, it should be light. The easterly flow of air could kill the precipitation along the Wasatch Front, but it could create moderate canyon winds. A warming trend then will develop slowly, with high temperatures near 60 Saturday and in the low 60s Sunday. Near normal highs (the low 70s) could be reached by Tuesday. n Water Year Is Another One for the Books I)ail Data Note This information is received daily from he National Weather Service at the Sait Lake international Airport Precipito tion readings and temperatures are those recorded ert the airport Yesterdos Weather Data 0 ?0 Pr ecipitation 0 ?0 Precipitation m October Accumuicrt1 ve excess 0 13 Precipitation since Oct 1,1986 Accumuiat Utah high Utah low SIC high SLC .e ecess low Nof mol high for this date Normal low for this date Record high fot this dote Record low 'or this date 0 70 0 13 76 at Moab 31, Bryce Canyon 55degfens degrees 74deyreft 42 44 88 31 deg-re- s degrees degrees 7.26 MDT Sunrise Today 7'07 MDT Sunset Today Utah Agriculture Forecast Cloudy skies, or ( asior'ai showers and cold temper o tares, snow m the mountoms Ten peu tures well below seasonal norms frr the ne t se yer oi day s t Continued From B-- l from the rivers and streams in the lake's drainage basin. "Volumetric increases in the lake have been the highest on record in three of the last four years." Mr. Alder in 1983-84- , said, citing the addition of 5 5 million acre-fee- t and 5.2 million acre-fee- t in 1982-85 4 million acre-fee- t 3 in 1985-8"One of the main reasons that the volume was sligh.lv lower this past season was that a drier period m may and June increased the water usage and evaporation," he " But unfortunately this was Reservoir and Creek In terms of percentage, Deer totals most had the excessive precipitation Farmingtan this past water year Deer Creek received 40 54 inches. 195 percent of normal (20 81 inches) and 4 05 inches more than the 1981-8record Farmingtons total of 39 18 inches surpassed the 1982-8record by 5 69 inches and was 193 percent of normal (20 32 inches) reOther record-settinprecipitation totals were ceived at Utah State University, 32 77 inches, 188 percent of normal, Bountifuls east bench. 42 23 inches, 188 percent. Echo Dam. 22 59 inches, 164 percent. Snake Creek near Midway. Summit Countv. 35 66 inches. 161 percent. added short-lived.- 43 02 inches, 140 39 59 inches, 133 percent. Olympus Cove, percent; and City Creek, Of those measuring stations, only Snake Creek didnt have its previous record in the 80s. The old mark of 34.16 Mr. Alder said. inches was set in 1951-5Among stations where it was the second wettest water year, two longstanding records survived. Although the 32 99 inches received in Morgan was 183 percent of normal (18 07 inches), that total fell far short of the 1908-0record of 39 75 inches. That same year, Coalville had 25 76 inches, a figure nearly matched by last water year's 25 total. That was 169 percent of normal (15.04 inches). 9 h Other stations that reached the No. 2 ranking last Ogden Riverdale, Sugar House. Holla-day- . Pineview Dam, Corinne, Brighton and Springville. water year were 2 3 It was the third wettest water year at the Salt Lake airport, which received 23 40 inches That was 153 percent of normal (15 31 inches), but fell behind 25 15 inches and 23 82 inches in 1983-84- . in 1981-82 The No 3 water year ranking also was achieved at Timpanogos Cave, Brigham Young University, the weir at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Hamas, Wanship, Tooele and Nephi Ogden-Pionee- |
