| Show i Classified Obituaries w JV- buries TOT ? i Man to testify wife’s shooting o ' wasn’t suicide the next morning that she had argued with her husband and hadn't gotten much sleep They testified that Saturday night they had dinner with Mrs his client will testify that the Auble at the apartment of Ernie death was not a suicide as he Lcyba in Salt Lake City and together attended a meeting of originally told investigators In his opening statement Ron Job’s Daughters Perkins attorney for Jerry Auble Lcyba a widower who lives at told jurors his client will take the St Mark's Tower told jurors that Mrs Auble seemed to be in good stand in his own defense acthat he told a number spirits as she helped him make knowledge of people his wife's death was a the dinner “We had a good time She was suicide — and then also testify that it wasn't a suicide making fun of my not having the Asked after the trial was reproper utensils” he said He testified that it was snowing cessed Friday afternoon if that meant he planned to pursue a Saturday night as Mrs Auble left argument Perkins to drive home and others at the dinner tried to persuade her to declined to answer saying the jury would be the first to be made stay But she decided to go home beaware of the defense strategy cause the next day was her son’s Auble a Weber County paramedic who was suspended from birthday and she said she had to the job after his arrest is charged get home to finish his cake e testified homicide in with Another prosecution witness the shooting of Claudette Auble Her body was found Nov 24 Assistant Medical Examiner Aron the bedroom floor of the cou- mando Salazar testified Friday ple’s Riverdale home with two that cuts on Mrs Auble’s hands were made by the front sight of bullet wounds in her head Auble told police he was in the the rifle involved in the shooting shower about 9:50 that morning He testified the wounds seem to when he heard a gunshot He said indicate there was a struggle for he ran into the bedroom found the weapon Another witness called by his wife with a bullet wound on her face and recocking a rifle He Daines was Mark Hoskins a of Auble’s and one of said he struggled with her for the weapon and it went off a second the two paramedics who responded to the emergency call in Mrs time Auble’s death The trial was in its fifth day FriHoskins told jurors he believed day before 2nd District Court Mrs Auble had been dead one Judge David E Roth William Daines hour or less when he arrived at Prosecutor rested his case Friday Perkins the Auble home 10:02 am Hoskins said he received a said he will begin calling defense witnesses Tuesday morning phone call from Auble the next Mrs Auble’s friends who testiday asking Hoskins to come see fied Friday she seemed to be in him at his parents' home From there Hoskins said Auble good spirits when they saw her asked him to go with him to his the day before her death They testified also that she was Riverdale home so he could pick up some clothes for his children working toward her goal of becoming the state’s top and get his car official in the Job's Daughters orWhile loading items into car at the Riverdale house ganization Patty Spackman and Diana Hoskins said Auble found a foldMontgomery testified of spending er of his wife’s in the trunk and the night of Nov 22 Friday with said “I knew I’d find a note” Mrs Auble and her telling them See TRIAL on 2C By WENDY OGATA Si jndard Examiner staff e An attorney defending a man charged with the shooting of his wife indicated Friday 18 million About pieces this week By GORDON WEEKS Standard staff Examiner i-- Steve Campbell is the final domino at the Internal Revenue Service's ft A center Ogden it” After the tax returns are the opened the checks deposited forms sorted coded and edited the computer checked — and the errors corrected and stored — the discarded envelopes arrive at Campbell’s post in shipping and receiving : The day after the April 15 tax' deadline Campbell and his tore through an estimated 200000 envelopes trying to spot overlooked checks' filing They found 40 checks for the trash including a tax payment headed $31000 3 “It kind of shocks you when you find something like that” Campbell said It’s been a week of shock for many employees at the Ogden IRS Service Center as millions of filings have surged through their posts The procrastinator’s parade of mailings arriving at the center hit full stride Thursday and Friday said spokesman I Doug Greene “Everyone’s rushing working around the clock looking for that light at the end of the tunnel” he said “This year that light at the end of the tunnel has been an onrushing train” The train is at full speed now because of the pattern of late filings Greene said the IRS never pinpointed whether people waited mainly because of stalled yn t A documents procrastination or hesitation to if the IRS followed last year’s see performance “We were (this year) under a microscope and rightfully so” he said Operations apparently have been much smoother this year with the ironing out of computer problems but many of the employees said they’ll be relieved when the train slows down “You feel more pressure to get things done right and you’re tired at the end of the day from your brain's trying to get everything right” said Susan Thomas who extracts filings and checks from Thiokol lays off 50 Blair Kooistrabtandard in Examiner Standard envelopes “There’s a lot of people who are tired a lot of people complaining but we’re still enjoying it” said Roy resident Robert Stone another extractor Thomas’ and Stone’s section was particularly hard-hthis week with 18 million pieces of mail arriving on Wednesiday The halls Thursday were lined with bins and carts filled with tax fil- Hi 'v V X' v S ings 7 “It's staggering for me to see this and I’ve been here 15 years” Greene said From a peak employment of more than 5000 this week and 3ir ) A K- -t "rvy j J shifts daily temporary workers will begin to leave the receiving section in two weeks Greene said - £ fr : y i t-a- Sw!?® three - i"— — — ' - S- Other sections will begin releasing seasonal employees at the end of May after most of the estimated 115 million returns are processed he said ‘The mood's been pretty good pretty jovial” said extractor Gayle Maw of Ogden “But it'll still be a relief when it's over" Florida California By BRUCE AUCHLY Deanna Powell (left) removes opened mail one of two automated mail sorters from that read bar codes and open returns at the rate of 30000 pieces per hour Examiner stall Morton Thiokol announced Friday that it will reduce its Florida work force by 40 and its California payroll by 10 workers Workers at Thiokol's Wasatch Operations 25 miles west of Brigham City will not be affected by the move slated to take place May 2 spokesman Rocky Raab said In February Thiokol laid off 200 workers at its Wasatch Operations and put another 1400 work weeks Raab on said those workers' status will not change for the time being The February move came in reorder issponse to a sued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which was prompted by the suspension of space shuttle flights in the wake of the Challenger disaster In a prepared announcement Friday Thiokol said the current reductions will take place in the company's space services at the Kennedy Space Center and the Vandenberg launch site in California The cuts will come from a of retirement "combination the transfer and termination” statement said Thiokol employs 422 workers in Florida to process space shuttle' boosters and external tanks Ar Thiokol has 113' Vandenberg workers No engineers arc involved in the reductions Raab said Employees who will be laid off as- scrnble and recover solid booster rockets Raab said They worked for Thiokol under a subcontract with Lockheed Space Operations Co Raab explained that Lockheed was not going to continue the contract with Thiokol The remaining Florida workers will occasionally supplement the remaining 103 California employees Thiokol announced "in order to maintain a solid rocket booster and external tank processing capability on both coasts at minimum cost to the government" Though no decision has been f Utah made about the workers and those on shortened work weeks Raab said the local division is currently hiring engineers to help in shuttle redesigning Approval paves way f or T rappers Loop construction By DON BAKER F'l t )rntnir l’f Trappers Loop Highway got the green light Friday from the Utah Transportation Commission Meeting in Nephi commissioners authorized the Utah Department of Transportation to begin the final design and location of the v m de highway link from Interstate 84 at Mountain Green to State Road 39 near Hunts' die That approval will allow initial phases of road construction to belater this summer which The highway will be designed for a minimum will 45 of speed provide an mph alternate road out of Ogden Valiev and offer a quick route to the Upper Valley for metropolitan area recreation users gin UDOr built in officials indicate the highway will be construction stages Over the past two years the Utah Legislature has authorized $62 million for design work acand the quisition of initial phases of contruction resort — near the summit and slightly more than half the distance the highway will run The private road is owned by Little America which is held by Sun Valley developers who also purchased Snow Basin Total costs of the project have been estimated at $115 million UDOT officials indicate the first section of road built will run from in Morgan County to a private road near the Snow Basin resolution adopted by commissioners Friday indicated the road will not be paved yet but will have a ide gravel surface laid down over a prepared that tan be used for funds become available ski weather travel UDOT engineers expect the settle in will gradually areas where the terrain is considered unstable good After the settling period the will be leveled and paved surface A The resolution noted the highwill be designed in a way that will minimize its impact on private property the environment and wildlife habitat way In other business the commission joined Ciov Norman for the dedication of a new 5 section of riday afternoon Built at a cost of $219 million the new section of freeway runs between south Nephi and Mills Junction It replaces a narrow and treacherous stretch of highway between leVan and Nephi that has become widely known as “The I Vat It Strip” |
