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Show DAVIS COUNTY FIFTY CENTS UTAH STATE PRESS ASSOC 307 W 200 S 5005 84101-121- S.LC. UT 2 jjv5v5uA' October 20, 1995 Voi. 103 Number 74 1 k 1 1 i Airbag kills child. probe continues Melinda Williams staff writer to question how something NORTH SALT LAKE Results of an autopsy show Jordan West, 5, died of a broken neck after being struck by an airbag in his grandmothers car Oct. 1 0. The accident has caused people have killed a small boy. And a national accident investigator said normally an accident like the one that caused the death, would usually cause only a minor thats supposed to prevent injury could injury. Larry L. Yohe, an accident investigator, with the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters Wednesday the collision that killed the child was not the type of collision that would cause a major injury. Young Jordan, Bountiful, was in the front seat of his grandmothers 1994 Camaro, at about 6:10 p.m. that Tuesday. She bumped a concrete planter in a North Salt Lake parking lot traveling at about 15 mph. The air bag deployed, wrenching the childs see AIRBAG " pg. 2 J.W. MARRIOTT Marriot cuts ribbon on Fairfield Inn Celebrate Good Times Davis the 5-- soccer players were elated Tuesday as they raced around the field following their winning effort against Mountain View to cinch state soccer championship. See story page 14. Violence has ravaging Council tables plans for 250 WX homes effect on children women being killed by their partMarilyn G. Sanders ners twice as often as women Contributing Writer killed by someone they dont How much do you think vioknow. Four percent of elderly peolence affects your life, or the lives ple in the United States are emoof your children? tionally, physically andor finanYou may think it doesnt reach cially abused by into your homes; their care givers or but every time you Children are so their own family. turn on the televiAnd finally, more bombarded by sion or rent a video, than 500,000 emerchances are pretty violence, somegency room visits will good violence times they forget annually are due to play a part in what injuries caused by there is a choice. you see. acts. violent According to the facts disthese If Teri Stock American Medical turb you, you might wonder what can be Alliance, 50 percent of all homithe devastating lessen done to cide victims are killed by someone on our society, violence of impact they know. Two million children in and especially, on our children. this country are neglected or Teri Stock, President of the abused each year. One thousand of Davis County Medical Alliance, them die as a result of their believes one way to counteract the injuries. effects of violence, is to educate Domestic violence is the leadschool-ag- e children about the ing cause of injury to women with between the ages of see VIOLENCE " pg. 3 Association 15-4- 4, Melinda Williams staff writer A proposWOODS CROSS al to rezone approximately 30 acres of land west of the A- -l drain from agricultural to residential was tabled Tuesday night to allow the city staff time to work with developers on ensuring access in and out of the subdivision. The plan also originally included land east of the A-- l drain. Developers removed the approximately 30 acres from the proposal tests because environmental showed the land should not be used for housing. Developers have been working about a year and a half on the proposal, which will add 250 homes to Woods Cross, but council members questioned Developer Kent Hogan extensively on planned access to and from the subdivision. Hogan is in the process of obtaining land for one of the access routes. Council members were concerned with the amount of traffic having to travel through see HOMES " pg. 2 Student struck exiting bus A 19 year-ol-d BOUNTIFUL Bountiful woman was injured Monday when she was hit by a vehicle as she exited a school bus. Wendy Wood was taken by ambulance to Primary Children's Medical Center, where she was treated and released, following the 2:36 p.m. accident Monday. Bountiful Police report the school bus was stopped at a crosswalk with the red lights flashing when the accident occurred. As Wood exited the bus, a second vehi- old female, cle, driven by a passed the bus on the right, striking Wood. 16-ye- ar The accident remains under investigation with citations pending. NORTH SALT LAKE J.W. Marriott dedicated the 218th Fairfield Inn here Tuesday afternoon, saying it was the closest (in location) to Marriott roots. Marriott, chairman and president of Marriott International Inc., was bom in Washington D.C. Yet his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles lived 25 miles up the road in West Ogden, he told about 75 people at the dedication. The newest Fairfield Inn is the 218th in the Marriott award winning economy lodging chain. Its also the 1001 hotel for overall. the chain Dignataries attending the ribbon cutting included Elder Russell M. Nelson, of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, Woods Cross Mayor Jerry Larrabee and members of the city council and other city leaders, county members of commissioners, the Chamber of Commerce and see INN" pg. 3 BJOECilOr rzEVJS Tax on inns Kids make difference p3 p2 LIFE The great pumpkin Weddings p7 p6 SCHOOLS High School Happenings p8 Outstanding students p8 SPORTS Darts take State Woods Cross p14 loses p14 heartbreaker |