Show Page 2—The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 4 Statistics Continued from page 1 Sometimes the arrest of a single person solves many other crimes “Once we break through the shell of some erode on a particular case" Groll said !lhe is generally involved in several other crimes and many times we'll solve a number of crimes and a number of cases with the arrest of one individual" Groll said he feels very good about the office's 475 percent clearance rate for thefts thovh the figure also says over 50 percent of such cases go unsolved “Obviously we are looking at several unsolved theft kinds of things" Groll said “We’ve got unsolved burglaries unsolved vandalisms and unsolved sex cases that we are looking at There are a number of unsolved cases that are active" For the most part Cache County residents are excellent about helping the sheriffs office Groll said He said if residents would report incidents that look suspicious it would give the sheriffs office a better chance to check things out and help direct law enforcement attention to criminal activity ' Stauffer commented “It’s hot uncommon for a citizen to pall and say ‘Well I didn't pant to bother you with this' or 'Well I didn't think anyone was there at night’ We run that dispatch center and there are deputies on the road 24 hours a day A lot of people don't realize that" According to Logan City Investigator Randy Auman fcrimes handled by his office are almost all felonies and pome thefts Auman said most crimes are committed by peo-under 25 years old and it is Gle population the department focuses on : “A big percentage of them pre people known by police either because theyrve been charged before or because we know they are out there running with people who have been pharged he said According to Auman crimes involving theft out of vehicles It hre the hardest to clear because often there aren't any witnesses While there are things people can do not to become victims ?AuiMasaid there also things victims can do to help V &hemsnMtt J “Forinstance the recording of their serial numbers ana their property would be a big help Not only their serial numbers but any distinctive markings on it Let’s say you ’dropped or scratched your latereo or you put a dent in the iBush 1988 top of it when it was being installed or you had to drill a hole in the bottom "A lot of times those particular things are just as as the serial distinctive number So if there are any special markings they ought to record those” As for citizens who have information about a crime Auman said the department has budgeted funds to pay for some of that information “It's been set up for confidential informants Auman said “Some people do it strictly for monetary reasons some because they don't like to see (people) get away with it and others because they enjoy it maybe because they have a vendetta against someone" Currently the police department does not have an official crime stoppers program or a neighborhood watch program developed But it does sponsor the McGruff the Crime Dog and other crime awareness prop ams for schools Logan Police Lt Ron Mathis who heads the training and crime prevention programs said the punose of them is to accomplish "proactive” rather than reactive law en- forcement “For years we’ve had what has been called the 'Scotty the Scarecrow’ program” llathis said “The basic message that Scotty gives is ABC: always be carefulT We fill that in with such things as bicycle safety stranger awareness and bus safety issues school three times a year and provide different programs dealing with different safety issues' The department also has an “Officer Friendly Program” in which officers visit elementary and middle schools and speak about with issues affecting the schools — such as vandalism drugs appropriate and inappropriate touching It has also offered shoplifting prevention programs to different businesses and have conducted anti-shoplifti- ng campaigns which Mathis said “significantly reduced shoplifting among middle school-ag- e kids in a three-monperiod to zero "The police department has a role and that is to enforce the laws which we call reactive" he said “What I try to do is provide the proactive end of ourrepsonsibilities "What' we- need the - citizen-- more in doing their part inenfbrcing laws or implctlartM crime in our community we just can’t do it alone Part of my philosophy is that if we can get the citizens involved and be the champions the officers are in a better position to do the reactive things they are trained to do" th o--do - torsi vote total of 171 The eight states rated as toss-up- s bold the remaining critical 131 electoral votes vote including a Continued from page 1 :hows Bush apparently holding his "firewall’’ support base in lhe South and west with 27 states totaling 236 electoral votes leaning his way Dukakis meanwhile is basing his strength in the Northeast according to the survey but also has made some headway in the Midwest land West which faithfully supported Ronald Reagan in both 1980 and 1884 The 15 states where he has an apparent lead plus the District of Columbia gave him an elec- - Pete SchroppHerakJ Journal — different safety We also go in the middle bonanza in California and 24 from Illinois Although revealing a virtual dead heat the results are far better news for Bush than they are for Dukakis who appear! to have had substantial leads evaporate in a number of states in the last three weeks as Bush has mounted a strong campaign since the Republican National Convention That theory is supported by the actions of the Dukakis campaign which recently has been and frantically searching for a new message to counter Bush’s persistent attacks that the governor la too liberal and inexperienced to effectively lead the nation In campaign stops across the country Dukakis nts been on the defensive finding himself responding to Bush’s charges and not being able to get nis Volunteers mop up water after a fire was doused at Merrill Library Fire prompts evacuation at USU library ByLynnette Harris staff writer flames were apparently headed for the old wood beams in the original library ceiling Purser said though there was a stove top near where the fire apparently started all the controls for the units were in the off position Ann Friedli staff assistant in the English department said she checked all the stove units and the coffeemaker before leaving earlier Friday afternoon As firefighters and USU police examined the damage and searched to determine tne cause of the fire Purser said he thought the fire probably started in the motor or wiring of the small refrigerator next to the stove top Friedli and English Pro- ‘If it were my life’s work for the past several years I'd get it The Merrill Library at UUh State University filled with smoke as students faculty and staff evacuated the building Friday accompanied by the d screaming of smoke alarms As firefighters searched for the source of the smoke the Special Collections staff with the help of volunteers moved the valuable contents of the vault outside and then stood watch over the pile of the library's most valuable books and artifacts Students who had been in the library stood around the building waiting for news Doctoral Students Mark Jones worked quickly with the help of bin wife Karen to move files and Arcft&atefiilfiontftf! hi high-pitche- out of here'" Assistant Fire Marshal Jerry Purser USU President Stanford easier and Associate Director and Curator of Special Collections AJ Simmonds located the fire on the fourth floor near the English department office in the department’s lounge and storage - room "The smoke got really thick when we got near the English and President Cazier was running along fhe hall opening the office doors with his passkey” Simmonds said “But they must have changed a lock or something on the lounge door because we could (eu that's Where the fire was but the key wouldn’t open it I had to kick the window (in K the door) ht'h'ieiH office- - fir the instructional The fire destroyed the wood cabinets refrigerator and technology department "I was in my office wonder- microwave oven along one wall ing If I should move my stuff of the room It burned tiles and out or not" Mark Jones said melted light covers in the "A fireman came by and I suspened ceiling The insulaasked if he thought I should get tion on some of the pipes in the my things outside and he said ceiling was charred and the department fessor Kenneth Runsakec started to assess fire and water damage Friedli said she was glad the books and theses in the room appeared to be dry since the lowest bookshelf was above the several inches of sooty standing water One wall of the room was lined with boxes of photocopier paper— all of it wet “That's more than $5000 Dukakis is leading from sup- contended are too liberal for porters who fear that Dukakis most of the country The vice president's strateis starting to let the race slip him from gists are thrilled that for away Bush meanwhile who has whatever reason the tactic been on a roll despite the appears to be working Some to questions over his running have even gone so far as mate Sen Dan Quayle of Indiana has tried to take advantage of the situation by engaging in virtual nonstop campaigning since the Redid" publican convention Dukakis campaign manager Sensing that he has hit a Susan Estrich trying to put the nerve tne vice president has beat face on the campaign relentlessly bore down on argued last week that the final Dukakis and what he calls his positions apparpush for the White House begins on Labor Day with both ently having some success in candidates on “roughly even shifting voter perceptions of footing” However that con- the governor trasts sharply with Dukakis’s Tne vice president also has own arguments of only several begun to attack Dukakis for weeks ago when he was debeing too vague arguing that while he has provided a scribing the Bush campaign number of detailed proposals “desperate” Slight signs of panic are also Dukakis has left too many beginning to show in the hin- blanks The proposals the govterlands even in states where ernor has forwarded Bush has throughout the campaign to make a major issue out of the sleaze factor — repeatedly attacking former Attorney General Edwin Meese and arguing that public officials must be held to an extremely high standard In announcing the rehiring of Saiso Dukakis defended his aide by noting “There was nothing illegal about what John so-call-ed A ultra-liber- m I USPS241S-200- 0 t W R Paul Publisher m Published every evening Monday thru Friday and Sunday morning by Cache Valley Publishing Co Inc PO Bos 487 Is West 3rd North Logan Utah 84321 Utah Telephone (Uho Telephone 1 Second class postage paid in Login Utah MEMBER Audit bureau al Circular loni (Iniied Pratt Internalional NE A Newt Service ‘ ScrlpptHuwardNewi Service IWM nriivn nmii ' SO 25 bne Month Carrier S7S00 'One Tear Carrier Sl00 One Month Moil SM 00 One Veer Mail el Aeii Nirold JkMrribert net tocowtaf dvNvety Wnel pleate phene peer carrier er The Herald evrnol at 7S2 2121 Were 7 pn week ihjhti er it dn Sundaet Per year terrier'! name and phene Maher pleeie phew 7S2 7I2B betaeen S00 e end 500 pm Monday Ihre Friday £ OFFICE HOURS - leS:00p Cloned Soturday-SondoPbeie tend oddme chr-vMJnurnel PO lee 417 loRoa UloRf MASTER K la 321 The desperation move Dukakis late last week former top aide John Saiso a virtual Dukakis alter ego who last year was forcea out of the campaign after he helped undermine the presidential bid of Democratic Sen Joseph Biden of Delaware Saaio’a actions — secretly compiling and releasing a videotape comparing Biden’a speeches with those of British k labor Party leader Neil — were not by themselves devastating However he was forced to leave after Dukakis re-hir- ed that no one In his campaign had anything to do with the tape Dukakis alio haa tried argue that the prolonged attention that was focused immediately after the convention on Quayle and his National Guard service eventually served to help Bush by keeping him in the public eye few points of interest for car buyeis 1 The I 'SU Community Credit I 'nion would like to remind you to make your Ixrst deal on your car's Jhunuiii too And when you're l(xking for that great loan rememlvr these few points of interest New Car Leu Used Car Lean rates as lew as All Insect Killer Weed Killer Chemicals & Garden Seeds Fertilizers 105 Toys Hardware up to (it) months to repay finance up to 1(X) fixed rates & paynu nts longer terms available at slightly higher rates Horse Supplies Many Other Items 109 up to iN mt intlis to repay finance up to ltX) fixed rates & payments 753-445- 1 (Lawn Seed and Animal Feeds Not Included) Buy Your Spring Supplies Now Sale Ends Sept 15th mms USU Community Credit Union r0Ttil(!Enlbn)Ci!nn1i'y ricH HoillMSfcnD "Your full 0ggEn0 - to Tuesday I l AAA Tuesday assess the damage Physical plant employees firefighters and administrators worked in the hall mopping and vacuuming the gray water that stood on the floor One physical ilant employee bemoaned the act that he had finished waxing the same floor that morning after working all night Others pushed mops on the third floor soaking up the water from upstairs that poured through the light fixtures Fortunately most of the water on the third floor appeared to have come down m an empty classroom and did not damage any offices' or computer equipment in the nearby writing lab Library Director Kenneth Marks said most of the smoke cleared by Friday evening and library will be open again It's interesting how people will spend weeks searching for the perfect cur and Iwrgaining lor the test price then take (lie first ear loan that's offered That often deal means that all the effort put into netting a g on the car is lost in interest payments Kin-noc- had Insisted will be coming n above personal attacks Dukakis has been trying to match Bush’s attacks with his own negative campaigning And in what could be interpreted in some corners as a Purser said no damage estimate was available but university administrators said an insurance claims adjuster al message across He has tried several different tacks but for the last two weeks has been unable to control events to the same degree as Bush Even as he has insisted that he wants to keep the campaign on issues and iHerald Journal worth of paper” Hunsaker said “That is or was our entire supply for next year" sen la'Jhunidtil hislllnllnii |