Show yytKw-j H iiVintil W"" i r-- 7 i The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday IS 1996 — Page 5 April Report: Half killed on snowmobiles were drunk WAUSAU Wis (AP) — Wa past midnight a young man leaves a bar 97 people died in snowmobile accidents this last winter Wisconsin counted 22 of those fatalities and averages 20 snowmobile deaths a winter accbrding to an Associated review of state Press computer-assiste- d records detailing 200 fatalities on snowmobiles in the last 10 years The victims were young mostly males who crashed in the dark of night mostly against trees while riding snowmobiles as fast as 90 mph on trails and lakes with no speed limits and police Almost half were legally drank and had some alcohol in all but one-thir- d their Mood Nine of the drunken Wiscon- - climbs aboard a snowmobile and roars off along a woodland trail Picking up speed in the darkness he loses control on a curve slams into a tree dies Chances an good he was drank and had yet to see his 30th birthday Scenes sickeningly similar to that occur across the nation's northern tier each winter where snowmobiling is both a popular sport and a handv form of transportation In the four states with the most registrations — Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and New York — stum-mobi- sin snowmobilers killed were too young to drink legally including two teens who were taking part in an activity common g a way to to the sport — be sociable and keep warm laborWilliam Miraglia a 45-- y car-ol- d er from rural Hayward Wis died in January 1993 after driving his snowmobile through a stop sign into a snowbank through a picket fence and into a tree Near the spot officers found a nearly tavern-hoppin- empty bottle of Windsor Canadian le hiskev The autopsy indicated a w non-existe- nt blood-alcoh- ol level of 310 percent triple the legal limit of 10 percent making him nearly comatose Just to reach the falling-dow- n drunk level of 20 percent an averagesized man would have to down eight drinks in one hour It is against the law to operate a snowmobile drank in Wisconsin but enforcement is rate because patrols are stretched ciations which represents organized snowmobile associations in 27 stales where 12 million snowmobiles are reg- thin for the snowmobile and safely materials issued by the council headquartered in East 1 rinsing Mich “You cannot legislate common sense We try through all different forms all different media to help people retain their common sense” she said “Unfor- istered So far cv idcncc is mixed on With the support of some snowmobile groups the state Department of Natural Resources is seeking general revenues to beef up patrols Across the United States effort arc intensifying to encourage snowmobilers not to drink and drive according to the American Council of Snowmobile Asso- - tunately some people feel they are omnipotent Southwest Airlines leads list in quality Hundreds pay their respects to young pilot CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) — By the hundreds they came with teddy bears balloons and flowers Those in the city where Jessica Dubroff's plane went down gathered to mourn her as a who had the courage to (beam tor would be piloting the plane Jessica died along with her father and flight instructor in a quest to become the youngest pilot to cross the continent A funeral Mass for flight instructor Joe Reid w as also set would be never to dream at Lloyd DubrofT were scheduled for Tuesday “An even greater tragedy all" the Rev David Rockwood told a crowd of 900 at a memor- Funeral services were set for today in Jessica's hometown of Pescadero Calif about 30 miles south of San Francisco and she will be buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery where Jessica's brother Joshua may fly over the funeral procession “Dateline NBC" reported Sunday quoting the children's mother Lisa Hathaway Joshua takes flying lessons and it was not clear whether he or his flight instruc Deadly crashes rise with speed hike on K' journey last Wednesday in Half Moon Bay Calif and were planning to fly to Falmouth Mass They died Thursday when their single-qpgin- c plane crashed in Chey enne a few minutes after taking off in an icy rain Investigators have said the plane was carry ing too much weight At the memorial in the and aviation marketing researchers from the University of Nebraska and Wichita State Cheyenne Civic Center the Rev Reggie Cleveland told mourners that Jessica was inspired by a dream “In her University Southwest which had an avere age percentage of more than Ml percent for 1995 and tra- mind nothing was impossible God bless the mother God bless the father and God bless the flight instructor who taught that girt to dream” on-tim- Fatal car accidents had been declining in California since 1987 People tend to cut plates out of books on nature and sell them to antique dealers or interior decorators Then there's the person who steals the entire book for a part of a personal collection Institution “In one recent case I The volunteer was promoted lo a fulltime position in chaigc of a col led ion and looted books worth more than SI million “When I ran a background check I found cut all of the credentials were phony” he said Staff and volunteers arc responsible for about 70 percent of book theft in US libraries he said ‘It's all about greed” said Larry Shelley worked on a volun- teer showed immaculate credentials that were never verified" Lavnc said portation officials said it's too LOWER TOWNSHIP NJ early to blame the accident (AP) — An animal-right- s group increase on the rise in speed limknow n for using radical tactics to its saying a period to stop wearing fur would have to be studied before gel people is turning its attention on coats be could any reliable conclusions th fishermen People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it hopes to discourage the catching and eating of fish by disrupting tournaments spon-flshin- g big-mon- sdk r - overall difference between the “This is the final frontier ment that bills itself as the world's richest With more than SI million in total prize money it fish attracts many hip big-ga‘VOMOTHUED LaZET IQNMENT X Who Mould know better how to align I your car than our I collision experts? I uUt C ” CoOitiofi Repair 1240 S State Hwy 09-9- 1 LoganUT 752-464- 4 ermen While PETA has been criticized for throw ing red paint on fur coats to simulate blood Reiman said the group won't go so far as ramming Fishing boats or cutting lines “We may participate in other actions like (to lowest- carrier narrowed dramatically” Headley said “That means the performance quality for the airlines is becoming more similar" Researchers also said that the airline industry appeared to have done better financially in 1995 and that the financial iuroaround for the industry was expected lo continue The nine major airlines are defined as carriers with operating revenues of SI billion a year YOU tOORING FOR I COMPANIONS JON Y0URJ &A8E Spiritual Journey? i Aht Mini I HM I fv wore information T5S-M4- 4 CAPITOL I T H carrier and the highest-rate- d -rated ARTS ALLIANCE PRESENTS scare away fish and riding around in a boat where people arc fishing" Reiman told The Press of Atlantic City Iasi week Along w ith targeting upcoming tournaments in Alabama Sponsored by The Utah Arts Council Louisiana and Texas Reiman Performing Arts Tour said the group is looking for rock-throwi- ey We've tackled issues with almost every animal in the country" said Tracy Reiman the group's coordinator for the campaign PETA's main target: an Atlantic tournaCity -- based spon-fishin- g limits increased And the figures do not include highways under the jurisdiction of county sheriff deportments or local police Unsafe speed for driving conditions was the reason for nearly I half of the crashes during the period and the second nvsr I common cause of accidents after improper turns in which one or I more people died according lo records Judie Slone president of Advo- - I im KiiotriuJ Astc Safe- - -ty a consumer organization that ipocd the speed limit increase nation a My said she is not surprised by’ developments in ck over-bookin- gs personal collect ion” he said Library theft made headlines in the early I99tk when FBI agents found more than ZOtNKI books worth millions of dollars in the Ottumwa Iowa home of Stephen Carrie Blumhrrg Prosecutors said Blumberg stole the identity of a University of Minnesota professor to gain access to libraries in 45 states and Canada Blumhcrg’s attorneys used an insanity defense “It's the only instance I can find for what amounts lo criminal bibliomania" said Nicholas Basbancs author of “A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles Bibliomanes And The Eternal Passion For Books” “It's laughable but having attended the trial it is not a frivolous defense lie had an obsession with the past and conceives of himself as a Victorian man He thought of his collection as a resource library for studies in Victorian Americana” he said PETA turns attention to sports fishing Delta America United West Northwest USAir TWA and Continental The researchers used a variety of government data including on-liperformance accidents customer service the age of each airlines fleet lost baggage and financial stability In general they found the quality of service improved for the industry in 1995 but it was still at level a “less consumer-friendl- y than five years ago" said Dean Headley a Wichita Stale associate marketing professor “It is encouraging that fhtf PW they don't believe the increase in accidents has anything to do with the speed limit change Highway patrol and state trans- to provide a breakdown of whether the fatal accidents occurred on roads w here speed ” — Larry Shelley acting chief of protective at the Library of Congress Supporters of the change said ed lo 6S mph beginning Dec 17 or 70 mph starting Jan 7 The highway patrol was unable can acting chief of protective services at the Library of Congress “People lend to cut plates out of hooks on nature and sell them to antique dealers or interior ikunrators Then there's the person who steals the: entire hook for' a part of a 1 rity consultant to the Smithsonian Opponents of the speed increase initialed after the federal government dropped the 55 mph national speed limit said they had expected more highway deaths 97579 miles of highway and freeway patrolled by CHP including about 4100 miles where the speed limit was tabl- bags beat out in order: Ameri- Despite cNIy temperatures on Saturday Martha Ctaypool of Cheyenne Wyo reads a letter among tion of gifts and flowers for Jessica Dubroff her father Lloyd and flight instructor Joe Reid The three were Idled Thursday rnormng when their plane crashed at the site in Cheyenne after unrelated convictions for malicious i reached Crashes overall during the latest period for which statistics are available — Dec 17 1995 to Feb 29 1990 — were up S6 percent compared to the same period 12 months earlier California Highway Patrol records show The overall statistics are for ditionally has the fewest lost AP photo a collec- destruction and exposing himself Library security specialists say his case shows how little administrators do to protect their collections A background check would have shown Womack's previous convictions but administrators often balk at conducting such searches for low -- lev el employees and scholarly staff as well said Steven Lay nc a secu- said California keeping t - OMAHA Neb (AP) — Southwest Airlines reclaimed the lop spot for overall quality in the skies w ith a higher percentage of on-tiflights than eight other major US carriers according lo a study released today Southwest and American Airlines have traded the top spots the past three years in the Airline Quality Survey conducted by ur Highway Patrol spokesman Steve e ifwl- for today and services for BOSTON (AP) — Temporary workers at Harvard's Widcncr Library aren't supposed to have unlimited access to its famed stacks But Stephen L Womack did turning his job intou gateway to the Widcner's most valuable holdings and becoming “the library slasher” Womack stole and destroyed more than Mill scholarly books before lie was caught and left notes threatening anyone who tried lo stop him Womack 42 testified in court that he was seeking revenge against authorities who had sentenced him lo a stale mental hospital weeks of higher speed limits an Associated Press review found “It's obviously a concern to us We don't like lo see the numbers all” ’ t US libraries face increasing crime SACRAMENTO Calif (AP) — Deadly traffic accidents increased by more than 17 percent on California's most traveled roads during the state's its! 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