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Logan 42 TODAY Parity to moetty doudy and very cold with occasional light snow throughout the day WEDNESDAY EXTENDED Partly doudy and a Uwarmer with occasional light snow Party Partly cloudy and cod Thursday Mostly cloudy with Hght snow possibly mixed with rain Friday and Saturday Logan's high wi reach ths upper 30s to low 40s wkh lows dropping Into ths mid to upper 20s tile doudy and continued Partly cloudy with cold Wednesday night Logan's high wi reach 40 degrees with the low dropping to 21 degrees downtown and 16 occasional Hght snow tonight and cold Logan's high wi reach 37 degrees which is mors like mid February than early Aprfl Lows wi drop to 19 degrees downtown 24 degrees at USU and 15 degrees In Trenton wixomTjr':5 Thu national picture Cache Valley outlook Forecast for noon tomorrow httpUtywWfcirif degrees at the odder valley locations Temperatures Indicate prevloue day's and overnight low to S:31 am high Hi Lo Pro OSk S3 46 dr Albuquerque 30 28 Anchorage ody 61 37 Attenia 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Low at 3 Normal temperaturea: The average temperatures for this dats at USU are 53 degrees with the aver-ag- 3' 58 16 e low dropping to 30 40 percent ay w 72degreea Dally evaporation: 14 Inches Pollen count: Trees high brush-non- e grass low molds moderate (Courtesy Dr Talmage Shi) FRONT'S: mm cold H now Local forecasts provided by Continental Weather Services a If T AbciiW— tfwr mum dmout US E3 E3 E3 S3 mm tmomm mmmu avoir L um mow— EO km mmr ptoloudy Iw dOL cloud rmJ Dow up slightly Monday selloff worries investors NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrials swung erratically today following a set of economic repents that gave mixed signals about the likelihood that interest rates will continue to go higher The Dow slipped at the open reversed and was up 35 points at midmoming then lost ground spin index was down By early afternoon the blue-chi- p 4532 at 63816 extending the nearly 300-poiloss it suffered in the previous two trading sessions Broad indexes were lower as well Optimistic investors seized on a small part of a report from the National Association of Purchasing Management released this morning It showed that pices paid fort raw materials were steady in March n nytiffftng fof iyiflntjOB IMMiiu hetligu But the purchasing managers’ index of overall economic activity rose In addition the federal government reported foe highest construction spending increase in 11 months and the Conference Board’s leading economic indicators index posted its biggest gain in a year Larry Wachtel a market analyst at Prudential nt ‘ 1 3 - JOnfl WWOfVTmfiiO JMNTMI Firelighters mop up hot spots of a straw lbs at Jensen Historical Farm on Monday morning The lbs was started when embers from a Friday controdad bum were rsignitsd by Monday’s high winds Storm Continued from Page 1 teams were dispatched to help get the car out of the lake he said Concern about agricultural damage from the storm was minimal One to 4 inches of mow fell in the valley while 6 inches to a foot of snow was reported in the mountains Mike Jenkins director of the Logan Avalanche Forecast Center said a gust of 95 mph was reported atop Logan Peak on Monday morning "That’s real unusual” he said Elsewhere in the state wind gusts were reported at 90 mph at Solitude Ski Resort 75 at Snowbird and 67 at Snowbasin "The biggest threat was to calves and lambs” said Utah Stste University Cooperative Automatic measured Extension Agent Don Huber “It winds of 84gauges on Mount mph wasn’t that extremely cold but Ogden and 77 in Park City’s the newborns are real vulneraBowl Jupiter ble when the weather gets cold Southwestern Utah was and wet like thiL” too A power line broThere probably wasn’t any windy winds in Cedar ken by crop damage because there City set off a grass fire that was aren’t many crops to damage at extinguished quickly this time of year Huber said The wind was largely blamed 59-m- for widespread power outages across much of the state Electricity was restored in most spota Monday evening The snow forced the highway patrol to dose Parley’s Canyon to traffic without chains or four-whedrive The Logan Avalanche Forecast Center said there’s a moderate to high avalanche danger in the local mountains particust larly mi steep el south-southea- slopes that are with snow Back-count- wind-loade- d ry tors were cautioned by foe visicen- ter that rapid warming could increase avalanche activity An additional inch of snow was forecast for tonight with more snow expected Wednesday Another storm may move into the area Friday or Probe Continued from Page 1 contacted him following an anonymous tip he said he has no guess what the investigation is about "I haven’t done anything wrong” he said Marfcey too said she does not know specifically why she was placed on leave “As an administrator I’ve probably made a mistake here Securities said that taken together this morning’s reports augured for strong employment figures expected on Friday which could send stocks even lower The selling since last Thursday had raised serious concern about whether the bull market that has carried stocks to new heights for nearly 7 yean is oven Monday’s loss of 15711 in the Dow combined with 140 points in the previous session to produce the worst back-to-bapoint loss since the 1987 crash and the wont two-da-y percentage loss since 1990 The drop put the indicator 7 percent off its all-tihigh of 708516 reached three weeks ago ' But there ia no consensus among investment professionals that 4 more protracted decline looms In fact some experts uy the drop may simply be part of a “correction” in stock values — part of any prolonged rally’s behavior before prices start climbing again “The question ia: ’Are we moving into a bear ck f market or not?’” said broker Joe Battipaglia of Gnutal A Co “My feeling is that we are not” and there” she said “You can’t please everyone every time” Markey has served as foe program’s focal director since 1986 Likewise Markey said she has heard no reasons for the action from the board Three weeks ago three trustees came to her home in the evening she laid and gave her a letter telling her she was on administrative leave "It didn’t uy why” She has not heard more since Kushma had no comment and Merrill said he could not talk about the investigation before speaking to the other trustees Board Chairman Loye Martindale that at this point the board hu chosen to handle the matter confidentially Martindale also said he did not want to do or aay anything that would jeopardize the focal Head Start program or its children — a uid The letter was signed by the board's Vice Chairman Ralph Merrill and Vice Chairwoman sentiment echoed by Morgan Though he thinks he is being Bene Knshma "I really love the program” unjustly dealt with Morgan said Acoustic Piano Manufacturer Suicide bombers set off blasts Files For Bankruptcy near buses at Jewish settlements NEIZARIM Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Palestinians blew themselves up m failed bombing attacks today outside Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip the Israeli army said TWo other Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank The Israelis said the suicide bombers apparently targeted school buses for Jewish children but both missed their targets The attacks came at a time of deadlock in pence talks and triggered new accusations from both sides However Palestinian police maintained one of the explosions — outside the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip — was not a suicide bombing They said Israel troops threw explosives at a passing taxi and a donkey cart killing a Palestinian bystander and wounding seven taxi Israeli-Palestini- an The Palestinian killed at the scene wore a Palestinian police uniform and his body was dismembered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat initially said the Israeli soldiers opened fire at the taxi but hospital officials said the wounded were hurt by shrapnel not bullets Israel held Arafat responsible for the explosions saying he had sanctioned attacks by Islamic militants on Israelis as a means off extracting Israeli oon- - ffyupni "We believe it is not merely a coincidence that ever since Chairman Arafat gave the green light to terrorist organizations to return to terrorist activities there have been four or five attempts one of them unfortunately deadly to kill Israelis” said n an aide to Israel Prime Minister David Bar-Hla- Benjamin Netanyahu pets In past years they were Ferret Continued from Page domesticated by hunters lo force rabbits and other game out of 1 Police said the State Division of Family Services was contacted it1-- burrows A Utah pet store owner who asked not to be identified said most stores try to teach people about handling ferrets and other about the incident and the city prosecutor was reviewing the potentially dangerous pets before making a sale He said a lot of Tuesday wonderful pets but be cautioned that if any animal "has teeth it can bite” — and ferrets like any case for possible charges on people report that ferrets make Ferrets similar to weasels have become popular at bouse other pets come with a variety of personality traits from passive to vicious The Ferret Mailing List a site on the World Wide Web mentions confirmed reports of at least two cases in which an animal identified as a ferret has seriously injured infants The site notes that the animals are banned as pets in seven places including Salt Lake City Washington DC Dallas California and Hawaii Samick Musical Instruments Co Ltd of Korea the US supplier for Samick and Kohler and Campbell Pianos filed for bankruptcy after defaulting on $33 million in promissory notes in October e 1996 Like many other compaa Samick has been nies in adversely affected by a slowdown in the mid-siz- South-Kore- domestic economy rising labor costa and strengthening of the Korean won that has cut into profits from exports (Partial reprint of an article in Music Trades Dec 1996) Keith Jorgensen’s a seven store retailer of Samick pianos has decided to liquidate all Samick Inventory from it’s Utah locations "We have given them good representation in our markets” said Jerry Thain owner of Keith Jorgensen Music of Logan "We don’t feel like we can represent their products as the value they once were Our company hat a 34 year reputation for carrying only quality instruments We feel like the pianos we sell need to be quality products built for our customers and friends by a manufacturer who will stand behind them We don’t have this confidence in Samick anymore” Samick Piano Inventory liquidation begins locally ot onr new store ot 1949 North Main Street N Logan No reasonable offer will be refhaed on any Samick Piano ia stock Units not purchased will be returned tn Samick Keltk Jorgensen Mnsic Center of Logon will honor all Samick Warranties for onr easterners In the event the Manufacturer dees not Fast and easy Bodget plan available on approved credit Coll for additional Information or stop by 1949 North Main N Logan 752-75- i V 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