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Look online for weather Info links - L bftpWviwhjnawicornr V Tho national picture Cacho Valloy outlook Forecast for noon tomorrow Logan 69 TODAY WEDNESDAY EXTENDED Decreasing clouds by Ibis afternoon becoming mostly fair by lorngnL LOQnfTs Njn wfl reach 50 degrees with the low dropping Sunny and warm Fair andmadWSdhesday evening Logarfs high wM reach 65 degrees aji Vio low aropping wnn to 37 degrees downtown 42 degrees at USU and 32 degrees to 37 degrees downtown 41 degrees in Hyrumand33 Sunny and warm Thursday trough Saturday Logan's high wi reach the mid to upper 60s with lows dropping mo me m to upper 30s degrees in Wedsvtte Almanac Cacho temperatures From the last 24 hours City High Hist Farm 56 Lewiston 55 54 Logan KBLQ 56 Logan KVNU 54 Logan USU Mendon 58 ML Logan North Logan Low 32 30 34 35 38 36 Sun: Sunset tonight at 8:06 pm Sunrise tomorrow at 6:49 am average low dropping to 34 UV Index: Low at 4 Moon: Fu6 moon April 22 12:33 Dally evaporation: am River tr tr tofac—ttor noon ThaAocuWaaltwr Normal temperatures: The average temperatures for this date at USU are 59 degrees with the Trenton WeHsvWe Precipitation probabilities: Wednesday 5 percent Thursday 0 percenL 18 bicheaday Rollon count: Trees low brush none grass none molds moderate (Courtesy of Dr Talmage ShH) E3 L H US Local forecasts provided by Continental Weather Services At least 300 pilgrims killed in fire MINA Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fire swept across a pilgrims' tent encampment outsid Mecca today as 2 million Muslims gathered for one of Islam’s most sacred rituals Wit- - Jpeopl The witnesses said the dead were mostly Indians Pakistanis and Bangladeshis Ambulances their sirens blaring rushed semes of injured to hospitals Witnesses said they saw hundreds of bodies Reporters working for a local Saudi newspaper said at least 300 people died moat of them trampled in the panic caused by the fire The fire broke out on the arid plains of Mina outside Mecca as Muslims gathered for the hajj or pilgrimage were beginning to move to Mount Arafat There they will stand together in prayer at dawn Wednesday The gathering on Mount Arafat where the Prophet Mohammed delivered his last sermon in the seventh century is the climax of the hajj The hajj has been the scene of several recent tragedies including the deaths of 1400 people in a 1990 stampede Arif Kamal Pakistan’s consul-generbased in Jiddah said 25 bodies had been found two of than Pakistanis Witnesses said they had aeen at least 50 dead "The nationalities of the teat of the dead has not yet been determined” Kamal said in al Mina He said that 30000 Pakistani tents had burned Witnesses said helicopters were brought in id iff) firefighters Cd the fcftiidd fo P1'- - the blaze at Mina where heat was 104-degr- ee coupled with high winds that fanned the flames The fire was contained after several hours A second fire was reported in Iranian encampments on Mount Arafat but it was not immediately known if there were casualties The official Iranian news agency said firefighters were battling the blaze Egypt’s Middle East News Agency said witnesses at Mina reported hearing explosions of gas cylinders which are used by the pilgrims for cooking and suggested this could have been the cause of the fire The tents some of them held up by wood framing were pitched close together and woe of a flammable material the witnesses said EZ3 ami futons Doctors Continued from Page 1 from IHC health plans would unfairly limit the care IHC plan patients would get “By taking their names off the panel our members will have to of seeping costs down for treatment plana Wor- less-expenu-ve ley said Some of the physicians who are no longer participating in IHC health care programs are shareholders in Western Medical Ino them “I have about 9000 patients an outpatient surgery center in Logan that has dashed with IHC 36 percent of those are with IHC plans” Armstrong said And that worries IHC said Neal Byington the operations director of the IHC physicians before Western Medical has considered asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into IHC’s business practices and is contem- seek health care elsewhere We’ve invited all of them to par- tidpate with us” Worley said group in Cache VUley Only 12 percent of Cache Vri- “We’re concerned about access ley residents are on IHC plans from that standpoint” he said according to IHC Worley Mid If physicians equated quality that among the 20 physicians simply with being able to call all notified IHC they’re quit who've of the treatment shots “then ting are nearly all of the valley’s we’re missing the other 98 perorthopedic specialists and most cent of quality issues” Worley of the ear nose and throat which is owned by Western Medical has sued IHC for antitrust IHC- - violations regarding financial events: At the post office in the site on the Internet and insisted “that the vast majority of the taxpayers today ire being better served than they ever have plating ColumbiaHCA to build a hospital in North Logan that would compete with Logan Regional Hospital And Western Surgery Center said Limiting access to with joining fzoloudt ouu UbA “We’re holding our breath Floods today” said Blaine Hill the city’s "We’re going to be raising some levees today Continued from Page 1 shoring up sandbags looking for trouble spots” Water levels on some sections Breckenridge Mayor Kal of tiie Red may rise even more in Michels said the southern half of the next few days the city was under up to 4 feet of The Army Corps of Engineers water today and now the north in Minneapolis Mid Monday it side is threatened had to start releasing more water “The water is not staying in the from the brimming Lake Traverse ditch and canal system or in the reservoir upstream along the Minneriverbeds That’s the problem’’ sota-South Dakota state line he said “The water ia going That could mean another where it wants The water is comn rise in the river’s level at ing in behind us from the fields Minn it’s not coining over the dikes” an area about 45 miles south of here that already has been devastated by the flooding pqsfd by WeBujfS&QpCmeit ' clerk-treasur- er ch Wah-peto- ge 30 molting snow approved physicians was a way war taaim Breckenridge evacuated more When pressed about their claims that 35000 valley residents could be affected bv their move the physicians said that was the number of people who would no longer be able to see a mmu are residents today incentive! to physicians who water referred aurgeries to Logan for higher A Ton Valley Metals Inc 145 No 1000 IV Logan as crews prepared 752-057- 1 Regional Hospital rather than Western Surgery Center At the news conference Gibbons said he understood that the doctors might have to atop seeing IHC patients But by forming their own group Gibbons said he hoped employers would Attentkm Cache Valley Area Biirepreneun Business Owners & Marketing Executives THERE ARE OVER WAYS TO BRING HEW CUSTOMERS look at their benefit packages and offer new choices to their employees “I’ve talked to a couple of INTO YOUR BUSINESS How many are you using? employers this morning and one of them said if I do anything for my employees the one thing I want to be able to give them ia good benefits” Gibbons said “If my employees are coming to me and tell me they don’t like this and they don't like that I listen to them” 30 build their business on one or two building blocks They don't realize they raw their businesses or to bring In MU mote efficiently For Mrnmpta do you realize that the simple change of a headline can result in up to a 2100 increase in response to an ad? Same amount of ad space same ad oast but results! what a difference in bottom-linAnd ironically many of these modffioatlons and additional marketing building blocks cost little or nothing to Implement e Taxes Continued bum Page northern California city of by 1 House in a “Taxpayer Day of Outrage Rally” and Congress’ GOP leadership will appear at events numerous “I am convinced that if moat members of Congress did their own taxes we would have had tax reform long ago” Mid House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Archer who wants to replace the tax code with a national Mies tax Post offices in nearly every major city will extend hours or offer late mail pickups tonight Some offices are planning special Richardson acknowledged today that the agency might have embarked on “a more ambitious (computer modernization) gram than we could really on” But she pointed out that there have been more than 100 million “hits” on the IRS web 36000 signatures and came up 1 More than twice the number of signatures needed were gathered in Cache County but Sait Lake County IRS Commissioner Margaret But Salt Lake County needed Cache Continued from Page PleaMnton for example taxpay-engeere can seek dunking an IRS agent in a water tank Hie Clinton administration got into the act Monday unveiling a package of 60 mostly minor initiatives to simplify the tax code such as making tax payments with a credit card and streamlining rules for claiming deductions for dependent children younger than 19 residents failed to respond on petitions killing any chance of a statewide referendum to overturn the bill Olsen said only 2800 signatures or 10 percent of those who voted in the last election were required in Cache County Peti tions submitted by Monday after noon's deadline contained 4200 signatures of Cache County residents Olsen Hid well short with about 26JI00 The bill to abolish townships sponsored by House Speaker Mel Brown passed during the final days of this year’s ses- sion drive provoking the petition Olsen said townships like Ward and one that was being formed in Benson were intended to preserve and protect the local rural atmosColleg- e-Young phere Unfettered development is now a likelihood Olsen said “One of the things people love coming into this valley snd see- ing is the rural nature and been” - Appearing on NBC’s “Ibday” she estimated that 6 million taxpayers will file for an automatic extension today and that 30 million will file their returns on the last day President Clinton and his wife Hillary did their filing early and released the results on Monday They reported income of just over $1 million — nearly of it from Mrs Clinton’s book “It Thkes a Village’’ — and paid taxes of about $200000 They give the book’s proceeds to charity after taking out enough to three-fourt- hs Meanwhile the private Tax Foundation estimated that the average American will see his entire paycheck spent in local state and federal taxes through May 9 If taxpayers feel beat up after finishing their taxes this year that’s nothing compared to the almost daily drubbing of the IRS Critics portray the agency aa WMting billions on a computer system upgrade condemn IRS workers for snooping into tax files snd accuse tne agency of singling out conservative groups for audits The focal point of the House debate today will be on the constitutional amendment requiring a vote of Congress for two-thir- ds pay the taxes on the royalties any future tax increases lifestyle that is vanishing if we don’t put a stop to it” Olsen said today “We are not against growth but we want planned growth" g Ward now is in two days College-Youn- danger of becoming Login Olsen Mid pointing to Logan’s proposal to annex the area for possible development “If they (Logan) had their way we would be there tomorrow” Olsen said "But we are not going to go away” Olsen said of township advocates Olsen accused Brown snd other legislative leaders of circumvent- ing the hearing proceH to push through House Bill 363 in the last "It was really unethical” Olsen said “We are sure wondering who is behind Mel Brown’s bill "I have been a conservative all my life but to see how that is tun down there brings back the question of do we need a balance of Democrats and Republicans” outnumber Republicans Democrsts in the Legislature three to one The only Cache County lawmaker to vote against Brown’s bill was Rep Evan Olsen Ward Sen Lyle Hillyard of Logan and Reps Fred Hunsak-e-r of Logan and Ckaig Buttars of Lewiston all Republicans voted for it kifhftAi seik ‘A rtiikun r'r1 We at Tta HkMU Jouznai would Uke to share them with you So we are Importing two nationally recognized marketing experts to present their adverbs-in- g How to Get More Customers Who Will Pay You More Money More Often workshop ay Not only will presenters Jim Ackerman 8c Steve work better tot they'll cover an other kinds htvV wtth FPEE rnvl rmri wrrys tr ctrptrh vrair low-ooways to promote your business we fed so strongly about the benefits of their presentation we are going to pay far 50 of the normal $49700 per person fee for this event You can come as our guest fortust $247 Continental withfi beginning Tuesday April 22 1977 Logon Ckystcti Inn 653 South Main Logan RESSTRAnON FORM Title Name Company Address mi st St City Phone $247 First Person $125 Check or Credit Card CC Exp Date V Zip Flax each additional TOTALS OGDELSA1 TbdaykDate— Skmature Spa i iMcSy ttmtod Smd M fcnn ftnmsdtaWy to: MrateOncr Wdtohop 699 So 500 E Amoricm Fort UT Atorikn Mapmw Sudm Om end We |