Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday Match 6 1998 IHrilfati I returns to quarter-centur- y WASHINGTON (AP) — Robtut Job hy kw interest rate and ntild winter weather returned the nation's rate to s ar low of sion Economic! ia Boston “Then an men Jobe available far mon people at monpey than at any time tince die early On gnhemptoyment toveniberi unemploy-- : 47 percent in December and matched 46 percent rate which waa die lowest since October 1973 the Labor i i Street WM1 have the strangest economy in a generation the lowest unemployment in a quarter century We'rn on track to have die longest peacetime recovery in the history of our country” ' inflation-war- y normally bond market ahrugf ed off the strong report and the atock market bounced back after two dws of loans In the first half hour of trading the Dow lonea average of industrial stocks adjotted from U:the 1960s"' 24-ye- Employers created a greater-than-expect- weather has been sufficiently mild in ed 310000 jobs on top of many parts of the country to allow the 373000 in January That included continuation of construction activity” Other areas of strong growth included temporary help firms 32J100 jobs computer and data processing 20000 health services 25000 government 36000 and transportation 34000 mostly at airlines and trucking firms r 'V - low increased demand for new homes “In addition the severe rain and ice storms in some parts of the coumiy have spurred hiring for cleanup and rebuilding” she said “Finally this winter’s 41000 new construction jobs and 17000 jobs in the finance industry Commissioner Katharine G Abraham jumped 45 points to 8490' Tt’sdoaesUh towuker heav- - In a Rose Garden news conference of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said a a that we’ve had in decadet " uid President Clinton declared “These an drop in mortgage rates to a four-yeaconomist Allen Sinai of Ftimaric Ded- - good times for America We continue to low of just under 7 percent has V' —Pages l Overall though the Asian crisis seems to have helped the American job market by pushing interest rates down The percentage of adults with jobs — 642 percent — remained at an all-tihigh Overall average weekly hours edged iip a tenth of an hour to 349 hours But the manufacturing workweek slipped from 421 hours to 42 hours and factory overtime fell from hours 49 hours to 47 Average hourly wages increased a robust 06 percent to $1260 That’s up 41 percent from a year ago to admit campaign law breach Fund-rais- er :o El Nino : Potholes Dn LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic fundraiser Johnny Chung once a frequent visitor to the White House has strode a idea bargain with the government and will admit funneling $20J)00 m illegal contributions to the Clinton-Gor- e campaign businessman who Chung a Ihiwanese-bor- n is now a US citizen waa charged Thursday in US District Court with violating federal finance law tax evasion and bulk LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mudslides flooding and filming woes aren’t the only problems created by heavy El Nino storms this winter: California drivers are being bumped and raided by a' ) minefield or potholes 'Road crews have declared war on the craters storking day and night to fill the holes thirteen poae dangers to driven or at least cause costly damage to their cars “It’s an all-ooffensive” said ut Karen Boyd spokeswoman for the Oakland Public i Works Agency which has six to 10 crews filling an average of 130 potholes a day Potholes are formed when moisture softens the soil below Clinton White House memos showed that Chung was making a pitch to provide fox service for die government around die same time But his efforts never led to any business ded The Justice Department's Campaign Finance Task Force filed the charges in Los Angeles because Chung lives in the suburb rtf Artesia The charges carry a maximum punishment of 37 years in prison and $145 million in fines but plea bargains ordinarily involve a request for substantially reduced penalties A spokesman said the White House will have no comment on die case The amounts of money involved in the Chung 43 waa accused of setting up “straw donors7 who wrote campaign donation checks then were reimbursed by Chung in order to skirt contribution limits by thousands of dollars Chung is the fourth person charged in the last five weeks in foe Justice Department’s probe into finance abuses during the 1996 the pavement and can drive over the weakened spots — creating a hole in the roadway ! And California has had no shortage of moisture this year Ibtal rainfall in Loe Angeles this has reached winter for 2283 indies in wave after wave storms have of El Nino-power- businessmen to the White House to watch President Clinton deliver his weekly radio address He also had a photo taken with Mrs “Me Chung has readied an agreement with the government” his lawyer Brian Sun said “He wishes to put this matter behind him as quickly as possible Mr Chung and his family hope to get on with their lives’’ A federal source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Chung will plead guilty on car-wrecki-ng ' ' :V ‘‘‘"TT “This investigation is moving forward but we are not going to let up now said Attorney General Janet Reno who has been criticized by Republicans in Washington for not appoint- - hwayriftl pwnnitnr ed battered the state Chung visaed the White House on some 30 occasions in recent years He has said that in seen Wfe’re getting potholes next Johnny Chung left ia shown with President and Mrs Clinton at a 1994 Christmas 1993 he was solicited for money by a White said Sdm Houston to potholes Party at the WMaHouae in Washington Chung 43 was charged Thursday with ton- - House staffer delivered a $50000 check to a potholerepairman for neUng at leant 820JXW In legal contributions to the CMotQotu re otoedon campaign first laity Hillary Rodham Clinton’s office and die Orange County division of die jnipMDMgnwimviigovimmsnL then was allowed to bring a group of Chinese a Californg Department of Tkaofcvv AP photo “This is the most I’ve ever 30-ye- ar charges were substantially lower than figures previously attributed to Chung and apparently were reduced under the dea bargain The Chung contributions were returned after questions arose about their legality - In addition to the $20000 linked to the campaign Chung also was charged with fiumeling $8000 to the 1996 campaign of Sen John Kerry Clinton-Gor- e Jim Jones a Kerry spokesman said the senator returned a $10000 contribution from Chung “the minute any questions were raised to avoid even die appearance of impropriety" Chung also was charged with evading an unspecified amount of income taxes and with fraudulently obtaining a $157500 loan on his Artesia home Irj - if ’c' '' potation CkSrrhhtisd with main Cab- of fornia roads estimatea road n I ' j Hi a il li'- - X touring 49jDD0 laid miles damage so for at $137 million If a hot known how modi of that " wm caused by potholes v Potholea of up to 20 feet wide and 3 inches deep have formed WASHINGTON (AP) — A die People’s Republic of China It offers circumstantial evidence but panel investigating campaign i "cannot determine conclusively report by the Senate long-await- ed finance abuses concludes font whether the PRC government funded directed or encouraged Democrats may have comproiitojal contributions and reformed with each new mised national policy in its with the 1996 elecconnection in “recklessness" in raising money’ storm Reports of the road craters tion cycle” ' for the 1996 elections are up 400 percent in Los AngeDemocrats on die panel have d The report by the les Government Senate decides Natnro Mother responded by presenting their 7Wben stye wants ua to know she’s Affairs Committee wraps up own report which urges reform omnipotent this is what hap- heady a year’s worth of hearings of laws regulating campaign 'said Bob Hayes but offers very little new inforpens for the Los Angeles mation The panel which has According to a summary of die t of Public Works GOP million investigating report Democrats offered spent $35 have been a problem possible violations to sell access to the White House in San Raadsco too C5ty crews approved the report Thursday by in a frenzy to boost fends for m' ptiii Republican-controlle- fund-raisi- ng filled holes at 137 locations nearly four times the normal numlw dining the week of Feb 19 alone Crows on about 24 trucks are scrambling to keep up — without too much success said Gregory an 8--7 vote alopg party Hues Thie' report repeats allegations that key figures in the Justice Department’s campaign probe sorted as agents of fend-rairi- maaat mum Scott director of the city’s Bureau of Street Maintenance r i Vvir ' ' ’ - ng ’ ' President Clinton's 1996 doncampaign House die Administration and the precedence itself to fundraising tools" the summary said “Ultimately the sale of access may have led to die sale of policy as well” led to numerous abuses Among them the DNC’s heedless pursuit of contributions J allowed wealthy and foreign nationals to breakers well-connect- ed arrange almost unlimited access was left to us to bring some balance” said Sen John Glenn Other “favors merchandised’’ included presidential appoint- its recklessQinton’a ness in ceasing to check the ori- ments to commissions and administration jobs as in the case John Huang a of fand-raiswho Democratic became a deputy assistant secre The Democratic report doesn’t deny wrongdoing by its party members he uid' “But we also don’t shy back and its gin of such fends entrusting its among Asian-America- fund-ntisin- efforts to law g ns US policymakers” re-ele-c- laws and reduced the White HAPPY 40 DHITHDAY j i J Going to be a htfi school Junior i i or sanior next year? 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