Show Page 12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 17 1999 LookionlineJorrweatherJnfo links kTHELWEATHER jSSaSSmSWSL Utah otrtioak Vallty outlook Cuch Forecast for Thursday Thu big picture AccuWeathef forecast for daytime conditions lowhigh temperatures (MHO wro Oytai 34 jrms sitLjtaCity Provo NEK £ TODAY THURSDAY EXTENDED Mostly sunny throughout the day Wei see a high of 52 degrees in Logan Mostly sunny with high- er temperatures than Friday wi be mostly surmy with the high around 70 degrees Saturday wi be coder witha high in the 60s Sunday wi cod off even more with the highs between 55 and 65 degrees with a chance of rain or snow Oremight lows wi continue to be in the 30s writ Tonight be dear and coid with the 35 ev night-tim-e lows dropping lo 30 degrees in Logan 27 degrees in Trenton and 25 degrees in NdiM2S(rj COLO Cadar City 32 S2 r SLGaoree 3070 NJL MZ O t999 AccuWaamar Inc Alaunuc Sun: Sunrise 6:37 Sunset 6:33 vena Sunny Cloudy Wednesday- - Expect the high to reach 62 degrees in Logan The overnight low wfl hover around 33 degrees in downtown Logan and down to 28 degrees in Ihe odder valey Rim Ran Shown Cloudy bu Snm First Moon: March 24 5:18 Moon: am CudlU ttnptRltvrai City High Lo Lewiston Trenton Preston 62 59 57 58 57 WetlsviNe Smithfield Valley UV index: (4) Low Past 24 hours as reported Synopsis: Temperatures should Prc be cooler today due to an overnight cold push from the north A warming trend will begin on Thursday as a thermal ridge shifts to east Utah and a southerly flow develops There are possibilities of precipita 22 23 30 20 19 tion on Sunday but the storm could miss northern Utah completely Valley Almanac: On this date in 1997 Trenton recorded a low temperature of 13 degrees Normal Temperature: USU average high for this date is 38 degrees IMtalNMht ED Average Evaporation: 07 (Te HW lot IhaOTia WWW COLO EH Mn 03 TOTmn HunOT EH ED noar In SIAlWHtM O (hin FlOaudy A CM) l There was no immediate com- IOC ment from any of the ousted members All have professed Continued from Page 1 unethical” “It is the IOC that is being judged and the IOC that must deal with the situation” he said Samaranch who has been under pressure from outside the IOC to step down after 18 years as president was less than categorical when asked if he planned to serve out his term scheduled to end in 2001 “My idea is to remain until 2001 But we will see” he said innocence but all faced daunting evidence of wrongdoing Other investigations including one by the Justice Department remain open and one IOC member is still being looked at by the Pound commission Executive board member Kim got off with a severe warning but Pound said he could be expelled if evidence surfaces that he knew about a job for his son that was bankrolled by Salt Lake Utah investigators whose work laid the foundation for the expulUn-yo- sions said Arroyo's family Samaranch's speech which received two standing ovations received almost $21000 in cash and benefits from Salt Lake bid- fidence for the Spaniard who has led the Olympics from the doom of boycotts to the height of the sports received $17000 from Salt Lake while a student at Southern Mississippi investigators found Ganga who led the African boycott of the 1976 Olympics in from the delegates was followed by an overwhelming vote of con- world — but also the pain of its worst scandal The secret ballot in the closed-domeeting was 86-- 2 with one or blank ballot and another not returned “He is happy” executive board member Jacques Rogge of Belgium said “What gives him so much strength is that he won so overwhelmingly” Sen John McCain the powerful Commerce Committee chairman from Arizona said in a letter this week to the senior Olympic official in the United States that “the demand for Congress to act will be irrepressible" unless the IOC adopts major reforms Another Commerce Committee member Sen Ted Stevens has drawn up legislation that would strip the IOC of pt ders Montreal ish gifts according to investigators The inquiry found that Keita “knowing permitted” organizers to make payments totaling more than $97000 to support his son at the University of Utah They said Santander received a $10000 political campaign donation from Salt Lake bid chief Tom Welch and Wallwork's wife the investigation found received a $30000 loan from Welch while his family got more than $67000 in travel benefits Each of the six used his allotted 20 minutes in defense The presentations were described as dignified with no shouting or g because it was packed Even 1 particularly with baby boomers in their 40s “We carried it for a long time but broke it into its own category about six months ago because it's been so popular” Porter said “I've seen a lot of things come and go but this is here to stay because it has always been here People just didn't know about it as much until now” Lots of air play on radio stations has contributed to the success of Celtic artists and the rise in popularity of the Irish culture Porter said Utah Public Radio broadcasts an hour of Celtic music on Saturdays on the “This- tle and Shamrock" show with Fiona Ritchie and Celtic Connections While some larger cities like Chicago and Boston will color the rivers green today Cache Valley residents are celebrating the holiday on a somewhat smaller scale In spite of stringent liquor laws and a large population of LDS residents Chris Poppleton er family Mohr 23 said she couldn't get into the private club last year popular “Lord of the Dance” and “Riverdance" shows in recent years Hastings Music Manager Trent Porter 27 said music from this genre has never been more popu- part-own- and his Zuhair Mulligan's bartender Elise Party lar son received $270000 in cash medical and travel expenses and lav- finger-pointin- Continued from Page Gadir’s of Mulligan's in Logan is expecting a full house for dinner and drinking tonight though Utah State University students are on spring break this week Mohr and Poppleton are planning on a large turnout “Wear your green so you get a kiss instead of a pinch" Poppleton reminded guests Dow falling back Continued from Page reaching 1000178 before falling back within a minute It closed at 993047 down 2830 g was responsible for TuesMarket watchers noted today day’s drop noted they mainly come from retailers “It's cutting them out of legitimate business” Murphy said “Retailers distribute these copies at ridiculously low prices” Microsoft has also sued three other Utah companies: ACT Computing in West Valley City Computer Recyclers in Orem and Light Speed Computers Inc in Salt Lake City Turner and Berry however said they had no idea the copies of the software they received were bogus “We don’t intentionally do that Berry said “We bought it on good faith” Turner said the same Both said the confusion comes from the “gray NEW YORK (AP) — A day after briefly breaking 10000 the Dow Jones industrial average dropped below 9900 as interest rates always a big concern on Wall Street crept higher in the bond market By early afternoon the Dow was down 54 points at 9876 after fluctuating between positive and negative territory during morning trading mileThe Dow had breached the five-dig-it stone 20 minutes into Tuesday's trading Profit-takin- that prices were falling in the credit markets which means a corresponding rise in interest rates — a trend that usually makes stock Officer pleads guilty in sex case FORT LEWIS Wash (AP) — A retired Army general pleaded guilty today to eight charges involving sexual improprieties with the wives of subordinates in exchange for a reduced sentence Maj Gen David Hale who was allowed to retire honorably in February 1998 after the allegations became public is just the second Army general since 1952 to submit to a court-marti- al Continued slow-cook- ban Page Hale 53 entered pleas to seven counts of conduct unbecoming an officer — including having four improper relationships with the wives of subordinates — and one count of making false official statements Penalties could be levied later today The maximum sentence for the eight counts was 11 years in prison as well as loss of Hale’s $75000-a-yea- r pension and dismissal from the service the fort’s legal liaison said conservancy district would have Water broad taxing powers and little 1 turnout the Feb 2 special election for the conservancy district failed 4351 to 1871 Most members of the Cache County Water Advisory Board supported creating water a conservancy district citing the need for funding on pressing Cache County water studies Water dis- trict supporters contended the advisory board lacks the clout to compete with powerful water conservancy districts elsewhere in the state and some fear Cache Valley water will go south Opponents contended a water accountability to the taxpayers While a water conservancy district would have been independent of the County Council the Cache County Water Resources Division would simply forward its recommendations to the County Council said Board Member Ann Peralta Funding for division projects would require approval by the council on a basis she said Peralta said the county would see mass resignations from the advisory board if changes aren't made “Continuing as is is not an option” Peralta said case-by-ca- se 1 market” The market which Turner said Microsoft is responsible for is software sold to massive computer manufacturers who cannot sell all the computers the software is purchased for For example Microsoft might require a company purchase 1000 copies of Windows 95 but the company can sell only 600 computers Turner said the US Supreme Court has ruled the computer manufacturer can sell the remaining 400 unused copies of the software although Turner’s numbers estimate were much larger than 1000 “The gray market is a legitimate market” Turner said Murphy said Microsoft has yet to determine what damages and actions the company is suing for lights flashing he saw the Amtrak Continued fhxn Page 1 investigators Goglia also said investigators were going to wait until inter- views today with the driver and the engineer before reaching any conclusions on the cause of the crash Amtrak's chairman Wisconsin Gov Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that Stokes was trying to dodge the crossing gates thinking the oncoming train was a freight train instead of a faster passenger train “The engineer said he saw the slow-movi- truck stop and try to get around it” Thompson said “There was no way to avoid it” Stokes has said the barriers did not go down until he was on the tracks Tire marks were found on the road the timber of the crossing and on the road shoulder in the dirt said Bob Lauby director of the NTSB's office of railroad safety “The tire marks may belong to the truck they may not" Lauby said today “Put all these marks together and we should be able to recreate exactly where the truck was and how it negotiated that crossing" ed Teetotalers in Cache Valley have found other ways lo celebrate St Patrick's Day When they arrived at Wilson Elemen- tary School early this morning found a mess left by leprechauns in their disarrayed classrooms Glitter footprints and other evidence of an elf dance had to be cleaned before the day's work could begin Students in Karen Luthi's class at Wellsville Elementary School treated St Patrick's Day like any other almost To the math reading and writing lessons the added a large dose of green Leprechaun stories tricks to AOCiMIIWIT: rs and graphs made of Lucky Charms cereal were added to make the curriculum a little more fun SENIORS UNAWARE OF GOVERNMENT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR NURSING HOME CARE! Learn about a government entitlement program that pays for nursing home care for Seniors (No need to purchase long term Insurance) Seniors are permitted to keep their Home and Money CaU first-grade- rs third-grade- Worry Thursday to hear about a (toll tree) Free Seminar FRIInofJTd oeuvru ENTERITOlWIN ICK ETSlTOISEE r Saturday March 20 1:00 pm Ecclcs Conference Center Rm 205 Utah State Campus Logan UT Seminar conducted by Jeffrey Brown Attorney at Law Elder Law National Academy qf Attorneys" SENIORS ONLY “(f married both barri- ers down and then he saw the It's Chef Eddie Baker’s famous corned beef and cabbage entree will be available for the last time at Mulligans tonight He will take his specialty to the old R&G Drive-I- n in Smithfield on April 1 where he will open “Eddie’s" “Plan on taking a cab home" Baker advised all of tonight's partygoers investors wary To people who follow the markets closely the Dow’s achievement wasn't a one-da- y event — it was just part of a long Wall Street rally fed by a strong US economy low interest rates and the world's growing fascination with high technology particularly the Internet “This is a phenomenon that's been going on for three years” said Ralph Acampora director of technical research at Prudential Securities The Dow which represents companies with a combined market value of more than $25 trillion is already up 8 percent this year And no matter what the market does in the next few days analysts are looking for the Dow ultimately to continue its advance Sue spouses must attend unless incapacitated " |