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Weather Highs lows "fall" into 400 South 300 North place — -- caused by traffic stop-and-Kevin Hansen public works director for Logan city favors the change He said the removal of the two signals will eliminate what has become a traffic impediment The first intersection on 400 South for instance is used most heavily when the fairgrounds is in use During the rest of the year it serves a relatively small number of vehicles Hansen said As a result the stoplight was deemed more of an obstruction to traffic than a benefit The second intersection at 300 North was a bit more controversial particularly after stoplights being pulled PageA12 By Jeremiah Stettler staff writer Update The Utah Department of Transportation is pulling out the stops — the stoplights that is — on two intersections on Logan’s Main Street UDOT spokesman Andy Neff said plans are on the table to remove two traffic lights at 400 South and 300 North by early December He said the move will improve traffic flow and reduce vehicle emissions Babies added to jist for first time flu-sh- ot Just one more day By Jeremiah Stettler staff writer Road workers on Logan's Main Street saw the light of day on Monday But that didn’t strike downtown motorists as anything to smile about Rather drivers saw streams of bumper-to-bumpcars dump trucks ot V ' ‘ v £' 'j v a i : ! - v" :t - years ' Residents of nursing homes and care facilities other long-ter' Women who will be more than three months pregnant during the flu season Children of any age on aspirin therapy Why this winter’s focus on babies? 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' - P Tuesday as Israeli tanks backed by heli- copters stormed into Gaza City and battled Palestinian gunmen in clashes that left Aine Palestiniansdead and 24 injured hospital officials said The tanks penetrated a half mile into Gaza City ih one of the most violent incursions in the city The army confirmed that a military operation was under way in Gaza and said no soldiers ' had been injured but declined to comment further Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said earlier Monday that Israel would mount a military operation in Gaza against Hamas which the Jewish state blames for carrying out attacks against Israelis “Gaza serves as a center for Hamas” Sharon said adding Israel would “strike Hamas and prevent its ability to act” For the first time since Israeli tanks crashed into the compound on Thursday — retaliating for a Palestinian suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed six bystanders — Israeli military officials and Palestinian leaders met Monday to begin feeling their way tp a solution of the latest crisis but no progress was “ t : tv I :V 1 I i r m long-ter- m See FLU on A7 Quick read Go to The Herald Journal Web sits (wwwhjnewscofn) to cast your vote ' on today's survey question See Friday's newspaper for results and a new question Tbdayt question Do you or does your famfy attend parent-teach- er conferences? a) Yes b)- No Friday's purvey results Do you feed a cat that you don't own? t SUi ’ Brant StevensHerald study praised Participants say shaping up now a greater priority By Arrin Brunson staff writer - Several Cache Valley men and women say they have finally' found the motivation they need to get in diape Like so many Americans Wellsville resident Regina Sid-we- ll got out of the habit of regu- lariy exercising a few years ago as her life got busier and busier “I have a tendency to let every-thin-g her neighborhood newsletter else go ahead of myself — invited participants 35 to 60 years old to join a study at Utah State kids grandkids church” she said “I know it’s an excuse but University to survey the eflccts of exercise on diabetes and obesity that’s the way it is” ' overshe’s few She called the phone number and a pounds Today and is excited about helping herself blood battling high weight and others along the way as the pressure But Sidwell is optimistic that these problems will be study proceeds ' Logan resident Judy Greene alleviated in the next few months learned about the study in The Sidwell won’t rely on the false ' Herald Journal Before her“sedi- of made by propagators promises weight-los-s pills or fancy exercise mentary life as a housewife" gets the best of her figure and health equipment She’s going to do it Greene says she wants to make a the old fashioned way — exer- ‘ ' rise' permanent change in ha lifestyle Sidwell says she found her Cosmetic surgery weird diet fads motivation to get fit in an unlike- See USU on A7 ly place An article published in Warnings scare Nasdaq to NEW YORK (AP) —The Nasdaq comlow Monday posite index slid to a and the rest of Wall Street fell equally hard amid a worsening outlook for the US economy The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 100 points ' Responding to A smattering of bad news — and kicking any positive economic data — investors essentially sold across die board : ' punishing shares of everything from rt Microsoft to The selloff carried the Nasdaq to its lowest close since September 1996 and the Dow back toward the four-yelow it reached July 23 “The air is thick with concern about the pace of corporate profit growth or the lack thereof and I think the reports that we’re ar See STOCKS on All 6-ye- r w six-ye- ar low ar i I mrn!'V Is Wal-Ma- wwwhjnewscom Journal Glen Spielmans and his assistant Jason Goodson run an endurance test on Judy Greene who is participating in their study Weight-healt- h I ' 'V Is i 1 ! ROADS on A12 besieged compound Monday rejecting Israel’s demand to hand over die names of all those holed tip inside The Bush administration called for an end td the siege in sharp criticism of Israel Violence erupted elsewhere early 1 t t- ' 'Us er i parked in the turn lane and flaggers perspiring in the noon sun They saw rows of orange bands patrol cars parked in the intersections And a steamroller trudging through Logan's core ' Andy Neff spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation said it wasn’t RAMALLAH West Bank (AP) —A defiant Yasser Arafat dug in at his - 1 says Arafat defies Israelis U S urges restraint research By Lauran Neergard AP Medical Writer UDOT er See TRAFFIC on A12 USU seaWASHINGTON — Flu-shson begins next week and this year marks the first time parents are being urged to get babies and toddlers vaccinated because influenza sends its tiniest patients to die hospital as often as it does the elderly But there’s a catch: Unlike the one yearly shot most people need the first-evinoculation for young children requires two doses a month apart So expats are urging parents not to delay that pediatrician visit to be sure their kids get both shots There’s plenty of flu vaccine this ' year say federal health officials up to 94 million doses may be shipped Still it takes a while to send vaccine to every doctor’s office and vaccination clinic The government is calling for people at the highest risk of severe illness during flu season to be first in fine in October — and urging healthy people to wait until November to get their shots High-ris- k people include: Everyone over age 50 Anyone with chronic medical conditions that make them more vulnerable to the flu such as heart or lung disorders including asthma diabetes kidney disease or weak immune systems Children ages 6 months to 2 Utah© 2002 $50 i 4 K Ks APphoto Specialist Garet Boehning rubs his eyes as he works on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor on Monday Wall Street saw a selloff Monday I reported ' At the UN Security Council in New York the United States proposed a resolution calling for an end to the siege along with punishment of the plotters of Palestinian suicide bombings ' In Washington statements issued by White House and State Department ' See ISRAEL on A12 Utah gun buyers nixed more than other states in SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Background checks disqualified 1830 people from buying guns in Utah last year a 2 8 'percent rejection rate that is much ' higher than the national average The US Justice Department released figures on Sunday for Utah and 18 other states1 that conduct their own background checks and for otha states where gun dealers and law enforcement agencies do the work Nationwide nearly 2 percent of the 8 million gun buyers were rejected during 2001 because they were felons fugi- lives illegal aliens of had a history of 'mental illness or family violehce the Justice Department said In Utah the rejection rate was 28 percent for 65696 people seeking to buy guns By 'comparison slightly fewer Utah residents or 64917 people were given background checks in 2000 but more of them vfere rejected: 2053 That works out to a rejection rate of 32 percent Justice Department issues the reports annually under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act named for James Brady who took a bullet and was n paralyzed during-aassassination attempt on President Reagan Brady See GUNS on A7 in S m ' r |