Show A2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday January MaHon I 2003 I I ‘cripple’ economy m ' president says CRAWFORDTexas ( AP) — President Bush said Tuesday that an attack by Saddam Hussein or a terrorist ally “would cripple our economy" offering new justification for potential war against Iraq even as he taid North Korea's nuclear ambitions can he curbed without military con-- 1 flirt 'I The president emerged from sever- ’ Bush says he ordered alert over five men WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Tuesday he personally ordered the FBI to begin a nationwide hunt for five men believed to have entered the country from Canada on Christmas Eve Speaking in Crawford Texas where he’s vacationing at his ranch Bush said US authorities need to know what the men are doing in the United Stales “We don’t have any idea of what their intentions might be but we are mindful that there are still some out there who would try to harm America and harm Americans and so therefore we take every threat seriously every piece of evidence seriously" Bush said The FBI on Sunday released photos names and birth dates of the five and sought the public's help tracking them dow n for questioning However bureau officials acknowledge they are not certain that the identities and ages are correct The five described by the FBI as men of Middle Eastern origin may have fake passports since the information that led to the FBI bulletin came from an investigation into an illegal passport scheme The names released by the FBI are: Ahid Nnruiz Ali Ifiikhnr Khoinai Ali Mustafa Khan Owasi Adil I’crve and Akbar Jamal Each has a birth date between 969 and 9X3 All remained at large Tuespur-porl- ed 1 day! i " al days of holiday seclusion to defend his policy of treating Saddam as an imminent threat and North Korea's Kim Jong II as a longer-terproblem The uneven policies arc drawing increased criticism In a lengthy and at times defensive Iraq attack would 1 1 exchange with reporters the presi- dent said his New Year's resolution was to “deal with these situations peacefully" But he strained to draw distinctions between the threats posed hy Iraq and North Kiirea While North Korea only recently broke its 994 pledge to abandon its nuclear weapons program Bush said Saddam “has defied the international 1 years community" for Secondly the president said Iraq was believetjl to be “close to having a nuclear weapon" in the 1990s though he acknowledged States does not know whether Saddam currently possesses such technology While making a fresh case against Saddam the president did not men: North Korea is believed to have one or two nuclear bomhs Nor did he note that North Korean leaders coud produce several more nuclear bombs in a matter of months if they carry out 'tycir threat to’restart the Pyongyang nuclear program 1 1 i "This is not a military showdown This is a diplomatic showdown" Bush said of the North Korean situa- alion on attacking Iraq” to reassess US prorites ' tion By contrast when asked whether the high cost of war would cripple the US economy Bush tersely replied: “An attack from Saddam Hussein or a surrogate of Saddam Husseiri would cripple our econo-tionth- at my" Bush's critics contend that North Korea is a greater threat than Iraq Warren Christopher secretary of state in the Clinton administration urged Bush in a New York Times op- ed article to "step back front his fix- - ‘ Iraq does not to have the capability to strike at the US homeland with military forces or missiles although some US! officials fear Saddam attacks cquld conduct terrorist-styl- e on America or turn oyer his weapons to terrorist groups There is scant evidence he has plans to do either US officials have said “I had made the case and will continue to make the case that Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass' destruction is a threat to the security of the American people" Bush said ! ‘Clone’ baby now home group says By The Associated Press A baby said to be the first human clone has gone home with her mothcr'according to a cloning company linked to a sect that believes space aliens created life on Earth The baby nicknamed “Eve'' went home Monday said Clonaid spokeswoman Nadine Gary The company has refused to say where her home is or where Eve was born last Thursday The unidentified mother is a 3 American Clonaid year-old officials said al a new s confer- ence last week in Hollywood Fla A lawyer in Florida meanwhile asked a judge Tuesday to appoint a guardian lor the baby saying that Clonaid is Irv ing to commercially exploit AP photo the child and that 'lie needs in Krentzm 19 on at Dec who the Mich books AlexKrentzin children's librarian at the Berkley Public Library specialized medical treatment library Berkley straightens In documciih tiled in was laid off at a City Council meeting Dec 16 is a victim of budget cuts that are devastating nvny city services including a 50 percent cut to recreation programs and many vacant positions not being filled Berkley is one of many older towns in Michigan that are struggling with Broward County Circuit Court attorney Bernard F reduced revenue sharing Siegel said that if the judge determines the baby is in danger she should he turned over to state cuie Siegel admits in the documents that he does not in 2003 cut and new book buying is out of the planned to close fixe branches By Jason Straziuso know if the baby is in Florida decided but Writer to after a public outcry Associated Press question but argued that the court has The problem stems from light state and reduce staff and services New York City starting in October jurisdiction because Clonaid local budgeLs When cuts need to be Seattle’s libraries were forced to close held its news conference in the reduced service at 67 of its N5 branches to commade libraries are for two weeks Denver doubled its late state lasi week No hearing to five days a week from mostly six: its fees And Sunday hook browsing is out in pete against say fire and police protecdate has been set S 14 2003 budget was cut 62 million or tion Erie Pa DNA Donner samples are to be Erie's main library In Pennsylvania Libraries across the countiy arc cutting percent spokeswoman Nancy from the baby and soon taken 7 in The said came a cuts close on will stuff and serviceshccause of a budget despite Sundays starring percent January the mother lor testing to show rise in attendance since September 2001 Further cuts are expected crunch Librarians say one of the most is a clone of the whether In suburban Detroit the Berkley Pub“We're just grinding our teeth over disturbing things is that the cutbacks are woman lic Library plans to cut hours and lax off this" library coordinator Marx Rennie occurring at a lime when an increasing Clonaid which declines to its children's librarian a veteran said "Sunday afternoon was a great time number of people need libraries to help reveal io where its facilities are had never cut library' "In 20 years I've for families to come down together" them find jobs in the Bahamas lounded was said director Celia Morse IX'nver the Public said1' at fees Late hours" "As the economic times get worse Library in 1997 by the man who is in tw ice them in cut one 2003 a "To 20 to J double cents to has said particuuse Maurice day year help library gone up’ founded the Raelian religious cover a $4 0(MK) budget cut Freedman president of the American larly painful" The man Rael says he sect Seattle a shuttered in its for libraries Librarians that addition it Association to “The of say job Library injustice learned about the origin of life week in August and December and will is here we arc providing more service seekersthe cuts are hurting students us on Earth from a v isitor from do so again in 2003 spokeswoman Andra well as homeless people who spend their with the same staff and we’re asked to S7 outer space He says he views Addison said The been in the has cut cut our budgets" budget days library' million in the last two years Library Elsewhere around the country: Children's and school librarians are cloning as a step toward workers voted for the closings The Public Library of Cincinnati reaching eternal life being laid off weekend hours are being -- Libraries strive to balance books hard-press- 14-ye- ar 1 Sen Hillary Rodham Clintold a news conton ference Tuesday it's believed the five crossed the border into New York state with false D-N- Y documents In Study: Binge drinking on rise highest in teens CHICAGO (AP) — Binge drinking is on the rise in the United States and is climbing fastest among 18- - to who are too young to drink legally according to a government survey Episodes of binge drinking defined as having five or more drinks in a sitting increased 17 percent among all adults between 993 and 200 and shot up 56 percent among 8- - to the telephone survey found The survey was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The findings were published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association Adults age 21 to 25 went on drinking binges an average of 18 times in 2(8)1 according to CDC Those ages 8 to 20 did so an average of 15 times The drinking age in the United States is 21 States get dirty over Clean Air Act The Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday issued changes to the Clean Air Act Nine states are filing suits in response - New York Connecticut Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey Rhode Island and Vermont The states charge that the changes violate federal law by allowing companies to pollute more without having to install new emission controls Romney says he will work for free BOSTON ( AP) — Incoming Gov Min Romney and Lt Gov Kerry Healey say (hey will forgo their salaries for the next four years and use the money to pay top staff members more during the state's financial crisis Romney a millionaire former venture capitalist would have made $135000 a year while Healey who" is also wealthy would have earned $120000 They will be sworn in on Thursday Romney a Republican who campaigned on a pledge to bring a business mentality to state government says he has difficulty recruiting top advisers because of low public-sectwages Romney also worked without pay when he was chief of (he Salt Lake City Olympics He donated his salary to charity Key elements of clean air rules issued by the EPA include: 1 1 1 into effect in March amount to a major change in the way older industrial plants will have to deal w iih air pollution w hen they expand make major repairs or modify operations or 1 Number of uninsured kids falls On the Net: JAMA: http:jamaama-assnor- g Obesity diabetes continue to rise Cl I ICAGQ ( AP) — The twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes are still on the rise in the United Slates More than 44 million Americans were obese and 167 million people had diagnosed diabetes in 2001 according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The researchers found the nation's obesity rate climbed to 209 percent in 2001 from 198 percent the year before and the rate of diagnosed diabetes rose to 79 percent from 73 percent The study appears in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association “These two rates are alarming They have a lot of implications on public health in this country” said CDC epidemiologist Ali Mokdad Obesity is associated with a variety of illnesses including diabetes and high blood pressure The study used index a ratio A data to calculate body-maBMI of 30 or higher was considered obese in the study self-report- ed ss height-to-weig- ht SOURCE: Associated Preu AP States sue to keep clean air rules administration issued WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush rules Tuesday to make it easier for industrial plants and refineries to modernize without having to buy expensive pollution controls — and immediately was sued by nine states charging that the changes undermine their efforts to protect public health The Environmental Protection Agency regulations Which go WASHINGTON ( AP) — The number of children without health insurance continued to full in (he first half of 2002 the government reported Tuesday although 72 million children remain uninsured Government-finance- d programs were responsible for the drop in numbers of uninsured kids as fewer children were covered by private employers People without health insurance arc significantly less likely to get preventive care and aid when they are sick the government says and health policy experts have long put providing insurance for the uninsured at the top of their agenda By having doctors through health insurance people can avoid long waits and high costs in emergency rooms the uninsured often face Overall 389 million people under age 65 were without health insurance from January to July or 159 percent of the population about the same as in 2002 People over age 65 are covered by Medicare As in past surveys Hispanics were the ethnic group least likely to have coverage with almost one in three uninsured i |