Show A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday November 17 2003 Look online! owetthtrjnfojln wwWvftintwS'Mm Utah outlook ACCLlWeathercom M"0 i ' —— ' ' J‘ V-i- tTr: Ogden 42728 ' ' M ' Richfield rsr--! 31 " '' 4726 r Moab m 41-2- 31 dr 70 percent chance Partly cloudy with Mostly cloudy with Evansville ' Fairbanks 54 20 Helena 52' 23 Honolulu Indianapolis 85 54 38 83 73 43 36 75 Moab ' ' ' Price 04 cdy: Provo ' Richfield 06 sno Salt Lake City cdy ' 'Snowbird- 72 SpanishForit' ISL George accumul- h v ' o :© Department Quality levels issues daily advisories to reduce from burning wood in stoves or fireplaces Green means conditions are “satisfactory" yellow means -- tjurh if necessary" and red means to “avoid Today's advisory for Cafche Valley is GREEN ' ' -- Juneau Key West Lcs Angeles -- “ Beach Miami “ 82 dr 41 m 67 56 45 33 48 44 61 dr dr' dr 05 ' m cdy m cdy Prc Lo Hi 42 55 42 43 47 45 29 47 52 45 Cedar City' Tooele 004 35 40 34 37 34 39 24 ' 37 45 ’39 v t 011 021 001 ’ ' 011 032 002 014 006 & National weather - north-facin- g wind-drill- dopes The AccuWeathercom forecast for noon Monday Nov wwwavelencheorg 10a Oa 10a Oa ' 30a 40a 30a Ha SOa TOa lOa 110a 100a 90a tor Ida (toy zone Banda separate litgh temperature 17' ntws wire From Hi By cdy cdy cdy Memphis Avalanche danger ' above 8500 feet Rating: Conditions: Avalanch as likaty oh steep 51 60 80 64 68 65 59 54 39 Regional ' Temperatures 28 27 46 28 Air pollution advisory of Environmental The Utah COLO r‘ 4823 Cedar City 4826 dr EXTENDED ( - Prc Otk 1 TUESDAY ation Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid 20s' " ‘ -- TODAY two-inc- s '" Cheyenne Denver jected one-t- o 1 V--' I1- Anchorage i of snow with pro- JV f 9 49 47 45 Boston ' ri ' WVO city 44 Pro0 4532 ' NEV l Vr ? Lo Hi ' - ' San Antonio ' San Diego San Francisco Topeka ' Tucson Tulsa Wilmington Del Time 35 723' Logan — - Temperatures Sunday's high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern temperatures J V' fmiti tow forecast for daytime conditions National tomporaturas indicate Sacramento Cacho Valley outlook Forecast for Monday ' The Associated Press The nation had fair weather Sunday except for showers in ihe Northwest and in a band curving from Louisiana northward to Virginia ' High pressure dominated the Northeast and much of the South produdng mostly sunny skies It was cloudy in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley V Scattered showers spread across Louisiana central Mississippi northern Alabama eastern Tennessee eastern Ken-tucWest Virginia and Virginia In the nation’s midsection a ' ' dome of high pressure brought sunny skies to much of the Plains Missouri VaHey and Ozarks Mostly cloudy skies prevailed in the Mickwest and Texas i Up above Almanac 7 16 a Sunrise: Sunset: 5 05 m' pm' Humidity: 86 percent1' ' 1 ' " UV index: '2 (minimal) Conditions Overcast! ' IQ miles : Visibility: Moon: Last quarter Nov 16 Watch the skies for the Leonid meteor shower which peaks tomorrow Most meteors move at between 15 and 70 kilometers per second If you stand over the Earth and drop a pebble it " would without any relative motion fall at 1t2 kimoters per second or 40 320 miles per secpnd astrdnomyOrocketmailcom : Cach Valley forecast provided by National Weather Service w ill Belts continue to be an Big King said Brmher-hpod- opppsi-tion- " ' ’ Lifesaving law? ' Continued from A1 ' Jonathan Adkins a spokesman for the Governors' '' Highway Safety Association said his group supports' prima: ' ry helt laws hut diies not favor 1 15 percentage piiints in states thirt had priniary seat belt V laws States with primary 'belt laws had art average use rate of 6T 7H percent compared with percent-'ir- i much uri seat belts' at theexpense of speedlng distracted driving and ‘ states without - : o-- y -- ' The National Safety Council estimates for the ' number of deaths in J995- 2002 in each of the 30! states without primary eat belt laws The: disparity in he council estimates that lack of pri- - ' '' maty seat belt laws cost 2 178 lives during that period the list totals 9599 - occurs because the list V ' 1 - ' rluioThp13' :! nient that year! " ' ' On the other hand- - Louisiana's bell use irate was less than 7Bperceht in 2(X)2 ' despite passage of a primary belt law jri 995 Ben Press- burg of the Louisiana High- South Dakota raised warning ' flags Sunday that the bill would do inore harm' than ' gcxxl Daschle on "Fox News Sunday" said "We Piay actu- - " be coercing up to iO mil- lion people into anHMO system that could mean dta- - ': ' ' matically higher costs : in' premiums for Medicare--- - of ihe legislation AARP the a5mk lion member seniors’group and-an- ' cy "tool”-Som- opponeotsnf primary belt laws say they could lead to racial profiling Florida's Senate president Jim King say his stqte does hot need the law because Florida also has a seat belt use rate of nearly 80 percent' under its secondary law "For me this has been and INORD R ' : ‘ : '- way Safety Commission blamed the numbers on men 35 who drive pickup age 18 trucks without buckling up "Their vehicles tend to be ' taller arid it gives them a false " feeling of safety'-- ' Pressburg said "The rales are certainly not what we’d like to see" The council report coincides with the startof a national J' effort to enforce seat belt and child passenger safely laws More than 12000 law enforcement agencies are par- ticipaiing in the campaign which runs from Monday - Source: Nafionel Safety Council - ENT A UH E A HQU A RT ERS'taTTmXR fn t a tTrt ° IJ0 Si O iv Ai -- ' 1)S (3mn lu wi 1 4Qr ir oa u i lift!) would make no decision on art endohiement until it review's final details of the legislation Other interest groups including the American Med- jeal Association and the trade organization for the managed care industry announced their support for the legislation Sen Max Baucus one of two Democrats who took part in months of negotia-- : ' tions said the bill “is not per-- feet froriv anyone's ' ' perspective but it’s good leg- islalion” He said the bill would attract significant Democratic support in the Senate even if Kennedy and Other leading Senate Democrats oppose it :‘‘Many will reach the deck this is better to pass ' : than not to pass’ Baucus said Kennedy and Senate Demo- -' cratic leader Tom Daschle of - :sion that On tlw Net: ' National Safety Council: nscorg - nt 'V through NovV30 http :www STAnOHAPir ' bill passed by the House in' June by aone-voi- e margin " He said he and other conser- -' ' vatives would reserve judgment until they see the final bill The legislation includes sev- eral provisions designed to meet conservatives' demands These iriclude anew health--- related tax break for individu- - : als with a 4 health insurance policy - i 'requirement earners to pay more for ihe s- - ? C n - - " coverage they f receive under Medicare Part B and a requirement for Con ' t: grass to review Medicare’s also took issue with riegotia had found Costs if they roseto Uriexpecl-!Vtors!caims that ' ' Pd 'V fevels wayto reduce byW Ihe V" numberof rctireeswho would The agreemeritajsocointains1 at ieast $25 billion for rural doctors and hospitals ' ll would essentially leave y y unchanged (he ban on import Competition would begin m " 2010 in six inetropolilan areas irig prescription drugs from rind last six years Extending it Canada although it would :: rauthorize astudy todetermine beyond ihatwouldreqiiire what it "would take to guaran Congressional approval Sen John Breaux D-tee the safety of imported ' ' the Mther DenHx'ratic negOtia- drugs: Uu said the bill would cap annual premium increases for :seniors who remain intradi-tion- al Medicare at 5 percent a year responding to criticisms that premiums would soar for' Continued from A1 those who did not moyeto pri' ' ll vate plans: : flooded colleagues with e And Baucus said he dis mails They raised more than' agreed with those who say the $l 5qo in aftempbn with temporary program would people giving anywhere from haim traditional Medicare t0 jiqq In the House a conservative “We jiist needed to get him Republican said he is disaphome" said Summers pointed with the agreement David Fljtton arrived Tues' Competition “has been day Renee Flitton managed to watered down to a demonstra-tio- n keep him under wraps from project that does not even other family and wedding : begin until 2010" Rep Jeb guests until Saturday even said “I Hensarling having him usd a frankly do not know how we calling card to telephone can stave off bankrupting the Tessa at her apartment the Medicare system without this night before tire wedding essential reform" "We are calculating aren't '' Hensarling was onie of sev- -' we?” Renee Flittoin said “We eral conservatives who voted wanted a big surprise for her’’ reluctantly for the Medicare i j long-dis-lan- ce : ! high-deductib- le - : ' WAR M £i ' 1 ' - '' Frist-isai- 1 "We have u vaccine for the leading' cause of death Tot Americans ages 2ihrough 33- — safety belts' said Dr J!ef: head of ihe frey Runge-thNational Highway Traffic ' Safety Adminisiratiob emergency room physician: " Primary safety belt laws are Pur most effective public poli- COCO 'Up Above’ feature provided by Astro Date - through 2(K)2hecause states ?: failed to put in plaee primary sea(hcltlaws the estimates-- ' r'anged from 33 in Rhckle Island tu 13X't i rvTli irida Further researchers predicted 141)0 additional deaths in should no neV primary 2004 seat bclt iaws takeelfect ' ffl pro-gra-m : v — C 3003 AccuWaaltw Inc : 1 r said he thinks most ' lawmakers will be persuaded tb support the bill because ofthe drug benefit and the ability of seniors to chriose their health plans including remain : Acritique of the bill pre- irig in traditional Medicare' pared by Kennedy’s staff' : “If you’re satisfied with'’:- - '' cajled the competition whdf you havlfiary'biiv “a vast social experidon’t have to change” Frist ment using senior citizens a guinea pigs"The document 5 - a- v -- i i ' 4 FRONTS: Continued from A1 - - r ' t-t- ' ' other issues jsuch laW's"--'' "If every state had a prima-rResearches then estimated' seat belt law we would be: (lie number of deaths attrih- ' ' ' in better shape than we aiie uted to states" lack" of primary 4 it seat belt laws They combined ' notv butwe'd still have long way lo go: Adkins said V "the information on seat belrif The report had some anom " use with government data that alies' ' ' shows belts are 45 percent 7V ' ' : effective in preventing deaihs Vermont 's seat pelt use rale ' in cars and 60 percent efTec- was about 85 percent in 2002live for sport utility vehicles eighth highest eycn Jhough it und other light trucks' : :has a secondary belt Jaw VeT- Bascd op the ealculatiohs1mont officials’ eredited a Pew ' researchers estimated that' education campaign 'combined 12 78 people died from 1995 with more visible laweriforce-- ’ X Medicare of r - y |