Show When- Ags and Cougs - meet) it's fandemonium “Cl ' - Raccoons invading ' Cache Valley —A3 kVoli94ilol362MSundaDecemberi28T’2003 I LoganHItahl© 2003J$125 VVoathor ' at Look for BAM Iran (AP) — Relatives and res- cuers used everything from bare hands to bulldozers Saturday to retrieve vie- tints of powerful earthquake that crumbled vast swaths of this city of ' k buildings into powder and nibble killing thousands of people The distraction was so passing that a reliable death toll in the city of 80000 was still unavailable Most people were asleep when the least a little more snow — Page A16 more bodies are pulled out we fear that the death toll may teach as high as 7 40000” mud-bric- frost-chill- Updato ed : earthquake which the US Geological Survey Measured at magnitude 66 struck at 5:28 am Friday The Interior Ministry estimated the death toll at 20000 but officials in the ' region said it could be double that 7 7 s season to get ' amount “An unbelievable human disaster has occurred” said Akbar Alavi the gover- nor Kerman the provincial capital “As-- f 3ut other officials Said later Saturday the number of dead would be lower ‘1116 figures are not correct no pre cise statistics on the number of casual- ties are available yet but it seems that number of the victims is less” Deputy Governor Mohammad Farshad told the official Islamic Republic News Agency The Interior Ministry estimated the number of injured at 30000 One American was killed and another injured as they visited the city's 2000- citadel a US State Depart- -' year-ol- d ment official said in Washington The injured American was hospitalized in Tehran State Department spokesman Lou Fintor said The victims’ names AP photo Members of Iran's Red Crescent rescue team walk with their dogs through the rubble of the earthquake in Bam city in search of survivors Saturday See QUAKE on A16 ' ' The Christian Science Monitor The day after Christinas is one of : the busier days of the year for Ameri- ca’s retailers Not that they’re ringing up record sales But all those people returning unsightly presents can real-- : v ly crowd the nation’s sales counters It’s part of a larger trend that is out the Christinas season: stretching " Thanks to the growing use of gift cards whichusuajjy aren’t redeemed until after Christmas and the popu-- ! larity Of Internet purchases which -' can’t be done at the last minute ! con sumers can look forward to even i longer Christmas shopping seasons' in the future It probably will mean ' more ads and promotions starting earlier in the fall and encroaching on ' the new year-- ' V-' v : “The real sharp dropoff after Christmas that we used to see is real- : ly not there" says Jason Milch j spokesman at ShopperTrak a firm in Chicago that monitors shopper traffic “We get a V ' little more of a lingering spending IN pattern You Can even see it in the : way we track the season We used to track up to Dec 26 and that was it 'Now starting last year we track it up through Jan 4”' Of course the busiest shopping days of the year - the Saturday before V Christmas and the day afterThanks- ' : 'giving - are likely to remain retailers’ ': - most lucrative iW traditional forces' that squeeze the shopping period are still at work: the pressures of time ' family obligationi and present-buing dilemmas ' ' Even with all the advance notice this year 23 percent' of Americans hadn’t started their Christmas shop- ' - 7 ping by Dec 15 according to the ce - y- lie milk By Arrin Brunson' : ' '' staff writer " i i q U rO S jjj Q "i y ii 1 1 " H UG 'nlbn rf fppnpf m An V® o as - What do these Loigari supermarket' workers have in common? Local : Indox OWtuariesA8 ' OpinioriA4 SportsB1 - r V: 'today and had workers The sprat Saturday dogs trudging through die snow ktoking fora Sign the snowboarders caught in the heart an avalanche Friday afternoou in Provo Canyon Doga on Saturday sniffed out areas with the possible scent of the men then poles up to long marked the spot as people to began dig through die snowpack which had'a consistency compared to wet Cement “We've been in constant contact witii the SeeAVALANCHEonA3 ’ V-- ’ v : 1 : : ' '1 1 - v V- 'V v ' j - : : : ' Diseased cow from Canada WASHINGTON (Al) Investigators with tentatively traced itte first riiad cow disease to Canada which could ' help determinethe scope of the outbreak rind might even limit the Cconomic dam- age tothe American ' '' ' ' industry Related Dr Ron DeHaven the' Ucow ' bf Agriculture Depart-new- s ment’s chief veterinarian ' 20-fiB- et wwwhjnewscom " fnr1 time-consumi- ng Aureflo Lopez (A1) Jack Payne (A1 j Clark Israeisen (A3) Mitch Frost (A10) David and Roberta Krfegef (A10) Brock Alder (All) Trevor CDonnaJ (All) Randy Rahe (B7) Jack and Charlotte Nixon (C3) r yurrent status of environnientiil issues on cam- -' pusas well as proposals designed tomove Utah State toward the goal of becoming an ' Envirbnmental University " Hallsaid it is a realistic goal for USU to become anuxiel of gtHxl jaradices for other: : institutions throughout the UnitedSiutes: ' “I think Utah State has done a very £ihh1 job and problyhispi in many ways pat- ted itself enough onthe back and hasn't made enough of whi its success has been But it’s sdso ctearto me there are a few other ihirigv that wejcan doi” Hall said The university I think can demonstrate that it can be a gXKl steward Even if we can't get to everything all ' PROVO (AP) — Rescue crews were to search today resume the ' for three men who were caught during an : avalanche in the backcountiy of northern Utah 'v Four rescue dogs and their handlers along with about 30 searchers woe called off the mountain after sundown Saturday The search was to start again 7:30 aftL : ! Following are some of the local names that appear hi today’s Herald Journal: ElitucerpHerald Joumar" 'i: - Avalanche victims still missing pbopioi Enterprise :A10 C7 Croaswoid A9 MovfesHMn i OU L dubbed the state’s singfe largest V I LJ I’ I Cl I I LCl 1 1 wLJ of the ai$ Utah State Uni versi- - : taking steps to become one of tire most environmentally friendly institutions of Q' i higher education iri the nation : The completion of a $40 millidn treating arid cooling system at Utah State in 2002 has v : been estimated to reduce emissions that cause Chaired by Jack Payne vice presided! and a haze in the valley from 190 tons ieach year dean for University extension and the effort been labeled “AggiEcology "The find- to five'tons each year 38 times less: For Pres-hin more than 200 pages of a identHali this improvement was just the trigs detail receritly released report contain input from beginning i Kirsten Beamons and Heber Martin I Carbajal (C4) Roberta Krieger (A10) Kathleen 8eamgns Suisse (CS) : v V : ’ ‘i- -- Qnce ‘ '' - See SEASON on A6 : jugs at USU Tuesday lt AP photo- - ' BarryJenkins center incident command leader fotthe Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue teambriefs hie crew as they gear up to continue the ’search' for three enowboerdere lost in an avalanche Saturday ' V IK' ' — A2 ' " ' : Said on Saturday that y Canadian officials provided records iridi- ’eating the sick Holstejri was iri a herd of '" 74cattle shipped from Alberta Canada into this country in August 200l‘at East- port Idaho ‘Thrae animals were all dairy cattle entered the US only abouttwo or : - " - ' vV - SeeCOWonA16 ? 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