- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Business Denied Travel Into Cuba

By , , and • January 8, 2002

WASHINGTON?In denying a leading U.S. agribusiness group the right to travel to Cuba, the Treasury Department has touched off complaints that it has no fixed guidelines on who should be allowed to visit the communist island. An Illinois-based nonprofit group, the Farm Foundation, had hoped to send about 100 people, including two former agriculture secretaries, to Cuba last week on a fact finding mission.

First Black Mayor In State Elected

January 8, 2002

SOUTH OGDEN?George Garwood Jr. has taken his oath of office as mayor of South Ogden, thus becoming Utah's first black mayor. "He's always been a politician. He's outgoing and mingles with anyone on the block," Garwood's brother Steven said during the ceremony.

Hansen to Retire At End of Term

January 8, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?U.S. Rep. Jim Hansen, a conservative Republican who worked to keep Western lands open for mining and ranching, said Tuesday he will retire from the post he has held for 21 years. Hansen, 69, said he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives when his term expires at the end of the year.

Poll Shows Utahns Don’t Want Layoffs

January 7, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?A new poll shows that most Utah residents want lawmakers to trim state budgets, but not at the expense of more state employee layoffs. Lawmakers start budget hearings Tuesday in preparation of the 2002 session that begins Jan. 21. They must trim $200 million from the current state budget as a result of the economic downturn and unrealized tax revenues.

4 Men, 2 Children Face Murder Trial

January 7, 2002

ST. GEORGE?Six people, including two juveniles, have been charged in the shooting death of a Southgate Golf Course mechanic. The six, ranging in age from 15 to 26, were charged Monday in 5th District Court. One of those arrested was a former maintenance worker at the golf course, said Assistant City Manager Marc Mortensen.

Police Shoot Man At Amtrak Station

January 7, 2002

SPOKANE, Wash.?Police shot and wounded a man they said "fired wildly" at them with an assault rifle in a crowded bus and train station after he fled from a traffic stop. Nobody else was hurt in the shootings. There were an estimated 250 passengers aboard an Amtrak train and another 100 were on two Greyhound buses at the time, in addition to an unknown number of people in the terminal, police spokesman Dick Cottam said.

Stem Cell Research Helps Parkinson’s

January 7, 2002

WASHINGTON?Researchers used embryonic stem cells to relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, demonstrating the cells can be turned into neurons that make dopamine, a key brain chemical. The researchers at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

Argentina in State of Financial Stress

January 7, 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina?His hands tied by an economy near collapse, Argentina's finance minister deeply devalued its currency as the country braced for an era of uncertainty in which one peso will no longer buy $1. Overriding the worries of foreign investors and citizens alike, Economy Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov broke the news late Sunday that "one-to one"?as the dollar-peso rate was known?is history.

Olympics Bring Uncertainty and Excitement to U Families

By , , and • January 7, 2002

Salt Lake Organizing Committee signs have sprung up all over campus. Stadium seats sit in the middle of South Campus Drive. The pickings are slim for parking spaces. And the campus looks like a Midwest trailer park?all signs the 2002 Winter Olympics are coming fast.

A Longer Vacation or None at All: The Olympic Spring Break

January 7, 2002

For college students across the country, the words Spring Break conjure thoughts of hot sandy beaches, perfect tans and parties that go all night long. But not this year. With the Spring Semester schedule thrown into disarray by the Winter Olympics, U students are looking at quite a different picture.