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| LDS Church Member Shurtleff Wins Utah AG Nomination |
| LDS Church member Mark Shurtleff defeated Frank
Mylar for the Republican nomination for Utah Attorney General in the Utah
primary yesterda. Both men were profiled in the Salt Lake Tribune last week
ahead of the June 27 election. The two men show some similarities. Mylar, an
attorney from Salt Lake City, and Shurtleff, a Salt Lake County
Commissioner, stress a tough stance on crime, and both men have experience
in the state attorney's general office. They also agree that they would not
seek to prosecute polygamists unless other serious crimes were involved. |
| Democrat Dunn Challenges Utah Rep. Cannon |
| The loss by two-term 2nd District incumbent
Utah Republican Rep. Merrill Cook in yesterday's primary election in
Utah leaves LDS Internet entrepreneur Derek Smith facing a stiff
challenge from LDS Democratic candidate Jim Matheson. But the
troubles Cook has faced have covered up the challenge faced by
two-term LDS Republican Rep. Christopher B. Cannon, who is facing his
own challenge in the general election. |
| Romney keeping options open for gubernatorial bid |
| Despite encouragement from Utah political
leaders, LDS businessman Mitt Romney plans to return to Massachusetts
after the 2002 Olympic games. He is believed to be considering a a
bid for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial race. |
| Boy Charged in Drugging of 17 at LDS Missionary Luncheon |
| Prosecutors in Wood County, Ohio filed charges
yesterday against a 15-year-old boy who drugged 17 LDS missionaries
and Church members at a luncheon put on for the missionaries June
22nd. The boy was charged in Juvenile Court with 'delinquency in
connection with corrupting another with drugs.' |
| BYU-Idaho Announcement Leads to Rexburg Land Boom |
| The announcement that the renamed Ricks College
will be a four-year institution has touched off a scramble among
developers for land near the college. In the week since the
announcement, city and county offices have been flooded with calls
from Utah, Colorado and Idaho real estate developers trying to
provide housing for an expanding student body. |
| Case of Late LDS Doctor Before Grand Jury |
| An Orange County, California grand jury is
looking at the circumstances surrounding the attempted murder of
businessman James Patrick Riley and the death by suicide three days
later of his business partner, Dr. Larry C. Ford, an LDS Church
member and biotech researcher who's system for preventing the
transmission of AIDS might have saved millions of lives. |
| Rain threatened Nauvoo Temple project |
| After five inches of rain saturated the ground, the
pavement under Bluff Street began to crack. The hole grew larger and
larger, until it forced city officials to close the street.
Workers |
| Transition to Brigham Young University-Idaho |
| "I think it is important to characterize this
announcement as initiating a process of transition. This is not
announcing a finished product," said President David A. Bednar in
response to the announcement that Ricks College will become a
four-year college known as Brigham Young University-Idaho. The
decision by the Board of Trustees was announced on July 21 by
President Gordon B. Hinckley, chairman of the Board. |
| BYU professors sign Marriage Movement document |
| Three Brigham Young University professors gave their
signatures to "The Marriage Movement: A Statement of Principles"
document at the Smart Marriages Conference June 29 in Denver, Colo. |
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