Mormon Job: Harvey 'Job' Matusow, McCarthy Turncoat, Dead at 75

Harvey "Job" Matusow, whose flip-flopping allegiances in the 1950s contributed to the downfall of then-Senator Joseph McCarthy, died January 17th at a hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire, of injuries suffered in a January 2nd auto accident. Matusow later joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served time for perjury, became an activist in many different causes, and established an award-winning children's television program in Arizona. He called himself "Job" because of the tribulations that the McCarthy period brought on him.

LDS Marine Survives Afghan Crash

Roseanne Sullivan felt uneasy and couldn't sleep Saturday night. When she turned on the television at 4 a.m. Sunday she heard about a U. S. helicopter that had crashed in Afghanistan. Sullivan's 24-year-old son, Stephen, a U.S. Marine Corps corporal, is a helicopter crew chief in action in Afghanistan.

LDS Author Honored With Library Name

The Kimber Academy will honor noted conservative LDS author W. Cleon Skousen by naming a library after him. The library, located at the academy in Murray, Utah, will showcase books, journals and historical documents on American and LDS Church history, the Constitution and the Middle East. Skousen is best known for his books "The Naked Communist" and his series of "Thousand Years" books tracing the religious history of the world. His most recent book is "The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution."

St George Visitors Center Trespasser Pleads "No Contest"

The man who, while naked, broke into the St. George, Utah Temple Visitors Center last year, plead "no contest" to misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and criminal trespass last week. John L. Reeves, 24, must pay $5,350 for the damage he made to the building. His plea will be held in abeyance for 18 months and then dismissed, if he has paid the damages and continued mental health treatment.

Minnesotan BYU Student Killed in Traffic Accident

A 21-year-old BYU student died Friday January 25th when her car rolled into oncoming traffic after being cut-off by another driver. Krissa Brudelie of New Ulm, Minn. was killed in the accident, in which her car was hit by an oncoming tractor trailer and thrown through the air. "The car landed and burst into flame, and there were some people there and they said there was no movement inside, no noise, nothing," said Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Tracy Jorgensen. "We're thinking she died at impact."

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