36 10 9760 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/0e1cc5fe6282f978eb4eef1097c5c80e.pdf 0dffbbaa17192346f811d080c551deca PDF Text Text Wednesday, January 1,1992 partner says bank, state will get paid back By HUGH JACKSON Star-Tribune staff writer it***^^ CASPER — A Casper bank has filed a complaint demanding a $108,000 judgment plus interest from K-Fuels. the partnership that hopes to build a commercial clean coal plant near Gillette. The Dec. 19 complaint, filed by Norwest Bank of Casper, is the latest indication of the difficulties K-Fuels is facing as it tries to gain financing for its $88 million clean coal plant. The partnership is also more than $2 mil­ lion behind in interest payments on a $11.7 million state loan for the company’s demon­ stration plant, state Treasurer Stan Smith said Tuesday. ' “Norwest has been very, very difficult” to work with, said Ken Venners, managing partner for K-Fuels. “They just don’t really care. They just flat say ‘We want our mon­ ey and we don’t care if you pay your inter­ est or not. We just want you out of the bank.’’ Norwest officials were not available for comment late Tuesday afternoon. Venners asserted, meanwhile, that ar­ rangements were being made whereby both the state and Norwest would get their mon­ ey early this year. “We hope very soon to have an an­ nouncement that can address these issues,’’ Venners said. Venners would not comment further. The principal itself on the state loan is backed by a bond issue, and the state is in no danger of losing the $11.7 million. Smith said. However, “we hope to get the full pay­ ment of the interest some of these days,” Smith said. Despite the efforts of Wyoming Repub­ lican Sen. Alan Simpson, the commercial clean coal project failed this fall to gain $44 million directly from the Department of En­ ergy’s Clean Coal Technology Program to fund the commercial plant adjacent to the demonstration project. “We were hoping that they would be out of the delinquent category if the project was funded by the DOE in this last clean coal round, but that didn’t happen,” Smith said. “That’s about all I can tell you.” The state-subsidized K-Fuels demon­ stration plant was a success, but anticipated financing from the private sector for the commercial plant has not materialized. As recently as August 1990, K-Fuels managing partner Venners said the com­ mercial plant would be in operation by the end of 1991. Venners had also said the com­ mercial plant would be funded by a variety of financing sources including a German bank and eastern utilities. Venners Tuesday would not comment on future funding possibilities, saying only that an announcement would be forthcoming within the month. K-Fuels was the largest recipient of the clean coal program established by the Leg­ islature in 1987 in an effort to promote clean coal technology. Following the success of the demonstra­ tion plant, construction of the commercial plant was expected to create between 160 and 200 jobs, and establish about 25 per­ manentjobs once the plant was built. �Saturday, January 4,1992 SiiTijjsoii^ Iii^iiiiilients, including Bush, need health care plan to get re-elected By HUGH TACKS^nNT Star-Tribune staff writer ■ /'■^SPER — Any incumbent that wants to hold his seat during this election year will have to have a health care plan, and George Bush is no exception, Sen. Al Simpson said Friday. -------Simpson was in town to attend the opening of Casper’s new Im­ migration and Naturalization Ser­ vice office. In a wide-ranging interview, the Wyoming Republican said the re­ cent election of Democrat Harris Wofford over former U.S. Attor­ ney General Dick Thornburgh proved that a candidate must have a health care plan to be elected. Wofford came from far behind in the polls to defeat Thornburgh on a campaign stressing nation­ wide health insurance. T don’t think this administra­ tion really felt a year ago” that health care would be an issue in the 1992 campaign, Simpson said. They tried to say that it wouldn’t.” “Any incumbent — the first thing he or she does now is say ‘I have a health care plan,”’ Simpson said. While the president has yet to adopt a plan of his own, “he’ll have one,” Simpson said. The senator said Bush had not proposed a plan yet because he has been awaiting the results of sever­ al health care commissions de­ signed to find ways to provide health care to the some 30 million Americans without health insur­ ance. But it will still be difficult to make progress on any plan at the federal level, Simpson said, be­ cause none of the proposals sub­ mitted so far offer any way to pay for themselves. That includes the measure Simpson and other Republican senators are backing, which would give small businesses and their employees tax credits for pur­ chasing health insurance. The senator predicted Congress would take some action, but the action will not have a significant impact because Congress will be wary of doing anything dramatic in an election year. Meanwhile, addressing the Clarence Thomas hearings which captured the nation’s attention and drew attention to himself, Simpson said “I internalized that too much.” Noting mistakes in his own youth that led to federal probation for two years, Simpson said “I put all that on the table when I ran” for Senate the first time. During the Thomas hearings, Simpson said, Thomas was re­ peatedly accused of everything from anti-semitism to speaking in tongues to abusing his wife — all well before Hill’s claims came to light. “I watched them go after him for 103 days and find nothing — like they would have found with me. And then suddenly like a laser aimed at his brain comes a person from eight to ten years back,” Simpson said. “I can understand the difference between sexuality and power ... but what I will never understand is how when there was no more pow­ er to be influenced, and nothing more to gain — to get away, that she went with him,” Simpson said of Hill’s continuing to work with Thomas after the alleged sexual harassment had occurred. In another matter altogether, Simpson announced his support for a bill which would require a notice on all motion pictures that have been colorized or altered in any way from the original. “I’m opposed to colorization,” Simpson said. �Sunday, January 5,1992 U.S. Senate 1991 recap: Voting^^rio’ was in thing • Ry DAVTn HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — As 1992 ■begins, Wyoming residents look­ ing back' are less likely to re­ member the 1991 session of the ' U.S. Senate for what it voted to 4,do, rather than for what it voted rnot to do. Senators’ votes, A3 Senators, for example, voted not to increase grazing fees for livestock on public land, not to increase sutes’ share of the cost of administering federal mineral roy­ alties, and not to consider a mas­ sive energy bill. All three issues were of partic­ ular interest to Wyoming and probably will be raised again in 1992. A year-end listing of how Wyoming GOP Sens. Malcolm Please see VOTES, A12 Votes Continued from Al Wallop and Alan Simpson voted on these and other issues in 1991 is inside today’s paper. (Please see, A3). The Senate voted 60-38 in September against increased graz­ ing fees. The fact that the vote oc­ curred was notable because it marked the first Senate debate on the issue since 1978. For a time it appeared as though proponents of increased grazing , fees might sail to victory in 1991 irrespective of the Senate vote. ■ But they ultimately foundered on an unexpected deal by members of the Interior Appropriations con­ ference committee. Dubbed “corn for porn,” the deal traded increased grazing fees for less restrictive language af­ fecting art grants by the National Endowment for the Arts. Wallop won a more clear-cut victory when he swung a deal with Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W. Va., the chairman of the Senate Appropri­ ations Committee, to continue charging states 25 percent of the cost of the U.S. Mineral Manage­ ment Service’s mineral royalty management costs. Byrd had proposed to increase < states’ share to 50 percent. The deal may have saved Wyoming as much as $14 million in fiscal 1992. Wallop, however, was sorely disappointed later in the year when the Senate voted not to consider a national energy bill that he and Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La., the chairman of the Seante Energy and Natural Resources Committee, had made their top legislative priority for the year. Wyoming natural Sa'S producers and coal producers would have benefitted from the legislation. Portions of the bill are considered likely to be repackaged for possi­ ble passage this year, leaving out the controversial portions on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and fuel mileage standards which led to the demise of the Johnston-Wallop bill in * 19917 �Thursday, January 9,1992 Delegation took part in over 95% of votes Survey shows Wyoming congressmen vote party line By DAVID HACKET'T^^ Star-Tribune Washington bureau ities. Wallop downplayed the impor- , tance of the participation rating, WASHINGTON — Members saying many roll call votes are of the Wyoming congressinnalI strictly procedural. During the few ' delegation participated in more significant votes he may have ! than 95 percent of roll call votes_ missed, Wallop said, he was busy during 1991, although Sen. Mal. doing something else of impor­ -COlm Wallop’s partiripatinn rate tance to Wyoming. fell slightly below the Senate av­ “Really, I’m quite proud of hav­ erage. ing cast nearly 6,500 votes in my A survey by Congressional career, ” he said. Quarterly also revealed the Both Wyoming senators in­ Wyoming delega­ creased their participation ratings tion was staunchly from 1990 when they each fin- i loyal to the presi­ ished below the Senate average of ' dent and the Re­ 97 percent. Wallop voted in 91 publican Party. percent ^f the roll call votes in The delegation 1990 according to CQ. Simpson I fallowed the pres­ voted in 95 percent. ident’s lead about Thomas also improved his par- ( WAI I IIP four-fifths of the ticipation rating slightly in 1991 j waleuh time and voted the after voting in 97 percent of House ‘ position in calls during about 90 percent of all roll call roll 1990. votes. The CQ survey The survey showed that Wal­ further indicates lop participaied in 96 percent of that the Wyoming :the 280 recorded votes in the Sen­ congressional del­ ate during 1991 compared to a egation demon­ Senate average of 97 percent. Sen. strated staunch Alan Simpson. p-Wyn partici­ loyalty during pated in 99 percent of the votes. 1991 to President thomas The CQ survey shows that 21 Bush and the Resenators voted on every roll call. publican Party. Rep. Craig Thomas. R-Wyo. Thomas voted with the presi­ voted in 98 percent of 407 roll’ dent on 77 percent of 111 key j calls in the House of Representa*1 fives during 1991. Thomas’ score House votes in which the White Stand. Simpson and compares favorably to his col­ Wallop both ®sided with Bush on 86 leagues’ average score of 95 per­ percent of 81 such recorded votes cent. in the Senate. Eight senators who were not Thomas voted With the Repubabsent because of lican majority on 93 percent of illness, family 236 recorded votes in which a ma­ emergency or jority of voting Democrats in the campaign activi­ House opposed a majority of vot­ ties, either tied ing Republicans. with Wallop, R' Of 13 8 such votes in the Senate, ; Wyo., or voted Simpson voted 88 percent of the less often than time with his party while Wallop Wallop did in voted the GOP line 94 percent of i 1991 the time. , f ' Wallop’s abSIMPSON CQ reported that the Senate ' sence was not at­ tributed to illness, family emer­ recorded 46 fewer roll call votes in 1991 than in 1990 and that the to- < ’ gency or campaign activities. tai of 280 votes was the lowest HZ N«ne senators scored lower than since 1969. Wallop s 96 percent participation The House recorded 83 fewer > rate either because of illness, fam­ votes in 1991 than in the preceding ily emergency or campaign activ- year. , �Few Democrats rushing to run for House Bv nAVTD H^KFTT^ RynAVIDHArK-FTT---Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — With elec­ tion day 1992 looming in the not too distant future, Wyoming Democrats have yet to field a chal­ lenger for the state’s single seat in the U.S. House of Representa­ tives. So far, the leading potential Democratic candidates are steering clear of the race, giving incum­ bent GOP Rep. Craig Thomas a head start in his bid for re-elec­ tion to a second full term. Wyoming JTemocratic Party Chairman Chuck Graves said he would prefer to have a candidate by now. But he thinks Thomas can be defeated by any eventual chal­ lenger who has the right qualifi­ cations and the right message. “I think.Thomas’ biggest prob­ lem is that people just don’t per­ ceive him-as being very deep,” Graves said. “He has a highly paid, professional staff which has.done a Bood job of creating an image, a good job of creating an image, but the reality is that he is not strong on issues.” Chairman’s hopes For example. Graves claimed Thomas is weak on the question of health care reform. Graves accused Thomas of fa­ voring a health care program that would use public funds to pay pri­ vate insurance companies but do nothing to solve problems inherent to many of those companies’ health insurance plans. Thomas’ trip to Canada last week is pointless. Graves said, considering Thomas’ stated con­ clusion that the Canadian health care program is wrong for the U.S. “There is no doubt (Thomas) is a nice guy and a hard worker but nobody is mentioning him as one of the outstanding, young con­ gressmen,” Graves said. “People in Wyoming want to be represented by the best and brightest and I think if someone Please see GRAVES, A12 3661 '93 Xreniref 'Xppung A ■■ Al f. Continued from Al steps forward who is better and brighter, that person can beat Thomas.” Graves also said he thinks the state’s voters are re-evaluating whether they want to go on being represented by an all-GOP con­ gressional delegation, which he said has no inside influence on key issues with majority leaders on Capitol Hill. Few eager candidates Though no Wyoming Democrat has stepped forward to challenge Thomas, Graves listed several po­ tential candidates. Not many of them welcomed the idea of a cam­ paign against Thomas, however. Graves’ list included: Secretary of State Kathy Karpan; State Rep. Don Sullivan, D-Laramie; Casper attorney Bill Downes; Cheyenne investment broker Doug Reeves; Natrona County Assessor Tom Sutherland: and state representa­ tives Keith Goodenough, Bill Vasey and Eli Bebout. Karpan, who Graves said could beat Thomas “if the election were held tomorrow,” said she enjoys her work on state issues and ab­ solutely will not run against Thomas this year. Karpan said she thinks Thomas can be beaten but that anyone con­ sidering a challenge has to feel daunted by the incumbent’s con­ tributions from political action committees and his ability to ex­ ploit the state’s congressional seat in his own favor. Karpan predicted that her par­ ty’s 1992 congressional candidate will be someone who stands a chance of winning but also wants to establish himself or herself as a, 1 '^1 tir..'.. player in the Wyoming Democrat­ ic Pany regardless of the outcome this year. Don Sullivan, who sent a dozen roses last year to National Public Radio reporter Nina Totenberg af­ ter her public clash with Wyoming GOP Sen Alan gimpcnn cniH “the only powerful public office I’m interested in” is U.S. ambassador to Ireland. Sullivan said he doubts he will win the ambassador’s job, howev­ er, because to qualify “you need a boyhood friend who gets elected President.” Sutherland, the embattled Na­ trona County assessor, said he was amazed that Graves had mentioned him as a possible candidate. “Oh, shit,” he said. “The only thing I should run for is the bor­ der.” Reeves, who expressed interest in public service, said 1992 will not be his year to run for Congress, barring “an extraordinary change of circumstances.” Downes, who sought his par­ ty’s nomination to run in the spe­ cial election against Thomas in 1989 after Dick Cheney resigned to become the U.S. Secretary of Defense, also ruled himself out as a candidate this year. “It’s an arduous task in Wyoming for a Democrat to un­ seat a Republican, given the fact that limited resources will be funneled into the presidential cam­ paign,” he said. “It’s easy to see how a Democratic candidate could get lost in the shuffle.” / Downes said he would advise yhny Democratic challenger to run 'a homegrown campaign and de­ cline assistance from the national Democratic Congressional Cam­ paign Committee, which he said is out of step with Wyoming voters on virtually every important issue. Downes said he thinks the fu­ ture of the Democratic Party be­ longs to its conservative leaders, such as Sen. Jay Rockefeller. D-W. Va., and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clin­ ton. A winning Democrat from Wyoming should align with the party’s conservative wing in Washington, he said, and reject the national committee which he said is still dominated by East Coast liberals. Vasey, D-Carbon, said he has not considered a challenge to Thomas and will not decide until after the upcoming legislative ses­ sion. Goodenough, D-Natrona, said he is keeping his options open and will make no decision until the state’s reapportionment plan is set­ tled. Goodenough said his first choice is to run for the Wyoming Legislature but that he may run for Congress if he ends up in a dis­ trict drawn so that he is pitted against Rep. Susan Anderson, RNatrona. Bebout, D-Fremont, was trav­ eling early last week and could not be reached for comment. Money issues Though Thomas claims to al­ ready have $60,000 in his cam­ paign committee’s bank account, Graves said it is not too late to or­ ganize a successful Democratic canjnaiRn......... �Tuesday, January 28,1992 Wyoming delegation considers 1992 legislative agenda, issues By DAVID HACKETT Star- Trihtiiie H'axhiijglon bureau WASHINGTON — The Wyoming congressional delega­ tion met Monday for the first time this year to discuss, among other things, its 1992 legislative agenda and its approach to issues of im­ portance to Wyoming. The meeting was closed to re­ porters and congressional staff. RcP.-Craig Thomas, R-Wyn said federal grazing fee»-and the cost of managing federal mineral royaltic.s were among the issues discussed during the meeting but he declined to report further de­ tails. Press secretaries for Sens. Mal­ colm Wallop and Alan Sfinpson confirhicd that grazing fees and mineral royalty management costs were discussed at the meeting. . They described the session as the first in a series of informal bi­ weekly delegation get-togethers that are considered routine while Congress is in session. Stan Cannon. Simpson’s press secretary, said some of the other is­ sues covered during the meeting were health care and President Bush’s budget proposal, which is scheduled for release later this week. file U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management an­ nounced earlier tins year that most public lands rancher.s will pay $1.92 per animal unit month in 1992, five cents less per AUM than they paid in 1991. An AUM represents the amount of forage consumed in one month by one cow and one calf, a horse, or five sheep or goats. Public lands ranchers have re­ acted positively to the new fee but Rep. Mike Synar, D-Okla., has promised to push again this year for a higher fee. Synar has turned the issue into an annual legislative brawl be­ tween lawmakers from western states who oppose higher fees and many lawmakers from eastern states who favor them. The ongoing debate has con­ vinced many members of Congress from the West, including all three tnembers of the Wyoming delega­ tion, that some sort of compromise on grazing fees is preferable to endless legislative wrangling. Wallop, the ranking Republi­ can on the Senate Energy and Nat­ ural Resources Committee, said Committee Chairman Sen. Ben­ nett Johnston, D-La., has agreed to hold hearings on the issue this year. So far, no hearings have been scheduled. Wallop said he might agree to some sort of compromise but only after extensive hearings on the is­ sue. “It would be my hope that such (a compromise) would take place but realistically you have to sup- MALCOLM WALLOP Hopesfor compromise pose that there is less than that lev­ el of judgement in Congress in an election year,” he said. “I hope we can do it... but my guess is that for this year at least people will continue to try to have its political value rather than its substantive value,” said Wallop. Wallop said the issue is an easy pro-environmental vote for east­ ern lawmakers who don’t particu­ larly care about grazing fees. He also said he believes that grazing fees and the formula used to calculate them are too compli­ cated and sensitive to settle through a quick political bargain. Thomas, who is a member of a congressional study group on pub­ lic lands, said his panel will study the issue and solicit suggestions from affected groups with the hope of crafting a political compromise by year’s end. Simpson said he is interested in talking to Synar and looking for ways to settle the issue. He also said, however, that he does not think grazing fees will be a major issue in Congress during this elec­ tion year. On the question of mineral roy­ alty management costs, the dele­ gation apparently discussed how it will tiy to prevent Congress from increasing states’ share of those costs. Congress has voted two years in a row to charge statc.s 25 percent of the cost of running the U.S. Mineral Management Service’s royalty management program. The Bush administration and some members of Congress want to increase states’ share to 50 per­ cent. Wyoming would pay rough­ ly $28 million if they get their way. All three members of the dele­ gation signed letters last week to Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman, object­ ing to the administration’s budget request. �Wednesday, January 29,1992 Delegat^n, SuDivan react to address Congressmen praise tax cuts, governor wary on some fronts CHEYENNE (AP) — President Bush’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night did more than live up to the anticipation and hype — it offered a strategy to pull the country out of it economic rut and provided a clear vision for the country, Wyoming’s congressional delegation said. But while Gov. Mike Sullivan said Bush hit on the most important issues tacmg the country, he questioned the President’s plans for health care reform and whether Congress would heed his warning to stop mandating programs it can’t fund. “I was real pleased (with the speech),” said U.S. Rep. Craig Thomas in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. “I think it was the strongest statement the president has made. I think he hit a home run, frankly. ’ ’ Thoinas and Wy^mg Sens, Alan Simnson and Malcolm Wallop all Republicans, agreed that Bush's proposals to boost the economy will help pull the country out of the recession. Those proposals include offering a temporary, $5,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers and allowing people to use up to $10,000 from an Individual Retirement Account without penalty. The proposal that got one of the loudest bursts of applause from Congress, and one that the Wyoming delegation backs, was Bush’s call to cut the capital gains tax by 15.4 percent. Echoing Bush’s statement that 60 percent of those who would benefit earn less than $50,000, Wallop said lowering the tax will spur the economy and result in more jobs. But Sullivan, a Democrat, said he couldn’t get too enthusiastic about the proposal to low­ er the tax. “I’ve heard it time and time again. It seems to be the gauntlet,” he said. And he said Bush’s proposal to provide tax credits of up to $3,750 for low-income families to help pay for health insurance doesn’t ad­ dress health care costs. The subject that did spark his enthusiasm, however, appeared to not register at all with members of Congress, Sullivan said. The Pres­ ident s warning that Congress should not man­ date programs for the states that the federal government can’t fund met only silence, he said. “That’s the same responses the governors always get (from Congress),” Sullivan said. Wyoming and other states across the coun­ try have pointed to increasingly costly pro­ grams mandated by Congress as a large part of their budgetary woes. But Sullivan joined the congressional dele­ gation in praising Bush’s plan to scale back federal regulations to try to stimulate business. The governor will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to speak against increasing the reg­ ulations for oil field waste, a move he said would further stifle the state’s economy. Wallop earlier this week had called for “re­ sponsible” cuts in defense spending that rec­ ognizes the United States no longer faces the same nuclear threat from the former Soviet Union and yet maintains the country’s strength. The senator said he thought Bush’s proposal to cut $50 billion in the next five years would do that. Included in those cuts is halting production of the MX missile Bush said he would call for elimination of the missiles based in Wyoming silos if Russia moves to eliminate its land-based 154 SS-18s and 92 SS-24s. Simpson said the Wyoming delegation has resisted any kind of unilateral action by the United States to get rid of the multiple-warhead missiles. The delegation will continue to mon­ itor the proposed cuts in the country’s nuclear arsenal, he said. Even though elimination of the MX is con­ ditioned on similar moves by Russia and the other former Soviet republics, Linda Kirkbride of the Wyoming Peace Initiative said Bush’s proposal marks some progress. “It’s heartening to me to hear he is making cuts in all aspects of our defense posture,” Kirkbride said. “It’s mainly a reflection of where we are. The world is a different place. “I wish we had leaders who would say we will make the first move, but I think it’s at least progress,” she added. The real test of Bush’s plans will come, said Sullivan and the congressional delegation, when Congress tackles the budget. Bush chal­ lenged Congress to avoid getting bogged down in election-year politics. Simpson said the president has offered some effective economic strategies. Constituents likely won’t tolerate those pro­ posals getting lost in political squabbling, Simpson said. “I hope people in town meetings will say ‘We want to know what the hell you’re do­ ing,’ “ he added. �Delegation opposes bill to strengtiien LTVIW health fund Bv KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern Wyoming bureau f • ROCK SPRINGS — Proposed federal legislation to shore up a national trust fund that pays the health care costs of retired United Mine Workers memhers and their spouses or widows is unfair to Western coal producers, the Wyoming congressional delega­ tion says. But retired Wyoming miners say they were promised the health care coverage 46 years ago in a deal struck by the federal govemment, the union and the coal in­ dustry. The fund pays benefits to about 460 UMW retirees and their families in Wyoming. One retired miner who at 76 still lives in Rock Springs said that he and fellow union members 2661 '0£ XiBnuBj 'Xrpsmqj “worked all our lives for this” and that “it’s been keeping us going all these years as a supplement to Medicare.” A spokesman for an Eastern mining association said the legis­ lation is structured in favor of Western coal companies and is supported by two major produc­ ers of Western coal. Sen. Malcolm Wallop called the industry-wide coal tax pro­ posal to address the shrinking fund “grossly unfair to Western coal companies” and vowed to fight the measure. Sen. Al Simpson also adamant­ ly opposes the measure. Rep. Craig Thomas opposes the “con­ cept,” but has not yet decided how he will vote if the measure reach­ es the House. Please see MINERS, AIO Continued from Al The vast majority of UMWA retirees in Wyoming — 287 — live in Sweetwater County, where un­ derground Union Pacific Coal Co. mines were heavily unionized be­ fore their closure in the late 1950s. Many retirees received word on Tuesday of Wallop’s opposition to the proposed legislation. “Yes, just yesterday. Wallop said he couldn’t back us up,” said John Tennant, an officer in the re­ tired UMWA Local 744 in Rock Springs. “All we asked for is a vote on the Senate bill. He said he couldn’t help us, he had to help the coal companies.” Herman Albertini, 70, another officer in the local, said he was disappointed that Wallop had de­ cided that “he was going to stick for the companies.” He said the local membership will meet today to decide how best to put pressure on other members of the Wyoming congressional del­ egation. The “Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1991” is a measure sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. It is await­ ing action in the Senate Finance Committee. The measure would impose a 75-cents-per-man-hour tax on the U.S. coal industry to pay for a shortfall in a health insurance plan agreement hammered out in the wake of the long and bitter na­ tionwide coal strike during the Truman Administration. The settlement reached in 1946 by the UMWA, the federal gov­ ernment and the coal companies included establishment of an in­ dustry fund financed by contribu­ tions from each company. But during the 1970s and 1980s, the shape of the U.S. coal industry changed. Many mining companies were absorbed by broader-based energy companies. Small compa­ nies went out of business, other companies declared bankruptcy. or shut down unionized operations, and set up shop as non-union com­ panies. The restructuring leaves rela­ tively few unionized companies to pay for the guaranteed lifetime benefits of their retirees, creating so-called miner “orphans.” Few­ er than 30 percent of coal compa­ nies now contribute to the fund, according to a UMWA spokesman in Washington. Tennant, a retired Union Pacif­ ic Coal Co. worker, said his former employer “dropped out of the plan” but is still involved in coal mining operations “all over the state of Wyoming ... We’re just trying to get them to come back in and pay their fair share.” UMWA officials have warned their membership that by March or April the trust funds that dis­ burse health benefits to about 120,000 UMWA retirees nation­ wide will have exhausted money credited to the fund under current contract agreements. Those agree­ ments were signed in 1988 and are up for renewal next year. In a press release issued Wednesday, Wallop called the Rockefeller measure “poor public policy” and said it “threatens the survival of many U.S. coal com­ panies.” He said early next month he will caucus with other Western senators to organize opposition to the bill. “This legislation would force an entire industry to pay for an agreement reached in 1988 by on­ ly two consenting parties — the United Mine Workers of America and the Bituminous Coal Opera­ tors Association — neither of which represent Wyoming coal companies or their employees,” Wallop said in the release. Morrie Feibusch is a spokesman for the 14-member Bituminous Coal Operators Association, a management group with whom the UMWA negotiates a national bi­ tuminous coal wage agreement. Feibusch took issue with Wallop’s statement that the proposed bill is unfair to Western coal operators. He said the proposed levy on man-hours worked, rather than on production, significantly favors Wyoming coal producers, where productivity per employee is very high. “The average impact on the cost of coal nationally is about 15 cents a ton,” Feibusch said. “But that will vary from a nickel or less ... for some operations ... in Wyoming to upwards of 25 cents in the East.” He said Peabody and Amax, both operating coal mines in north­ eastern Wyoming, favor the pro­ posed legislation. Simpson said he’s not surprised the two companies support the measure “because they have union employees.” He said UMWA is using the measure as “a tool for recruitment” into the union. The UMW is saying, “If col­ lecting bargaining won’t do it, we always have this pool where we get it from the entire industry,” Simpson said. “I can tell you it will fall heavily on the non-union Western low-sulphur coal indus­ try.” Thomas said he is “very sym­ pathetic to the folks involved and committed to ... finding a solu­ tion.” But he said the proposed bill “isn’t a fair concept.” He said requiring “parties other than the original signatories in the agreement to pick up the tab” would be like asking “the Casper Star-Tribune to help pay the health benefits of the Dallas Times,” a now-defunct newspaper. �i Saturday, February 1,1992 Sumvan, delegation to speak Medical Society CA^tR-WyomhgTcon- ^"LattTF'd’' Later Friday, members of the gressional delegation, the gover­ nor, state legislators, and the vice- state Legislature’s Select Com­ chairman of the American Medical mittee on Health and the Joint InAssociation Board of Trustees are Committee will outne health care reform measures 5^ong speakers scheduled to ajetv L Medical Snci- which can be expected to appear during the Legislature’s budget i" session. ® Tke Lawrence J. Cohen MemoA WMS Board of Trustees meeting and a welcome recepdon nal Symposium will be held Satui^day, and this year’s symposium ^rescheduled for Thursday th’’e’‘mv ’"f«™ation speeches begin, led on the HIV virus, said Rich JohnAMA the Prectices in WMS^^^'^^tive director of the Board °° ^he AMA National and state officials will of Trustees since 1984 He discuss the latest HIV-related rewill make his address at 8 a.m. ule^n ■‘^"Hii^^in is schedfor Dis­ to ®peak at the Friday lun- ease Control guidelines for dis­ Sah"’ ’’y S_ens.Makolm ease reporting and other factors Sd ® research, Johnson <^Caig 1 nomas. ■ ^aiU. The delegation is expected to chS®, ^y^.posium will also initt refn "Phonal health and liabil­ "Sk man­ ity reform proposals currently be- agement for physicians, Johnson dalQ. �j Saturday, February 1,1992 Delegation; MX future hangs on Russian plans Thomas^says Wcry little likelihood’ of Warren Air Force Base closure CHEYENNE (AP) — If Presi­ dent Bush’s proposal to scrap the MX missile program is initiated it’s likely business at F.E. Warren Air Force Base will continue af usual, officials say. “My information is that there’s very little likelihood that Warren Air Force Base will be adversely affected,’’ Rep. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., said Wednesday of the defense reductions Bush pro­ posed in his State of the Union ad­ dress. The Cheyenne base oversees 50 MX, or Peacekeeper, missiles and 150 Minuteman III missiles in southeast Wyoming. On Tuesday the president pro­ posed eliminating the MX system if Russian President Boris Yeltsin agrees to scrap comparable SS-18s based throughout the former Soviet Union. Warhead reductions were also offered for the Minuteman missiles. Yeltsin’s response has been fa­ vorable, but it is questionable if he has the authority to do so be­ cause some of the missiles are in other republics of the former So­ viet Union. “I think the thing to remember is that the ... missiles are in four of those Commonwealth of Indepen­ dent States’ republics, not just Russia,’’ said Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyn. “Their mutual elimination is conditional on Bush’s re­ marks.” Thomas said before anything happens, there needs to be an agreement from all the Russian re­ publics. “No one knows what that will be and that could take some time.” “I think the bottom line for us ... is that there doesn’t appear to be in the cards — unless things change a great deal — any very significant effect on the operations at Warren Air Force Base,” the congressman said. Many support services, like mil­ itary police, would still remain in­ tact if the MX is removed, he said. Base personnel say it would be hard to determine the effects if the MX is removed, and it would be business as usual until that hap­ pens. “According to President Bush, until such time as President Yeltsin agrees to eliminate their SS-18s, there will be no impact on the mis­ sion of the 90th Missile Wing,” the base said in a statement. The base has 330 people at­ tached to the MX missiles and 4,000 attached to Minuteman III, according to the state Commerce Department. In 1990, there were 3,431 mili­ tary jobs and 742 civilian jobs at the base. Using an employment multipli­ er factor of 1.98, the base brings in 8,262 total jobs to the area, the de­ partment said. “When it really comes down to it and you begin to measure the economic impact of that kind of a reduction, in terms not only of military jobs but civilian jobs that relate to it, they you start to say, ‘Gosh we’re talking about jobs here and we’re talking about recession,'” Thomas said. “And when you jerk that kind of dough out of defense you don’t have time to put it back over into the other kinds of things to get the economy going.” Dennis Curran, Goy. Mike Sul­ livan’s press secretary, said state economists have been asked to study the possible impact removal of the MX missiles. “They’re (the base) the largest payroll in Cheyenne,” Curran said. “It would have a major impact if it would close entirely.” Bush also wants to scuttle the MX rail garrison system that has been talked about for several years. While construction had been pro­ jected to start last December, it was delayed indefinitely. Air Force officials had said the rail garrison would have generated approximately SI00 million in mil­ itary construction in Laramie County. �day, February 2,1992 Southwest UM WA retirees seek benefits tax support By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern IVyoming bureau SPRINGS — Two dozen retired United Mine Work?rs_of America members met Thursday morning to discuss prospects for federal legislative action to beef up their failing hemth benefits_plan. Members of the group were unhappy with the response of Wyoming s Congressional delegation to their request for sup­ port of a bill which would impose an industry-wide tax to shore up the fund. Both Wyoming’s Republican U.S. Senators — Malcolm Wallop_and Alan_Simpson — said Wednesday they oppoie the proposed of 75 cents on each man-hour worked in the coal industry. Rgp^raig Thomas has not stated his position, al­ though he said he opposes the tax "in concept.” Wallop has said that next month he will caucus with other leg^Xtion "'**°*^^ develop a strategy to defeat the proposed Star-Tribune file photo Rock Springs miners worked for die Union Pacific '"V*'® several members said it would be the waste of a stamp to continue trying to get their ConFautcT nV” t J’^Pressed optimism that represenIb* u u ^^’‘Iwestern states “are going to go through with this, in spite of these guys.” ® ® M W? Tennant, financial secretary of UMWA Retired Local 7404, said, “We asked Wallop for his vote. Yes or no would comnaniv^ right But we didn’t ask him to crusade for the coal companies against us. ove’JToS?™ A ’ Pf*®’*’*"* «ocal. said, "We once had H-a UMWA miners here. Coal built this town. But now if a sheepman asks (Wallop or Simpson) for something, they’ll do anything. What s the difference between subsidizing the wool industry and subsidizing retired miners?” '®®®’’.®^ *" UMWA, the federal govcoaSkp"‘^ ~ *" Of a massive coal strike — included the establishment of an industry fund fi­ nanced by contributions from each comp any inrb.cJ the 1970s and 1980s, the shape of the U.S. coal 'ndustry changed, leaving relatively few unionized compaAf’J’rn of the retirees. Of 460 retyed UMWA or their surviving widows in Wyoming, 287 live in Sweetwater County. Local UMWA has about 180 surviving widows and about 107 retired miners in the county. �Thursday, February 6,1992 Delegation pushes federal land limits By The Associated Wyoming’s congressional del­ egation has argued in favor of a bill designed to limit the growth of federal land ownership and im­ prove public land management. U.S. Rep. Craig Thomas, author of the “no net gain” measure, said Tuesday his bill would allow ac­ quisition of federal land for pro­ tection and preservation, but would allow certain non-essential federal lands to be sold to the private sec­ tor. The no net gain concept means the federal government must sell to the private sector as much land as it acquires. Doing so would strengthen local economies, put more land on state tax rolls, manage public land more efficiently and improve public land access for sportsmen, Thomas said in a news release. “I fully support acquisition ofunique land. Buffalo Valley, for instance, was a federal purchase I fully supported and helped through « Congress,” the Republican said. “But at the same time an important purchase is made, I think some checkerboard land that is sur­ rounded by private land — to which land managers themselves sometimes to do not even have ac­ cess — should be sold.” Thomas made his remarks, along with Wyoming U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simp.son, before the House Park and Public Lands subcommittee, of which Thomas is a member. Wallop, who submitted written testimony for the hearing, noted that President Bush’s budget re­ quests more than $306 million for federal land acquisitions and $83 million for state land acquisitions in 1993. “It is simply unacceptable that our government, on the one hand, says the budget must be balanced, the deficit lowered, vital programs and benefits cut and yet, on the other hand, recommends huge sums of money for more land ac­ quisitions when the federal land bank is already bulging,” Wallop said. Simpson said there is a “rush” by the federal government to buy more and more land. “How much is too much? I fear we are rapidly approaching that level,” Simpson said, noting near­ ly half of Wyoming is owned by ( the federal government. ‘ ‘By curbing the growth of federal land holdings ... we curb the / expansionist acquisition policies i of the federal government, we help i to reduce the demands on the j shrinking federal dollar, we take I a step to improve the reasonable F use of land acquisition fund and ‘ offset that expenditure at the same ■ time,” Simpson said. “We also continue to preserve and protect our natural resources for the use of all generations and we reaffirm the bedrock principles of private ownership, which were the moti­ vating force behind the creation of , our country. ” �Thursday, February 6,1992 Senate defeats gasoline additives amendment Bv DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate spent most of Wednesday defeating an amendment to the proposed national energy bill that would have required U.S. refiner­ ies to produce gasoline contain­ ing non-petroleum additives. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Jim Jeffords, R-Vt., was de­ feated 57-39. Wyoming GOP Sens. Alan Simnson and Malcolm -Wallop voted to kill the proposal. Jeffords amendment would have required domestic oil re­ fineries and petroleum importers to add domestically-produced alter­ native fuels and non-petroleum ad­ ditives to their gasoline. Oil pro­ duced from domestic stripper wells also would have qualified as an additive under the amendment. Jeffords argued that his amend­ ment would have helped the U.S. become less dependent on foreign oil by encouraging consumption of domestically produced fuels. Wallop and other opponents said the proposal would amount to a bureaucratic burden on re­ fineries that would never achieve its intended goal but might erode domestic refining capacity. “Even assuming that we could retool all our refineries in several years and at a reasonable cost, we do not have a market for the fuels that would be produced,” Wallop said. Senators did vote to approve a bundle of conservation amend­ ments Wednesday which were fa­ vored by Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo. Wirth was a leader of the opposi­ tion group that succeeded in stalling the energy bill last Novem­ ber. Details of the conservation amendments passed Wednesday were unavailable late Wednesday. The energy bill that was killed in November is the same as the bill under debate this week, ex­ cept for two controversial provi­ sions pertaining to oil and gas ex­ ploration in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and au­ to fuel mileage standards. �Saturday, February 8,1992 Simpson co-sm^sors amendment to assist victii^ ofradiation GOP sS°S ! t ’>’"8 with Utah ersrfSfcS S ve $ 00 00^ J ~ allowing uranium min^"latives - tX ’!• is turned d^wn"thA^^-^ current law, if the claim for compensation tin wTshiSS: D c’ U.S. Claims Court evem’uaUyMTned bv"fh7 Passes both houses and is 1 ypresident — would allow neonle to aPPea claims m the U.S. District Courts of their home sXs ■away in ’S?nVton‘'D°r"^PP®^’ suffered enough^ ’ 5™P®°” “‘^cse people have believed that the change would are annealed T'h^ l$i\xz Pioiifai./.. i j ^^cs in cases that of Tii^ SSrnJys *“<iy receive irom the compensation cases Wy^g SSJ3J uS'miners from timq of mwiA k uU*®h: Arizona and New Mexico, and to vicduring the l^yo^*” *“ Utah and Nevada X’ ?eX7ftS °" "’' “»“• f �Sunday, February 9,1992 towT^gtlHgy-in SweetwaWcouSv^' Simpson will hold four senator’s office. week, according to a ree sc edule of Simpson’s “town meetings" in Sweetwater ConnCente;:^'’"; " i 3PP”Ss: 3oun?^'S5a''„iZs.'' '» '2:30 P* Tnesday at Leo’s Community Tuid?vatth^^r''°°' cafeteria. ‘ P’'”’ WeOiSe'sd'alJSS^ �Tuesday, February 11,1992 Satisfied GOP hears Simpson jnjbckson JACKSON —'sct, Alan Simp­ son touched on such topics as Republican dissatisfaction with Pres­ ident George Bush, the president’s new health care proposal, making public schools more competitive, social security and the economy, in a speech to Teton County Repub­ licans Saturday evening. An audience of about 125 Re­ publicans at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner appeared to support Simpson and did not express any dissatisfaction with the country’s current state of affairs. Simpson said Social Security reserves are growing every year by about $1 billion. The system currently is a bargain for recipi­ ents, he said, and should be re­ stricted in the future. �Thursday, February 13,1992 Wyo del^ation lands at bottom , ananiMiH jackson Star-Tribune staff writer\'^~ group selection of issues when! WASHINGTON — The Wyoming cfingreqginnal delega­ tion received a failing grade from ag environmental group this week for its work during 1991 on matters of importance to land, air and wa­ ter quality. The League of Conservation , Voters collectively ratpH Wyoming 'GOP Sens. Malcolm Wallop, Al"., ■ Simpson and Rep. Craig Thomas at , the bottom of its 1991 congres: sional ‘‘environmental scorecard.” Thomas was given a score of jzero along with more than 40 oth• er House members. Wallop tied 4 for last in the Senate with a rating 'of 7 percent. Simpson scored a bit 'higher with 13 percent. • Simpson and a spokesman for Wallop said they recognize virtulally nothing of significance in the : scorecard and questioned the selection of issues used to compile its ratings.' • Rep. Craig Thomas, in an inter- making their grades. “These are the really big-time environmentalists. I obviously have not been in accord with them,” he said. Scanning the League’s report, Thomas gave quick observations on some of the topics used as crigrading the congressmen: “I’m sure they disagreed with my position on grazing fees — which was of course to avoid going for a 400 percent increase.” Thomas said a bill on the Cali­ fornia Desert Projection Act was double the funding request pro­ posed by the administration, so he voted against it. Thomas said he voted against designating a portion of the Nio­ brara River in Nebraska as Wild and Scenic because the congress­ man from that area and everyone who lived in the area seemed to be against it. And he questioned the Conservation League’s grading con- Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, because the House of Representatives have not even (had a chance to vote on it. “This is a very responsible group you’ve got here,” Thomas said sarcastically of the League. Scorecard ratings were deter­ mined in part by the votes mem­ bers actually cast on a series of en­ vironmental issues. The league al­ so looked at whether members agreed to co-sponsor a handful of environmental measures on which they have not voted. The league used 13 measures in the House and 14 measures in the Senate to calculate scores. Simpson dismissed the score­ card as a superficial, political gim­ mick by a “self-interest group,” which he accused of obstruction­ ism and “grandstand politics” in the pursuit of its own agenda. He said the list of votes used to calcu­ late scorecard ratings reads like “a doctrine of lost causes.” Speaking sarcastically, Simp­ (son said, “Of course, the really ithrilling thing is that I’m up to 13 of Girvironmeiital group’s ratings percent this year from 4 percent a year ago.” Wallop could not be reached for comment Wednesday. His staff in Washington said he was in Cali­ fornia delivering a speech at the Naval War College. Michael Hoon, a member of Wallop’s staff, described the score­ card as “screwy” and politically motivated. “Our concern is that the groups who have joined in this have op­ posed the national energy bill from the beginning,” he said. Wallop and Sen. Bennett John­ ston, D-La., the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Re­ sources Committee, are the chief sponsors of the energy bill pending before the Senate. Though the Wyoming delega­ tion was rated near the bottom of the scorecard, the League of Con­ servation Voters was critical in general of Congress’ efforts to pro­ tect the environment. In a written statement by league president Bruce Babbitt, the for­ mer Arizona governor said “the scorecard demonstrates the abso­ lute indifference of our nation’s lawmakers toward environmental protection. With few exceptions, your Congressperson and your.senator have posted unacceptable grades on the green voting test.” Among other things, the voting test applied to the Senate asked whether members had co-spon­ sored a bill by Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., that would mandate a 40 percent improvement in average automobile fuel mileage by 2001. Bryan’S bill has not been called for a vote. The Senate scorecard, includes a vote on whether to allow the Johnston/Wallop energy bill to come to the floor for debate or sti­ fle it by permitting a filibuster to continue unabated. Environmentalists opposed the. bill largely because it contained a provision to allow oil and gas ex­ ploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The league said the vote was so significant that it gave it double weight in the score­ card. Wallop and Simpson both lost points on the scorecard by voting for a debate on the bill but Simpson said he thinks it is ridicdlous to construe a vote in favor of debate as a vote against the environment. “I would ask them if they think it is better for the environment to have no energy policy in this coun­ try,” he said. Other votes included'on the Senate scorecard pertained to graz­ ing fees on federal rangelands, patents on hardrock nlining claims on federal land, and whether to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a wilderness area off limits to oil and gas development. The House scorecard contains, some of the same issues as the Sen­ ate scorecard. Among other things. House members also were rated on whether they had co-sponsored the Utah Wilderness Act, a bill to es­ tablish a National Ancient Forest Reserve System in the Pacific Northwest, and a bill that would require Industries to report on tox­ ic chemicals they use and produce.' �Friday, February 14,1992 Thomas: Savings from reforms, not* progrmh cuts, will fund healm care BvHUGHJACKSON Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER '■— The health care package recently unveiled by Pres­ ident George Bush will be paid for largely by administrative savings, tort reform, and insurance industty reforms, Rep. Craig Thomas said this week. The cornerstone of the presi­ dent’s plan is a system of tax cred­ its, or vouchers, and tax deduc­ tions up to. $3,750 for a family of four. If approved by Congress, the; plan is estimated to cost $100 bil­ lion ovev five years. Wyoming Republican Sen. Al Simpson last week explained that part of the funds will come from slower growth in Medicaid and Medicare, and means-testing Medicare patients who can afford to pay higher premiums. Thomas, in an interview this week, added that some health ser­ vices currently paid for under those programs will no longer be man­ dated by the federal government, which will also save the govern­ ment money. He said he did not know which services would be dis­ continued, or how much money would be saved. But despite those measures, per­ haps the majority of savings to the federal government will come from lower insurance premiums and lower health care costs that will result from Bush’s proposed insurance, administrative and legal reforms, Thomas said. Under the Bush plan, lower and middle income people who do not qualify for existing public pro­ grams would be eligible for tax credits and deductions to put to­ ward health care insurance. In addition, health insurance companies would have to adopt a series of reforms to make insur­ ance more available, particularly for people who work for small em­ ployers, the congressman said. This will bring millions of unin­ sured people into a health program, Thomas said, and those people have lower health costs. For in­ stance, they would receive their care in a doctor’s office rather than an emergency room, the latter be­ ing far more expensive, he said. Administrative costs in the Medicare and Medicaid programs , are excessively high, Thomas said. The Bush plan includes support for computerization of that sys­ tem, which should save money, he said. .1 Moreover, Thomas said Bush is willing to take on the Health Care Finance Administration, the adminisfiative body for Medicare and Medicaid which Thomas and • Simpson have had trouble getting results from in the past. , HCFA can streamline paper­ work, Thomas said, and Bush’s plan urges the agency to do so. Thomas said he is optimistic that even if the president’s plan is not adopted in its entirety this elec­ tion year, some of,the insurance reforms enjoy bipartisan support and will be enacted into law. While Congress may be tempt­ ed to do nothing so they can blame one another and the president , in November, Thomas said he detects a “real genuine feeling” among his colleagues that health care is a pressing issue and that something must be done. �Friday, February 14,1992 Simpson cofflects $5,500 in 1991 campaign cnntrilnitinns «>'="■ ,., WASHINGTON — Wyoming GOP Sen. Alan Simpson collected $5,555 in campaign contributions during 1991, according to his latest campaign finance report, and more than $31,000 in interest on contri­ butions from previous years. Simpson’s report, filed at the Federal Election Commission. 1991 and $2,000 from political ac­ tion committees (PACs). Simpson’s campaign commit­ tee finished the year with $344,957 in available cash reserves, accord­ ing to his report, after disbursing a total of $132,163. Though the report does not show how much money Simpson’s campaign (Committee has invested I Continued from Al aggregate amount. Individual con­ tributions greater than $200 must be itemized. Simpson’s report shows, that during the second half of 1991, his campaign committee collected only $390 in unitemized individu­ al contributions. Simpson reported no PAC contributions during the period. Simpson’s committee did re­ fund one $5,000 contribution to the American Medical Associa­ tion’s PAC in 1991 —money which had been donated in 1990 after the general election in November. FEC rules require that contri­ butions received after a general election must be designated for the next primary election. Karen McCreery, Simpson’s campaign treasurer, said she asked the AMA’S P/.C if it would be willing to redesignate the contri­ bution for the 1996 primary elec­ tion but the PAC’s own bylaws made that impossible. McCreery said the money was refunded to the AMA on Dec. 31, 1991, more than a year after it was’ contributed. Interest on the money was kept by the campaign, McCreery said, but she was uncertain how much interest was earned. Contributions worth $5,500 from six other PACs, contributions which were made after the Novem­ ber 1990 election, were redesig­ nated for the 1996 primary elec­ tion, according to Simpson’s re­ port. Simpson’s report also shows that several individual contribu­ tions made to the committee in 1990 were redesignated for the $31,414 during 1991 in interest from five separate money market investment accounts. In addition to campaign contri­ butions and interest payments, Simpson’s campaign received about $4,975 in transfers from oth­ er committees and $1,930 in re­ funds for total receipts in 1991 of $43,873. 1996 primary election. McCreery said the campaign had mistakenly designated the rnoney for the 1990 general elec-, tion even though the contributions were received after the November vote. An itemized list of disburse- . ments for the second half of 1991 shows that much of Simpson’s campaign expenditures were for run of the mill items like postage, • office expenses, staff wages and taxes. A portion of,the campaign’s 1991 expenditures also paid for “constituent services,” which in­ clude items like airfare, hotel and meal expenses, gifts, and miscel­ laneous items such as Washing­ ton Redskins football tickets and insurance premiums for paintings hanging in Simpson’s Senate of­ fice. nance reports filed at the end of non-election years are only re­ quired to show itemized receipts and disbursements for the last six months of the year. Most of Simp- , son’s contributions are from the first half of the year, so there are no itemized receipts to report. Individual contributions of less than $200 may be reported as an Please see SIMPSON, AIO �Tuesday, 18 i i i, i February wbriWI. . f,. ^n Xu Simpson: Buchanan put, Duke ‘idiot” ~ president in his re-election effort this fall sachusVtts u"s’Sen tion of the prfma^: Simpson says President ° predicted former MasDemocratic por- “I thought at one time he’d get about 40 percent of the vote ” Simpson said about Buchanan. “I don’t think so now He^s said Bush. dramatic things and has been very harsh on George as f with the Republican party leaders’ disgrai^d^’wS^of‘’le racist past of the former Ku Klux Klan “DavFd in my mind. He’s an idiot,” Simpson said David Duke is a creature of the media, nothing more ” �illiursday; February 20,1992 ’ Wallop energy bill approv^ by Senate -By DAVID HACKRTlgfeX Star-Tribune Washington bure&i ‘ ergy legislation in the spring. Energy^ Among other things, the Sen­ ate-passed bill: Continued from Al Streamlines federal licensing ; November, however, when a pla°nte‘^“’’®^ ““‘^tear power group of senators mounted a suc­ • Facilitates natural gas cessfill filibuster against it in the ffillop_and SenatThnerev and’ pipelines and hydropower pro­ waning days of the first session of a*’™ Sea jects, changes public utility laws the 102nd Congress. oennett Johnston, D-La. • Requires fleet vehicles to Senators opposed the bill at Wallop ’s press secretary, Janis beginning that time because it contained a repT^sems ?n provision to permit oil and gas u ® significant • Mandates energy efficiency exploration in the coastal plain achievement from a ™®asures in federal buildings and of the Arctic National Wildlife national perspective.” Refuge (ANWR).. In a statement released Wed­ federally financed homes. And orders the Energy Denesday, Wallop said, “the techni­ The bill also was opposed be­ cal provisions (in the bill) will r°t te create efficiency stan­ cause it contained a auto fuel ef­ have little political appeal to the dards for light bulbs and electric ficiency provision that was per- • guy on the street but hSge poten­ motors. ceived by conservationists as too The Energy Department al­ weak. tial luipact for economic growth ” In his statement. Wallop also ready imposes efficiency stan­ Johnston agreed to pull both said the bill would “ensure abun­ dards on electrical appliances. provisions from the bill early this Wallop, the ranking Republi­ dant demand for Wyoming’s en­ year, paving the way for passage. can on tl^ Energy and Natural Re ­ ergy resources.” ® In his statement. Wallop said sources Committee, and Johnston Republican Sen. the absence of an ANWR provi­ A®”* of 1991 pushing ^1^° voted for the the sion was his only regret about the tativp?^ ofRepresencommittee The legislation stalled last bill. tatives IS expected to take up enPlease see ENERGY, AIO WASHINGTON — The U S Sv t? ^^-io-4 late Wednesoay to approve a massive, 14-title ^Wyo^g GOp^em'Mdcoto �Thursday; February 20,1992 Simpson offers observations in wake of New Hampshire primary ^v HUGH JACKSOnO^ ~ Simpson WednpgHay said if GOP presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan gets 40 per­ cent of the vote in any other state it would be “ex­ traordinary.” . BuchanM surprised pollsters, pundits and Simpson in Tuesday s New Hampshire primary by garnering 41 percent of the vote. Earlier this week, Simpson had predicted that Buchanan would not get more than 30 percent. J was off base there,” Simpson said in an interview Wednesday. New Hampshire voters were “frustrated” with the economy and what they perceive as Bush’s efforts to Simpson said, and Bush has been getting “a lot of advice these last few hours.” But Simpson said he doubted Buchanan would enjoy that much success in the primaries to come. It was five Democrats and one Republican beat­ ing his brains out for weeks and (Bush) still came up with about 60 percent of the vote — I think that’s pret­ ty good support.” Buchanan spent about $700,000 in New Hamp­ shire, Simpson said, and “was in that little state for 40 days. George Bush was been up there for four and hasn’t been up there for three years and they were damn mad that he wasn’t.” Bush also failed to respond to Buchanan’s anti­ Bush advertisements, Simpson said. “That ain’t going to happen again,” the senator said. “You team quick in politics that an attack unanswered is an attack be­ lieved.” Simpson also offered an assessment of the Demo­ cratic presidential frontrunners, and said Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey “may have the best chance” at his party’s nomination. However, in a separate interview with reporters from Sheridan and Cheyenne earlier Wednesday, Simpson said, “I don’t think they (Harkin and Kerry) will go too much further in the race, but they are just going to proceed. They are that kind of peo­ ple.” Meanwhile, former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas is probably so candid and up-front and honest that they’ll beat him,” Simpson said. Referring to stories in the press about Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton’s alleged infidelity and draft-dodg­ ing, Simpson said Clinton “will survive the south, but he will not survive a national campaign.” He s pretty well wounded,” Simpson said. Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin has only limited appeal, Simpson said, because he “speaks of class warfare.” �Sunday, February 23,1992 ; Environmentalists: Wyo pushed timbering : SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An eWronmental group contends : Wyoming’s two senators tried to pressure the U.S. Forest Service to ’ allow over-harvesting of timber in the Uinta Mountains^of northern ; Utah and southern Wyoming. • t t* u ’ But the Forest Service’s regional office in Ogden denies the Utah : Wilderness Association ’s claim that a May 10, 1991, letter front • Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson amounted to political ;pressure. ’ '• Forest officials say Wyoming timber mills may harvest trees on i both sides of the state border. ... ' In the letter, the senators expressed ‘grave concern with a sitaation that is developing in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest regarding ru­ mored reductions in the future amount of timber available for harvest.” .. The letter said a proposed five-year timber schedule would provide only 10 million board feet of timber in 1991, decreasing to six mil­ lion board feet for each year of 1994-1996. A 10-year Forest Man­ agement Plan that took effect in 1985 provided for an allowable sale quantity of 16.1 million board feet per year. �Thursday, February 27,1992 Simpson sponsors support for Ail’al leaOier training ; By HUGH JACKSON Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER — When the Senate approved the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, Friday, it included an amendment sponsored by Sen. Al Simpson to direct $5 million to Land Grant institutions such as the University of Wyoming for teacher training programs, the senator has announced in a statement from his office. The funds, which are awaiting House approval, will be used to “develop model programs for ed­ ucation excellence, teacher train­ ing and educational reform,” Simpson said. UW should get at least $500,000 of the funds, Simpson said. Moreover, the amendment “establishes a clear precedent for UW to receive additional funds from the federal government for teaching programs that might oth­ erwise go only to urban states,” the senator said. Simpson spokesman Stan Can­ non explained that the $5 million represents only first-year funding to the colleges in the least popu­ lated states. The Higher Education Reauthorization Act was approved for five years. Cannon said, so even more funding should be available to UW in next four years. Another component of the high­ er education bill passed by the Senate raise the maximum size of Pell grants to low-income college students from the current $2,400 per year to $3,600, Cannon said. The maximum amounts will then be raised an additional $200 until they reach $4,800, he said. While debating the higher education bill, the Senate also defeat­ ed a proposal to turn Pell grants in­ to an entitlement program, Simp­ son noted in his statement. Currently, Pell grants must be authorized by Congress annually, and are not funded by a trust fund such as Social Security of other entitlement programs. Cannon ex­ plained. In his statement, Simpson said he supports the funding increase in the Pell grant program as approved by the Senate. Yet “we simply can­ not afford to turn this worthwhile education initiatiye into a manda­ tory spending program,” he said. ; ) > t ; �March 1,1992 Simpson: Reporters have right to proi(‘<‘t sources Just trying to stop leaks n'' in Senate committee By DAVID HACKETT. cealed the information from the public. The Senate appointed New WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen, York attorney Peter E. Fleming t Alan SiiTin.son said reporters Jr. earlier this year to act as a spe­ r should not be compelled to betray cial independent counsel to in­ ; sources to assist an investigation vestigate how FBI reports about ; of how sexual harassment charges Hill’s allegations were leaked to i against U.S. Supreme Court Jus- the public. 5 tice Clarence Thomas were leaked Fleming also is investigating S to the public. leaks from the Senate’s “Keating { But the Wyoming Republican Five” investigation. • said Thursday that he does not beNewsday reporter Timothy I lieve the public has a constitu- Phelps and National Public Radio ; tional right to correspondent Nina Totenberg ; know about every were subpoenaed earlier this ; piece of informamonth to appear before Fleming to > tion that comes answer questions about how they I before the Senate learned of Hill’s allegations. J Judiciary ComBoth reporters appeared before ; mittee. Fleming but declined to answer i “You ask, questions based on their First I does the public Amendment right to protect their SIMPSON I have a right sources. ! know?” he said. “I Simpson said he believes re­ ! committee for 13 years and I’ve porters are protected under the ; seen confidential memorandums First Amendment to the U.S. Con­ 1 that would be tragic if they came stitution from divulging their ! out.” sources. * Simpson compared the com­ “Certainly I support First mittee to the media, saying both Amendment rights for reporters ' exercise selectivity in deciding and that includes not revealing what information to release to the their sources,” he said. “I’ve al­ public, often weighing the pub­ ways felt that way.” j lic’s need to know against the inThough Fleming could recom­ , terest of personal privacy. mend to the Senate Rules Com- ’ “At some point in time you mittee that the reporters be com- ' have to respect the dignity of peo- pelled to reveal their sources and , pie and respect their privacy,” he cited for contempt of Congress if said. they refuse, Simpson said “no one ' Asked how the committee es­ expects that will happen.” tablishes its criteria for determin­ Simpson said he does not blame ing what should and should not be Fleming for issuing subpoenas for ? made public, Simpson said it has the reporters to appear because it' to be decided on a “case bv case his job to pursue every possible basis.” avenue of investigation in his ef­ “Every case is on it’s own,” he fort to determine the source of the said. “You’ve got to deal with the leak. people and their background.” But Simpson said the basic is­ Last year’s Senate confirma­ sue at stake in the special investi­ tion hearing on then U.S. Supreme gation has nothing to do with sex­ > Court nominee Clarence Thomas ual harassment or First Amend­ * exploded when accusations of sex- ment rights. i I ual harassment by University “It has to do with a Senate rule J of Oklahoma law professor Anita that says if a Senate staff person ' Hill were revealed by the releases something that is confi- i i media. dential then that person will be' 1 Critics of the Senate Judiciary subject to dismissal and the Sena- . 5 Committee said the panel was in- lor will be subject to reprimand,” ' ; sensitive to the gravity of the al- he said. “That’s what is attempting , • legations and had improperly con­ to be done here.” I Star-Tribune IVashiiigloii bureau �i JH ». »’‘V W*-* 4.. -. I •.■ -I’M** ■'V -■ **> Simpson popular with congressional staffers^ according to anonymous survey By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson is unlikely to win any popularity contests among congressional staffers, ac­ cording to a recent anonymous sur­ vey by the Washingtonian Maga­ zine. In an article entitled “Throw the Bums Out?” by Ken DeCell, which appears in the February edi­ tion of the magazine, Simpson is ranked fifth among Republican senators whom Capitol Hill staffers think are least deserving of their office. Simpson said he is not aggrieved by the survey and that he is not serving in the U.S. Senate to please congressional staffers. He also noted that most of the staffers who said they dislike him are classified in the article as Democrats. “1 have never intended to alien­ ate staff,” he said. “But someone who has been out of school for a year and wants to make his own imprint rather than represent his or her boss can sometimes get his feelings hurt.” The magazine states that 1,100 questionnaires were mailed to Capitol Hill administrative assis­ tants, legislative directors as well as majority and minority commit­ tee staff directors. “Of the 279 official respon­ dents, 160 (or 57 percent) were Democrats and 119 (43 percent) were Republicans,” according to the article. Among the 75 percent of staffers who did not file returns, according to the magazine, some said they thought the survey was inappropriate. The article also said, however, that many unsolicited returns were received but not included in the survey results; Simpson, who is described in the article as the Democrats’ “Snidely Whiplash of the Senate,” was ranked as the fifth least popu­ lar Republican senator among re­ sponding staffers. Simpson received 79 negative votes from 69 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Comments, which are purported to have been included by staffers with their returns, appear in a cap­ tion beneath the Wyoming Repub­ lican’s photo. The comments read: “Saddam McCarthy” and “Lighten Up!” “That’s a curious exercise,” Simpson said. “Out of 15,000 staffers, they dug up 79 that don’t like me.” The four Republican senators who received more negative votes than Simpson were Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., 173 votes; Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., 141 votes; Sen. Strom Thurmond, RS.C., 93 votes; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, 85 votes. The five most unpopular Democratic senators were Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, 103 votes; Sen. Chuck Robb, DVa., 101 votes; Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., 94 votes; Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., 85 votes; Sen Alan Cranston, D-Calif., 80 votes. Simpson said he thinks staffers who voted against him may dis­ like him because of what he de­ scribed as'his vocal criticism of the growing ranks of staffers on Capitol Hill. Simpson said congressional staffs have grown too large and that many staffers are arro­ gant, overbearing and out of con­ trol. “I’ve been a vocal critic for a long time,” he said. Asked whether he thinks any of the senators listed in the survey were appropriately included, Simp­ son replied, “I’ll take the Fifth on that one.” �Tuesday, March 3,1992 Wyom^lelegation gets high pi’o-business marks By HUGH JACKSON I'nbune staJJ writer'~ ceived an 84 percent cumulative rating. About ten other senators had CASPER — Wyoming’s all-Reapproval ratings as high pubhcan Congressional delegadM as Wallop’s and Simpson’s the u"s Wgh ratings from Wyoming’s senators were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for consistently agreeing with po­ awarded positive marks for such issues as cuts in the capital gains rk ® T ™POrtant to business.” tax, fast-track” Congressional e U.S. Chamber recently announced Its evaluations of con­ procedures on trade bills, and the gressional voting records on “se- energy bill introduced by Wallop kcted issues of interest to Chamber and Louisiana Democratic Sen Bennett Johnston. members. They also received Chamber ku­ .. Craig Thomas had the highest rating ot Wyoming’s dele- dos for opposing a bill to extend family and medical leave benefits MALCOLM WALLOP highest and opposing a campaign finance Chamber ratings ofin Cong%ss. Praised by Chamber ofCommerce reform bill. ten issues Wallop’s only negative mark ^nt’fied for evaluation by the were evaluated on slightly different Chamber in 1991, fora 100 percent rrom the Chamber was for the sen- issues than those used for the Sen­ ?o^tnber rating. Since taking of­ ator s opposition to granting most ate, Thomas’s positions totally fice, Thomas’ cumulative rating is favored nation trading status to mirrored those of the Chamber. t o’^oeeded by only a Cnina. Simpson received negative Some of those positions includ­ ™arks for opposing a measure handful of congressmen. ed opposing a civil rights bill al­ SejL Malcolm WaOnp agreed which would have provided Senate lowing compensatory damages employees access to jury trials and of ten issues identified by awards to victims ofjob discrimi­ the Chamber in 1991, and received punitive damages on the same ba­ nation, a bill limiting employers sis as the private sector, and for a career rating of 89 percent. from hiring permanent replace­ Sen Al Simpson agreed with opposing a reduction in the Social ments for striking workers, and an Security payroll tax rate. eight of the ten i vy i issues, and re­ In the House, where members amendment to provide $500,000 for wetlands study. �March 4,1992 Miners health fund wins panel’s hacking CKETV V By DAVID RACKET Star- iriDune as flington bureau WASHINGTON — The Sen­ ate Finance Committee approved a measure Tuesday that is intended to restore the financial solvency of the Unfad Mine Workers health benefits fund. The measure, which was passed by a margin of 10-5, is a derivative of a bill sponsored by West Vir­ ginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rocke­ feller but is not identical to that legislation, according to Senate staffers. Staffers for the Finance Com­ mittee and Rockefeller, however, were unable to provide details of the bill late Tuesday shortly after the measure was adopted. A staff spokeswoman for Wallop said she understands that the measure would require coal producers nationwide to pay a sur­ charge to the trust fund based on the type of coal they produce. Fur­ ther details were unavailable. The measure was included as part of the committee’s economic growth package, which is likely to reach the Senate floor early this month. About 120,000 retired UMW U: miners, including 480 Wyoming miners or their survivors, receive benefits from the trust fund. The fund is on the verge of collapse because of increasing costs and declining contributions by coal companies. The fund was created in 1946 in a strike settlement between the union, coal companies and the fedPlease see MINERS, A14 Miners Continued from Al era! government. The agre^ent failed for coal companies to contnbute to the fund but many of those fampanies have since closed leaving only a handful of contributors to pay for miners’ lifetime benefits. Rockefeller introduced legis­ lation earlier this year that would tax all coal companies 75 cents per employee-hour to restore the fund. Non-union coal producers objected on the grounds that it (■ would unfairly force them to pay ' benefits promised by other com­ panies. Wallop and Wyoming GOP Sgr Alan SimpsQn also opposed Rocketoiler’s bill, describing it ’ as particularly unfair to western coal producers. The economic growth package approved by the Finance Com­ mittee is expected to win Senate approval but President Bush has vowed to veto it because it con­ tains a tax increase. That does not mean, however, that some version of the miners’ benefits measure will not ulti­ mately win approval as part of a subsequent, bipartisan growth package. Two Republican sena­ tors Tuesday suggested that such a bipartisan package will ulti­ mately emerge from the current partisan strife. i �i Monday, March 9,1992 Wyoming senators may co-sjxmsor^nove to kill UMWA benefits baflout By DAVip HACKETT Star-Tribune fVashington bureau ' I WASHINGTON — Wyoming GOP Sens. Alan Simnson and Malcolm Wallop may co-sponsor an amendment this week to strip a provision from the Senate’s economic growth package that would refinance the United Mine Workers health benefits program. Statters tor both Wyoming sen­ ators said one amendment being contemplated would replace the growth package provision with a plan to use surplus (UMWAVension funds for imrnfediate assis­ tance to the declining health ben­ efits program. Under that proposal, the long-' term financial viability of the min­ ers’ health benefits program would have to be determined in a new collective bargaining agreement between the Bituminous Coal Operators AssociationTBCoATafe the UM Wa'. Simpson and Wallop may also decide to support an amendment that would tap surplus pension funds for emergency assistance and enforce a “guarantee clause” in the existing contract between Please see MINERS, AIO Continued from Al health benefits program. the BCOA and UMWA. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., in­ A staff spokeswoman for Simp­ troduced identical legislation in son said the guarantee clause re­ the House of Representatives. quires the 14-member BCOA to The Senate Finance Committee fully fund the health benefits pro­ approved an altered version of the gram. Rockefeller-Murtha proposal last Staffers for Wallop and Simp­ week as part of its economic growth son said the Wyoming lawmakers package. The new version would also might let the miners’ bene­ exempt Western sub-bituminous fits provision go untouched since coal producers and charge West­ th”! entire economic growth pack­ ern bituminous coal producers on­ age is doomed to certain presi- ly 15 cents per employee-hour. denl'.il veto. The Senate debate on Wallop and Simpson said they the growth package is scheduled to oppose the provision because it begin Tuesday. amounts to congressional inter­ The UMWA health benefits ference in the collective bargaining program consists of two funds with process and allows the BCOA to a combined deficit that has shift its obligations onto the backs climbed to more than $89 million, of its competitors. according to the congressional Wyoming Rep. Craig Thomas General Accounting Office. said he is sympathetic to the plight The two funds pay benefits to of retired miners who depend on almost 120,000 retired UMWA the health benefits program but al­ workers nationwide, including 480 so is concerned that the Rocke­ miners or their survivors in feller-Murtha plan would threaten Wyoming. jobs in Wyoming’s suh-hitiimiSen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., nous coal producing Powder Rivintroduced legislation last Novem­ er-yBasin. ber that would tap UMWA surplus yMurtha’s bill is pending before pension funds and charge all coal /the House Ways and Means Com­ producers 75 cents per employee-/ mittee but has not been scheduled hour to ensure the viability of th/ for a hearing. �4 Wednesday, March 11,1992 Sttnpso^ ^^aflop co-sponsor: Ml liniituig fed land holdings GO^^S^ens^Ak^^sj^S™”! sored legislation to prevent the tederal government from increas­ ing Its net property holdings in states that ye already more than 25 percent federally owned. ., which closely resem­ bles legislation co-sponsored last year by Wyoming GOP Rep. Craig ^nmas, was announced fuesdaST by Idaho Republican Sen. Steve □ymms and his co-sponsors. Symms said federal agencies annually increase their budgets for western S,?' Symms bill would require agencies to dispose of an equal value of property in a western state before acquiring 100 or more acres. A House subcommittee recent­ ly held a hearing on the legisla­ tion co-sponsored by Thomas but It IS not expected to make it to the nill Interior Committee. The Senate legislation also taces uncertain prospects for pas­ sage. �! ‘Magic gone,’ New Yorker says of Simpson Senator: Story politically colored attempt at psychiatry By DAVID HACKETK^V Star-Tribune fVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming GOP Sen. Alan Simpson is por­ trayed in this week’s The New Yorker magazine as a talented leg­ islator who may have stained his own reputation with repeated vit­ riolic attacks on political foes and the media. The March 16 issue of The New Yorker contains a 22-page profile of Simpson in which writer John Newhouse portrays Wyoming’s junior senator as a wilted political daisy. “Stylistically, Simpson is, or was, the Senate’s most arresting and exceptional figure,” Newhouse wrote, “in short, Simpson struck everyone as being unassailable po­ litically. He isn’t now, and the magic is gone.” Simpson said Thursday that he thinks Newhouse is a talented jour­ nalist who allowed his own politi- Continued from Al Simpson acknowledged that he is “thin-skinned” but said most people, including his critics, are equally sensitive to public criti­ cism and ridicule. The consequences of Simpson’s fall from political grace in Wash­ ington, according to Newhouse, may be an end to his role as the Senate’s assistant minority leader (also known as the whip) and ulti­ mately the end of his career in the Senate. Newhouse quotes unnamed senators of both parties who said Simpson’s strident, slashing style is now perceived as a liability within his own party that will cost him the whip’s job. Several other senators who al­ lowed Newhouse to identify them in the story by name, however, said they think Simpson is in no danger of being dumped as the Re­ publican whip. Simpson said Thursday that he enjoys serving as whip and would resign if he felt he was bringing shame to his party. He would not) say whether he plans to run for whip again after the November election or whether he intends to run for re-election in 1996. Much of Newhouse’s story ' cal opinions to color his story. Newhouse spent two years preparing a profile, Simpson said, which quickly turned into a story that would “turn on the issues of Peter Arnett, Anita Hill and Nina Totenberg.” “It seemed to me that he was bordering on psychiatry,” said Simpson. “It seemed like he was trying to portray two human be­ ings, or three or four, in almost a psychiatric panel discussion or something.” Newhouse cites Simpson’s welt chronicled attack against CNN re­ porter Peter Arnett, and his “bur­ lesque” of former U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Jus­ tice Clarence Thomas, as ugly stains on a once enviable public image. “Until then, Simpson’s occa­ sional outbursts against various people he disagreed with had been chronicles Simpson’s personal his­ tory as well as his family history and its significance to the State of Wyoming. The writer also devotes space to an examination of the relationship , between Simpson and Wyoming GOP Sen. Malcolm Wallop and' their “divergent styles.” i. Wallop, Newhouse reports, 1 “strikes many people in Wyoming i as overconscious of being de-’ scended from English toffs ... and,* is known to some of his detrac-'< tors as the Earl of the Bighorn.” ! Newhouse describes Wallop’s manner as a combination of arro-' gance and abrasiveness. Janis Budge, Wallop’s press secretary, said her boss had not read the article and could not re­ spond, Simpson reacted angrily, how­ ever, referring to Newhouse’s de­ scription of Wallop as a “gratu­ itous shot to the groin that had no place in that article whatsoever.” for the most part obscured by his amiable style,” wrote Newhouse. “But in a c'ty whose luminaries live in a fishbowl Al Simpson has had surprisingly little hard scruti­ ny ...” Though Washington may have just recently discovered Simpson’s disagreeable side, Newhouse re­ ports that Wyoming residents have been well aware of it, especially those who “have been mugged by him in letters that he writes him­ self.” Letters about Simpson and his rebuttals are often published in the Star-Tribune and Newhouse quotes Charles Levendosky, the newspa­ per’s editorial page editor, saying that Simpson is an insecure man who has lost his sense of humor. Newhouse quotes other Wyoming residents as welt who said they think Simpson displays anger and insecurity that were not apparent early in his career. Please see SIMPSON, A14 �Saturday, March 14 Tho^ apj)la^(ls move to limit federal land purchases senators to see that ' limits are placed on the federal govern­ ment when it comes to land pur­ chases. It was Thomas who last year in- n ’ Under the legislation, which is stili pending, federal land purchases must be offset by the sale or ex­ change of federal lands equal in value. On I'uesday, 10 senators, in­ Malcolm Wallop and Aiau similar legislation in the Senate. Thomas said the fact that the Senate is tackling the matter shows Congress is serious about land management and policy re­ form. • ' �I Sunday, March 22,1992 .............. '■.................. A Attorney: Non-union companies backed union healtb-fimd lawsuit group ^!fn?n°iI!i’i<X“r Vcontribution in­ group or non-union coal compa­ creases from the companies that nies secretly financed a lawsuit to would keep the benefits program force unionized companies to in­ running until then. The BCOA necrease contributions to retiredI gotiates UMW contracts for about miners’ health trust funtf?"^ 300 coal companies. cording to testimony and a Trust fund administrators said lawyer’s letter. the contributions, based on man­ A Washington law firm that hours worked, will have to be represents the non-union compa­ more than doubled. BCOA attor­ nies, the Private Benefits Alliance, ney William Poff said that may helped recruit two elderly widows cause thousands of layoffs and of union coal miners who signed mine closings, which would fur­ their names as plaintiffs. The firm ther cut into contributions. then hired Abingdon attorneys to Unionized companies burdened file and pursue the class-action with the higher health-care costs lawsuit, according to court testi­ will find it harder to compete with mony and a letter obtained by The non-union companies. Associated Press. The health plan was established Attorney James Elliott of in 1946 when President Truman Abingdon insisted he is looking ordered a federal takeover of the out for the best interests of the nation’s coal mines to end a strike. 120,000 elderly retired miners and To bring miners back, the gov­ widows who faced a suspension of benefits because the two insur­ ernment promised a lifetime health care system. Coal mine owners ance trusts have a $140 million promised to fund it in exchange deficit. for mechanization, which led to But the United Mine Workers thousands of layoffs. union will ask a federal judge next The plan s two trust funds have week to remove Elliott and his law gone into the red as lifetime care partner from the case, spokesman has continued to retirees whose Joe Corcoran said Thursday. former employers went out of It s clear this is a law firm business or dropped out of the that is operating with another union health plan. agenda and it’s not necessarily in The Private Benefits Alliance the best interest of our beneficia­ was formed in an attempt to defeat ries,” Corcoran said. legislation by Sen. Jay Rocke­ ’^•strict Judge Glen feller, D-W.Va., that would bail Williams ruled Tuesday that the out the insurance funds by taxing benefits to 120,000 elderly miners union and non-union companies. and miners’ widows cannot be cut The Bush administration and off until conclusion of a trial in Wyoming’s congressional dele­ June. gation — Sens. Malcolm Wallop He gave the Bituminous Coal and Alan Simpson and Rep, Craig Operators Association and the Thomas — also oppose the mea-' United Mine Workers until this sure. �Saturday, March 28,1992 Simpson seeks liuids for Heart Mountain project $500,000 to preserve eamp site POWELL (AP) — Efforts to preserve the Heart Mountain Re­ location Camp and build a muse­ um there might get a boost from Congress, an aide for U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson said. ’ THe Wyoming Republican plans to seek about $500,000 in federal funding for the site south­ west of Powell by attaching the request to a bill that establishes Manz^ar R^locaJjpn ramp in California as a national histone site. The Manzanar bill was ap­ proved by Congress and has been signed by President Bush, said Stan Cannon, Simpson’s press sec­ retary in Washington, D.C. More than 10,000 JapaneseAmericans were sent to Heart Mountain during World War 11. The camp, which opened in 1942, will mark its 50th anniversary this summer. A large ,brick chimney and one of the main buildings still stands at the site. Heart Mountain is one of the few internment camps in the Unit­ ed States with original structures, according to a March 13 letter to Simpson from representatives of four groups that want to see the site preserved. The Manzanar legislation in­ cludes a “Japanese-American Na•tional Historic Landmark Theme Study Act,’’ which calls for the Interior Secretary to identify key sites in the United States that il­ lustrate when personal justice was denied to Americans of Japanese descent. The act specifically mentions Heart Mountain as a site to be in­ cluded as a national historic land­ mark. Cannon said this week that Heart Mountain has a head start in qualifying for the federal funds for a museum because the site al­ ready is in the National Register of Historic Places. “Any appropriation we seek will have to be matched by pri­ vate funding,’’ Cannon said. But a commitment from the fed­ eral government would make it easier for project backers to solic­ it private money, he added. Some of the project backers in­ clude members of the groups that wrote to Simpson this month. Signers of the letter included area business leaders, Chester Black­ bum, president of the Heart Moun­ tain Relocation Center Memorial Association, and Bacon Sakatani, a former internee at the camp and president of the Heart Mountain High School class of 1947. The camp and people associat­ ed with it have been the subject of national news stories and broad­ casts. And a documentary featur­ ing the life of former internee Es­ telle Ishigo called “Days of Wait­ ing’’ won an Academy Award for short documentary. �Sunday, March 29,1992 Synar, Sunpson to speak at WWF’^1 , ; Mikcate increasing flXmF^razii^e i\]ikeofSynar, an~ outspoken advo- . Simg^n in an appearanF? next month at the Wyoming Wildlife s annual meeting. Aiz *he rest of the Wyoming congressional delega­ tion have opposed Synar’s efforts to charge ranchers more to graze Fands and forest ment, will also speak The 46th” annual federation ‘’’■ennezvous opens wit rendezvous” opens with a panel wSng , --------- 1 trends of ••lioht rAf ° t habitat in light of such activities as oil and gas development, real estate de­ velopment logging, mining” and other development activities The panel members include Wyoming ^^iPAand Fish-Departmprfi jyj, uf^^^"^Petera, Wyoming 5 ^rL!i?.6£^S;^ety director Bill ScgKjHTJohjLZelazny;^ WWF s conservation director 1 he conference includes nu­ merous other panels on topics such as: Synar and Simpson will appear answer forum ti­ tled Natural Resource Police ReWest” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24. The annual meeting will be at the Snow King Resort in posed nnn t Of poisOnS, Jackson. They will each have their own poaching and privatization. • Expected trends in state game comments and then they will be npi^V^^Tond to the questions populations. • Conservation education in the People bring with them,” said Marineaia. cia Rothwell Shanor, the execu• Government concern for con‘he federation. The panel in­ Other speakers include John Mumina, a former regional cludes Mumma, Tom Dougherty forester for the U.S. Foreft Ser­ of other National Wildlife Feder­ vice who resigned citing undue ation and two GOP state legislapolitical mfluence on his decision- Bovd and Sen. l^aking ‘n federal forests in Mon- Boyd Eddins. • Game and Fish Department n an assistant to G-S-J^sh and Wildlife Servjrp pj. methods of counting wild game rector John Turner who is on leave and setting annual kill quotas for from the Game and Fish Depart- game^'^^’ fowl, and small . �Tuesday, March 31,1992 make reporters in Thomas hearing reveal leak Senate should decide issue (AP) — The two; Hill’s credibility and for bashing reporters who broke the story ° about alleged sexual harassment press coverage of the issue. But Simpson said Thursday that Saoreme Court Justice Clarenrp Thnma5_shuuld keep mum about"__ he agreed with a decision by the their sources, says U.S. Sen. Alan Senate Rules Committee to back allowing a special inves­ Simpson.—off from --------------------tigator to subpoena telephone R-Wyo., is a member records of National Public Radio Judiciary Committee that reviewed the charges against reporter Nina Totenberg and 1 homas dimng the nationally tele­ Newsday’s Timothy Phelps. “Even though I am critical of vised nomination hearings last fall, A that’s a good First oince then, Simpson has been crit•icized for attacking accuser Anita Amendment principle,” Simpson said. ‘I’ve said many weeks ago 5 3 n s: 2 « S 3 5 “ ? 5-S 2-® 2 £5 3^2-^ - o- —> • — ~ = — 31 O • 3"CnOO OS ri 3 o E. t ? " X. S ^13 o ®.J?S o O 2 3 Q. «« J* $ 2 3 g o ss X sr s n • o <s < a Q XS ® 5 ® X» i C X’S^OS 5 co =■»•« tto o —. co n oj that I thought that that was an in­ appropriate activity to try to get journalists to reveal their sources.” If the committee had not inter­ vened, the issue could have gone to the full Senate for consideration. While that would have put senators in the awkward position of decid­ ing how far to pursue the leaks. Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., said the issue should have been turned over to the Senate. “My hope was that if the Senate Please see SOURCES, All c/c S’M S § rt c OQ ® a » •s < o’-s s s § f6 =. c w> 3 :;’s! 3 s: “ �^jWednesday, AprU.1/1992 Sunpso^, Wallop differ on fetal tissue ban' Legislation would allow federally funded research on fetal tissue’ ByDAVTD HACKFTT Star-Tribune Washington bureau Simpson said he is in favor of lifting the ban against fetal tissue transplant research. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sena­ Simpson said the bill would ac­ tors Malcolm Wallop and Alan celerate research into promising Simpson expressed differing’opin- treatments for some particularly ions Tuesday on the question of cruel diseases without encouraging whether to lift a ban on federally women to seek abortions. funded research on human fetal “I don’t know of anyone who tissue transplants. would favor a measure that would Legislation that would lift the ' induce abortions,” he said. ban was still being debated on the Wallop voted in favor of a pro­ Senate floor late Tuesday after­ posal by Sen. Orrin Hatch, D-Utah, noon after senators voted 98-2 to that would fund fetal tissue trans­ end a filibuster against the bill. plant research that uses only tissue Both Wyoming Republicans obtained from miscarriages and voted to stop the filibuster and al­ abortions that are performed to low the debate to proceed. save the life of the mother. Medical researchers believe that Research using tissue obtained fetal tissue transplants may be use­ from elective abortions would not ful for treating Parkinson’s dis­ be federally funded under the ease, Alzheimer’s disease, dia­ Hatch proposal. betes, spinal cord injuries, and can­ The Hatch amendment was de­ cer as well as genetic diseases, feated in a roll call vote, 77-23. birth defects and certain chronic Simpson voted against the amend­ diseases. ment. Some scientists have argued The bill also would make it il- , that fetal tissue from miscarriages legal to purchase human fetal tis­ and so-called ectopic pregnancies, ‘ sue or to donate tissue to desig- . which threaten the life of the moth­ nated recipients. er, is of little or no use because it is Anyone involved in obtaining often diseased or abnormal. fetal tissue would be banned from Liz Brimmer, a spokeswoman paying for an abortion under the for Wyoming GOP Rep. Craig bill. Thomas, said her boss is opposed The moratorium against federal to lifting the ban on fetal tissue re­ funding for research on fetal tissue search. derived from elective abortions , Brimmer said Thomas believes was imposed in 1988 by President that lifting the ban “might create a Reagan. Privately funded researcl^ rationale for continuing abortions has continued since then. in cases other than rape, incest, or President Bush is expected to when the life of the mother is veto the bill pending before the threatened. Senate if it contains the measure The bill before the Senate, that lifts the existing ban. which has been passed by the Simpson said Bush would be House, would reauthorize the Na­ making a mistake to veto the bill tional Institutes of Health (NIH). and that he is skeptical the Presi- . The bill contains a provision dent could muster enough votes to that would lift the existing mora­ sustain his veto. torium against federal support for Wallop’s spokesman said that! research on transplants of tissue if push comes to shove, his boss obtained from induced abortions. would vote to override a veto. �Wyo senators meet EPA official Pm w Wallop, SimpsQii blast agency proposal to fine Casper Ry DAVID HACKRTT^^^ f-mg press releases” that announce Star-Tribune iVashington bureait fines against individuals who, in many cases, thought they were in WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. compliance with agency rules. Alai) Simpson and Malcolm Wal­ Casper, he said, spent $ 100,000 lop met with a representative of to hire consultants, thinking all the Environmental Protection along that it was in compliance, Agency’s Denver office Wednes­ only to discover that it was being day, two days after the agency pro­ fined. / posed to fine the city of Casper Wallop said he also told Mc­ $125,000. Graw that if existing law impedes The Wyoming Republicans held resolution of disputes through con­ separate meetings with Jack Mc­ sultation, then administrators Graw, the EPA’s acting regional should have the “courage” to tell administrator in Denver, to dis­ Congress to change the law. cuss the proposed fine and other is­ “1 do not intend to let it drop sues. with McGraw,” he said. “I will The agency announced this take it up with (EPA Administrator week that it wants to fine Casper William) Reilly. When you fine $125,000 for failing to implement (Casper) like that they have to take and enforce a wastewater pre­ it out of some real program of treatment program for industrial community service that was put users of the city’s wastewater sys­ together in strict priorities. It’s a tem. big kick in Casper’s pants and it’s The agency also disclosed that it not fair.”, ■ is considering action against the McGraw could not be reached Amoco refinery in Casper, the for comment on Capitol Hill nor at largest industrial user accused of his hotel. violating the wastewater pretreat­ Simpson said he told McGraw ment regulations. that he is disturbed by EPA’s ap­ Casper City Manager Tom proach to enforcement, which he Forslund said the city plans to ap­ described as using a sledgeham­ peal the fine. mer to kill a fly. Wallop said his meeting with ■' It is one thing to slap a steep McGraw had been planned well fine on an intentional violator, he before announcenient of the fine to said, and another thing “to take discuss a list of grievances related heavy-handed action against the to EPA enforcement actions in little guy.” Wyoming. “Maybe large corporations can Wallop said he told McGraw afford these fines but small busi­ that EPA should develop a con­ nesses and small towns and cities sultation process instead of “rain- don’t have the resources,” he said. “None of us are saying we shouldn’t enforce the law, but a little sensitivity and common sense is called for.”. Simpson said Casper allowed Amoco to use its wastewater sys­ tem in an effort to retain the com­ munity’s largest employer. He said city officials worked with the EPA in good faith to make the program work only to be “hammered” by the agency. Simpson said he also asked Mc­ Graw to reopen the EPA’s office in Casper, which was closed last year. Agency employees living in Casper might have been more sym­ pathetic to the city’s point of view, he said. Wallop said he does not think an office in Casper would have made any difference. Wyoming GOP Rep. Craig Thomas did not meet with Mc­ Graw Wednesday but said he thinks the EPA is “more interested in a scalp on its belt than solving the problem.” Thomas said he thinks Casper has acted in good faith to enforce the wastewater program and that EPA has acknowledged the city’s cooperation on more than one oc­ casion. “I don’t think the fine will help,” he said. “It will just lake some of the taxpayers’ dough that could be used for something else. It really makes less sense to fine a municipality than a private interest because it just hurts the taxpay­ er.” �iday, April 3,1992 Airport gets funds for access roatQ^ * CASPER (AP) — Feder^on- 1 ey to finish an access road to the ( Casper Natrona International Airport has been approved, Wyoming’s congre^ional delega- tion announced. , *- ■ . The $870,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation will add to the $798,300 already received for the project. U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson and U.S. Rep. Craig Thomas said they were able to expedite the federal money, which normally requires a 45-day review, because of the short Wyoming construction season. “The Casper Airport has great potential of being a focal point for economic development,” Thomas said. “We’re delighted they can continue to strengthen that as a lever for jobs in Natrona County.” , p ? ' < , j j • �Sunday, April 5,1992 BuRec inspecte Wyo^^Wn internment camp ~ Architects hired by the U.S. Bureau of Reda « fil? of Wyoming ^Sect Jim Rose last weekend examined �new miners’ health benefits plan up a -Si______________ Star- 7 ributte H'asliinglon bureau WASHINGTON — Legislation that would transfer $180 million pension fund to its retirees’ health benefits program has been intro­ duced in the U.S. Senate with sup­ port from both Wyoming senators. The bill, which was introduced Wednesday by Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., would use the $ 180 mil­ lion from the pension fund, which carries a large surplus, to balance the health benefits program, which is threatened by insolvency. The bill would also require the Bituminous Coal Operators Asso­ ciation (BCOA) to continue paying retiree health benefits. Finally, Boren’s bill would set cost-control model for the benefits program and seek to main­ tain contributions by imposing a “withdrawal fee” against any mem­ ber of the BCOA that drops out of the organization. Spokesmen for both the BCOA and the United Mine Workers of America said Boren’s proposal un­ fairly limits the program’s fund­ ing base to a select group of com­ panies (members of the BCOA) that cannot afford to pay benefits to all 120,000 retired miners, in­ cluding 480 who live in Wyoming. In effect, the program will even­ tually wipe out the BCOA and kill the UMWA retirees’ health bene­ fits program, they said. Both spokesmen said their or­ ganizations prefer a proposal by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. I f Continued from Al panics or most coal operators in the country, has dwindled to about 300 as companies have gone out of business or have gone non-union. Trustees of the trust funds are suing the BCOA in an attempt to force its remaining members to live up to the terms of their last collective bargaining agreement, which requires them to fund the trust funds fully. A federal judge is expected to rule on the case in June. Until then, the BCOA must contribute enough to keep both funds solvent. Morris Feibusch, a spokesman for the BCOA, said Boren’s bill would drive many BCOA compa­ nies out of business. He said the bill would require BCOA mem­ bers to pay for retirees who worked for companies that no longer con­ tribute to the benefits program. Feibusch said Boren’s legisla­ tion places the entire burden of the program on the “last man’s club,” and absolves many former BCOA companies that rightfully should be required to contribute to the program. “You can’t resolve the problem by forcing people to pay when they can’t afford the cost,” he said. “They will just shut down and be gone.” Boren’s press secretary did not respond to a telephone call. Jim Grossfeld, a spokesman for the UMWA, said the union prefers Va., that would levy fees against all bituminous coal producers to keep the health benefits program going. Meanwhile on Thursday, the House Interior committee passed out a measure that would set mon­ ey aside for a yet-to-be created fund to pay retired miners’ health benefits. The House measure would take $50 million annually from the Abandoned Mine Land reclama­ tion fund for the health benefits program. Wyoming Congressman Craig Thomas tried to kill the AML diversion but the Republi­ can’s amendment failed 26-18. Thomas believes it is inappro­ priate to tap the AML fund for the health program, which he believes is a collective bargaining issue, Rockefeller’s proposal because it would expand the funding base for the program and apply the same “industry-wide concept” to re­ tirees’ benefits that applies to abandoned mine lands. Grossfeld said Boren’s plan would endanger jobs at companies that couldn’t afford to pay what the legislation requires. Rockefeller’s office released a statement in which he described Boren’s proposal as “a political maneuver cloaking destructive ac­ tion in the mantle of problem solv­ ing.” “My legislation is based on the premise that most of these miners worked for companies that no longer exist or have abandoned re­ tirees,” he said. “Responsibility for their health care lies with the entire industry as does responsi­ bility for abandoned mine lands.” Wyoming GOP Sen. Alan Simpson said Rockefeller over­ looks a 1988 collective bargain­ ing agreement between the UMWA and the BCOA in which the BCOA promised to keep the retirees program solvent. “If you enter into a collective bargaining agreement, you keep your promise,” Simpson said. “You don’t bring in people who are not part of the agreement.” Simpson said Boren’s bill would ensure that retired Wyoming miners and their fami­ lies get what they deserve under the BCOA-UMWA agreement. Wyoming GOP Sen. Malcolm Wallon was en route to Japan Thursday and was unavailable for comment. In a statement released by his office. Wallop said Boren’s bill “guarantees that benefits will be provided in a way that does not create new federal taxes nor force non-contracting companies to bear the cost.” his press secretary said late 1 hiirsday. Wyoming's senators said the Boren plan will ensure Wyoming's 480 retired UMWA miners get their promised health benefits without forcing companies to par­ ticipate who did not sign a union contract. The UMWA's retirement bene­ fits program consists of two funds, one which was established in 19.50 and another established in 1974. Contributions to the fund have been determined historically through collective bargaining be­ tween the UMWA and the BCOA. The benefits program faces a deficit now, however, partly be­ cause BCOA's list of members, which once included 2,000 com- Plcase sec COAL, A12 �Saturday, April 11,1992 Senate eierironment panel begins debate on Endangered Species Act By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Opening salvos in the battle over renewing the Endangered Species Act were fired Friday at a congressional hearing where the law was both assailed as an impediment to com­ merce and praised as a vital envi­ ronmental safeguard. Congressional authorization for funding programs under the law expires at the end of this year. Congress is likely to continue appropriating money to enforce the law, however, regardless of whether a reauthorization bill is enacted. Advocates on both sides of the issue hope to sway the reautho­ rization debate, nonetheless, in an effort to eventually change the law in their favor. Members of a Senate environ­ ment subcommittee heard from several experts Friday during its first hearing on reauthorization of the law. In keeping with congressional tradition, members of the sub­ committee expressed their own opinions first. U.S. Sen. Alan Sjmpson, R- Wyo., a member of the Environ­ ment Committee, said environ­ mental groups have learned to use the Endangered Species Act as a tool to stop projects that have noth­ ing to do with endangered species. Federal land managers also have used the law, he said, to ra­ tionalize unpopular land-use de­ cisions. An appalling lack of common sense pervades some recovery ef­ forts, Simpson said, eroding pub­ lic support for truly viable pro­ grams. “We need to rethink what we’re Please see ACT, A14 �Saturday, April 11,1992 Waflop, Simpson want to sell Teapot Dome By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune iVa.shington bureau Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility that presently contains 569 million barrels of oil — 700 times WASHINGTON — U.S, Sens. the annual amount of oil produced from Teapot Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wal­ Dome.” lop announced Friday that they The state­ have introduced legislation that ment also as­ would authorize the sale of the Naval Petroleum Reserve at serts that oil in the Teapot Teapot Dome near Midwest. Dome could Sale of the reserve to private be extracted operators would increase state and local tax revenues, according to more effi­ Wallop and Simpson, because the ciently and economicalfederal government does not pay taxes. SIMPSON ’y by private The legislation marks the latest operators. effort in a long line of attempts to Wallop and Simpson estimat­ transfer the oil field to private ed that the sale of the reserve would net between $12 million hands. The Reagan administration and $16 million for the federal government. tried repeatedly Wyoming during the 1980s to sell three Naval Public Lands ‘ It ’ s not a barn Commissioner Petroleum Re­ serves — the one burner. It’s a stripper Howard Schriat Teapot Dome field.’ nar said Friday thinks that near Midwest as —Don Basko. he well as those at estimate is prob­ Wyoming Oil and Gas ably accurate. Elk Hills and Buena Vista in “I would sug­ supervisor gest from what Southern Califor­ nia little I know that that field is pret­ Congress re­ peatedly barred the sales, citing ty well depicted,” he said. the original purpose of the re­ The release did not specify how serves, which were created in 1915 Wallop and Simpson would con­ to provide a reliable supply of oil duct the sale. Staff members were unable to answer the question late to the U.S. Ni Friday afternoon. In a state­ According to the release, the ment released Friday after­ fair market value of the oil field noon, Wallop would be determined by the U.S. Secretary of Energy. and Simpson Don Basko, the state’s oil and said the na­ gas supervisor, said 1990 produc­ tional securi­ tion figures (the latest figures ty rationale for keeping available) for the Teapot Dome oil field show that 630 wells pro­ the Wyoming duced 824,515 barrels for an av­ reserve in federal hands erage of about 3.5 barrels per well WALLOP no longer ap­ per day. “It’s not a barn burner,” he said. plies. Wallop is quoted in the release “It’s a stripper field.” A stripper saying that “times have changed. well is a well that produces 10 bar­ We now have a Strategic rels or less of oil per day. �Sunday, April 12,1992 State GOP Conation begins May 2 j:~ y''V^'aig !jepublicari Convenii,i,p..jp confor d,e 1992 pofilicfi yea?accoS±«"''’?,-l"<'X™" = Pla'form More than 500 delegates will spokesmen. their work at the Wyoming Rennkr *” Sphering here on April 30 for eludes developing the state^s^n^^ ^‘’"''ention. The agenda inegcMes and alternatives to the^NmiSnafSp ^’-'arge delCommittee meetings will hl hfm ■ andReprese„,aL';“^,:^SftSSife'’it^" �Wednesday, April 15,1992 Simpson hears body concerns By CAROLE CLOIJDWALKER Slai -Tribuiie correspondent j CODY — National health care and problems with the Social Se­ curity system prompted questions Monday at Sen. Alan Simpson’s hometown town meeting in Cody. “I don’t think we’ll do anything about (health care) this year,” Simpson told his audience of about 100 people. Simpson said health care costs Americans $810 billion per year, and “those who have more should pay more” for increased coverage or “we will be in deep difficulty by the year 2010.” Simpson also suggested similar reluctance to deal with problems in the Social Security will like­ wise lead to future difficulties in that federal program. By the year 2030 Social Security “will be al­ most broke ... it will be in dra­ matic drawdown and it can’t pos­ sibly exist,” he said. It’s the job of government to stabilize the system, but instead, “we don’t touch it with a stick,” Simpson added. Recently proposed Social Se­ curity reforms were the target of an “assault” from the American Association of Retired Persons, the Gray Panthers, the Pink Pan­ thers and other retirement orga­ nizations, he noted. All are groups with which Simpson said he has fallen into disfavor. “If I were running this year, it would be a zip,” Simpson said. Simpson’s support of a plan to construct a monument at the for­ mer Heart Mountain Relocation Center at Ralston — where Japanese Americans were interred during World War II — sparked a comment from a Park County res­ ident. Evelyn Lewis of Powell told the senator the monument pro­ posal would “offend almost ev­ ery veteran up around there.” But Simpson delendeti a mon­ ument to the former “fourth largest city in Wyoming,” which he said he visited as a young Boy Scout attending a meeting with interred youths who were also scouts. “You’ll have to forgive Alan Simpson for his total bias, when we imprisoned U.S. citizens,” Simpson told Lewis. In response to a question from the audience, Simpson said the federal government has no in­ volvement in a decision to allow a nuclear waste dump in Fremont County’s Gas Hills area. “I’m not involved in it,” he said, adding that he could “un­ derstand the anguish and the pain of that.” A 1982 law gave each state the right to decide on allowing such facilities within its borders, he said. On proposals to change the administrative appeals process within the U.S. Forest Service, Simpson told an inquirer that the agency “is doing the right thing,” since before “you could send a 29-cent letter and you (had) just (appealed ... with a postmark from Boca Raton, Florida.” “Now we will no longer respect the letter or post card from out-ofstate — I favor that,” he said. The meeting is Cody is one of several Simpson scheduled around ’ the Big Horn Basin this week. �Senate OKs funds foi’/j Cody danl3> CHEYENNE (AP) — Federal funding to complete the Buffalo Bill Dam has been approved by the U.S. Senate, but still must sur­ vive a Senate-House conference committee later this spring. The Buffalo Bill funding is part of a multibillion dollar omnibus -Water package that remains con­ troversial. The dam on the Shoshone Riv­ er west of Cody is being extended to hold back more water in the reservoir. Wyoming Sens, Malcolm Waljop..and Al Simpson and Congressman Craig Thomas have ush­ ered the dam authorization through both houses of Congress twice before only to find that con­ tentious items attached to some versions of the bill prevented adoption. However, through yearly ap­ propriations, the all-Republican delegation maintained funding to keep the project on track, accord­ ing to a delegation news release. Because federal law requires all funding projects to receive both authorization and appropria­ tions, the Wyoming lawmakers said passage of the authorization language would eliminate the need for “more sticky, legislative maneuvering.” As ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Re­ sources Committee, Wallop will be appointed as a conferee on the bill. �Thursday, April 23,1992 Tempest boils over Teapot at Thomas meeting said. U.S. Denartmpnt of FnergvThe senators argue the sale Besides, the field is designed Republican state Sen. Pete would increase revenues in state as an emergency field, and should Wold, who is also an independent and local taxes because the fed­ oil man, told Thomas that the field not be compared against the proCASPER — Given the value of eral government does not pay tax­ ductivity of other fields as if it is a drain on federal taxpayers. oil fields in today’s market, the es on oil produced at Teapot were in open competition in the Local and state governments, oil market, one meeting particiUnited States would not get a fair Dome. meanwhile, would make money if When Thomas told the meet­ price for the Naval Petroleum Re­ pant said. the field was in the hands of pri ­ ing he did not agree with the sen­ serve at Teapot Dome near-Midr But others in attendance said vate operators. ators ’ position, one participant west. Congressman Craig Thomas the private oil industry does much “ Who would buy it then, Pe ­ asked why the senators intro­ said Wednesday night. more energy research than the ter?” Thomas asked. Speaking at a town meeting duced the legislation in the first government, and the need for a “ Our company would Tove to heavily attended by people who place. strategic oil reserve is not as pressbuy it, ” Wold answered. Another citizen attending the oppose selling the reserve, the ing as it may have been in the past. Others in the audience sug ­ meeting then suggested the sena­ Wyoming Republican said there Wold admitted that the federal gested, however, that taxes are not tors have friends in the oil busi ­ currently are “lots of oil fields for government, by continuing to opthe sole issue in evaluating the lo ­ sale” in the country, and now is ness who would benefit from the cal economic impact of the Teapot erate the field, would employ more not a wise time for taxpayers to .sale. people than if the field were oper“That’s not fair,” Thomas told Dome field. try to sell the field. ated privately. The oil field is also used as re ­ Republican Wyoming Senators the audience. The congressman But “I don’t know that the Desearch, and provides far more jobs said the senators were probably Malcolm Wallop.and Alan Simp­ to the local economy than would partment of Energy or the federal right when they argue the oil field son have introduced legislation be the case if the field were run for government should be an employ­ that would authorize the sale of could be run more efficiently if the purposes of profit only, they ment agency,” Wold said. run privately, instead of by the the reserve. Bv HUGH JACKSON Star-Tribune staff writer i j { ’ ! • : | i | | J. j ; �Monday, April 27,1992 Entitlement I Entitlement eaps die in Senate^ Continued from Al them are not the wealthy.” dairy price supports and federal Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., crop insurance are among the nu- said Congress could impose “con­ merous federal spending programs fiscatory” tax rates against wealthy classified as mandatory. taxpayers and still not reduce the According to the Congression- deficit under existing mandatory al Budget Office, mandatory spending programs. I spending will represent 12.1 perSimpson blasted opponents of I cent of the gross domestic product the Domenici plan, accusing them i in 1992 compared to 5.8 percent in of misrepresenting its growth lim­ ) 1962. its as outright spending reductions. The CBO estimates that under Domenici said his plan would ( existing law, mandatory spending have changed nothing until 1994 to will grow from $710 billion in give Congress time to enact a com­ 1992 to $977 billion in 1997. prehensive health care program About 80 percent of mandatory that contains cost controls. entitlements are paid to individuBeginning in 1994, he said, the I als regardless of their personal plan would have limited increases wealth, according to Domenici and in mandatory federal spending to his allies. new cases, the rate of inflation and “We’re talking about guys earn­ a 2 percent “kicker.” ing more than $100,000 a year in Allowances for new cases and income who are retired,” Simpson inflation would continue annually said. “Joe Sixpack is paying 75 under Domenci’.s plan but the so, percent of the Part B (Medicare) called kicker would decline to 1.5 premiums for Paul Mellon. If we percent in 1995, 1 percent in 1996 can’t even agree to means-test the and zero in 1997. very wealthy who are enrolled in In other words, beginning in these entitlements, then we’re nev­ 1997, mandatory spending would er going to have the courage ... to increase at a rale that allows only oversee these programs.” for inflation and the cost of new Citing explosive growth, espe­ cases. cially in health care programs, Domenici ultimately withdrew Domenici said his proposal offered his proposal after Senate Majority salvation from budget deficits that Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, threaten to overwhelm the Ameri­ won Senate approval of an amend­ can economy and reduce the coun­ ment that would have exempted try to the status of a Third World veterans benefits from the pro­ debtor nation. posal. “Foreign countries will have us Eight similar amendments that by the neck,” he said. “If we are would have exempted other pro­ worried about Japan today, just grams were ready to be offered continue this debt until they own when Domenici withdrew his plan. so much they will decide whether Mitchell’s amendment, which we are going to do what we want was viewed as the key vote on the , ... or what they want.” issue, was passed by a vote of 66' But opponents such as Sen. Don 28. Simpson voted against the Riegle, D-Mich., accused Domeni­ Mitchell exemption. Wallop did ci of trying to perpetuate unfair not vote but said he would have tax policies of the Reagan admin­ voted against it. istration at the expense of the poor and disadvantaged. “Those tax rates on the wealthjest should go up so they start pay­ ing their fair share so we can bring down this deficit,” Riegle said. In Drakes Lounge “This plan is going to have the ef­ fect of cutting Medicare benefits of people all over this country. The , people who principally rely on ! j j j Wyoming senators agree in principle to mandatory limits -By-DAVin HACKF.TT Star-Tribune IVashinglon bureau WASHINGTON — A hudyet proposal that would limit in­ creases in mandatory federal spending on programs such as ■Meriicarfi.and veterans benefits died in the IIS Senate recently, despite warnings of an impend­ ing financial calamity. Announcing his support for the measure, Wyoming GOP Sen. -Alan Simpsnn said “either we control entitlement spending, or we destroy the chances of our de­ scendants to lead a decent life.” -Sen, Malcolm Wallop. RWyo., said he shares Simpson’s view on the need to control mandatory spending on entitle­ ments but that he opposed the measure because it called for ex­ cessive cuts in defense spending. Wallop said he is frustrated by Congress’ unwillingness to con­ sider mandatory spending pro­ grams separately from the defense budget. Cuts in defense spending are already causing domestic eco­ nomic dislocation, he said, while the country still faces potential nuclear-armed enemies abroad. Proponents of the budget pro­ posal said it would have reduced the annual defense budget from about $290 billion in 1992 to $275 billion in 1997. Simpson said he thinks the pro­ posed defense reductions within the bill were reasonable. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., introduced the measure April ip as a substitute budget resolution. The legislation would have limit­ ed annual spending increases for federal entitlement programs to the rate of inflation by 1997. So­ cial Security would have been ex­ empt under the plan; Opponents of the measure said it is designed to protect tax cuts for the rich enacted during the 1980s while “strip mining” bene­ fits for veterans, poor people, se­ niors and disabled persons. Mandatory federal spending programs are designed to auto­ matically increase annually with­ out congressional action. Programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, child nutrition subsi­ dies, food stamps, veterans com­ pensation, wool price supports. Please see ENTITLEMENT, AIO ■ IM 3350 CY �I Monday, April 27,1992 Panel to consider Resource Conservation and Recovery Act „ By pAVip HACKETT ----------------- J _1 *1?! _ *11 ^tar-lribune n'asnington bureau WASHINGTON — The ques­ tion of whether to classify oil field ahly will come up this week when a Senate committee considers leg­ islation that would reauthorize the ■Resource Conservation and Re­ covery Act. Spokesmen for the Independent Petroleum Association of America and Wyoming GOP Sen. Alan Simpson said they expect Sen. David Durenberger, R-Minn., to introduce an amendment pertaining to oil field waste Wednesday when the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee considers the legislation. Both spokesmen said, howev­ er, that the amendment may be of­ fered only as a means of generating debate on the issue and is likely to be withdrawn for lack of sup­ port. Continued from Al Brent Erickson, a staffer for Simpson, said an oil field waste amendment would be considered controversial enough to kill any chance of passing a RCRA bill this year. Consequently, he said, RCRA proponents who want to pass a bill in 1992 are likely to oppose such an amendment. Simpson is opposed to regulat­ ing oil field waste under RCRA and prefers to reserve that author­ ity for the states. In March a House subcommit­ tee approved a RCRA bill with­ out an oil field waste provision. Melanie Soucheray, a spokeswoman for Durenberger, said her boss has introduced sev­ eral bills that would change the way oil field waste is regulated but she was unable to say Friday whether he intends to introduce any of them as amendments in committee. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the na­ tion’s main law governing solid The legislation is awaiting action by the House Energy and Com­ merce Committee but no hearing has been scheduled. Rep. Dennis Eckart, D-Ohio, introduced legislation two weeks ago that would change the way oil field waste is regulated but it re­ mains uncertain whether he will attempt to add it as an amendment to the RCRA bill when it reaches the committee. State and oil industry officials in Wyoming are still working on a set of oil field waste regulations that are viewed, at least in part, as an attempt to head off congres­ sional action. and hazardous waste. The last reauthorization of the law expired in 1988. Congress is attempting to rewrite the law this year. Oil field waste is not classified as hazardous under existing law but some environmentalists and their allies in Congress believe it should be. Oil industry spokesmen say pro­ ducer costs will rise precipitously if they are forced to follow haz- ardous ardouswaste wasterules rulesand andthat thatsiieh suchaa change could prove catastrophic for domestic oil producers whom, they say, are already suffering ex­ tremely hard times. Roy Willis, a spokesman for the Independent Petroleum Associa­ tion of America, said he thinks Congress is not inclined to classi­ fy oil field waste as hazardous un­ der RCRA because of the addi­ tional costs it would impose on the; industry and the ability of states; to regulate for themselves. Please see RCRA, AIO �-Saturday, May 2,1992 King verdict shocks Wyoming delegation < By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern Wyoming bureau ) RO.CK SPRINGS — Members of the all-l^publican Wyoming Congj-e^sjpnal delegation expressed surpUs'6 a^ shock ovefthe acquittals of four Los Angeles police officers ■■ in the March 1991 beating of Rodney King. “It was shocking to me,” said Sen. Al Simpson. “I practiced law for 18 years, and 1 can remember the joy and heartbreak of the jury system ... But the jury sat for weeks and heard testimony, not snippets and snapshots.” 1 Sen. Malcolm Wallop warned against making “decisions on how juries ought to decide” cases. He said there was “one dramatic and repugnant video” seen by the American people. But we cannot “put up videos and let the American people ... put thumbs up or thumbs down” as a replacement for our judicial system, he said. , Simpson, Wallop and Rep. Craig Tlipmpson also emphat> ically deplored the rampage ol'property destruction and vio­ lence that has ^wept the country in the wake of the verdict. The trio held a press conference Friday afternoon in Rock Springs, where they will spend the rest of the weekend at the state GOP convention. • Asked what specific federal initiatives might alleviate some of the underlying frustration and despair of the communities that have exploded, the three Republicans offered a variety of responses. Thomas pointed out that the federal government is already responding, by initiating an investigation into whether A King’s civil rights were violated. Thomas warned that it is “not uncustomary” in the wake of such turbulent events for the federal government to spend another billion dollars, rather than examine whether it’s going to be valuable.” Wallop said it would not be “appropriate to assume the conclusion” of the federal investigation. He said the “passion displayed is a demonstration of the way we go about problems with welfare programs and race.” We wouldn t see the depth of passion if we would begin to look at fresh ways to look at poverty, stress and civil rights,” Wallop said. He called for “enterprise zones” in urban centers and programs proposed by Jack Kemp, federal secretary of housing, which would get the poor “into own­ ership rather than receivership.” Simpson commented that Bush Administration programs calling for urban revitalization have been “laughed out of the hearing room,” as have education programs involving “choice, merit and testing.” He also noted that the administration’s “crime bill is lay­ ing there ... with terminal rot.” The measure, which he said “didn’t satisfy House leftists,” includes limits on successive appeals of convictions by criminals and a “tough death penalty” provision. Asked about the recent abquisition of Tenneco’s soda ashjacility west of Green River. Wallop called the dcvel-~ ' opment “very exciting?’’” ” He said the synthetic soda ash process — used by the Bel­ gian company’s 10 plants in Europe — is environmentally damaging and wasteful of energy, while natural soda ash pro­ duction in Wyoming is far more economical. “This tells me they’ve come to the same conclusion,” Wallop said. Wallop predicted that American natural soda ash will see its way into European markets — regardless of recent Solvay statements that the company’s Green River produc­ tion is slated for North American, Latin American and Asian markets. He cal led Western Europe the “last bastion of subsidized industry in the world,” and suggested that the cheaper Amer­ ican product will inevitably find its way into European mar­ kets. J 5 �Sunday, May 3,1992 CasjM^L^ilacks protest L.A. verdict By DEIRDRE STOELZLEzr ’\ inal violations against those four Mike Reid thanked the mostly cruel, bigoted white policemen black demonstrators at the rally who beat Rodney King into sub­ .CASPER — About 40 people mission. This IS the Equality for holding a non-violent protest. “Certainly what has happened gathered in front of the Natrona State.” in California from the beating of Cpunty courthouse Saturday to The demonstrators also protest­ protest the acquittal of four white ed the shooting death, April 21, Rodney King to the looting and Los Angeles police officers who 1991, of a Casper black man, Den­ burning is not a good situation,” brutally beat black motorist Rod­ ny “Smokey” Lyles. Last Decem­ Reid said. “But thank you very much for coming down and letting ney King in March of 1991. ber, a District Court jury acquitted the city of Casper and the people “This is a revolution of equali­ David Wood, 20, of the first degree know how you feel without doing ty, and we’re standing together as murder of Lyles. it violently.” citizens and letting the world know A District Court judge granted Casper resident Larry Floyd told flftt we will not ever stand for any­ another defendant in the shooting, the demonstrators racism exists in thing like this again,” said Rev. Dennis Wood, a change of venue Aaron Phillips, an organizer of the for his trial. Dennis Wood is Casper, with hate crimes against impromptu rally. “Not in the state charged with criminally negligent blacks occurring “subtly,” for the most part. of Wyoming, or in our nation ever homicide “I am often asked by the non­ igain.” “A few months ago we were Standing on the courthouse standing on these very steps talking minority community in Casper, steps, the demonstrators protested about a black man who got shot in ‘Does racism exist here?’ When the acquittal of the four white po­ the back, and the jurors found his my children come home from lice officers, which led to four days assailant innocent also,” said Rev. school and ask me, ‘Daddy, what bf rioting in Los Angeles that left William Pierce, president of the are niggers?’ and they are eight more than 40 people dead and Casper chapter of the National As­ years old and ten years old, 1 tell caused $500 million worth of prop­ sociation for the Advancement of you, racism exists.” Floyd and other speakers at the erty damage. Colored People (NAACP). protest also acknowledged the slow ; The beating of King, which “We have been beaten up emo­ was captured on videotape, tionally. We have been beaten up and often unsuccessful attempts shocked the nation. The officers financially. We have been beaten blacks in America have made to had been charged with assault with up economically,” Pierce said. reach equality on all fronts. “We thought we had made a lot a deadly weapon and use of ex­ “But we are not a people who have of progress since the Sixties. If . cessive force. been beat. We will let this nation . “We’re here to show our sup­ know what we will and will not you recall in your history, in the Sixties the riots were started over port to our brothers and sisters in stand for.” the same incidents — police bru­ L.A.,” Phillips said. “We know Since its inception one month that Mr- Dick Cheney and Sena- ago, the Casper chapter of the tality in black neighborhoods. tor Alan Simpson have the Presi­ NAACP has drawn about 75 mem­ Nothing has changed, history is repeating itself,” Floyd said. dent’s ear. We, their constituen­ bers, Pierce said. There should’ve been some­ cy, hope they’ll do all they can to Standing in for Casper Mayor thing done a long time ago,” Pierce encourage Mr. Bush to bring crim- Mike Corrigan, City Councilman said in an interview. “Back in the ., ^r-T? 2 rioune stajj writer Sixties we had race riots, and we thought we had made a difference, but if you look at what’s happening in L.A. right now, we will see that we have not gone anywhere.” And Curtis Whitney, who said he was unjustly fired from the Casper Sanitation Department last June, said stereotypes of black men as violent and dangerous present a serious problem in resolving race­ related problems. “They stereotype the black male,” Whitney said. “According to the City, and because of my physical size. I’m perceived as a threat. And any other man who speaks out against injustice is con­ sidered a threat to the system.” Floyd told the demonstrators blacks in this country and in Casper are not given financial op­ portunities to reach equality. “If you go into the business commu­ nity in this town, you will not see minority-owned businesses,” Floyd said. “Racism is very subtle today.” Phillips said, “Equality must stand for everyone. Equal justice should be demonstrated to every­ one, no matter if you’re black or if you’re white. Not meeting each other with suspicions, but meet­ ing each other in love, and even in the love of Christ.” �___ _ --------- 1 Sunday, May 3,1992 GOP hwiior enlivens convention speeches n,/ V A T'U A D TNin r’/M T TXTC^'J' By KATHARTNF COT T ~ Southwestern Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS — Speechmaking at the GOP~convention in Rock Springs provided the pre­ dictable jabs at the Democratic Party, a free-spending U.S. Congress, and plugs for Republi­ can leaders and programs. But along with the standard fare were some unexpected twists and turns and a healthy dose of humor - some of which Sen. Diemer True, R-Natrona, provided at his own expense. Following an outline of the GOP strategy for balancing the budget during the recent legisla­ tive session - in which the Senate president included “common sense messages” he had received school children in Cheyenne - True took U: ir J • a poke at himself and other promi­ nent Republicans by displaying a final letter on the overhead pro­ jector. “Dear Mr. True,” the letter from Dell Knapp said. “Thank you for resigning from the Legislature. “Can you talk Simpson and Wallop into doing the same?” True then turned his attention to Rep. Barbara Cubin. R-Natrona and convention parliamentarian. He said he wanted to “put to rest” stories that the Republican lawmaker “would rather eat road­ kill than be interviewed by the Casper Star-Tribune.” He then presented her with a package of “Betty Trucker’s Road Kill Helper,” and thanked Paul “Crazy” (Krza) for his help in making the award possible. Krza is state editor of the Casper Star-Tribune. In his presentation on state gov­ ernment, True repeatedly blasted Gov. Mikp <;iiiHwnn-fnr inept handling of the budget session. State fiscal matters are “not in a crisis,” True said, and a projected shortfall in the current biennium of $57.5 million can be made up by another draw from the water de­ velopment fund, and anticipated increases in sales and mineral sev­ erance taxes. U.S. Sen. Al Simpson said there were “no winners” in the contro­ versy over the Senate Judiciary Committee handling of Anita Hill’s testimony against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, now on the high court. But he renewed his attack against Hill for her late-breaking allegations of sexual harassment against Thomas. He called her a “bright and thoughtful woman who knew ex­ actly what she was doing.” He again referred to letters and faxes “all coming over the transom ... all saying some very unflattering things about her.” Tjm Sansonetti. formerly state GOP chairman and now the top lawyer for the federal Interior De­ partment, served as convention chairman. In introducing Simpson, San­ sonetti used some rather unusual imagery to evoke the awe he felt when he first met the third-term Senator. “Just as you no doubt remember where you were when President Kennedy was shot, you probably also remember when you first met Al Simpsonv” Sansonetti said. �Sunday, May 3,1992 Senate pand OKs water project assistance ByPAVip HACKETT ■ (^grants, in which communities Star-rnoung iVashinglon Bureau WASHINGTON A measure that would provide millions of dol­ lars to small, economically de­ pressed communities for con­ struction of federally mandated public water facilities and land­ fills has been approved by a Senate oommittee. ^-The legislation would authorize die expenditure of $2.5 billion over five years to assist disadvantaged communities, with populations of less than 25,000, to build federal­ ly: mandated water treatment plants, landfills and public water systems, -•The measure was approved Thursday by the Senate Environnfent and Public Works Committee as an amendment to the Water Re­ sources Development Act. U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wvo.. a nfember of the committee, co­ sponsored the measure along with S^n. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and other senators. XThe money would be made ai^ailable in the form of matching would be required to produce 10 percent of the needed construction funds. Simpson issued a press release this week stating that communi­ ties in Big Horn, Campbell. Conversejr^nont, Lincoln and CHnta_CQunties would qualify for as­ sistance under the measure. In order to qualify, a communi­ ty must be officially designated as a “labor surplus area” by the U.S. Department of Labor. Warren Shaffer, a member of Simpson’s staff, said the Labor Department’s employment classification provided the most objective and politically accept­ able means of determining which communities qualify for assis­ tance. “There has to be a line drawn at some point,” he said. “Other than that we can only say ‘economical­ ly depressed,’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.” Simpson, who recently voted for deficit-cutting legislation that would limit annual spending in­ creases for mandatory federal en- titlement programs, said he thinks the locai-aid amendment is essen­ tial because federal law requires communities to build facilities that they cannot afford, “We have communities in Wyoming that are being required by the federal government to construct facilities that cost more than the assessed value of the entire town,” he said. “For too long now the federal government has required expensive environmental regulations without providing financial assistance...” The committee voted 13-4 to approve the amendment after Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., objected on grounds that it would increase the budget deficit and open a Pandora’s box of other, un­ related requests for assistance from state and local governments. No committee in the House of Representatives has approved a similar measure and it remains un­ certain whether the Water Re­ sources Development Act will be­ come law - with or without the lo­ cal assistance amendment - this year. i i ' ; • i 3 f I I < �Tuesday, May 5,1992 More wolf hearing needed, say Republicans IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Seven Western Republican senators and congressmen have asked for additional hearings on a proposal to reintroduce wolves into Yellowstone and central Ida­ ho. • Wyoming Sens, Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wallop, Idaho Sens Larry Craig and Steve Symms, Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana and Reps. Craig Thomas of Wyoming and Ron Marlehee of Montana signed a letter to Interi­ or Secretary Manuel Lujan re. questing further hearings before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser­ vice begins writing a draft envi­ ronmental impact statement on wolf reintroduction. Fish and Wildlife held 34 open houses throughout the three states to explain the environmental re­ view and to show how to com­ ment on the issue in writing. An­ other 34 open houses are sched­ uled in July. “It is apparent to me now, based on the concern expressed by a good number of our citizens, that the development of the EIS by the Fish and Wildlife Service is not hearing some of the very critical concerns of a variety of public land users,” Craig said Thursday, Ed Bangs, of Helena, Mont., who is coordinating the environ­ mental review for Fish and Wildlife, said the format was de­ signed to make it easier for people to get involved in the process. The lawmakers said the open houses “were not structured in a way that encouraged public in­ put.” “According to many in atten­ dance, the federal agencies clear­ ly controlled the agenda, an agen­ da that did not allow ample public input,” they wrote. . Bangs said the open houses were cheaper than hearings so more could be held in more com­ munities. In 1991, six hearings and meet­ ings were held in conjunction with a state and federal Wolf Management Committee. The hearings cost about $4,000 apiece, i Bangs said. Congress directed Fish and Wildlife to prepare an environ­ mental impact statement on wolf reintroduction. �Sunday, May 10,1992 Simpson biU would aid mUitaiy veterans “''S R-K.n., have ?he Wyoming RoP“£“ nW expand the current Gl bill and ere- ’=es=:i=se2 se 3S2^S^X.Z: ’'%Tbw’woS'‘be funded until 1997. �r Tuesday, May 12,1992 However, the legislation in question was sponsored by Sen • Simpson was up for re-election Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. And two in 1990. Hatch, the bill’s spon­ years ago Simpson was on record sor, was not. as being vigorously opposed to Simpson did, however, even­ passage of the bill. tually come around to support the The bill originally excluded bill, as a result of public and me­ yoming miners form coverage dia pressure. He has since spon­ VSon’’ c? P™^'sions. In April of sored informational public fomms 1990, Simpson said in an inter­ about the legislation, along with view that no one had been able to other members of the delegation. prove a cause and effect relation­ Once such hearing will be ship between uranium mining and tonight at the Riverton Holiday cancer. Inn between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. In addition, he blamed the con­ The Justice Department also has a troversy on election year politics, toll-free phone number on the law, saying “Don’t tell me about this 1-800-729-7329. baby, because you couldn’t have picked a better time than an elechon year to roll one up like this, put let s get senous about what it Then, about three weeks later the time period mentioned in Simpson news release Monday — m a letter to the Star-Tribune Simpson wrote, “I will work to see that this measure is defeated if It comes to the Senate floor for consideration. If I am not suc­ cessful in this effort, I will work to make very certain that Wyoming miners indeed, the deserving miners from any state — are not Ignored in the fervor of election year legislation.” Continued from Al t for illnesses acquired while work-. ing in uranium mines between' 1947 and 1971. The bill also provides $50,000 for people who lived downwind; from U.S. nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s and who contracted" certain illnesses. The Bush administration has! asked for $170 million to payj; compensation in its fiscal 1993 .budget. That is up from $30 mil-' lion this year. Simpson’s release said, “I am:! very pleased to have helped play a ! role to ensure that the federal gov­ ernment compensate these min- ' ers and their families. It was ex- • actly two years ago this month that I first met with a group of Wyoming uranium miners and ; their families who thoughtfully ; explained to me their situation. “I went right to work, and that summer I was successful in shep- J herding the Uranium VictimsCompensation Act through the Congress.” �Wednesday. May 13. 1992 Demonstrators picket Tipper Gore in Cody TIPPER GORE ‘Socially damaging ’ lyrics Photos by Dewey Vanderhoff CODY—Nearly 75 people in Cody last week demonstrated against Tipper Gore, an outspoken critic of allegedly pornographic and violence-inducing lyrics in contempo­ rary rock and rap music. Gore, the wife of Tennessee Senator Al Gore, was the keynote speaker Friday at the banquet for the Park County .Alliance for -the Mentally TH. Gnrp appeared at the Cody event at the invitation of Ann Simnson-jyife of.Wyoming Senator Alan Simngpn. Both women are active in mental health issues. During her speech. Gore referred to the demonstrators and said she defended the picketers rights to freedom of speech and expression. But Gore also reaffirmed her strong stance against “socially damaging” lyrics in current popular music. • The demonstrators said they were focus­ ing on Gore’s activities in the past two years to establish national standards for accept­ ability for musical content, similar to ratings applied to movies and television. �Wednesdays May 20,1992 Continued from Al Western town with no blacks liv­ ago during a Rotary Club fundrais­ ing there at the time, and although er for charity. These musical and these shows raised money for char­ variety minstrel shows were an­ ity, and although members of the nual events which began in 1952, white community were the focus and which were similar to numer­ of the satire, and despite any oth­ ous local ‘talent shows’ in small er positive intentions — these min­ towns all across America in those strel shows were clearly insensi­ days before the civil rights move­ tive, ment brought stunning new levels “At some point in the 1960s of awareness to us all, several members of the club, in­ “They were an effort to ‘be fun­ cluding me, gathered together and ny,’ a musical satire of the ‘year in determined that appearing in review’ of the community and all black face’ was not acceptable or of Its institutions, at a time when tasteful in view of the civil rights Americans — white Americans — struggle that was going on in our were surely not as sensitive as we nation. I am not precisely certain are today about matters concerning when the practice stopped, but to race and racial stereotypes. I was the best of my recollection, I was not aware at the time just how of­ not a part of it beyond the 60s. The fensive and tasteless it was. With the benefit of hindsight, I now Cody Rotary Club still has an an­ clearly realize it. I wish had known nual Rotary Show Revue’ which raises money for a variety of charthen what I know now —just as Jftcs. In fact, the 41st show was many mi llions of Americans wish held this past April. that. I wish I had recognized then “ It is my view that to a very the pain and anguish such nega­ large extent, the success of the civ­ tive racial stereotypes caused for il rights movement in the 60s and African Americans, but in my 70s was due to the education and community we had little exposure sensitization process of white to those conflicts at that time. Americans of good will — Amer­ All of life is learning and icans who had an inherent sense of growing. Americans who enjoyed justice, fairness, compassion, hu­ Al Jolson’s songs, or made ‘Amos and Andy’ a popular radio and manity and civility. 1 consider my­ self to be in that category as a ben­ television show, or laughed at Rochester on the Jack Benny Show eficiary of that movement. I have or laughed at any other negative listened and learned, and continue racial stereotype — may not have to be educated by the process. The sensitivities of millions of white considered themselves to be Americans, including my own sen­ i^cists. Some may have been sitivities, have changed dramati­ However, such ‘entertainment’ created and perpetuated unfair and cally since those times. We rec­ ognized the deep human pain that unjust racial stereotypes. Even if unintentional in many cases, it was had been borne before — and de­ definitely insensitive and offen­ cided as a nation to ‘do somethine about it.’We all did. sive. And it created an environ­ “These changes have made ment in our country which forced America better place to live, and African Americans to have to they are aalasting tribute to the sac­ struggle mightily for their equalirifices of Rosa Parks, Dr. King, Benjamin Hooks, and other leaders “Although Cody was a small of the civil rights movement.” �Friday, May 29,1992 Waflop says abortion issue won’t tear Republican Party apart at convention H Wnllop ways^veYe\n on that issue “And I don don ’t thinkthink it is the dividing line from an s right to an abortion during this summer’s Re­ most people as to whether or not they’re Republicans publican National Convention. But the Wyoming Republican doiihtq the debate tt It IS, the party is too shallow on other bases.” Wallop added that he’s not sure that the pressure will tear the GOP apaiL pro-abortion rights Republicans this year is During his weekly interview with Wyoming reany different than in years past. porters, the senator noted that he opposes abortion. The comments come after platform hearings in , J u it is important for political parties Salt Lake City that drew demonstrations, a public ™ issue and choose a stance on the matter, u The party has had that position and it has not been relations blitz from both sides and emotional testi­ shared by members of the party, all elected mem­ mony from the witnesses. Pro-abortion rights supporters within the party bers of the party,” he said. “I mean. Sen. f Alan) want It to drop the strict anti-abortion rights plank Rimpson (R-Wyo.) and I are quite different and al­ from the Republican platform. �Sunday, May 31,1992 i New^j/olf hearings could cost $24,wo to $50,W0 Ry DAVinHArVRTT---- Star-Tribune tVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Special public hearings on the initial phase of a proposal to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone could cost as much as j50,000, according to one estimate by the IJ.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Phil Million, a spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said an informal estimate by agen­ cy employees in Denver put the combined cost of six hearings and associated travel expenditures at $50,000, or 10 percent of the funds appropriated for 1992 for work on an environmgi]*pl ’mpnct Statement on wolf recovery. ' Million said, however, thaflhe $50,000 estimate is considered extremely rough. Other agency Please see COSTS, AIO Continued from Al officials think the cost of six hearings and associated travel probably would not exceed $28,000, he said. Million said the $50,000 esti­ mate assumes six public hearings would be held at a cost of $5,000 each and that federal officials would rack up a total of $20,000 in travel costs to attend all six meet­ ings. In a May 12 memo to U.S. Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan, U.S. Filh am ^HyiifeService Director/jpnn/TumeZ'said pub 1 ic hearing this yeaP'will require an increase in the fiscal year 1992 budget for development” of an en­ vironmental impact statement on wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone and central Idaho. Turner told Lujan that each pub­ lic hearing iwould cost about $4,000. Congress last year appropriated a total of $500,000 to help pay for an expected two years of work on the EIS. The Fish and Wildlife Service is the lead agency working on the EIS in cooperation with the Na­ tional Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Million said his agency is con­ templating six hearings, two in each state with a boundary adja­ cent to Yellowstone. The public hearings were re­ quested in a letter to Lujan by sev­ en Republican congressmen from Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. All three members of the Wyoming congressional delegation signed theletter. Rep. Craig Thomas. R-Wyo.. said he thinks the EIS is a waste of time and money in the first place and that any additional expendi­ tures should come out of the agen­ cies’ existing budgets. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., said the additional expense is worthwhile in view of the potential effects of wolves on Wyoming in­ dustries. Neal Sigmon, a member of Rep. Sid Yates House Interior Appro­ priations subcommittee staff, said his boss has not yet considered any supplemental funding for the EIS this year and is waiting for an of­ ficial decision by the Interior De­ partment about whether to sched­ ule the hearings. �Thursday, June 4,1992 CPB SeiKik* OKs more.woney for ]»ublic broadcasting i ' By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a 30 percent in­ crease in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broad­ casting Wednesday and gave the CPB’s politically appointed board of directors more discretion over programming decisions. The Senate authorized appro­ priations of up to $1.1 billion for CPB during a three-year period beginning in fiscal 1994. That amount represents a 30 percent increase from the existing funding authorization. The Senate also voted to ban “indecent” television programs from the public airwaves — on any network, not just public sta­ tions — between 6 a.m. and mid­ night. The amendment was of­ fered by Sen. Robert Byrd, DW.Va. All of the provisions were passed as amendments to the PubPlease see CPB, AIO j j Continued from Al lie Telecommunications Act of 1991, which is intended to reau­ thorize the CPB through 1996. The bill was passed by the Senate Wednesday evening 84-11. The House and Senate must still agree on a common version of the bill, and that could require a con­ ference committee. Wyoming GOP Sen. Malcolm Wallop voted against the bill. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., voted for it. Janis Budge, Wallop’s press secretary, said her boss voted against the bill because it included a large funding increase despite a large federal budget deficit. Simpson, who also opposed the funding increase, said amendments to the bill made the measure more palatable and “got the message across” to CPB about the nfeed to strive for balanced and objective programming. Wallop and Simpson both vot­ ed earlier in the day for an amend­ ment that would have frozen fed­ eral funding for CPB at existing levels. The amendment was killed by a vote of 75-22. On Tuesday, the Senate ap­ proved an amendment to the bill that gives the CPB’s politically appointed board of directors more influence over editorial decisions by the Public Broadcasting Sys­ tem and National Public Radio. The amendment requires the board, whose members are ap­ pointed by the president and the Senate, to review public broad­ casting programs for balance and to solicit public comments on pro­ graming. Under the amendment, where the board finds that a program is one-sided or that a particular per­ spective is not given a fair pre­ sentation, it can direct the CPB to fund programs that correct the per­ ceived imbalance. The amendment was approved by voice vote, meaning no roll call vote was recorded. Simpson and Wallop both supported the mea­ sure. Wallop issued a press release late Wednesday detailing his po­ sition and emphasizing his budget concerns as well as his general support for public broadcasting. “America is broke,” Wallop said. “With a $4 trillion national debt and a $400 billion annual deficit, this country absolutely cannot afford funding increases of 30 percent for any federal pro­ gram” However, Wallop also said, “The Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio have a lot to offer — the McNeil/Lehrer Newshour is a personal favorite of mine. I have been an active sup­ porter of public broadcasting for many years.” He said he helped establish public television in Wyoming. The corporation is a non-profit organization that receives federal funds, most of which are allocated to public television and radio sta­ tions throughout the country. A portion of the money is used to produce programs, which are sold for airing exclusively by corpora­ tion affiliates. The CPB helps produce pro­ grams such as Sesame Street, Mis­ ter Rogers Neighborhood, the Mc­ Neil/Lehrer Newshour, Wall Street Week, Nova, and All Things Con­ sidered. Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., had intended to offer an amendment that would have eliminated CPB funding for the Independent Tele­ vision Service and directed those funds to local public television stations. The ITVS has yet to produce a program that has been aired but some independently produced pro­ gramming that received CPB grants has been the object of con­ gressional criticism. Dole faced overwhelming op­ position to his amendment, how­ ever, and in the end won approval of a watered down compromise that instructs the CPB to provide grants to independent producers who represent the widest possible geographic distribution. Dole delivered a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday in which he asserted that the CPB spends more on administration than on programming. Dole also complained that tax­ payer subsidies had been improp­ erly used to capitalize certain pop­ ular CPB programs that have since been exploited for private gain. Dole said he thinks many CPB officials are overpaid and that what he describes as CPB’s $51 million “stock and bond portfolio” show that the organization’s taxpayer Subsidies are no longer justified. �Saturday, June 6,1992 Simj^on: ^Siiiiiinil ought to stress ‘common sense’ By The Associated Press The Earth Summit in Brazil should focus on “common-sense” issues rather than degenerate into America-bashing, U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson said. In his weekly telephone inter­ view with Wyoming reporters, Simpson said on Thursday that he hopes the ongoing United Nations summit in Rio de Janeiro would focus on such issues as overpopu­ lation and carbon dioxide emis­ sions in developing countries. “Hopefully, we won’t get into whether methane gas from cows is going to destroy the earth’s layer of ozone or whether those who eat beef should not be spoken to again,” Wyoming’s junior senator said. “I hope it stays on a common­ sense level where the whole pur­ pose isn’t to just make the U.S. feel guilty,” Simpson added. “I mean that we’re the only country on earth that has done some real pollution control and enhanced our environment for 25, 30 years — and in Wyoming, for the same length of time.” The United States came under attack for its refusal to sign an Earth Summit treaty to protect plant and animal diversity unless changes are made in the document. �Sunday, June 7,1992 Simpson: Perot yvifl soon have TO disclose positions --y JOAN BARRON —B By ' - -^tar-l ribune capital bureau ._^CHEYENNE — Potential in5^^endent presidential candidate S^s Perot is doing well at the mos^nt by ducking questions but ulitimately will have to explain his 3>ositions on taxes and other is;sues, Sen. Alan Simpson said Sat'urday. : Addressing the Wyoming ‘■Trucking Association luncheon, ;Simpson said he had told a group ;of wealthy people who like Perot ►that the Texas billionaire is likely :tb return the tax rate to 72 percent .’for those in their income bracket. ■ Terming the political phe- nomenon “Perot-tonitis,” Simp­ son said people will applaud Per­ ot’s refusal to answer questions from the news media up to a point. But he predicted that attitude will change. “He’s going to have to produce what other candidates have had to produce,” Simpson said. President George Bush, he added, has been under public scrutiny for 12 years and Democratic presidential can­ didate Bill Clinton for 12 months. Simpson said he holds 20 to 30 town meetings each year in Wyoming to learn what people are thinking and saying. “As far as I know Perot never Please see SIMPSON, A14 �Wednesday, June 10,1992 Simpson: liiiproye reporting By CANDY MOULTOM_ Star-Tribune correspondent, ENCAMPMENT — A new lamb price reporting program that could lead to more stability with­ in the industry will cost only a fraction of what officials earlier were told the price tag would be, U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo said Tuesday. In a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural Re­ search and General Legislation Tuesday, Simpson spoke in favor of his proposal to expand current U.S. Department of Agriculture (U SDA) market reporting systems for lamb products. The price reporting is one step Congressional leaders are taking to see what they can do “to en­ sure that we don’t have this dis­ crepancy of 55 cents at the farm gate and four bucks at the retail counter,” Simpson said. During the past three years pro­ ducers say they have been receiv­ ing only about 50 cents per pound for their lamhS- They have said they need at least 65 cents a pound in order to break even on costs. During that same period retail prices for lamb have been between $5 and $6. A U.S. Justice Department in­ vestigation into the price discrep­ ancy is continuing, Simpson said. American Sheep Industry Pres­ ident Jim Magagna of Rock Springs also testified at the hear­ ing. Simpson said industry offi­ cials feel better price reporting will not only help producers but also give consumers a break. ‘‘We’re right now to the nuts and bolts of the issue,” Simpson said in a telephone interview late Tuesday. “Things aren’t working and the lack of marketing and price information is crippling the producers and their ability to make any kind of profitable mar­ ket decisions.” “That’s completely unaccept­ able and it is one of the major fac­ tors contributing to the lamb in­ dustry’s steep decline in the past few years,” Simpson added. Simpson last fall called on the USDA to establish a comprehen­ sive market reporting system that would provide current price and supply data for all levels of the industry — including the produc­ er, breaker, packer, wholesaler and retailer. Much of Tuesday’s discussion centered on how much it will cost for the reporting and which fed­ eral agency is best equipped to do itThe Department of Agriculture opposed Simpson’s legislation last year saying a new retail price re­ porting system would cost more than $4 million to implement, Simpson said. On Tuesday, how­ ever, the agency said it can do the reporting at a cSimpson:ost of $187,000 annually. The Department of Agriculture “didn’t want to do it, so it was go­ ing to cost a bundle. Now they know darn well they’re going to have to do it so now they’ve got­ ten realistic” with costs, Simpson said of the change in USDA cost estimates. USDA officials testified Tues­ day that the difference was due to the fact that the Bureau of La­ bor Statistics (BLS) would be in charge of retail reporting and they had incorrectly computed and of­ fered their prior cost estimate, Simpson said. During the hearing BLS offi­ cials “strongly suggested that US­ DA did not have a role to play” in the price reporting, Simpson said. �rThursday> June U , 1992 ' Continued from Al dress offered to local television stations, he said, “The deficit is what’s real. Congressional inac­ tion is what’s real. A constitution­ al amendment<mandating a bal­ anced budget is what’s needed.’’ If both the House and Senate approve the amendment, twothirds of the states would have to ratify it before it could become law. Several proposals are likely to be debated in the House. The main alternative under con­ sideration would exclude Social Security from budget calculations, prohibit Congress from approving deficit spending unless first pro­ posed by the President, and bar Congress from approving a bud­ get that exceeds overall spending levels proposed by the President. The primary proposal would not require a “super majority” of Congress— 60 percent of those voting — to approve deficit spend­ ing. Congress would be forced to set spending priorities under a bal­ anced budget amendment, Thomas said, and decide what it can afford to spend as opposed to what it would like to spend. / Thomas said he thinks th^ihe budget can be balanced without trimming Social Security benefits be complemented by means testing for Social Security, Medicare and or increasing taxes. Thomas also said he thinks other federal benefits; Sen. MalCongress can go a long way to­ colm Wallop, R-Wyd., also sup­ ward balancing the budget by sim­ ports means testing for Social Se-. I ply freezing existing spending lev­ curity. Thomas said Wednesday that els without imposing major cuts. Congressional action to control he does not favor dealing with the health care costs also would con­ means testing question at this tribute to a balanced budget, he time.. The House balanced budget said. “The cost of Medicaid is grow­ amendment debate brought a flood ing 15 to 17 percent a year,” he of public relations activity said. “It’s a major, big ticket item.” Wednesday. Ralph Nader’s group Asked whether he thinks any Public Citizen’s Congress Watch spending cuts would be necessary in a release called Thomas a “fiscal to balance the budget, Thomas said hypocrite” for supporting the bal­ he thinks it depends on the national anced budget amendment while last year favoring deficit financ­ economic growth rate. “There is no shortage of things ing for the savings and loan bailout to consider” for cuts, he said. “The that “triples the cost and sends the real dilemma is with the people bill to the next generation.” who have the notion that more " “It appears that Rep. Thomas is jumping on the balanced budget government is better.” Thomas said he thinks a limited bandwagon during this election freeze proposal made earlier this year to score political points with year by Sen. Pete Domenici, R- the voters back home,” said the group’s staff attorney Sherry EtN.M., is a “great idea.” Domenici’s plan, which was tleson in a release. “But when it comes to making killed in the Senate, would limit in­ creases in all mandatory federal the hard choices about how to entitlement programs to new cases come up with the billions of dollars and the rate of inflation beginning to pay for the S&L mess, Rep. Thomas has hypocritically passed in 1997. Sen. Alan Simpson. R-Wvo.. that bill onto future generations,” said Domenici’s proposal should she said. �Big share of Simpson income non-salarvJ I I I j > 1 s- 5*0? 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Alan Simpson’s inconie in 1991 came from sources outside nis Senate salary, according to his 1991 personal financial disclosure statement. :> Simpson s total income was over $175,000 in 1991, according to the state­ ment. ■'. '■■• . least $85,600 of that came from outside sources: rental income, investment income, and a combination of book royalties personal appearances and radio debates An exact figure is not available because the re- CD 2 o c^< ^■3 CD CD CO CD CD o »Qo 2 '5-2 2 3 ft w 2 O o 2o SiS-E" K. CO co B CD B O. O 5 pTO s TO *1 p\. B' a. « rt co l-M co CO i-t s§<« ca B S rp o “ '“a 3' 5* o’> »■! 2 a S-3 S — ■* ® ’2. 3 o ’ B. 3 O p • �Ann Shnpson earned really income Qi/ \ WASHINGTON — An article in the June 16 edition of the StarTribune incorrectly identified Wyoming GOP,Sen. Alan Sirnpson as the recipient of certain in­ come listed in the senator’s fed­ erally required financial disclo­ sure statement. Simpson’s wife, Ann, made more than $1,000 as a real estate sales person. Ann Simpson also made be­ tween $5,000 and $15,000 on rental property in Cody and is the owner of certain stocks listed in the financial disclosure statement. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Vertical File Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of the files. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. This is a collection of files regarding U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were used by the Casper Star-Tribune. 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The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many of these corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. Relation A related resource The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson 1992 Casper Star-Tribune Articles Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. 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The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000 according to a newspaper article on the donation. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/e4b01661fa39df58acdbae18be2973ce.jpg 9460508d9e1db8ee088bf91adf55de74 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2d226087d4b0b755304707bd234626f1.jpg 7f2c2c0637c33a60fdbc88f524f20275 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Vertical File Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of the files. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. This is a collection of files regarding U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These files and documents are part of a larger collection of Casper Star-Tribune vertical files consisting of a series of file folders arranged by people, places, and events. These files at times have a corresponding file of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2001.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many of these corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. Relation A related resource The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Biography Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2000.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeV_AlanSimpson_Biography Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/39" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/39</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000 according to a newspaper article on the donation. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/582b079d6d3dd752b2ce0431c07d74bd.pdf 098e7570685bd503a61942b2d7e58c74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Vertical File Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of the files. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. This is a collection of files regarding U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These files and documents are part of a larger collection of Casper Star-Tribune vertical files consisting of a series of file folders arranged by people, places, and events. These files at times have a corresponding file of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2001.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many of these corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. Relation A related resource The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Correspondence and Statements Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of the files. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1986 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource PDF of various documents of correspondence and statements from 1986 addressed to and from U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson. The articles are part of a collection of files and photographs that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995. Items in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2000.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeV_AlanSimpson_Correspondence and Statements_1986 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/39">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/39</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000 according to a newspaper article on the donation. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/222a3e011098c2dfaf464219fb96cd5a.jpg aaa9d85e329a9d0e87571d149eccbfac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1982-07-25 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1982-07-25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/bf164c3b32c745fbb5617d6fa1ca1013.jpg fc4de31fd53570e304541b1256f60d04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1982-10-23 Subject The topic of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson leaning into a microphone. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1982-10-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Description An account of the resource Photograph of U.S. Senator Alan Simpson with State Representative Pete Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/60574f9748619bca891091cf78698f78.jpg ae95173d7906c197b78ca476371e9a7c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1982-12-21 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1982-12-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/5ffca66c33cff21df2f8f0d1558ea816.jpg 1ef8dd6121aae90dcf955d01ae8cd3a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1983-02-08 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1983-02-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/dcf7370fd28130a348a609904c8bccb3.jpg 2a542d627033b288f5224363fc71ba04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1983-02-12 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource CasperStar-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1983-02-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2259df7e41396fa3e508f7d5ae58bb15.jpg 3ff16a9f5aa67f75205c789c80285065 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1983-03-08 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_AlanSimpson_1983-03-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Casper College https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/a20f61847f628f45de9c2fd1b085612a.jpg 866e69a7cd8e1038b2bd8fbbea01830e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource This is a collection of 86 photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These photographs are part of a larger collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeoplePhotos_AlanSimpson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-1993 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1981-1993 Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/27</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25384</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan Simpson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of photographs. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1983-06-02 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource Photograph of Alan Simpson. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune. They date from 1981 to 1993. These photographs are part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs in this collection serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." There were 19,000 envelopes that were gifted to the repository, which totaled between 330,000 and 460,000 images. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune People Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PeP_AlanSimpson_1983-06-02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/26</a> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints to Casper College early in the year 2000. These photographs and negatives have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Casper College