83 10 9760 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/05a2f580f0f5657af1ea56d7ca5c6c4f.pdf 990b93e723ae9b1f6f567c9b4811d2d8 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 Casper Star-Tribune Vertical Files 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> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1967 - 1995 Description An account of the resource The Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File consists 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. In the words of Special Collections Curator at the time, Kevin Anderson, the overall Casper Star-Tribune Collection, of which these vertical files are a part, serves to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune 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. 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.02-Alt_CasperStar-TribuneVerticalFiles 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 Casper Theaters 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> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1920-1989 Subject The topic of the resource Casper (Wyo.) -- History; Casper (inhabited place) Description An account of the resource Vertical file of the Casper Star-Tribune's containing articles on Casper's Theaters. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2000.01 Vertical WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PlV_CasperTheaters Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper Star-Tribune Extent The size or duration of the resource. 11 pages https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b3899ab4c064cefd734711533db043a9.jpg 3788c5ecb7eb47c902f62c6ccab38560 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 Casper Star-Tribune 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> Description An account of the resource The photograph record group that was gifted to Casper College consists of photographs and negatives created and/or 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. 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 Individual standing on edge of dock 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. Subject The topic of the resource Alcova (inhabited place) Description An account of the resource This photograph is part of a collection that consists of photographs and negatives created and/or 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 Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2000.01 Ph WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2000.01_PIP_AlcovaDam_44 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/03e2aecd25790bdff70bec8c77d609aa.jpg 1ce59d612acdfb3650be0e974127a045 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 Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Places Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Description An account of the resource This digital collection contains photographs of places, locations, and buildings that were used by the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce before being gifted to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_PlacesPhotos Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print photographs, negatives, and photo slides Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs: <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is also available for viewing: </span><a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173</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 Casper Star-Tribune Building Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Undated Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the old Casper Star-Tribune building. A new facility for the newspaper was opened in 1982 as part of the Evergreen Business Plaza. The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Records collection consists of a wide range of photographs, media, and documentation of activities, events, and programs undertaken by the Casper Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 2010. Images in this collection highlight community events, buildings and places, local interests, businesses, people, leadership, and tourism. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_Casper Star-Tribune_01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9e33b43afbd16c9a8048899185551373.jpg f673de71549d1b4279aea6a6899dddba 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 Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Places Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Description An account of the resource This digital collection contains photographs of places, locations, and buildings that were used by the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce before being gifted to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_PlacesPhotos Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print photographs, negatives, and photo slides Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs: <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is also available for viewing: </span><a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173</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 Casper Star-Tribune Building Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Undated Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the old Casper Star-Tribune building. A new facility for the newspaper was opened in 1982 as part of the Evergreen Business Plaza. The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Records collection consists of a wide range of photographs, media, and documentation of activities, events, and programs undertaken by the Casper Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 2010. Images in this collection highlight community events, buildings and places, local interests, businesses, people, leadership, and tourism. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_Casper Star-Tribune_02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/d8c9447ecb6053c04db45ac7bc5e68ef.jpg c455d534eb5a1eb218bf1f03dcaa273a 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 Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Places Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Description An account of the resource This digital collection contains photographs of places, locations, and buildings that were used by the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce before being gifted to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_PlacesPhotos Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print photographs, negatives, and photo slides Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs: <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is also available for viewing: </span><a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173</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 Casper Water Department Building Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Undated Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Casper Water Department building, Casper, Wyoming. The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Records collection consists of a wide range of photographs, media, and documentation of activities, events, and programs undertaken by the Casper Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 2010. Images in this collection highlight community events, buildings and places, local interests, businesses, people, leadership, and tourism. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_Casper Water Department_01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/3fd381376d4bf940a5c10ccb27f2c457.jpg 94d73b9c46a6f90a80c5b0b9c992f8b7 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 Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Places Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Description An account of the resource This digital collection contains photographs of places, locations, and buildings that were used by the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce before being gifted to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_PlacesPhotos Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print photographs, negatives, and photo slides Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/52</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs: <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a><br /><br />The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is also available for viewing: </span><a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/173</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 Casper Water Department Building Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. Commercial use, electronic reproduction, or print publication of text, images, or other materials is strictly prohibited without written permission. All permissions to publish must be obtained from the rights holder and are not the repository's responsibility for securing. The rights holder may or may not be the repository. Users also agree to hold the repository harmless from legal claims arising from their use of material held by the institution and made accessible in this digital repository. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Undated Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Casper Water Department building, Casper, Wyoming. The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Records collection consists of a wide range of photographs, media, and documentation of activities, events, and programs undertaken by the Casper Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 2010. Images in this collection highlight community events, buildings and places, local interests, businesses, people, leadership, and tourism. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_Casper Water Department_02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/cd1e456eaf2b29ec872465091d6d9ca7.jpg f4cbeef91518ec1a30f53d0beed31645 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 Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Places Photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/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. The reformatted images in the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs are for personal, not-for profit use of students, researchers, and the public. Any use must provide attribution to the Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). While being the property of Casper College, all text, images and other materials are subject to applicable copyright laws. 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Undated Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Casper Water Department building, Casper, Wyoming. The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Records collection consists of a wide range of photographs, media, and documentation of activities, events, and programs undertaken by the Casper Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 2010. Images in this collection highlight community events, buildings and places, local interests, businesses, people, leadership, and tourism. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2002.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2002.01_Casper Water Department_03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/9</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b033f857ea3eb63539fc8ce76949593a.pdf c0661bb05788a2fc9f2a3204067e8606 PDF Text Text Tuesday. Jan.lary 5. 1988 Slar-TriOunc. Casper, Wyo Simpson says strike bad. situation for Sheridan : By JIM NEWSOM 61 ^€tar-Tnbune correspondent SHERIDAN — Wyoming Sen. ^i^^Pson Monday described the three-month-long Decker Coal stril^as a ‘/wretched son of a bitch^' during a press con­ ference here. Simpson, in addition, reiterated a statement made by his Senate cofleague Malcolm Wallop here in November that local, state or federal officials should not take sides in the strike issue Or involve themselves in SIMPSON strike settlement negotiations. “It’s just about the worst thing that can be for any community, but it is not for me as a U.S. senator to intrude into manage­ ment and labor, and 1 do not in­ tend to, and I hope to God they can work it out,’’ Simpson said. “1 hope and pray that they can get something done that will be honest and responsible. I It s called labor-management. It’s been going on in this country since Eugene Debs, and if we didn’t have unions, we never would have had a good country,’’ Simpson added. Simpson told reporters that the National Labor Relations Board often reflects the political viewpoints of the administration in power when ruling upon issues like the United Mine Workers of America Local 1972 unfair labor practices charges currently pending against the Decker Coal Com­ pany. But he said has “no idea’’ how the present NLRB will rule in the matter. Simpson expressed hopes that both sides in the strike will “keep talking” and attempt to resolve the strike peacefully. The two-term Republican declined to comment on whether he believes the strike stems from Decker Coal Co. attempts to break the union. “1 haven’t-the slightest idea what management is intending to try to do, or what the union is intending to try to do,” Simpson said. Simpson said he plans to run for Senate Minority Leader should Kansas Sen. Robert Dole, a fellow Republican, be elected President this year. Simpson also said that he has repeatedly wrangled with Florida Congressman Claude Pepper over the issue of freezing cost of living increases for recipients of Social Security payments. During a “town meeting” with an audience composed mostly of senior citizens, Simpson talked about the U.S. deficit and recently-imposed immigration restrictions. At the beginning of the discus­ sion session, one eldci ly woman grilled the senator about being quoted in the press using “earthy language” and asked him if he reads the Bible. Simpson responded that he reads the Bible everyday, and said that his mother “does still call me when I slip into ‘earthy-isms’ that are inappropriate.” �Wednesday. January 6.1988 -Star-Tribynei Casper, . ' - ’ ■ _ ___ '_,t ■ ^nipson hears Saratogans’ concerns receive R-SARATOGA — Concerns dent aid those who also receiv public assistance can receive. about assistance for poverty-level “We are real, afraid we are going students and child care were raised i by citizens at a town meeting with ''!'to be i forced ,ot»t pR scnooR- • . Barker said. i " i Sen. Alan Simpson here Tuesday. • Students who are receiving Simpson also commented at social assistance while going to length about how the media covers school are making an effort to get people and events after Jean Rayl “off the merry-go-round” of suggested a committee be formed welfare support, Barker said. She to “take the control back of how said they thipk their efforts to ob­ people like you and President tain an education should be con­ Reagan are treated’’ by journal­ sidered an ^investment” rather ists. . than a burden. Wendy Barker with the Univer­ Simpson also said some type of sity of Wyoming Coalition child-care programs must be im­ Against Poverty told Simpson plemented to serve the single students want a change in formulas parents who must work. which restrict the amount of stu- �Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thuisday, January 7,1988 Simpson backs cutting cost-of-living allowances Senator speaks to sonSaratoga chamber said he supports the ratifica- C^By CANDY MOULTON Star-Tribune correspondent P' SARATOGA — Federal en­ titlement spending must be cut and cutting cost-of-living allowances for Social Security recipients is one • way to do it, U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson told the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. “Either we deal with the en­ titlement program, or we will not make it,” Simpson said when discussing the current federal budget deficit. Simpson said UjjP'V ’V"" he is prepared to ' support acrossthe-board spending restrictions and also said WlKfe. cost-of-living al■ 1 o w a n c e s , (COLAs) for the SIMPSON federal entitle . , ment programs such as Social Se­ curity and veterans must be brought into line. “We ought to at least have the guts to means test the Social Secu­ rity cost-of-living allowance,” I Simpson said. “The COLA is out of hand.” i In an address before the Sarato­ ga-Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, Simp- tion of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty. “1 think it’s a start. I don’t think it’s anything more than a very small step,” But he said he has hopes that continued relations between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev will lead to further arms restrictions. Simpson said Gorbachev “sure tossed in the gauntlet” during his Washington visit last month. But the senator also said he doesn’t think most Americans know what Gorbachev actually said. Simpson said he was told by an American intrepreter that Gor­ bachev often said “almost hostile things, some of which were almost crude.” However Gorbachev’s in­ trepreter was making the com­ ments “beautifully smooth,” Simpson said. Simpson said he., asked .Gor­ bachev (d bring me’uibcts. bf the Politburo to Washington instead of the “functionaries” the Soviet Union currently sends. However, he’s not optimistic that will hap­ pen. “If you ever brought (the Polit­ buro members) to the United States their eyes would blink like a frog in a hailstorm,” Simplon said. : �Simpson, Wallop travel different paths on two major budget bills The biggest and most unlikely surprise we could receive is to learn that we might actually .have met our spending reduction targets,’’ he said. “However, those of us • CASPER — Wyoming’s two who thought we would actually senators cast opposite votes on receive what we had requested are two major budget bills approved discovering that what all our good just before Congress adjourned intentions have brought us are last month. lumps of coal and switches and Sen. Alan Simpson said in Cas­ ashes.” per Wednesday that the continuing He said he did not have a chance resolution process that lumps to review the report before it together massive appropriations at reached the Senate floor. the end of the Congressional ses­ “By signing the report, I sion is a bad approach, yet he basically would have given consent voted for the bill because it is the to the entire document, a docu­ way Congress has chosen to run the government. , ment 1 had not seen,” Wallop said. “We had not even so much ... Sen. Malcolm Wallop told colas a summary.” leagueis in a Senate speech he voted Unlike Wallop, Simpson voted against the deficit reduction for the deficit reduction package ; package that became law late last saying he preferred it to proposed year because Congress didn’t nave Gramm-Rudmann-Hollings cuts, . enough time to review the massive that would have taken effect legislation. should the package have failed to The deficit reduction package pass Congress. "consisted of two parts — a “The continuing resolution is a '“budget reconciliation’’ bill set­ very poor way to do business,” ting out how deficit reduction Simpson said, “but the only way targets would be met and the con­ you can get your stuff moving.” tinuing resolution, which sets Still, Simpson said he continues spending levels for the fiscal year to support across-the-board cuts in - that began Oct. 1. the budget, but acknowk.iges that '• The Senate passed the reconcili­ kind of plaii has little backing ation bill by a 61-28 vote and the among his Senate colleagues. * continuing resolution by a tally of Simpson said he supported the 59-30. Simpson voted in favor of deficit reduction package instead both measures, as did Rep. Dick of sequester, because the package Cheney. will span two years as compared to All three Wyoming Republicans one. were members of House-Senate “Originally I was going to let it conference committees that crafted go to sequester,” he said, “I said component parts of the final let her rip. But that would not compromises for the reconcilia­ have been very responsible. But it tion bill. But Wallop refused to sure would be effective. But effec­ sign the conference report encomtive for only one year. ' passing the entire measure. “I figured if we go to the Despite his being unable to automatic sequester, it would be . review the package in detail, Walfor one year and we would have to , lop raised objections to specific do the same thing next year. So I .elements included in the revenue­ went for two years of getting kind raising portion of the deficit redicof weak reduction versus one year tionplan. . of pretty hard reduction.” “We are preparing to vote on Simpson blamed the Democratthe two most important bills to ^cdnK before the Senate this year, ' ic-coiiflp)jj«d,.jHousew,oi>; Repre--, sentatives ' for “loading” apprd- and we have no idea what is in­ priatioris into the continuing reso­ i’ eluded in this Christmas package,’’ lution so that the Senate cannot J; Wallop said in a Senate speech handle them. « Dec. 21. Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, January 7,1988 ByDANlEl .WISEMAN and ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune staff writers Wallop said he was opposed to “this blind voting” that is a “sad commentary on the world’s greatest deliberative body. ” He also blasted the conference report for its tax-increasing provi­ sions. “The conference report has merged mediocrity, in the guise of the Senate reconciliation bill, with disaster, as concocted by the House reconciliation bill,” he said. “We have been seduced into, raising taxes.” Although proponents claimed the tax hikes are “painless,” Wal­ lop said they are “the types of taxes that rocked Wall Street in October, and are neither harmless nor responsible.” The “negative impact this (tax) increase will have on Wyoming will far exceed the alleged benefits to the nation,” Wallop said. A third of the tax increase comes from excise and employment taxes that will impose a heavy burden on the small businesses that are a mainstay of Wyoming’s economy, he said. Extending the 3 percent tele­ phone excise tax will hurt individ­ uals as well as small businesses. Wallop said. He also criticized provisions to extend certain payroll taxes and to broaden taxes on tip income and life insurance benefits. Wallop said he opposed freezing the top rate on estate and gift taxes, rather than allowing it to drop as scheduled under the 1986 tax reform law. ' “We all know what happens to rate freezes around here — thev tend to be ice age in duration,” he said. “1 hope arid pray that no ranch family or family-owned business is forced to liq ddate to pay the extra estate tax due because of this change — but we all know some will.” The $23 billion tax increase in the reconciliation measure comes on top of a $33 billion hike in Social Security taxes ,in 1988, Wal­ lop said.' Medicare fees are' due to go up $8 billion, bringing the total burden on the economy to $64 bil­ lion, he said. �Simpson says Brookliurst oollntion troubles ‘hyped About 400 attendhas “been town meeting "hyped” and should be Colorado’s bid tor the super col ,,, _J»» ...My) W ZM IH h “put in perspective.” ‘ officials will ensure th^ c Brookhurst is protected from pollution,”............. he said. gut Simpson promised to in­ vestigate Barkhart’s claim that the EPA had mismanaged its plan to supply Brookhurst with town of Evansville water ’’should it be rep i Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Thursday. January 7 1 9 8 8 Al Ry DANIEL WlSEMAbL /I Star-Tribune sta ft writer n ' camper_ Sen. Alan Simpr CASPEK. sorara^t"40b *ding a “town meeting here Wed­ nesday that pollution problems at Sr Brookhurst subdivisionhave been'^'hypeJT and insisted that there is no conspiracy to threaten the health of the subdivision s res- i haTS^imention of seek­ • He ha Republican ,ng a placeo ’TrSSSouncebU»P^» tor a Republican pres.d»t^g«^ “’Sab S - betSe the Na- “onalConventionAissumM. with Canada *’'*Buving out the subdivision by "’u teS’ Wyoming’s cattle Xry “ b»"<?,r-^^ebus,nesses the state or lederai jvernmcnt is ! '^The Wyoming Republican ficid- not the answer fo. Brookhurst, •"„“?S’b:bV"SSinc«d^„w Simpson said, adding that ^h a ‘ ed questions on AIDS, protection of Persian Gulf shtpp- move would “mean it is OK to hnion that would pn^ 'agrecinenl . , , _zj ' ing, the homeless and the budget pollute.” Simpson defended foreign aid, i'ouu’Soy his intentions to deficit. . K saying it makes up on^ a small h,«,o?rs»,, -S’rtSs"Sst^>",S; ?S'gh‘?udS"dSS wSdc 'homliis proolcJ; -.“.poL^- pane and th.’ C.nada-U5 trade woulc be tally ill street people in institu- wreement .nideousblow. ” Simpson said. noting that he had i number of major spending bills. tions* - Persian Gulf " lA L Sed over to The gathering was part ot a stale, shipping should be hanaen tour. (See related story, Bir the united Nations, Simpson h. Earlier- Wednesday, Simpson Responding to a enti r said passage of the prono^ Unit­ ed States-Canada free trade . dience who chided humorist " o' agreem^t would “wipe t^t the 1 being too much : while ignonng consniuem ^P^ state’s uranium industry and he blcms, SimpsOT humor, therefore will oppose the pact. humorist. difference. ” He He said Wyoming’s uranium in­ dustry is dormant, but the effect of ; the treaty will be like “shooting a £ "ould condnue <0 ‘ corpse.” “““S'erfer interview I Later at the town meeting, ! Simpson would not commit to in' vestigating the U.S, EnvironmenI tai Protection Agency’s handling j of the delivery of water to the i “Sin‘AiS^iS w j Brookhurst subdivision in Casper, SSl'S^cSiUesiO i but promised to meet privately on i the matter. “r5:U"houia enppnr, Simpson told Brookhurst ac­ tivist Linda Burkhart that no “conspiracy” exists on the part of the stale's congressional delega­ tion, the governor, or the EPA to threaten the health of Brookhurst residents. Simpson charged that the issue �—-.uiuiiouAc. nc saiu oen. led .Timpson, K-wyo, predicted . . , arguments against , trusting fife i : Stevens, R-Alaska, * , Thursday. •wh»r, o.. Soviets are worth heeding, but ad- i ! him: ' He said the odds of such an outr there?’ S^ing to get ded that he is “with the president” • ’ out of there? corne are “75-10-25” if the Soviets support the recently sign“And Shevardnadze said ‘N begin withdrawing troops from ed INF pact when it soon comes to I. this year.’ Afghanistan. vote before the Senate. > “And Ted Stevens said, ‘Whati Secretary of State George On the difficulty of reducing the ? does that mean?’ Schultz announced Thursday the ; budget deficit, Simpson said that “And Shevardnadze said, ‘Not United States will cooperate with politicians have io provide pro­ this year,. ’ the Soviet Union’s plan to grams for their constituents or withdraw from Afghanistan by the (j “So here the year starts and now “they end up out of office. ” they are going to do it — so that ’ s end of the year by agreeing to stop “The American people will not great,” Simpson said. military aid to the rebel forces. let you cut entitlement programs,” He said the Soviets “ have Simpson hailed the move, saying Simpson said. “Someone has let removed the only argument they them know that somehow the pol­ it indicates improved superpower have ever given (for remaining in iclations. iticians are at blame, whei ’ > are Afghanistan).” Simpson credited the at blame. They want this from the “ They wanted to be sure about breakthrough in part to pressure federal treasury and by God if you the kind of government that would bom congressional leaders, who want to toui.ii this, you’ll have to replace the one there,” he said. he said told Soviet General Secre­ i pay attention.” i Shevardnadze said Wednesday ' Simpson said , he believes that tary Mikhail Gorbachev that a that removal of troops from Soviet withdrawal from Congre'js " "Id be able to make j Afghanistan would not depend on strong uu if the stock market Afghanistan would help Senate ' having a transitional government passage of a treaty eliminating were to suffer another tremendous j acceptable to Moscow. short-range missiles in Europe. j Should the Soviets leave j fall as it did in October. Simpson disclosed that Senate “It’s almost a pity that it went ; Afghanistan, Simpson said there is | back up like it did,” he said. “In Majority Leader Robert E|yrd, i a “75-to-25” chance that a treaty j l)-W. Va., had told Gorbachev I reducing strategic nyclear weapons' that sluggish condition,, they during the December summit in (Congress) would have made the by 50 percent will be signed by the Washington that should the choice to take the medicine. If the Reagan administration and the market caves in 300 points like it Soviets establish a timetable for Soviet Union. withdrawal from Afghanistan that did, it will be less difficult to get Turning to other topics, Simp­ back to the table and get results.” “it would make it eminently easier for the INF (Intermediate-range son said that Americans are at the At a town, meeting in Casper root of the country’s economic Wednesday, Simpson said pro­ Nuclear Forces) treaty topass.” , problems, and that politicians are He recalled the conversation merely following the people’s blems at the contaminated i Brookhurst Subdivision in Casper j during an interview Thursday: wishes by continuing to fuel the have been “hyped” and need to be “Byrd said, ‘Then you know, deficit. “pul into perspective.” we would have passed the SALT And Simpson expanded on his Simpson said Thursday that treaty if you hadn’t invaded Wednesday remark that con­ “people” have created an image Afghanistan. And Gorbachev kind taminationS»bK troubles have in' been' the i’ that “nobody cares about of gave him the evil eye,” Simpson Brookhurst '“'“And then Byrd said, ‘if you ^’’^^'^eople'(who') have made/ Brookhurst.” He also suggested Brookhurst “And then Byrd said, ' and Evansville residents could be were to phase a withdrawal from It out that government is not con-1 given charcoal filters for installa­ Afghanistan, if the timetable came cerned, which is false.” tion on spigots to purify water. He before we are to vote and debate; He also said that: on the (1N1-) treaty, it Would makei • Wyoming’s sagging economy reiterated that he believes water in Brookhurst and Evansville com­ it eminently easier to pass.’ Cor I mentioned by citi- plies with federal clean drinking According to Simpson ' ' |Zens on his recent tour of the state water standards. Please see SIMPSON, A8 “How that perception got out there that nobody cares, I don’t know,” he said. “It’s a shame to give the governor a bum rap and we have been riding the EPA (U.S. Environmental * Protection ' Agency) like a horse.’’ ; , J Later, he said the perception that “nobody cares” could derive from subdivsijii i residents who .‘‘live’* the problems everyday, while politicians and others have ' concerns elsewhere. : Simpson objected to Brookhurst ; activist Linda Burkhart bringing ' ' the subject of the carcinogen trihalomethane — a derivative of ■ water cholorihation treatment — into the discussion of the EPA’s plan to pump vyater from Evansville to the subdivision: He called the topic “erroneous.” “I don’t understand how you can provide a whole new water' source,” he said, “and then having somebody (Burkhart) howling like a gutshot panther and complaining about that too. To think that there are people out there that think their government is not tending to them is a travestv ” ( �f. K ■•'i, ■ -Star-Tribune, Casper, ^turday, January 9,1988 ( furkhart ^amed by Simpson ; ‘hype’ source /VAlpl i C^EVANSVILLE—Sen gE^R-Wyo.. did not^ • '•! : J have f’e says Wemc ‘he pollution proSSr/’SL^Stsiia.srtSrfi ''‘‘"•I anT,,":- i fekS" t ?ffbrt to *^dpa?' a serious • problems. *“'* B^oo'^hurst ' >nctrSdv'"J''''’?/’' Star-Tribune refeS’SvU° " speciftaiK a.™'-Simpson did noi i"di^rdS“S'‘Sm/''':'" “ ’■' tnenf tha» ... • ^"^Pson s stateS icf ‘ frustrating Watch this la newspaper and ting people done^And been Payinsl y®" been tax^ dnu "u‘ of your SLi? " R'-ookhurst.” He the woman. 'J �Simpson says he’ll do own probe of Denver EPA office “1 think a senior senator in the I By KENDRA ENSOR^' U.S. Senate, such as Sen. Simp­ \ Star-Tribune staff writer I ' son, who is on some environmen­ tal committees, will make a very CASPAR — Because it appears big impact on the EPA as a that there may be something “not whole,” Burkhart said. “1 am quite right” with the U.S. En;_ waiting now to see what the rest of vironmental Protection Agency’s the congressional delegation will investigation of the Brookhurst subdivisiotfi, U.S. Sen. Alaju do.” Adrienne Anderson, who runs Simpson says he will launch his . the Denver office of the National own independent inquiry of the Campaign Against Toxic Hazards, agency’s Denver office. said Friday that Colorado and , Simpson’s pledge- to scrutinze Utah residents previously have ’’ operations at the EPA’s Region 8 contacted their U.S. senators and office came after a Thursday night congressmen, asking them to in­ i meeting with three activists from vestigate the EPA’s regional of­ i the contaminated subdivision. fice. ! The trio, who have been barrag( But Simpson is the first • ing the' senator and the other lawmaker to actually initiate a r members of Wyoming’s congresfull-scale probe of the agency’s i sional delegation with letters askDenver Region 8 office. Region 8 ' ing for additional help, said they oversees EPA activities in Wyo­ came to the meeting armed with ming, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah. Ipiles of EPA documents they have ■ “It’s gratifying that Sen. Simp­ collectedjt. ** ' , son is finally responding to a ma­ . Simpson said Friday he “just jor public health emergency,” gathered it all up” and told the, Anderson said, adding, “The peo­ three Brookhurst residents that he" ple of Brookhurst should have would “go back and snort around been evacuated over a year ago.” in this.” ' ' , Anderson said her group is “1 was impressed at the perse­ coordinating the six states’ move­ verance of these people and the ment toward a Region 8 investiga­ documents that they have obuintion. ed,” Simpson said. “And I don’t “There are communities in each know what the impact (of the in­ state that have this concern,” she quiry) will be. 1 don’t know that said. ’ we are going to find anything con­ Besides public health concerns, a trived or whatever. 1 don’t know recent audit critical of the Region 8 anything about sinister, but sorneoffice has prompted the groups to thing is not quite right, that’s ^1.” seek an investigation, Burkhart Former Brookhurst resident said. Linda Burkhart, who met with That September audit, done by Simpson, said Friday she is “just the EPA’s inspector general’s of­ thrilled to death” with the fice, shows the Denver office inef­ i senator’s response. fectively managed $6.4 million us­ 1 Please see EPA, A14 ed to help states find and clean up hazardous waste sites. The audit also suggests that many of the region’s projects were behind schedule and that the office had problems with cooperative agreements with Region 8 states. Simpson said he received a copy of the audit from ttuimx,... Simpson and his chief of staff Joe Ratliff said the senator has pledged to talk with EPA Ad­ ministrator Lee Thomas and Region 8 .■^administrator James Scherer as well as take the infor­ mation to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on which Simpson sits. ■ , Ratliff said Friday that he and a member of Simpson’s Washington staff, Brent Erickson, will be working on the inquiry, reping in close contact with the Brookhurst residents. The staffers will be looking into whether the Brookhurst matter “has been htndled properly from the rime it initially surfaced as a problem, and that the agencies have been properly responsive to the constituency.” Simpson added, “The important thing to remember is that we are going to assure a safe' water supply for these people.” “What has happened in the past is something we want to look at,” he said. �Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Thursday, January 14, 1988 There’s a rosy GOP future out there Tne vote isn’t in yet, but the results are already obvious: Wyo­ ming will be defintely and firmly in the Republican column come November, relecting Malcolm Wallop and backing a Republican national candidate (either George Bush 01 Bob Dole) who will emer­ ge as the next president of the United States. At least that’s how Wallop’s junior colleague in the Senate, Al Simpson, sees this election year. Ronald Reagan may be retiring, the stock market has crashed and Wyoming is in the economic pits, but Wyomingites still will not re­ ject the Grand Old Party, the Simpsonian crystal ball reveals. Simpson, of course, does not rely simply on unsupported magical visions of the future. His predictions are based on some basic realities, like the noticeable absence of a throng of Democrats wanting to challenge a supposedly “vulnerable” Wallop. If grabbing Wallop’s senate seat was going to be so easy, you would think a lot more candidates would be emer­ ging, he said. And, Simpson add’ ed, Wyoming’s senior senator is in sync with state residents — he “votes just about the way they feel on the tough issues of the day.” There are other factors, of course — maybe so probably obvious that Simpson didn’t specifically refer to them during a recent interview. Like the big edge that Republicans have in voter reg­ istrations. Or the pile of money that Wallop has accumulated in a^ campaign fund, which by itself tends to tliscourage usually under­ funded and less-flush Democrats. Simpson said his recent swing through Wyoming gave him no reason to believe that Wallop might be in trouble. In fact, the opposite was true, he said. And he went on to suggest that none of the national Democratic presidential candidates had anything to offer to voters, so the next president will surely again be a Republican. But interestingly, Simpson said he also found on the road that Wyoming residents were “very frustrated ... even in a sense, hostile about their economy.” Since many Sections are deter­ mined by “pocketbook” issues, one might think that bodes not well for Republican fortunes. l>lot so, countered Simpson, because folks don’t blame Ronald Reagan and the Republicans (or Malcolm Wallop) fof their problems. One subject Simpson said he didn’t hear anything about was, how people feel about the propos­ ed Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty, which calls for mutual reductions in nuclear missies by the Soviets and Americans. It’s an issue where Simpson and Wallop are currently on opposite sides — Simpson said he will vote to ratify it, while Wallop is expected to line up with the opposition when the Senate considers it. “ There are times when Malcolm and 1 do not agree,” Simpson said. In this case, “people should be listening to what Malcolm is saying ... ‘why trust them? They lie, they’ve broken every treaty they’ve ever been in. And those are very important and vital and honest questions.” ' Yet while Simpson is urging us regular folks to “listen” to Wal­ lop, he isn’t taking his own advice. “I’m convinced that (the ad­ might be possible we will see A spirited face between John Vinich and Malcolm Wallop. It could be a time when we will see if discus­ sion of issues, rather than money, can play a greater role in an elec­ tion. But 1 ain’t predicting. I got out of the prediction business back in 1976 when Wallop first ran for of­ fice, against then-Sen. Gale McGee. At the time, I was on the radio, covering the election results. As the vote rolled in, and Not so, countered Simpson, because folks don’t blame Ronald Reagan and the Republicans (or Malcolm Wallop) for their problems. ministration negotiators) put together a pretty good treaty,” he said, adding that he was satisfied with the provisions for verifica­ tion. But whose views represent the people of Wyoming on this im­ portant issue? If Wallop is in sync with the voters, as Simpson alleges, then he^isn’t. My own view is that it’s still too early to tell who or what party will emerge as winners in November. Nationally, it would seem that the pendulum swing between political parties is in favor of the Demo­ crats, especially without Ronald Reagan. On the state level, it just the tally for Malcolm mounted, I predicted that McGee would come back, and pull ahead to win ... * * * Naked power: The latest issues of “The Rounddp,” the quarterly publication of the Wyoming Cen­ tennial Commission, carries a story about the mythical “Wyo­ ming Centennial Army,” a money-raising project of the Riv­ erton Area Chamber of Com­ merce. For $7.50, the “Army” will issue a certificate designating you as an honorary colonel. The document “bares the signature of Wyoming’s Governor,” the Roundup noted. �Wallop expects to tesify on INF treaty; won’t hit Simpson on budget package Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. > j- Friday, January 1 5 ,1 9 8 b By DANIEL WISEMAN Star-ihbunesiait wncer CASPER — Wyoming Sen. | Malcolm Wallop says he expects j to testily as an expert before a Senate panel later this month on the proposed United States-Soviet union treaty to eliminaie shortrange nuclear missiles from Europe. , Wallop, speaking, in Casper, • Thursday night, also blasted conr ■ gressman who supported a massive spending bill in December, buj| ■ would not criticize his junior col­ league Sen. Alan Simpson, who ’ voted for it. Wallop said Simpson . as a member of the Republican leadership that helped form the budget compromise “had no i choice but to” vote to support the bi-partisan legislation. The short-term future of Wyo- ' ming’s economy is far from robust. Wallop said, but he added, i; that he was optimistic the state ' would rebound over the long haul. Wallop made his comments at a dinner meeting of the Wyoming ichapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors. Wallop said he had not made up , ‘ his mind on the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty that , President Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in Washinton last month. But Wallop reiterated his con­ tention that he will have to be convinced as to why the Soviets i . should be trusted to adhere to the principles of the INF treaty con­ sidering their record on adherence .to past arms control agreements. A "I happen to be one of the few people around who believes in the process that the Senate sets up,” Wallop said. ‘'What the hell is the point of having hearings if I al­ ready have made up my mind... T: ere are a hell of a lot of people , who have made up their mind who j , haven’t even read the treaty. I’m going to wait and see w hat those hearings are. Yes, I probably will I ; testify at those hearings. | ■ But Wallop said there may be^ ' some means for the Reagan Ad: ministration to convince him that ■ It has “found a way to make the Soviets abide by this treaty.” Wallop said he currently has no i plans to actively fight the treaty or Ato support it. “The plan is to go in and ask for some answers to some very real questions,” he said. “One of them, is real simple. When this treaty is sold as eliminating an entire class of missiles, what is there around T either side that might substitute for the missiles that have been eliminated.” , • He said Westefn Europe’s secu­ rity would seem to be uncertain with the signing of the treaty, while the Soviets have another class of missiles, the SS-25, to take the .place of the ones eliminated. W allop aid he has read the treaty . lancFthe accompanying documents. “I have expressed my concerns that anytime somebody says some­ thing,” he said, “both sides can linterpret it to their own ends, which they did with SDI (the Strategic Defense Initiative)... i “Gorbachev says it means this . .and Reagan says it means that, and if it is written so unclearly that .nobody can argue either side effec­ tively, you’ve got a problem.” ot Wallop accused Congress of ar­ rogance in supporting the continu­ ing budget resolution that, he said was voted upon by both houses before members could even have hoped to read the bills more than 2,000 pages. Wallop, who voted against the continuing resolution said he favored “sequester” which would have implemented across-theboard cuts required by the Gramm-Rudmann law. . But Wallop would not criticize Simpson, the assistant minority leader, for voting for the continu­ ing resolution. , “Al is part of the leadership,” Wallop said. “He was required to go in and make that whole deal come together. That was some­ thing they all set up and decided was important. One of the pro­ blems you get by being in lead­ ership is that you get yourself hooked into what has become known as a bi-partisan solution. And I don’t criticize Al for that. He was trying to get something better and d d not get it.” Wallop sa d Congress has dem­ onstrated “arrogance” in passing spending bills, and only taxpayer “outrage” can change the situa­ tion. Sequester, Wallop predicted, eventually will have to be im­ plemented to address the budget deficit. Wallop said he has a “hard time” finding any indications of a “robust” Wyoming economy, but “in the long-term, Wyoming re­ mains an optimistic place.” The United States’ dependence on foreign sources of oil will enable OPEC to “exercise a ham­ mer” on this country that should help Wyoming’s energy industry. Wallop said. �Monday, January 18. 1988 Slar-lribune, Casper, Wyo Simpson: Free trade will liurt state Barring changes, he will vote against agreement HEYENNE (AP) — U.S. r ' The result would be that a great Sen. Alan Simpson says Wyodeal of Can idian energy could ming’s natural gas, livestock and become available at prices much agricultural industries will suffer lower than domestic rates, accord­ under the proposed Canadian Free ing to Simpson. Trade Agreement. “Wyoming’s natural gas in­ “Even though the Free Trade dustry could also suffer losses,” Agreement may be positive for the he said. “Canadian exploration nation as a whole, Wyoming’s and development in this area is economy will surely take it right heavily subsidized. Our industry is on the chin. I will be voting not subsidized to the same extent, against the agreement unless and is further crippled by burden­ significant changes, are made,” some federal regulations.” Simpson said. The senator also said that he no The Senate must approve the longer believes the agreement will agreement before it can go into ef­ help Wyoming’s agriculture or fect. > beef industry. , Simpson noted that all of “Last year the Canadians Canada’s energy industry has been benefitted from a $300 million heavily subsidized in the past and trade surplus in beef alone. I am there is nothing in the new agree­ not yet convinced that the Cana­ ment to prevent Canadian pro­ dians will lift current restrictions vinces from continuing to offer to the point that our U.S. beef in­ those incentives. dustry will see a real change for the better,*’ said Simpson, AL SIMPSON Economy will take it on the chin �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Wednesday, January 20,1988 Simpson, Cheney at -seminar on Soviets^^ GA'ASHINGTON - While most of the nation suffered through January’s cold, Sen. Alan Simp­ son and Rep. pick Ctiency went tn Jamaica to discu.ss~he thaw in Soviet-American relations. The Wyoming Republicans were in Montego Bay from Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 for a seminar held by the Aspen Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan “think tank,” The seminars on Soviet-American rela­ tions are held twice a year. Spokesmen for Simpson and Cheney said both are regulars at the meetings, which are attended j by members of Congress , and , . various experts on the Soviet L'n ion. The Aspen Institute pays the : the way for attendees. ; 'Simpson’s wife Ann ac^'cnpanied her husband, Simpson press i secretary Mary Kay Hill said. ' Mrs. Simson’s way was paid by the , Aspen Institute. Lynne Cheney also attended, but paid her own way, Cheney spokesman Pete Williams said. Lynne Cheney is chairman of the , National Endowment for the (’Humanities. �“Slar-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, January 21,1988 > Bowl rap a/bum rap,’Simpson says ■ ' Wyoming President ^rry Ro^ and Gov. Mike Sullivan got a -bum tap”'lot U>='; “’“Su KWTV "n-fe: Siippson told i^t wv>_i— P^While being interviewed on Report to Wyoming, Simpson defendr, ed spending on the controversial bowl trip. ••We took everybody in SIMPSON Wyoming to the (1967) Sugar, Bowl and 1 didn t hear anybody shriek.” Simpson said. in the “Here our fine friends m university and our fine governor I our taking a bum rap on that one. And I’m just going to say It and 1 know I will get a ton of mail on Ulis one. but let me tell you (peo­ ple in San Diego) were deeply^im pressed with Wyoming, Simpson KTWO’s %^impson went to the Holiday I Bowl but emphasized he did not make the trip at state expense. �nrorny on oiwg, L? .. ,.^.^"7"------- - ---------' ' I “ I he backlog ui cases is iiiufe* J than an embarrassment,” Simpson said. “It is a disservice to the administration of jv'tice.” WASHINGTON -Gillette, Sen. Malcolm Wallop,, Rlawyer Wade Bror^, aV a Senate I hearing Wednesday on his : Wyo., in a written statement subnomination to-become a federal i mitted to the committee, praised Brorby as “the best candidate appeals judge, defended his role in Wyoming has to offer.” He cited a controversial investigation into Brorby’s experience as Campbell drug use by employees of^mp:: County prosecutor and a lawyer bell County Memorial Hospitak engaged in a diverse private prac­ 'TJnder questioning by Sen. tice. ' . ' Howell Heflin, D-Ala., Btprby Heflin also brought up the said he, as the lawyer for CCMH backlog of cases in the 10th circuit, board, assisted in the board s in­ saying that it takes about 14 vestigation of illegal drug use at months for individual appeals to the hospital. Although his inbe resolved. vestlgalor and his law partner were “The 10th circuit needs a judge working on a parallel grand jury who can jump in, roll up his probe, the two investigations were sleeves, and get to work reducing kept entirely separate, Brorby this backlog,” he said. said. . , . Most of Heflin’s questions dealt A lawsuit filed by former with Brorby’s role as attorney for CCMH administrator Ed Frye the CCMH board in 1985 and alleges that Brorby and the hospi­ 1986, when the board was in­ tal board, acting on information vestigating drug use among its em­ leaked from the grand jury, forced ployees. A Campbell County Frye to resign. Brorby is not nam­ grand jury was conducting its own ed as a defendant in the lawsuit. investigation at the same time. Heflin also questioned Brorby Brorby said he helped the board about his limited experience in try­ conduct hearings and also super­ ing cases in the federal court s^ vised a Campbell County deputy Brorby said his last federal _ trial sheriff who was assigned to the was a mineral rights case “six or board as an investigator. The seven years ago.” deputy also testified before the, Brorby was nominated in grand jury. August by President Reagan to fill As a result of the hospital a vacancy on the U.S. Courl^L board’s probe, some employees Appeals for the lOthCircuiU Hie were exonerated while others were court is based in Denyer, and in­ fired, Brorby said. cludes Wyoming in its jurisdic­ While Brorby was acting as the tion. „ ,,, hospital board’s lawyer, his law Sen. Alan Simpson, R-wyo., partner, Tom Roberts, was an introduced Brorby to the Senate assistant county attorney and was Judiciary Committee. Simpson actively involved in the grand jury described Brorby, 53, as an old probe. friend” from the days? when the Heflin asked Brorby what steps two were classmates at the Univer- he took to prevent leaks of secret sitv of Wyoming Law School. grand jury testimony to the hospi­ “But that isn’t how he got tal board, both through the deputy here,” Simpson said. “He got here and through Roberts. because the judiciary and the law­ Brorby said he took steps to yers of Wyoming selected him.’ “insulate” the grand jury testimo­ Simpson urged rapid confirma­ ny by making it clear that the dep­ tion for Brorby. The seat for uty was to keep material given to which Brorby is the nominee has the grand jury separate from the been vacant for nearly two years, hospital board’s probe. and another seat on the same court Roberts’ involvement in the has been vacant for more than hospital board investigation was three years, he said. “next to none,” Brorby said. Frye, in documents filed in con­ nection with his lawsuit, says that on Nov. 25, 1985, he was summmoned to a private meeting of the CCMH board held at Brorby’s law office. Two hospital employees had been indicted by the grand jury on druw charges several days be­ fore. Brorby allegedly asked Frye to PyS^^REW MELNYKOVYCH StaF-Tribune Washington bureau Brorby said Wednesday that his effor: to separate the hospital’s internal investigation from the grand jury probe were successful. He and Roberts discussed how to prevent conflicts of interest from arising, Brorby said. Conflicts of interest are difficult to avoid in small communities with few lawyers, Brorby said. His firm in Gillette tried to avoid repre­ senting more than one party in a legal dispute by frequent meetings to discuss cases and by aiaintaining computerized lists of clients, he said. ’ If conflicts arose, they were resolved by recommending that one or more parties, find another lawyer to represent them, Brorby said. While conceding that he has not tried a federal case for , several years, Brorby said he has tried “at least two or three” cases in state courts in recent years, and has supervised many others. Brorr"* also discussed his role as chairman of the Wyoming Bar Association’s panel that reviews judicial conduct. In that time, the panel conducted its first henring to review a judge’s conduct, he said. “That individual is no longer a judge,” Brorby said. Before he headed the judicial review commission, many com­ plaints about judges were not in, vestigated or acted on properly, Brorby said. Simpson, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he sees “no problems” with Brorby’s record. “I think you presented yourself well and the record is clear on that,” he told Brorby. After the hearing, Brorby said he was not told to expect questions regarding the CCMH drug probe, but was not surprised that they came up. Brciby said his approach to resolving disputes on matters of federal law would be to “strive to do what Congress has (said) to do” in laws it passes. Many of the cases coming before the 10th circuit involve natural resource law, an area Brorby described “as still an area of de­ velopment” in terms of defining precisely how laws are to be inter­ preted? �topson precis Brorby confirmation i ' ______ n Qimnson said Simpson consideration said consideration oi oi wV/ndrewmelnykovycH-: Brorby’s nomination was delayed during the successive nominations of Robert Bork, Douglas Ginsburg h' WASHINGTON —Wyoming and Anthony Kennedy to the Republican Sen._Alan Simpson, is Supreme Court. nredicting quick confirmation tor At a judiciary committee hearing I fhe nomFnation of .GHkU^lawver Wednesday, Sen. Howell Heflin, Wade Brorby as a federal appeals D-Ala., questioned Brorby about court judged , the hospital drug inverligation. “1 know of no reason why (the Brorby said he, as the lawyer for nomination) shouldn’t go' ’'>8^^ CCMH board, assisted^ in the t out” to the full Senate from the , board’s investigation of illegal ; Senate Judiciary Committee, drug use at the hospital. Although Simpson said. Simpson is a mem­ the hospital’s investigator and ber of the committee that held Brorby’s law partner were in­ hearings on Brorby’s nomination volved in conducting a parallel grand jury probe, the two in­ Wednesday. Simpson said he knows of no vestigations were kept entirely committee members who have ob­ separate, Brorby said, L jections to Brorby’s appointment.. A lawsuit filed by former Questions about Brorby s role CCMH administrator Ed Frye in conducting a controversial drug alleges that Brorby and the hospi­ probe at Campbell Cdunty Me­ tal board, acting on information morial Hospital are . unlikely to leaked from the grand jury, forced block his confirmation, Simpson Frye to resign. Brorby is not nam. ed as a defendant in the lawsuit. i*^The conflict about the hospital Heflin’s questions’ centered on board is well-explained and he put Frye’s allegations. that to rest beautifully, Simpson The judiciary committee may vote on Brorby as early as next said «i Brorby faced a problem m a week, according to an aide to the failure tq understand how it is Senate committee. ..., '’ practicing law in a little communii ty in the West,” Simpson said. ' With very few lawyers, overlaps and potential conTicts are not unusual, Simpson said. Brorby was nominated in August by President Reagan to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th CircuitThe , court is based in Denyer, and in­ cludes Wyoming in its jurisdici tion. , Brorby’s appointment must be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate. Star-Tribune Washington bureau �Tuesday, Feb. 2.1988 < j'^'^tar-Tjibune. Casper. Wyo ' concerned state’s ur" • ‘ «te s uranium market mav be h.„.f Cheyenne (ap^ /u ------- g I *n«nts must be made\n '""X “S’53««wi“.n,ani„™.. , '"ay be hurt posed trade P''^' .»i.H Canada to protect **‘h dustnes before i P?^f of U.S. Sen A c-’” supsaid Monday. — -^‘'‘Hpson,jif .so .0- „ make sure ate to ^.nstry is not hurt bv th"’^®*' "• Simpson said treaty, win!”’Wyoming ’ sisS'-s-J interview tnembers of the fute’c"®’ stonaJ deieeatinn s congresconcerned S h" Particularly <”■« which of the marketing advanlafe'^to C -^^^^iSmiHover WyomFni? ‘^^^^dian there‘ o/°h/°u"?a '‘^S^ in ■ 'Vj’omfaJ a*}?’ industry. " we can include some i may still be abl??o% got some real probMm '*'’ve together o”n 1 fist ua"ck '^''’ed are going tn ho * where we ‘ions of il^^be*'^y'i “>““0 po,“ Jjf not my intent tn c ® oertain‘«atyif iti ° ®nPPort that tain kev U'L .“^iHmental to cersense it to be righTnoi?-’ ®’’8ne w?th whers^Sco^’” Viners m Congress who - “i" th, ,ong’;™P®°?®n d. anyone is savino ./ ‘ ‘innk down the road if J® ^ears tbe restrictions’an/?«“ •????“*’ and things like thmJn farriers n would not be for tbZ "«s of the UmvJ'’%'’?« mterCanada,” he sa d nnd could get to work also ico-U s trori be”?'v^""cm think JouJd ’ a Mex-f next step. ® '^®cy important he conIi,’mld!’’»Ylu7 p ’"'’"^'ct.” Pon is to the peonL °^''«aresent and the indn J l^at you repWyoming work wiTaV^^ bring us back frnm ”■ **» tough economic time«?^i^^®-i/°08h’ uranium is the keyuj thal.”' �5 ,1 9 8 8 \ •' ■ tnont''® gtM due W ftW » ’^Jedne^'^g ^edex^' \ -Star-Tribun0<<^asper, Wyo. ; ' ■ Friday, Feb. i^=«b^SSa A s^;«sSsS^4i-«’*"^*’‘'°''’ \\ \ seuuX® i_eA.ui^®^^t,x^eTe -sox^,, OuxxxxS^. -ed P^^Xv'e axe^®^' t^lVy^xxS^^coxxxxo''®^^Anus --• \ \ \ \ sgtSS^f&ss-^-A \ ’^sgsSS-sSs-SiSS-" \^^5g2s2:_^ A dixxx^ • ----- . �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Friday, Feb. 5, 1988 Buffalo, N.Y., mayor touts Simpson as best presidential ‘non-candidate’ ; Maverick Democrat likes GOP prospects in election nTTcCATn MV ___ IVhrJ BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Who' is the best non-candidate of the 1988 presidential election? New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, right? Not according to the mayor of the state’s second largest city. Buffalo Mayor James Griffin, a Democrat, said Thursday he favors conservative Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyoming. “I’ve seen and heard of some of the things he’s done and tried to do and I think he’d be a great man for our country,” said Griffin, a mav­ erick Democrat, who briefly con­ sidered running against Cuomo as a Republican in the 1986 guberna­ torial election. Simpson has Harry Truman’s grit and humor, Griffin said during an interview at his city hall office. Simpson, 56, from Cody, is the minority whip in the Senate and is ■ known as a wise-cracking, “cowboy” senator. He is best known as the author of legislation to control the flood of^ illegal aliens into this country. With Minority Leader Robert ■brfMfe -TWWIBWI-................ Simn<;nn ALAN SIMPSON ‘He’d be great for our country* Dole running for president, Simp­ son has largely acted as Republi­ can leader in the Senate in his place. Kav Simpson Mnrv spokesman Mary Kay Hill said the senator was flattered by the mayor’s comments, but is interested only in being a senator. “His favorite response is that he ‘sniffs but doesn’t inhale,’ ” Hill said. Griffin said Cuomo has been a good governor, but that he is too liberal. “All the programs (he) wants have a price tag...everything you want to do usually has a dollar sig!’i connected to it,” he said. “Right now he could be the Democratic candidate,” Griffin said of Cuomo. “But (as a can­ didate) you have to face the peo­ ple. You have to take some nega­ tive comments as well as the pats on the back.” J Griffin said the Republican presidential candidates, particular­ ly Vice President George Bush and Dole, are in a stronger position than any of the Democrats. ' U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp, RN.Y., could still be a factor in the GOP race if his campaign catches on, Griffin said. Rnnkp<;man �Star-Tribune. Casper. Wyo •^^pson’s ®pefi<iu2g- ' ^Pending ’’’ore nn^ tion effn is coHecting®” SIMPSON Sho^ * £’ ed last - ?™woS s;;™'"'"" .how"?' con Sunday, Feb. 7 .1 9 8 8 ^OSt of th of iraijeS?"'"'®'. ’P the ia« u\/®Pords. P^ntpaien 19X7 tions f ’^eceived Si i-!'/-' ’he ■’W’SS’S , total 19X7 talividoaT S �Monday, Feb. 8, 1988 Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo Simpson asks NLRB for prompt decision -Says Sheridan ‘wrecked apart’ by strike ^CHEYENNE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, citing the impact of a' 4-month-ol3 strike by Decker Coal Co. workers on Sheridan, has asked the National Labor Relations Board for a prompt decision on unfair labor practices charges filed against Die company. Simpson, in a letter dated Jan. 25 to James Stephens, NLRB chairman, said he believed a deci­ sion on charges filed by the United Mine Workers would help with the situation in btieridan. “The community ... has been deeply affected, literally wrecked apart, by this labor dispute, and a prompt decision by the (NLRB) would surely assist all concerned,” the Wyoming Republican wrote. “1 have no desire to ‘take sides’ in this labor-management dispute, but I am so very concerned that the situation is having a profoundly unsettling and devastating effect on the community and all ,of its fine citizens.” About 250 UMW members have been on strike from Decker’s southern Montana coal mines 1 since Oct. 1, when contract negotiations Collapsed. Decker is a i. joint venture of Peter Kiewit Sons ! and Nerco Inc. , Gov. Mike Sullivan has also L asked the NLRB to reach a deci- Mon quickly on UMW charges that Pecker violated the National Labor Relations Act Simpson .....called .....— for a ,prompt ------ rhearing and decision in the “long simmering and bitter labor dispute.” ‘‘I would appreciate your mak­ ing every possible sincere effort to decide this case at the earliest possible time,” he wrote. “It is so critical.” ., AL SIMPSON Strike has ‘devastating effect* �TW! -Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Friday, Feb. 12,1988 State’s congressional delegation gets liiglx marks from U.S. Chamber of Coimnerce analysis by the f\^ting and U.S, Sen. Alan Simp­ — An son a 71 percent rating. The ratTJ S. Chamber of Commerce put ings were based on 18 votes in the all three members of Wyoming’s Senate, a chamber press release Congressional delegation at the forefront of the struggle for “free says. enterprise and continued economic' U.S. Rep. Dick Cheney earned expansion.” a 93 percent rating basecT on 15 vote.s in the House, the release The chamber’s analysis, based says. upon votes the group considers But in another survey announc­ “key to the continuation of the ed this week, conducted by the nation’s longest period of peace­ Americans for Democratic Action, time prosperity,” gave U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop an 80 percent Wallop was pegged as having one Jasper of tiic woisl voillig iccoidb ill the Senate on liberal issues. The ADA’.s subjective analysis of 20 Senate and 25 House votes showed both chambers posting averages of more than 50 percent, meaning each supported ADz^ positions more than half the time. Wallop, Wyoming’s seniot senator, received a zero in (he ADA survey. Simpson scored 10 in the survey, while Cheney, the state’s lone representative, reccivei a 4. �Sunday. Feb. 14, 19M New ^LsH,NOTON Stai-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. proposes major immigration eliaiiges ,NVT, - Senate’s two leading experts on immigration policy have agreed on a new bill that would make major changes in the system for deciding who can legally immigrate to the United States. The bill, a compromise between Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Alan Simpson,_ R-Wyo., woulcfestablish an overall limit on legal immigration of 590,000 peo­ ple a year, that is about 80,000 above the current level. Under current law, certain types of im­ migrants are subject to a numerical limit but other types, include im­ mediate relatives of United States citizens, are not. Under the bill, a larger propor- on o, selected on the basis of occupa­ tional skills rather than ties. The new proportion would be 20 percent, up from the current 10 percent. , , , Kennedy said he expected the bill to facilitate immigration from countries in Western Europe that he dfescribed as “the older sources of immigration.’’ Kennedy, whois chairmau of the Jiidiciary Sub­ committee on Immigration, has taken a particular interest in the Irish. But other Europeans feel they, too. Were placed at a disad­ vantage by a 1965 immigration law. That law, which was strongly supported by Kennedy, abolished for issuing visas and setting quotas on immigrants. Under the new bill drafted by Kennedy and Simpson, the gov­ ernment would select 55,000 im­ migrants each year with a point system meant to identify aliens who could bcot contribute to the American economy. Points would be awarded on the basis of age, education, occupational training, work experience and English lan­ guageskills. , The bill is to be considered this week by the Judiciary Committee. Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced a similar bill in the House. “It is not going to be easy, but it is possible that we could Kennedy said the bills “pick up where we left off in 1986, v,hc'u Congress approved a cornpreher! sive measure to combat illi.:'nl immigration. That law peru’li ■ ( "> employers who hire illegal ahi a; and offers legal status to maio d legal a'ieiis who are already in d" United Stales, but offered ahn-rt nothing for millions of pcop<c around the world who want to emigrate legally to the UniP d States. Simpson, who is the ' * Senate Republican leader, si about 90 percent of lego migrants qualified lor.ua �Sunday. Feb. 14, 1988 Slat-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson: Powder^i^ River coal inwortani ( Hy GILLETTE (AP) — Coal from ^"Avvoinjug's Powder River Basin_ will play a major role m the coun­ try’s energy economy, according tn 11 S Sen. Alan Simpson^ Simpson, speaking in Gillette on i last week, said the size of reserves I in the basin alone make it impor{ tant in energy. ! “It can’t help but be big with i these reserves,’’ he said. “This is a 1 great place, this is a known locai tion on every energy map in the i world. I foresee big things, i especially if we finish the acid rain debate and the nuclear power i debate rages on.’’ ■ The Wyoming Republican repeated his calls for a national energy policy and noted that the greatest part of foreign energy imi ported by the United States comes 1 from Canada. j “Nobody knows what the t results of the U.S.-Canada trade agreement will be, or the i on the oil industry,’’ h^ said. It ■, might not be too good. It s cert tainly a death kneU for the uianium industry.” �Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, Feb. 18,1988 Senate confirms Brorby federal appeals court;^ , the irSTS^nate Tuesday nff£ Simpson and • confi/mation in issued^.^SX'Xs&XV" ’ fpsitgsas SSpiESsSSS ■ said ’ grace and civility.” in/S^SSd the for. Wad./’Simpson P^^^^ss witli great patience, ‘=‘’™'^"ded Judge Barrett for serv- tinue to hear cases as a '‘SoTjI,7ge/‘^O"’ ‘ �-star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo Dole rips Bush in Casper visit Kansas senator withholds support for oil import fee r.iv DANIEL WISEMAN 4 . - ' Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER — Republican presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole said here Sunday “there is no sign of George Bush jn Wyoming,” charging the vice president is a regional candidate who “cannot win” his party’s nomination. However, Dole, who made his fifth trip to Wyoming in the last year Sunday, still hedged on the issue of an oil import fee to boost domestic production, saying “I would support an oil import fee under certain conditions, (but) I’m not advocating one.” Dole said he plans to meet the vice president “head on,” in an apparent get-tough policy with Bush, who Dole aides concede ambushed their candidate last Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary with a series of stinging television commercials. Top associates of the -Kansas , senator said Dole will not resort to “name-calling” with his chief rival for the nomination, but they added it is a “tough race” and “you can ' call what goes on between can­ didates what you will.” “This is a rough and tumble business and' 1 am not going to be intimadated by any of the Bush people,” Dole said. “...So the answer is we are going to meet every charge head on. And we have been alerted through New '■ Hampshire as to what to be ’ prepared for and we are already planning in those areas.” Dole charges that the vice presi­ dent has “given up” on Wyoming, South Dakota and Minnesota — all key campaign stops before March 8’s Super Tuesday, when 20 states, primarly in the South, select delegates. “So where is George Bush?” Dole said. “He may run from the West and the Midwest, but he can’t hide in the South. Twill challenge him in every southern state, but George may be in for n big sur­ prise: Super Tuesday is not a southern primary. More than half the delegates will be chosen out­ side the Deep South.” Monday, Feb. 22.1988 With almost every major na­ tional media outfit descending upon Wyoming Sunday to follow the candidate on stops in Casper, Worland and Cody, Dole made what probably will be his final pitch to Wyoming Republicans — who will select 11 delegates to the national convention on or before March 5. However, 110 miles per hour winds forced the Dole campaign plane to scrub his visit to Cody, but made the scheduled stop in Worland. Dole sidestepped a question as to whether he would face Bush in upcoming debates in Georgia and Tennessee before Super Tuesday, but campaign staffers say negotia- • tions are underway to have Dole participate head to head with the vice presidient. Asked whether his campaign also has targeted certain states. Dole said, “we have not made any I decision to pull out of any state j just because you think you might lose.” Dole said his campaign “may have some announcements to make in the next few day,s” in­ dicating he still plans to fight in states such as South Carolina and Texas where the vice president is ' seen to have a clear advantage. Dole said the most important issue of the campaign is lead­ ership. “^ho do you want to see sitting across from (Soviet Leader) Mikhail Gorbachev?” he asked. Dole told a breakfast gathering of about 150 people in Casper that he does not “advocate” raising taxes, adding that efforts to balance the federal budget deficit must be made on the spending and not on the revenue side. A presidential “line-item” veto and a balanced-budget amendment also are supported by Dole to ad­ dress the deficit problem. Dole said criticism leveled against Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson for not suppoiting’ciim-* paign reform is unjustified. “He is trying to put together campaign reform,” Dole said. “Don’t get carried away by that little thing called S2. If you want to destroy the Republican Party and turn it over to labor unions, you better support S2. That’s designed to put us out of busi­ ness... A lot of people say to me. ‘Why don’t you support campaign reform — it says so right in the ti­ tle.’ If we could sell everything about reform just by putting it in the title, we got it made.” Dole said the proposed cam­ paign reform bill called S2 would result in “public financing” of campaigns. It also would cap spending that would ‘‘put the Re­ publican Party out of business in the South where Democrats out­ number Republicans five to one,” he said. As for an oil import fee. Dole said prices perhaps should be stabilized at a minimum of $19 a barrel. He added that he believes the oil business is “split down the middle” on whether an oil import fee is needed. “We are not talking about any $10 fee that George Bush keeps peddling around the country,” Dole said. “We’re talking about a price of $19 a barrel, so the fee would be $1.50 or $1.60. And even under those conditions, we would have a credit or a rebate for heating oil.” Dole has done well in unofficial preference polls in Wyoming county precinct caucuses, gaining victories in two of three counties that directly will select a delegate to the national* convention.. He also has swept the other Republi­ can straw polls that have been taken. �Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Thursday, Feb. 25.1988 GOP senators protest fellow senator’s arrest Simpson, Byrd agree to end filibuster WASHINGTON (AP) — Re­ nounced Wednesday night after publicans complained of “banana droning debate replaced earlyrepublic” tactics Wednesday after morning anger. armed Capitol police broke into Byrd and Simpson agreed late GOP Sen. Bob Packwood’s lock­ Wednesday to end the sometimes ed office, arrested him and hauled bitter talkathon at 5 p.m. Thurs­ him feet-first into the Senate day, some 51 hours after it began chamber in the early hours of a and with the two sides still round-the-clock filibuster. deadlocked. On a motion, by Senate Majority The two leaders also set a 10 Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., a.m. Friday vote on a Democratic Sergeant at Arms Henry Giugni cloture petition to shut off debate was handed warrants for the arrest and force a vote on campaign fi­ of absent Republican senators, nancing legislation that Republithus forcing them to answet a « cans say would hurt their election quorum call. Without a quorum chances. the Senate would have to adjourn In a statement issued Wednes­ and_pemocrats pushing campaign day, Simpson said the Republicans finance legislation would lose their will “continue the debate for as leverage over Republican oppo­ long as it takes,” nents. Simpson vowed to “insure a full Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming debate on the issue of campaign has been leading the Republican finance reform. filibuster against the Democrats’ “That includes full use of the campaign financing bill. Simpson, procedural rules that were design­ who is the assistant minority lead­ ed to protect the rights of the mi­ er, is filling in for Sen. Robert nority,” he said. “Are we ready? Dole of Kansas while Dole , is on You betcha.” the presidential campaign trail. Democrats will fail in an effort The Senate’s round-the-clock to cut off debate on Friday, Simp­ filibuster will end Thursday after­ son predicted. They have failed noon, the chamber’s leaders an­ j seven times already, he said. ' “The American people should - know that they arc witnessing the i arbitrary use of power by the ma­ jority,” Simpson said. ! Simpson called for an end to i all-night sessions, suggesting that ! the Senate move on to other busi­ ness while negotiators for both parties seek a compromise. The “arrest” of absent senators “demonstrated the tyranny of the majority,” he said. “It denigrates the whole system.” Simpson was at the Capitol all Iuesday night, and was expected to continue his all-night vigil Wed­ nesday night, aides said. Fellow Wyoming Republican Sen. Malcolm Wallop has also participated in the filibusici. speaking once during the day 1 uesday. It was after midnight, more than 10 hours after the filibuster began, when Giugni and five armed plainclothes Capitol policemen began stalking Senate hideaways .and senators’ suites in nearby of­ fice buildings. I Giugni found several senators’ offices emp'y but saw Sen. Steve ;Symms, R-ldaho, running down a ‘hallway to escape arrest. Then in an extraordinary incident that the i Senate historian said had not oc­ curred since 1942, Giugni used a passkey to unlock Packwood’s of­ fice door. Bob Witeck, a spokesman for the Oregon Republican, said Packwood resisted and somehow jammed a finger he had broken two weeks ago in a fall. “He tried to hold the door closed with his shoulder, but they were able to push it open,” Witeck said. “1 had to shove in the door to get into his office,” said Giugni, a stocky Army veteran of World War 11 and former vice squad po­ liceman in Honolulu. “1 think he hurt his finger. He was very cour­ teous.” �■wr. ....... .. n ’I’* Si* t S J ■S^^Trllwne, Caspy^Ji^ - ’ '&■ 1888. - lt.'.l?,v’USf -1 • • Just then he did not,” Bird responded, “Just flow he us-^^ijed the personal pronoun ‘you.’ ” j “Mr. President, 1 do not need lican attempt to jalk the meaweV " ■ _ ‘ to- death. , “i.-l1 years,” Simpson replied. .... «.<«..□ ,u, The Byrd-Sippson discussion on , “The legislation calls for volun-^ t O l*X7 Iceilings tary ft n o on Senate w* campon 3 whom, and who fspending that range from S950,00ol ,other “ aspects to $5.5 million; .depending on P®cts of the filubuster, state’s population. The bill wouiaf.,-*^‘. at considerable length, I also prohibit, a. participating can-Si ^despite ”**"''**’ protestations by both men I didate from receiving ^orethan/^i _ 3 were not interested in <1 percent percent of of ’campaign? campaign, funds fund' from b= ‘debating the issue. It fills three I special-interesCpoliUcal SDecial-interesi'-’ nAiitinai action onrik;,"! pages, of the ,)Congressional Ry- : - ! i! j ■,” committees.*.' ■ - l^rd. < Earlier in the morning, Simpson tT' In 1986, more’ ihah; 200 Hoiise’ ._: . he- does not .. “enjoy employing I and Senate candjdates r-^jnost^pf? ■ said f them incumbentsrreceived, mpre^ these tactics,” but that the Demo­ I than half their campaign money'; crats’ uncompromising stance on ’ from political action committees.*‘’i the campaign financing bill offers I ,-Early Wednesday morniM, v. the GOP no other choice. .^ Simpson and Byrd'conductedffaT4 VI want at least ... to disclose what benumbed members of the ’..lengthy debate over iyhether Byrd| to V’*' ’®* Oenumbed had been in chamber when Sinm- j publ lie (that) can ^3* son directed some comments to| pdssibly be watching that we have ALAN SIMPSON him. Byrd contended he was notj had a most feckless exerci.se and Led filibuster present, whil^ Simpson insisted he f that is w,hy we have fecklessly gone to 3 o’clock and will fecklessly go tary maneuvering have produce^, ’ one point in the discussioq, ; on to 10 o’clock,” he said. Simpson discussed the campaign frayed tempers and at one poirii K asked that Simpson be 1 led to some angry exchanges be- ’’’ directed to refer to him (Byrd) in; financing bill itself in a speech he tween Simpson and Majority: third person, as Senate rules? delivered Wednesday afternoon. ,Campaign financing reform is Leader Robert Byrd, D-Va. " require. . Wyoming Sen. Malcolni WalW^?*^ do That, SimpsQp needed, he said. The bill pushed by the Demolop also participated in the Renut>3,f U said. v-iFTfeJl K crats limits only spending by can________ __ • • does" • didates, but not loyver the H amount that can be contributed by political action committees fc (PACs), Simpson said. “That cannot be,” he said. *#Uhat is not called fairness.” y^\.The limit bn PAC contributions •s Eto a single campaign should be cut f from $5,000 to $1,000, Simpson * ;|smd. '■■■'W-' f t Wallop criticized the DemocratM?! I “ IC' leadership for limiting the ot> 4 , i, portunities for Republicans to * . ivktenpt to amend the measure." 'X : ■5; Senate ends 53-hoiir :filibnst^ By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Jji^r-tribune \Vashington hureaiyx. Washington — The jjJ; >cnate ended 53 hours of coninuous and sometimes icrimonious debate over campaign inancing reform Thursday, leav- . ng Democrats no closer to victory ban when the filibuster began on . I tiesday. ‘ An agreement between Demo­ rats and stubborn Republicans tided the talking at 7 p.m., setting p a Friday vote on a Democratic loture motion to force a vote on heir campaign legislation. The ’ \ssociated Press reported. I he Democrats have the votes to ass the bill, but virtually no hope if mustering the 60 needed to win be cloture roll call. The expected ;, ss coukl scuttle the divisive issue, rr the 100th Congress. GOP Assistant Minority Leader •It. Alan Siinpson_of Wyoming !i F;"t'n""lcading“the filibuster ainst the bill in the absence of stale Minority Leader Robert lie of Kansas; who is out on the I siiicmial campaign trail. ! he long hours and parliamen- j l j While limiting a candidaie’.s campaign spending, the bill does nothing to limit cam-aign-rclaicd efforts by labor unions or othci groups not tied to a candidate. Wallop said. The bill’s proposal to spend tax money to finance campaigns is also unacceptable, he said. Democrats are interested not in meaningful campaign reform, but in a “surrender” by Senate Repub­ licans, Wallop said. “. All, over America, allies of the majority party are putting lies in the papers, -------- ----------------some’illegal, ' in =- the form of ads .from Common Cause. the one who spent more than any other lobby in America last year, seeking to assure their interests, but no one else’s,” Wallop charg­ ed. Common Cause ads critical of Simpson and Wallop have ap peared in several Wyoming news­ papers, including the Star-lribune. Wallop also blasted “Ralph Nader’s cute litle group. Public Citizen’s Congress Watch” for aiticles it has placed in the cdilorii'l pages of newspapers, again in eluding the Star-Tribune. The groups seek not “a cltani > election process,” but only “po'v er and power alone in the Aincii can political process, to weerl out any, other voice that Americans may seek,” Wallop said. Wallop also bUslpd Bytd h>r ' ■ ■ «s “putting pride, pot principle the guiding force of t|ie semue. “I ihope that somehow or another, out of all of this there is the ■ realiration that the public’s business is more important than the pride of a single individual who seeks only a victory and is willing to go to any extent to achieve it,” he said. , �Michigan congressman says NLRB ‘one-sided’ Levin stumps for Gephardt in Sheridan f^By JIM NEWSOM proximately 200 United Mine Workers of America Locals 1972 and 2055 in attendance at the mor­ ning session. SHERIDAN — The National Labor Relations Board under the The congressman’s remarks were Reagan administration has been pertinent to the union’s pending “rigged” and has become “one­ NLRB unfair-labor practices com­ sided’’against labor unions, a plaint against Decker Coal and Michigan congressman told strik­ parent companies Peter RTewit ing Decker miners here Saturday. Sons and Nerco Inc. U.S. Representative Sandy Although Levin said both he and Levin, D-Michigan, speaking on Gephardt empathize with the strik­ behalf of Presidential contender ing miners, he stopped short of Rep. Richard Gephardt, Dpledging to pressure the NLRB to Missoufl^ said Gephardt would hear and act upon the union’s complaint. change the board’s makeup should he be elected to the nation’s highe­ Wyoming Congressman Dick st office. Cheney and U.S. Senator Alan K.' “The NLRB has been rigged by Simpson recently wrote letters to i this President against the workers the NLRB urging immediate action of America, and under Dick on the matter. ! Gephardt, that’s going to be un­ Levin, one of 80 congressmen rigged, and you’re going to have a criss-crossing the nation on behalf fair crack at things under the of Gephardt’s campaign, said Gephardt administration beginning Reagan has given the country a i in 1989,” Levin, a former Detroit “dog-eat-dog” message concern­ ing labor-management and the I labor lawyer said. “AU you are rights of labor. i asking for is respect ... for a fair shake.” “The message of the Reagan administration has been if a person “The trouble with the NLRB stand.s up for their rights, crush under this Reagan administration ’em! crush ’em! crush ’em!,** is that it’s totally one-sided,” Levin said. Levin continued. “Reagan put on Levin said federal and state there as appointees people who labor laws were designed to pro­ ! thought the more you can do-in tect the rights of unions to orga­ labor organizations, the better off is America. They’ve got it nize and bargain, and that the backwards. Reagan administration has con­ sistently attempted to thwart “The businesses that work best are those that understand that the ■ prevailing labor statutes. most important aspect of their ‘‘What this administration decided to do was if they couldn’t shop or mine is their employees,” Levin said. change the law, they were going to choke it,” Levin said. “We need a . Levin’s comments drew a strong round of applause from the ap­ new President and a new NLRB.” Star-Tribune correspondent eo; s o>i 00 i cm' �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Sunday. Feb. 28,1988 Senators: Our votes aren’t ‘rubber stamps’ I By Aiy>REW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau It WASHINGTON — Sens. Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wallop sav that differences in their voting records should not be used to conclude that one of them is doing a better job of representing Wyoming in Washington. ;_____ _ _______ ' The two Republicans were on opposite sides of about one of every five votes cast in the Senate in 1987. But their similar positions on more than eighty percent of the votes far outweigh their differences, they said. “We are basically voting the way the people of Wyoming would have us vote,” Simpson said. “1 read my mail.” Wallop said the voters in Wyoming would be more concerned if he and Simpson had identical and “monolithic” voting records. “The state doesn’t elect rubber stamps,” he said. “People don’t vote for you to be precisely the same (as the other), but to exercise judgment.” The differences between his record and Simpson’s reflect “some basic philosophical differences” and “honest differences of opin­ ion,” Wallop said. Simpson, who is the assistant GOP leader, is also under more pressure to vote the party line on major issues. Wallop added. But Wyoming also benefits from Simpson’s being in a leadership role in the Senate, he said. A comparison of voting records does not indicate whether one senator or the other is more “in touch” with Wyoming, Simpson and Wallop said. Wallop, who is seeking a third term this year, has been criticized as “out of touch” by Democratic challengers John Vinich and Peter Maxfield. Simpson dismissed the “out of touch” charge as “the keening cry of the challenger — and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a Democrat or Republican.” “In my 56 years of living in Wyoming, it has come up with every single representative that went to Washington,” he said. “It’n the way we are built in Wyoming, and it will always be there.” / Voting record comparisons can be a “feckless exercise” with the outcome determined largely by “who’s keeping score,” Simpson said. “It’s important that these votes be presented to Wyoming,” he said. “But I don t think (you can say) that one of us is representing Wyoming better than the other.” �•> '!,* fj'i’ifekv.'*' (^allop^ Simpson agree on sJWyoj^i^ues By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH ■■■;-* '■ ' - , ' « coiisit^Jtions -L , JSe 19?rvotes'Tiiustrate differ^T^NDREW MELNYKOVYCH ing approaches to government . Star-'i'nbune Star-'J ribune Washington bureau f\ i? A nnivcic also prompted wallopKSff^pose . H\ < ' /Analysis M the nomination of WiHlam Verity V 'Regulation of individual conduct. WACUlwrTrtM «z.______ ‘ ’ 4 'J 1___________ „ . r ^Iiiy K WASH1NGT(5 — Wyoming ' they have in the past, Wallop _____ _____________________ J...to... become,„^eg-rtary of Comand. Simpson took opposing views fe Republicans Malcolm Wallop and In itcent years. Wallop has j^njerce.'Vetity & tdb willinglb do Alan Simpson agreed about four on government funding of abor­ received higher, ratings from the? business with the Soviet Union, J times as often as they disagreed on tions for indigent women. Wallop American Conservative Union, Wallop Said. ' -* f votes cast in the Senate in 1987. ? * sometimes receiving ■,.ky,iviiig a pcii.cvi perfect iiiaiN/'t mark ' Wallop consistently^-Rjppqsed ' .favors a ban on federal funding of abortions in most circumstances Although relatively infrequent, tin the - group ; s)''' Conversely, --'..,’,-...*.7, V; J.; attempts * VV...Q1 VS" . ’ ’s-ratings. to exercise anyicofiigres\ those disagreements, as Wallop Wallop often gets a zero .rating . . . oy®fsigbt ot^ control over . while Simpson, while personally opposed,to abortion, feels that a ■ acknowledges, reveal “some basic from the liberal Americans for ”»’ military •••U.S? action in the Persian f philosophical differences’’ and iJOemocratie A^qn. woman has the right to choose ■ Gulf, to ‘ the - extent of voting ; > i"honest differences of opinion.’’ eno terminate-a-pregna.^. Simpson hai usually/received a , against ja resolution'asking a H In a vote involving Vererans i But both men insist that the difslightly higher rating ‘ from the f report dn costs of the naval ucbrt Administration, employees^ Wal­ , ferences in their voting records in ADA and a somewhat lo^er mark - of Kuwaiti tankers; / V ( 1987 — or any other year from the ACU^ However, he still Simpson said hfe votes on the! lop supported expanded random ?' should not be used to conclude tanks ittabng'^“thie more cdnker*! Persian Gylf issuet were governed t testing of employees for evidence of illegal drug use, while Simpson ' that one or the other is doing a . xative niemben of the Senate ‘ in part, by his role as a memb^of better job of representing Wyo/Th®authoritative' = National the GOP leadership. As mino^ty 1 opposed the expanded tesii jming’s interests in the Senate. Simpson ba spending fed­ Journal, which rates’senators.on a ,I_ whip. Simpson 05, the Senate’s scale^^ has|? second-rMklng Republican. ’ ' i eral funds to supply a life­ jj In fact, many of the votes 'bn ,< liberal-bbnservative: ^ale^^ which Wallop and Simpson dif­ Tated Wallop as somewh^ mdre^? Reaching some compromise on ■ prolonging drug to AIDS patients fered last year involved legislation conservatiye than Simpson In re-il® « Congressional role in setting pol- ; who cannot otherwise pay for the having little or nothing to do with cent years,' especially on social and L.icy in the Persian Gulf was the only i ’ * medication. ' Wallop opposed the funding. : Wyoming. On measures directly foreign policy issues. j; . *5 Awy to put an end to what threat! affecting Wyomihg, they usually On foreign* policy matters, ’ ened to become an endl^ debate, f I voted the same way. ' Simpson has generally supported Simpson said.■ Most of the issues on which the Reagan administration. ‘ Wal­ His leadership role - also Simpson and Wallop took oppos­ lop has become identified with a restricted Simpson Ut) ' votes ing positions fell into three broad grotip of GOP ultra-conservatives, relating to government spending. • areas foreign affairs, govern­ the most prominent among them As a result. Wallop app^ed to be ment spending, and social issues. ’ Jesse Helms of North Carolina, 1 ‘ a stauncher fiscal cdnservative. The differences of philosophy who deeply distrust the career dip- j/t t Many^f the bills setting appro- . and opinion are few in comparison lomats at the State Department. ■ • 4 priations or fiscal priorities are to the matters on which Wallop r The foreign, policy differences r carefully crgfted compromises Mpand Simpson agree. Neverthelessi emerged several times in 1987. j proved by traders of both parties. '' Wallop emerges as more’consef- 1 Wallop voted h against lhe apWallop' said '" h^ faces less ’ vative than Simpson. pointment of two career diplomats pressure than Simpson to stick to That impression is supported by to ambassadorships in world fe the party line on such votes; Often voting record analyses conducted trouble spots, largely because he tRte; did? not, "voting against the by both liberal and conservative viewed theni a| too willing to deal s, ycar-erid deficit reduction package , interest groups, ^s well as impar* j with Marxist; regimesi ' Simpson well as many of the individual tial observers. voted forboth nominees.1" ' spending bills that preceded itJJ F s n �Simpson, ?W^op split pn^l< in 5 yot^ b/andrew MELNYKOVYCH Slat-Tribune Washington bureau tf 't —i-On’’tetf^'6a3siotis^;W^^ »1 g 1^1116 289 voies'-inciuded lfttncT^’vdtcd with the minority igahtst J niajor spendmg bills4hat SSmpsdd j survey, Wallp^and Simpson vpted opposite wa)^ 54 times (18.7 ^r-j s^ported,’#includiiig??the two / WASHINGTON — Sens.' Alan cent.) In 43 of those Cases (14.9];' measures making tip the ?4enclti Simpson and Malcolm Wallop percent), Simpson was on the win- .V r^uctioh package enacted at the look opposing positions on^ about ' ; ning side, while Wallop was on the f end of the year. one ouf of e.verv five votes taken in , losing side. Eleven times (3.8 per­ • Wallop backed, while Simp; T the Senafelast yeaiT’**-’*.-* cent) Wallop was on the winning i son opposed, an effort to end the ' The Wyoming Republicans side andt Simpson on the losing h Essential Air Service program, j voted differently on issues in­ ;>vside. A. ■ , which guarantees continued air cluding the year-end deficit reduc­ Simpson add Wallop voted the service to rural cornmuiiities, in­ tion package,' air service to small ; " same way 235 times (81.3 percent). ____ _______ cluding several in Wyoming. Wai- : communities, relief for the , ' _____ ■ ■ _ side, ■ ’ ,"but " ai j f?" They were on the winning side 160/ lop was on ?:_' the; winning homeless, clean water and confir- ! ; times (55.4 percent). Of those idO’ House-Senate conference' later ? ’ mation of American ambassadors j restored the EAS program, * f to Pakistan and Mozambique. ! ■; Votes, 49 were tmanimous,jy\ahd another 17 saw only one or two ' • Wallop was .one ; Or hhie ’ ‘ When they voted the same way, 1 senatorsvotingintheminprity.- ' y senators voting not to reauthorize ;^Uthc ’ " Wallop and Simpson were on the , In 75 instances (25,9 percent), * the Federal Trade Tr^e Corhmissbn Cornmission {uid winning side about twice as often Wallop and Simpson voted T one of only two senatorsSdfing as they were on the losing side. together on the losing side of an I1— ’"i"-* a « measure mancnrA to tn bail hail out/the,. out*the against issue;^ When they voted togetherv / Federal Savings and/ ■— But' when th^y took opposite on the losing'side. Wallop and : ? sUranceCorp.' J ' positions, Simpson was on the ' wtnning*sid«4^F^in’ea^^teiT asl Simpsoii usually had plenty of i • Simpson backed a measure to ? establish uniform energy efficic^y ( 1 Wallop. ; .< company. Standards for home : apphant^-j Only j^red/times 7- two votes The Star-Tribune exammed the IE relating to the controversial high- ?^allop was one Of ^nate voting ^cords as Usted in 1I way bill and/the' nutu ywe v» final vote on Mpose the bill. ' ?'5 . Congressional Quarterly W eekly renewng *'thi^’ special prosecutor * Three times Simpson backed Reiwrt, an authoritative weregth^wo?, Wyoming succesful efforts to increase conWashington publication. ^blication. Included inclufled i? Opnnhlirans Republicans tn m a minoritv minority of fewer gressional oversight of U.S. naval « hh^20senators. the Persian Gulf^ operations in the Persian Gulf4; • Simpson voted to confirm William Verity as Secretary of Commerce.'Wallop voted against Verity. He also voted against nominees for ambassadorships in Pakistan anCT Mozambique, while Simpson supported them. • Wallop supported, while Simpson opposed, an unsuccesful attempt to sharply restrict feder­ ally funded abortions in the District of Columbia. ;■ • Wallop voted to prohibit the acquisition of an officiaTrcsidence for the Secretary of State. Simp­ son was on the losing side of ihe 48-47 vote. " ; ‘ * • Simpson unsuccesfully op­ posed a plan to establish the na­ tion’s first nuclear; waste repository ’ in Nevada. Wallop backedthe plan. * -'■p' < ? m ; "Senators participated t»r, if,jhey did gjnjpjomjjf^jed ii^luded: # J s •Wallop Wallop backed, backed, and and Simpson Simpson not (^st a vote, annoynced a posi• whether^io renew the Qcan. fi opposed, unsuccessful efforts to j .... /, j^, s *> jf K)Vater Act. whic^ includes j^n-^ declare that Mexico and■ the i' / The survey excluded wtes on WstruCtion grants^ foir municipal'^ Bahamas have not cooperated with ' procedural matters' and multiple fesewage treatraetrf’facilities. Simp^ American drug enforcement efI votes on identical issues, such as F son voted for the legislation and to MforU. ^^ Wallop also supported a pfwhether toic«»tiff>ilahate,sin.aibill4ii override Pit^ident Reagan’s veto, r Tgile^ effort .Xo/. har JLI,Sy ,trade . I before the Senate, li) cases whereof/ Wallop yoted'against the bill and^; jj(fmjuAngola...t; ■' '■ ' ' i ian identical issue was considered j to sustaiif’ lhe veto. The measure ; Lmore than once, only the last vote “ became law dver Reagan’s veto ?• taken muaq in31iiderf-.tn a the ’ Star• - SimDSOII Simpson '- SUDDOrtcd. supported, / W while | taken was inCludedRio \the StatWallop opposed, legislation lo. I f i Tribune survey. » provide emergency funds to aid tte s homeless.bill passed. ■ �Tuesday, March 1,1988 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson said Mon­ day he supports a top-to-bottom review of the U.S. Olympic movement in light of the na­ tion’s performance at the Winter. Olympics; i VThe Americans’ performance — just six medals — was theworst in more than 50 years. Not since 1936, when there were only 17 events compared with 46' this year, had America won fewer medals. It walked' away, from those Games at Garmisch with four medals. Four years ago in Sarajevo, the United StateS won eight medals, and it equaled its alltime high in 1980 at Lake Placid with 12. \ Simpson, in a telephone in­ terview with Wyoming reporters, said the nation’s Olympic programs need a tough review. ' < “I think that we can’t com­ pete in intemat^on^; athleti^ anymore ''with ’ mateurs.'i. fiutl boy we sure as heck could com­ pete with them as pros?’, he said. “I’d love to turn some of our NHL hockey league people into that net with any of those Olympic teams because they’re pros. “You don’t think the Soviet Union Olympic team is a bunch of pros? They feed' them and groom them and take care of them. That’s the way it is,’’ the Republican continued., “So I think we’re going tohave reappraise that. I, really., do. Unless we just want to go along and pretend that it’s just people of various countries gathering together to compete. And that’s not the way it is. These East Germans and the Soviets, they’re pros. We ought, to reassess it.” 4< £ �■Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Wednesday, March 2,1988 Simpson staffer at i ^Sheridan meeting * ’ V^SHERl DAN — Leta Tanne-, U.S. Sen. Alan K, Simpson’s northeastern Wyoming field representative, will hold constituent meetings here from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today at the Sheridan YMCA Reading Room. Individuals needing assistance concerning federal government matters are urged to attend the ses­ sion. �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo, Thursday, March 3,1988 Higher park fees will return to park @ CHEYENNE Crease in «""®,"park will go right stone_N2ii2!i^;Srnot affect its ESrwTH^^jT^ecording to U.S.Sen.AlS^^Jig^nc inter^‘"'P'TMSkday there apparent• view, said M • j-jerstanding at ■, handled. g„ to the in.‘We’re going to ke^P ger: tent, which fees, were vice’s fees, the en^ going to go up an rcentage do.” he said. �•Tribune. Casper, Wyo. ' Tuesday, March 8,1988 Simpson journeys to Soviet Union n, 5) WASHINGTON — Sem 'Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and five other senators are in Moscow this week for a series of meetings with top Soviet officials. The other senators making the trip include Democrats Alan Cranston of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, and Sam Nunn ' of Georgia, and Republicans William Cohen of Maine and John Warner of Virginia. They are expected to meet with Communist Party First Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Foreign Minister Eduard Schevardnadze, Defense Minister Marshal Sergei •Akhromeyev, and former Am­ bassador to the United States Anatoli Dobrynin. �Thursday, March 10,1988 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. U.S.-Canada pact could kill off uranium industry in U.S. Imports played big role in forcing U.S. plants to close, critics claim ’ By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH By Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — The pen­ ding U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement could kill off what lit­ tle is left of the American uranium industry, critics of the pact said Wednesday. Robert Luke, president of the Uranium Producers of America, told the House energy and power subcommittee that imports of Ca­ nadian uranium have “played a major role in forcing our uranium industry out of business. “It’s not strictly the Canadian production that has caused the demise of the U.S. industry, but i it’s been a large contributor,” Luke said. The trade pact is simply another manifestation of the Reagan ad­ ministration’s unwillingness to take steps to protect the domestic uranium industry, as required by federal law, he said. Domestic uranium production and employment in the uranium industry have declined drastically in the last five years, Luke said. The Energy Department has declared the industry “iionviable” in each of the past three years, he said. Despite the determination of non-viability, the administration has refused to impose uranium import restrictions required by federal law, Luke said. According to a law passed in the 1960s, if the uranium industry is determined to be “non-viable,” the government is required to impose “such restrictions as will make it viable.” A lawsuit seeking to mandate import restrictions will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month. Luke said the trade pact will dq nothing to correct the present situ­ ation, and would exempt Canadian uranium from import curbs in the future. It would allow Canada to continue subsidizing its own ura- nium producers while denying U.S. companies the right to ex­ plore or mine in Canada, he said. “The proposed agreement in its present form will. place the na­ tion’s indigenous uranium supply in jeopardy,” Luke said. “Having the industry in the shape that our uranium industry is in is a threat to national security.” Congress should either pass leg­ islation to modify the pact or force a renegotiation of the agreement, he said.- Luke said he favors a pending Senate bill that would restrict uranium imports to no more than half of domestic de­ mand through the year 2000. Im­ ports now supply about 75 percent of domestic demand, he said......... Reagan administration officials defended the pact, saying the drop in domestic uranium production is due to the sagging fortunes of the nuclear power industry. “This doesn’t worsen the pres­ ent bad situation,” Deputy Energy Secretary William Martin said. “It maintains the status quo.” “The problem with uranium is that we didn’t get the (expected) growth in nuclear power,” he said. “It’s a market problem.” - - “We have to do something” to revive domestic uranium produc­ tion, Martin said. “To pick on the free trade agreement isn’t the way to do it.” Robert Reinstein, who negoti­ ated the portions of the pact deal­ ing with energy, said the agreement simply ratifies the existing situa­ tion. “We have had eight years of un­ constrained imports,” he said. “We do not believe this will result in the elimination of the domestic uranium industry.” Domestic demand will increase in the 1990s, “when the adjustment to the current'oversupply is com­ pleted,” Reinstein said. But the U.S. industry will not be as big as it was at its peak, he conceded. Imposing import restrictions on uranium will not restore the domestic industry, Reinstein said..’ But allowing free trade will y enhance long-term energy security and help consumers by dropping, energy prices, he said. The trade pact is based on the premise of unrestricted U.S.Canadian trade in energy, rather than trying to protect specific American industries, Reinstein said. Rep. Howard Nielson, R-Utah, said the administration did “a lousy job on uranium” in negotiating the trade pact. The pact deals a “body blow” to the American uranium industry, he said. In the past ten years, the number of uranium mills operating in the United States has dropped from 40 to four, and two of the remaining mills are unlikely to survive the decade, Nielson said. Two of the mills are located in Utah,, one is in Wyoming and one in New Mexico. Martin told the subcommittee that the trade pact will generally benefit the U.S. energy industry. It will expand imports of Canadian natural gas to the Northeast and insure that imports of gas or other fuels cannot be cut off, he said. Insuring a supply of gas will en­ courage greater usage, thus giving a boost to the domestic gas in­ dustry, Martin said. The only negative effect will be on imported oil, which will be driven out of the market, he said. “I don’t think this hurts our domestic energy producers,” Mar­ tin said. The trade pact will not take ef­ fect until it is ratified by the Senate. Both the House and Senate will have to enact aa^ompanying “enabling” legislation. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., has already announced nis opposi-, tion to the agreement, largely because of the way it treats the uranium industry. ■ ' �______________ Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Tuesday. March 15.1988 Senate opens debate on overhaul of country’s immigration system ii" Simpson calls legislation compromise to serve '^nation’s interest, ‘honest approach’ to imbalance By ANDREW MELN YKOVYCH .. Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate opened debate Monday on legislajlion to overhaul the system which determines who can come to the United States as a legal immigrant. , The bill, which is a follow-up to 1986 measure aimed at stemming illegal imrnigration, was crafted by Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyo., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. “This is a compromise that will insure that the Rational interest ^~VilLbe served,7 Simpson said in ^Sth'e opening debate on the ^measure. 5 ’ He termed the bill an “honest r approach to correct the im/ balance” between allowing im6.' migration by relatives.of U.S. cit|l izens and by those who would ti bring with them badly needed job If skills. The h>ll would retain “very f generous” preference .accorded to immediate family members while ^-giving greater weight to job skills, I Rimpson said. j But distant family members — ’ *nieces and nephews, for example J «— would find it harder to enter the fJJUnited States simply on the basis Z^pf being related to a U.S. citizen. Simpson said the bill follows “ilosely the recommendations made 1 ^n 1978 by the Select Commission ^‘on Immigration and Refugee PoliT'l'cy, on which he and Kennedy both 1 (served. I , The legislation sets the annual . number of immigrants at 590.000 for each of the next three years — 100.000 more than the current ceiling. The bill increases immigration despite polls indicating pubic op­ position to such a move, Simpson said. Of the 590,000 annual im­ migrants, 470,000 could be close family members of American citi­ zens and 120,000 would come under the job-related provisions. As under present law, there would be no sub-limit on im­ migration by immediate family members — spouses and--minor children — of citizens. The pref­ erence given to immediate family of legal resident aliens would be increased. But new, lower numerical limits would be imposed on immigration by adult sons and daughters of cit­ izens and married brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. Most of the immigrants entering under the “fifth” preference accorded to siblings of citizens are not brothers and sisters, but rather their spouses and children, according to federal statistics. There is a backlog of more than 1.2 million visa applications in the fifth preference, according to a report accompanying the bill. The wait for a visa is now about 18 years, and even longer for appli­ cants from countries such as China and Mexico. “Suph lengthy and growing waits can hardly be described as family reunification; they are false hopes and illusions,” the report says. Limiting the preference to never-married siblings would “recognize the family’s brother or sister who is still most likely to be part of the family unit” while shortening their wait for a visa, the report says. The bill would more than dou­ ble the amount of immigrant visas allocated to those not qualifying under the preferences accorded > family members. Annual immigration by ministers of religion, former U.S. employees, and other “special” ■immigrants would be capped at 6,000. The number of skilled im­ migrant workers who can relieve labor shortages would be set at 27,600, up 600. Visas allocated to professionals and persons of ex­ ceptional artistic ability would also be set at 27,600 per years, up 600. The increase would come in two categories — 55,000 “seed” im­ migrants and 4,800 visas for enterpreneurs who would bring with them at least $2 million in invest­ ment capital that would create at least 10 new jobs. Visas for seed immigrants would be allocated on a point system that would take into consideration fac­ tors such as age, education, job / skills, and ability to communicate in English. �■ ' ■■■iz';. ■ \'\—?*'^'*'’*'''•\''*i''$’v''i ;,. ' ' . ..' ,. ► «tar-lribune, CMper^V^ox'rx^ Wednesday, March 16,1088 ■-r-.r' -— 1 •11 . ' J -1 This system has resulted in 85 j senate QKs bill to expand ■’“'legal■ immigration to 1 i . ■ Zll ‘ ‘ ' ’ ‘ • ■ usji ' . . . ’ ' ■ Under this um^ella, 470,000 factors, would be expected to ad- ’ / ’ ’ mit large nuinbers of western WASHINGTON(AP) —The Senate voted 88-4 on Tuesday' Europeans. ■. ‘ ] legislation would apply to for legislation that would expand legal immigration to the; ; The le^slation United States and open the gates wider for western Europeans those who try to ootam legal residency through normal U.S. who once dominated the flow of foreigners to this country. • ‘ nr.rmn The bill went to the House, where its future is uncertain. - government channels. Sixteen ■ months ended aj Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced a similar bill ./— ------- ago. » , Congress . “ i —- —------ fc,- V i to the Senate measure. He said there may be attempts to link six-year debaU ”..¥J ®pacnp8j®6i«ation to curb massive ' illegal the bill with proposals to extend an amnesty program for some """ entries into the United States. j of those who came here illegally. The 1986 law included the pro-, The Senate rolled up its overwhelming majority because the vision granting two leading immigration authorities in the chamber. Democrat ------- w - - amnesty „ 'vto. those -j i Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Republican Alan . who came here illegally, but resided continuously in this country Simpson of Wyoming, teamed up as bipartisan sponsors. since before Jan. 1, 1982. The Sen. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona was the only Democrat one-year legalization program to oppose the bill. Three Republicans voted against it: Jesse ends May 4, and Schumer and Helms of North Carolina, Pete Wilson of California and Mark Hatfield of Oregon. j others beUeve it should be extendSimpson and Kennedy took aim at a legal immigration ed. system in which 90 percent of those Ranted visas are admitted Kennedy and Simpson agreed because they have doSe family members living legally in this not to link an extension to their country. Only 10 percent of the immigratiori visas are granted bill Jo avoid a possible fi^*ousler ,0 fill the needs ofthe labor marke.. , ‘^he S»«e'kSiX Sd' ; I ■ j It : g * maintain priority for applicants with close relatives here and’ significantly expand available visas for the new independent category. The bill also would establish an overall cap on immigration. , ' The level for the first three years would be 590,000 annually, which is 100,000 higher than the current number of visas. ; jreserved for family immigration?^ and 120,000 (150,000 after’three years) would be for the MW *i‘in» dependent” category. * J Currently, spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens can enter i the country without limitation. ' s Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., a refugee from Nazi Germany, said he was concerned that the limita­ tion could someday close the doors to many wishing to come here. But Simpson said the cap is more than adequate to handle to­ day’s applicants, and pointed out the cap could be changed every three years. Schumer’s bill would address this problem with a cap of 750,0(X), including refugees fleeing from persecution. The Senate cap does not include refugees, who now are admitted under a separte law that sets annual limits. The current refugee cap is 68,500. The Senate bill also would: • Revise family preferences to give higher priority to the closest family members of citizens and permanent residents,' ’ • Require the administration to report every year on the effects of immigration, and to recommend changes in the level of .immigration every three years. • Create the independent visas by combining: existing preferences • for professionals, persons of ex- , ceptional merit, and those with . needed skills; and establish a new 5S,0(X)-visa category based on a point system. ; i ' 1/ �I Friday, March 18. 1988 Delegation supporting decision to send troops By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH and MATT WINTERS-----/^Star-Tribune staff writers WASHINGTON — The Wyo­ ming congressional delegation is backing President Reagan’s deci­ sion to send U.S. combat troops to Honduras in response to an in­ cursion by forces of the Sandinista regime in neighboring Nicaragua. The two Democrats who want to run against Sen. Malcolm Wallop in November both hesitated to criticize the action. Although the American troops will be conducting maneuvers far from the border fighting, their presence is a “powerfully impor­ tant symbol to the rest of the Democratic countries surrounding Nicaragua,” Wallop said. Nicaraguan forces crossed into Honduras Wednesday in pursuit of opposition Contra guerrillas. Reagan dispatched the four U.S. combat battalions late Wednesday night. I Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. “ThisTs a major planned inva­ Sen. Alan Simpson said the Sandinista action only proves that sion with significant organization Nicaraguan President Daniel and build-up since before the first Ortega is “bizarre” and an of March,” he said. A Democratic package of non“unstable ... madman.” Wallop and his fellow Wyoming lethal aid to the Contras — re- • Republicans have been consistent jected earlier this month by the supporters of the Reagan ad- House — would have had no i ministration’s policy in Central deterrent effect on Ortega, Wallop i America, including efforts to pro- said. Although Ortega is ‘.‘stupid ivide military aid to the Contras. J The U.S. troops were sent in enough” to tangle with American I response to a request from the forces. Wallop says that the Unit- ' Honduran government, the mem­ ed States will do everything it can bers of the delegation pointed out. to stay out of the fighting, making The United States has a treaty it unlikely that the U.S. troops obligation to respond to such a will see combat. Simpson said he does not agree request, Rep. Dick Cheney said. ! Cheney, interviewed on CBS- that the Nicaraguan effort to elim- I TV’s Morning Program, said he i inate the Contras is the direct con- I hopes the Sandinista action will sequence of Congress’ refusal to prompt Reagan to make a renewed give more military aid to the request for military assistance to rebels. Rather, Simpson suggested, j the Contras. Congress’ recent refusal to pro­ Ortega “is a madman, and this on­ vide such aid contributed to the ly shows it. How could he be so ! decision by Ortega to try to wipe insensitive?” Peace talks with the rebels are out the Contras, Wallop said. “I’m concerned that because of ' due to begin next week, Simpson the lack of support from Congress j said. Ortega’s purpose may have I we’re seeing the end-game for the ' been to make peace talks a moot Contras,” he Said. “If that’s so, point, he said. then the status of Honduras) “A cease-fire doesn’t mean much if you’ve killed all the peo­ becomes critical.” “The sad thing is that the Dem­ ple that were firing,” Simpson ocratic majority has probably said. Ortega “is bizarre. Everything! sealed the death sentence for the organized resistance to Com­ he does is bizarre,” Simpson said. ‘ It’s time to realize that this is an munism in Nicaragua,” WallopI said. ' unstable man running an unstable There is evidence that Ortega government.” had been planning for some time to move against the Contras, Wal­ lop said. Democratic candidate for Se Sending U.S. troops to Hon­ duras was not an attempt to build Pete Maxfield said that “if th* support for renewed aid to the cursion by the Sandinistas is ai Contras, Simpson said. But more tempt by them to establish a aid will be forthcoming, he manent, or at least a long-l predicted. presence in Honduras, Presi “We’ll come up with some kind Reagan’s response may well of package,” he said. “But it appropriate.” But if the Nicaraguan mill wasn’t done for that purpose.” The nation’s Central American was only chasing the Contras policy has not worked. Democrat­ is not engaging in an invasioi ic Senate candidate John Vinich tempt, “the sending of Amer said. “We’ve gone about the entire troops to Honduras, and thing wrong and it’s developing in­ number of troops that we i to a situation where it could be seems a bit excessive,” he said. all-out war down there.” “Some suspect that this may But, Vinich said, “the president ruse to increase the support fc is, of course, the commander-in- the military aid — for the < chief, and in these kind of situa­ tras,” Maxfield said, and “if tl tions 1 think as American citizens the reason for our sending tr< we’ve got to stand behind the to Honduras, then 1 would ha* commander-in-chief. ’ ’ say that President Reagan’s < “It would be easy to criticize at sion is irresponsible.” this point in time, but without Long-term involvement really knowing the situation I think he is the elected command­ American troops in Cen er-in-chief, he is the president, and America would be “very bt I don’t think right now is the time , based on existing facts. Maxi to criticize that action,” Vinich said. said. But Maxfield does sup: American troop involvenien “In terms of the military in­ Nicaragua is engaged in a ser volvement, it has to be looked at attempt to annex Honduran very closely so we don’t end up rltory. Preserving the “integrit getting into a situation like the each of the Central Amer Tonkin Bay situation and a long­ countries is strongly in our u time military war down there,” he est,”hesaid. said. Aid to the Contras has meant development of “basically an arms race kind of situation,” he added. �Friday, March 18, 1988 Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Now that the indictments have been issued, there is little choice but to let the judicial process move toward a conclusion, he said. Sen. Malcolm Wallop said the indictments were ^‘perhaps inap­ propriately hard,” and also noted that the final judgment on that will be made through the legal system. Any thought of a presidential pardon should be dismissed until ' By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH the legal proceedings are com­ Star-lribuae Washington bureau pleted, Wallop added. Sen. Alan Simpson said the inWASHINGTON Members dictments are nothing more than of Wyoming’s congressional dele­ allegations. gation were cautiously -critical on “Probably some are quite Thursday of the indictments serious and probably some are , returned Wednesday against four quite petty,” he said. “It will be a of the major figures in the Irw1 long haul — clear past the elec­ Contra scandal. ■ tion” before the cases are settled. . Rep. Dick Cheney, who was a The indictments will not affect member" of the congressional panel the presidential ambitions of Vice that investigated the affair, said the President George Bush, Simpson “prospect of indictments was predicted. fore-ordained once a special “I can’t imagine how it would,” counsel was appointed.” he said. “If they haven’t tied any­ Cheney, intervjewed on CBSthing to the president, 1 don’t TV’s Morning Program, said he know how they could tie it to the was “saddened” by the indict­ yice president.” ments of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver If Bush or Reagan were involved North and former national securi­ in the diversion of funds from ty adviser Adm. John Poindexter, and the guilty plea entered last. arms sales to Iran to the Nicaraguan Contras, that would ' week by Robert MacFarlane, have come tp light by now, SimpPoindexter’s predecessor at the . son said. _National Security Council. , “I don’t think~meh likF Poindexter, MacFarlane, and North deserve to end up being . prosecuted on criminal grounds at the end of their service in govern­ ment,” Cheney said. '• ■■'H- Delegation jqpnunents on indictments , �Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Friday, March 18,1988 i Wallop mnosof p^i^ing^ trade agreement witli Canada ' i , .^By^DREW MELNYKOVYCH P.Thursd.y ,o defend 'U.e nade ' M^Stir-7n()une Wasti^gton bureau: With t^ exception of a single agreement. ^ WASHINGTON - The pen^ deposit, Canadian uranium ores Wallop challenged them to than those found in lyove that the phase-in period for ding trade agreement with Canada ^^®tes, he said. the trade pact is incompatible with IS compatible with pending legisla­ *We have an industry that has I the phase-out of import restriction that would restrict imports of he smu. said. I tions under the proposed Uranium “The r'anozi ' compete, ’r-"*"'-*''’ ’’ ■*'= uranium into the United StatesRevitalization Act. „ "e Canadian industry could not Sen. Malcolm Wallop said _________ without government su^ i „] would restrict uranium Thursday. purchasers such asHiuclear power Oesnite Rpinci • > 1 ------- ’‘a.er .-..vawavUA But Reagan administration of­ plants from ? ottt buying buying more more than than half half that t£ traS XT ® ‘;°"‘5"tion ] ficials contend that the trade pact, of their their uranium uranium from from foreign foreien iTn«r7 ‘ bar all ot which specifically exempts Cana­ producers. The import restrictioL hTnfr ’'®®‘F,'ctions, Ye,utter said ' dian uranium from import restric­ would gradually gradually he be e^ed eased over 'Son reevaluate the queswould tions, can hot be meshed with, several years. measures^ to protect the domestic Although the uranium issue is Bob Reinstein, who negotiated uranium industry. important. Wallop said the trade the energy-related portions of the & Wallop said his support for the) be viewed in its overall j trade pact, said it would not allow y Trade Agreement uranium import restrictions. In ' econohiy. : ^111 be,’-contingent ■"in part on: any case, the trade pact-v^r not hi lidT 5?® million a year (;Whether that “misunderstanding"^ worsen the condition ’ of thTmJrf TJ ’ i i ’ S^T" ’ ’ « * worseni the coridition’’df'thTiiioriwyer the Uranium Revitalization: resolved. Fellow' "Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan While conceding that Canadian what iSimpson has already said the ura-! (the trade pact) does to Wyoming uranium producers benefit from i-’nipm-r^ted provisions will make' industries ’ such as drilling equip ­ goveriment subsidies, Reinstein •;it impossible for him to support: ment suppliers and chemical mansaid Canada has “ the world ’ s f the trade pact. ; richest ore,’’ making I it hard for ■ ufacturers. Wallop said, ■ ‘ Treasury Secretary James Baker, American producers jto compete supports or opposes * Tirade Representative; depend to to a a tor buyers. 1„the ” trade pact, will "«** aepena ' u Yeutter appeared before; “I think that’s a myth.’’ Wallon^ “enabling leg^ j Finance Committee, of' said. /'I challenge, that specificaJ- agrremen/wdl '' t Wallop - is a member, i . X be implemented, he ' ' ' " ,aaaea. . ■ * ,• c m , i*- - 'I 4 ■ ■ K'--J \ J �X ■' -i Saturday., March IS, t9§^( L , r V-iK •,x»‘Sto;TriS>une, C^per. Wyo ■ ^. i Simpson thinks Dole j will stay in race g4^ J ASCHEYENNE (AP) —U.S.' i Sen. Al Simpson says he doesn’t i . expecTBob E>ole to drop out of the i presidential race, despite mounting ; primary losses to Vice President ' ! George Bush. , j I Speaking in a telephone inter- ’ ! view, Simpson said when Dole was j in the Senate this week for a vote a number of senators gathered around him, the minority leader, to welcome him back from days of : campaigning. “But he said ‘I’m not back. I’m just passing through,’’’ Simpson said. ■ The Wyoming Republican called Dole “a scrapper’’ and said he ex­ pects him to stay in the presidential race and refrain from attacks on ‘ ] Bush. As assistant minority leader, ’ ’ Simpson has been in charge of OOP operations in the Senate while Dple has been campaigning. i i- '•5' • j �Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Sunday. March 20.1988 Simpson, veterans trade harsh words ( 3y ' ! i I ! J 'I i i f\t t\r “You have the audacity to ig- f Simpson’s stand on veterans’ Star" J hbune staff writer jn iwi\ nore„ .. traumas .« ” the associated- withI I■ benefits reveals ----- a - “savage I ijvuaiicas, id. . i war-time service “and infer that callousness, ” juluaL Blust act said, WASHINGTON — Hundreds disabilities of an injured knee or a ■ In an interview last week. Simpn rlofAnzlarl Vise rAmrtrVn ' of veterans and their supporters ‘big toe’ injury ... is the cause of son defended his remarks, angered by Sen. Alan Simpson’s the large and continuing deficits — ‘ “ but I’m sure ■ “1' am for veterans *"■* veterans organizations that comments in a Dec? 30 speech in you can’t be serious,” yJrote i San Diego — have written to the Chester Swafford of Sani)iego. pretend this country isn’t doings senator’s office in protest, | anything for its veterans — we do ■ Another letter writer, George An equally angry Simpson has in Stephens of Tucson, Ariz,, sug­ more for veterans than any coun- >: try on earth. i turn responded against charges of gested that Simpson ‘“owes a veteran-bashing, saying “I’m not' public apology to the Veterans of ! “In England and Australia and anti-veteran,, but 1 am an­ Foreign Wars” and other veterans Canada — the people that fought ti-bullshit.” J side-by-side with us in the impor­ groups. tant Wai's of the century — they According to local press' . “He claims ---------------------he served--two years don’t give anything to veterans reports, Simpson told members of .‘n the service — odds are that it the San Diego City Club that' y'as behind a desk pushing a pencil other than those who are combat veterans. There is no benefit for automatic cost-of-living increases! the U.S.,” Stephens wrote, wrote. for military retirees, disabled vet-JI other veterans. They can’t believe The letter-writing campaign had what we do in the U.S.,” he said. erans and Social Security recipients' landed upwards of 250 letters on threaten to bankrupt the federal Simpson’s desk by March 11, The San Diego Tribune reported pension system. his remarks accurately, Simpson ' Simpson aide Mary Kay Hill said. said, “but they couldn’t report it The Coalition of Military Simpson said that regardless of all. I’m not going to whine about Retirees asked members to also their income or financial need, that, but I’m going to say ‘wait a write letters to the editor of the many veterans receive disability Casper Star-Tribune, Hill said. minute, pal, you want to hear the pensions for injuries they sustained rest of it?’ after they left the service, or in About four letters concerning “Everywhere I (go), people say, Simpson’s remarks and two writ­ non-combat related accidents ‘what the hell are you going to do ten by Simpson in response have while serving. about the deficit?’ and I say we can been received by the paper. do a lot about it if were able to The Wyoming Republican said a The author of two letters to the military person can become legally Star-Tribune, Dick Blust of Rock J limit or freeze the cost of living al- ' disabled by breaking “your big toe Springs, branded Simpson’s San lowance just for one year to get a i looking for a case of lemon extract Diego speech “shameful” and handle on the thing and save $15 ’■ in the mess tent to finish your “patently despicable.” ; billion,” Simpson said. three-day drunk,” the San Diego “I’m talking about prioritizing “Sen. Simpson ha.s a quaint no­ Tribune reported. tion tljat the federal deficit should ' everything — I havfe voted across After learning of the remarks be made up by denying cost-ofthe board cuts in the defense through the newspaper rep6ft7“ living adjustments to the men and budget on each occasion that vote military retiree groups such as the women who served this country,” > was taken in the U.S. Senate — 3 Fleet Reserve Association and the Blust said in an interview last percent one year, 4 percent one , Coalition of Military Retirees ask­ week. He said he learned about year, and I remember one amend­ ed their members to write in pro­ Simpson’s speech from his father, ment years ago was for 5 percent” test. ■ who belongs to the Fleet Reserve 'i — I voted for those. Association. matt winters 4 �Star-Tribune. Casper. Wyo. Sunday. March 20.1988 ctorlJc “Sen. Simpson makes disparag-f s?*"® to tell horror tell mv remarks about veterans dis• tell my my horror horror stones stories that that are^ust ar» abiej non-combat situations bot^ as vital knowing the reality of the the definition of who should or situation,” he said. should not get benefits is only in “I personally knew guys in the his head,” said Butch Gogel, Mrvice —Blust couldn’t have spokesman for the Disabled Amer­ because he was never in — but I ican Veterans. did. I knew guys who went into the Simpson is “sincere” in wanting mess tent late at night looking for to define aid recipients more a case of lemon extract, which is specifically, Gogel said, but there high-potency 12-13 percent alco­ are no clear-cut criteria for holic content, knocked over a separating service from non-service^ bunch of stuff, crushed their toe, disabilities. and filed as a disabled American “A veteran never knows where veteran,” Simpson said. he’s going to be ordered to serve” “I was in the service and I saw or in what capacity, Gogel said. A i guys who were injured playing disease contracted while serving in' basketball, or football ... and a non-combat unit overseas can be they tore up their leg or tore up i every bit as debilitating as a comtheir elbow and they were service- 1 bat injury, he said. I connected disabled veterans, and I Choosing which veterans should J they still are — they’re still draw­ ! receive benefits- wpuld introduce ing the checks,” he said. ' an element of arbitrary decisionThe senator also said that per­ jnaking into a process that should sons eligible for VA pensions are be non-discriminatory, Gogel said. considered 100 percent disabled Such a system, he said, would . upon reaching age 65. “1 don’t mean “you can pick the ones you think there is anything in the world like and the ones you don’t like — that matches that. that’s our position.”, I “Furthermore, you can be under Gogel said Simpson is “tough, ' the age of 65 and be a 100 percent but he supported some good legis- ' had nothing lation as7hair ” of "thrVrtwtn Inlinn sac rkoJp” _____’^ Ind stni be°S‘’tn ®”’ Committee of the Senate haul "’®yhe even from 1980 to 1984. unbelievahip th ~ how For his part, Simpson last week about.” Sampson Sd^™ was less than complimentarv complimentary about about Gogel’s organization. disabilities The Disabled American Veterans ' should be compensated is much “is being sued by the government i more difficult than Simpson sue- ’ for unpaid taxes because they ! sPokesmM misused their not-for-profit tor a leading veterans group. status,” Simpson said. The DAV has $140 million it solicited ostensibly to help veter­ ans, but “what they give to veter­ ans — is miniscule compared to what they take in,” Simpson charged. I DAV spokesman “Butch Gogel makes more than I do — his salary is up around $85,000 a year — he doesn’t like it when you bring that up,’’ and the group’s president makes over $200,000 a year, ac­ cording to Simpson. And he suggested that venality may be a problem among some recipients of veterans aid. “We just had a Veterans Affairs Committee hearing this morning and found the most extraordinary thing ... we have 1.4 million vet- ' erans under the pension program, ' and we find that over 500,000 of them gave erroneous information’’ in applying. Comparing veterans’ applica- J tion forms with their tax returns 1 reveals that the government has ; been defrauded of over $1.5 bil- ' lion, Simpson said. ; ’’That is wrong, that is repug- ; nant. Just because a person has the ; word ‘veteran’ behind their names • does not mean that they entered ' sainthood, or martyrdom, or 1 heroism, and I don’t really have to > take second-seat to anybody. I J served this country for two years ' — I was overseas (as a platoon ’ leader in Germany) — I was not * ‘pushing pencils,’’’he said. i Raising the Veterans Ad- ‘ ministration to cabinet status in the < executive branch also would be a J “mistake,” Simpson sajd. J “1’11 be testifying on that (this) f week. John Glenn and 1 both feel -1 that that is a mistake. ” j “There is no need for cabinet level status. The Veterans Ad-1 ministration — the professional ’ veteran — is the toughest lobby in J Washington.” ’ �Tuesday, March 22,1988 ' ‘^star Trih..»<> Casper, Wyo. Simpson has acknowledged that The legislation says religious in- , • • -J- by veto i stitutions such as schools or churmany of the claims made supporters are wildly inaccurate, i ches do not have to comply with Simpson press secretary Mary Kay ! civil rights laws if those laws conHill said. Supporters of the veto flict with the tenets of that < a *"■ -a : -‘A have claimed that it would force religion, proponents" note. Nor , churches or farmers to hire AIDS- does it require any institution to perform or pay for abortions. infected homosexuals. Other exemptions apply to small In his interview with reporters Monday, Simpson said some businesses, farmers, and recipients ByXNDREW MELNYKOVYCH ----------------------- .'----- funds from discriminating against . research.money would not be barcomments on the bill he has of federal assistance such as food Star-rribune Was/un^ron b<jreau anyone on the basirsf rSce, sexT^YSTnrdsi ------ discnnJinatmg**against* discriminating against received were “tremendously emo­ stamps or Medicaid. ;'y 7 ’age, or handicap. ' " It overturns a women athletes, provided that.the tional.’’ ' Simpson believes Presidents WASHINGTON — Sen. ' Alan 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision athletic department receiyed no’ People will call and say, ‘they Reagan’s suggestions to narrow Simpson — reversing an earlier” involving Grove City College in federal funds. --------1------— the scope of the legislation would are not going to ever make meu: hire position — announced ' Monday Pennsylvania, and the legislation is The current legislation overturns a homosexual. I’ll never hire an be a significant improvement. Hill that he will vote commonly referred to by that the court decision by specifically AIDS person. You can’t force me said. The changes would leave in­ to sustain Presi­ name. ' expanding the ^prohibition on to do this or that and they can’t tact the core of the measure and dent Ronald Simpson said in an interview discrimination to entire institu­ ,have an abortion in our church overturn the Grove City decision, Reagan’s veto of with Wyoming reporters Monday tions. It passed the House by a 315 i hospital.’ ” he said. she said. a comprehensive that he changed his mind on the to 98 and the Senate by a 75-14 i But Simpson said the bill would Wallop said last week that the civil rights bill. bill after Reagan came up with vote. “never have passed in its original bill goes “endlessly farther than Sen. Malcolm some suggested changes in a pro­ Religious fundamentalists, led form if it was of the hideous nature repe^ing Grove City.’’ He said he Wallop, k posed compromise. by the Moral Majority and the that is portrayed now.’’ Never- would back legislation that simply Wyo., voted Even though he supported the Rev. Jerry Falwell, have launched : theless, “..... _____ ___has ________ the _ President given us reestablishes the situation that against the bill earlier bill that Reagan vetoed, a vigorous lobbying campaign in > ^omT good additional information prevailed prior to the Grove City and said last Simpson said now “I think the SIMPSON favor of sustaining Reagan’s veto. and• •I am ready to ---->--------with -.l decision. go along week that he will President is right.’ A two-thirds majority is needed to him.’’ vote to sustain the veto. In the Grove City ruling, the override the veto. Supporters say the bill does not-------Rep. Dick Cheney, R-Wyo., Supreme Court said that only In the past several days, the prohibit discrimination against voted for the bill ano is expected to specific programs receiving feder^ Wyoming congressional delega­ homosexuals. While court deci­ vote to override Reagan’s veto, aid — not entire institutions — ' tion has been deluged by phone sions have deemed AIDS and other aides said Monday. are affected by federal an­ calls in support of the veto, staff infectious diseases to be handi- J The bill prohibits any institution ti-discrimination laws. Thus a members say. capping conditions, the bill says ' or organization receiving federal university receiving federal there is no imperative to hire in­ fected individuals if their condition would pose a threat to health or safety, they say. Simpson to support Reagan’s c t *' ‘i' t-* ■r ■,/ ^7' �StaMMbune. Casper. Wyo>’'5rW»clnesclay,March 23,1988;^ ■ Simpson says r^ gV L garrison plan vwble; cheyeNneHai^^ t A^impson says a lot of people ate 'skeptical about using a rail gari rison for the MX missiles, but he b ' still thinks the plan is viable. ; ’ “The more I read about it, 1 i think it is something that we could i do ’’ Simpson said m a news ! release. Me said the rail network i that intersects in Cheyenne, is one I of the keys to the project. He said he doesn’t think the idea should be &'/en up, but that s what �( Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Wednesday, March 23,1988 Contra aid should pass I iu Senate, Sunpson savs W /}3 (AP) — A. A $48 humanitarian mg to have to come up with soine- aid to the Nicaragua’s Contra rebels should have no trouble passing the U.S. Senate but may according to Sen. Al Simpson. • '"'h* come up in ‘*’wthat,” ”AnH Republican. thJmn ‘he House has i ‘he memkey right on them.” •ae Senate aid package assembled by Sens NaneJ D Borenl U-Okla., and others, would offer a one-year, $48 million infusion of humanitarian aid, as well as con­ tinued authority for the CIA to deliver vveapons remaining in rebel ere..in the House of Repre­ sentatives, he said. “I think?it ‘?‘ahy humanitarian aid and there s nothing wrong with inai. mill;------------ ^ENNE Sd'-nnrciNlNti “iJ itar/nr ‘° P“‘ any nrilJ 7,? ,®‘ha^ weaponry in there and that’s fine. We ought to do 1eZo,''Si’e;.‘' to'“rae'rTcan "ii'' argumeto Honduras ln“",VoS. America’? nssrr - ’^^’P’niscent of aS J2.5 million. In addition, it would give the Reagan administration the right to a guaranteed expedited vote^on a Simpson said Monday the approve a Contra aid package. . “It is very clear that they are go- “The troops are a long way from the combat zone. Nobody wants another Vietnam,” said Simpson “This is not Vietnam •’‘v‘7“P ®’’aPPling. ! Meanwhile, (Nicaraguan dow?fh Ortega plunders around down there in his crafty way ” the senator added. . . " f ■■ " '1 �Thursday, March 24. 1988 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson, Clieney show little interest m being vice presidential candidates Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON - Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Dick Chenev. both mentioned as possible vice presidential choices, say they aren’t interested in the second spot on the Republican presidential ticket. Simpson says he could not tol­ erate being “muzzled,” while Cheney says he would not want to give up his independence. But each man says the other would make a fine vice president. Both the Wyoming legislators have been the subject of vice presidential speculation in nation­ al publications, Cheney in Time magazine and Simpson in U.S. News and World Report. Cheney has also been touted as a possible Secretary of Defense if George Bush becomes the next president. The third member of the Wyo­ ming congressional delegation — Sen. Malcolm Wallop — has not been named as vice presidential possibility. Cheney said he does not take the speculation seriously. Wyoming has only three electoral votes, and is likely to vote Republican any­ way, he said. Thus, putting somebody from Wyoming on the GOP ticket makes little sense, Cheney said. A more logical choice would be the governor of a populous state, he said. In the event that he is asked, Cheney said he is unlikely to accept a vice-presidential offer. A cabinet post also holds little appeal, he added. “Nobody’s made me any offers, and if they did, I’d not be disposed to accept,’’ Cheney said. Simpson, who is the secondranking Senate Republican, says any thought of his becoming vice president is a “fantasy.” The vice presidential lifestyle “doesn’t ap­ peal to me,” he said. Security arrangements make. Bush’s summer home in Maine “look like an arsenal,” Simpson said. “I could never imagine the Bob­ cat Ranch ... with searchlights out over the fishing stream,” he said. Simpson said wants to continue legislating in an environment in which he can speak freely on con­ troversial issues. .. you were evei in the role as vice president, you would not be allowed to just get out of your aircraft and speak with any kind of pungency or potency on any issue, he said. “I can’t imagine being muzzled like that. I would not be able to function like that.” A cabinet post would be equally unappealling, Simpson said. He chose to run for the Senate, rather than governor, because “I’m not an administrator.” ■ Wallop said he is not seeking the vice presidency or a cabinet post, nor has he sought such a post in the past. Last year Wallop was widely believed a leading con­ tender to succeed William Casey as the director of the Central In­ telligence Agency. None of the members of the Wyoming delegation have backed any of the GOP contenders, al­ though Wallop was on the prelim­ inary campaign committee formed by former Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada, who ultimately decided not to run. Remaining uncommitted gives the Wyoming delegation more clout with both Bush and Dole, Which is more beneficial for Wyoming, Wallop said. �' Wednesday, March 30,1988 -Star-Tribune, Casper, , ..... I " ------ -—II? 1. '■ T”- »• I Simpson opposes raising VA to Cabinet-level department (j)Move neither ‘necessary nor prudent, ’ senator tells Veterans Affairs Conunitte< ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH^^a bill to etani the VA department status are not compelling, Simpnot about to let Congress forge! The size of the VA’S constituenBy AWREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Elevating the Veterans Administration to a Cabinet-level department Is neither “necessary nor prudent,” Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyo., said this week. “I can conceive of no rational reason — and I see a lot of emo­ tional ones — that...the Veterans Administration should be ele­ vated, and I see many for why it should not,” Simpson told the Senate Government Affairs Committee. But Simpson, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and its former chairman, acknowledged that he is swimming against the tide. “My voice is one of the very few in Congress that is raised in opposition.” The House overwhelming passed status. The measure has 63 Senate co-sponsors, and the support of the Reagan administration. Supporters of department statii.s for the VA say it will give the agency a stronger voice in arguing on behalf of veterans’ programs. Simpson said his opposition does not “in any way indicate that I am anti-veteran. “I have the utmost respect and admiration for those who fought to keep this country strong and free and for those who stood ready to fight,” he said. “But this issue is not one whit about whether vet­ erans deserve our respect and sup­ port.” Elevating the VA is a “real mistake and an overreaction to a non-problem,” Simpson said. The arguments in favor of elevating the VA to department son said. “Those kinds of arguments assume that veterans are now ter­ ribly neglected and overlooked,” he said. “Nothing could be farther from the truth.” The VA budget is about $30 bil­ lion, and Congress has 'always supported and . will support adequate funding for the agency, Simpson said. Veterans’ programs do “far more than provide for those who endured the rigors of combat,” he shid. In fact, no more than four mil­ lion of the 27 million veterans eli­ gible for VA programs ever served in combat, Simpson said. Veterans have an “extraor­ dinarily tough and powerful lob­ by” that is “very vitally and val­ iantly vigilant in looking after the VA budget,” he Said. “They are veterans for even one minute. AL SIMPSON Swims against tide cy should not automatically con­ fer Cabinet status, he said. By that argument, there should be separate departments to deal with women’s issues and the aging, Simpson said. However, should the VA be ele­ vated to Cabinet status, the legis­ lation should include language allowing veterans to go to court td pursue grievances against the agency, Simpson said.' '' Under present law, veterans are restricted to appealing benefit decisions adminstratively within the VA, and are effectively barred from hiring lawyers to assist them.. Without judicial review, veter­ ans are relegated to “second-class status,” Simpson said. Judicial review is not a “ploy” to kill the bill granting the VA status as's Cabinet-level department, he said.' �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo; ' Thursday, March 31,1988 ’ Simpson: Wyo officials need to work on getting pipeline . Si CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming officials need to concen­ trate on attracting a proposed natural gas pipeline to the state, regardless of the company that builds it, according to U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson. “The primary goal for us — for the con­ gressional delegation and for the governor and the state Legislature — is to see that a new market is created for Overthrust gas, regardless of who owns the pipeline, and get it out there to that huge market,” the Wyoming Republican said this week. SimpsOn applauded legislators and Gov. Mike Sullivan for approving a bill allowing the Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority alMrsUIN to issue $250 million in low-interest revenue bonds to the com­ pany building the proposed Wyoming-Califorriia pipeline. The cheap financing would allow the pipeline owner to offer low transportation rates to gas producers and is considered an incentive to get the line built in Wyoming. Currently three companies are competing for the right to serve southern California’s enhanced oil recovery market. Two of those, WyCal and Kern River Pipeline Co., propose using Wyoming natural gas for the project. “I came out publicly in support of Kern River when it was the only pipeline project fjom Wyoming to the enhanced oil recov­ ery fields in California,” Simpson said. “I would certainly support the WyCal project as well, should it be deemed to be the most acceptable project.” The senator noted that the Federal Energy Regulatory Com/ mission has consolidated the Kern River and WyCal projects as well as' the third proposal, Mojave Pipeline Co., for hearings ' on environmental aspects of the projects. \ Those hearings are set to begin April 12. “1 would say this. That from our standpoint it looks to us as if the administrative process is working very well — and of course we have no influence over that process,” said Simpson. “That’s a separate administrative process but I would say it is going well for Wyoming and the prospect of marketing our vast gas resources.” • ' �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, March 31,1988 By DREW ________ MELNYKOVYCH. _________ the domestic uranium industry to | , Srar-Tribune Washington bureau be “non-viable,” an import ban must be imposed. WASHINGTON — The Senate Although the industry has been Wednesday approved legislation deemed non-viable for three con­ aimed at restricting uranium im­ secutive years, the Reagan ad­ ports, cleaning up old uranium ministration has refused to restrict : mill tailings, and restructuring the imports. The uranium industry has government’s uranium enrichment sued seeking to force an import program. ban, and has prevailed in federal Approval of the bill came only district and circuit courts. The case after the Senate left intact anti­ is now before the U.S. Supreme import provisions, despite warn­ Court ings that import restrictions would Supporters of a phased-out im­ endanger the proposed trade pact port fee argued that it would be a with Canada. more reasonable solution — one Wyoming Republican Sens. which both the uranium industry Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wal­ and the administration can accept. lop backed the bill and the provf “Those of us in the Senate from sion that would raise the price of uranium mining states know that imported uranium. The Reagan there is a more sensible approach administration has done nothing to ensuring the viability of our to help American uranium pro- uranium industry than this draco­ ducerSu resulting in a 90 percent nian fiat” of a total import ban. decline in the workforce, they Wallop said. sai^a:. . . . - Sens. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., and I “The words ignore and ig- Dan Evans, R-Wash., sought to I norance have the same root, and replace the import fee with a study both portray what this administra­ of whether the state of the tion has been involved in concern­ domestic industry constitutes a ing the uranium industry,” Simp­ threat to national security. They argued that the import son said. In debate Tuesday, Simpson said restrictions would raise the cost of the bill presents a “sound, sensi­ uranium used in U.S. power ble, and well-balanced program plants by $1 billion a year. That ... to ensure that we have a translates into electricity con­ healthy competitive uranium min­ sumers spending $500,000 per year to preserve each of the 2,000 ura­ ing and enrichment industry.” Wallop said the measure is a nium mining jobs left in the United vital component of a national States, Bradley said. “Who’s going to pay?” Evans energy policy because he claimed reliance on nuclear power is bound asked. “It will be every electricity consumer in the U.S. who is serv­ f to increase in the future. . . ? - The most controtversial aspect of ed wholly or partially by nuclear ! the measure % the “fee” it wtmld power.” The import fee would be a impose on imported uranium. The ' Reagan administration has threat­ clear-cut violation of the pending ened to veto the bill if it includes U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreethe fee provision approved by. thei ment, which specifically exempts Canadian uranium from, import ^^The fee would be imposed on restrictions^ Evans ^said.^He^and anv nuclear nuclear power power plant plant that that uses uses c others fee any ------ warned --------- that — the import . fuel with more than 37.5 percent would sink the Canadian trade imoorted uranium. It would range pact and invite retaliation against from $200 per kilogram to $500 American goods going to other oer kilogram, depending on -the lountries. : , . om«nnt nf But backers of the import fe? amount of fnrpipn foreign uranium uranium used. used. After 1994, the maximum amount of foreign uranium allow­ " ■n ed would rise to 50 percent. The import ceiling would expire in the year 2001. The sliding fee system would replace a provision in current law which could bar uranium imports altogether. The law now says that if the Secretary of Energy deems U,c Please see URANIUM, A16 �-Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. " Thursday, March 31,1988 Each participating mill owner would pay in $2 million per site and an additional $1 per ton of tailings. Nuclear reactor operators said the Canadian trade pact ad­ would pay $22 per kilograjn of dresses only existing law, and not nuclear fuel used in the next five any legislation that supercedes it. years. States would have the option to i Canadian uranium producers enjoy a host of government sub­ contribute 10 cents per ton of tail­ sidies that give them a substantial ings. Wyoming’s share would edge over American uranium come to $5.76 million, but the state could opt out of the program mines, Simpson and Wallop said. “We arc not on a level playing without affecting the cleanup at field. The Canadian subsidies are any of the nine sites in the state. Participating mills would be massive and undisputed,’’ Simpson said. “The free trade agreement paid up to $4.50 per ton to cover will do absolutely nothing about the cost of cleaning up the mill tailings. If the mill’s contributions these subsidies.’’ Simpson derided the notion oi to the fund exceed one-third of the another study of the domestic in­ clean-up cost, the mill would receive a refund of the excess con­ dustry. “We have had enough studies tq tribution. If cleanup costs more than $4.50 choke a horse,” he said. “We’ve studied this thing beyond com­ per ton, adjusted for inflation, the prehension and come up with mill owner would have to bear the added cost. ' nothing.” If money remains in the fund Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La., said the contention that the import’ after all mill tailing cleanup is fees would coSt consumers $1 bil-, completed, the states would lion a year is “preposterous.” The receive a refund of any contribu­ real figure is closer to $100 mil-! tions they made. Finally, the bill restructures the lion, he said. The move to replace the import 1 American uranium enrichment fees with a study was killed by a I enterprise, the government-owned two-vote margin, 47-45. The im­ operation that upgrades uranium port fee provision was then ap­ ore into reactor fuel and proved by a voice vote. The final weapons-grade uraniurn. The bill vote on the entire measure was would set up the uranium enrich­ ment enterprise as a government62-28. Income from the import fees owned corporation that would would go to a $1 billion fund that issue stock held by the govern­ will pay for the cost of cleaning up ment. Originally, utilities were, re­ tailings at 26 uranium mill? in seven states. Wyoming has the quired to repay the governmeiit for most sites — nine — although the enrichment of nuclear fuel utilities total amount of tailings in New used. The bill limits the govern­ ment’s recovery of enrichment Mexico is greater. The Wyoming sites include the costs — which some estimates American Nuclear, Pathfinder, 1 have put as high as $8.8 billion and UMETCO mills near River­ ' to $364 million. That will be paid ton, the Western Nuclear mill near by the new government corporaJeffrey City, the Exxon and Rocky tion;• V vn V, Groups opposing the bill have Mountain Energy Mills near Douglas, the Pathfinder and argued the new arrangement Petrotomics mills in the Shirley amounts to an unprecedented Basin, and the Minerals Explora­ bailout for the nuclear power in­ dustry, The Associated Press tion mill in the Red Desert. Together, they contain an reported. The measure now goes to the estimated 57.6 million tons of tail­ House, which has taken no action ings. . Contributions to the cleanup on the matter as yet. fund would come from the states, ■ the mill owners, nuclear power plant operators, and the federal ' government. The federal govern; ment’s share of the cleanup costs is i limited to $300 million. �Friday, April 1,1988 Star-Tribune, CaspetJUU*"- ---------------------- Vinich says he has ‘deep concern’ about Canadian accor ' ' ‘‘During the legislative session,^! ' fScongVeS io moiiiy »rclarify ^taFTribunestai/wnfer rhenev R-Wyo., to ?^rovisions in the K^^R-Wyo.. to push push for for x5>^tar---------certain energy provisions in the ^i^TSP~^of the; uranium im­ proposed agreement,” he said. SuJDSON — Democratic can­ port restrictions of the Atomic That resolution called for didate for the U.S. Sena^ Energy Act, according to Vinich. assurances that uranium, coal and nomination John Vinich_ says he Enforcement of that act would gas imports from Canada would have ensured a viable uranium in­ has “deep con­ be free of Canadian government dustry in order to protect national cern” about the subsidies and tax breaks. security, but the three men failed Canadian free ‘‘Malcolm is now saying that to adequately comply with trade agreement, changes cannot be made in the Herschler’s request, Vinich said. despite a protec­ treaty because we want to get it tion measure “Now, in an election year,, we passed quickly. Where was have finally got some action, he ■ Malcolm when the treaty was being passed by the said ‘‘1 wish it could have hap­ ■ Senate Wednes­ negotiated in the first place? yinpened before 3,500 uranium day. ichsaid. workers in Wyoming lost their “The propos­ “Sen. Wallop is suffering froni VINICH ed Canadian free j°Now, the proposed agreement the ‘Rip Van Winkle syndroine. trade agreement Every six years at election time presents particular problems for with Canada presents a new threat Malcolm wakes up and remembers Wyoming’s energy industry, Vin­ to the uranium industry, he said. “While 1 support the overall ■. he is supposed to represent Wyo­ ich said. ming,” he said. A bill aimed at protecting the .■ goal of free trade with Canada, In a speech in Wheatland 12 uranium producers passed by th this agreement shouldn t force our energy industry to compete against years ago. Wallop said almost ex­ .' Too IIS la« Senate Wednesday he saw. The billcomes was actly the same thing about his op­ unfair trade practices, Vinich ponent in his successful 1976 supported by Wyoming Republi­ ^^“Sen. Wallop’s office was con­ can Sens. Malcolm Wallop,and Senate bid, Star-Tribune reports from that year indicate. tacted innumerable times by mem ­ Alan Simpson., bers of the uranium, coal and gas ' “Wallop, who is running for the Vinich, a Fremont County industries, and by state legislators U S Senate seat now held by Sen. Democratic state senator who is to encourage Malcolm to he p Gale McGee said the Democrat seeking the seat now held by Wal­ protect the Wyoming energy in­ ■ ‘wakes up’ every six years and real­ lop, said inaction by the state s dustry during the Canadian free izes ‘there is a Wyoming, ac­ congressional delegation is par­ cording to a June 26, 1976, story in irade negotiations process. tially to blame for the loss of Malcolm would not respond, ,! the Star-Tribune. 3,500 jobs in the the state uranium, Vinich alleged. industry. �Sen. Alan Simpson is right to resist the idea of creating a cabinet-level Veterans Depart­ ment. He is one of the few in Congress with the nerve to face down the powerful veterans lobby and resist this particular bad idea. Simpson’s "hottest property, his mouth, got him in big trou­ ble lately with veterans groups across the country. He needlessly created an insult out of what he had intended to be a reasonable appeal to tailor vet­ erans programs to meet the greatest need, and to generally hold down spending to help the ■ country live within its means. But if we can set aside his un- ■ fortunate tendency toward verbal abuse, it is clear Simp­ son is generally correct about veterans programs and a department for veterans. He was right to note that a Veterans Department would cry out for- creation of many others, departments repre­ senting various population segments. The list could grow long:, departments of senior citizens, of youth, of native ‘ Americans, of blacks, of Hispanics, of orientals, of im­ migrants, of women, of men, of the middle aged, of whites, of the rich, of the poor, of families, of single parents, of oil and gas leaseholders, of thte lonely. It is folly to try to organize government like a collection of ; lobby groups instead of acr ? cording to general govern--, mental function. Departments of state, defense, commerce and interior, for example, are organized in a rough-and-ready way along functional lines, and rightly so. If we are to add departments, they should be functional. We could use a Department of Peace, for instance, or a Department of Individual Lib­ erty. . ' ? ■ 4, f 5 Computer phone calls intrude upon the home The NEW YORK TIMES Topics of the Times. March 31 Without the telephone and the computer, modern American life would be impossible. But combine them, and the result can seem dia­ bolical. What could be more infuriating while diapering a squirming baby, eating dinner or watching a favorite television program than to answer a call initiated by a machine? Computerized telephone calls are increasingly common. Because their ring is indistinguish­ able from that of Aunt Rosie in Dubuque or the folks across the street, so are the disruptions they cause. A man in New Jersey figures his household gets at least three com­ puter calls a week. He says he has never listened to a message all the way through. He hangs up as soon as he hears that long pause, followed by a disembodied, tooperfect voice saying, “Hi. This is New York Telephone says it gets only about five complaints a week about computer calls. Among those annoyed, however, are sev­ eral members of the State Public Service Commission, who raised the issue at a recent meeting. But there is no move -toward regula­ tion; nor, in a free society, should there be. There is a defense! the telephone answering machine. It’s emotion­ ally satisfying to think of answeri­ ng one dumb machine with ” another. Still, the notion of hav­ ing to pay for a device to screen out electronic intruders is as ob­ noxious as the intrusion itself. And then there is the principle. Even in late 20th century America, some feel that the occasional human caller ought to be greeted ' with a hearty, human “Hello.” �Saturday, April 2,1988 Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Simpson back ^USSR. 1^3 . 3/W ASHINGTON — Sen. Alan Simpson is back in the USSR this week, visiting the Soviet Union for the second time in less than a; month. * The Wyoming Republican was a last-minute invitee on a senatorial trip to Moscow, press secretary Mary Kay Hill said Thursday. He wnsi asked along when another senator was unable to go, she said. ■, Twelve senators will be making thb trip. Hill said*. They hope to meet with top Soviet officials, in- ‘ eluding Communist Party General ' Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Simpson’s wife Ann is accom­ panying him. Sh^ is going at her own expense, Hill said. *1..- �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo: Monday, April 4, 1988 Uranium industry needs our money folks WASHINGTON — It says something about the times in which we live when the best argument a U.S. senator can make in favor of a piece of legislation is that it will cost American consumers “only” $100 million a year. That was precisely the case made by Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La., last week in support of a measure to help the domestic uranium indiistry by imposing a hefty fee on most imported uranium used in American nuclear powerplants. Opponents of the measure argued a $1 billion a year hike in the national electric bill is too much to pay to preserve the 2,000 jobs left in the moribund U.S. uranium mining industry. The price tag. Sen. Bill Bradley, DN.J., said, would come to about $500,000 per miner'per year. Not so, Johnston countered. Bradley is wro'ng by a factor of 10, he said. The actual cost will be more like $100 million^—still $50,000 per miner per year. After all the discussion was over, Johnston’s side prevailed, although only by a narrow 47^45 - margin. Most senators from uranium-producing states, including Wyoming Renublicans Al Simpson and Malcolm Wallop, voted for the import fee provision. **• The House has yet to take up the measure and the Reagan ad­ ministration is threatening a veto if the import fee is not dropped from the legislation., There is no question that the domestic uranium industry is on death’s doorstep. Employment in uranium mining has shrunk by 90 percent in this decade. Only a small handful of mines and mills import fee would not insure a mi-;; nium content could rise to 50 per­ raculbus revival of the domestic ’ cent without triggering the fee, and uranium industry. At best, it rep- • the fee would be eliminated resents a holding action for Amer- ‘ altogether in 2001. lean producers, one that will Simpson and others argued that enable them to struggle without the import fee is needed to keep the much improvement in their current domestic industry disappearing condition. i altogether, threatening both our The import fee would not do J national security from both an much good because imports are energy and a military standpoint. not the main cause of the jjroOn its surface, the case for the blem. There simply is not enough import fee seems appealing. Why Andrew demand for uranium because there shouldn’t an American industry — is not enough demand, for nuclear, Melnykovych particularly one producing a vital power. ' commodity — be protected As Wallop said, the nuclear against unfair competition from power industry “has been victim­ abroad? Star-Tribune ized by its own optimism.” The Opponents of the import fee of­ 1960s and 1970s saw a boom in fered several good reasons. Im­ both nuclear powerplant construc­ posing the fee would increase the Things have gotten so bad that tion and uranium mining. . cost of nuclear power, which sup­ the Reagan administration has But the need for the new power­ plies 20 percent of America’s elec­ determined that the U.S. uranium plants never materialized. Instead, tricity. The added cost — whether has been “non-viable” for the past energy conservation and greater $100 million or $1 billion a year — three years. Under current law, reliance on coal-fired plants made would be passed on to everyone such a determination is supposed nuclear power uneconomic. who buys electricity from a utility to trigger restrictions on uranium The fault was not with what owning a nuclear powerplant. imports. Wallop termed “the hysterical an­ Furthermore, the imposition of But the Reagan administration ti-nuclear campaign that erupted” an import fee could threaten the has refused to protect the domestic after the accident at Three Mile pending U.S.-Canada trade pact, industry. American uranium pro­ Island in Pennsylvania, forcing fee opponents said. The pact ducers filed suit seeking to force excessive and expensive govern­ specifically exempts Canadian the administration to act, and won ment regulation. The fault was uranium from U.S. import at the district and circuit court with, an industry that was beset by restrictions, but is silent on the level. The case is now before the cost overruns, shoddy construc­ issue of import fees. U.S. Supreme Court. tion, and virtually non-existent Opponents of the import fee While pursuing judicial relief, quality control. dismissed the national security the uranium industry also sought If and when the nuclear power argument. They pointed out that help from Congress. The import the U.S. government has huge ■ industry recovers, the uranium fee measure is the result — an ex­ mining industry will recover along uranium stockpiles. Nor is Canada ample of how good intentions with it. That may occur by the be­ or Australia — the other major often produce bad legislation. ginning of the next century, or it importer — likely to cut us off could take far longer. from uranium the way the Arabs Given that uncertainty, it makes have cut off our oil in the past, The measure would impose a little sense to saddle American Bradley argued. progressively higher fee on power consumers with a 12-year rate hike plants which fuel their reactors ■ that is likely to produce little it the with 37.3 percent or more foreign way of meaningful results. ■ Even its backers concede that an uranium. After 1994, foreign ura- remain in operation. . Imports* especially fro.m Canada, undoubtedly aje respon­ sible in part for the near-shutdown of domestic mining’. Canadian ore i.s either higher grade and cheaper to mine or heavily subsidized by the Canadian government. 2^1 �A2—Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Saturday, April 9,1988 senators I _ Six oTting the suit SU^^^Soducers against »'O'“ SimP^’tb, Ja''‘° Snd P«' S-feeOOE.PJSSeS, in t^^P^Torodneets. �Stor.Trlh.™. Casper Ww,. S^livan signs ^.Tuesday. Ap« 12. 1988 agreement are not entitled, Sullivan said. CHEYENNE — Gov. Mike Wyoming is the 21st state to join Sullivan. Monday ..signed an the network, which was created by agreement for Wyoming to join a the 1986 immigration reform law federal computer network intend­ co-sponsdred by Wyoming Sen. ed to verify the status of aliens Alan Simpson. under the new federal immigration Carolyn Paseneaux, head of a law. private citizens group which is Sullivan said the system, called Systematic Alien Verification for helping illegal aliens apply for Entitlements, will reduce govern­ permanent status during a grace ’ period established by .the 1986 law, ment paperwork and save money. The main goal of the program is said about 1,000 illegal aliens in to ensure that illegal aliens would Wyoming will have applied for not get entitlement benefits; such permanent status by the time the as Social Security, to which they grace period ends in May. �Friday, April 15,1988 ' Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson knocks mew-parks proposals ^CHEYENNE (AP) — Sen. Al : Simpson says he does not support proposals to create two new na­ tional parks in Wyoming. In his weekly media interview on Wednesday, the Republican from Wyoming said he thinks funding for the national parks is already spread too thin. Adding two more parks would put even more de­ mand on the money. “We even have trouble properly maintaining the road system in Yellowstone National Park, which is the ‘crown jewel’ of our park system. We have stretched budgets in all of the national lands — both park service and forest service,” he said. Simpson called the proposals counter-productive in a time of hard financial times. The lands now have a variety of uses, includinghunting and other recre­ ation, and turning them into na­ tional parks would restrict their use, he said. �Friday, April 15, 1988 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. in Israel best tax breaF? on ttie interest and the cost is not your federal income tax returns newspaper because you need to deductible from your taxes. , when a Wyoming reporter asked this year, you probably noticed that what happens in the question about the area, and there weren’t as many deductions Middle East influences our lives in . Speaking of the deficit, the Wallop replied that he thought the available as last year. the American West in ways you deduction for contributions to United States should be more No more sales tax deductions, never dreamed of. Israel is estimated to have drained even-handed” in its dealings with no political campaign contribution Secondly, I bring this up because anywhere from $2 billion to $10 Israel and its Arab neighbors. deductions, and a more limited I have always been curious why billion from the federal treasury His reply was buried deep in the deduction for consumer credit in­ our powerful and vaunted Wyo ­ over the past two decades'. The exstory published in a Big Horn Bas­ terest. ming congressional delegatiorffes amount is not known because in newspaper and Wallop thought So if you’re looking for a really hever sponsored legislation to the government doesn’t like to no more about it until the week he keen deduction for this year, you repeal this odd deduction even as compile embarrassing statistics. was sworn into office in really ought to consider Israeli they rail against the skyrocketing Washington. savings bonds. national debt. At that time, he was visited by a That’s right: Israeli savings Perhaps you should ask them representative of .the Israeli gov­ bonds. about it the next time you see ernment, said news clip in hand Heck, you don’t even have to them, or the next time you’re in the wanting to know what Wallop buy a savings bond. You can make mood to write to your con­ meant by “even-handed” and of­ your check payable directly to the gressman. fering to enlighten him on the true Israeli government, whether it’s situation in the Middle East. for $50 or $50,000, and its 100 per­ To be fair, our delegation has Against such a tenacious and cent deductible from your U.S. sometimes shown some indepen­ all-encompassing lobby, it will be income taxes. dent thinking on the Middle East. Also note that this does not in­ aitlicult for any congressman to' You probably didn’t know Sen. Al Sirnpson, for example, clude the $3 billion annually the remain fair and independent to about this deduction — few peo­ recently joined 30 senators in sign­ United States gives — not Joans, vote with Israeli policy when it is in ple do but it’s been around ing a letter criticizing Israeli in­ gives to Israel each year in U.S. interests, to vote against quite a while and is just one of the transigence in the Middle East various types of aid. Israeli policy when it is not in more outrageous examples of the peace process, but the letter was so This type of deduction has oc­ U.S. interests, and to simply stranglehold the Israeli lobby has mild it was akin to writing a letter curred only once before in U.S. remember that Palestinians are on the hearts, minds, and pocketto Jack the Ripper, asking that he human beings, loo. our government in use a smaller knife. At least he World War II, when Britain stood Washington. signed the letter. Seventy senators alone against the Nazi butchers of Israel and the United States are did not. Keep in mind, of course, that Hitler s Germany, Congress en­ two separate and independent na­ Even in Wyoming, the Israeli ‘ oo similar arrangement couraged Americans to buy British tions. The United States should with any other country in the lobby counts. Victory Bonds by making them tax not dictate to Israel; Israel should world — even our own. Sen. Malcolm Wallop told me deductible. But that was it. There not dictate to the United States. When you donate to the United (when 1 was employed as an intern IS not now and has never been any And neither our foreign policy States, either by buying a savings in his Washington office back in other similar special treatment for or our tax policy should be written bond, a treasury bill or even if you • when he first ran for the Ireland, Zaire, Japan or any other in Jerusalem. are generous enough to simply U.S. Senate in 1976 against in­ country you can name — only Either that, or make U.S. Sav­ write a check to reduce the na­ cumbent Sen. Gale McGee the Israel. ings Bonds tax deductible. It will tional deficit, you will pay taxes Middle East was not a hot topic. I bring all this up in a Wyoming be good for the country, and I Wallop could recall only once need the deduction. �Delegation says UW should improve lobbying efforts for federal funding A.' schools to obtain federal sup. schools to obtain federal support a ♦ b/\/4 e ly concerned about the way UW for r ar-r>Tn research on »-wimethods on j Star-Tribune Washington bureau has pursued federal funding for its enhanced oil recovery, Cheney projects. But budget realities will said. require a more focused effort in “I think WRI comes first WASHINGTON — The .Ung. the future, as federal funds become because it’s an ongoing opera­ versitv of Wyoming needs to do a harder to obtain, he said. tion,” he said. “If I had to better job of “We’ve been able to be pretty choose, I would come down on the organizing its efside of WRI.” forts to obtain '’W ’ effective on their behalf,” Wallop said of the delegation. “We’re try­ A cooperative effort among federal funding ing to maintain that (by adopting) several schools probably _has a for major, proa more strategic view. ’ ’ better chance of winning federal jects, members UW officials understand the funds than a research center of the Wyoming problem and are cooperating in ' operated solely by UW, Cheney congressional addressing the need for setting in­ said. delegation say. Ililml "i'lllil i iixi stitution-wide priorities, he said. The various proposals for 1 “We get a lot CHENEY Cheney said Roark understands energy-related research projects of people whopoint out the need to set priorities, freelance — who come back here the difficulties caused by university Cheney and Simpson said. i without having gone through the departments pursuing funding in­ dependently. Simpson said he is “concerned,” j president’s office,” Rep. ; Dick “It’s in his interest and in our rather than “troubled,!’ by the interest to get one clear channel es-‘ lack of coordination in UW’s ef­ ' Cheney said. tablished,” Cheney said. forts to obtain federal funds But Cheney and Sens. Alan “In Terry’s defense, we can help through Congress. The problems I Simpson and Malcolm Wallop when we get freelancers coming are “readily correctable,” he said. j praised UW President Terry Roark back here hitting us up for some­ He has begun asking UW of­ for working to correct the pro­ thing” by asking whether they have ficials or faculty who meet with blem. Roark recently promised to cleared their request with the (UW) him to ask for help in obtaining give the delegation a listing of president’s office, Cheney said. funds whether “President Roark UW’s priorities, they said. “We need to coordinate on both knows you’re here,” Simpson “1 certainly wouldn’t want to be J critical” of Roark, Cheney said, ends, and I think we’ll be able to said. The question has produced do that.” some “flustered responses,”; he i “He’s relatively new on the job, The UW geology department’s said. and I’ve found him to be very efforts to find money for a new I helpful and cooperative.” With Congress’ increasing I “We’re interested in doing building are an example of the readiness to allocate research I everything we can for our universiproblems caused by an uncoor­ money to specific universities, I ty ... but we need to know their dinated approach, Cheney said. rather than letting the funds be The proposal called for diverting distributed through the com­ priorities,” Simpson said. *i’m money from the state’s share of the petitive grant process, many sure they have to do that with the Abandoned Mine Reclamation universities are hiring Washington I (Wyoming) Legislature and it Fund — an idea opposed by lobbyists, Simpson said. UW would be very helpful to have that Wyoming AML feclamation of­ should consider that option, he done for us.” ficials. said. As an example of the need for 1 “Those are state monies,” Che­ “It might well be worthwhile to setting priorities for projects, . ney said. “We’re not about to take look into the cost of that,” he members of the delegation cited * -some action that earmarks those said. requests for energy research funds that restricts the state’s freedom Cheney said that with Congress : for the yystern Research Institute and flexibility.” often bypassing the grant process, J on the UW campus and the universetting well-defined priorities ■ Success in getting federal money sity's proposal for a new pet­ requires a unified approach that becomes increasingly important roleum research facility. forUW. includes not just UW, "but all the Simpson said the delegation involved state agencies, the gov“What 1 would like to see is does not want to be placed in the eirnor, and the Legislature, he said. when we have a worthy project position of working to fulfill a • “When we get people coming in that deserves federal funding, for UW request, only to be asked “a individually on their own asking us to get organized and go after few months later” to promote for something that somebody else it,” he said. funding for a new project that has in the state has other plans for, But the supply of federal dollars I suddenly taken precedence. that’s a little difficult,” Cheney is not endless, Cheney said. Nor Wallop said he is not particularsaid. are there hidden sources of money Please see UW, A16 ; In the area of energy research, just waiting to be discovered and UW is seeking additional federal tapped, he said. funding for WRI, which was “There’s not a whole lot of Scheduled for a gradual phase-out money floating around,” Cheney of public money. The university said. “Everybody’s looked at also wants federal funds for a new every pot that exists ...and everybody’s looking for a pot at petroleum research center and is the end of the rainbow. But let me involved in a joint effort with the University of Texas and other tell you, it doesn’t exist.” ' d) A2 — Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyd. Sunday, April 1 7 ,1 9 8 8 JVj El L, „ ^^.itinuea rrom At lomr T 7\XZ �EDITORIAL g) WC*, ftl” —Star-Tribune, Casper. W yo. Sunday, April 24, 1988 Simpson right to face wrong against citizens But Wallop finds internment acceptable option in wartime One of the blackest marks anese ancestry. The Senate bill requires the on American history was the federal government to apolo­ ■ panicky racist decision to place gize to those wronged. Of less ■ innocent United States citizens in prison camps during World importance is its proposed grant of $20,000 to each person War II. f As many as 11,000 people of interned in the camps — a ' all ages — two thirds of them symbolic act of restitution. Despite his objections to the ! American born citizens — were held at Heart Mountain in monetary payment, Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson supported Northeastern Wyoming. For the duration of the war, the final measure for the right they lived in tar paper “hut­ reason: “to express my feelings ments,” surrounded by barbed that we incarcerated American wire, under military guard. The citizens,” he said. We applaud Wyoming Legislature added his concern. But Sen. Malcolm Wallop i further insult, making it illegal voted against righting the i for the imprisoned Americans wrong. j to vote or own property in the His reasoning was that the state. In spite of the outrages imprisonment of American Cit­ heaped upon them, about 900 izens was acceptable under the ' men from Heart Mountain circumstances. The internment of citizens volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army. They served with was “not a dishonorable act,” great heroism; 20 were killed in AP quotes Wallop saying. “It was the option of a nation in combat. At long last, the U.S. the first days of a war.” Wallop’s comment is ugly Senate has voted to make and beneath him. It suggests he j amends for this great wrong to ! citizens whose rights were needs to get in touch with the f trampled because of their Jap­ U.S. Constitution. I �Sunday, April 24, 1988 tvanfr o . Ch ^P^oii av I •••Sen A, ^^Oree ■ ■star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo ■ : ‘"’'ase “» aS°"■'"SvSR^wVS »on^: -j ^^P^esidgj^ that / ^^id hp / ^^Pts th& ^^~--~~^'"8™«;?s?.«''‘08e.ber / �Bush likes Simpson for his running mate . BY ROWLAND EVANS And ROBERT NOVAK North American Syndicate summit “is not going to be a trade summit.” GOP VEEP: SIMPSON? Although political aides say it can t happen. Sen. Alan Simpson.: the Senate s funniest man ani George Bush’s best friend, is ch^oke^ presidential ibune, Casper. Wvo • y ■ o Sunday, April 24, 1988 'WASHINGTON - Richard M Nixon, who never has held a hieh opinion of George Bush’s cam­ paign skills, has given him a twohour political briefing on how to get elected. But prospective presidential Nixon’s lesson came over the nominee Bush is certain to carry at the vice president’s aimpson s home state of Wyoming official residence in Washington anyway, and it has only three elecThe only other person present was total votes. Bush needs no Lee Atwater, Bush’s campaign regional boost in Simpson’s Rocky manager. Mountain West, but he rates com­ The subject was definitely poli­ patibility with his running mate tics, not issues, and the former ® qualification and president did most of the talking. thinks Simpson’s humor and Nixon used his encyclopedic easy-going personality would helo knowledge of American politics to the ticket. take Bush on a state-by-state tour One Bush adviser cautions of where the votes are and how to otherwise, telling the vice president get them. that Simpson’s charm and quickness with the apt phrase might only highlight Bush’s occa­ sional clumsiness and his famous WHITE HOUSE DISSENT tendency to put his foot in his .White House unhappiness with mouth. Commerce Secretary William Verity s recent trade talks in Moscow climaxed when Dwayne DEMO VEEP: NUNN? ® U.S.-Soviet House Majority Whip Tony '*as quoted as telling Coelho has joined the growing list Mikhail Gorbachev that the Soviet of prominent Democrats who want, leader was more popular in the to offer Sen. Sam Nunn two jobs: i U.S. than any American presiden­ vice president and secretary of > tial candidate. defense. j b performance upset The notion of enticing Nunn in­ key White House aides because in to accepting second place on the bushing U.S.-Soviet joint ventures ticket by giving him the Defense he appeared to put the Reagan portfolio began with Michigan’s administration solidly behind the Gov. James Blanchard. It has pro-trade efforts of Andreas and spread quickly. Coelho, a liberal several hundred U.S. business­ Cahf^nian and a rising power in men. President Reagan has made tne House, considers Southern no commitments to build Soviet conservative Nunn an effective trade. “ A ^’chael Dukakis. - Although Verity’s confidential Although Nunn’s senatorial trip report to Reagan this past colleagues doubt he would be in­ week stated that he would adhere terested in the vice presidency, he to existing bans on strategic trade, has certainly not ruled out the no­ M a cool reception in the Oval tion of the unique double-port­ Office. Reagan, concerned that folio proposal, which Blanchard Verity oversold Soviet trade, is testT^ constitutional saying privately the upcoming �I '.t''■’■ . . . ’ ■ • Wednesday, April 27,1988 5: Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo] The plant closing provision . “It has not one whit to do wit would appear to apply to cases international trade,” he said.-“I T / ’'scent layoffs at theought to be jettisoned.” ’ ' ’ - '*«* piaym,.„d ' tn Gillette. | ‘ Employees should be notifle wallop and Simpson also object far in advance of plant closini Sfar-Tribune Wasbineion bureau profits ' tax should have been, to the plant closing provision. It and layoffs “whenever that is fei Related story, A5 *’*** *'0^8’’ Bible,” he said. But requirin repealed many ^rears ago, MaxWASHINGTON — Wyoming’s field said. 1 fini i 1 • notification under a rigid set c ' two senators say they will vote P'’®'''' on’y pressure shak Wallop and Simpson have both’ dnn Lir "I ” . ' against an. omnibus trade bill to­ tunities to repeal the tax this year, V”"® wrong, companies into bankruptcy, o sponsored measures to repeal the’ whh fh k ii ® day, even though it contains a bill, it might -be -------worth - ac­ pjjjg businesses to costly litigatior the two Republicans said. windfall profits tax, which was: with the h.ii long-sought-after provision •' “The repeal of the windfall imposed when oil prices skyrock­ cepting it in order to win repeal of and discourage expansion,” Simj repealing the windfall profits tax profits tax is very important, but eted in the late 1970s. Several,' the windfall profits tax. Wallop son said. . on oil. ——— there are other ways to accomplish repeal bjlls have passed the Senate,! said. The problems with the trade bi Sens. Alan Simpson and “It’s not just plant closing,’’ he go well beyond plant closing pro that and 1 think it will indeed be but have never made it throygh the ■ Malcolm Wallop said T uesdav the t said. done,” Simpson said. House and into law. visions, he said, noting that th tax repeal does not outweigh what The bill mandate is “overly pro­ measure creates 30 neii Democratic Senate candidates The tax takes effect only when' they see as the bill’s unacceptable Pete Maxfield and John Vinich by oil prices rise above specified : tectionist’’ and “overly restric­ bureaucracies, calls for more thai provisions. contrast support the trade bill, levels. It has raised no revenue for tive’’ of the president’s power to 100 studies, and creates 160 nev Today’s scheduled Senate vote is Vinich calling it “critical” for several years, but advocates of shape U.S. trade policy, he said. government jobs. on a House-Senate compromise Wyoming. ' ' __ u.saymethe threat of the tax 1 There are hundreds of studies and repeal But the provisions are “neces that is somewhat different than a The trade bill “is a long-overdue ; discourages new oil exploration. numerous special interest provi­ sary out of fairness, to com version passed last year by the measure to level the world’s ecoeco- ; Earlier this week, Rep. Diclc sions that are nothing more than munities to ease some of the hor ; Senate. Wallop and Simpson both “pork,’’Wallop said. rible disruption of lives that result! voted against' voted against the Senate measure. It is not worth “trading the na-. from plant closures,” Maxfiek the trade bill when it was approved “It was a bad bill then, and it tional interest ’ ’ for a single provi ­ said. ‘ by the House. President Ronald hasn’t been improved,’? Wallop sion that would benefit Wyoming, Vinich said it is “ totally ridicu Reagan has vowed to veto the ■said. ■*■,.■j he said. lous” for the president to threater measure if, as expected, it is ap-' . There will be pther oppor'i' jj Several upcoming measures will a veto or for Wyoming’s congres­ proved by the Senate. _ Cheney objected to a provision offer the opportunity for a sional delegation to oppose the ' in the bill that would require com- windfall profits tax repeal. Wallop measure because of the plant clos­ . panics with 100 or more employees said. And the trade bill itself can ing provision. That provision will to give 60 days notice of any plant be salvaged if it is vetoed by help communities deal with the closing affecting 50 or more Reagan and the veto is sustained by , ^reverse-impact” of losing a ma­ J workers or any layoffs of six- ; Congress, he said. jor employer ‘ ‘ “ Simpson said the trade bill “has i ^nths or more affecting either some darn good provisions.” But or more workers or one-third the ■ plant closing provision “is of the work force at any facility. ; wholly unacceptable.” ■ ,■ Jyo senatore'^ta'yot^tno' on m ioa av �Slar-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. ■w ' Friday. April 29,1988 f Gramm said that Reagan would ' have vetoed the bill and that veto would have been sustained. He. j warned before the vote that the ex­ tension bill would raise false hopes and illegal aliens who waited past 6f grace oS?”yS?’w aS‘for Um were the May 4 deadline would “lose tem­ the opportunity to get the best gift This extraordinary act of grace porary residency as the first step America has — to be in the United ■ will end May 4 when we are in toward permanent status. May 4 States legally.” recess. This is it,” Simpson said. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. ends the one-year period. The immigration law enacted in Immigration offices will remain speaking for the extension, said, ! 1986 Was finely tuned legislation open until midnight on Wednes­ “It’s hard to comprehend the in­ that carefully balanced a legalizaday. The INS already has begun a tense opposition that some tion program for illegal aliens with program that allows people to sign senators are bringing to this . penalties for employers who up now and produce the necessary issue.” knowingly hire undocumented He said “of all the people in documentation later. workers. ' Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, America,” illegal aliens “are the The Senate vote and the narrow speaking for senators opposing the least likely to know their rights. House margin demonstrated that extension, said that illegal border But they do have rights.” . amnesty for those who came to Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., crossings — which dropped after | this country illegally before Jan. the new law was passed — have in-: also backed the extension, com­ 1, 1982, remains an emotional creased greatly in recent months. ■ menting, “We have little to lose issue. . 1 “After an initial period when the; and much to gain by extending the Aliens who came to this country , was taken seriously, the level application period.” * illegally before 1982 and have liv- 7 law Sen. Pete. Wilson,. R-Calif., said of illegal immigration has risen by, percent over the last year,” he* the extension should be passed said. “When people are asked why because “This game started late, 'ft they are coming, they say they i The effort by the INS, however don’t believe the law is going to be ' well intended, has not been suffi! enforced.” cient. There are people who are elGramtn added that the Border igible, but timid.” Patrol is finding a large increase in ‘ But Simpson, the chief sponsor the use of false documents by il- i of the 1986 law, carried the u^y» legal aliens. commenting that with some 1.3 He said the extension proposal is million applications so far, the “fueling the fire that is already legalization program Is working, sending millions of people across , Applications have been approved at about our borders illegally.’’ — a 95 percent rate. ' r “If you want to live your dream, here’s your chance,’’ he said, “lit, will never come again.” ^ate spoils dmnc^ f^ anmes^^ ^SHINOTON (AP) - The ^tbatc. The Senate will be in recess when the deadline arrives next Wednes­ day, so there is no charice that proponents of the extension can try again. The House approved the exten­ sion on April 21 by a 213-201 vote. The Immigration and Natural^ ization Seryire had recommended a presidential veto. , If President Reagan followed the advice, his veto likely would have been sus­ tained. Immediately after the vote. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., urged all senators to tell their constituents; “May 4 at midnight -— —-----~ , is the final time for application for amnesty Senate on Thursday night virtually killed any chance that Congress would vote to extend the May 4 deadline for il­ legal aliens to apply for amnesfy. The action came on a proSIMPSON cedural vote to ' shut off debate by those who op­ pose extending the amnesty to Nov. 30. Only 40 senators voted to shut off the debate and 60 votes are needed to do SO. Fifty-six senators voted against shutting off ■ .., '■ ■■ . when .' , . L:..- extension �'star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. ’ Friday, April 29,1988 Helle: Ranchers would back wolf recovery if taken off endangered list tion. “If they’re truly interested in TODD WILKINSON ' the wolf, then they must be willing Star-Tribune corresponaent to declassify the animal when he’s out (of th^Park).” JACKSON — A livestock. in­ Helle’s stand appeared to win dustry representative says he would support frpm the Washington of­ sanction wolf recovery in Yellow­ fice , of Sen. Alan Simpson,, who stone National PaiL if the wants provisions written into the predator is “delisted’’ as an en­ endangered’ species act to allow dangered species outside Yellow­ control of wolves and grizzly bem stone’s boundaries. if they impact the ranching and Montana sheep producer Joe outfitting industries. Helle told a group of naturalists in Jackson that ranchers will accept Reauthorization of the act cur­ wolves if they are guaranteed rently is holding in Congress where “their God given right” to protect certain senators have placed a their property and shoot hold” on voting until their marauding wolves. amendments are added to the pen­ “I’m going to issue a challenge ding legislation.. to the wolve advocate,” said Helle, a member on a select en­ vironmental committee within the National Wool Growers Associa- both wolves and grizzly bears Endangered Species Act_ permits should be afforded broad federal * destruction of problem wolves and ' protection. '’^Smith and Helle debated their “He (the senator) would like to change the law to allow for the cases during a weekend forum on taking of wolves and grizzly bears wolves sponsored by the National in certain circumstances,” said Association of Interpretation. Simpson’s press secretary Mary •‘We think it (allowing wolves Kay Hill Tuesday in Washington. to be delisted) is completely un­ “Al Simpson does not have a called for.” Smith said. He hold on the Endangered Species _ (Helle) wants to control the woll Act,” she added. “He made a agree with that. It sjust the promise to folks in Cheyenne that matter •* that we disagree on.” ’ he would not put a hold on it and ' Helle’s assessment of wolf remhe is a man of his word.” Hill said trodution reflects a shift in posi­ the senator would support wolf tion by an industry which histori­ recovery if the concern of ranchers cally led to eradication of wolves from the West earlier in this cen- and outfitters are met. Those issues center on the right to protect Smith accused Sintpson ^of livestock and the ability to manage yvolf populations that adversely / dangefed Species Act. He said that affect game herds. 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