https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/ecb229c87ca5a0a82dd5a97d41c836ea.pdf ffb8296e2f44d5a15046ad29b4dbf3b1 PDF Text Text Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, May 5, 1988 State delegation pressed NLRB for quick ruling in Decker strike Sheridan three days later, she said. At that meeting. Deeds asked Wallop to contact the NLRB and “push for expeditious review of V^SHINGTON — As long ago the dispute.” In his Jan. 7 letter to Stephens, Wallop says that his as January, the WjMipiyfcSOngr^S: sipngj delegaopiIi'pregSed the Nastaff subsequently contacted the Uonar Eaoor Relations Board to NLRB’s Denver office and was act on charges arising out of the told that no decision was immi­ bitter strike at the Decker coal nent. mine near Sheridan. On Jan. 7, Wallop also wrote to A review of letters from the del­ Deeds to inform the union chief egation to the NLRB appears to that “the complaints by both your refute charges by Wyoming Sen. union and the mine management John Vinich, D-Fremont, who is a are being slowly processed by the candidate tor the seat held by Sen. NLRB.” .. Malcolm Wallop, that the delegaNLRB Deputy Executive Secre­ tion, and Wallop in particular, tary Joseph Moore replied to Wal­ have done little to help resolve the lop on Jan. 22, saying that his in­ strike. quiry was being referred to NLRB After meeting with Larry Deeds, General Counsel Rosbmary Col­ president df the striking Local 1972 of the United Mine Workers , lyer. Collyer followed with a Jan. 28 letter to Wallop, saying she had of America, Wallop wrote NLRB asked the agency’ Denver office Chairman James Stephens asking for more information and would for the speedy resolution of a respond further when she received complaint filed by the union it. ' ' against Decker. Wallop responded to Collyer on “While I cannot comment on Feb. 4, again asking that the the merits of the complaint, 1 Decker decision be made as quickly would request that the Board act as ■ possible. Wallop also wrote quickly to reach a decision,” Wal­ Wyoming Gov. Mike Sullivan a lop says in a letter dated Jan. 7. letter reviewing the efforts to speed Following the recommendation up the NLRB’s decision. of agency officials in Washington, A second letter from Collyer to the NLRB’s Denver office finally Wallop, dated Feb. 23, reviews the issued a decision last week, ruling progress of the NLRB review. in favor of the striking miners on Collyer explains that the UMWA the central charge levelled against charges were referred to the agen­ Decker. cy’s Washington office after an in­ Wallop and fellow Republicans itial ruling by the Denver office Sen. Al Simpson and Rep. Dick was appealed by the union in Cheney provided the Star-Tribune with c o p i e s of their coT^ December. “Please be assured that the Of­ respondence related to the NLRB’s fice of General Counsel is acutely role in the Decker strike. aware of the variety of problems In addition to the letters from extant in this volatile situation,” Wallop, Simpson, and Cheney, Collyer says. “We will process delegation staffers also made fre­ this matter ...as quickly as quent calls to the NLRB to inquire possible.” about the status of the agency’s Deeds wrote to Wallop in Feb. review of the UMWA charges 29 to thank him for urging the against Decker, spokesmen for all NLRB to act quickly on the union three members said. charges. The inaction of the According to Wallop press sec­ NLRB has left “a very bitter taste retary Janis Budge, Deeds first in (the) mouths of members of our contacted Wallop on Dec. 8, union and the Sheridan” com­ 1987. Wallop met with Deeds in By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH ^r-Tnbune Washington bureau munity, he says. “In this labor dispute, there is; probably nothing more you can' do,” Deeds says. “However, it should clearly state the urgency and impress upon you the need (for) labor law reform.” Simpson also wrote Stephens in January to urge a quick resolution of the “long-simmering and bitter labor dispute” at Decker. “The community of Sheridan, Wyoming, has been deeply af­ fected — literally wracked apartv — by this labor dispute and a prompt decision by the NLRB • would surely assist all concerned,” . he says. “1 have no desire to ‘take . sides’ in this labor-management dispute, but 1 am so very concern­ ed that the situation is having a . very profoundly unsettling and, devastating effect on the com­ munity and all of its fine citizens.” “It is so critical” that the dispute be decided “at the earliest possible time,” Simpson says. Collyer also sent two letters to Simpson. The first, dated Feb. 8, is essentially identical to the Jan. 28 letter to Wallop. On Feb. 26, Collyer sent Simpson a longer let­ ter that is similar to the Feb. 23 response to Wallop. The last member of the delega­ tion to write the NLRB was Rep. Dick Cheney, he wrote to Stephens on Feb. 23, saying he wished to “add my voice to the call for quick action by the NLRB.” “It is not my interest to suggest in any way how the NLRB should rule,” Cheney says. “My interest is in the community of Sheridan,’ where the strike and associated acts of violence have been anguishing and deeply divisive. “It seems clear that no progress in settling the dispute can be made until the NLRB makes its ruling,” he says. “A speedy decision by the Board would be the first step in helping Sheridan to heal.” Despite Cheney’s request to “keep me advised of your prog­ ress,” the NLRB never wrote back, Cheney press secretary Pete Williams said. �J Star-Tribune. Casper. Wyo. Thursday. May 5.1988 Simpson keeps option^ open, but says jCT m for VP slot ‘conjecture’ £■' ' - ■ . /U * The Republicans already have and ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH * the West “in a pretty good lock,” ~Star-Tribune staff writers .. and Bush instead “needs some pretty potent power” to round out CASPER — Sen. Alan Simp­ the party’s 1988 ticket, he said. The process now underway to j son says talk pick a running mate “is worse than ' about him ais a the NFL draft,” Simpson said, and vice^ presidential “it isn’t going to be circling in on candidate, is “a |Ei_nie.” bunch of conjeeA spokesman for the Bush cam­ ture” over a job H paign said the vice-president has he isn’t seeking bw|^9B|H9 not spoken with Simpson about n o r ' V e r y e n r, f thusiastic about.' WjlMKSHi , ■ the second spot on the GOP ticket.; The campaign has no list of possi­ But Simpson, SIMPSON ble vice presidential prospects, and apparently keep­ will not. develop such. a list for ing his options open,' stopped some time, she said. ' short of saying flatly that he Nevertheless, Simpson continues would turn down the second spot to figure prominently in specula­ on the Republican ticket if asked tion about who will be Bush’s by George Bush to accept it. running mate. An article in Mon­ “I can’t imagine as 1 sit here on day’s Boston Globe listed him as a May 3 getting into that,” he said leading contender. during a Senate break ' trip in “Nobody’s ever asked me,” Wyoming Wednesday. The proSimpson said, about whether any­ spect of losing his privacy, the one from the Bush camp talked rigors of the campaign trail and no him about the vice presiden- \ longer being able to legislate are ’with ey. _ . “negatives” that weigh against the Neither has Bush, who is a perposition, Simpson said. sonal friend,'mentioned it, he ad­ Still, in an interview, he stead­ ded. The Bush family relationship fastly declined to rule himself out. dates back to the time his father. “I haven’t said, ‘hell^ no,’” Milward, served as U.S. Senator. Simpson said. “But I’ve fold you “When George and I are there are many negatives which together, we didn’t talk about would change the way I w0uld live that,” he said. “1 think people my life, and sorting those through misread the relationship between 1 do not see what would lead me to George Bush and me. ” that at this time.” Simpson did say that he felt Simpson cast aside persistent qualified to be vice president, and reports that he was on a list of he saw the position as more than candidates under serious con­ “a nothing job” as some have sideration by Bush. viewed it. BvPAULKRZA ! : i 1 ’ .. The Hudson meeting was sched­ uled as part of an effort to visit “I’ve been born and bred and educated here, and 1 can handle ^all towns in the state, he said. any task you roll out of the The appearance “doesn’t have a garage,” he said. But the vice thing to do” with the fact that a presidency is “a job that would potential opponent for colleague , take me away from the thing I’ve Sen. Malcolm Wallop, Democrat­ been doing for 22 years — and ic challenger John Vinich, lives that’s legislating,” Simpson add-, there, Simpson added. “Come October,” after the ed. ’’ ------. - — His recent comments about vet­ primaries, “I’ll go anywhere and erans that have stirred some con-' work like a dog in a partisan way” troyersy have not become a liabili-' for Wallop, he said. Simpson declined to speculate ty m his political career, he said. on how Wallop would fare against Aside from some “hysterical” let-^ any of the three announced Dem­ •u? an encounter from a “ter-; ocrats seeking his senate seat. nbly hostile” constituent at a But he said so far he has found Gheyenne “town meeting,” most people “when they understand the campaign mounted by the fully what I’ve been saying” are Democrats as “interesting,” because they “don’t say anything not that critical, Simpson said. Simpson was scheduled to con­ about (their) own positions,” he said. duct town meetings in Lander and “If the whole process of the Hudson today, along with par­ ticipating in a groundbreaking opposition is simply knocking the signaling the beginning of a project other guy’s product, ... people in to remove uranium mill tailings Wyoming don’t go for campaigns like that,” he said. near Riverton. �istar-j riDune, Gasper, wyo. Friday, May 6,1988 Simpson says many Wyo gas,stations might have to close From staff and wire reports r’ CODY — Failure by Wyo­ ming’s Legislature to adopt regu­ lations for leaking underground storage tanks cotdd force twothirds of the state’s service stations out of business during the height of the summer tourist season, ac­ cording to U.S. Sen. Alan Simpsom "HTEe^ state House of Repre­ sentatives earlier this year. over­ whelmingly passed governing reg­ ulations for the storage tanks, but the Senate Majority Floor Leader Russ Zimmer, R-Goshen, refused to bring the bill to the Senate floor for cemsideration. Thy'^nvironmental Protection Agency is coming out with its own set of regulations later this year, and many small service stations may not be able to meet them and go out of business, said Simp-? {' son. , . “I’ve had calls from guys like Adolph Medina and his little gas station in Rawlins, and he would be out of business,” the Republi­ can said earlier this week during a stop in Cody. “He can’t afford a Si million (insurance) policy” as I required under the EPA guide­ lines. Gov. Mike Sullivan has said he might have to call the Legislature back to Cheyenne for a special session to resolve the problem, since i a state regulatory program would , supercede the EPA regulations. Some petroleum marketing organizations also have called for. a special session . i Simpson said it would be hard j for the congressional delegation to ; ’ get the EPA to waive its require­ ments for Wyoming businesses. “Something is going to have to • be done, or we’re going to have to go to the EPA as a delegation and ask for some kind of waiver or an i extension to keep about two-thirds of the gas stations in Wyoming from going out of business right in the middle of the tourist season,” he said. However, EPA officials are not? likely to grant such a waiver, said ' the senator. The leaking underground storage tank legislation before the. . Legislature this year was supported ■ by wide-ranging interests, in-“ .eluding small filling station? ■. owners, the Petroleum Associa-r<* tion of Wyoming, the Wyoming* Mining Association, the Sierra Club and the Wyoming Outdoor Council. But after the bill was approved ; overwhelmingly in the House on a 52-12 vote, the Senate never ; debated the issue, primarily because of opposition from two ‘ key Senate leaders, Zimmer and Senate Vice President Diemer True, R-Natrona. , True, chairman of the Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee and owner of a trucking firm, said he opposed the bill because he did not know how the EPA rules will reg­ ulate the underground tanks; True had planned attempts to heavily amend the bill had it come up for debate, but Zimmer, as ma­ jority floor leader, let the issue die without every being bought up for a vote. The EPA recently called for comment on how it should phas? in its rules regulating the underground tanks. True responded, saying he approved the EPA plans to phase in the regula­ tions. In a prepared statement, True said he favored using one of three criteria for eligibility for a i phased-in imposition of the in- . ' surance requirement; the financial strength of a company, the risk that one of a company’s tanks .might leak; or the number of tanks a company owns. But he said basing the criteria on the number of tanks owned would work best. ; �■btar-1 riDune, (jasper. Wyo. "it Kriday, May 6, 1988 , ! Tailings removal ceremony held 1 Senators, DOE officials attend event in Riverton >! CP By TOM DUNCAN ‘I think it’s fair to say that vir-" tually every possible technical aspect of the project has been ex­ RIVERTON — Gov. Mike ■ amined anu arid ic re-examined in exMalcolm haustive detail --- --- —™1, ” the governor Wallop and ^an Simpson and said. He said the project is en­ U.SPepailment of Energy officials vironmentally acceptable and will said Thursday they are glad that provide “a better and safer isola­ the Susquehanna-Western uranium ' tion of those materials and assure mill tailings pile is finally being protection for our precious moved. ground water resources.” Approximately 200 attended the Thursday morning groundbreak­ Sen. Malcolm Wallop told the ing ceremony in the Central audience he found it difficult to Wyoming College Arts Center believe that, the mill tailings Theater. cleanup project is beginning. ‘‘It has literally taken almost a decade “I have looked forward to this day with great and questionable to put this project together ... almost the length of time it takes anticipation, a little bit like a child to get a nuclear power plant to looking forward to Christmas. It seemed like it would never come,’l« receive an operating license,’’ Wallop said. >, / iw the governor said. ' The governor described the pro-' Wallop said that when Congress ject aS “thorough, even though authorized the unranium mill tail­ there have been innumerable, ings radiation control act in 1978, delays.” “we actually believed that this leg­ Star-Tribune correspondent islation would lead to a rapid clean-up of abandoned mill tail)- i ings sites.” Sen. Alan Simpson lauded this project and observed that it would help the area economy. f? I According to information pro- j vided by the Uranium Mill Tailings ' Remedial Action Project, the mill operated from 1958 to 1963 arid produced 1,700 tons of' yellowcake. The tailings pile ex­ tends over 70 acres and contains about one million cubic yards bf material. j The projected 31-month effort is expected to “provide more th^n $21 million in economic benefits to the Riverton area” with a peak employment of about 400 jobs, , according to project information? The tailings pile site is about two miles south of downtown Rivertbri near the confluence of the Little Wind and Big Wind Rivers. 1 ■■ �•StarrJribune. Casper^Wyo. j ®®® tihief under fire frcan veterans, ‘ardent supporter’ _ SCOTT FARRIS P Star-Tribune capital bureau t CHEYENNE — The director of the Veterans Administration Friday said Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, under fire from some veterans for suggesting a one-year cost of living freeze in veterans ' benefits, is “an ardent veterans supporter.” i At a news conference in Chey i enne, VA Director Thomas Tur' nage declined to defend Simpson’s remarks directly because he is not sure “precisely what he said.” Simpson,has said he believes all ' federal entitlement programs should be reviewed, and said a ,, one-year freeze on cost-of-living / adjustments for veterans’ benefits would realize a substantial savings in the federal budget. i, He also said the current struc! ture of veterans’ entitlement pay­ ments should be revamped because “If you stop the rhetoric and under the current system some vet­ look at the facts, we’re doing very erans with non-combat disabilities well,’’ Turnage said. “1 believe we receive higher payments than those are on the right course when it wjth combat-related disabilities. comes to veterans benefits. ’ ’ “Does that make sense?” Simp­ Turnage said the addition to the son said in a recent letter to Wyo­ Cheyenne hospital is an example ming newspapers. of the improved services and Although Turnage did not ad­ “moral commitment’’ the Reagan . dress those remarks made by administration and the nation has Simpson, he said Simpson’s record to veterans’ health care. as past chairman of the Senate He noted the VA is “the biggest , Veterans Affairs Committee shows health care system in the free the Wyoming Republican is ‘‘an world” with 172 hospitals and 104 ardent veterans supporter.’/ affiliated medical centers. Turnage, in Cheyenne ‘ for the Turnage added that the great groundbreaking ceremony for a challenge facing the VA in the new $11.8 million addition to the coming years is improving its Cheyenne VA Hospital, also said geriatric care, because there will be THe Reagan administration has more than 9 million veterans over been supportive of veterans. f age 65 by the year 2000. He said the $27 billion , VA budget for the next fiscal year is ; / The new addition in Cheyenne is expected to be completed in June half a billion dollars more, than 1990. the current VA budget. . , - ,, �Siili JL1> OWtzVy ’ur* C V By JOAN BARRON_ Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE — Federal rules on leaking undergroundsta^ tanks are still “in a mte ol flux S^TToncerns that Wyoming ser­ vice stations could be forced out of business are premature, two Wyoming Senate leaders said Fri^^Senate Vice President Di^m^ True, R-Natrona, and Majority Floor Leader Russ Zimip^, RGoshen-Niobrara, agreed the Mature.must ultimately arloP‘ underground storage tank bill bu^ said the state needs first to know what the federal government will require. it’e « “This is not a state issue. It s a national issue,” Zimmer said. U.S. Alan Simpson__ said Thursday that the Wyoming Legis­ lature’s failure to adopt regula­ tions for leaking underground storage tanks could force twothirds of the state’s service siaions out of business during the height of the summer tourist season. Simpson also said he has receiv­ ed calls from Wyoming service sta­ tion owners who claim they cannot afford a $1 million, insurance poliS as required und^'tn^o^y> tai ProtectionA^encyTguidehnes. —t^ki^idliyatu mean­ while, haslaid he iri^ynFed to cal a special legislative session to deal with the underground storage tank '^^Aii underground storage tank bill passed the House in the 198S budget session on a 52-12 vote but the Senate never debated the issue principally because of opposition from True and Zimmer. RUSS ZIMMER Tanks not a state issue DIEMERTRUE Doubts if Simpson knew Zimmer said Friday that while there was time to debate the bi the Senate, other bills were mor mpSt and he felt “uncom­ fortable” with the proposal because of the uncertainty over the federal rules and the tax increase saw the bill «»WI have imposed a one cent per ga Ion m cTease on the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel to finance the of spills. He said this amounted to a tax increase of $5 million. Moreover, Zimmer said that at the end of the budget session in March a total of 33 other states had not adopted legislation either. True said an EP A director from Denver testified before Ids Senate Minerals, Business and Development Committee th rules were in final form and they would not be changed before the July 15 publication date. That testimony gave passing the bill. True said. HowS fhe proposed rules weren t primed inihe Federal Register unS March 31 and still are in the comment invitation stage, he said. ‘^^TrTe said he doubts if Simpson knew of the pending rules or their status when he made his ibiatement. True, meanwhile, has written o the EPA asking that the ‘‘Vf" * responsibility rules be phased in. He said Friday he doesnt believe a state of flux and we don t know ' the type of legislation that is_going to be required until we see the rules,” True said. �Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Tuesday, May 10, 1988 Wyo delegation will support state stand on Clark’s Fork .may be designated wild, scenic DI jv/cp * (AP) — U.S. Sen. . POWELL Malcolm Wallop savs he’s waiting tor state officials to take' a stand on federal protection of the Clark’s Fork River before making up his mind on the issue. “I think it’s really not ap­ propriate for me to substitute my judgment for that of the state of Wyoming,” Wallop told a group of Powell residents. “It seems Wyoming has the mechanisms in place to make that judgment.” Federal officials are considering putting the river under “Wild and Scenic” protection, which would prevent development of water proi jects in the designated area. I Wallop’s position on the matter ! echoes that of U.S. Rep. Dick ; Cheney, who has said he willalso ' support the state. ! Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Al i Simpson said protecting the river ; from dam builders is a top priority ; for him, but he does not necessari- • p ly side with those seeking the fedI eral Wild and Scenic designation. i During a visit to Powell last I week the Wyoming Republican I said he has a personal affection for I “that extraordinary, extraordinary i place.” ► It took him just a few words to sum up his feelings on the matter: “1 don’t want to see a dam in there,” he said. Simpson, who hiked and fished in the upper Clark’s Fork area ■ when he was growing up, said he might support a state Wild and Scenic designation as an alternative to the federal classification. “1 don’t think some kind of state designation is a cop-out at all,” he said. “Maybe there are . some things we can do. Our dele­ gation will work with the state on that.’’ Wallop agreed that once the state makes a decision on the mat­ ter it will be up to the members of Wyoming’s co^igressional delega­ tion to take ovdr. But first there are fundamental decisions about Wyoming water that have to be made, at the state level, said the senator. . CLARK’S FORK .Subject of controversy ; �True, Tippets say lack of storage tank law will not force gas stations to close . By DAN WHIPPLE i Star-tribune staff writer Al 1 -Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Thursday, May 1 2 ,1 9 8 8 i CASPER — The Wyoming , Legislature’s failure to deal with lealcing underground storage tanks j in the state is not going to drive ; any independent gasoline retailers i out of business over the next two years, two legislators say. Both State Sen. Diemer True, R-Natrona, the bill’s chief opponent, and Rep. Dennis Tippets, R-Fremont, the chief supporter, said U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson’s suggestion that two-thirds of Wyoming service stations will close in the absence of legislation is not correct. Simpson, R-Wyo., said last week that bankruptcies were possible because of the inability of i small gasoline marketers to obtain $1 million spill insurance coverage, a rule .ci^rently being considered by the^'Erivironmental Protection Agency. True and Tippets debated the legislation at the annual meeting of the Wyoming Highway Users Federation in Casper on Wednesday. The two men disagreed on two major areas: the funding of cleanup activities and legislative oversight. Tippets said that there are 6,800 steel underground storage tanks in Wyoming, “and they’re starting to leak.” “The solution is a difficult one,” Tippets said, “but I have concluded, because we have over 120 now identified underground storage tank situations, it is something we are going to have to face upto.” Tippets said the proposed legis­ lation, which passed the House but never came up for a vote in the Senate, was closely based on model legislation he drafted with the national underground storage tank committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tippets’ bill proposed setting aside $5 million each for two funds, one for cleanup of spills and one to establish an insurance fund. The insurance account would be set up so that each oper­ ator would pay $50 a year and help the service station operator meet the financial responsibility re­ quirements. Under proposed__regulations. each service station operator is re­ quired to have a $1 million in­ surance policy to cover cleanup of underground tank spills — a poli­ cy that is not presently available ; anywhere in the U.S., according to True. It was this insurance requirement that led to fears, expressed last week by Simpson, that service sta­ tion operators would be driven out of business under the cost burden, without state help. However, both Tippets and True believe that this requirement will be mitigated in new rulemakings — probably to a $500,000 policy that will be gradually phased in over several years. The cleanup fund, as proposed by Tippets, would be funded by a one-ceni-per-gallon tax on all fuels sold in Wyoming. The money would be administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. When both funds reach $5 mil­ lion, the tax would be removed, and if either one dropped below $2 million, “the Department of Rev­ enue would turn the tax back on,’’ Tippets said. True objected to both the new tax and to leaving such a large “pots of money,” as he put it, in the hands of a regulatory en­ forcement agency without legislative oversight. “1 want all of that money ap­ propriated by the Appropriations Committee. 1 want you to hold the Legislature responsible,” True said. i True said that he has drafted a j bill for the next session that incor­ porates his concerns. “It does not contain a fuel tax,” he said. Instead, he suggests a tank fee that would bring in $600,000, add­ ed to $1 million from DEQ fines, forfeitures and fees and using the resulting total of $1.6 million as the clean-up fund. WWWJJM ----------- True said the DEQ has all the authority needed to institute the leaking underground storage tank prograrn except the financial re­ sponsibility and insurance por­ tions, or the authority to sue “responsible parties’’ for costs of cleanup incurred after it undertak­ en by the government. “It seems irresponsible as a mat­ ter of good public policy to give any agency a $5 million refillable pot of money with no legislative oversight,’’True said. Tippets argued, however, that $1.6 million in the cleanup fund would likely be inadequate. Cleanup costs of the projects range from about $100,000 to several million. “When a leak is close to a water supply, $1 million is nothing,” he said. “I don’t think the $1.6 million is a drop in the bucket” considering the 120 known spills in the state. Tippets said. Tippets said a national franchise chain was considering purchasing some land in Riverton for a build­ ing site and was negotiating at a price of around $200,000. However, since the area was near some service stations, the company ordered core drilling to look for leakage. Under existing Wyoming law, the owner of the property is responsible for the cleanup, rather than the source of the contamina­ tion. “They checked for leaks,” Tip­ pets said, “And by 4 p.m. that afternoon they had drilled into obviosuly contaminated soil. That $200,000 property was worth zero.” True denied that he tried to kill Tippet’s proposed legislation. He said he enabled it to be reported out the Minerals Committee, which he chairs, even though “I could easily have laid that bill back” because it came in late on his docket. �-Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Funds for rail-based MX survive in Senate By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH f\Star-jhbune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate Thursday decisively defeated an attempt to slash funding for de­ velopment of a rail-based version of the MX missile. By “a vote of 61-36, the Senate killed a move to transfer $500 mil­ lion in fiscal year 1989 funds from the MX program to a variety of conventional weapon programs. The move would have left $200 rnillion — rather than $700 mil­ lion — for development of the rail-based MX. Wyoming Republicans Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson both voted to kill~tEe fund transfer proposal. Thursday’s action sets the stage for an eventual compromise with the House on the issue of landbased strategic nuclear missiles. The House version of the fiscal year 1989 defense bill includes ' $100 million for the MX, but $600 million for development of the small, mobile, single-warhead missile dubbed “Midgetman.’’ The Senate bill contains only $50 million for Midgetman. Friday. May 13, 1988 A House-Senate conference committee will have to resolve the differences. The result is likely to be roughly equal funding for both missiles, congressional leaders have said. The Reagan administration favors the MX over the Midg­ etman. But congressional leaders and Defense Secretary Frarik Carlucci generally agree that the final choice between MX and Midgetman should be left for the next administration to make. Cheyenne’s F.E. Warren Air Force Base is' slated to be the headquarters for the rail-based MXs. The 10-warhead missiles would be deployed in pairs on special trains. , In times of crisis or international tension, the trains would move out of their “rail garrisons’’ onto the vast American commercial rail network. The Air Force says the. plan would enable the MXs to evade and thus survive a Soviet at­ tack, increasing their value as a j deterrent to such an attack. I Critics charge the missile trains would be extremely vulnerable to a sneak attack, and would increase the chances of such a first strike. Critics also cite the potential for sabotage or accidents involving the ■ missiles. Sens. Paul Simon, D-Ill., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., introduced the proposal to cut funding for the rail-based MX. Leaving $200 mil­ lion for the missile would preserve the next president’s options, they said. Levin argued that U.S. military spending should be focused on the greatest potential threats to Amer­ ican security. Conventional war is a far greater threat than a nuclear exchange, he said. Furthermore, if a nuclear war occurs, it is likely to be the result . of the escalation of a conventional conflict. Levin said. The best deterrent to nuclear war is thus a strong conventional deterrent, he said. Although the U.S. nuclear deterrent is more than adequate, the Air Force wants to spend bil­ lions on “redundant strategic systems like the rail-based MX,” he said. The MX would contribute only marginally to the U.S. ca­ pacity to respond to a nuclear at­ tack, Levin said. While billions are spent to build up strategic systems, conventional forces go begging, he said. Navy pilots in the Atlantic Fleet are buy­ ing commercial highway radar detectors for their planes because they have not yet received the radar detection equipment the Navy is supposed to install. Levin said. The Simon-Levin amendment would have provided $30 million for such equipment, $70 million for 2,000 Army anti-tank missiles, $100 million for Army supplies, and $300 million for spare parts for Air Force planes. Debate on the measure lasted less than an hour, , with the two sponsors speaking in favor of the measure, and only Sen. James Exon, D-Neb., speaking against it. �: . ■ •■. .• , ;jf 5“ -V)*’’ • . < ‘ Saturday, May 14,1988 -Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo?"/* i sc-""l’■‘on VI '*”age. • / I .;’'•‘^iiiii if^ • '^ys Q ^"ited cn hook^ be dam^^'^^'on '■ord.” '■'ailed "[^‘^^Sed by // ■ ■’• I • or Ss^anf’^S > e,/onu,j^ p''and-tell’> ^’ or wdi’ I • ^^*1, �-Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Sunday, May 15,1988' Rimpson says cutting benefits «ill shrink federal deficit JAP) Drottrnm. to tzs achieve entitlement programs Repubhean leaders in the Senate any meaningful reduction in the I eassured the nation’s top business deficit. executives Saturday that the • • deal honestly with outlook IS good for shrinking the Medicare, Social Security, veter­ federal budget deficit. an s benefits, then we’ll get some.' he Business Council, composIhing done. All else is dancing in -'d of 61 chief executives of the nathe night,’he said. lon s largest corporations, heard He said he believed the national rom Sen. Pete Domenici, Rcommission would propose a sen­ <M.. and Sen. Alan Simpson, sible package because the co<-Wyo., as the grou~wrapped up chairmen, former Transportation I iwo-day conference. Secretary Drew Lewis and Simpson, who is deputy RepubWashington lawyer Robert ican leader in the Senate, spoke to btmuss, “are pretty gutsy guys.” lie executives Friday night and to On another matter, Simpson -porters Saturday. said he was optimistic that Con­ He said that the government gress, despite a tight schedule, will lust limit the growth of federal pass a second and better trade bill _ .. after President Reagan vetoes the bill sent to him last week. Simpson said two key Demo­ cratic leaders, House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, and Senate Fi­ nance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, were unlikely to let the legislation die because of strong support in their home state for repeal of the windfall profits tax on oil, which is included in the massive trade bill. The business executives, as they opened their twice-a-year confer­ ence at The Homestead, a plush resort in the mountains of south­ western Virginia, issued a generally upbeat assessment of the nation’s economic prospects this year, but warned that the budget deficit re­ mains ‘‘disturbingly high” during such a period of good times. Edmund Pratt, chairman of Pfizer Inc., a health care corpora­ tion, said many business leaders enjoying the moderate economic growth have a sense of ‘‘living on borrowed time” because of gov­ ernment red ink. “1 think most of us still regard the budget deficit as the No. I problem facing us,” said Robert Kilpatrick, chairman of CIGNA Corp., an insurance company. The executives, in a forecast representing a consensus of mem- her corporation’s chief economists, said that the budget deficit would rise from $150.2 bil­ lion last year to $154 billion both this year and in 1989. The Con­ gressional Budget Office estimates he deficit will be $157 billion in 1 700. . Domenici said ”we*ve made significant strides” and predicted the government would ‘‘very easi­ ly” meet the $136 billion, 1989 target of the Gramm-Rudman def­ icit reduction law. He said he did not want to prematurely divulge the positions lie will be taking in the delibera­ tions of the national commission. �-Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Monday, May 16, 1988 Now & then, wolves & men gotta howl \x/A WASHINGTON — Anyone' who expects the Wyoming con­ gressional delegation to drop its opposition to the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is howling at the wrong moon. Wolf proponents nevertheless are always on the lookout for signs of hope, no matter how small. To them 1 offer the follow­ ing selections from the Collected Interviews of Sen. Alan K. Simpson. »u« the Jiz-in delegation z4/^Acn doesn’t’t hav#> have its facts straight ... I’m not just sit­ ting here ringing the gong about wolves.” April 20,1988: “Well, I’ve never been anti­ wolf. I’ve just said ‘look, why don’t we study the history of the Magic Pack that is there in Mon­ tana, study the issue in Alaska, and how they do with the wolf population in Canada.’ Those studies show that an adult wolf will consume a tremendous Spring, 1986: “Wolves eat things — human and alive. They say they don’t, but why would there be the whole his­ tory of the grey wolf, the 'Tales of Russia and the North Woods’ if they didn’t take on a tasty human being occassionally — but leave that out...They are too fearsome a thing. Don’t forget that one of their little items of diet is baby grizzly bears.” Sept. 30,1987: “At least for myself, the issue of wolves is not something where I’ve just thrown up my hands and said ‘Oh, I’ve seen those pictures of wolves eating human beings on the steppes of Russia.’ That’s not me. I’m talking about several thoughtful things, like having studies to determine if the rein­ troduction is going to have a nega­ tive effect on big game.” “It is always interesting to me how some groups seem to get emotional about the issue and then make the officious statement that Andrew Melnykovych Star-Tribune number of ungulates and especial­ ly the moose population. Are we ready for that? That’s all I’m say­ ing.” In the September 1988 interview, Simpson also took to task radical environmentalist Howie Wolke, who had predicted that private cit­ izens might take wolf reintroduc­ tion into their own hands. Wolke “is not exactly at the top of the list of those people who do rational things,” Simpson said. “1 think those kind of people bring an element of extremism into what 1 hope is going to be a thoughtful debate.” Marlene Simons, the Republi­ ran can u/hn who rpnrpQpntQ represents Crnnk Crook Countv County in the Wyoming House, appears to have thought a little too much about Wolke’s prediction. Simons claims that two wolves were deposited at the Afton airstrip in March. An unidentified plane touched down, someone kicked the wolves out the door, and the plane flew off, she said, adding that she was told of the in­ cident by two eyewitnesses. The wolves ran off into the coun­ tryside, and Simons said she is sure that they were tracked down and killed. This story proved too much for even Wyoming Farm Bureau Ex­ ecutive Vice President Larry Bourret to swallow. Bourret, who is as willing as anyone to believe and repeat bad things about wolves and environmentalists, dismissed Simon’s tale as a “third- or four­ th-hand rumor.” As Nancy Reagan and other studenft of the celestial objects doubtlessly know, the presence of a full moon brings out the worst in both wolves and people. Fortunately, the full — or is is fool — moon was waning when the Wyoming Republican Party met in Cheyenne earlier this month. Had the state GOP con­ vened a week earlier, who knows what sorts of intemperate com­ ments party chairman Mark Hughes might have made. In honor of the bright future of the Wyoming Republican Party under underHuchcs Hughes’ stcadv steadyleadershiD, leadership, 1 I offer the following song for defecting Democrats (with apolo­ gies to the Beach Boys and “Bar­ bara Ann,” whoever she was). Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Walt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Oh, Jimmy Watt I’ve changed a lot Oh, Jimmy Wall I ’ll stop hugging all those trees If that’s what it takes to please You Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Tried Mike the Duke Tried Mike the Duke Tried Mike the Duke But he was a liberal kook Oh Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Jimmy Walt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Jesse Jackson’s coalition Is surely headed for perdition Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Thought the GOP Wasn't right for me Talked to Jimmy Watt And at last the truth I see Oh Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt You ’ve got me out here on the right wing Hoping it’s the right thing Jimmy Watt Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jimmy Watt �•Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Monday, May 16, 1988 Simpson says Congress may pass acid-rain legislation o„^PKvvMF.MV.cnvYrH By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau /VVi iC * zSv/r WASHINGTON — Congress may pass legislation this year to reduce emissions of air pollutants that contribute to acid rain. Sen. Al Simpson said last week. “Acid rain is a serious problem that should be addressed,” the Wyoming Republican told the American Industrial Health Council. “We cannot escape that debate.” But Simpson also tried to tie Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, to environmental “extremists.” He criticized Dukakis for his ‘ continual drumming” on the acid rain question. Dukakis “makes statements as a Northeasterner that are going to terrify the energy-producing states,” Simpson said. “He knows very little about the West or the Southwest or the South.” Sens. William Proxmire, D- ■ Sens. William Proxmire, „ Wise., and George Mitchell, DMaine, are working with him to craft a compromise on the longdelayed reauthorization of the Clean Air Act, Simpson said. “We are ready to make signifi­ cant adjustments that will increase the possibility of its passage,” he said. A possible compromise would call for a reduction of 10 million tons a year of sulfur dioxide (SO2), the air pollutant most closely linked to acid rain, Simp­ son said. Most SO2 pollution is the result of the burning of highsulfur content coal in power plants and other industrial facilities. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., poses a major obstacle to acid rain legislation, Simpson said. Byrd fears such leg­ islation will further depress the market for high-sulfur coal mined in his economically troubled state. “It is the height of folly to ex­ pect Byrd to simply buy off on whatever comes out” ohhe Senate the measure will address the p^- ?ravha,e environment committee, Simpson said. But Byrd is not an “irresponsi­ ble legislator,” and is willing to consider a compromise, he said. Such a compromise could include a two-phased reduction in ’ SO2 emissions, along with extended deadlines for complying with the reduction requirements, Simpson said, Simpson did not say how the reductions would have to be achieved. He has always favored a “free choice” approach that would not impose a requirement to install expensive pollution control equipment, thus encouraging coal users to switch to low-sulfur fuel, much of which is mined in Wyo­ ming. blem of ozone pollution in urban areas, he said. Other legislation awaiting action includes renewal of the En­ dangered Species Act and the Resource Conservation and Re­ covery Act, the nation’s basic haz­ ardous waste management law, Simpson said. Work on those might be com­ pleted before the end of the current Congress, but no action is likely on bills to deal with indoor air pollution, cancer-causing radon gas, and groundwater contamina­ tion. he said. Simpson described Dukakis’ statements about western water rights and environmental issues as “alarming.” The Massachusetts governor has a “coterie about,him of some very alarming people,” he said. Unless Dukakis can “dampen that, he will lose support among moderates,” Simpson said. “1 would think the extremists in the environmental movement will whatever droves they have...and it will frighten many people,” he said. Any air pollution bill is unlikely to deal with the “very controver­ sial” question of toxic pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other facilities, Simpson predicted. It is also uncertain how .in AL SIMPSON Dukakis’ statements ‘alarming’ �■Tuesday, May 17, T Qgg ■ >> ■ r ■ ■■ ■ r ■ —- . . ------. ..... „■ • Simpson defends Nancy from attacksJn 3‘Kiss and i tell’ books By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau fluence the president’s schedule and actions. When Reagan first took office, WASHINGTON — Sen. Alan his wife was criticized for being Simpson has ridden to the aid of* “uninvolved,’J Simpson notes. first lady Nancy Reagan, defending Now she is being “portrayed as her against the “bum rap” she has some sort of flaky, all-powerful received in books written by sever­ oracle. What guff.”' al of her husband’s former aides. Regan’s contention that Nancy “She deserves a hell of a lot bet­ Regan helped get him fired is ter,” the Wyoming Republican dismissed by Simpson^ writes on the opinion page of Fri­ “Nancy Reagan didn’t drive him day’s Washington Post. “For out,” Simpson says. “There were when we elected her remarkable a lot of people lined up in the bat­ .husband to this job of president, ter’s box to do just that.” she was — and surely, is — ‘part Simpson says he was present at of the deal.’ ” several meetings during which “She took on a tough job that Ronald Reagan was urged “and, has no definitions but many de­ yes, even directed” to fire Regan. . mands,” Simpson says. “She has “The congressional press crew fulfilled her obligations and duties and galleries worked overtime in to her country and to her husband those days to accommodate the with great grace, class and distinc­ calls for Regan’s resignation and tion.” to provide the long knives to lop Simpson said he wrote the piece off his head,” Simpson writes. because he had a “bellyful” of ' In his conversations with Nancy criticism of the first lady, accord­ Reagan, Simpson says he saw that ing to Mary Kay Hill, his press sec­ she had reached “her own firm retary. conclusions about her husband’s The Post was the first newspaper , best interests.” Other first ladies contacted about printing the arti­ have offered their husbands ad­ cle, and accepted it immediately, vice, he says. she said. Simpson was determined “Only a damn fool would sug­ that the piece be printed. Hill said. gest that the wife of the president “It was going to run some­ of the United States has no role where,” she said. whatever in the governing of our _ Simpson’s lengthy defense is country,” Simpson says. “It directed largely at former White might not read that way in the House spokesman Larry Speakes civics texts or statute books,/but and former White House Chief of that’s the way it is in real life.” ‘ Staff Donald Regan, both of The Reagans rely on each other whom have written “kiss-and-tell” “to deal with the political world,” books that are highly critical of he says. “They know where to Nancy Reagan. turn when you don’t know where “How ironic to see two fine men to turn.. who I have known ... bring “They have deep reservoirs of themselves down to a lesser level faith in a higher being, in by spewing out these rather themselves, and in each other,” vengeful portrayals,” Simpson Simpson says. “For them, his suc­ writes. “Their luster leaves their cess is her success. Nancy’s ac­ personalities as the bluster leaves complishments and strengths are their pens.” part of the president’s triumph and Simpson does not mention character too.” Regan’s most controversial allega­ Those who criticize the First tion — that Nancy Reagan relied Couple are motivated by envy, on advice from astrologer’s tp inSimpson suggests. “I think one of the things that' spooks people about Ron and Nancy Reagan is that they have a great thing going,” he says. “It is called a love affair — and it has spanned 36 years and counting. “They hold hands, they smooch, they share their lives and experiences, they wholly support each other, they laugh, they giggle, and all that pretty much threatens people who don’t understand it or who don’t live it,” Simpson says. Simpson praises Nancy Reagan for putting “her own distinctive and unique trademark on the role of First Lady,” largely through her efforts to combat drug abuse. “How sad that anyone would be> titillated by what is really a vengeful portrait of a beautiful * lady,” he says. Throughout the ‘ remarkable presidency of Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan has been ' right there. “She was the one at his side while they plucked a bullet from his chest or cut a section of colon ' from his body,” Simpson writes. “She has always been the one to nurture and sustain him,” he says. “You can bet the lunch money that he is right there now serving her in, the same moving fashion.” ALAN SIMPSON ‘Grace, class and distinction’ �XA/VO ' Wednesday. May IB. ■’9®® , Casper, 'Simpson: tojight hard for Wyo gi&EVENNe en. (ui VTyoming is out of touch and claims thrt h desperawiththestatearea«g g Alan tion. according/o u.s. Sim^on^ weekly in“'Siffipson, reporters, tcrview with colleague defended his^ V Democratic and criticized Ute one enough to, even ^id “What the hell; S«n doing for 12 years? �SiliipsoiiV/Wallop vote against Helms effort to delay action on INF Treaty X A" ! * rc Wednesday’s vote provides* ao jjgp will be to move iRE^WMELNYKOVYC H (indication ByATTPki..,, .v.xux.... , ------------ - of - the strength of the .^^rd completion of a treaty to „ ; 1' v-.u --------------.u- .Mc long-r^gc nu­ Star-Tribune Washington bureau hard-core opposition to the INF Treaty. However, other conser- clear weapons, Simpson said. WASHINGJON 4-Wyoming vative Republicans, including While saying that he has no illu­ Republicans Alan Simpson.; and.. Wallop?'Pete Wilson of Califor- sions about the nature of the nia, and Dan Quayle of Indiana Soviet system, Simpson said Gor­ MalCQlm' W3I-, are expected to offer a series of bachev represents an improvement ilgp on Wednesl ^y voted uAurn amendments to the verification over past Soviet leaders. Gor-eI back the rfirst and enforcement provisions of the bachev is a direct, forceful leader, j chaHeng€ ; to. pact. ; he said. , Simpson said America has a I Senate, appfoval Earlier Wednesday, Simpson I of the lntermedihailed the INF accord as a,“very stake in the success of Soviet leader Nuclear small” and “very necessary” first . Mikhail Gorbachev’s programs of 1 I it-orces 1 reaty. step toward establishing a perma­ ■ economic and social change. In a Alt h o^u g h i^IMPSONs nent peace between the United - recent meeting Gorbachev told him *--Wallop ha$ ; “You better hope it works, too, States and the Soviet Union.*. . endorsed the trgaty» while ; “After 44, years of doing Simpson said. ■ V.f Simpson has given it his full sup- , nothing but talk, and drafting ' “1 am not naive, but we should keep talking” with the Soviets, ' p<y:ti they both voted to bypass a “ treaties that were never signed ... «..u trying to implement treaties <.. , Simpson said. “It matters no^ procedural hurdle raised by Sen. and that were never ratified ... finalthe agenda is. . i Jesse Helms, R-N.C. ly, after talking the talk, we re , Wallop has not yet delivered his j.;.. Helms objected to Senate cpnsideration of the treaty on the' walking the walk,” the Wyoming Qpening statement on the treaty. Republican said. z • ■_ ' I‘^founds tbat Soviet leader Mikhail Simpson’s comments came a? ~ I Gorbachev should not have sigtied the Senate entered a second day of . ■ the document. Gorbachev, who what is expected to be a lengthy , holds the title of first secretary. ’the Communist Party of the' debate on the INF pact. Siinpson, U.S.S.R., represents only a po- . the assistant GOP leader in the • Senate, has supported the treaty litical party, not the Soviet gov­ since it was announced in ernment. Helms argued. December 1987. ■ , , The absence of an “official” “To my mind, it’s just a very Soviet signature makes it impossismall first step, but a very nece^;«» . ble for the Senate to consider rati------ • - sary one,7’ he said. “Some people j fying the INF pact. Helms said; think it is no step. Some people « But only five other senators think it is just dramatic.” agreed, and Helms was defeated by > The INF Treaty is a “very com­ mon-sense approach” to the pro­ a vote of 92-6. Those supporting Helms were blems facing the two superpower, ' Republicans James McClure and. simpson saW. At the same time fSteven Symms of Idaho, Larry that the Senate is moving toward Pressler of South Dakota,-Gordon' ratifiying the INF pact, the Soviets ^Humphrey of ' New. Hampshire, g^e beginning to withdraw their fe;:.and Strom’* Jhurmond of South troops from Afghanistan, he. r Carolinarr^22^*.'r±^....if x noted. .... i �f Thurs0ey. M^V -Star-Tf’bune, Casper, Wyo. Vinich: Simpson doing Wallop’s‘dirt^cgk’ k ; • i I I 1 f I; r f I WASHINGTON Sen. Alan Simpson is doing U.b. sen. , Malcolm Wallop’s “d^y ,1 by attacking the ^hree timocratic Senate candidates, state Sgn. Jon_^ Vinich said Wednesday . •‘Six years ago Malcolm ped out of the race during the last . two weeks of his campaign against \ (Democratic candidate) Rodger McDaniel and had Al Simpson and (U.S. Rep.) Dick Cheney do his dirty work for him,” Vinich said. “It looks like they’re up to their \ old tricks.” . , ,,, . ~ Simpson, during his weekly interview with Wyoming reporter^ ' defended Wallop and chastised Vinich and his Democratic rivals , who have said Wallop is out of ! touch with the state. But Vinich, who is spending tne ' w iek attending meetings and conducting research is repeated his charge that Wallop has done little for the state and said “Malcolm should speak for , ** Noting that Wallop was in Wyoming campaigning earlier this ' week when debate on the INf i ty with the Soviets began in the '^nate, Vinich said “it seems to me he should have been here when the ; starting gate opened.” ■’, 1 1 �Wallop says ; treaty jjvotiW bring * ‘collapse of political order m Europe’. \ ...—■ •■uMuiKxf cooperation ... ’ exactly what its responsibilities against a major drug trafficker.” Lehder could face up to 150 years « are.” Star-Tribune Wa^ingtga bureau Senate President John Turner, in prison and $350,000 in fines for ,r R-Teton-Sublette, said that while he his convictions on all 11 counts, J Sen . agiccb i - ------------- ’ - — ur iliuillclb, the LIIC UL agrees Wllll with Thomas, commis- ranging from possession of cocaine ‘ to running a continuing criminal • Malcolm Wallop Thursday de-, sion had to face “reality,” . nounced President Reagan’s agree­ “We’re not sure that even one enterprise. His co-defendant. Jack , ment with the Soviets to remove all simulcast can make it,” Turner said, Carlton Reed, 57, of San Pedro, ' medium-range nuclear missiles from citing the state’s small population. Calif., was convicted of one con-. » Europe. , Thomas made the statements spiracy count and faces a maximum ! Wallop declared the Intermediate after Connie Eaton, an LSO at- ' 15-yearsentence. J Asked if Lehder will spend the « Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will torney, said the commission had not ultimately destroy NATO, usher in changed its disputed rules on rest of his life behiffd bars, Merkle i the “collapse of the political order simulcasting although it promised said, “I certainly hope so. That is ; in Europe,” and allow the Soviet to do so. going to be my recommendation. ” J When the verdicts were read, j Union to dominate Europe. The management council, headed, “The INF Treaty represents the by House Speaker Patrick Meenan, Lehder looked down briefly, then 5 abandonment of the seriousness R-Natrona, has refused to approve stared straight ahead. Two female • jurors cried, one sobbing into her • about (nuclear) deterrence” in the the rules. defense of America’s European “The commission is running a hands, as their seven days of delib- ! allies, he said. erations ended. ' -I' very sloppy shop,” Eaton said. Lehder’s aunt in the audience also ; “In the wake of the INF treaty it Commission Executive Director may be impossible to stop the col­ Donald A. Johnson could not be cried and slumped down on the I lapse of the political order in reached for comment Thursday bench. I Following the verdicts, the jury ’ Europe,” the Wyoming Republican afternoon. had to consider government mo- * said. “A nation can expect good Bill Thompson, a Cheyenne friends only when it has military lawyer representing Mec- . tions seeking the forfeiture of milsuperiority.” ca/Trackmate, one of two losing 1 lions of dollars of Lehder’s properWithdrawal of the intermediate applicants for the simulcast license, ' ty in the Bahamas, including land, t.JBUsiles will ultimately leave said the company never has received i homes, an airstrip and planes. The seven-month trial included 22 , Europe with no credible defense. any written final decision from the I Wallop said. He ^d Soviet con­ commission explaining its choice of jI weeks of testimony from 115: gov­ ernment witnesses, along with ventional forces are superior and Ladbroke or its denial of Mecca’s ■imounds of documents. Lehder was that there is no assurance the United request for a re-hearing. extradited to the United States last j Thompson said the only anStates would use its long-range nu­ year following a firefight and'|iis clear missiles to defend Europe. I riouncement of the commission’s arrest by the Colombian army at a , n S In his 70-minute speech before the selection of Ladbroke was in the Medellin mansion. ■ Agnate, Wallop, R-Wyd.. took al press. During the trial Merkle called He said Wyoming is the first state position sharply at odds with that of the President and of fellow-Wyom-1 to allow simulcast off-track beti ng ' Lehder the Henry .Ford of drug trafficking, the man who turned co­ and said the state must insu;? m Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, caine smuggling into a modern, fairness and propriety in the opera­ ^e treaty has received broad biparhigh-tech operation, using airdrops tion. Thompson also said the state Usan suppon and appears destined and speed boats. Division of Criminal Investigation Prosecutors and government had not completed its inquiry into . Wallop said the pact gives the witnesses described Lehder as a Ladbroke before the Pari-Mutuel .Soviet Union a license to violate its one-time New York street hood Commission awarded the license to ■?' provisions and “blows a hole” in who put together a vast cocainethe company. 7 the American strategy for defending smuggling empire after he was Last week the DCI cleared Lad­ \ Europe. deported to his homeland, becom­ broke to do business in Wyoming. There is only a “very slim ing a key figure in the ColombiaThe DCI report said there \^?s no chance” that the treaty can be evidence that Ladbroke, a British i based Medellin cartel. amended in order to make it acceptThe cartel has been blamed for a off-track betting company, has any able. Wallop said. The treaty’s wave of violence across Colombia, current ties to organized crime. backers are unwilling to recognize Ladbroke has been approved by i including the assassination of a or debate the flaws in the agreecounty commissions in Uinta, Al­ ■ former justice minister and the slay­ ' ment, he said. - bany, Laramie, Sweetwater and ing of jop U.S. DEA informant “It appears to me that the Senate Adler “Barry” Seal in Baton Fremont counties and hopes to r, of the United States is set to suspend Rouge, La. Up to 10 armed marreceive approval soon in Sheridan < judgment,” Wallop said early in his and Natrona counties, spokesman i shals were visible in court during speech. “It is the patience of those . Mike Lane of Cheyenne said Thurs­ I j Lehder’s trial. " who wish to get it behind them that Witnesses talked of his flamday. ■’ Cis being tried. rather than the merits i boyant personality, which included State Jaw requires the county commission where the betting L' admiration for Adolf Hitler and Please see WALLOP, A3 slain former Beatle John Lennon. parlor is to be located also to ap­ prove the simulcast operation. The management council members voted to send a letter to Sulli­ van about their concern over the commission rules. By A^^W MELNYKOVYCH —Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Friday, May 20, 1988 J | , i �i' ■ ■ . ; '. A2—Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. . ■ Friday, May 20. 1988 ....... '' -Fi 1 '■'- ■ / ■ *-»» » KJ ' V A C i ?' “discredits” the “center-right agenda” espoused by Thatcher and others, while lending strength to the /.“European Socialists who have re­ adopted Marxism and taken on a pro-Soviet, anti-American tinge.” West Germans are already mov­ ing closer to the Soviets, supporting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the Palestine Liberation Organization and opposing Ameri­ can plans for a strategic defense system, he said. \ “Indeed, in any given controversy ... German foreign policy is likely to be on the Soviet side and against us,” Wallop said. “German leaders race to Moscow to vie for the Soviet leader’s favor.” The West Germans are likely next to demand the removal of American tactical and short-range weapons from the front line opposing the Warsaw Pact, he predicted. Remov' ing those weapons would force U.S.^forces to withdraw from West Germany, Wallop said. ' “I will not tell my sons to go fight in Europe without nuclear >■ ^weapons';” he said. ’ Wallop siid the INF Treaty does not herald a new era in U.S.-Soviet relations. “An arms control treaty is an ex' pression of distrust,” be said. “This is not an expression of some new ;; ................. and fundamental trust.” " The Soviets have violated every previous arms control pact, and are likely to violate the INF Treaty, Wallop said. Yet the United States has never confronted the issue of treaty violations, he said. “When we see the Soviet Union violate this one, as they have vio­ lated every treaty in the past, the ac-tion of this Senate ^, will most likely'be to further constrain the' behavior of the United States, not the behavior of the Soviet-Union,” Wallop predicted. '* In an absence of a commitment to hold the Soviets to the terms of the treaty, the document has no mean­ ing beyond its domestic political implications, he said. In its zeal to sign a treaty with the Soviets, the ^teagan administration has aban­ doned its commitment to try to in­ sure adherence to earlier agree­ ments, Wallop said. < • Only a week before Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty last December, the administration released a list of Soviet violations of earlier pacts. Wallop noted. “What are the Soviets to think about the seriousness with which we approach treaties?,” he asked. Ratifying the INF Tieaty in its present form is ..to “ratify past Soviet behaviot and license it in the J ‘ C 'J ' f ■ . I .. /' i , future,” Wallop s<id. * Wallop warned the Senate not to “suspend judgment in the pursuit of peace when we (are) not at war, in pursuit of peace when we already (have)it.” ' ' After his speech. Wallop criti­ cized Senate Foreign Rela^ons ' Committee Chairman Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-lnd., the tOp Republican on the committee, for not respond■ mg to his questions. Both men, J who were in the Senate chamber ddring the speech, simply ignored nim, _ X Wallop said. ' I “Nobody is willing to debate the questions,” he said. “1 don’t t^hink it unfair to examine both the ■mili­ tary and political implications” of the treaty. j Although he will offer at (least ' two amendments to the treaty, Wal­ lop said it is “not my purpose to delay the thing.” • J Wallop, in a joint effort with several colleagues, will offer an amendment to strengthen the com­ pliance provisions of the treaty. He said he also plans to offer an amendment dealing with destruction of the mobile launchers for the mis­ siles and a provision to correct a drafting error. , - ' V �Riuiup says JLIH^ u'eaiy would T^coUapse of political order iii Europe’ ZBy ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH StaT-iribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON —Sen. ■ Malcolm Wallop Thursday de­ nounced President Reagan’s agree­ ment with the Soviets to remove all medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. Wallop declared the Intermediate J^uclear Forces (INF) treaty will ultimately destroy NATO, usher in the “collapse of the political order in Europe,” and allow the Soviet Union to dominate Europe. “The INF Treaty represents the abandonment of the seriousness about (nuclear) deterrence” in th^ defense of America’s European allies, he said. “In the wake of the INF treaty it may be impossible to stop the col­ lapse of the political order in Europe,” the Wyoming Republican said. “A nation can expect good friends only when it. has military superiority.” Withdrawal of the intermediate missiles will ultimately leave Related story, A12 Europe with no credible defense. Wallop said. He said Soviet con­ ventional forces are superior and that there is no assurance the United States would use its long-range nu­ clear missiles to defend Europe. In his 70-minute speech before the Senate, Wallop, R-Wyo., took a ■position sharply at odds with that of the President and of fellow-Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson. The treaty has received broad bipar­ tisan support and appears destined for certain Senate approval. Wallop said the pact gives the Soviet Union a license to violate its provisions and “blows a hole” in the American strategy for defending Europe. There is only a “very slim chance” that the treaty can be amended in order to make it accept­ able, Wallop said. The treaty’s backers are unwilling to recognize or debate the flaws in the agree­ ment, he said. ' “It,appears to me that the Senate of the United States is set to suspend judgment,” Wallop said early in his speech. “It is the patience of those who wish to get it behind them that is being tried, rather than the merits Please see WALLOP, A3 .a- Continued from Al ~ B ^wSlor^mged the Senate not to rush to approve the treaty prior to -a the May 29 Moscow summit jneeting ' ■ between President and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor- 1 ; cracking.”. * Eliminatirtg the last missiles in Europe “means an end to our relationship with curred since World War II, Wai lop said. U.S. missiles have been the only protection for a that is incapable of defending itself. "^“We should not be playing ‘beat / the clock’on our deliberations over this treaty,” he said. “We ought • not to be rushed by the artificial e deadline of the summit.’’ ■ He will not use amendments as a r tactic to delay ratification of the pact. Wallop said. . f -pjie pact would eliminate p medium-range missiles in Ei^P^ U^The United States would give up I Pershing H and cruise missiles it ■ S Uloying only five years inf Tl'^^Supporters of the WF Treaty• "have refused to deal with its serious“ military and political consequences. Wallop said. . . ... ; Wallop argued that the missiles the United States will give up are vital to the defense of Western ' Europe against the vastly superior .. conventional forces of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. \ “American nuclear ‘ been the glue that has held NATO < together,” he said. “Ever since Ae . ' “emly ' 1960s, that glue has been W; ■■ i MALCOLM WALLOI Critical of INF treaty fy'.'iii-' * I mo' missiles are not a credible deterrent, | no ■ one believes the threat 1 from the ICBM’s, why are we I removing the only credibk: threat j I from Europe?,’ „ I 1 Defending Europe with conven1 tional wea^ns would cost too l I much in terms ol’bothI equipment li and manpower, he said. In fact, . | After World War 11, “Europe there is no coherent plan for such a ■ ■< was unable, and later it proved un­ defense. Wallop said. . _ . I 2 willing, to provide for itself yoops In strategic terms, the INF Treaty m >< and armaments it needed to defend makes ho sense, he said. li itself against a Soviet invasion. “It appears more than passingly ll obvious that the fundamental ob- ■ Wallop said. CD Only the fear of a nuclear war iective of arms control in the United; |l CD with the United States has prevented CD States is political, not military, , ( a Soviet invasion, he said. Until the Wallop said. i mid-1960s, the United States had a But the political effects of the, significant advantage m nuclear INF Treaty will ultimately prove weapons. Wallop said. But the disastrous. Wallop predicted. The balance of power has now swung to treaty abandons the victory the the Soviets, Wallop said. United States gained in the wly With the Pershing and cruise miy 1980s when its NATO allies; over) siles removed, the only credible considerable opposition, agreed to deterrent to a Soviet nuclear attack allow Pershing and cruise missiles j on Europe would be Ainerica s to be based on their soil, he said. | ^tratefiic nuclear forces, he said. . By now deeming those missiles to ■ “What would U.S. strategic be unnecessary, the Reagan ad­ forces shoot at?,” WaUop asked. ministration has created domestic “And what would the Soviets do problems for those politicians, such as British Prime Minister Margaret ‘"since using U.S. ICBMs to de­ Thatcher, who supported deploying^ fend Europe would invite retalia­ the weapons, he said. j tion directed against the United Wallop saW the INF Treatyi States itself, America s long-range .1 co ■a $ - 4 .1 3 �5 senate kills efforts to link W, treaty to ending cheating on other a^onb i Opi^m staff ant^ire repmts— WASHINGTON - Amid giUwine nressure fromlRepubl^un leadSf m pe^d action the:^ on Friday crushed a bid by^l^P rieht wing to tie the U.S.-Soviet medium-range missile treaty to en­ ding Kremlin cheating on other arms control accords. amendAll five sections of the amenu ment offered by Sen. Steve Symms, R-ldaho, were overwhelmingly re­ acted in back-to-back roll call totes of 85-11.87-10, 86-11, 82-15 « ^”other attempts to treaty also were decisively rebuffed. ' o Ai,r, Wyoming Republican Sen Simpson voted to • kill, all five atdelay V.S. comgian^ Geneva Convention on Chemical ^e^va 1 interim Weapons provisions ,be suppdr. of ".oje!ha5 "> .heW Simpson and SSance ’.hh various ofter p g , ,11 m amiidmen. offered by &n. Oor ’’" J I Wyoming Republiwn Ma»^^ xten. Malcolm Wallojg only ■ the last ol iRTseries of five amendments. It would have tied the Sve Mockpiles of weapons, amINF treaty to the never-ratified muSn. aSd fue, <; T 11 strategic arms agreement. voled for provision ’ keep them in battle for at least to linking the INF pact to the Anu Ballistic Missile Treaty, -Please see INF. A12 , Atomic Test Ban Treaty, the 1925^^ f i ow ai Continued from Al Continuedfrom^ licans may be dragging their feet,’J ■ l^puWi^a^ Leader Bob i | “I’m optimistic, but less so than I | was yesterday,” Dole said. • . One Democrat, ----Sen. ----------James txsaid the president will ' — be ’ partly to blame if he goes to i ' Moscow with the treaty unratified , and said Reagan “should put his • foot down” and demand the sup-. port of Republican senators. , Exon said passage of the Symms proposal would “cripple the presi-, Humphrey and Sen. Jesse^lehns. R-N.C./were responsible for most of Friday’s delaying tactics aimed at making sure the INF treaty is nc)t ratified prior to the Moscow summit meetinga week from today. fAlthough Wallop said he will ot­ ter an amendment of his own on Monday, he said he does not intend to engage in any effort to drag out the ratification process. . !. But Senate leaders, increasingly frustrated by attempts to learn how many further States and the free world”, at the^ offered. made clear they are losing ?Moscow summit. ■ ,7 ' ’I j confidence the Senate can ratify the . The Symms amendment, which I treaty before President Reagan was opposed by the White House, meets Soviet Leader Mikhail Corr . i, bach« a. .he Moscow summh °"y would have barred the treaty from was , j! going into effect un^ Reagan was . viay , . the situation,' ' if the , able to certify .L. “:,,llninnU.as ^ “As 'l »see the CSoviet Union was “ As I see the situation, if the Senme doesn’t cohere ^drk on in full compliance with five^^ ^e treaty on Monday it is going to ; previous arms control agreements. , , be increasingly difficult to wrap up n noted that Reagan previously work on the resolution of bas toiu told uongress Congress me the ouvitio Soviets are m- I: oi ratifica; mum-a, ... nas tion by next Saturday,” said Senate violation violation o.f o.fthe theSALT SALT 1 1 and andSALT SALT ( ( Majority Leader Robert Byrd, Dn arms limitation treaties, a 1963 I . , ■ W.Va. pact banning open-air nuclear tests, 1 W.Va. Bvrd Senate v».. cana 1925 vieueva Geneva iProtocol on ,,; byra said saia that mat if ii the me ociiaiv iv,iwvw. ban -not approve the text of the treaty chemical weaponsjind the 1972 An-^ j ' * 4 early next week and move to the " ti-Ballistic Missile • Treaty. resolution of ratification, “then the Symms said his amendment chances of having that little package ' “simply means that the treaty does ' yvith the blue ribbon tied around it , not go into effect until the president in the president’s pocket by the time can report the Soviets are in com-jhe goes to Moscow are going to =, pliance with existing arms treaties.”.^<.' diminish daily and hourly.” But Dole called the proposal a’/ i He said he may keep the Senate^ -’/killer .amendment’.’, and other ■ Working on ^he pact late into the .■5enators ■ deh0unced it as (night next week and may schedule a “nonsense,”, “extraneous” and an Saturday session in an attempt to ' . obvious attempt to slow Senate j (complete action on the treaty. CSilS^o^^'h'looiriE'Rcpub=o»id=ra.ibnor.hepac.. •* - K) I « Vl O fil ® § co i t 0> >< ro (O CD 03 f �><01 depi a'-ms ue^^'hing ' S • halted ®’’ter a do ^’’eaty I cou’ldi°^^ ^^^IPSoZ '^^^hat’s W^ahaJt k ■.^?Pthis;^^,onJy Jibuti “M K ' <’^,y ,,, ••'‘I ■» r’ ^'0- ^ ”>'>■/ S.is£3s;iC SSSSxSjS ^esaPd / '"°‘’‘'^^"<Si',^r^^^^^^ ^‘‘^Pson / ’^^»the ! ^":r--n**PnSi.Vg V/ ^‘^getm I co S’ 03o X3 $ s �Simpson donated about half his fees for giving speeches to charity r '■ ■ ‘‘ "s .y V '" r V M ay24, 1988 ti ■ '"I'- s' /is-; y;--; $71,425 Casper, VVyo; 7 _ Senate rules require that certain income and assets be listed not as precise amounts, but as falling with­ in a specified range of values. Per­ sonal residences, and any mortgages on them, do not’haveto be listed. In addition to his income, Simp­ son listed four transactions that brought in a total of between $32,000 and $110,000. Sale.s of Husky Oil Co. stock and Cody municipal bonds each returned be­ tween $1,000 and $5,000. The fig- Equitable Life Assurance, $2,000; Amer. Trucking Assn., $2,000; Motor and Equipment Manuf., $2,000; Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, $2,000; I Pillsbury Co., $2,000; U.S. League of Savings Inst., $2,()00; Assoc. Equipment Distrib., $2,000; Carpet & Rug Instil., $2,000; Grocery Manuf. of Amer., ' $2,0(X); Natl. Coun. of Agricultural Empl., $500; Chamber of (Tommerce, $500: Amer. Bus. Conf., SI.OOO: Paine TOTAL HONORARIA: ($34,425 retained). ? Together, his Senate pay and out­ side income brought Simpson’s 1987 $n2 9lV° $119,917 and Webber, $2,p(X); Epstein, Becker, Borsody & Gree, $1,000; Natl. Assn, of Chain Drug Stores, $2,000; Natl, Assn, of Retail Drugists, $2,000; Amer. Soc. for Personnel Admin., $1,000; Brook­ ings Instit., $300; The Fay Improvement Co., $2,000; Natl. Assoc, of Manuf., $1,000; The BOC Group, Inc., $2,000;. Soc. for Indep. Gasoline Marketers, $2,000; Timmons & Co., $2,000; Motor Vehicle Manuf, Assn., $2,000; FMC Corp., $2,000; 20/20 Group-E, ' BruceK Harrison Co., $2,000; Natl. Assn, of N Home Builders, $2,000; Amer. Retail ■ Fed., $2,000; Natl. Auto Dealers PAC, $2,000; Petroleum Assn, of Wyoming/ Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn., $1,500; Amer. Dental Assn., $2,000; Natl. Beer Wholesalers Assn,,' $2,000; Steel Shipping Container Inst., $1,000; $2,000; Bell South, Akin &;' Gump, '■ $2,000; Footwear Retailers of Amer., $2,000; IChamber of Commerce, $500; Amer. IPetroleum Inst., $2,000; The Federal Forum, $1,000; Fluor Corp., $2,000; Natl. Retail Merchants Assn., and Allied Products $2,000; Machinery I Inst., $2,000. Flonoraria (Articles): Gannett Co., $125. ’ ! tires represent gross, rather than net, < earnings on the investments. Simpson also cashed in a life in■ WASHINGTON — Sen. Alan ... 1 surance policy and a retirement fund, with each bringing between Rimpson’s speeches outside the: $15,000 and $50,000. Senate chambers brought him more Simpson listed stocks and cash' than Pl,000 last year — mostly in assets worth between $63,000 and $2,000 chunks from corporations $220,000. He listed loans and other and business groups. Senate records liabilities of between $35,000 and . show. , , $80,000, but all had been paid off In order to stay within legal limits on the amount of honoraria a ! by the end of the year. Simpson’s wife Ann listed assets member of Congress may retaijx, iWn/I Wyoming Republicanxtf^ate^ II of between $52,000 and $110,000, mostly in the form of a Cody rental $37,000 of his 1987 speaking fees to property valued at between $50,000 various charities, most of them in and $100,000. She listed rental in­ Wyoming. come of between $5,000 and Simpson’s outside income and $15,000, and annual salary of “over other details of his personal fi­ $1,000” from her job as a real estate nances are included in an annual , salesagent. disclosure report released last week. In addition to his speaking fees, As he did last year. Sen. Malcolm Wallop. R-Wyo., asked for and i Simpson also received substantial amounts in reimbursements for receiv^ a 30 day extension on filing travel to and from various speaking his report. Reports for House members are due to be released this I engagements. Ann Simpson acweek. j companied her husband on five such In addition to his Senate salary, trips, receiving nearly $3,500 worth Simpson listed other income of at of air travel, according to The least $42,517. He retained $34,425 report. in honoraria, received^ $3,592 for Al Simpson’s travel reimburse­ acting as the executor of an estate, ments in 1987 totalled about and listed interest income, stock di-’ $12,500, not including local ac­ vidends, and capital gains of be-| commodations and airfare for por­ tween $4,500 and $17,5(X). '* I tions of an April 1987 trip to France Simpson accepted only $77,400 of and Sweden to examine methods of his Senate salary, press secretary storing' and disposing of nuclearMary Kay Hill said. Current Senate wastes. pay stands at $89,500, but Simpson A list of speeches and appear­ has not accepted recent pay in­ ances for which Simpson received honoraria includes; creases. ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau �Simpson says Hatch Aci protwts workers euy who didn’t support them.” j The U.S. Senate is studying reforms of the act, whictTprohibits federal employees from making speeches or organizing rallies for a, candidate, among other things. . j It was created in 1939 to prohibit political appointees from trading political contributions for jobs, The Wyoming Republicai posts are often based on loyalty to Simpson said. , i speakingTSTHF^omS^SSa the administration, there are many But many of the delegates atten­ tion of Letter Carriers or'Saturday, people who are committed to squar­ ding the association’s -said 11 CoQsre^rep^s the 1939_aa ing the politics score, Simpson said. Saturday said they considered the or makes major changes in it, ted “1 know these zealots, he said. act a violation of their constitu­ eral employees will be open to po“1 know what they do. A lot ot tional rights because they are not these guys spend the whole rest of political appointees. , a (GOV. Michael), their political lives trying to get the Dukakis guy working the troops . over at the water cooler, passing out (AP) — (campaign) buttons and parapherAct, a measure preventing federal Sia and yon preach the word and ■’workers from being active in politics (Vice President George) Bush or seeking partisan office, has been wins,” he said. “I’ll tell you who defended by U.S. Sen Al Simps^ or 4 loses. It’s you. Suddenly you’re as a protective measure for i loses iJ^^'^sTcause selections to f«d«rd �y w vo * Tuesday, May 2 4 ,1 9 8 8 Judges don’t let citizen-as-attorney - BILL PATTON Saratoga •Star-Tribune. Casper, Now residents are told that fe everything is rosy and we can ex-! pect money left over at the end of 1 the fiscal year. I A utility tax was enacted to raise money to pay back water and sewer funds (?), but things seem to have taken care of themselves without using this money. (It’s being held in escrow pending the district court legality ruling.) I’m wondering if the utility tax collected will be returned to thos^ who paid it? I Citizens For Fair Government contended that the tax was unwar­ ranted and unnecessary. 1 Could this utility tax issue that , has resulted in court action, J Mountain Bell vs. the town of Sar- P atoga, have been solely for the i benefit of the Wyoming Associa- ?, tion of Municipalities and not for j*. the citizens of Saratoga? ; . U It makes one wonder since the ) legal fees are presumably being I paidforbyWAM! e ; 11 �I Wallop loses first attempt to amend missile treaty jCOa 1 — •• By AiyREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau . - — - Th/» rnntrnvprdfll language lanaiiaffe is in a H Cnroinn Pr Com­ The controversial Senate ForeignCAl^tir^rrc Relations provision dealing with the similarity mittee Chairman Claiborne Pell, between the Soviet SS-2() missile, D-R.l., also had several exchanges which is banned by the treaty, and with Wallop. Pell conceded the WASHINGTON —Sen the longer-range SS-25 missile. The disputed language in the treaty is Malcolm Wallop Monday failed to I missiles have first stages which are “pretty clumsily drafted,” but he ’ j virtually identical. convince the argued that changing the treaty is Senate to clear Treaty negotiators intended to unnecessary and would further up ambiguous allow the Soviets to continue pro­ delay its approval by triggering new language in the ducing the SS-25 first stage, but negotiations. Intermediate Nu­ sought to bar production of an SS- j Wallop dismissed the renegotia­ clear Forces 20 second stage, which is similar to tion problem. If the Soviets agree (INF) Treat? the SS-25 second stage. Instead, the on the intent, renegotiation should with the Soviet treaty language can be interpreted | take very little time, he said. Pro­ Union. so as to explicit allow production of ' tracted renegotiation would call in­ After the a second stage indistiguishable from to question whether the Soviets ever, WALLOP Senate killed his that used on the SS-20. intended to comply with the ac' j amendment by a Allowing production of the se­ cepted intent of the language ir. _ cond stage would vastly complicate question. Wallop said. verification of Soviet compliance By refusing to amend the treaty, the Senate is shirking its respon­ .Wyoming with the , ban on the u SS-20.i, Wallop ih’s Repubhear/ blasted his rolleagues -amendment sought to change the sibilities, he said. Tor "sleepwalking” and fnr treaty language to explicitly bar “1 don’t knowhow to penetrates “panicking at the knees of the j Production of an SS-20 second stage this somnolence that the Senate has! great bear.” J or its equivalent. found itself in,” he said. “The least! Both Wallop and Wyoming Re“The Soviets agree that the (treathat the Senate can do is to try ta publican Sen. Alan Simpson rh<. .ty) language is wrong,” he said, make the treaty say what its propoA minority whip?" broke witr the though the present Soviet nents say it should say. ” 1 A j_. . -.1 regime accepts the ban on producKeagan Administration on the The Reagan administration’s in-’i issue. The administration has urged I! tion on a second stage like that on terpretations and reassurances do I , JNF treaty be approved j the SS-20, there is no guarantee that not bind the Soviets, Wallop said. I without change. I its. successors would not try to use r, Senate Minority Leader Robert I the ambiguous wording to justify a ■ Only unambiguous language can do j that, he said. •’ Liole, R-Kansas, meanwhile said “it fi treaty violation. Wallop said. It is the Constitutional responsi- ' would be an embarrassment” to !I Therefore, the treaty should be changed to foreclose that possibili­ President Reagan if the Senate does bility of the Senate to make the nec- , essary change in the INF Treaty, not ratify the treaty before Reagan^ ty, he argued. Wallop said. He said he “weeps for J_ Senate Armed Services Commit­ fo’’ the summit next tee Chairman Sam Nunn, D-Ga., a Senate” th^ shirks that responsi­ weekend, The Associated Press and Sen. John Warner, R-Va., its bility. reported. senior Republican, both agreed that Wallop said he “weeps” for a “Why do we sleep?,” Wallop the language in the treaty is am­ asked. “Why is this Senate so timid Senate that is too “tirhid” to accept biguous. But it can be fixed without in the exercise of the rights the Its, responsibilities. Senators “can­ amending the treaty, thus forcing it Founding Fathers gave us? ” not walk out of the chamber with to be renegotiated, they said. After debate on the Wallop '' «fter Nunn said the INF negotiating re­ amendment end^d, the vote was said amendment. Wallop cord is clear about the treaty’s in­ postponed until after a vote could tent. There was a “meeting of be held on an amendment offered ,1, Senate was not against what minds, the vague wording not-i earlier by Sen. Jesse Helms, Rthe amendment did. The Senate was withstanding,” he said. The Soviet) N.C. ■ gainst doing the amendment,” Union understands that any attempt i Wallop said. “It is the wrong thing Pell then sought a_ further delay to bypass the treaty intent would be; to do to say that this document is so of the vote on the Wallop amend­ viewed as a violation, Nunn said. i purely conceived and so im­ ment in order to give GOP leader Warner’s request that Wallop; maculately presented that it cannot! Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas and ambiguity in his propos- ■ Secretary of State George Schultz, De changed under any cir­ ed amendment led to a heated ex­ cumstances.” j who were scheduled to meet later in change between the two. Wallop Simpson, siding with Wallop the afternoon, an opportunity to try changed the wording of his amend­ to resolve the matter. voted against killing the amend­ ment, but not until he and Warner ment. But Helms objected to the delay, had argued sharply, Wallop was seeking to alter Ian- * thus forcing an immediate vote. Al­ senator though it drew the support of only guage that even treaty proponents (Wallop) off, but 1 was not about 26 senators, Wallop’s amendment conced, e is ambiguous and subject to stand here and catch some of his received II more votes than any to varying interpretation. The sauce before he knew what 1 was previous attempt to change the trea­ oenate Armed Services Committee about,” Warner said. ty. ___ _ m Its report on the INF Treaty, said the ambiguity needed to be resolv.rCd. , r1 I | Star-Tribune. Casper. Wyo. Tuesday. May 24. 1988 �, fricl^y,May27.1988 ♦ jB^allop jJ|p»U4aw|^edjiile r , visit to the senior citizens center. He ” Wallop plans 'y'’’l.''*sit his local steering commit/! tummitSZ'J . ■ 1""“ , ------- 7' »U jjpvanston. i ; ' > *^^^ting with economic and his local campaign steering ln_Evanston, Wallop will meet St .Je^levelopment' groups in southern committee -■—■>■ with the his county steering commit­ / #5'''yoming, ahd attending the Wyp-‘ ' ' i ' i F X ming Stock Growers Assoclatmn" Wednesday, June 1, Wallop ' tee and conduct a downtown busit ---------- 3:^yocidLion—plans the General Superness walk at 3:30 p.m. ' f>;,'and Wyoming BroadcasteTs Friday, June 3, Wallop will join ■ conventions, his ram? __ intendents: Conference of the National Park Service jn Jackson at 9 Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Dick ;. J I ;paign onice announced. a.m., follbwecf by a “meet' the _____ Cheney for a panel discussion at the ■ I * ■ On^emorial Day, May 30^ Walcandidate: luncheon” in *:Rock' Wyonting Stock Growers Associa^'l Springs at noon at the HolidayTKH^'.'l^^n't-'onventiori at. tHe ClrgyeniT^ ■; J lop will participate in an observance ; ■>, # in Worland and will have lunch at 1 5-tlie American Legion Post. Later, . he will be in Tensleep for more cer; Ic, emonies and a reception with local ■ is S *^®®*‘lents at the senior ' citizens i 5 centers ra Thursday, June 2, Wallop will ' with his steering committee here, s *' a.m. Tuesday, May 31, have a breakfast meeting with the Saturday, June 4, Wallop will 1 S’ )''al‘OP will visit with Saratoga res-. ’ ■ „ Development' receive the Wyoming Broadcasters j. ’ IS idents during a downtown business Associaiion, before traveling to ' Asscxiation^s “kerm kAth LnpnH “ ? J* E walk;”r At noon, he will speak to downtown business of Broadcasting Award” at the i i IJS the Carbon County Republican- walk beginning aL it a.m. ^d^a , Casper Hilton lnn.at 7:30 n.m ■ /? ( 5 t si 'ira■ ■■ ■■ congresiJp>sional recess atten;1 rtfng Memona Day in5^'a?d Latef-Tuesday, meeiinoc wiih SS, �Wallop and Simpson were of like" mind on two other votes. They supported a provision making a series of corrections — already agreed to by the Reagan administra­ tion and the Soviets — to the treaty. The provision passed on a 96^0 vote. Simpson and Wallop both voted against killing an amendment of­ fered by Sen. Jesse Helms, N.C., that would force President Reagan to consult with the Senate before signing a strategic arms reduction (START) treaty with the Soviets. Senate to vote today on Wallop’ $ proposal -Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Friday, May 27, 1988 By ANDREW MELNYKOVYhux Star-Tribune Washingion bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate will vote this morning on a proposal by Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., I that spells out how the United States should deal with Soviet vio­ lations of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (1N F) Treat y. Wallop’s amendment was to have been voted on late Thursday, but was postponed due to a fight over an amendment sponsored by Sen Pete Wilson, R-Calif, The partisan wrangling threat­ ened to delay final approval of the pact until after the summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gor­ bachev. Reagan is due to arrive in Moscow Sunday. Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.. said that “Mickey Mouse amendments’’ by conser­ vative Republicans were threatening approval of the treaty. Byrd will decide this morning whether to move to cut off all further debate oh the treaty, thus limiting further amendments. Wallop’s proposal calls on the president to make an “appropriate response’’ to violations, or face a Senate vote that asks that the United States withdraw from the treaty. The proposal is not binding. The INF Treaty mandates the removal of all land-based, medi­ um-range ballistic and cruise mis­ siles from Europe. It does not af­ fect battlefield nuclear weapons or strategic nuclear missiles. Wallop said his amendment is a response to a pattern of Soviet vio­ lations of past treaties. The United States has not responded to such violations in the past, he said. Treaties “ought not to be based solely on trust,” Wallop said. His amendment, which would be at•**- “i* • • *n I tached to the resolution by whicl j the Senate ratifies the INF Treaty asks for an annual report on Sovie compliance with the pact. In the event a “clear violation” is discovered, the president would have 90 days to notify the Senate of the administration’s response, or to certify that the violation has been corrected. The Senate would then have 90 days to disapprove of that response. If the Senate disapprove of the, president’s action, it would be sen-' ding a signal that it believes the^ United States should withdraw from; the treaty. Opponents of the amendment said it would reduce the president’s flexibility to respond to violations. ■ Wallop said that the amendment is non-binding, and thus does not tie the president’s hands. “If all that happens is that the ' Senate disagrees, then this is an ut­ terly useless amendment,” Sen Robert Levin, D-Mich., said. Wallop responded that the amendment simply seeks to send a message to “take compliance seriously.” The vote on the Wallop amend­ ment was delayed when Byrd voiced strong objections to the Wilson’s move to specify that the United States would not be bound by any INF Treaty interpretation not agreed to by the Soviets. The Wilson amendment was kill­ ed on a vote that was largely along party lines, with both Wallop and Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., voting against killing the provision. j Earlier in the day, the Senate ap( proved, by a vote of 72 to 27, an amendment that would prevent ei­ ther the Reagan administration or future administration’s from reinterpreting the terms of the INF treaty. The Reagan administration did not actively support or oppose the provision. Simpson, the second-ranking Senate Republican, joined 19 other members of his party to support the limitations on reinterpretation. Wallop voted against the amend­ ment, saying it represented a blatant intrusion by the Senate on-presiden­ tial power. ( Although the motion to kill the amenament was defeated, 38-6U, tne vote was reflected a parliamentary wrangl, rather than support for the prpposal. The helms amendment was scheduled for a separate vote later, and apppeared headed for defeat. In action late Wednesday, the Senate rejected an amendment pro­ posed by Sen. Fritz Hollings, DS.C., to exclude conventionally armed cruise missiles from the INF Treaty. The treaty bars all of the low-flying, subsonic missiles from Europe. Hollings argued that cruise mis­ siles armed with convential warheads could be a potent com­ ponent of the NATO arsenal. The missiles could hit key targets with pinpoint accuracy, he said. Opponents of the Hollings amendment countered that conven­ tionally armed cruise missiles would be impossible to distinguish from those carrying nuclear warheads in violation of the treaty. Verifying compliance would thus become im­ possible, they said. . Hollings proposal was a “killer” amendment that would prove unacceptable to the Soviets and would doom th INF Treaty, the opponents of the provision argued. Wallop was one of 28 senators who voted for the provision, despite the opposition of the Reagan ad­ ministration. Simpson and 68 other senators voted against the amendmemt. After voting down the Hollings amendment, the Senate approved, by voice vote, two amendments that do not affect the treaty itself. The first, introduced by Se. Den­ nis DeConcini, D-Ariz., requires the president to seek Soviet com­ pliance with existing agreements that • guarantee human rights to Soviet citizens. Wallop was one of 18 • senators who co-sponsored the ■ amendment. Also winning approval late Thursday was an amendment by Alaska Republican Frank Murkowski. It puts the Senate on record as opposing limitations on conventionlly armed air-launched and sea-launched cruise missiles in any future strategic arms agreement with the Soviets. �Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Saturday, May 28, 1980 Tstal Service issues new Buffalo Bill stamp S KV. .IO r. *1 c nv . who served as a symbol of the West The U.S. POSt^xiz K/Cba Ciil’rliirino and uftpr hk lifptimp and C<___ .... -------, during and after his lifetime and Wyoming Gov. Mike Suf vice will introduce a new stamp carried mail in 1860 on a Pony Ex­ and ■featuring Buffalo Bill with a cere­ U.S. Sens. press run in Wyoming. Malcolm Wallop and other guests mony at the Buttalo Bill Historical In 1883 Cody, who had been a ' are expected to participate in the Center, representing the first such buffalo hunter, Army scout, ran­ ceremony. dedication in Wyoming in 48 years. cher, actor, author and founder of Buffalo Bill’s great-grandson. Kit Col. Wiyiam F. “Buffalo Bill” the town of Cody, introduced Wild Carson Cody, will participate in a Cody is portrayed on the 15-cent West Shows. Pony Express r e-enactment beginstamp, part of the Postal Service’s The colorful shows were presen­ *ning 30 miles west of Cody at the TE Great Americans series. ted on two continents for 30 years Ranch, formerly owned by Buffalo The First Day Issue ceremony is and helped establish an image of the open to the public beginning at 10 Bill. American West. The BBHC staff will use First Day a.m.'june 6 on the center’s front Collectors may purchase First stamps on a special envelope ad­ lawn, Day Cover cachets at the Historical dressed to President and Mrs. Regional Postmaster General Center on the day of the ceremony. Reagan, inviting them to attend the Jerry' K. Lee of Chicago and Jack The stamp reflects the new picture national exhibition, “ Frederic Rem ­ Rosenthal of Casper, who adapted post card rate. ington: The Masterworks,” which the drawing used for the stamp from For more information contact opens June 17 at the center. an old dining car menu, will make David Little, 587-4771. The stamp recognizes the man special appearances at the ceremo- BUFFALO BILL STAMP Part of Great Americans series �Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Saturday, May 28, 1988 1 of 5 voting against treaty PoSd"r°he proS ‘,hp been apUa * president would havp "’3' he op- The INF treaty would never have siXVon “Of in­ — Sen sisted on strengthening U.S forces Malcolm Wallop R-Wvo from and beginning work on a strategic . ’, was• Europe. The L'.S onToToniy-nv^ defense system, Simpson said, Europe had been placed there at senators to op­ great political risk to leaders of the der'’y°"l believes that wasn’t pose ■ the Reagan QSnJ ""a of ‘he eaSy America sallies, he said.' administration ®",d. SDI (the Strategic and vote against u.pa ‘hat removing the weapons could open the door to a dnnefh '"'“nt've) that got this plv to''ch‘’‘“^'''L'^^®'n‘endedsimratification of done, they re wrong,” he said. So k Ik ‘he Senate is ‘'‘^"‘“-''^^'■'^3‘'on of West­ the Treaty on In"‘^emandinr Soviet Despite their differences siimn " ern Europe. If that occurs, Soviet ter media t'F: son praised Wallop and other uS' compliance with the treatv OnJ, ^npcriority in conventional forces Range N I I opponents for their insistence on sSvfiTIr’"''' WAtLOP the NaIo h’ dismantle tough standards for verifyS and tne NATO alliance, he predicted. soviet Union enforcing compliance with the pact Friday. “In the wake of the INF treaty it Before voting on the resolution approved by voice may be impossible to stop the col­ of ‘■^‘'i'cation for the INF treaty Senate Min"Ser°Sobkle lapse of the political order in week^^’ "^“hop said earlier this series of proposed amendments tn he treaty. An inability to «t time hans all U.S and hmits on debate on some 5 tS^se ‘^'■'‘'eized the treaty fXEurlSV?^^^^^^ for what he said was its implicit ac­ amendments had created a parlia­ quiescence to Soviet violations of mentary logjam earlier in the week earlier treaties. ''ote was on a Wallon But Simpson said the vote to ap­ Srsd^T^"' -as debated late the''*^r^ii''^^*’°’’ '‘ eould bring prove the INF treaty was one of £ inursday. The amendment, which of EuSS”,??'’' ordef rare occasions in which the Senate ws^kS tfiod'd^P-ation opposed was killed by vote of 66 to 30 takes an action that is truly historic, V Purope, Simpson said the trea Simpson and Wallop voted for aa dme, because Killing the amendment. for 44 years these two superpowers talk^” he" "“J^h mo^e than 'he said. “We will nowJiegin Also approved Fridav wnc a., to make real progress.” Tn Sen. Jesse Helms ' to'^ikhll^ ‘J"’®" beginning suit iJith the Af ,'* “ .hdraw its troops from and enforcement nr erification t'h? ratification of on a StramBFc A ®" ’’"g^'fa'lons with the treaty. compliance (START! ! ® Reduction dino “ sends a corresponlaiAKI) agreement. The ani»nri side ” 5^“'"''^ ‘■'■O'n our side, Simpson said. AmeCn NAT? b/'X^inrS mY'^^^’NGTON uc — 5 m vote, with both Wallop and son supporting it. �^yo. ’ Sunday, May 29, 1988 SalLiteintliebrave, a,; wh^are make peace editorial Prpident Reagan, WvoKtS"A-pson a'n^d except for a tinv woJ?d^h®^/ th® St ? historic arms-reducthX-H® f'tter on to tht dedicated to the memory of those who have given their lives in the quest for peace. alike. I,” the real world and it S e^y for the weak to bS " .•; pendTheh'™'’'"''"®’’ Sy‘'’W?he“XS’.^ dangers. ® But we are convinced that for every danger, the Sd SfS, opportunity, a chance to build, a placeifor hope promK'\? of peri'end promise. It takes the ereatpr f^'^n'd ? P»lhi« 5 sidestj. two TnH a useful°n treaty Kip from"'?'’ ^O"^® AThaSe“fXTe"'’^'“'*So''’®t lead­ ership. The Soviets, swamped bles^'^ha°”’h trou- salute the P*‘°“‘’ lo '^ho 1 thS fith^ better things to do haw iffe nave offered their lives for a th S' oT/'*';»e Xte ' tne U.S. and a losing hot tneir peacetime successors one in Afghanistan. Simp.’ hoth^ 8t'®®t enemy of so?‘the\^^^®^’ both peace and prosperity I son, the Senate and the manv fahh'anH^” ‘hek States and the Soviet Union work Kk “ ^bis great work, this necessary small step. �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo, Saturday, June 4, 1988 ^^ifelo' miliir.^. "I'llionc ,:r'for ‘’'’ ‘he sta.A ; ■ ^ “ « 'hroS !o ind ’’'■“Ss.'^^Sllomi^^ oonal efiAr,, Rein 2-Sop, snj^ ^^''^ioXTeS'"® " ° BBW-sBbs '”'"8 «ed j?„±’”a.=-s to?” “‘•‘ing the S’?1%“ HL^’'’g‘odo -t‘ ’s Were "“toa-y ‘he^ifAnu ^^’’’^s but about recn SimSoni ’?:*''”".state bucksM^^^^V. “"ion like ,T^^‘e ?'no 5,’, ^‘itled ttjii/i ‘hat. if 'n the S^sv-a “So g(5»"5 to """“"OWwerto^" ''-"SS icy hac ■ at? . ^‘“i nat^nil '"'"TOcd",^/ 'g^ty Wl^^!5!£2!!lwa°r„?ap„b?i,fJ'"«™s "45 “"“-"'--aS aon t k “SaXX"''policy ^hc '^nioco'DenS''''’^®® *O talk *^*f' Io A“i of u/ P^^op/c (aK„ S—'PinS”’'"*"’ Wa'snigOT «“ lavt ,„ selling at $2 72^^ stuff barrel OU, ‘-■'ianik.ri'.-^' *‘'"d of^'"’”'*®"- ol commerce. '^^'eling �Se»-f^^^="Av,e‘'"’Sv»®'‘ A ’D^^^r.<:.OX'’^„ae'’^''^« S'XP’P°A \ COXt^^'\ \W ’»^'' ‘w'®' '\T'^3S''‘ '4k *' ' ^eS'°'’'^'°'>'< „,»4'° W W c»V)'?%\\\'’J^'L, toax* �■Star-Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Friday, June 10,1988 Simpson, Wallop support ‘far from perfect’ bill to expand health care CHEYENNE (A^-V^o- ming’s U.S. senators joined the majority of their congressional col­ leagues in approving a catastrophic health care bill that expands Medicare covera^ for America’s elderly. Sen. .Malcolm Wallop on Wed­ nesday called the measure “far from perfect but still necessary.” He said he would have preferred a private sector solution. Sen. Alan Simpson said before the vote that he would support the bill that helps people who would be bankrupted by catastrophic ill­ nesses. “Yet we have a lot of people who are over 65 who will not be wiped out. And that’s the ploy in this business,” he said. “You show me the people that need the help and the care and at­ tention, and I’m ready to expend this nation’s bucks to do that.” Simpson said he would not sup­ port another bill before Congress that would have cost $30 billion in the next five years for long-term health care. That measure, which would have provided extensive home benefits for people not sick enough to re­ quire hospitalization or nursing home care, was killed by the House in earlier action Wednesday. The catastrophic health insurance bill, which was approved in its pres­ ent form by the House last week, is now waiting for President Reagan’s signature. The legislation makes marginal increases in home health care bene­ fits already available, extends the coverage available for people who need skilled nursing care in nursing homes and makes changes that enable an elderly person left at home to keep more money when his WALLOP SIMPSON or her spouse has to go into a nurs­ ing home for an indefinite stay. The main part of the bill, the first significant expansion of Medicare since the program was born 23 years ago, takes effect next Jan. 1. Wallop said he surveyed the state county-by-county last October to ask people’s opinions on increased catastrophic health care coverage. The majority of respondents listed acute hospital care as their top pri­ ority, followed by physician services and long-term nursing home care. “This legislation should actually be called something like the ‘Medicare Expansion Act’ rather than the ‘Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act’ because it fails to address long-term care — some­ thing that is obviously of great con­ cern to Wyoming’s senior citizens,” Wallop said in a news release. “However, the responses to my mailing lead me to believe that the additional coverage this legislation will provide to Medicare recipients is still important and in many cases essential,” he said. �Saturday, June i1,1988 -Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Candidates attack, laud health bill vote By MATT WINTERS Star-Tribune staff writer (A LARAMIE —One Democratic U.S. Senate candidate applauded Wyoming’s two senators support this week for a catastrophic health insurance bill, but another attacked incumbent Sen. Malcolm Wallop. for trying to gut the bill. University of WyomingTaw Pro­ fessor Pete __Maxfield said in a release that Wallop and Sen. .Alas Simpson were correct in voting for the bill, which he said is a “first step” toward the “crucial second step” of long-term health care. Long-term health care and the fi­ nancial burdens placed upon fami; lies by the need for such care is a subject of concerns among Wyo­ ming senior citizens with whom he has spoken. Maxfield said. “This new bill will require the federal government to pick up more of the cost burden and, in the long run, will reduce social costs of el­ derly spouses on welfare rolls,” he said. long-term care legislation is the next Maxfield said he is “absolutely major priority for seniors. committed” to long-term health “We’ve already demonstrated in care and a home care insurance plan Wyoming that home health care is for all age groups, including the el­ cost effective, not counting the derly. . . benefits of allowing our seniors to State -Sen. John Vinich said in a maintain their independence and release that Wallop voted for the diginity at home,” he said. health insurance bill because of “It makes a lot more sense to pay election year political pressures public health nurses to run a home after having earlier attempted to health care program than to institu­ amend the bill to make the program tionalize the elderly in nursing financially insolvent. Wallop also homes at a cost of $2,000 per person fought the prescription drug fler month.” coverage segment of the proposal, Vinich also attacked what he Vinich said. characterized as unfair government “Luckily, it’s an election year, so subsidies for congressional food after all that he voted for the bill,” -service. Vinich said. On a fecent trip to Washington, Vinich said “I’ve talked with Vinich said, he paid $11.50 for senior citizens who are spending breakfast at a hotel, but paid $2.50 half their social security checks on for the same meal at a congressional prescription drugs.” dining room. The “catastrophic-care health in­ “1 asked about the difference and surance program” now awaiting they said to me, ‘Don’t you know? presidental action will partially cover certain prescription drug costs JThis is all subsidized,’ ” Vinich said. • ' . for Medicare beneficiaries, Vinich ' “What’s good for the goose is notel good for the gander.” he said. Like Maxfield, Viflich said that �Saturday, June i 1.198^ -Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo- Democratic candidates criticize Senate for sustaining I^agan’s trade bill veto CHEYENNE (AP),^Three^given\^e U.S. trade representative Wyoming Wyoming DemocratieP^randidates Democraticp'-------------for Congress have criticized the U.S. Senate for not overriding President Reagan’s veto of the^rade bill. Lynn Simons, one of three candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held bv Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., said this week that Wallop’s vote to sustain the veto “shows once again, that Malcolm Wallop will sacrifice the needs of real people in Wyo­ ming in favor of his rigid idealogy.” Earlier this week the Senate decided not to reject Reagan’s veto, and both Wallop and Sen. Alan Simpson voted with the majority. Democratic U.S. Senate can­ didateJohn Vinich said the Senate failed the working people of Wyo­ ming by, not overriding President Reagan’s trade bill veto. And pemocratic candidate Pete Maxfjplft said, in a release, “By sus­ taining the president’s veto, the state of Wyoming has been hurt. We have enormous trade imbalances that have left America and, therefore, Wyoming vulnerable to the investment decisions of our new foreignereditors.” Maxfield said the bill contained many provisions that would have improved the U.S. trade policy. He noted a provision that would have the right to investigate trade viovio­ lations by foreign nations and companies. He said the bill also would have given federal aid to workers who have lost their jobs because of im­ ports of foreign goods. The money would go toward job training. Both Maxfield and Simons criti­ cized the Senate for not standing up to the president on a provision of the bill that would have given workers at least 60 days notice of plant closings. “This vote is a slap in the face to working men and women in Wyo­ ming and throughout America,” Simons said in a news release. “The administration chose to veto the trade bill because of the plant clos­ ing notification requirements, and the Republican senators chose to vote with the administration, in­ stead of the people.” “The Senate has failed the work­ ing men and women who are the backbone of our economy,” Vinich said Friday in a release. “And 1 don’t mean people back East somewhere, 1 mean people right here in Wyoming.” i “We could have put more people to work with the small business and agricultural export assistance pro­ gram included in that bill,” Vinich said. “And we sure could use the money that would have com< money that would have come for retraining of displaced wor workers, with the recent layoffs in the energy and timber industries. “1 don’t think that sliding from the world’s biggest creditor nation to the world’s biggest debtor nation is a sign of economic prosperity. Part of that is due to other nations’ unfair trade practices, which this bill would have helped eliminate,” the candidate continued. LYNN SIMONS Cites Wallop’s ‘rigid k' �' « •’ -' '' ' ,- ' ' '■■ "■ • ’■ -Sti-Tribune, Casper. Wyo.' ‘':^^', Saturday, June 18,1588 Sis6if?efends hisTecortf on veteran issug Legion convention in Casper; R. Vets continue to agack him during. The Republican Republican has hasbeen attacked American Veterans and the Para-^ The been attaci for remarks he made in a San Diego lyzed American Veterans. speech' and he reiterated those He said he has taken steps to pr^ statements Friday. < j / tect veterans from steep cuts in ;ASPER.=Cr A conciliatopf but ‘ ,“1 think we have to make a dif-, health and other benefits that might epentimt Sent .^Jao Simp^n have been forced by the Grammsnded his record on veterajis^ , ference between a veteran who ed six months, never left the U.S., Rudman-Hollings balanced budget es in the'face of hard questionand doesn’t know a. mortar tube from members of the American^ bill. t from either end and a veteran who In response to the question that jpn attending their state conven- served in a combat theater or com­ lumped him among “the assholes in I ui Casper Friday.iT«AiK bat era — that’s what I sai4 ~ h s Washington” who have tried to cut ;i don’t mean to sound defensive .called priorities.;>; > veterans benefits, Simpson cited his nasty, but f sure can tell you one “And then 1 said it seems to me record on obtaining funds for a vet­ li, 1 didn’t g^o to .Washington to ' inappropriate to say that a disabled erans’ cemetery in Wyoming, an ^e in the Senate of the United * American veteran, a guy w^ tears ,I addition to the Veterans Hospital in tc to hurt the, veterans,’’ Simp*. , up his knee oh iJstii slope while It.J Cheyenne, and other accomplishI saidM^-S.. > t/! Some, veterans 'an^yeteraiw ' leave, from Fcbt 'Carson, BTv M..U Hips have sharplyJai^CKM:Simp- . 7 receive the same_^b^fits ^^a ser^ Legion National Commander *' isitions om^^e^;ji£sues.t z\w'** isRiies.l’ fvice-connected‘;^*disablecl " veteran Jake Comer, who questio^ E-J"'........ ii.. .-. ,v- . ’ agreed the who served in combat. ThaLJs wh^ son on other points, *■ has called T ' BniitmgWbsl-of-^^L , 11 said,” Simpson averred. * L senator has been instrument^ in ig incteases'fai veterans’ benefit^, '* The senator also repeated his those areas but questioned. Simp-.' »oses raising' the- Veterans * Adi ] charge that some disabled veterans son’s attempts to attach an amend-; listration to cabinM-levei statusFj receive benefits for injuries received 'ment to the bill raising the YA to . I wants to gi\te veterans the right-j 'cabinet-level status in the executive app^. Vrt&M^Adi^istfajjonA; when they tripped over a case of f department. • lemon, extract while ending a isiohV'about’’ tnefr’Kenefit^hj^ said that he wants to atthree-daydrunk.,,. 5Simpson ---“*rhat’s pretty tough stuff, f 'Hach his amendment giving veteraiis irtipson'r fellow. Legionnaires^ | don’t do that to be a smartass. 1 do the right to appeal VA benefits deci1-their,.jiational,cdmmander.4nrl jt-becauseT guess I must be of the i'sions to court, to. the cabinet status ndance, cont^Ued/the attack; | old school — you know it says ‘For ‘ bill, which he said is “veto-proof.” 1 one member saying Simpson is t e o f .“ t h et/a s s h o 1 e S y in; | > Cod and Country’ on the cap,” he i The amendment will, not endanger Mud. '.y. f the chances of the parent bill, which shington” who’have tried to cut j'“It seems to me if we’re going to I he said will pass by a large mar^ni * ‘ Tans benefits. ' f cut programs of everybody else in V "AC . lut Simpson cited ms time’as > rife entire United States, we ought to irman of the Senate Veterans 6g doing that with the veterans, too, airs Committee and legislation which hejia^ played a role as , gxcept for those who served in •eombat and in the combat theater. (OPof his long-term commitment Arid I don’t care if they were rtterans’interest^ Wounded or not just as long as they ’It’s important that we talk were in a combat theater or even a wt things —I’m one of those combat era.” d of guys — I’m not sure : - Simpson said he has to take “a ether it’s a strength* or a failure, lot of crap from the professional ause I have been involved in vei­ Veterans,” but the American Legion ns’ activities since I left the ser^ i4“the least offensive,” of the vet­ 5,” Simpson said. “I’ve been inerans groups. In response to a ques­ ved in a lot of stuff for veterans, tion, Simpson said his criticisms are )t of good stuff, with my name aimed at “professional fundraising it.? i. Veterans groups,” like the Disabled 'oiiceding that* some of his larks have “bordered between id humor and smartass,” Simpinsisted that “If I get to take my ips, I think it’s important that 1 to tell you what I have been dotoo,” , • ■■ T* atht »' '' ot cb a v �Wallop’s speaking fees much less than Simpson’s, ^lieney’s -oiHi-1 riuutie, Gasper Wvo __________ ^ u rd a y , June 2b. 1 yaa By ANDREW MELNYKQVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau TFe total value of Wallops assets is at least $1.58 million. But the total could be far higher, WASHINGTON —Sen. because there is no top value estimated for three of his major Malcolm Wallop earned about assets. $33,000 giving speeches last year, The mortgages on the two ran­ about average for a senator, but less ches are the only liabilities listed by than half as much as fellow Wyo­ Wallop. Each mortgage is listed as ming Republicans Sen. Alan Simp­ son and Rep. Dick Chenev. in excess of $250,000. If the mort­ gages and value of the ranches afe Wallop’s financial disclosure assumed to offset each other. Wal­ statement also shows he is a member lop’s net worth would stand at justof the Senate’s millionaire club, over $1 million. with assets above $1 million. The statement indicates Wallop According to his financial paid off between' $250,000 and disclosure report, Wallop earned $550,000 in loans last year. Between $32,750 in speaking fees and $600 $100,000 and $250,000 of that sum for writing articles for three conser­ was a short-perm loan taken out in vative publications. Although 1987, while the remainder represents Senate rules allow Wallop to keep t all of his Speaking and writing fees, three loans taken out in 1986. Wallop sold at least $611,000 (he donated $5,789 to charity and re­ worth of stock in 1987, much of it in tained $27,561. the process of liquidating a blind Wallop filed his 1987 personal trust. He also sold about a half financial dislosure statement this million dollars worth of Treasury month, after receiving a one-month bills, but purchased a similar extension. Simpson and Cheney fil­ amount. ed their statements in time to meet a In addition to speaking fees and May 15 deadline. his senatorial pay of $85,000, Wal« Simpson was the sixth-leading lop listed other income of between recipient of speaking fees in the $94,000 and $226,000, most of it Senate. He donated $37,000 of his earnings from his ranches and in­ $71,425 in fees to charity, retaining vestments. just less than the $35,000 limit. Wallop took in $74.42 in oil and Cheney’s speech income was gas royalties, and between $5,000 $79,350, fourth among members of and $15,000 in mineral lease rentthe House. He kept $25,885 — the . maximum allowed in the House — als. Wallop reported that he received and donated the remaining $52,615 paid trips for himself to Irvine, to charity. Wallop’s 1987 financial Calif., Dallas, and Chicago, and disclosure statement indicates that that he and his wife received trips to speaking appearances he made in he is a millionaire. But because Miami and California. congressional rules require that A complete list of Wallop’s writassets and income be listed as falling within specified ranges, it is im­ , ing and speaking fees follows. possible to do more than estimate a _ Articles Washington Times ($300), American member’s financial status. Spectator ($100), Conservative Digest Wallop lists assets worth at least. $200). $1.6 million. They include a pair of Speeches , blind trusts, one worth between American Natural Soda Ash Council $250,000 and $650,000 and the other ($2,000), Natl. Construction Industry valued at $315,000 to $830,000. His Council ($2,000), Citizens for Reagan major stockholdings outside the ($250), Tobacco Inst. ($2,000), Harris trusts include more than $250,000 in Corp. ($2,000), Amer. Trucking Assn. (2 IBM, $100,000 to $250,000 in x $2,000), Ethics and Public Policy Center ($500), Natl. Strategy Informa-’ Syntex, and between $50,000 and tion Center ($500), Govt. Research $100,000 in American Express. Corp. ($1,000), Amer. Stock Exchange Two ranches Wallop owns near ($2,000), Global Security Symposium Big Hom are valued at more than ($1,000), Natl Assn, of Broadcasters $250,000 each. The value of Wal­ ($2,000), Amer. Mining Congress ($2,000), Chemical Manuf. Assn. lop’s 17,000 shares in Community ($2,000), Amer. Council for Capital Media, Inc., of Sheridan is listed at Formation ($2,000), Van Ness, Feldman, between $50,000 and $100,000. The Sutcliffe & Curtis ($2,000), Fertilizer In­ company operates two radio sta­ st. ($2,000), Charls E. Walker & Assoc. tions. Minor holdings include four ($1,000), Davis & Harman ($1,500), Chicago Mercantile Exchange ($2,000), oil and gas properties. Chicago Board of Trade ($1,000), Amer. Security Council ($1,000). �' i-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo.. . Tuesday, June 28.1988 • .i. v. Simpson: Channel , drought i^ef CASPER-^HFederal drought relief needs to go to farmers on “hard scrabble country” and not tQ ;' “heavy hitters and. . .fat^.^eatsi’# Sen. Al Simpson said Monday. “There’s a v/ay to get that money i■ without dipping into the Federal ! Treasury and that is to go get-. it , from the guys who are going to be millionaires when' they finish with ; ; . this twisted agriculture program,’-* Simpson said in a radio interview. Simpson said Congress is “head­ ed into some Jiighly partisan stuff” in working out how to fund drought relief, which will cost taxpayers “a : lot of bucks.” But Simpson added . , that he is “not interested in always seeing the taxpayers pay more,” and . I feels the government has to mov^ j away from subsidizing agriculture.t* i ' Simpson also said he doesn’t ; ! think the proposed Deer Creek Dam j is any threat to downstream irrig^ t tion and whooping-crane habitat ift J Nebraska. J “That is just a fiction, fantasy — a fear that is really uncharacteristic ' , in a downstream stat6,” Simpson J said. “I think that the court will throW them out one more time,” SimpsOn said . of Nebraska’s suit against Wyoming over thedam. ’ u: ■ ; j 't �Wyoming senator also lauds Meese BtSA^LVANNMtrHIIOV d„n„g „ ■' by Charles Brown of KTWO-TV A transcript of the interview w^ rekased by Simpson’s Washington Sirapson. Wednesday said you can t rule out” Sen. Malcolm Wallop said the possibility “^*«hlyPproba that the Iranian airJiner carrying ^’■anian plane was on a 290 people and k mission aimed at building domestic support for Ira­ shot down by a nian authorities. ror iraU.S. warship in the Persian Gulf thA ^hot^ of bntcalling said! Sunday was ordered to fly SIMPSON toward the ship. situation. That’s why we are eoinc to havea board of inquiry.” ® ® 1 ^“’’Pson praised Attorney General Edwin Meese, who an­ he is willing to look at the possibility of comnounced his resignation this week ^nsanng families of the passeSSs ter saying that an independent on the Iranian plane. prosecutor s probe of allegations of the^'^llin^’®®'’ possibility that E»°hta' •‘««»»P‘e«eIy. vi„. Alon r* k sent the A300 airbus toward the USS l?ok at the whole reord you are going to find out that ;nTtk""D^’ "’’®sile cruiser patrollkmd^of some * „™?’te a tremendous difkind of incident. “The fact the intPson said of Meese. Th^Wyoming Republican made ■airhner was out of the normal ailPlease see SIMPSON Alfi vuniinu^trirom Al Simpson saia iiiv?v ways for; civilian traffic, was traordinary difference” between the decreasing in altitude and ac­ Iran incident and the Soviet celerating towards the (ship) may shooting of a Korean airliner five tell you Iran had something of their years ago. own in mind,” Wallop said Tues­ “Soviets were sitting next to the day. aircraft and had it under visual con­ The three candidates for the tact and let them have it. Here in Democratic nomination to oppose this situation was an aircraft nine Wallop in this fall’s general elec­ miles away or six miles away and no tion suggested Tuesday that Wal­ one seeing it up close. In the lop’s comments show he is “para­ Soviet-Korean airline situation, they noid.” saw it, rode shotgun on it and But Simpson said Wallop may brought it down. That’s a pretty big know more about the incident than difference.” most. “Malcolm Wallop has been Simpson said there arc “a lot of in the forefront of our nation’s se­ things that might be very positive” curity. He has been on the In­ coming from the tragedy, though he telligence Committee. He knows did not elaborate. and has the grasp of issues and facts “No one should believe that the through his resources on the In­ Iranians have ever had our best in­ telligence Committee even though terest at heart when they penned up he is no longer a member of the our Americans — 52 of them for committee. He has an extraordinary over 400 days. That’s who we are array of things before him.” dealing with.” Simpson characterized the inci­ Asked if he would support repa­ dent as, “a true tragedy,” and rations to the families of the Iran remarked on the “terrible things” airline victims, Simpson said, “The that happen in war zones. president has indicated that that is “It’s always odd to me how peo­ not off the table and we will sure ple somehow believe that in war, look at that too.” only the combatants are killed,” he Speaking of Meese, Simpson said said. “1 think anyone who really that Meese and his wife Ursula believes that — that you can have a “were held hostage by the Judiciary limited warfare and not involve Committee for 415 days and they women and children, and the inno­ threw every brush at him, every tire, cent — just doesn’t know war. And ball, the whole works. I think that here’s another example of it. A true he feels in his own mind and heart tragedy.” that he was vindicated. You don’t Asked why the warship could not have to like Ed Meese. Leave that tell if the oncoming plane was an out. He was vindicated. F-14 or a commercial airliner, “(Independent Counsel James) Simpson responded that there was McKay has been after him, this is the no “AWACS” — an acronym for second special counsel investiga­ Airborne Warning and Control tion, and the USA has spent 2 mil­ System, a sophisticated radar system lion bucks looking for a way to plant Ed *Meese. And they have mounted on a modified Boeing jet — flying in the area at the time. failed,” Simpson added. �T, p inC(^ COD^ syiai2i___ „ mer jILB_5S*- '• rpieRscd froin. ?si'o”’XspW’snSrf <0 ‘hj ..JJffSi*' Simpson, who's ^^r^ed^ls Simpson sJ^^J^f’rom ^954-58^^^ ming’sgo''«;%5. Senate m/he term m tne 1960s. > �-Star-Tribune, Casp^Wyo. Friday, July 15.1988 McQiire; Wyo delegation pressured more on wolves ching population that their liveUhood and economic survival will CHEYENNE — Conservative noybeatrisk.” Cutler noted McClure is “not Republican Sen. James McClure of ..J agenerally regarded as a friend in Idiio says Wyoming ’s con^essional delegation has received • conservation circles,” but McClure “more one-sided” pressure from said he believes wolf reintroduction can solve some game management the ranching industry to oppose the problems in the park. » reintroduction of wolves into Yel­ “Wolves are a natural part of an lowstone National Park. ecosystem that will function better ' McClure surprised conserva­ with their presence,” he said. tionists this week when he voiced his “Without predation, the nunbers of support for reintroducfion during an interview with Defenders of big game animals in the park can get .. » Wildlife President M. Rupert, outofhand.” ..’•»>•< “From my perspective,'we have a Cutler.,, problem with too many elk in Yel­ McClure’s position is contrary to lowstone Park. It’s an unnatural that taken by Wyoming’s threecondition,” McClure added, noting member, all-Republican congres­ wolves in Yellowstone were “un­ sional delegation, who have oppos­ naturally” eliminated from the park ed wolf reintroduction. when they were killed off by Pressure from Wyoming Sens. humans in the early part of this cen.Malcolm Wallop and ^an Simty son and Rep. Richard Cheney is t»“YYellowstone Park lies partially "crSited with halting plans by Na­ within Idaho’s border, and McClure tional Park Service Director William Penn Mott to pursue wolf said he would also favor wolf rein­ troduction into certain designated reintroduction into Vellowstone. wilderness areas along the IdahoIn the interview with Cutler, Montana border where there is little.' published in the environmental livestock grazing. group’s magazine for July, McClure McClure said he is worried the said he was not being critical of the controversy over wolf reintroduc­ Wyoming delegation, but said they tion has “become so polai^zed have received “more one-sided” there’s no forward motion,” Md he pressure to oppose wolf reintroduc­ is working on a compromise be­ tion from the ranching industry. tween those who support apd op­ “The reason for the opposition is ’ that Wyoming has a very strong pose wolf reintroduction. One proposal put forth luy Mc­ ranching tradition,” said McClure, ranking Republican member on the Clure would be to take wo ves off Senate Energy and Natural the Endangered Species Ac: list in Resources Committee and on the those areas where wolves afe rein­ appropriations subcommittee that troduced. This wQiUd alb IW officials to kill troublesome Iwolves oversees the budgets of the Interior who stray outside the park : ihd kill Department and the Forest Service. McClure, whose views generally livestock, he said. “If we can reintroduce them in a parallel those of his Wyoming col-_ leagues, said rancher opposition to way that minipiizes that conflict reintroducing a predator into Yel­ with man and man’s raising of live­ lowstone is “predictable,” and the stock, then I thiiik we will have ac­ wolf reintroduction plan must in­ complished somethipg,” McClure clude a way to “reassure the ran- said. By SCOTT Fy^RIS Star-Tribune capital bureau I ! ' i I f ji j r �- - T^Hnne. Caspe/wyo. Friday. July 15.1988 Congress OKs bill that would force decision on MX Decision involves rail-basing The Reagan administration had Star-Tribune Washington bureau^ . requested $793 million for the rail­ based MX and $200 for Midgetman ■W - The^ouse m FY 1989. The House voted to Midgetman program to M ^ate Thursday passed legi^ $600 million and slash the MX to tion that would force the next $100 million. The Senate cut MX president to decide early next year funding to $700 million while V mobile version of reducing Midgetman to $50 million. the MX missile. Those votes reflected a tacit Until the decision is made, the agreement by congressional leaders measure allows equal funding for to let the next president choose development of the rail-based, 10which new missile system to deploy,! warhead MX and a small, mobile, Each chamber expressed its prefer-; ’ ?J?^-*'arhead missile known a^ ence while positioning its conferees measure covers to choose a middle ground. ■ » The conferees decided to allocate Od $250 million for each of the com­ Ch^enne’s F.E? WaVren Air peting mobile missiles. The money z^orce Base IS proposed as themain is to be used to keep both programs u mobile MX. Warren going until early 1989. \ S ttiissiles By March 31, the president must proposed demde whether to go ahead with base for the Midgetman. MX or Midgetman, or both, or nei-' Wyoming RepubUcans Malcolm ther. Once a decision is made, an , and Alan SimpsCT wc;^ among 30 senators who opposed the j additional $250 million would be' measure. GOP opposition in the j released to the selected program or Senate fessed on the reduced fun- , pro^ams. j Vice President George Bush, folthe® MX “rail garrison” and ; lowing the administration’s posi-. ) Initiative J tion, favors the rail-based MX. ) and on provisions j Massachusetts Gov. Michael ^‘**’e’’“ce with arms I Dukakis, soon to be the Democratic control agreements. ' presidential nominee, says he wants Senate passage of the defense bill to scrap both the rail-based MX and came on a vote of 64-30. The House the Midgetman. margin — 229-183 — was closer, as The rail garrison proposal call’s liberal Democrats and conservative for placing 50 MX missiles, two to a Republicans voted against the train, at as many as 10 Air Force measure. bases around the country. In a Rep. Dick Cheney, R-Wyo., who U.S.-Soviet crisis the missiles is at home recuperating from a mild would be moved out of bases and heart attack, was not present for the orito the vast American commercial vote. All three members of the rail network. Wyoming congressional delegation Backers of the plan say that the have been strong backers of the missile trains would be hard for the rail-based MX. Soviets to detect and attack, and While the Senate margin indicates could survive to retaliate against a enough support for the measure to Soviet attack. That retaliatory ca­ overcome a presidential veto, the pacity would discourage any such House vote was far short of being Soviet first strike, supporters of the “veto-proof.” A number of Re­ rail garrison say. publicans in both chambers Thurs­ Critics of the plan say the missile day urged President Reagan to veto trains parked at their bases would be . the measure. easy targets for the Soviets. The rail The bill approved Thursday is the garrisons would thus invite attack, 1 result of an agreement reached by rather than discourage it, opponents House and Senate conferees. The say. • stage for the compromise was set earlier this year when each chamber passed its own ve-cion of the By ANDREW MET NYKO VYCH ashington Opponents also claim the missile trains would be subject to sabotage and prone to accidents. The AuForce says the risk of accidents would be extremely small, but has not disclosed how the trains would be protected against saboteurs. The proposal for the Midgetman calls for 500 missiles — carrying th6 same number of warheads as 50 MX "7 to be based at Air Force installa­ tions that have Minuteman missiles. . Two mobile launchers would be parked at each of 250 Minuteman silos.. In the'event of a Soviet attack, the Midgetman launchers would “dash’,’ into the sffrounding area,, where they would wait out the at­ tack. Backers of the plan say much of the Midgetman force would sur-, vive an attack, thus making the mis­ sile a potent deterrent. Opponents contend the Midg­ etman would offer no more sur­ vivability than the rail-based MX. The sm^l missile system’s $45 bil­ lion estimated price tag is about three times the cost of MX rail gar­ rison and is prohibitively high. Midgetman opponents say. �•Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. ” • Thursday, July 21,1988 ' Simpson tells Sweehvatcr group lie prediets Bush-Dole ticket Senator also vows to support trade bill he says will boost trona exports By KATHARINE COLLINS South western Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS —U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson Wednesday^gJtoed a Bush-Dole Republican^resiJential ticket and criticized the Demo­ cratic Party’s soon-to-be presiden­ tial nominee. During a stop in Rock Springs, Simpson also vowed to support a U.S. trade bill he says will boost trona exports. Simpson said he bases his hunch that Sen. Bob Dole. R-Kansas, will be Vice President George Bush’s choice as a running mate on “a sense you get around Washington.” He also said that Bush and Dole have “reconciled” any conflicts they had during the presidential ■ primaries. “You see what Dole is doing, with his allegiance and exhausting schedule, and Bush is observing that, and pleased with it, and they keep in touch ... I’ve been present at those sessions where they (recon­ ciled their differences).” The two-term U.S. senator praised Dole’s strength on farm belt issues, contrasting the Kansan with Dukakis who he says lacks credibili­ ty among farmers and Westerners. “There isn’t anyone more knowledgeable about agriculture ... than Bob Dole,” Simpson said. “Certainly not Michael Dukakis. That is foreign territory to him, just as foreign to him as Western water law. He understands nothing about the West ... He believes in gun control and he does not believe in capital punishment. Now if that’ll wash in the West, then I’m lost in the swamp.” But Simpson stopped short of saying that he personally supports the choice of Dole as vice president. “I have to watch that,” he said. “If 1 recommend Dole, it sounds very self-serving. If Dole were the candidate and he were elected he would have to relinquish (the post of Senate minority leader) and so if he did I would certainly ... run for the post of our party’s leader in the Senate.” Simpson also noted that passage of pending foreign trade legislation will increase worldwide markets for Sweetwater County trona, and open up markets for Wyoming products. “I think you’ll find (the bill) is truly going to make a difference in Wyoming ... All (the Japanese) do is talk about trona. Malcolih’s been over there four times over the last five years, and I’ve been over twice, going right to the people of Japan and South Korea. They nod their heads, and smile and they’re gracious and they do nothing, abso­ lutely nothing. “It should help all markets ... It says either you open your markets, and give us access or we’ll slap a tariff on yours. We’ll get some flak, but it’s got some real hog in it — it should help.” ALAN SIMPSON Lauds Dole’s knowledge ofa^ �Simpson on Bush’s VP call list Senator says he’s pushing for Dole By ANDREW I LNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune Washingion^reau itar-Trtbune. Casper. Wyo. Friday, July 29, 1988 n e Simpson said several other Senate colleagues have been asked to pro­ vide information to the Bush cam­ paign. He named Pete Domenici of New Mexico, Bill Armstrong of Colorado and Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas. Before agreeing to provide the in­ formation requested by Bush, Simpson said he consulted with his wife Ann, with Dole of Kansas, and with fellow Wyoming Republicans Sen. Malcolm Wallop and Rep. , Dick Cheney. He then called Bush to again say that he is not interested, Simpson said. Simpson said he urged Bush to select Dole as his running mate. “I strongly support the selection of Robert Dole,” he said. Dole has experience in the House :and Senate, as GOP national chairman, and as a candidate for both vice president and president, i Simpson said. I Most of the senators on Bush’s ! list of prospects are providing the -j I information the Bush campaign has I requested, Simpson said. I While disclaiming any interest in WASHINGTON — S^ Alan Simpson of Wyoming is still under consideration as a possible running mate for George Bush on the Republican presidential tick­ et. Simpson con­ firmed. Thursday Bush is consider­ ing him for the ticket, but he said SIMPSON he told Bush that he is not interested in the job. Instead, Simpson said, he urged the prospective Republican presidential nominee to choose Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole as his running mate. “I have no personal desire, ambi­ tion, or even lust to be vice presi­ dent,” Simpson said. “My abilities are best-suited to legislating.” If Dole becomes vice president, Simpson, as assistant Republican , leader, would be the leading con­ tender to assume fhe Senate lead­ ership post. Bush has called more than a dozen prospective running mates on his widening list, aides said Thurs­ day. Bush himself said merely that his selection effort has been orderly and that public speculation is in­ evitable. Simpson said that he is providing . ! the Bush campaign with financial ' and personal information it re­ quested on Monday. Despite his professed lack of vice-presidential ambitions, Simpson said he is cooperating with the Bush campaign out of a belief that Bush “should have a full range of options.” Simpson is unsure how he would react to an offer from Bush to be his i running mate. “I honestly don’t 1 know how I would respond,” Simpson said. “I can’t imagine that the wheel would ever come around tome.” “He’s only talking to people he’s considering,” said the aide. “I would suspect that process is complete,” the aide said. “That doesn’t preclude some new calls tomorrow or the next day. The process is fluid and he’s controlling The AP reported that campaign sources said the vice president had earlier placed similar calls to — or contacted personally — his strongest primary-campaign rival. Dole; Dole’s wife, former Trans­ portation Secretary Elizabeth Dqle, and Sens. Domenici, Kassebaum, Simpson, William Armstrong, RColo, and John Danforth, R-Mo. Also already contacted, the sources said, were Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., Governors Thomas Kean of New Jersey, John Sununu of New Hampshire, Carroll A.Campbell of South Carolina, George Deukmejian of California, and former governors Lamar Alex­ ander of Tennessee and Richard Thornburg of Pennsylvania, who recently was nominated by Presi- dent Reagan to be attorney general. The AP reported that Dole wasn’t the vice-presidential nomination, acknowledging his call, at least • Simpson said he is looking forward publicly. He joked that he and his' to campaigning for Bush in the wife had been “waiting for the: coming months. “My commitment is to seeing that i phone to ring at home. I can’t get' George Bush is elected president. | Elizabeth to leave the house.” Speaking at a fund-raising The issue isn’t ‘Where is George?’ I breakfast, the Senate minority lead­ but it’s ‘Who’s Mike?’ ” he said, 1 er joked that he hoped Bush’s • referring to Democratic presidential choice of a running mate would be nominee Mike Dukakis. narrowed to just him and his wife, Meanwhile, The Associated Press j “and I dropout.” reported that Bush’s widening list of i However, Bush himself told: prospects includes Sen. Daniel reporters last week that Dole would Quayle, R-Ind., whose name did be on “any list” of potential runn­ not figure in earlier speculation. ing mates. Quayle spokesman Jeff Nesbit The vice president told reporters said that the vice president had call­ outside his White House office on ed Quayle on Monday, and that the Thursday that speculation over his call was followed up by a visit to running mate was inevitable. “You Quayle’s office on Tuesday by can’t avoid speculation,” Bush Robert Kimmitt, the Washington * said. lawyer who is overseeing the screen­ “The process is going along in an ing process of potential candidates. i orderly fashion. Hopefully, it “He would accept it if asked,” I won’t be demeaning to anyone,” h® Nesbit said. said. Domenici also confirmed on Thursday that he had been ap­ proached by the vice president, say­ ing he was proud and honored to be on the list. “I know it will be a dif­ ficult decision for the vice president to make,” he said in a statement. Bush, who says he will not make his final choice until the Republican National Convention next month, has now all but completed calls to prospective candidates on his socalled “long list,” according an aide who spoke to the AP only on the condition of anonymity. �Simpson slated on, KCW’ RIVERT0I3 - Wvomivg puW»t proiobi* gram, I I n will feaiure an inicrMcLaughhn, 'v ^en. Alan_SjUiiw-i-'Jview with U.^>* ihisSunday al 1 P.m,,,eciion Republican of the ' nosiiiou '<-’1 vkc six. Cable subseri byanteqna. may �lliree Democratic Senate hopefuls blast away at Wallop, -Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Saturday, August 6 ,1 9 8 8 or»H wire wir<* reports rennrt’i who-orofltcd frOHl il11“ , From staff and from those who profited from CHEYENNE —With t h e legal practices,” he said. i primary only 10 days away, WyoWallop has not done enough to ; ming’s three Democratic candidates stop the problems, he added, for the U.S. Senate Friday “The fact is, with all of his se- i jockeyed for position by criticizing niority that he claims is of such their common foe on pay raises, benefit to the sute, there has been senior citizens and trade legislation, (this spending frenzy in defense,” he University of Wyoming law Pro- said. “It is time for a change, for a fessor Pete Mmcfield noted that voice of common sense for the state la me members of the U.S. Senate recent- and the people. people.” Ii Simons, meanwhile, announced ly gave themselves a $12,000 raise. “Two Washington top senior While Sen. Alan Simpson rejected that i " the raise, the Democrats’ target, in­ citizen watchdog organizations have cumbent Sen. Malcolm Wallop, did rated Malcolm’s senior record among the worst in the Senate. not, he said. “Wallop even voted on May 3rd, State Supt. of Public Instruction 1985, against restoring funding for Lvnn Simons said that since 1981 “Wallop has voted against Social Medicare and Medicaid benefits. • Security on at least 25 measures.” This vote passed the Senate 93-6.” “Our seniors contributed to Simons said she would instead focus Social Security for years, and they on cutting Pentagon waste. And State Sem John Vinich. said should not have to watch as their monthly checks are slowly eroded that while Wallop “finally did the right thing” in voting for the om­ by inflation. “Our incumbent senator has nibus trade bill, the incumbent was voted repeatedly to cut cost of liv­ still “playing politics with jobs.” ing adjustments; I would instead “This demonstrates just how out focus on cutting the waste out of the of touch Wallop is with the state,”,i Pentagon’s budget,” Simons con­ Maxfield said of Wallop’s decision cluded. to to keep the pay raise. Vinich said Friday that the trade Both senators had opposed the bill Wallop voted for this week was raise and sponsored a measure call­ the same one President Reagan ing for senators to reject it. Wallop vetoed earlier this year — except has pointed out, however, that even this one did not include the plant if the raise is rejected, it is still closing provision. reported as income. '‘Only three months ago In addition, the federal govern­ Malcolm voted against this bill, > ment should recover billions of saying it was ‘overly protectionist | dollars lost through defense project' and full of ‘pork,’” Vinich an­ I frauds and use it to reduce the fed-1 nounced. “Frankly, even though Malcolm ! eral deficit and help individual states. Maxfield said. i finally did the right thing, I resent Maxfield, speaking during a news the flip-flopping,” the candidate conference, said about 40 percent of said. “Wyoming will benefit from several provisions in this trade bill the money lost could be returned to and we could have those benefits the state using a method similar to that much sooner with some sup­ the one in which the Exxon Corp, port from our senior senator.” was forced to repay energy over­ Vinich said Wallop also percharges. Another 30 percent could be ! formed some election year “sleight. returned to the U.S. Treasury to i of hand” on the catastrophic health > insurance program. . reduce the federal deficit and the “He fought the partial prescrip­ - remaining 30 percent could be ear­ tion drug coverage, not to mention marked for special needs such as sponsoring an amendment on the veterans’, assistance programs, floor of the Senate to gut the entire education programs and daycare program, but when the final roll assistance, he said. was called, he voted yes to make Maxfield called for the aggressive sure he wouldn’t be crossways with j prosecution of all cases of potential our senior citizens in an election fraud and for the federal govern­ year,” Vinich said. • 1 ment to do all it can to reclaim lost Vinich said that during his cam- ', funds. . ,. oaign he’s met elderly people who “I want to get every penny back [ .JS "wic''^tlmn''‘ha^’'of' their: '^'lithly Social Security checks on_'^ prescription drugs. » y . i■ , “It’s not fair. We’re the only in-1 ' dustrialized country in the 'world that does not have some kind of.' ■ medical jJfogram for its people,” ie said. “You bet I’m in favor of a universal health care program that �sS’th“’™»s ‘“issns'rAToi ‘v joiejSd fot'^silio'nhy critieWng niority •5“^'’'„5e‘There hTs ten « “mSHoS S To'ire of common se^e (or the aute ’tiT’?ca„«hi,. ^--d emselves a $12,000 raise “Two Washington top senior Alan Simpsonjrejected f^.^^^^a^chdog organizations have he Democrats Democrats’’target, target, ininMalcolm’s senior record - thP raise the cunSent’ Sen. Malcolm Wall^ w^iinndid did the worst in the Senate. •‘Wallop even voted on May 3rd, "°SutVs?pt. of Public instruction 1985 against restoring f^ing for Lvnn Simons said that since 198 Scare and Medicaid benefits. "^‘Wallop hM voted against Soci^ This vote passed the Senate 93 . SMurhy on at least 25 measures. Sis said she would instead focus . WUle Sen. A1-- m& S bin, the incumbent was ■ Estill “playing politics with jobs.” H “This demonstrates just how out . ! of touch Wallop is with the state, i pentagonVss hudeet, budget. ” Simons con i MSd said tTf Wallop’s decision clude£ . ^he trade | “S,KS'S-OPPO.d^he « raise and sponsored a rneasure call hf the raise is rejected, it is still the sme one except ' closing provision.^ months ago '«aSn“?he .J^ioSoS; ment should recover billions of ^ sayitw .^<0^ vinich an- ■ ' dollars lost through defense project and full ot po . , frauds and use it to reduce the fed- - noHSviv even though Malcolm " eral deficit and help mdividual right thing, I resent states. Maxfield said. lly • .. the candidate Maxfield, speaking during a news the benefit from conference,, smd said avvuu about -;C 40 percent of ons in this trade bill lost could be returned to several provi. n^ benefits the money d„. 1--------. m„hod similar 10 and J’™ ,,h some sopthe state using a method similar to the one in which the Exxon Corp, was forced to repay energy over­ charges. STa^d'^o-'lSSaslS^^^ Another 30 percent could be returned to the U.S. Treasury to i ,.reduce the federal deficit and the •i V remaining 30 percent could be ear­ tion drug coverage, not to marked for special needs such as veterans’ assistance programs, S;d“=”o"ed%»™« education programs and daycare assistance, he said. Maxfield called for the aggressive prosecution of all cases of potential fraud govern- year,” Vinich said. . f ■ and for the federal ~ ment ment to to do do aU all it it can can to reclaim ------- - lost < vinich said ‘^atjiunng hi cam V naian he’s met elderly people wno funds. ■ “ -ny badc*i soend more than half of t “I want to get every penny-----rSnthly social Security checks on / duswialiied country . that docs not have some kmo m, mcdicaUJtog^Joriwp^. “You bet I m in lavoi w* StWcrsal health erne pw’” l™or’t,ua&°’-a,c.. l care.” �-Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. __ :------------■ ■ Thursday, August 11,1988 -------------------------------- ■ fesuecouldlpji, party -Alan Simpson said he hopes dele­ gates to the Republican National —Convention, next week don’? become locked in a debate over -X^rtion because the issue will mark the party’s downfall this election yenr. The Republican long has been pro-choice on the issue, and fears that staunch anti-abortionists could seriously divide the GOP during the invention, opening the way for Democrat Michael Dukakis to win the^presidential race. It is the same kind of special in­ terest thing that destroyed the Democratic Party in their presidenbal races in the past, and it sure as certain will destroy ours,” SimpSon his weekly telephone inter­ view with Wyoming reporters. if •i Bush, the senator long has has .ia said he he ij* Humphrey, R-New isn t interested in the job. His proHampshire, plans to set up an ad choice position on abortion also is Ji hoc committee at the GOP conven­ seen as a roadblock toward his tion stressing the need for a strict selection by Bush. anti-abortion presidential ticket. “I formed that opinion on abor­ Bive purpose is to tion when I was in the Wyoming give the punty test down there. I Legislature,” said Simpson. ‘‘It was guess It IS kind of like the old ‘rule one of the most emotional and ex­ society that always brines traordinary debates that 1 ever pitv^X*wRepublic^ recalled Democrats and Republi­ Harty down,” said Simpson. ‘‘I cans alike — it was something I don t know how that solves their shan’t forget. kind'^f’ J®** '^hh that And from that and from my 18 kind of attitude it is difficult to years of the practice of law, I have ‘hat sometimes Anyway, they are doing the ' come to this decision,” he said “1 have shared it with people, and it is gjpy h is the test I alway! nothing secretive. 1 am not a mem­ ber of any organization pressing mv Simpson has been view on my fellow man. 1 just ’ mate for Vice President Georj■‘R----- believe that a woman, after conI sultation with her physician and her pastoral counselor and her husx"-’ should have that choice.” Simpson fully realizes that some members of his party will criticize ms position, but remains committed tbit. It is really funny, how people can be so compassionate and loving apparently in another area and then he said. 1 hat is kind of hard to believe but you don’t get used to it, you just get hardened to it.” ■ sipn oS — ■StXniS —..winy wmp saio ^4 �Simpson Senator confirms he spoke with Weyrich Ry ANDRFW MFT NrVVQVYCH Star-Tribune Staff writer Related story, A5 CASPER — Sen. Alan Simpson las “threatened... retaliation” igainst right-wing Republicans who versation. lave been working to torpedo “I called Weyrich because he’s iimpson’s chances for the GOP the only one who has any sense ice-presidential nomination, ac- 'among those guys,” Simpson said ording to a syndicated column in Saturday. “Weyrich is the only one oday’s Casper Star-Tribune. I can talk to.” Rowland Evans and Robert He said he told Weyrich that the say that the Wyoming ReNew Right’s tactics ate not in the n vowed retribution during a best interests of the Republican Par­ phone conversation with tylew Right leader Paul Weyrich. “Don’t ask me for help” in ad­ /eyrich and other ultra-conservancing the Republican right’s atives object to Simpson’s proagenda in the Senate, Simpson said tioice position on abortion. he told Weyrich. Simpson confirmed that he spoke * Evans and Novak say Weyrich ith Weyrich, but offered a some___ a “sounded the alarm” against hat different account of the con,Simpson vice-presidential "nominai'*' Please see SIMPSON, A16 ■■ Continued from Al his support of a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. “They love to hammer me on that one issue,” he said. Weyrich said he explained his public attack bn Simpson as a move to “energize our people,” Simpson said. “I told him ‘If (Democratic nominee Michael) Dukakis can’t excite your people, you’re going to hav^ to jump-starr corpses out there.’ " Although the conversation with Weyrich was very frank, “I didn’t spsecit ap with profanhy,” Simpson jiiKi. In a column due to appear Mondav. Evans and Novak imply that objecaons from the New Right prompted Simpson to take himself out of the running for vice presiticntr “WhaLa.buoch oT crap,” Simpscat said m response. “I took myseff out weeks ago.” While consistently disavowing any interest in joining Vice PresidenJ^ ‘ tion when Simpson emerged as a leading contender last week. Weyrich said 200 to 300 GOP con­ vention delegates would vote against Simpson because of his op­ position to a Constitutional amendment banning abortion. According to Evans and Novak, “Simpson telephoned Weyrich in a flare of anger and choice epithetsfor which he is famous in the Senate.”. While again disavowing any interest in the vice presidency, Simpson told Weyrich that “he would be in the Senate a long time and would be heard from when it comes to Weyrich’s New Right agenda,” the columnists report. Simpson said Weyrich and other ultra-conservatives have long viwed him as an “evil poop” because of George Bush on the Republican ticket, Simpson did fulfill a Bush campaign request for background information on himself. Simpson press secretary Mary Kay Hill said her boss and Weyrich have tangled in the past. The most recent phone call was prompted by the ‘very personal attacks being laun­ ched” on Simpson, she said. Hill said Simpson has said before that abortion is not the only issue that matters to voters and that he (Simpson) is conservative on ques­ tions such as defense and the econ­ omy. But Weyrich and others con­ tinue to focus on the “one test” of the abortion issue, she said. The suggestion that Simpson took himself out of vice-presidential consideration because of New Right opposition is “absurd and in­ accurate,” Hill said. “Conservative groups, and Paul Weynch in particular, have nothing to do with whether Al Simpson is chosen as George Bush's running mate,” she said. �Monday, August 15, 1988 / ' ■ Sim] . : J . ' Continued from Al Thornburgh and Sen. Pete sacred cows. ... I would be a lia-J’ bilityforGeorge.” : / ; • ' On taxes, Simpran suggested he|’ ' Domenici of New Mexico. .. t Former Gov. Lamar Alexander believes the next president may. bel j ' of Tennessee, also among the men- ' forced to ask for a tax ihCTarase.ttyt tinned, was in the convention city deal with the deficit. .; ®; / fotr only a few hours to address a “Good lord, somebody is going! 1 Westing of GOP governors. to have to do something inlhat areaP^ Asked if he were on Bush’s list, or we’ll be off the wall,” he said;' ”’*'J; ^Alexander said, “No one’s told me. In separate talk. show appear-|; :;lf I’m on anyone’s list, it’s a list no ances, Quayle, Dole and Kemp J the list, said “1 would a liabilirge ‘ NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ - ty ” and disclosed he had asked the hne’s told me about.” He said he concentrated on criticizing^Dukakis, { Bush guarded his vice presWential GOP nominee-to-be to drop hun has had no communication from an activity that would' be at the top ' pBush or his aides about the vice of the agenda for whoever beeves deliberations Sunday, while one of from consideration. ; ; 'presidency. . • the vice presidential nominre, \^^ i his prospective running mates said But another name popped up ; The Doles were guests of honor he didn't want the job and others again for consideration — Interviewed front Evansville/ft acted like they were auditioning for White House Chief of Staff Howard •at a reception and they told Ind., on the ABC show, “This-; Reporters that Bush aides asked both Baker. Republicans outside of the ‘^ Bashing Democratic presidential of them last week for additional Week with David Brinkley,” Quayle, campaign are urging Bush to take said Dukakis’ Democratic * Party background information. nominee Michael Dukakis was the another look at the former Senate, “stands for a party in'retreat. It ' .The selection of someone to fill order of the day for Sen^ Dan leader,, a source sai .the No. 2 spot on the ticket was the stands zfor a party of doom and Ouayle of Indiana and Bob Dole ot 'gloom. They don’t have an agenda Bush keeot r suspense at the convention and Kansas, and Rep. Jack Kemp of for the future.” hk delibera* conservatives were actively lobbying New York —- all on Bush s list of^ residence m As for his own .prospects for .being his own couns He had to get one of their own in that spot. . potential vlce'prcsidenis. " ' . ----------------- ----- 2 J tions on a running mate^ . S Gordon Humphrey of New ing on the ticket, Quayle said, “I ^V'^Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, K"JTS S Hampshire, eppe.^inj’on .he NBC would like ... .................. to believe that I would * g UUBn RUU-Wllb also was on be acceptable to the whole party.’*' r I 1 - t .. . _ _ Dole said, “I’m hot running for p "S’* Und workfed on his acceptance MtYbHshftienr'RepuWidM' n Lt I ■ J.,., * *1^ ■ Lm 1 * V* f nar /t * I*hi?'' *A vice president.” In a joking refer-f ence to his wife, the senator said, n speech. uov,. mnfer- running mate, we will have someEven top aides, who nave c thiii|i "much W'6rse-Tlihii''a’"gehdef" ! “I’m not campaigning-for anyone,^ red regularly with Bush, disc m conservative .but she would be a great addition to ft . . . . any knowledge of whether he W .... theticket.” \ f leaning toward one prospect « ; Humphrey express^ reservations Dole brushed off his attacks onF s’''“H?il probably tell us maybe 10 ’Jout Simpson and Dole and said Bush when they were competing forS ? f find out’’be most acceptable people being the presidential nomination. L S"p^^^SS'ier’£^A.wa..,mM fe ahou. were Kemp and “Obviously in the primaries,' I* was not talking about; ,hisB iSrSnWic™-NauiSreonv^^^^^^ B». .h« the New New Hampshire Hampshire senator senator • strengths,” said the Kansan. ■ |i Thornbugh said it was “very flat-|i said that “On Friday of j,next (ion will convene on Monday. tering” to be mentioned but, t“IjAtwater said there was no enwge sunnortine the ticket ” . _ine ticKet. have a job to do for this presidents in Bush’s plan to keep his choice a pmg to oe supporting in pusn » h ^nrnina The t My record IS is just as conservative (Reagan) and until I’ve heard any-|: Secret until IburstW ‘ ' senator Humphrey’s.” said Dole! thing from the vice president,‘rm’’ convention w^L,,ni„ht of nam-p’e" about the criticism of‘ ready to go to. work as atjprney’ formally Wednesday night^ot^na^ . _______ ________ general of the United States.”i! ’It V«i I 2 A ’'’®' i “Senator Humphrey’s influence Thornburgh was sworn in to his newf*?: noniinee. fre-> not widespread,” he added. " y post on Friday. ' ‘ The names m [Conservative opposition to Craig Fuller, Bush ’ s chieffcofi quently were .. f’|mpson was based on the Wyoming staff, said, “He will make a gQod|: SXh^MrS, ISIpS pator's positions on abortion and attorney general,’’ when asked; .-about Thornburgh. When asked i^. ALAN SIMPSON .Quayle, VI’ve had a very checkered cahe vjete saying Thornburgh, 'lie’d'be jjsbihty j said Simpson, during an informer governor of Pennsylvania,! TMiaf'Hi ! ' J|l . !■, ., ,tt '. I terview on “Meet the Press.’’'“I’ve was not under consideration, FuUet' S?,” 'W' * , punched the lights out of a lot. of said, “1 didn’t say for how long,’\ be drop fromVPlist m m mam �Tuesday, August 1 g -o “ » Z'5 3 S re 83 «« fb S.-” 3" 2 2 ” s o 8 3 n _3 < 14 ft CZ5 3 8 T < re a a: 3 «> © ® <5 o $ c I ? rt © as oo 3 5. K'S. 3 2. a r'. F.2 = 7 □ k“ « re 3-3 W*' tbsstei ? 3 3 t Continued from At/ et regardless of Bush’s choice for the second spot, Cheney said. Cheney said he expects the fall presidential campaign to be “nega­ tive in a sense that it will talk aboutthe Bush record and Dukakis’ re­ cord.” , . “The image of Dukakis being the smooth, competent inanager just doesn’t hold up in the light of day, Cheney said. “I don’t see that as negative campaigning, depending on how it’s handled. It has to be in good taste, it has to be based on substantive issues.” Cheney said he expects Bush, “just like Dukakis, will rise to the occasion” and give a good accep­ tance speech at the convention Thursday night. “I think he’s got to go out there and energize the troops for the fall campaign with a damn good speech that tells us why he wants to presi­ dent,” Cheney said. ' Cheney will address the conven­ tion today to give the report of the Rules Committee. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported Monday that Mark Hughes, chairman of Wyoming’s convention delegation, said that despite Simpson’s assertion that he has done everything he can to take himself out of the running, he could still get the nomination. “You just don’t know,” Hughes said. “It’s still wide open. 1 think he’s out, but that’s just my own personal opinion.” Asked who he would support as Bush’s running mate, Simpson en­ dorsed Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. He said Dole would satisfy conservatives who have threatened to abandon the GOP because they are dissatisfied with Bush as the presidential nominee. ■ “They’d go for Dole in a minute,” said Simpson. If Dole becomes vice president, aimnson who wiiu is is now uuw assistant . ................ Simpson, minority leader, would be in line to move^up into the party’s top spot in the Senate. As routine business dominated convention proceeding during the 83 day Monday, most Wyoming dele­ gates found more interesting things wdo. , , . But Mary Freeman of Lusk,, adorned with the customary badges, and credentials, sat alone in Wyo-, ming’s section of the cavernous Superdome. She conceded that what was going on might not be too exciting, but it was more exciting than Hat Creek. Freeman, 53, opted to stay while others — from places like Smoot, and Meeteetse, Buffalo and Sun­ dance — left during a speech by^ former Secretary of State Al Haig. “It was really too bad,” she said,, “but some members wanted to go^ to Nancy Reagan’s luncheon ^d. others wanted to take the plantation, tour.” It is Freeman’s first Republican National Convention. Kenneth i Freeman, her husband, did not at-, tend. He’s back at the ranch, meeting with a tattlebuyer videotaping part of the rreei^ family herd fof sale in Denver next month. �» Simpson, Donaldson duel at bar fonfab 4 CHEYENNE — More thL 500 ■Wtoming lawyers begin a three-day st^ convention here today, conJ eluding with a Friday ni^t dud of(j'^wits between U.S. S^. Alan Simpson and ABC News White House i conespondent Sam Donaldson. ' i Wyoming lawyers will also hear ' an address from Gov. Mike Sulli­ van at the Joint Judiciary Luncheon on Thursday. ? Registration for the Wyoming State Bar , 1988 Annual Meeting ‘f opens today at 8 a.m. at the Little ; America, with continuing legal ­ education seminars beginning at 9 : a.m. with the annud “Wyoming"} Law Update." ; - Other seminars on a variety of ] legal topics HU out today and { Thursday, including a joint presen- ; tation with the Wyoming Press . Association and the Society of Pro­ fessional Journalists oh “The Right , of Fair Trial and Free Press,” at > 1:45 p.m. Thursday. The annual banquet at 7:30 p.m. Friday features the SimpsonDonaldson faceoff. : ft.’ - i ■ « �5II Simpson Suf-Tribtne graphic by Ong Kearney The problem this year, according : to Clary, was that park officials t Ifailed to realize in time that 1988 was not going to be a typical summer, following a seven-year pattern j of dry winters compensated for by wet springs and summers. “We realized by mid-July that we were not going to get a typical . year,” Cleary said. In the 112 years of Yellowstone s “some real mistakes” in initially weather records there has been no failing to put out a series of other June through August period devastating fires in the park. of such drought, according to Simpson recently spent four days in northwestern Wyoming at his Clary. He said that in the last 16 years ranch near Cody, and said he has the next largest forest fire in the i^ “never seen more irritation” among tional park involved only 9,(XM) residents than they have expressed acres, compared to the spreading about how the federal government Clover-Mist Fire which had grown has handled the fires. to 237,700 acres both inside and “They want to know of their of­ outside Yellowstone this week. ficials, ‘What are you doing to get Fires of this magnitude come in this resolved,’ ” Simpson said. 200-year cycles, he said, with only Simpson said the firefighting, in­ 20 to 30 similar events since Yel­ volving 10,000 people, has cost the lowstone emerged from the Ice government more than $60 million. Age. Simpson said he sent a letter to If park officials had had hind­ Interior Secretary Donald Hodel sight, he said, “we would have ex­ Friday, expressing “in a purer form tinguished every fire we had in Yel­ than ever before” his displeasure lowstone.” with the way the Park Service and Now it might take help from the U.S. Forest Service have handled weather gods,” according to the fires. Clover-Mist Deputy Incident Simpson also said he is ad­ Commander Wayne Eddy, to extin­ vocating compensation to outfitters guish the fires in Yellowstone and and other tourist-related businesses its environs. who have suffered economic dam­ “Maybe taxpayers should be sen ages this summer because of the ding their tax dollars to the weathe fires. gods,” countered one irate man ii Compensation is “an easy call,” the audience during a question an< Simpson said, because he thinks the answer period following the presen damages can be easily documented. - days. ' , ration by Clary, Eddy and others it Please see SIMPSON, At4 “That’s how unaware and un­ charge of combatting the fores able” the Park Service was to deal fires. , with the fire, Simpson said Fire briefings drew about 151 “There are places in the park that people in Cody Thursday night and are just plain burning away,” Siinpabout 100 people in Powell Wed­ son said. “A fourth of this nesday night. magnificent park is burning or has The owner of Cody Lumber drew burned.” . . applause Thursday when he said the Mistakes have also been made in fires were taking the timber base on fighting the fires, Simpson said, the north Shoshone National Forsuch as delays by the Park Service in . est, and therefore his livelihood. using aerial infrared cameras to Officials answered that saving the identify the hottest parts of the1 timber base in the area is a third fires. , ,: priority after protecting lives and Simpson told a meeting of the property. Laramie Chamber of Commerce on1 I The audience also expressed conThursday that fire suppression t cern that many outfitters have been policies on government lands most “burned out” of business by the certainly will come under review. spreading forest fires. The Associated Press reported. He Several in the audience were crit­ said Congress likely will consider ical of fire management, but had some form of compensation for praise for the firefighters businesses whose injuries he believes themselves. , are the fault of the federal govern­ “It seems to me we re talking ment. , , „ „ about the corwn jewel of parks ... In Cody Thursday night, Yellow­ I don’t think you’re doing stone’s Assistant Supt, Ben Clary enough,” one man said of fire sup­ said it was failure to outguess dry pression efforts. weather, not the park management of forest fires, which fanned flames in Yellowstone this summer. Clary said the park’s muchcriticised fire policy was not a “letit-burn” ponej oui atiuaiiy allow­ ed for a range of suppression activi­ ty, from no action to total suppres­ sion................ ._____ ■ ' (» MlTirMSOn Y1O1 Continued from Al ’ Simpson had no estimate on what . , • laims might be filed by private a-w-k rintslz ■»^^a-k-»»'Jsinesses, but quipped it would be c j ss than what we have spent trying ■ 7 jo{)Ut out the fires.” ' * Aj«„Simpson’s statements Friday difBs5CQli£ABJ8J3 ^^'%r from a statement he issued Aug. Star-Tribune capital bureau that indicated he believed the and CAROLE LEGG ’ ?ark Service had simply been fol­ Star- / ribune correspondenr owing the federal law that man­ dates that the parks and wilderness CHEYENNE —Sen. Alan areas be managed “as natural set­ Simpson has reversed his position on tire control in Yellowstone Na. tings to the greatest extent possi­ ble.”, , . . tional Park and wfiile a “fine line has to be now says federal walked, Simpson said Aug. 24 the ■fire_pfficials have public must recognize that fire “is a mismanaged the basic and natural part of the fires. ecosystem,” and that the fire will A little over a help the forest regenerate. week ago Simp­ More recent visits to the park son called for have now convinced him that the public under­ Park Service should have been standing of SIMPSON aware of the extraordinary fire “natural” fire danger this year, Simpson said, management. But Friday the Wyo- j' “Somebody made some real ming Republican said he has for­ mistakes at the beginning,” Simp­ mally lambasted federal officials son said. Gov. Mike Sullivan, for their handling of the fires, and present at Simpson’s interview, said will seek compensation of commer­ he agreed with that statement. cial users of the park who have lost i The extremely dry weather had business. created a fire danger in the park that Meanwhile, at a meeting Thurs­ occurs only every 200 to 400 years, day night in Cody, federal officials ' Simpson said. defended their fire management re­ But when the Park Service set up a cord. series of worst-case scenarios based Simpson said Friday a recent visit on the potential of the fires to to Yellowstone has convinced him spread after they first began in June, the National Park Service made Simpson said the 30-day worst-case V, ■ V scenario was surpassed in three I II U ULJV IJOO MH S 0> T- IV says fires ly handled �Sunday, September 4,1988 debate role of reporters Star-i'ribune capital bureau reporters and public officials’ right to privacy and di^ity Friday night in Cheyenne CHEYENNE — Reporters dcwfore a meeting of the Wyoming Hberately ask officials embarrassins State Bar. “ questions. Sen. Simpson, who once accused Alan Simnson reporters of trying to “stick it up says. (President Reagan’s) gazoo,” said But ABC News public officials are “raw meat” White House where the media is concerned. correspondent He said one top Washington Sam Donaldson reporter once confided to him that says questions White House reporters “never ask don’t hurt ofthe president a question we think he 'u I a 1 - DONALDSON can answer.” though the an­ If reporters asked the president swers sometimes do. only questions he could answer, Simpson, a frequent critic of the Donaldson quipped, “we wouldn’t media, and Donaldson, known for have many questions to ask at all. ” his aggressive reporting style. Donaldson added that while reporters arc accused nf qciino reporters are accused of asking leading questions, “questions never hurt anybody ... but sometimes the answers do and I don’t get to give the answers.” Donaldson, who has covered the White House for ABC under both the CartCT and Reagan administrations, said criticism of a reporter’s treatment of the president is gener­ ally based on political bias. When Carter was president, Donaldson said he received “boxes full” of letters from Democrats ac­ cusing the newsman of being biased against Carter, and now he receives letters from Republicans who ac­ cuse him of slanting the news against Reagan. Donaldson said his job is to pro­ vide u... j______ vide information, but he does not believe the opinions he expresses on? talk shows like “This Week With' David Brinkley” influence voters’ opinions. Simpson said Donaldson’s con­ tention that he is not a public figures is “a bunch of horsepucky,” and said the media is “the most power-, ful force in America,” exceeding the influence of Congress, the president and the judiciary. Simpson also said it was the. “heighth of arrogance” for reporters to justify their behavior!on the basis of a “public’s right to know.” Instead, reporters “produce their t own agenda,” focus on “banal”. Please see DEBATE, A16 �i ' J Friday, September 9,1988 ■ • • ' Top Simpson aide nominated to NRC ' s '' •; ■' • '7’ r ■ WASHINGTON — Jim Curtiss, son, the senior GOP member of the ,a top aide to Sen. Alan Simpson, subcommittee, sponsored the legisR-Wyo., has been nominated to be ’ lation.*' ‘ » 'i 'a member of the Nuclear RegulaThe measure has passed the ■torv Commission — a job Curtiss ? Senate. It has not been scheduled and his boss have been trying to ' for action by the House before ^eliminate. ' Congress adjourns early in OcCurtiss, who is the top Republi-... tober. can staffer on the nuclear nower ■ Curtiss’ nomination by President subcommittee, helped draft legislaReagan to a full five-year term on tion that would reorganize nuclear 7 the NRC was'announced Wednesregulation along the lines of the day. A confirmation hearing before Environmental Protection Agency, the Senate Environment and Public replacing the five-member NRC Works Committee has been schedwith a single administrator. Simpuled for SepJ^ 13i . The NRC is responsible for regulating and licensing nuclear powerplants. It also regulates the handling and disposal of radioac­ tive materials used in research ano industry. ' ‘ Simpson and other backers of ar^ NRC reorganization contend that the five-member structure is un-'wieldy and inefficient. Placing the -agency under a single administratoi strean^ne without weakening itr ability to regulate the nuclear powei industry or enforce its regulations they say. I4 ‘ f ' ' �Friday, September 16,1988 a Simpson cKastises DiikakLs upon park visit Sarcastic note says Democrat uninformed about West 6"'^ ■ . ■ • '■ ' ' ■. . ' ' ■' -rr* 1 I __UovrA «r/Mt mrA* ]n rkiir wnnHar. Dili- Cimner\n the 'VAllnwcf/itiA Yellowstone firAC fires ae as' cr soon as But Simpson, ao long-time per- T>tilr«>V<e Dukakis eoizl said tnin TttnA June lOfiA 1986, “I do From staff and wire reports Have you ever been in our wondersonal friend of Bush, charged that not believe in people owning guns, -■ they are extinguished. CHEVENNE — Warning Sen. ful state of Wyoming when you Wallop'told Sen. Dale Bumpers, Dukakis lacks knowledge of issues > only police and military. 1 am going Man Simpson, says Democratic have not been running for presiimportant to the Western states, in- ■ < to do everything I can to disarm this . D-Ark., he would especially like to iresidential candidate Michael dent?” Simpson asked. examine the issues and policy decieluding publicland? and water state.” :)ukakis’ visit Thursday to see fireBush vacationed in northwest itibned " sions relating to the “let it bum” management Simpson also ment' avaged Yellowstone National Tark Wyoming in July, but did not visit Simpson also attacked Dukakis ’ Dukakis’ stand against the MX 1' mis- management plan. gratuitous?’ the fire scene, Simpson said, . _ s “shallow and gratuitous. “While actions pursuant to the because his visit was “tdtally per- • record on gun control, crime and sile — another issue that interests In a letter to Dukakis, addressed let it burn policy have already been sonal. He wanted to enjoy the national defense, saying his views Wyoming voters. ‘Dear Mike,” Simpson asked wilderness because of what it means are at odds with those of Wyoming ' Sullivan, meanwhile, told taken and we can’t restore the for-' Dukakis, “Have you ever been in to George Bush.” residents. Dukakis he will “insist” the federal ests, we can prevent this type of )ur wonderful state of Wyoming Dukakis met Thursday with Ida- ' “Your recently acquired concern government be “an active partner” decision in .the-future,” Wallop vhen you have not been running for ho Gov. Cecil Andrus, Mont^a ’ and interest in this part of the coun-; in assisting Wyoming, Idaho and wrote. " resident?” Gov. Ted Schwinden and Wyoming try seems shallow and gratu-, Montana with efforts to'promote Simpson, the second-ranking Retourism to the area next year. itous at best,” Simpson said. ijublican in the Senate, said his own i/Gov. Mike'Sullivan, all Democrats, “It will take a public-private. but Sullivan spokesman Dennis > “Keep in mind that your oppoparty’s presidential nominee. Vice Curran said Sullivan did not view nent George Bush — knowS. partnership to convince people that President George Bush, has not us.d the park fires “for a TV news the meeting as a partisam political what it all looked like before the,' Yellowstone will be reborn next trip. fires burned. George has camped' spring and will always remain one spot.” fo the crown jewels in America’s Curran said Sullivan believes the and hiked and fished and enjoyed “Welcome to wonderful Wyo­ park system,” Sullivan said. many of the park and wilderness ming,” the Wyoming Republican three states surrounding Yellow­ areas of Wyoi^g and Montana,” The Wyoming Recreation Com­ began his letter released to the press stone will need to work closely with mission, meanwhile, Thursday Simpson said. on Thursday. “Now that P^k Ser­ whoever is the next president to en­ vice and Forest Service officials in sure the park and tourism to the , “You should know that there are, lifted its five-day ban on alt open some other issues of key importance .» fires in state parks and recreation Wyoming and Montana are working park rebound quickly. -------of - --------- . in aj-eas. Sullivan met just last weekend .to_ those us out--here the West, like dogs to contain the tragic? fires, Commission Director Max Maxwith three members of the Reagan ' We treasure our way of life, our we see you ,are arriving on the administration, including Interior* rugged independence. So while you field said the ban was lifted because scene.” Simpson recounted the ways Secretary Donald Hodel and Agri- are here, jJease tell the-people of rain and cooler weather have diminished the danger of new fires. Wyoming about your po'sitidn on Wyoming and Montana business culture Secretary Richard Lyng, Also, Sen. Malcolm Wallop has owners have been affected by the Curran noted, and said the governor gun control,” Simpsoq wrbte. '• The Wyoming senator suggested written to the chairman • of the fires which have burned about half . would also be glad to meet with Senate Subcommittee on Public Bush to discuss the fue situation if, Dukakis repeat a statement he made of the 2.2 million acre park. ALAN SIMPSON ____ on the Bush visits the park and both men’s two years ago in his home state of Lands, National Parks and Forests “And now you arrive George knows Wyoming asking him to convene hearings on scene, sifting through the ashes.) schedules would permit a meeting. , - Massachusetts. Simpson said �Sunday, October 2, 1988 Rimpson backs USFS Little Hom proposal son said last week for some development? ’ ^™P' �-Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Garbage a decision for states to make: Simnson CHEYENNE (AP) — State officials, feoetltl goveminent, will have to decide how to handle proposals to dump garbage from east and west coast cities in Wyoming, according to U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, The Wyoming Republican said Wednesday that while a con­ troversial proposal to use abandoned coal mines in Hanna as dump sites appears to be a “bum deal” for Wyoming, the pos­ sibility of dumping is something the state may have to consider. “The state of Wyoming, and its Legislature, are going to have to make some determinations about what they do inter­ nally with that,” Simpson said in his weekly interview with Wyoming reporters. - “As I always say to people when we get into this area of •waste,’ I take it up one notch, or maybe 10 notches higher, and that is about high-level nuclear waste.” Spent fuel rods from the 108 nuclear reactors around the country are being stored in pools of demineralized water next to those reactors, and a potentially critical situation could arise if that water disappeared, according to the senator. “I am not talking about Wyoming as a (dump) site — we have never even been on that scorecard,” said Simpson. “But 1 don’t know what good it does when these plants are right near some of the greatest metropolitan areas in the United States, and here are these highly, highly critical spent fuel rods — and we do nothing. “So the statement ‘not in my back yard’ is going to be some­ thing that is going to haunt us for a long time in this country. But what will haunt us even worse is doing nothing,” he con­ tinued. Simpson added that those hoping to find a perfect solution to the nuclear waste problem are asking for more than can be expected realistically. Friday, October 7,198i �SEN. MALCOLM WALLOP Less from Wyoming SEN. ALAN SIMPSON Largest Wyoming share But Cheney said his backers receive no advantages in terms of access or voting decisions. “I don’t personally pay that much attention to who contributes to my campaign,” Cheney said. Some contributions come from unexpected, even, puzzling sources, he said. For example, Cheney said he doesn’t know why the tobacco industry gives him money. “I consistently vote against the tobacco industry,” he said. “I’m noted as a vigorous ex-smoker who will give you the complete ‘don’t smoke’ lecture.” The explanation may lie in the fact that PAC administrators are judged by how many successful candidates they back, Cheney said. Thus it is no surpise that PACs back those candidates already in office, he said. “When 98 percent of incumbents win, it doesn’t take a great genius to figure that out,” Cheney said. Simpson said the tobacco in­ dustry and other corporate PACs Even in spai»v.^ r-. Wyoming, campaigning is* expen­ sive, Simpson said. Television ads are a necessity, he said. But the big­ gest expense paid for by campaign funds are frequent trips to and from Washington when Congress is in session, Simpson said. Nevertheless simply “collecting great piles of money” does not guarantee success at the ballot box, he said. “You lose because something else is going on,” Simpson said. “I don’t think you could save yourself in Wyoming just with money.” Cheney agreed that the cost of running for office is becoming “ex­ cessive.” , “I don’t like the expense of cam­ paigns,” he said. “I don’t know what you do about it.” “The reality of it is that most seats are relatively safe,” Cheney said. “There is a lot of money rais­ ed that doesn’t need to be raised.” Wallop said the “total disclosure” required by federal law ^lows voters to make their own judgments on whether a candidate is being unduly influenced by cam­ paign contributions. “That’s why I’m 100 percent in favor of disclosure,” he said. “If it can be made an issue, it will be made an issue. “It is its own self-limiting area,” Wallop said. “If somebody can make the case, they ought to make the case.” Campaign fund-raising “doesn’t take as much time as people think,” he said. Wallop said he does “99 percent of his” at times when there ' is no Senate business to be con­ ducted. Evidence of the limitations of money came in 1986, Wallop said, when a number of Senate Republi­ cans “who thought they could be re-elected by spending a lot of money” were turned out of office. If he or his colleagues ever appear to be in the grip of PACs or other monied interests, they will suffer the same fate, Wallop said. “If it appears to them that (cam-' paign contributions) are a profligate attempt to buy my favors, I know Wyoming voters well enough to know they will say ‘Just stick it in your ear,’ ” he said. A2 —Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Cheney and Simpson said the tobacco industry, for instance, sup­ ports them even though they both vote against tobacco interests. PACs apparently simply regularly support incumbents, Cheney said. In recent years, Cheney and Wal­ lop have received about two-thirds of their campaign funds from polit­ ical action committees (PACs) sponsored by corporations and in­ terest groups from outside Wyo­ ming. Simpson has received slightly less than half his contributions from PACs. As a group, the all-Republican delegation has raised at least fourfifths of its money outside Wyo­ ming in the last six years. Wallop has the highest proportion of outof-state contributors — 91 percent. But Wallop and his colleagues contend that receiving most of their campaign money from outside Wyoming does not indicate that their political interests or obliga­ tions lie outside their home state. “I just don’t buy that argument,” Cheney said. “I’ve heard it over the years from people who can’t raise money.” Many of the out-of-state cor­ porations whose PACs back the Wyoming delegation play a vital role in Wyoming’s economy, Simp­ son said. That is especially true of the energy and minerals industry, which provided nearly one-fifth of the delegation’s campaign funds in the last six years, he said. “Oil and gas is our bread and butter,” Simpson said. “The little guy in Wyoming eats off the plate of some of those corporations.” Wallop said out-of-state cor­ porate PACs that have donated to his current campaign for a third term represent 28,(XX) employees in Wyoming. And in any case, senators and congressmen do more than just rep­ resent their home states or districts, he said. “You have national decisions which affect a variety of interests,” Wallop said. “You couldn’t limit yourself to votes that solely affect Wyoming.” Wallop serves on the tax-law­ writing Senate Finance Committee and that means making choices that Sunday, October 9 ,1 9 8 3 �Candidates insist donors get nothing special for their gifts By ANDREW MELNYKQVYCH Star-Tribune Washington bureau Sunday, October 9, 1983 ^^^Keneral impression is that political eunuchs,” Cheney often try to “cover all the bases” in a race, sometimes backing more than one candidate in a primary. “The tobacco industry seems to believe that it would be good that they contribute,” he said. “Meg­ while, 1 keep voting against the in­ dustry, with a few exceptions.” While some corporate or industry lobbyists remind his staff members of campaign contributions made by their firm or organization, Simpson said those reminders don’t ac­ complish anything. Simpson said he puts more stock in a small contribu­ tion from a constituent, for whom $20 may be a real sacrifice, than in large contributions from PACs. Simpson said he is uncomfortable with the rising expense of political campaigns and the amount of time needed to raise money. “I go out and have my fun­ draisers, but for me it is the least delightful part of the operation,” he said. Going into his first reelection race in 1984, Simpson said he was unsure of who his opponent might be. He had heard rumors that wealthy Jackson lawyer Gerry Spence might run. As it turned out, the Democratic candidate was retired University of Wyoming chemistry professor Vic­ tor Ryan, who received only 40,500 votes. Simpson spent $862,000 on the campaign, and defeated Ryan by nearly 105,000 votes. “It was embarrassing...(it) made you scratch your head and say ‘Boy, Al, what did you do?’ ” Simpson said. Among the 1984 campaign ex­ penses were a $200,000 computer that proved to be unnecessary, Simpson said. But he defended the practice of gathering enough money for an all-out campaign, saying that “I don’t know how many potential opponents I may have run off.” -—oiu.nooulated A2 —Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. WASHINGTON — Financial backers of the Wyoming delega­ tion’s re-election efforts are getting neither influence nor access in return for their campaign contribu­ tions, members of the delegation say. “1 try to see anybody who wants to see me, especially anybody from Wyoming,” Rep. Dick Cheney said. “I don’t leel I’m undei ally constraint to agree with people who support me politically. ” Sem Malcolm Wallop, running for re-election this year, said, “The process of politics is tending the vineyards back home.” “You would not be able to hold (political office) in Wyoming if all you represented were the rich and the powerful, ’ ’ Wallop said. But campaign contributions don’t' play a role “in either my voting behavior or in access to my office,” he said. “They’re not trying to buy me off,” Wallop said. “What’s in it for them is that I continue to behave on behalf of them in the interest of a strong, job-producing economy.” Sen. Alan Simpson said Wyoming voters are hllUfied to any sign that a politician is losing touch with his or her constituency. “You can’t fool Wyoming peo­ ple,” he said. “The longer you are in office in Washington, no matter what party (you belong to), the more you fall prey to the charge that ‘He’s no longer Wyoming’s voice in Washington, he’s Washing­ ton’s voice in Wyoming.’ ” Cheney said PACs get vep? little ^n direct return for the millions of they pour into congressional affect every segment of society. Wallop said. That in turn attracts a diversity of supporters, albeit often ones with competing interests, he said. In general, contributors to his campaign share his “general philo­ sophical approach” of supporting an economy based on free enter­ prise, Wallop said. Those con­ tributors often hold conflicting views on specific issues, he said. Wallop said none of his campaign contributors has ever predicated their support on how he votes on a particular issue. And he has turned down contributions from some sources because he disagrees with their viewpoint. Wallop said. He declined to name those sources. Cheney said he believes most of his campaign contributions come from people who wish to support his general philosophy. His role in the GOP leadership also attracts some donors, he said. �Senator Simpson Campaign funds from January 1983 to June 1988 Star-TribuneGraph by Greg Kearney �itiUi Simpson wiUwinelectio^b® CHEYENNE ?s Boing to win that ” “George B^h«going^.^g thing, and 1 th gjng to runaway. And l £'>’™&RSss;-ah, SSb"'^’- �./■,;>-J i *»;vv ;•■ . ‘ ( -■" . 1 * 'I ? fu ’ Wednesday, October 19,1988^’^ X :^' X™ Sessional , Wegafon “S‘StIS5? «ec«ive director I ; ?th^ 9Jing Mining Associ^ | °/ had not been nuiiCT i Uon, said he ha ej 5 million | : - pounds IS a Qunt is J S state’s uranium in-, J '^a ioint- statenfeht.’^ Sens. 1 ■s^&ssss finder Mmes Providing million t - howVngi outside Wyoming., but j ' KtS Howe, Cheney S^ ad-^ �Saturday, October 29.1988 i ................................. .. .................................... . ..................................................... . . ... ..., .. .. . lop vows to continue ioreign soda ash market ettorts Medical society endorses senator; senior citizens’ group backs Vinich “abysmal record” on senior citizen “not conclusive, just helpful,” and from staff and wire reports issues. ' - . he gave some of the credit for the GREEN RIVER — Speaking at a “During his entire career, Sen M successful outcome at Church & detergent plant dedication Friday, Malcolm Wallop has voted anti Dwight to local attorney ' and U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop vowed senior 91 percent of the time,’ 1 V' ' former Democratic state Sen. that if re-elected he will continue his NCSC political director Gayl Robert H. Johnson. Wallop said efforts to develop foreign soda ash Dratch said in a Vinich campaigi Johnson was one of those who con­ markets. release. “Ever since he came to th tacted him aljout the need for “It’s really important to us,” U.S. Senate, Wallop has been a legislative intervention in the com­ Wallop said. “We have to go on to the forefront of a relentless attacl pany’s behalf. reduce these tariffs and remove the on the Social Security system and it “It does show what can happen barriers so the products of Wyo­ beneficiaries.” on a brpartisan basis,” Wallop ming can go as the products of Vinich, in contrast, sponsored said. “I’m glad to have had a little foreign countries can come here.” bill in the state Legislature pro role.” Also in Wyoming politics Friday, viding Wyoming seniors witl Sen. Al Simpson also spoke an organization representing Wyo­ rebates on state sales and use taxes briefly at the dedication and lun­ ming’s physicians and another rep­ and has fought for utility rat cheon, attended by local elected of ­ resenting senior citizens announced reform and establishment of th ficials and top company officials their endorsements for national of­ State Commission on Aging, hi from Church & Dwight head­ fice. release said. quarters in New Jersey. Wallop delivered his remarks at Vinich was also endorsed earlie Meanwhile, Wallop and his the dedication Friday of Church & this week by the National Commit Democratic challenger John Vinich L *1 ■ Courtesy Photo Dwight Co.’s new detergent fac­ tee to Preserve Social Security am both received additional endorsetory, which began operations in Church & Dwight Co.’s factory was dedicated Friday Medicare. ments Friday. 1986 west of Green River. The oc­ In other political news, Wallo| The Wyoming Medical Society casion also commemorated the said his debate with Vinich showei (WMS) endorsed Wallop, while the plant’s 20th anniversary. ‘ after the detergent factory expan­ National Council of Senior Citizens _he has tried to answer the question Wallop said that in spite of slug­ The Green River plant is the larg­ of Wyoming’s residents during hi sion was already under way* They (NCSC) endorsed Vinich. The est sodium bicarbonate production gish exports, trona manufacturers in 12 years in office. said the expansion project would WMS also endorsed incumbent Sweetwater County have increased facility in the world, with an annual Speaking Thursday at a rally ii not have continued without Wal­ Wyoming Rep. Dick Cheney in his capacity of 200,000 tons, 12 times production 20 percent during the Riverton, Wallop said “what lop’s help and the area would have race against Democrat Bryan Sharwhat it produced when it opened in first quarter of 1988 compared to heard and what I saw and what th lost the 40 to 50 jobs created by the ratt. the same period last year. 1968. < people of Wyoming heard and sat expansion. In announcing WMA’s endorse­ “This is in the face of enormous “When you have a product like was a person who is full of rhetori “To take that away mid-stream ment, the group’s president, Meade (soda ash) that is better than any domestic competitioii from the oil and slogans but has no comprehen seemed unfair,” Wallop said. O. Davis III, a Cheyenne orthope­ made in the world, purer than any­ and gas industry — chemicals,” sion of the issues vs. somebody whi “And when the bill left the Senate it dic surgeon, said Wallop and Che­ where found, and cheaper than Wallop noted. “Lots of things are ney “have worked very hard to rep- 'has tried very hard to answer th had no provision to provide a tran­ anywhere produced, it ought to not now glass that once were, they questions and inform the people o sition rule ... Somehow we were ■ resent the interests of Wyoming cit­ have access to those markets,” the are plastics and other things. So Wyoming as to what the issues ar izens, doctors and patients alike. • your production is rising in the face able to add a transition rule that Republican said. and how they might best be ap The WMA represents 675 Wyoming preserved the capital commitment, “We went to Japan, and tried to of enormous competition.” proached,” he said. “John ha physicians. Company officials praised Wal­ and the risk that this company had break down (tariff barriers) and . rained down a series of inaccurat ■ In announcing NCSC’s endorse­ have done some, but we have lots lop for his role in salvaging an in­ taken ... so that the project could accusations and a lack of under . . ment of Vinich, the group’s more to do with these and other vestment tax, credit which disap­ continue.”; standing of things... ” spokesman said Wallop has an Wallop-said his own role was peared in the 1986 Tax Reform Act, products of Wyoming,” he said. �BuyoutCS-T, Simpsoi^sugg^ ROCIC^PRINGS, (AP)— f Wyoming residents should buy out I the state’s^ largest newspaper I because of its biased coverage of I this year’s congressional races, ac; cording to U.S. Sen, Al Simpson. , l. . Simpson, speaking ddllllg ST Re- |! P'^^Jican rally in Sweetwater Coun- L on Friday, said the Casner-Star [• ^innnf;.tends to favor Democrats and those who run contrary to the I establishment and suggested the • 1 y ' purchase of the newspaper so it can H ■, be used as a positive force in the ' state. I ^Biit Dan Neal. Star-Tribune' city n editor, defended the newspaper’s .1 coverage of the campaign. 5- I “I stand by the Star-Tribune’s coverage of the 1988 elections at aU ' levels, ’ he said. “If Mr. Simpson |, • A would like to come down and I ■. report on our school board races in I i ^ Natrona County, I would be happy y to'employ him...' The senator I' should remember that the job of a * , newspaper, as some people have I / said, is to comfort the afflicted and ' P > 40 afflict the comfortable.’’ ; If >. “We ought tp get a bunch of cap- ? B < itahsts in Wyoming, buy the boobs |, out and send them back to Califor-.. } nia, where they draw their wages,’’, j Simpson said. “I think though the I. ; , Casper Star-Tribune could be a K y force for good in Wyoming, they’re 'I * They’re a very negative force. ' J They slash (Gov.) Mike Sullivan " they slash (U.S. Rep.) Dick Che-, ('J-S- Sen.) , Malcolm Wallop.’’ i f :Such biases rfave been displayed ' I m the newspaper, owned by How­ ard Publications of Oceansid^ I' <^if., despite the fact the congres­ sional campaign has been a fair one I' Simpson said. , ’ ' “i think the people of Wyoming, they know what fairness is,’’ he said. , , : Saturday, October 2 9 ,1 9 8 8 ’5 �Sunday, October 30,1988 suggests Wowt QLSta^Tribme *1 SPRINGS, Wy„. ,.P) _ Wyoming residents should buy out , “I stand by the Star-Tribune’s, coverage of the 1988 elections at aul t^ state’s largest newspaper because of its biased coverage of would hke to come down and* 11 ■y^^®.‘^°"®'^cssional races, ac­ cording to U.S. Sen. Al Simpson. board races in Natrona County, I would be happy Simpson, speaking during a Re­ him... The senator‘ publican rally in Sweetwater Counshould remember that the job of a I^^day, said the Casper-Star newspaper, as some people have Democrats comfort the afflicted and' f '*’’0 contrary to the to afflict the comfortable ” establishment and suggested the •’“"Ch of cap., purchase of the newspaper so it can i^sts in Wyommg, buy the booM positive force in the out and send them back to Califor-f nia, where they draw their wagesM .But Dan Neal, Star-Tribune citv _ Simpson said. “I think though the/ Casper Star-Tribupe could be 2 defended the news^S , in Wyoming, they’rei campaign. rock : tZ } 1 �Simpson expects many forest fire hearings JACKSON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Alan Simpsqn expects the months ahead to be filled with hearings looking into ’his year’s forest fires in and around Yellowstone Nation­ al Park. Simpson also said he finds it in­ teresting that, years after he first suggested it, the committee that reviewed the forest fires is recom­ mending that the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service consider prescribed burns in their forest policies. “I’m the one who has been saying they should have been having prescribed burns tn the park ... 1 spoke to that about five years ago,’’ said the senator. “They called that planned burns and now they’ve gone to planned ignition. But whatever it is, 1 think it’s something that should be done.” �Thursday. November 3,1988 SirnpsoniZ Continued from Al , shot,” he said. The same difficulties do not ap­ ply to a possible Vinich victory, however, Simpson said. “John Vmich I know very well,” he said. I watched him come into the (Wyoming) House of Repre­ sentatives when I was a member, watched himwork hard. He’d come. bimpson prefers Wallop, c»uld v^rk with Vinich By DAN WHIPPLE Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER — U.S, Sen. Alan SiUPson says that he can work with John Vinich if the Democrat is elected to the U.S. Senate, but “I much prefer to work with Malcolm Wallop.” He said Vinich was a hard worker who “did a good job” in the Legis­ lature. Simpson also criticized the length of presidential campaigns and said “We should get rid of PAC (politi­ cal action committee) money.” He urged a return to individual con­ tributions, with a limit of about $10,000. Simpson also objected to nation­ al coverage of the presidential cam­ paign and criticized the Star-Tribune for failing to boost the state. Simpson’s latest comments about Vinich were much different from his 1982 statements about Wallop’s Democratic challenger, when he leclared that he would “not want to serve Wyoming beside a man like Rodger McDaniel....” _ The issue is not John Vinich or Ins personality or his persona, the issue is, ‘what does he stand for?’ ” V Simpson said. Simpson also said that Vinich had done well in the Wyoming Legisla­ ture during the time they were both legislators in Cheyenne. “I watched him in the Legislature,” Simpson said. “He did a good job. He worked hard. I didn’t ever see him when he got into his issues. I watched him in his first couple of years where he was working and listening and learning. Then when he got going, he put in some bills which 1 think were frankly were quite, quite... I don’t know what they were put in for. But they didn’t seem to have much chance of pass­ age, they just seemed to be directed at a populist approach to govern­ ment.” In 1982, Simpson and Republican ifP’ Cheney wrote a letter about then-Democratic Senate can­ didate Rodger McDaniel which said. Neither of us would want to serve Wyoming beside a man like Rodger McDaniel, a man who has no inteE- * rity.” ® ! Simpson said, “I have repeatedly flogged myself” about the letter t calling some phrases in it “harsh, * nasty. It was an ’“unfortunate Please see SIMPSON, A16 1 into the chamber at night, he didn’t have an office to work in.” “I just don’.t think the people of Wyoming go for a campaign where he just chops away on Malcolm Wallop and whether he buys expen­ sive suits. You gotta do better than that if you’re going to win in Wyo­ ming.” But Simpson said, “I can work with anyone. My whole public life has been working with people on .both sides of the aisle... that is . something I’ve always done, work­ ing with people on the other side of (the aisle.” But he said he prefers to work with Wallop and Cheney because “I .know them, know how they work, know how they legislate.” 1 Simpson spoke at a press conferjence in his Casper office on Wed‘ nesday afternoon. , He said that two-year-long presidential campaigns were getting .out of hand. People are “sick and .tired” of the campaigns, he said. “We’ve got to change the system. We’ve had good people in both par­ ties disappear in the tedium of it. “We’ve got to revise the system People^ aren’t ready for a two-year campaign in this country. It’s just disabling.” Simpson also praised the Reagan administration’s “peace through strength” dealings with the Soviets saying that previous policies weren’t working or “we would have had arms reductions. ’ ’ Simpson also criticized the na­ tional news media for its coverage of^ the presidential election cam­ paign and the Casper Star-Tribune, for its coverage of Wyoming issues. Simpson said the Star-Tribune isbiased against agriculture and the timber industry, and that the news­ paper thinks of Wyoming “as a colony. That somehow we are being exploited in board rooms of cities far from us.” Simpson said that the role of a newspaper should be as booster for the state, especially during tough times, a role he said the StarTribune is not fulfilling. He cited several other state papers which he called a “force for good in their own communities,” including the Riverton Ranger in Riverton ■Wyoming Eagle and Tribune in Cheyenne andjhe Sheridan Press. He challenged the newspaper’s management, editors and staff, along with the state’s politicians, to meet in a public forum at the Wyo­ ming Press Association and answer questions Simpson said the candidates for national office have been talking about the issues, but that the media have been not been reporting them. “The issues in the political cam­ paign were completely lost,” he said. �Friday, November 4,1988 Simpson to appear in bank fraud trial By JOAN BARRON Star- i'hbune capital bureau CHEYENNE — Federal Judge Alan Johnson has recessed until Tuesday the bank fraud trial of Don C. Davis and Daniel M Burke, both of Casper, because of the death of a juror’s husband. The judge said the husband of a juror from Cheyenne Wednesday died after a long illness and funeral services will be held Monday. Johnson said the juror expressed her strong desire to continue to serve on the panel. He said the trial therefore will recess until Tuesday when the woman juror will return. The delay in the trial schedule means two prominent political fig­ ures won’t be testifying until later. Oov. Mike Sullivan, a former Casper lawyer, had been subpoened, apparently by the attorney for Davis, to appear Monday. Also subpoened to appear Mon­ day was U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a Simpson spokesman confirmed Thursday. No information was available on the specific relation- shipto __________ ship the case of______________ either Sullivan or Simpson. Earlier this week on Tuesday, Johnson permanently excused another woman juror for un­ disclosed reasons, reducing the size of the panel to 13 members. If the woman whose husband died also was permanently excused, the jury would be down to 12 members. “The presence of a 13th juror is an insurance policy that makes it vital for a tri^ like this to go for­ ward,’’ Johnson said in announcing plans for the recess. “We must have a unanimous verdict of 12.” He said the jurors don’t know which one of them is an alternate. Noting the trial has been in prog­ ress for nearly a month, the judge said it would be impossible to duplicate the evidence “and that’s the reason for taking this extaordinarystep.” Johnson said the trial may go cn a five-day week to make up lost time. Because of the complexities of the case, the judge had scheduled the trial for four days a week to give . the attorneys enough time to prepare. Tom Hogan, former president’Of the Guaranty Federal Bank in Cas­ per, was the last witness to testify for the government before the triil recessed Wednesday. a ALAN SIMPSON On witness list �Thursday, November 10,1988 -Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. Siiiipson: 2-term flap caused close race ‘Probably biggest factor, in Wallop’s near defeat MELNYKOVYCH Simpson said Wallop had done a 1 ribune Washington bureau —of j • explaining « ............. good job his reasons for running for a third term. Wal­ WASHINGTON — The “two- lop emphasized inc the benefits of set^erm issue was largely responsible , niority in the Senate, lor the narrowness of Sen. Wyoming’s sagging economy, —MillcQjm Wallop’s victory over anger over this summer’s fires in Democratic challenger John Vinich, _ Yellowstone National Park, and the Wallop’s fellow Wyoming Repub- efforts of organized labor to lican. Sen. Alan Simnson, said “target” Wallop also played a role Wednesday. in the closeness of the race, Simp­ “Underneath it all was the two- son said. term issue,” Simpson said. “It Simpson said he did not know probably was the single biggest fac­ whether his statement that he could tor.” “work with” Vinich in the Senate Wallop, who won a third term by added to Wallop’s electoral woes. a margin of only 1,310 votes, had “I certainly would hope to God it defeated Democratic incumbent didn’t,” he said. “I was pained Gale McGee in 1976 by making an when I saw it” used by Vinich. issue of McGee’s three terms in But his comments were not Washington. Wallop said anyone reported completely, Simpson said. who served more than two terms Simpson said he labelled Vinich as would lose touch with Wyoming, an “ineffective” lawmaker in all and he said he would limit himself but his first term in the Wyoming to 12 years in the Senate. Senate. “Nothing is going to be taken quite correctly in the pages of the Casper Star-Tribune,” he said. The ease of Rep. Dick Cheney’s win over Democrat Brian Sharratt does not reflect on either Wallop or Cheney’s personal style or popu­ larity, Simpson said. Wallop sim­ ply had more formidable forces ar­ rayed against him, he said. “Malcolm has been the supreme target of the union movement,” he said. Organized labor poured more than a quarter of a million dollars into the Vinich campaign in the week leading up to Election Day, Simpson charged. That money allowed Vinich to air numerous television ads attacking Wallop he said. Wallop was also subjected to ‘the continual drumfire of all three people in a very active Democratic Simpson said. House members have primary,” Simpson said. “He had a much easier time getting back to almost a year of that heavy, heavy their districts at little risk of missing hammering.” votes, he said. “That steady drumfire made it a Facing the electorate every two tough and difficult race,” he said. years, rather than every six years, In contrast, “there wasn’t a piling also gives Cheney an edge in visibili­ on going on” in the Democratic ty, Simpson said. challenge to Cheney. In a related matter, Simpson said In sum, Vinich had stronger back­ he spoke Wednesday with both ing and more money than Sharratt, President-elect George Bush and he said. Vice President-elect Dan Quayle. The success of Vinich’s attacks on He and Bush discussed the com­ Wallop will probably lead to more ing agenda for Congress, Simpson such negative campaigning in said. Bush did not ask him to serve Wyoming in the future, Simpson on a transition team, he said. predicted. Should Wallop seek a Simpson said a group of Repub­ fourth term, he will have to be lican senators from the West are prepared to face a similar barrage, planning to meet to discuss recom­ Simpson said. mendations for Interior secretary “He has to be prepared for that and other appointments of impor­ kind of campaign because it was tance to their states. Simpson said successful,” Simpson said, adding he has not heard who the leading that he expects to have to deal with contenders for those posts might be. an attacking opponent in two years, when he is up for a third term. Wyoming’s sagging economy gave Vinich a ready-made issue, -Simpson said. “The lesson is always to keep a close eye on the economy of the state of Wyoming,” he said. “And we thought we had, all three of us.” The Yellowstone fires generated an unprecedented outpouring of hostility toward the federal gov­ ernment and everyone connected with it, Simpson said. Vinich made a campaign issue of Wallop’s re­ sponsibility as the top Republican on the Senate subcommittee that oversees the national parks. Wallop was at a disadvantage, relative to Cheney, because of the Senate schedule, which allows little time to travel back to Wyoming, �Simpson; dei icit requires tax hike, sp< inding cuts By MATT WINTERS Star- Tribune staff writer THERMOPOLIS — Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson said. Thursday that reducing the federal deficit will require new taxes combined with cuts in defense K and entitlement I programs like Socii Security. Simpson, who is unopposed in his bid to become I the Senate’s *" — second-ranking SIMPSON Republican, outlined several ways to cut federal spending — but stopped short of supporting any specific tax hike. He did say that Congress may be asked to consider a hike in the gas tax or imposition of a national sales tax. At a town meeting and in a speech to the Wyoming Hotel-Motel Association convention, Simpson “All those things are being look­ ed at — every one of them,” he said. The commission was intended to “look honestly at entitlement pro­ grams” like Social Security, “and give Congress cover, because every time you mention Social Security, you get hammered flat” by special interest groups, he said. If Social Security benefits are maintained at current levels there will be a “dramatic drawdown” in system reserves beginning in the year 2030, he warned. Simpson said the system now pays out $3 for every $1 it takes in, that there are only three people paying in to the system for every one taking out — compared to 16-to-l in 1950, and that recipients now get all their contributions back plus interest in ;the first 5 ‘A years of retirement but have a life expectancy twice that long. “And the worst part of it is ... in the year 2030, the average wage earner will be putting 35 percent ol his wages into the system if you want to keep the current level ol benefits,” he said. “And we don’t dare touch it, anc I think that’s wrong. I think that’i not what we should leave ou: children,’’ Simpson told th< Hotel-Motel Association. At the earlier town meeting Simpson also spoke about the neec to reform the Social Security systen Gramm-Rudman-Hollings oeficit reduction law is succeeding in grad- ; ually reducing the extent of new ' deficit spending. At the state level, Simpson said “I’ve got to admire the governor — ! he says he’s got to look for new ! revenue, and he’s talking about cig­ arettes and beer.” Wyoming’s taxes i on those commodities is very low and should be looked at, he said. While cautioning that it is a mat­ ter for decision at the state level, Simpson also voiced his support for j legislation allowing triple trailers on Wyoming’s highways, an opin-, ion he said he holds despite safety concerns. Allowing triple trailers in Wyo­ ming “would be appropriate,” he said. “I think it would do things for a state that relies on its road net­ work — we don’t have a good air transportation system — we have a tremendous road system that I think -^tar-1 noune, (Jasper, w yo. Friday, November 1 1 ,1 9 8 8 is just ace-high in the whole U.S.,” Simpson said. “I have that same concern about, you know, driving down that road near Wheatland where that wind­ sock is, you pass one of those babies, you’re going to get sucked into the undercarriage — I’ve lived here all my life,” he said. But with its many miles of interstates the state should consider allowing triples, also praised the Democratically the state’s junior senator said. controlled Senate for several ac­ Simpson said that he. Sen. tions it took this year, including Malcolm Wallop, and other West­ passage of a catastrophic health in­ ern senators have a meeting sched­ surance bill, welfare reform and uled with Bush to express their ideas ratification of the Canadian Trade about who should be appointed to Pact. head the departments on Interior Simpson also commented on the and Energy. National Economic Commission Simpson said Sen. James Mc­ which was set up by President Clure, R-Idaho, has been mention­ Reagan to study ways of reducing ed as one possibility for Interior the federal deficit. Though the secretary, as has Wyoming con­ in order to deal with the deficit, but commission was “pretty well gressman Dick Cheney. repudiated’’ by President-elect made it clear that the system is sol­ But Cheney, he said, is in a posi­ George Bush, Simpson said he vent well into the next century and tion to take over the minority lead­ believes the panel will “give us the said current recipients should not be ership in the U.S. House,; “and if evil brew in March ... a terrible concerned about their level of bene­ the Republicans took over in 1990 potion, because they’re going to tell fits. after reapportionment and census, But if changes are needed in the he could be speaker of the House.” us we have to do something with the $220 billion a year Social Security Social Security system,’’ Simpson On other subjects, Simpson said said. i program, it is also necessary to real­ he would support legislation mak­ Simpson said he hopes that Bush ize that cuts are called for in the ing English the official national will review the commission’s fin­ $300 billion a year defense budget, language, but does not support a dings with an open mind. Bush will Simpson said. constitutional amendment doing “We’ve got some trimming to do that. have to make a couple of appoint­ all around, including the defense ments to the commission, he added. He said he also supports a 10-year get, especially now that we have phasing out of federal agricultural Simpson said a variety of new INF Treaty in place,” he said, subsidy programs. Presently, he taxes are possible, despite Bush’s pson mentioned no specific said, “we have people who know campaign promises to the contrary. pons programs he would target how to work the system better than “The president-elect of course for cuts, but said at the town meet- they know how to work the land, has said ‘no new taxes,’ ’’ he said. ig that “I really do think we can and I know ’em, and they always But “an easy tax is a 1 cent a gallon ask me about the deficit. ’ ’ S on gas — it raises $1.2 billion )wer our NATO commitment.” A bill passed by Congress earlier Simpson and his wife Anne visited bucks,’’ he said. The maximum in- , lis year requiring a commission to Yellowstone National Park by crease in gasoline taxes would be 5 xommend closure of unneeded themselves recently and found cents a gallon, he said. The Republican said the imposi- ' efense bases around the ‘country destruction there “not as ill also provide needed savings, he devastating from the car.” Efforts tion of a 1 percent national sales tax , lid. F.E. Warren Air Base in are underway, he said, to counteract or a valued-added tax is also possi- : heyenne is not at risk, he noted. ble. the “large load of hype and hoorah” that has Easterners con­ vinced that the park was destroyed by this summer’s fires. �Sunday, November 13,1988 I .............. Simpson: Ag product subsidies wiU likely be phased out ByPAMDlCKHAUS Star-Tribune correspondent WORLAND — Subsidies for sugar and other agricultural pro­ ducts are needed nSw", but will likely be phased out in coming decades, ^n. Alan Simpson says. ,, Simpson, speaking Thursday at a town meeting” said “I will and have supported” the Sugar Act as ****.?.® Wool Act and wheat subsidies for southeastern Wyo­ ming. But Simpson said he feels sugar producers need to pay attention to a downward trend in sugar consump­ tion. According to Simpson, the consumption rate nationwide has dropped from 93 to 63 pounds per capita and will continue to fall. As we support the sugar system we might be destroying it in the pro­ cess, he said. Corn syrup con­ sumption is “going up on a per ce told sugar producers should be aware of consumption trend capita basis just as much as the other UCllU (sugar) graph goes down.” That Is body w'il/^hL?’^Only a certain number of De Only a certain number of people something the “ something for for the “sugar sugar beet beet peo­ ple to ponder.” Simpson added that he thinks eventually there will be a move to phase out subsidies over a 10 or 20 year period. audience that the Legislature has do some­ thing because new federal regulations governing leaking underground storage tanks are now m place. One member of the audience told Sim(Kon that he had been sued by the Department of Environment^ Quality for noncompliance in clean up of contamination caused by an underground storage tank - some***“ * believe was his fault What they have to do is take the financial burden off the guys with “®, underground storage tanks, Simpson said. .“It?’ the tank owners the premium to buy in­ surance, Simpson said. Legislation should permit a gas station owner to purchase up to $2 million worth of coverage and the “premium should be totally within his means” because it would be “somehow ad­ justed or subsidized by the state” to give him the ability to have in­ surance. When the discussion turned to veteran s benefits, Simpson said he felt noncombat veterans shouldn’t be entitled to the same benefits as combat veterans. ThCTe are 28 million veterans and only 3.5 million were “ever in a combat,or heard a live round the “guys (who) shake the loudest” are those who ‘never left the U.S. and don’t know a mortar tube from either end, Simpson added. go to combat and go to combat and the “rest of them get away traveling on their ticket hillion dollar a year ticket, Simpson said. “I’m saying take care of the combat veterans their widows, their orphans, whoever and write the ticket. But tor heaven’s sakes to believe that every single veteran is entitled to every thing a combat veteran receives is something I do not agree witn. audience he thinks George Bush will be very good for the West” because he has spent some time here and knows the Slsnh"* industries which are important in Wyoming. . Of Quayle, he said, “You’re go­ ing to be very proud of him. You’ll see a very steady man, a very careful guy who will pay attention” in Es role as vice president.' I. �Wallop staff: no recount; Simpson cost votes By MATT WINTERS Star-Tribune staff writer _| with wire rep^s v BILL HILL Analyzes Senate race CASPER — U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop’s chief of staff said Monday the Republican — narrowly re­ elected to a third term last week — will not join his Democratic oppo­ nent in requesting or paying for an optional recount of statewide returns. Bill Hill, Wallop’s chief of staff, also said in an analysis of the Senate race that the Wallop campaign suc­ ceeded in overcoming voters’ “nat­ ural move for a change.’’ But positive statements Sen. Al Simpson made about Wallop’s op­ ponent Democratic state Sen. John Vinich “may very well have cost us 2,000 or 3,000 votes,” Hill said. Vinich, who lost last week’s elec- . ‘ | ; j ' j ‘ Please see WALLOP, A12 Also figuring in the election. Hill said, were Vinich ads highlighting Wallop’s acceptance of speaking fees from a group controlled by Korean cult leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon, ads and phone bank calling i that he said distorted Wallop’s Social Security record, and ads say­ ing Wallop had the seventh-worst attendance record in the Senate. J The Wallop campaign in some cases failed to swiftly and effective­ ly counter Vinich’s charges, he said. 1 I Tuesday, November 1 5 ,1 9 8 8 Simpson said in a news confer­ Continned from Al The Wallop campaign has not ence that Vinich worked hard as a received Vinich’s letter requesting state legislator and was someone he cooperation on a recount but will could work with in the U.S. formally reject the proposal, Hill Senate. said. But the campaign strategy was to Vinich said Monday that he will convince Wyoming voters “that not decide whether to ask for a re­ there was no viable alternative” to count until after the state Canvass­ Wallop by portraying Vinich as a ing Board meets on Wednesday. poor legislator. Hill said. “We’re still waiting for the of­ “Late in the campaign Al made ficial records. I think that’s only some off-hand comments that may appropriate,” Vinich said. have given some credibility to John Vinich said the. vote count was so as a legislator and that very possibly close that he feels he owes it to the tended to negate some of our efforts nearly 90,000 people who voted for , and may very well have cost us 2,000 him to “to take a close look at the or 3,000 votes,” he said. outcome of this race.” The secre­ Despite Simpson’s remarks, the tary of state said her office’s unof­ Wallop campaign was successful in ficial tally shows Wallop had overcoming the “natural move for a 91,121 votes and Vinich 89,806. change,” which follows eight years Karpan’s office made a precinct- of even a successful national ad­ . by-precinct review of ballots late ministration, Hill said. ‘ last week and the secretary of state “George Bush bucked that trend said she was satisfied there were no nationally and Malcolm Wallop Jjroblems in the election. bucked that trend in Wyoming, and If Vinich calls for a recount, he the way in both cases; I feel, that -would have to pay for the exercise. they managed to buck that trend The process would cost up to was ... to try to make the elector­ ate feel like that there was no viable $11,500. Vinich said he’s not worried alternative,” he said. Hill conceded that Wyoming’s about the money. : “We’re getting letters and phone economy remained an effective issue •calls from all over the state from for Vinich, even though Wallop people offering to pay for a re­ campaigned extensively on the pro-' position that he was successful in count,” he said. Hill told the Casper Republican helping bring business to state in­ Women’s club that many factors dustries while helping avert poten­ 'contibuted to the narrowness of tially harmful federal legislation. “I think one of the underlying Wallop’s victory. Hill said Wallop appreciates factors has to be the fact that •Simpson’s help in his re-election ef­ Wyoming — our economy — has forts, but said some remarks Simp­ been troubled for a number of son made late in the campaign may years,” showing some signs of have directly undermined Wallop’s strain when Wallop ran for re-elec­ tion six vears ago. Hill said. ' central campaign strategy. tion by 1,315 votes, on Saturday asked Wallop to join him in re­ questing an optional recount of the roughly 180,000 votes cast statewide. Vinich would have had to come within about 900 votes of Wallop in order to qualify for a mandatory recount. “I would suggest that that’s the most absurd request made in this election,” Hill said. “No, I would say that Malcolm is very content with with the efforts of the county clerks and secretary of state. ’ ’ Hill noted that Secretary of State Kathy Karpan “is certainly no friend to the Republicans.” And the Vinich campaign, using the resources of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, can easily pay for the recount itself, Hill said. �Saturday, November 19.1988 I personaUy - and 4iffpr with Dick on this — know 1 differ v, u-ve that they re — LPtoTave tVfind something. and I don t know what they’re go- jfs a con- coming Cong ..y' ..p^s^Qne recovbe acid ram. agriculture • Sn’b'lW. industry rm '■ i* ’■ Simpson also noted jj. ^p , expensive ’ssu®® CongresSnllVssion “we^d^dn’t cvenjcnow billion to aid bill and . ____ __SIMPSON JVobiuFon'to SIS billion to bail out • ALAN New taxes may be necesyry , filing savings and loans. ,, ** J . . , i �J' Cheney dismayed by talk of Bush retreat onn 1 (y' By DAN WHIPPLE Saturday. November 19,1988 - Star-Tribune staff writer. CASPER __ says he is dismaye gressional debate on budget deficit reduction is ^ready focusing on the . question of how soon President­ elect George. Bush will retreat from his “no new taxes” promise. “There are a lot of us on the Re­ publican side in the House, who will not be a party to any discussion of any tax increase long as there is any prospect that it’s simply gonna be spent on more federal programs. We will not do it,” Cheney said at the Wyoming Heritage Founda­ tion’s annual public forum. But 11.S. Sen. Alan ^imnsnn said that Congress may have to find some additional tax revenues in its ’ effort to cut the federal deficit. Cheney said, “I think the deficit is the most serious economic, domestic legislative problem we face... I think if we fail to deal with it, if we fail to continue to make progress — and we have made progress, the picture’s not all bleak, we’ve gone from $220 billion down to about $150 billion — if we fail to make progress on the budget deficit, we are in effect going to be in a world of hurt.” However, by concentrating the debate on raising taxes to solve the problem, the Republicans are giving away their bargaining chips, he said. If the problem is as serious as everyone claims, Cheney said, then Congress ought to be prepared to develop a plan that has no new spending programs. “But that’s not what I’m hear- DICK CHENEY Deficit most serious problem ing,” he said. “What I heard all across the country during the cam­ paign — and my candidate frankly said some of these things as well — was, ‘We gotta have a new child care program, we need new educa­ tion programs, we gotta do more on the environment, we gotta do more about our infrastructure, our roads, our bridges, etc., etc., etc. “Now all of those things are im­ portant, but I don’t think any , of them is as important as dealing with the deficit.” Simpson, also speaking to the Heritage Foundation forum, said that perhaps Bush’s “read my lips” pledge of no new taxes should be �Monday, December 19,1988 Simpson’s‘old pals’ Simpson phone startine ihe from acquaintanc^'I^ho'*'’ ,5 ^-“fru^aSa- JiomSown"’cody°f,5“ w"'i,’"“’ ">! buddies want to co ha . Army requests says be sentto the Bufc^-’^ and one in particular ha STnle?er“""«-«'S^tg ,&oS".?a:ss Department. Interior oilrnan ^har^the^^^® ^®^Per skills to deal wkh thTw^TJ'^^^on bureaucracy and that Morton for the joL ‘Salifies �—Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson doubts Mott will in Bush adujinistration -Moiii-cnjicized by W^^ing’s conaske’d Kp^;o?t;-^-stt fri» ’’3d not Bush, a close When Simpson first suggested JlrP Yellowston? fires were raging out of control ove^ so^’bun ?? Simproughly half of the '2.2 million-acre th^new t be retained by park and were featured on network the new administration news shows daily. Reporters and firms'in'’v d’’’' summer’s photographers from acros.s the na­ and i.c y^”‘’'^stone National Park tion also followed the story daily Tn and Its sui rounding national forests nr?d’'ty," that Mott be) their newspapers. ok thought there was an the^hin^p de'-astation, (because of) Eto reading and the' d’^ Republican said Sson reading,” said called fn?Z®n®''y “°del had Rimpson. And now, goine into on ^11 nr/2 ^“PP'^ession efforts the park in late Octobe® iUs nS on all fires, and that if Mott devastated. It is certainly- there an^ d'^sjegarded that order he should be are'^'h'"^'^'^!.* ^^^^tures and wonders are there and we have to promote congressional hearings on year “fhrre'h® “P next soS'onS*^ ’’“Ped y ar, there had been some specula2’ die congressional hearines Po" that there might be a call for could be held near Yellowstone Mott s resignation. But during a news conference Thursda7®th? least on! “■y conduct at cSe.'°'^ '^°“'d not be the munities” '2 gateway comsaS3Taay."^"-^^22.^^^ inmSr®?ji’' "cw secretarv of k!5 ’ ^"d he or she will select ‘M fPpT''" .PcoP’c.” said Simpson, nd, dU'te certain Bill Mott will S "cw administra­ tion. There won’t be a need for him some h '"Ould get some honest comment, because people think there’s bee a coverup.” said Simpson. Friday, December 23,19& �—Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Simpson: If terrorists downed jet, them CHEYENNE 1 Pit’s determined that a bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, then those responsible should be executed, U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson said Thursday. “1 happen to be one of those chaps who believe in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” the jiepublican said. ’ “And I think if they find the responsible group for that, waive extradition, bring them here and do what we used to do with the old western vigilantes; Give them a fair trial and hang those sons of bit­ ches,” he said. Flight 103 crashed Wednesday in Scotland, killing all 259 people aboard and more than 20 people on U-S. and British Officials said the plane probably exploded before the crash. The night originated in Frankfurt with a Boeing 727. Passengers and luggage were transferred to the 747 at Lon­ don’s Heathrow Airport. . Simpson, home in Wyoming for Christmas, told reporters that while .he hadn’t been briefed on the crash. It likely was linked to terrorism. Friday, December 23,198( �Sinipson y^on’t support salary iucrpase Cl^ By KURT J. REPANSHEK Associated Press writer CHEYENNE — U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson doesn’t want to hear any talk that he’s getting fat on congres­ sional pay raises, especially since he didn’t accept the last raise and isn’t supporting current efforts to in­ crease salaries. Simpson also said that political action committees, which con­ tribute millions of dollars for elec­ tion campaigning, should be abol­ ished. “I do not make $89,000, I make $77,000, or $77,200, (or) $77,400,” Simpson told reporters recently when talk turned to efforts to raise congressional salaries by up to 50 percent. “I have been paying that money (the difference between his current salary and the $89,000 salary of the last raise), back to the general treasury for two y4fcrs,” said the Republican. “But I can tell you one thing: I of course will not support that (pending) raise.” Simpson does not object to his colleagues fighting for a raise, and acknowledges there are some mem­ bers of Congres.s who truly need more money to maintain a residence Continued from Al $34,425 and gave about 52 percent — or $37,000 — to charity, accord­ ing to his disclosure form. Under current law, U.S. senators are allowed to keep up to $35,000 ‘ annually in honoraria. Simpson said he turns 60 percent of the money he makes in honorariums over to charities and non-profit groups in Wyoming. “I always write a little note (to the groups), ‘Please know that when 1 leave public office, do not send me any more mail because this is not my money. 1 am not rich and therefore not a philanthropist’,” the senator said. “But I tell you,” he continued. “I think they ought to get rid of honorariums. And 1 think the American people, I know, are of­ fended by this.” Banning honorariums would also take a burden off congressmen, said Simpson. both in Washington, D.C., as well as their home state. The Wyoming senator, though, is able to make ends meet on his $77,400 salary, income from a radio show he does with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., on the Mutual Radio Network, and on a portion of the honorariums he receives for speaking engagements. In 1987, Simpson was one of the top 10 recipients of honaria among his Senate colleagues. He took in $71,425, according to financial disclosure forms members of Con­ gress must file every year. He kept Please see SIMPSON, A8 “I’ve had many occasions where House members come over to me • and say ‘Uh-oh, gee, what happened to such and such bill that we passed over there?’ And I say, ‘Well, it s in committee.’ ‘Well, kill it. Because I’m torn to pieces. I’ve got a group who’s for it that’s laying it on me, and a group who is against it laying it on me. Just leave it hung there.’” The senator said once honorariums are done away with, someone in Congress should in­ troduce legislation to abolish polit­ ical action committees. ‘‘If you get rid of that (honorariums), and then separately get into an honest discussion with the abolition of PACs, politi­ cal action committees, the salary raise would have (seemed) more ra-! tional,” said Simpson. “Getting rid of honorariums would be a great stroke, and a great benefit to good legislating,” he said. ■ Wednesday, December 28,1988 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Vertical File Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. 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