https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fff7827d592d2622fba1245a6296c949.pdf dc5ed139e82eec514f77cbe3058292d4 PDF Text Text r(without Oil) would be reduced to a second-class power hen we would lose $200 billion in trade almost instantaneously ” ac­ cording to the senator. “No one would be there if it were just blood for oil — ifc economies worldwide,” he added'. Simpson also told reporters that he supported the Bush administran wh" k manner n which rural electric co-operatives now receive low-interest create, in effect, a federal subsidy of rural eicctrification. There will be some changes in the loan process with the REA f.^^J^^^Ektauficati^^ tipri), he said. ----- — v^ut the changes should not' Jave adverse effects in Wyoming according to Simpson. ’ aboUt providing subsidized power to groups ... that should not be subsi­ dized, such as oil companies, ac­ cording to Simpson. He said there is one Wyoming e ectric co-operative, which he de­ clined to name, which supplies its power almost exclusively to ah oil company. Rural electric co-operatives ^lould not be in competition with ntilities and others on senator ‘o ‘he ----- U.S. mum about Iraq’s ' By CAROLE LEGG Star- Tribune correspondent CODY — Iraq’s Saddam Hus­ sein possesses weapons of a chem­ ical and biological nature that the American people have not been1 told about, but should be. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. saicTMohday. “I’ve said the president should breach security and tell the Amer­ ican people what he (Hussein) has his capacity with certain weapons the American public doesn’t know he has,’’ Simpson said. The weapons have the same range as cruise missiles, and are one of many justifications for a U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf, he said, during a press conference in Cody Simpson declined to say t he part of the ef­ whether he would favor a congres­ fort to see that they do not com^'mpson said Monday. sional declaration of war, if the P The REA was and is one of the question arises, without hearing all the arguments when he returns to most vital things for agriculture Sn if anyone can ' Washington. still find rural families using wash­ “George Bush is not a warmon­ ger, he said. Although many in boards because they have no powthe nation seems to view support nl; f^^^hould .string the line and of the UN resolution that gives a P y.I?'' “’ according to Simpson The purpose (of the REA) was ' Jan. 15 deadline to Saddam Hus­ sein as a prelude to combat, war to provide electrical power for “is just another option,” Simpson power,” Simpson balQ. added. he supports the admin­ “The issue is not to go to war, but to adhere to the principles of istration s effort to save money by the UN resolution,” Simpson said. altering the loan process. ‘R isn’t an attempt to do evil on . “It's a lot more complex than P oil,, ” he ..u.v. said. The ------1 iiv reason itnauii ' , armers, but to save federal tor this country’s involvement is to Simoson said. prevent “the critical decline of countries across the world because ’ they don t have sufficient energy ■ 3 supply, Simpson said. �Wednesday, January 2.1991 Simpson: Gulf not just ‘blood for oil’ CODY (AP) — U.S- S^. Alan Simpson says the conflict in the Persian Gulf is more complex than “blood for oil.” The purpose of the United States’ presence in the Middle East is to prevent “the critical decline of countries across the world because they don’t have sufficient energy supplies,” the Wyoming Republican told reporters in his hometown of Cody. “Japan would be reduced to a second-class power (without oil) then we would lose $200 billion in trade almost instantaneously,” he said Monday. “No one would be there if it were just blood for oil It s economies worldwide.” Simpson declined to say whether he would favor a congressional declaration of war against Iraq, adding he would need more informa­ tion when he returns to Washington, D.C. �Entitlement programs, campaign reform, Gulf on Simpson’s mind Star-Tribune Washington bureau program reform, the Persian Gulf crisis, campaign finance reform and money for the Buffalo Bill Dam arp among Wyoming U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson’s top legislative priorities for the 102nd Congress. Simpson, and Wyoming U.S. Rep, Craig Thomas, were sworn in­ to office Thursday as the 102nd Congress convened in an already divisive atmosphere concerning Congress’ role in deciding U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf. Simpson said he thinks Congress must act before U.S. against Iraq. “Congress has to be in this,” he said. “There isn’t any way the SIMPSON American people would want to be in this (war) with­ out Congress asserting itself first.” Simpson said the Senate should wait to debate the issue until after Secretary of State James Baker ha^ met with Iraqi officials sometime in the next several days. Simpson said his own domestic Friday, January 4, 1991 Continued from Al Congress failed to approve a COLA for veterans in 1990 be­ cause it was attached to a bill that became bogged down in debate and eventually died. Simpson said he also plans to work to ensure that federal health care legislation protects sparsely populated, rural states like Wyoming. Congress will debate health care issues this year, he said, and it will be important to make sure that ur­ agenda for the new Congress in­ cludes reforming federal entitle­ ment programs by imposing means tests on beneficiaries of programs such as Social Security, Medicare and federal retirement programs, “We have to get into the issue of wealth,” he said. “Those who arc wealthy and have put little into these programs should not be tak­ ing money out.” Simpson said he also plans to back legislation that would require, cost of living adjustments (COL As) for veterans to be enacted in the same legislation as COLAs for oth­ er federal programs. Please see SIMPSON, AI4 ban areas do not benefit at the e.xpensc of rural states. “With a solid majority in the House from urban areas, it makes it that much more important over here in the Senate,” he said. Another issue Simpson said he plans to tackle early is funding for completion of modifications to the Buffalo Bill Dam and reservoir. “People don’t understand that the toughest part is getting the money appropriated,” he said. “We've done that. Now we need it authorized, 1 intend to have a good visit with (Rep.) George Miller (DCalif) and any others who are mix­ ing it up with reclamation reform.” Miller and Rep. Sam Gejdenson, D-Conn., have said they will pro­ pose controversial reclamation re­ form measures as amendments to authorizing legislation for the Buf­ falo Bill Dam project. Wyoming lawmakers have said they oppose the amendments and hope to win quick congressional authorization for the dam project. Simpson said he also will vote this year to outlaw campaign con­ tributions from political action committees (PACs), a major source of funding for his own 1990 cam­ paign. Simpson said that he also will vote to outlaw honoraria for senators. Senators are the only fed­ eral officals who can still accept honoraria for personal enrichment. �Wolves Continued from Al lion in the Northern Rocky Moun­ tain area. “Look to Montana where in 1986. for the first time in over 50 years, reproduction was document­ ed in a wolf pack. Today, a scant four years later, there are four to six wolf packs in Montana with an es­ timated population of 64 individu“There is an existing pack as tar south as Missoula and the likeli­ hood of a breeding pair ranging south of Butte. "This southward expansion apjwrtcc to occur in a ‘leap frog' fash­ ion and can involve impressive dis­ tances. We recently observed a Montana wolf that moved over 300 miles in just a few days.” Turner's agency also has report­ ed an increase in the number of wolf sighting reports in Wyoming since 1987. Five sightings were re­ ported in 1989 and nine were re­ ported in the first 10 months of 1990. “Wolves also appear to be on the increase in other areas of the Intermountain West. Between June 1989 and February 1990. there were 170 reports of sightings or sign in Idaho.” Turner said. If wolves re-establish them­ selves naturally. Turner said, “man­ agement flexibility would be ex­ tremely limited.” Because wolves are endangered in all of the U.S. except Minnesota, wolves that es­ tablished themselves in Wyoming would be protected by the Endan­ gered Species Act. “Wolves could be killed only under special and very limited circumstances.” he said. Turner is urging a formal remtroduction of wolves in Yellow­ stone in order to allow greater man­ agement latitude of wolves in the park — including the ability to kill troublesome individuals. 1661 S AjBnuBp 'Aepinjeg “There is a way to gain more flexibility.” Turner wrote. “In 1982 Concress amended the Endangered Species Act to establish a process for designating an ’experimental' and 'non-essential' population of an endangered species. “Once"formally designated, in­ dividuals of such an experimental population may be reintroduced to areas from which they have long been absent, and — this is impor­ tant — lawfully subjected to a much broader range of manage­ ment activities than can other indi­ viduals of the same species.” Turner said that he wants to per­ suade members of Congress “to adopt a strategy in which the states would be partners and their con­ cerns accommodated.” “1 have no doubt in the ability of the states to wisely conserve and manage their wildlife resources. It is obvious to me that management of wolves should be designed and implemented with the states as partners and in concert with the needs of people and the other wildlife of the region.” But, he said. “If... we sit back and wait for wolves to recolonize on their own. the opportunity to de­ sign locally responsive and flexible management strategies will be lost. “Once they reach the area on their own. the experimental popu­ lation option is foregone since the Endangered Species Act stipulates that an experimental population must be ‘wholly separate geograph­ ically from nonexperimental popu­ lations of the same species.'” I I I I I �Sunday, January 6, 1991 Delegation to attend Wyoinauguration CHEYENNE (AP) —•Wyoming’s congressional delegation will at­ tend the inauguration of Gov..-Mike Sullivan and other state officials on Monday in a display of bipartisanship, they said. L'.S. Sens. Al Simpson and .M.alcolm Wallop and U.S. Rep. Craig Th.omas said they planned to attend the inaugural ceremonies iTTthe Capitol in part to show their interest in continuing to work with Sullivan on the issues that confront Wyoming following last fall’s gen­ eral election campaign. The nature of the issues facing Wyoming makes it necessary that the all-Republican delegation work and Sullivan, a Democrat, work well together, the three said. c �Monday, January 7, 1991 Simpson, columnist Jack Anderson to spar Jan. 26 at Wyo-press convention CHEYENNE (AP) — U.S?-Sct. Al Simpson and reporter Jack Anderson, often at odds in the past, will debate this month in Cheyenne. Simpson, a Wyoming Republican, will debate Anderson on Jan. 26 during the Wyoming Press Association’s annual winter convention. The two have crossed swords several times during Simpson's 12 years in the Senate, most recently over Anderson’s story about an exchange between Simpson and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The two will de­ bate at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 26 at Little America in Cheyenne. �Tuesday. January 8,1991 chance for peace.” Delegation tZ Thomas said that the chances for Simpson, “But knowing how the Senate a peaceful solution will be en­ Continued from Al The two lawmakers differed rules work, it’s a free game. We’ll I hanced by a demonstration of unity however over whether the Consti­ have people adding amendments to i between Congress and the White • Thomas for tution requires Bush to get autho­ authorize the President to go to war ' House. Unity is best achieved, he rization from Congress — through without congressional approval. said, by a resolution that allows for UN-ltyleg aerU.N.-style resolution or some oth­ We’ll have amendments to autho­ military action after other options measure — before he orders an rize him never to go to war without fail. attack. Thomas has consistently congressional approval. “I don’t think the Congress It will be a disruptive and very ; should debate this for a very long resolution said some Congressional action is required, but Simpson said all pres­ interesting exercise in what we do time,” he said. By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune lUis/iiiigroii bureau WASHINGTON — With Congress poised this week to debate'the wisdom of war in the Mid­ dle East, two members of the Wyoming delegation say they are ready to endorse the approach ap­ proved bv the United Nations. U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Craig Thomas, both k-Wyo.. said Monday that they favor a U.N.-style resolution, which in­ cludes military action in a range of options, instead of a more direct Call for war or continued economic sanctions against Iraq. Under such a resolution. Simp­ son and Thomas made clear, they would not expect President Bush to require further action from Congress if he decides to choose the option of war. Please see DELEGATION, .A12 idents have had the authority to make war without Congressional action. Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., could not be reached for comment Monday but has repeatedly said he thinks the U.S. objective should be htore clearly articulated before re­ porting to force. ' Last week, however. Wallop said he thinks the President clearly pas the authority to attack Iraq ivithout congressional permission. I Wallop also said it would be beter for Congress to do nothing than p leave the matter open to interprebtion by approving a “weaselporded” measure like the Boland mendment, which prohibited U.S. lilitary aid to the Nicaraguan conras. Simpson said, “I think we hould just deal with the United iations resolution” that authorizes je use of “all means necessary” to jmove Iraq’s army from Kuwait. — democracy.” Simpson said Congress does not abdicate its policymaking role by endorsing the U.N. resolution. “The 15th is not a press-the-redbutton date,” he said. “It has been distorted as that. All it is is giving on that day another option and I think it’s an important option and the President should have it.” Asked whether he thinks that under the Constitution President Bush can go to war without a dec­ laration of war from Congress, Simpson said, “All presidents have had that authority. That’s what’s in the morning paper. So, you don’t need anything added from me.” Simpson blamed the media for “filling the American public with fear and angst” about war. He said he refuses to “fuel the fires of high dram^’ by discussing it. “Dm not going to talk about war. I stin think there is an excellent > , ■- • ; ' ' ■ pursue U.S. objectives militarily after all else fails, Thomas said Monday. Leaders in the House of Representatives announced Monday that the House will meet Thursday to debate the question of war. Jeff Biggs, a spokesman for Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, D-Wash., said the House Rules Committee will meet Wednesday to decide which resolutions to send to the floor for a vote. “There’s not a great lot of new Biggs said several resolutions, information to be had. I think we covering the full spectrum of opin­ have to show support (for the Pres­ ion, are likely to be debated. Debate ident) if we are to have a chance of will begin Thursday afternoon, he success without a war.” said, with votes likely on Friday Thomas reiterated his desire to and possibly Saturday. see peaceful solutions pursued be­ said a formal declaration, yond Jan. 15, until they succeed or or Biggs prohibition, of war is unlikely. clearly fail. “I support the U.N. resolution. Any measures that win approval, he We are saying we support (the Pres­ said, probably will be “concurrent ident) in his notion that you just resolutions” that express “the sense can’t have somebody break into of the House” without broaching your house and then negotiate the question of war-making powers about how much they withdraw. under the Constitution. The Senate, meanwhile, also is (Saddam) has to get out.” The Constitution requires that expected to resume debate Thurs­ the President have the authorization day but a spokesman for Majority of Congress before attacking the Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, Iraqis, Thomas has repeatedly said. said he does not know how soon But that requirement can be met senators will vote. satisfactorily by a U.N.-style reso­ J Simpson said he thinks the Senlution, which would essentially is unlikely to vote before next give the President permission ter week. J » j t I j J < I ' �Wednesday, January 9,1991 Delegatiop to l^ok at preserve proposal WASHINGTON — TheWyoming congressional delegation said Tuesday it will consider a proposal initiated by former U.S. Sen. Cliff Hansen, r.o create the Jackson Hole Scenic Preserve, according to a release. The preserve is a tract of ranch and riparian lands south of Grand Teton National Park along the Gros Ventres and Snake rivers. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson and Rep. Craig Thomas said they will “carefully” review the idea, whicITwould allow the National Park Service to either acquire lands or administer scenic easements, the release said. The delegation cautioned, however, that the current federal budget agreement, under which Congress is operating, requires that any new expenditure be offset by some new revenue source, according to the release. �Friday, January 11, igg-L ■»A; jfc'* Crop reliefTo^on-Indian irrigators no,m^"SS?Sat ?<■ 2if^wa.» sho„.ges d„s year can ... be'Sr^TpI^'oV.^^d! i:SsSS5=Si®xss^ =:=3Saffi- SSr.?„Tm’ATdTfSKV''°T'? •* •** Z-':-^' .o,ed .ha, ,“SX:X: » tification letter can contact ±e office of the FmHA^° 'r receive a no: -■<■ �Saturday, January 12,1991 Wyoming del^atioii for military fSrce^ By DAVID HACKETT * Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Congress should give President Bush the au­ thority to order military force ' against Iraq to reverse its invasion of Kuwait, Wyoming congressmen said Friday, Speaking from the floor of the Senate Friday night. Sen. Malcolm Wallop advocated action against Iraq, warning that Saddam Hussein will pose a more dangerous, formidable opponent tomorrow if the U.S. fails to destroy him today Wyoming Rep. Craig Thornas stopped short of calling for an attack, but called on his congression­ al colleagues to approve a resolu­ tion that authorizes President Bush to use military force. , Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson spoke extemporaneously after Star-Tribune press time. The text of his speech was not available for reprint in today’s paper. The texts of both Wallop’s and Thomas’ remarks'appear on this page. . Speaking from the floor of the House of Representatives, Thomas said he supports President Bush and will vote for the Solarz-Michel resolution, which authorizes Bush to attack Iraq if he determines that peaceful means have been exhaust­ ed. Wallop praised the courage of American soldierj, sailors and air­ men deployed in the Middle East and questioned whether Congress . has the courage ask them to risk their lives to force Iraq out of Kuwait. By seeking to avoid war at all costs, he said, those who seek to preclude an attack on Iraq may be ensuring a more costly and bloody war in the future when Hussein is stronger. Thomas and Wallop made their remarks in the midst of what may be the most significant congres­ sional debate of the decade. Sen. Alan Simpson also was ex­ pected to speak on the floor of the Senate Friday evening. Rep. Ron Dellums, D-Calif., criticizad the debate in the House shortly after Thomas spoke, saying the word “debate” is a euphemism for what amounts to a parade of position statements. Dellums ap­ pealed to his colleagues, most of whom were not present, to come to the chamber en masse and engage in an honest discourse about the question of war in the Middle East. His colleagues did not respond. Thomas said he still prefers to see the President resolve the Per­ sian Gulf crisis byjieaceful means. But Bush must have the military option, Thomas said, to convince Saddam Hussein that the United t Iraq Nations alliance is resolved to re­ verse Iraq’s invasion by any means necessary. he said, Mr. Speaker, it’s interesting how Congress reacts to the recommendations of its national leadership. “We authorize and appropriate 25 percent of our total budget to the Defense Department and we ask them to do a job. We recognize the responsibility of the President to provide for our defense, to carry on our foreign policy. “He has the strongest team that I remember in years. He has Jim Baker, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, none of whom are any more inter­ ested in war than you and me. And yet when they come with their rec­ ommendations we disregard it. “Now I can understand chal­ lenging on an ideological basis but it is difficult for me to imagine that we challenge the strategy of that team who we have asked to carry out these roles for us.” In November, Thomas said he thinks the President must seek con­ gressional permission to wage war against Iraq. A majority in the House is ex­ pected to vote for the Michel-Solarz resolution Saturday afternoon. The vote in the Senate, however, was less certain Friday aftentoon. . . ' ' ! * I.., ;:■ F , ' ' . ; . ' ,- - �anua Crop damage assistance not limited — A spokesman for Sen. Alan Simpson said a Wyoming’s congressional'dgl'egation does not limk p non-Indian farmers and ranchers on the™ Wind River Indian Reserv'atron? • ’■f ^PP’y the assistance, the Jhe unfortunate press release” blamed losses on a f ufP-- between the Shoshone and Arapaho tribpg and the ^aU^oHy^mg, the spokesman said. But losses should be blamed ^4judication, determining water priorities.” J- $A‘’ �Wyo delegation supports Delegation Bush on war resolution HACKFTT—not unanimous Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — All three members of the Wyoming congres­ sional delegation voted Saturday to give President Bush authority to use military force to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. The delegation voted with the majority for a resolution that gives Bush the author­ ity to use “all means neces­ sary” after Jan. 15 to implement United Nations resolutions that require Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. WALLOP Wyoming Rep. Craig Thomas and Sens. Alan SuupsoiLand Malcolm Wai lop "a II said they think the PresidentTieeds congressional support to pose a credible military threat to Saddam Hussein. Hussein, they said, will never withdraw peacefully unless he be­ lieves that he faces destruction oth­ erwise. The delegation, however, was about when U S forces should attack Iraq. “1 think the time is a matter of weeks, not days,” Wallop said. “I think the message should be repeat­ ed. There should be a small period of time for the realization of these events to sink in. But the time for waiting is receding rapidly.” Simpson said he has no opinion about when force should be em­ ployed. That will be up to the presi­ dent...the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the exec­ utive (branch),” he said. “They will know and they will be consulting with the Congress. That’s what the resolution says.” Thomas said he remains hopeful that a peaceful solution will emerge but that there may be additional costs of waiting too long. . “The people we give responsi­ bility to are increasingly convinced that sanctions alone will not cause him to withdraw,” Thomas said. 1 m not interested in rushing to war but I think the sanctions will be more effective if Bush has the abil­ • ity to decide” to use force. Wallop said he thinks the conI Please see DELEGATION, A12 ; : Continued from Al gressional resolution is too limited in its objectives. Instead ofjust re­ quiring Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, he said, it should have re­ quired him to disarm. “Were (Hussein) to exit from all or part of Kuwait with his military strength in tact, the menace he pre­ sents to the world would be far greater than it presents today,” he said. “It’s more likely to happen because we have not set as our goal, through these votes, the es­ tablishment of stability in that re­ gion but only the withdrawal from Kuwait.” Members of Congress who opposed the resolution argued that the question of what to do in Iraq after war remains unanswered. Iraq should not be attacked, they said, until a consensus is reached on that question. Simpson said the U.N. should focus on the problems that plague the Middle East whether Iraq with­ draws from Kuwait peacefully or by force. “With U.N auspices and careful U.N monitoring, they will put together the machinery for confer­ ences and arms control agreements and the things that are critical,” he said. Thomas said he supports the concept of U.N. involvement. Wallop said he thinks the Arab countries should determine the post-war complexion of the Mid­ dle-East. �Thomas: Getting federal funds for scenic preserve will be difficult ft.' Pressure to subdivide worries ranchers JACKSON (AP) — Congress does not have “money hanging about the edges waiting to be spent” that could be used to create an 18,000-acre scegic along the Snake and Gros Ventre rivers, according to Rep. Craig Thomas. ‘ ~ While Thomas and U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson told Teton County proponents oTflTe preserve that they would study the proposal, they added that getting Congress to help fund the project would be tough. The proposal, developed by for­ mer Gov. Cliff Hansen and other Teton County ranchers, calls for the National Park Service to buy or administer scenic easements creat­ ing the preserve. General boundaries of the pro­ posed Jackson Hole Scenic Pre­ serve would run from the southern end of Grand Teton National Park near Moose to the bridge across the Snake River at Wyoming 22 east of Wilson. The river would roughly form the western boundary and U.S. 26, excluding Jackson, would be the eastern boundary. Key to the proposal is that Congress create the preserve and pay for it by obtaining scenic ease­ ments from ranchers who own the land. Such easements would gener­ ally keep the land from being sub­ divided. Teton County ranchers currently are being pressured to subdivide their land to make ends meet. Also, some say scenic ease­ ments might ease the burden of in­ heritance taxes when land is passed from one generation to an­ other. Gov. Mike Sullivan is interested in tne proposal, according to Hansen, but has not yet said whether he will back it. Regardless, the former governor said, the state probably won’t be able to finance the project. Teton County commissioners have embraced the proposal. They tentatively plan to include it on the agenda for their upcoming meeting on Jan. 22. A./ �Wednesday, January 16. 1991 Anti-w^ activists call for peace Legislators pi^ue resolution backing president By CHARLES PELKEY and TOM REA Star-Tribune staffwriters ; Related story, A3 LARAMIE — Protesters marched in Laramie and hung ban­ ners in the House chambers in Cheyenne, security was beefed up at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, and legislators prepared to pass a resulution supporting the president as Wyoming reacted to the seeming inevitability of war in the Middle < ' Eas^Tuesday. A resolution urging Congress to adopt a bipartisan resolution back­ ing the president in the crisis had been scheduled to come up for ini­ tial consideration in the House . Z? 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Now the resolution, if it is passed as he plans to redraft it, will say that “we as legislators on behalf of the citizens of Wyoming sup­ port” the president in taking what­ ever action is necessary, Wold said. “I think we as elected represen­ tatives ... have a responsibility to support the president in his actions against that kind of naked agression. I mean it’s so blatant,” he said. Wold said he expects the resolu­ tion to come up shortly after the House convenes today about 10 a.m. In Laramie a group of about 75 protestors rallied in front of the local offices of Sen. Alan Simpson and constructed a “Persian Gulf War memorial” to commemorate those Americans already killed in Saudi Arabia since August. Rick Hays, a member of the Laramie-based Wyoming Coalition for Peace in the Gulf, told those assembled that since Wyoming “is home to the likes of Dick Cheney Please see STATE, All Da Q fts ^2 o 5 n w’ XT. OQ rS 3 OQ ►o CT s. ?r’3 Q 2 co re a O Vi C/3 no X. a o fia o o o &9 $ o C/3 o Q ■-t s 3 3 re > ' 1‘ I / ’ ■ ** '■ '^5 :<• I �nificd,” she said. “If the study finds 1 he annual COLA would be de­ a link between Agent Orange and termined by the Consumer Price liver cancer, the Secretary could Index. decide that I qualify for benefits Congress usually approves CO­ under the presumption that it was LAs for veterans every year. The caused by Agent Orange.” automatic COLA that Simpson Petrou said Daschle’s bill also proposes for disabled veterans would improve “outreach services” would change that practice. to veterans who think they were ex­ benefits to Vietnam veterans who Congress failed to approve a posed to Agent Orange, create a suffer from illnesses that may be COLA for veterans last year, how­ “tissue archiving system” that determined to be associated with ever, primarily because it was part would allow veterans to donate Agent Orange. of a Senate bill that contained the blood and tissue samples for re-, Simpson says he opposes Agent Orange provision and sever­ search, and require the Veterans Daschle’s bill because he thinks al others that Simpson opposed. Administration to pursue pilot stud­ Agent Orange victims are already Simpson and Sen. Frank ies in areas of research that have adequately compensated in the ex­ Murkowski, R-Alaska, were pri­ not been explored. isting system. marily responsible for defeating the Daschle said Monday that the Simpson’s bill would provide bill by threatening a filibuster dur­ threat of war in the Persian Gulf automatic annual COLAs to veter­ ing the final hectic days of the underscores the need for his legis­ ans who receive disability compen­ 102nd Congress. lation. sation, survivors of veterans who Simpson, a leading minority “The need for us to support our receive dependence and indemnity member of the Veterans’ Affairs troops means more than providing compensation, and veterans who Committee, said he has never op­ . them the best weapons we have to receive a clothing allowance be­ posed the veterans’ COLA but that offer,” he said. “It means providing cause they wear prosthetic devices It “ became a pawn in the game and them the health care and assistance that cause their clothing to wear it was held hostage to the legisla­ we have always promised them. It out. tion” he opposed. means ensuring that service-dis­ Please see VETERANS, A12 “By making the COLA automat- abled veterans receive timely cost, ic and removing it from the politi- of-living adjustments. And it i ■ cal arena altogether, veterans will means giving veterans the benefit then be guaranteed the COLA they of the doubt if they are harmed by I deserve,” he said. chemical or biological warfare.” I But Laura Petrou, a Simpson, however, said he op­ f spokeswoman for Daschle, Who is poses Daschle’s bill partly because 1 proposing this year’s Agent Orange the health effects of Agent Orange bill, said some veterans groups do have already been the object of not want an automatic COLA. That “study after study.” He said that the ' is because the annual COLA bill “ranch hand study,” which exam- . provides them a legislative vehicle ined 2,476 Vietnam veterans who in Congress each year to which worked directly with Agent Or- i ■J they can attach other items, she ange, reached definitive conclu- ■ said. sions about incidences of disease Daschle’s bill, Petrou said, associated with the chemical, so would codify decisions by the Sec­ that no further study is necessary. 4 • retary of Veterans’ Affairs concern­ Said Simpson, “We’re not going . ■b'. ing compensation to Vietnam vet­ to open an entire entitlement pro- > erans who suffer from non­ gram and presume that just because Si- Hodgkins lymphoma, Kaposi’s sar­ they were in Vietnam and got a dis­ ■fM' coma, and chloracne — diseases ease common among other peo­ that have been linked to exposure ple,” that they contracted the illness to Agent Orange, a herbicide used from Agent Orange. by U.S. forces to defoliate parts of Daschle proposed the Agent Or­ Vietnam. ange language not only last year— In addition, Petrou said, the bill when it was part of the bill torpe­ would give $1 million to the Na­ doed by Simpson and Murkowski ' tional Academy of Sciences for a — but also in 1989. The Senate ap­ 5-year study of the health effects of proved the language in 1989 by a Agent Orange. vote of 92-8 but the bill died in the The Secretary of Veterans Af­ House, Petrou said. fairs could use the study, she said, Simpson s bill on automatic CO­ to determine whether additional LAsfor disabled veterans is S. 23. Vietnam veterans should receive his co-sponsored billfor the 1991 compensation for so-called pre­ COLA is S. 41, and Daschle s bill ■w( sumptive disabilities. isS.l. II Petrou explained that a pre­ sumptive disability is one that is :>‘i-«: presumed to have been caused by k’ military service. For example, she said, former prisoners of war who i: ■tv: suffer from spastic colons are pre­ sumed to have contracted the con­ dition as a result of their military I? service. Petrou said the National Acade­ my of Sciences study could be used to determine whether more illness­ (*■ es can be presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange. “Let’s say I am a veteran who ‘W £lf>. y has liver cancer and I’m not indem- Simpsm vet benefits pbm ii^ludes COLA By DAVID HACKETT Star- tribune iVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Vetera p«i with disabilities would receive au­ tomatic annual cost of living ad­ justments under federal legislation introduced Monday by Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. Alan Simp­ son. Simpson also co-sponsored leg­ islation that would provide a 5.4 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to disabled veterans in 1991. But Simpson’s plan falls short of a program proposed by Sen. Tom Daschle, D.-S.D., which would provide a 5.4 percent veterans’ CO­ LA in 1991 as well as extend new ■It I >> a^(i''' �'•J 'll ■« ‘*1^' /Si* Wallop:. Attack^ . well-tiined; Ry OAVlh HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington buieau *> • ."S -.t iwZ /> 8 WASHINGTON — The U.S., attack on Iraq was well timed and ; appears to have been executed in a way to minimize civillian; casualties, Wyoming U.S. Sen. , Malcolm Wallop said Wednesday. Speaking from his home in Washington shortly after U.S. and Saudi warplanes commenced their assault on Iraq, Wallop said he was not surprised by the relatively abrupt timing of the attack. ■„ “I has said to my staff this day t seemed more obvious than any other day ... because you are running into (Islamic) holy days of, the weekend and an (American) national holiday on the outside,” said the Wyoming Republican. Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Craig Thomas could not, be reached for comment before press time Wednesday. Wallop said he approved of the way the attack appears to have been coordinated. “As near as 1 can tell it is being pursued in a way that will first deny Hussein communications with his forces and communications with his people,” Wallop said. “It also appears, at least, that there has been no indiscriminate use of force in Baghdad because correspondents of the network have been able to correspond right during the attack. “It seems to be in keeping with the President’s idea of using maximum force but saying to the Iraqi people that we have no quarrel with you but with Saddam Hussein and the power he wishes to unleash on the rest of the world.” Wallop said Bush, the Soviet Union, France, the United Nations and even the Pope all appealed to ■ Hussein again bn Wednesday before the attack to indicate some willingness to make peace. “People said to him ‘you have a chance to give us any indication at air ... and there was not one sign from him.” Wallop said he plans to go to the Energy Department early Thrusday for a briefing about the energy implications of the war for the U.S. Following that, he said, he will attend a Pentagon briefing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. •V< 'i:? . • �Simpson backs attack on Iraq WASHINGTON - Del.yi„g» E±', last two years.” an attack on Iraqi forces only A two-year war, he said, will be would have aggravated an already one of Iraqi attrition in which U.N. difficult situation in the Middle coalition forces continue limited ■ East, Wyoming U.S. Sen, Alan strikes against Iraqi supply lines Simpson said l hnrsOny ~ and military targets as Hussein’s Simpson expressed support for forces try to repair them. , the president’s decision Wednes“The war state will continue but day to unleash a massive aerial as- hostilities will diminish,” he said. : sault against Iraq and its forces in U.S. officials anticipate in­ . Kuwait. creased terrorist attacks against Simpson said Iraqi President U.S. and European targets around Saddam Hussein clearly demon- the world in response to attacks on ’ strated his intention to resist Unit- Iraqi soil. i ed Nations resolutions calling for A spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. : withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyp., said the , Kuwait. Delaying the attack would public tours of the White House, have served no constructive pur­ State Department and some other pose, he said. government buildings have been “(Hussein) was out there in the canceled indefinitely to tighten se­ street making his rounds, saying curity. 'here I arn, they didn’t get me’ and / On Capitol Hill, bomb-sniffing all 28 nations decided it was intol­ dogs and paramilitary police units erable,” Simpson said. “As long as were out in force as a deterrent to every hour-went by and he held terrorist attacks. himself out as a hero who flaunted Simpson said he and his con­ the United Nations, he would only gressional colleagues have been gain fanatical support.” briefed on tighter security mea­ ,' Simpson said Husseip brought sures for their offices and homes; (he attack upon himself and his .Terrorism at home is a danger, he country when he “miscalculated in said, but terrorist attacks abroad extraordinary ways.” against U.S. targets are more like“He equated this with the war ’ywith Iran,” he said. “But Iran never “(The U.S.) is an inhospitable, had the technology and firepower " environment for terrorists,” he’ that he will feel wave after wave. said. “But they will step up theiri This is an awesome array ... and activities in Europe. That’s what nothing like Saddam Hussein we’re told by the CIA and the FBI.'* would have ever imagined, even- I’m going on what they tell me.’’■though he thought he was a com­ bat hardened man.” Simpson predicted the U.S. and ' its allies will pulverize Hussein’s capacity to make war. “We will not cease in pounding the man,” he said. “We are not looking to pound the Iraqi people. The president made that clear. But we are certainly going to take out this man’s arsenal and power with unceasing bombardment.” While reports from the Middle East Wednesday indicated that ini­ tial U.S. strikes were successful, Simpson said he has no idea how long the war will last. “I’ve heard members of the Armed Services Committee say a AL SIMPSON week to 10 days,” he said. “I’ve Saddam 'miscalculated' '< ! �S' O' n s o a sr’o Z° 1.^° s z.-Sli’ 3 Q n> t o a «< .—52 £.« 3 o 3 ?S'3 o a 3c. 3 O B 9 P.S-2 o’.o 3'"' 4? g o ® 3* ?* 3^ . 1^ r-t fT 3.-k3.. B^^OO S- 3 OQ Si a aS 2.« 3 0 0. 3 o 2. 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Sr? ? “ P S g “"g 3 •= a <v &9 0 O VI o 3 o S' 0<3 rr M 3 5’ “ o 3 C • 2 3 3 2.5^ 5^? ft I w 3i Oo' ») r»' t ;• S *T1 c ® 3 = "a 3*3 55 “ O 3 D B) w a Vi 3 earlier assertion that the health ef­ fects of Agent Orange already have been adequately investigated. The study will be used by the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to determine whether veterans who suffer from diseases that are not covered under existing Agent Or­ ange benefits should be. Laura Petrou, a spokeswoman for Daschle, said the bill differs from her boss’s original proposal in what he considers minor ways. Under the original version, she said, the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences would have decided together which diseases are positively linked to Agent Orange. Unlike the original bill, the com­ promise calls on the Academy of Sciences to comment on the feasibility of a tissue archiving system that would allow veterans to donate blood and tissue for research. The original bill would have au­ thorized the tissue archiving system as well as pilot studies in areas of research that have not been pur­ sued. Petrou said Daschle’s new bill also allows veterans, who think ; they suffer from illness related to J Agent Orange or ionizing radiation from nuclear tests, an additional ii 5“ S *0 "•a " O 0 B B 0® Q G O < S'g 2 >«- a =-3 G #2 P O P < " VI « g “3-^ 3 .<5 . ■1 “O o Vi P o 3 o CL . 0 CL O O ST 5 r* o* 3 three years to apply for federal , health benefits. The previous dead­ line expired Dec. 31. Simpson and Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, the ranking Republican on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, were primarily responsible for defeating an om- . nibus veterans’ bill in October..; That bill contained the 5.4 percent cost of living adjustment for 1991, plus an Agent Orange program and other provisions.* Simpson and Murkowski defeat­ ed the bill by threatening a filibuster in the final hectic days of the 102nd Congress. Simpson said he has never op­ posed the cost of living adjustment . ................... n, but that it had been held hostage to' the legislation he opposed includ-' • the original ...Agent Orange pro- ’ ing vision.. , Simpson has sponsored a bill' that would provide, after 1991, an automatic annual permanent cost of living adjustment to be determined by the Consumer Price Index. Daschle’s original bill is S.l,, Daschle's new bill, with Simpson as a co-sponsor is S. 238, Mont­ gomery’s equivalent bill is H.R.' 556, and Simpson’s automatic CO­ LA bill is S.23. i 1‘-^ B 0 S P “ s > fP O 3 o 2.^ * P S I.-” o Continued from Al had linked up with Simpson in op­ posing Daschle’s Agent Orange legislation. The new bill would codify deci­ sions by the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to compensate Vietnam vet­ erans who suffer from three specif­ ic diseases that have been linked to Agent Orange, a herbicide used by U.S. forces to defoliate parts of Vietnam. Simpson said Friday he thinks that provision is unnecessary. The new bill also authorizes a $1 million study of the health effects of Agent Orange by the National Academy of Sciences. , John Brizzi, a spokesman for the Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee on compensation and insurance, said Daschle’s original bill “rigged the game.” “It would have predicted or pressurized the results of the NAS . study,” he said. “It wasn’t objective enough and it placed too many re­ strictions on the way the NAS did its study.” Simpson repeated Friday his o &3 h !■ f• f ■' < 1 CM P p 3 p �Simpson, Thomas | give cautious support to prescribed fires J New plan affects Yellowstone area By MARIT SAWYER ( Star- Tribune correspondenf^^ for a specific purpose.” ; The congressman said fires are appropriate in wilderness areas, LANDER — Despite earlier but not in parks or multiple-use ar-^ opposition. Sen. Alan Simnson. R- eas. “We ought to stay away from a Wyo., now acknowledges that it ‘let it burn,’ hands-off policy,” may be appropriate to use natural fires in managing forests in and Thomas said. He recommended, around Yellowstone National Park. instead, a highly managed fire pol­ icy, which may use naturallyRen. Craig Thomas. R-Wyo., elected after the massive 1988 for­ caused fire in some cases. He also est fires in Yellowstone that said more management is needed sparked a political debate about by professional personnel than oc­ the so-called “let it burn” policy, curred in Yellowstone in 1988. ' “People knew it was tinder dry also agrees using natural fires may be appropriate, but with certain re­ in Yellowstone,” said Thomas, ■; He promised to appeal any new strictions. Sen. Malcolm Wallop. R-Wyo., fire management plan if it did riot clearly address fire control and cli­ was unavailable for comment. National Park Service andlJJL- matic data collection, Simpson voiced similar feel­ Forest Service officials plan to use “Prescribed Natural Fires” (PNFs) ings, “Obviously, we have to have in specified zones and conditions a monitoring program” including in updated Fire Management Plans wind and humidity data collection, currently being written for the he said, adding he believes Greater Yellowstone Area, which Yellowstone personnel “ignored comprises six national forests and the things they were seeing in ‘88.” two national parks. But Simpson said he would “let PNFs are lightning strike fires that are allowed to burn under cer­ (federal managers) have the flexi­ tain conditions, with supervision, bility to do what they need to do” according to Fred Kingwill, to manage fires in the Greater spokesman for the Bridger-Teton Yellowstone Area, which might in­ •National Forest. Fires caused by clude PNFs. Federal officials feel they have humans do not qualify, and are addressed the public’s concerfis. suppressed, he said. However, the Riverton-based Each of the six forests and two Wind River Multiple Use parks in the GYA is updating its Association, a group that favors Fire Management Plan because of /multiple use of federal lands, is the 1988 fires. All are basing thejf .still calling for other forest man­ updates on a fire management doc­ agement methods, such as timber­ ument produced by the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating ing, as preferable. “Personally, 1 think the theories Committee, which includes recom­ behind the ‘let it burn’ ... are all mendations from a panel of fire right, but timber harvest is a lot specialists. There’s been a “real genuine ef­ better because its a lot better con­ trol,” said Pat Hickerson, president fort” to improve fife management, said Jim Northrup.’IVre spccialist at ofWRUMA. Melvin Gustin, assistant secre­ Grand Teton National Parle Under the new fire mana^lnent tary-treasurer ofWRUMA, said he agreed with prescribed burns when guidelines, a “professional level they are set by fire managers, in ar­ group of consultants” will be eas such as “doghair stands,” formed as soon as a fire breaks out places with many small, tightly to determine management strategy, -* spaced trees. But he said a “light­ he said. Decisions will be based bn ning set fire is not a prescribed “drought indexes, fire behavior, burn.” Thomas said logging is not an ■weather forecasts, fire location option in parks and wilderness ar­ ...“and human and historical coheas. “We’ve set aside parks and sideialions." as well as olhei lac- �Thursday, January 24,1991 ’J Peace group rallies near Simuson office A lag A . .. LARAMIE — Carrying pickeK signs and candles, about 40 sup­ porters of the Wyoming Coalition for Peace in the Gulf on Tuesday demonstrated their opposition to U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf. The protest, held in front of the Laramie office of Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wvo.. was part of a weekly series of demonstrations the group plans to hold until the end of the Gulf War. Evening commuters passing the picketers frequently indicated their support or opposition to the (group’s message by honking car horns and making gestures with ei­ ther one or two fingers. Coalition Chairman Rick Hays said the group will also hold anoth­ er rally Saturday. It will be in con­ junction with a nationwide antiwar protest scheduled for major U.S. cities. “We’ll be sending a contingent of a dozen or so to San Francisco this weekend to show that not ev­ eryone in this fine state thinks like (U.S. Secretary of Defense) Dick Cheney and Al Simpson,” Hays said. 1 ) «ii»w5ifc3Ki«*S �Sunday, January 27,1991 Simeon, Anderson spar dn^ateDite link By KURT J. REPANSHEK Associated Press writer the session quickly deteriorated in­ to a verbal slugfest. “Jack, I think the thing really is, maybe these fine people here... I’ll bet that they see a couple of guys who are pretty bright, pretty astute, and pretty thin-skinned,’’ Simpson, R-Wyo., said. “And, I guess in your line of work and in my line of work, it’s tough to learn that as they keep * peeling layers of skin off of you, it grows on thicker,” he said. “And in my line of work, I couldn’t even ex­ ist without that. But Jack, what this Please see DEBATE, A12 CHEYENNE — An hour of ver- bal jousting between C.S. SenAlan Simpson and syndicated columnist Jack Anderson over the , media’s handling of politicians ended with the senator concluding both men are thin-skinned. The two, linked e^ctronically by satellite with Simpson in Cheyenne and Anderson in Washington, were supposed to debate before members of the Wyoming Press Association on Saturday but r-8 ... • M c/a N N I 05 2 ® Q ■ -’* 3 "5. 3 n OQ o o o o 5“ “ ^3 ^-3 -* 5 *3 r* 3 ... 6 a o &3 CO 3'2. r" N 3S <w o a S- 2. 5 3 ® 05 (ra &3 oo« n o OQ O 2 —5 3 "S’-o 3^TO ® 3 S E* 33 CD &9 O o &3 s 3 3— O O -*3 c/a r" cza 03 3 o o O Q z 9 9 9 3 3 3 * Q ii-o o “■ c/a 3 O 73 00 5^§ 3 o 3 o c/a “ □ CO —■a ® « S5 ■’S OQ _ “ 3 “ Q' o 2.n 3 » 3- 5 2 2’ 5 ? o C < p o co o & CO OQ '5 o 5' fi) ;• fC p as o 00 CO <‘o rt OQ S3 i" S' o O O S ’3.°’ = a o' 3 £3 3 _ 3" C 5 < (T ? w ' 2" 05 -•3 3 C® o c. ® =-3 p " o ■g < < ? ”3 2; « o n « io 3 S 3o o o =t as o O. CTQ < fio ‘00 OO •^ c 00 3 o - ra fio -n c/a &3 a S •00 M :S as &3 c CZ3 ^5 B9 &3 < N :3. CZ5 o ■=! 3- 05 < o N “ S CZl 05 <5 sr va Q ^2 < & <t : § CO ? S'» 21 ® 5'5 Q.'—-OQ . o ® ® " cn 03 05 — o — CZ3 - X Q as 00 ISoq'B o C/5 o o 3 5 « o' 3 2 2. o ■ Ci ’ 3“ < 73 73, M X ’ O 3fl) o fid Ci. Si 5' Ls: CD O = = cr? AL SIMPSON ’re ‘pretty thin-skinned ’ c/a “g o 3 Z V3 co X' o CO = < 00 fO / fi3 S2 3 �Sunday, January 27,1991 ;fc Simpson s^i 11 Saddam Ser '“'“= Adolph * Hitler p^ersoSty “s f S S' history of Adolph Hi,?er tiese“pwja'’„'’'';!i’"o9‘'‘f'iostili- with Sarlria ' who huring'?.,1;SSjSdiUS? reporS? t";!??,? tyith how;;;r?he» Wyt>tt„hg'refe:j“^‘’'‘">,f™tt, down on whether v, ° J’® pinned Iraqi leader hZs\ he is holding bac^fnr^i'^ sunrise sSSF-sxttiak hiV “o Sr can.- fimSsSsaid"’" u.-t, »i,, n.’.,„, ,. I” rVliU ‘Viiucuic ikepuUlltuil ieit-■ '■ erated President Bush’s message to ;■ the nation that Americans ■' shouldn’t get overly optimistic about progress in the gulf, he said ' Saddam’s forces were being worn ,' down by the constant aerial bom­ bardments. “Every day he loses ! and every day he’ll get more des- * perate,’’ Simpson said. “The re­ lease of oil (from Kuwaiti • pipelines into the Persian Gulf) is • , -a desperation effort. ’’ The senator also had praise for the Israelis’ patience in light of the i Scud attacks on their country. He L also doubted that they would get f militarily Involved by themselves * because their efforts would not be coordinated with those of the al­ lies. “They don’t want to lose their pride,” Simpson sait^Hf they fe move by themselves, tley won’t come out looking very too good, j ...I think they’re going to be more 1 patient than we ever dreamed.” The senator said the war also has opened Soviet eyes. “The f Soviets are stunned at what’s hap­ pening there because all this stuff was made for them,” he said. While Simpson acknowledged that the war has distracted Congress from other issues it must confront, he said that distraction is only temporary and soon work will turn back to domestic issues, espe­ cially with Bush’s state of the union address on Tuesday. Simpson did predict that Congress would provide the votes necessary to gain.an exemption for the Defense Department from. Gramm-Rudman-Hollings cuts. �..R_5. Wednesday, January 30.1991 '.4 House votes to extend disability benefits Xo Agent Orange victims during duringthe thefinal finalhectic hecticdavs daysof ofthe the 101 st Congress primarily because of a threatened filibuster by U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska. The bill passed Tuesday by the House would provide permanent disability benefits to Vietnam veter­ ans who suffer from non-Hodgkins lymphoma and soft tissue sarcoma. Survivors of veterans who suffered from those diseases would also re­ ceive benefits. Vietnam veterans who developed chloracne within one year of service in Vietnam also would become eli­ gible for compensation. While the Veterans’ Administra­ tion already extends benefits to those veterans, the bill would write them into law. The measure also would extend from Dec. 31,1990 to Dec. 31, 1993 the Veterans’ Administration’s au­ thority to provide medical care to veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or ionizing radiation during military service. The bill would further authorize the National Academy of Sciences to study health effects of Agent Or­ ange and recommend whether vet­ erans who suffer from other dis­ eases should receive permanent dis­ ability benefits. Under the bill, the VA would have 60 days to accept or reject those recommendations. Decisions to reject an academy recommenda­ tion would have to be accompanied by an explanation. Rep. Sonny Montgomery, DMiss., the bill’s chief sponsor in the House, said the Bush administration informed him Tuesday morning that the president will sign the legisla­ tion. Before the president signs, how­ ever, the Senate must approve the bill. Senators are scheduled to vote Wednesday morning and passage HACKETT Star- Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to extend new benefits to Vietnam vet­ ) erans who suffer from illnesses as­ sociated with Agent Orange. The House voted 412-0 to pass the legislation. R.ep. Craig Thomas. R-Wyo., was one of 23 members who did not vote. Thomas said he was meeting with representatives of the .J Wyoming Hospital Association in a congressional office building across the street from the Capitol wliile the 20-minute-long voting took place. Though congressional office buildings are wired with lights and buzzers announcing votes, Thomas said he was in a large conference 1 room and did not hear the signal. 'I Thomas said he would have vot­ ed for the bill and that it “has been too long in coming” for Vietnam veterans who suffer from health conditions that are clearly associat­ ed with Agent Orange, a herbicide used by U.S. forces in Vietnam to defoliate parts of that country. Proponents of the measure said Tuesday’s vote was important not only to Vietnam veterans but as a symbolic gesture of support for U.S. forces in the Middle East. Thomas said the Persian Gulf ■ 4 War may have “highlighted interesf ’ in the bill, but he does not think the vote was a symbolic show of Slipport for U.S. forces abroad. The Agent Orange bill is impor­ tant, he said, because it fulfills an “obligation to people who served in Vietnam.” The legislation is a compromise version of a similar bill that was ap­ proved last year by the House. Thomas voted for that bill. The legislation died in the Senate i ■ ■■ s If'' > t, '■ ■ ■ .a ■C, ..annears appearsall allbut butcertain certain. Simpson agreed Jan. 18 to sup­ port the compromise legislation af­ ter opposing similar legislation. Simpson said he thinks Agent Orange has been adequately studied and that Vietnam veterans who suf­ fer from associated diseases are ad­ equately compensated. Simpson said he agreed to sup­ port the compromise because it would extend new benefits on the basis of scientific evidence and be­ cause it was the best political deal he could get. Meanwhile, Bush is expected to endorse a bill this week granting a 5.4 percent cost of living increase in veterans benefits, including disabil­ ity compensation and benefits paid to survivors. Congress approved the cost of living increase last week. The in­ crease would be retroactive to Jan. The cost of living increase failed last year because it was part of an omnibus veterans bill that contained several provisions, including new Agent Orange benefits, that Simp­ son and Murkowski opposed. Simpson and Thomas both voted for the cost of living increase. Simpson has also introduced a bill that would create an automatic annual cost of living increase for disabled veterans. The adjustment would be determined by the Con­ sumer Price Index. Simpson said the disabled veter­ ans COLA was held hostage to leg­ islation that he opposed last year. He said it should be automatic to give veterans “peace of mind” in the fu­ ture. No committee hearings have been scheduled for Simpson’s bill. The Agent Orange bill passed by the House is HR 556; the Senate version is S-238; Simpson's auto­ matic COLA bill is S-23. �Delegation praises Bush, objects to Mitchell’s remarks thought the president gave a very 1 well-balanced statement. He talked ' about the economy and clearly he kx J spoke to that in terns of putting CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s i money back into the states. congressional delegates praised more i On the domestic scene, Wallop President Bush’s State of the said he was pleased the president Union address, but found fault singled out programs that Wallop with Senate Majority Leader himself has backed. George Mitchell’s response accus­ “As a matter of fact, he picked ing Bush of ignoring injustice in the three efforts I’ve been most in­ the world. volved in. One is (Strategic “We cannot oppose repression Defense Initiative). I was pleased in one place and overlook it in an­ at the shape he gave it,” Wallop other,” Mitchell, D-Maine, said in said. the televised Democratic response “In the long run one leads to the to Bush’s State of the Union ad­ other,” he said of the tie between dress on Tuesday. traditional weapons and nuclear “Students massacred in China, warfare. “The first thing to do is to priests murdered in Central deal with the most predictable America, demonstrators gunned down in Lithuania — these acts of threat to us and our allies. That is the kind of threat that could be de­ violence are as wrong as Iraqi sol­ livered now. There are 18 nations ders killing civilians,” he said. Sen. Al Simpson, a Wyoming who have some ballistic capabili­ ties.” Republican and the minority whip, In his speech. Bush said an­ called the remarks “highly parti­ nounced he was refocusing the san, absolutely tasteless.” decade-old SDl to protect against Sen. Malcolm Wallopjwas sim­ limited ballistic missile threats, ilarly displeased. rather than an all-out nuclear war. “1 think it was appallingly petty He praised the success of Patriot to attack the president after that antimissile missiles, a Star Warsspeech with things for which his style weapon that has killed dozens facts are just plain wrong,” Wallop of Iraqi Scud missiles. said. “The Democrats apparently “Let us pursue an SDI program can’t stand the fact that Americans that can deal with any future threat have fallen in behind the president to the United States, to our forces on this. 1 believe that will backfire overseas, and to our friends and al­ on Senator Mitchell.” lies,” he said. For the main speech, however, Wallop was also happy to hear the three Wyoming Republicans the president talk, briefly, of a na­ had only good things to say, tional energy strategy, which “1 think, clearly, the president s Wallop will be guiding through his I commitment to the effort in the committee involvement. gulf and the Congress’ commit­ Simpson said he was very inter­ ment were evidenced by those long standing ovations,” said ested in the reactions of House Democrats when the president . Wallop, the state’s senior senator. “It is what is most on America’s spoke of limiting political action minds. What really was the focal committee influence. point had to be the commitment of He said “the blood drained our country, our people, our sol­ from their faces” during that por­ diers and sailors to the moral and tion of the nearly hour-long just” war overseas. speech. Sen. Al Simpson agreed. He also offered support for “1 think we would all agree his Bush’s comments on limiting comments about the Pepian Gulf terms and fostering “citizen-politi­ was a thrilling and patriotic com­ cians.” ment,” Simpson said. “There is a movement obvious­ Rep. Craig Thomas, the state s ly among people and they talk lone representative in the House, about term limitations,” Simpson gave Bush high marks for his com­ said. “It’s up to the states to decide ments on the involvement abroad, that (and) 1 have supported that.” as well as matters closer to home. Thomas said he was interested “I thought he more importantly in the president’s idea of “empow­ and eloquently spoke out for the ering” people and making funda­ reason for being there. He did it in more forceful terms than he has mental changes in the economic approach of federal programs. ever done,” Thomas said. I By KIM JANTZEN Associated Press writer/nA �Senator opens Ja^sm office AI — Senator -Alan Simpson, R-Wyo, will open a branch office in Jackson this spring, according the senator’s press secretary. Stan Cannon said the Jackson °11 join the senators’s six other field offices across the state in providing federal “local access” for constituents in Cheyenne ' Gillette, Laramie i and Rock Springs, Simpson’s cur' rent western Wyoming field repre- ' sentative Lyn Shanaghy will head' that satellite office. Simpson said the need for a’ branch office in the Jackson com­ munity became “increasingly es- ^ sential” since Jackson is the site ofa federal court facility and because' the community is surrounded by vast public lands which are man­ aged by several different federal; agencieS’ including national parks, Wilderness, national forests and Bureau of Land Management land. Cannon said Simpson is also exploring the possibility of also es-' tablishing “routine office hours”.in Green River, the county seat for Sweetwater County. Shanaghy, who runs Simpson’s , operations in Sweetwater, Uinta, Sublette, Lincoln and Teton coun- ; ties, covers an area so large anoth- er satellite facility was necessary to help her meet the needs of the constituents. Cannon added. �Simpson: Kuwait is liable for repairs, CTIEYENNE (AP) — U.S. Sen. / Al Simpson believes American in­ volvement in Kuwait should end with the war in the Persian Gulf. “...(l)n my view,” he said, “we should simply say to the Kuwaitis, ‘There you are, get back into your country, get your oil industry back up to speed, and pay for it with the proceeds from your own wells and facilities.’” The senator also said he be­ lieves Americans will be willing to pay extra taxes to resolve the con­ flict. The Wyoming Republican, dur­ ing his weekly teleconference with Wyoming reporters, said he thinks most Americans will .be glad to have peace restored in the Mideast. “I would think that most of them would be quite pleased that freedom and stability would be brought to the world and we can then work towards a Middle East arms reduction ... and reduce the engines of war in that part of the world and ... not create a vacuum in that part of the world,” he said. “Isn’t that worth something to the American people?” However, Simpson declined to say what taxes are most likely to go up. “The Budget Committee of Senate ... will be presenting us with what is called a Supplemental Appropriation Bill,” he said. “I’m going to leave that to the Budget Committee who will be having hearings and then present to the full Senate some of their views on what it will take to do it, weighing, of course, what the coalition (of allied nations) is ready to contribute.” Of the war itself, Simpson said he was sure Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will not be part of any post-war Iraq. “When his country is complete­ ly taken out of this war, his people are going to do what they histori­ cally do in that part of the world: They’ll depose him and usually in a very grotesque way,” he said. “He himself said that when he ‘goes’ there probably wouldn’t be enough left of him bigger than a fingertip. And 1 think he is right.” �AML funds 20 for totoric city hall • C“>< CHEYENNE (AP) — The stSw will receive $2.5 million in abail;^ doned mine land money to repair subsidence damage to Rock Springy historic mty Rail, the state’s congressional delegates ^nounced. Sens Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson, and Rep. Craig Thorny said they are particularly pleased with the grant since the building is listed on the National Register of Histone Places. 3^ �USS Big Hom Navy’s newest ship J 7 By the Associated Press A fleet oiler that can carry 180,000 barrels of marine or aircraft fuel is the Navy’s newest ship, and it has been named after a part of Wyoming. r • The USS Big Hom was christened Saturday bv(Anq Sirnpgojil the wife of U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson. “Having been bom and raised in Greybull in Big Hom County, it was a great honor to be selected by the U.S. Navy to christen the USNS Big Hom today,” Mrs. Simpson said. The ship has the capability to supply petroleum productions to seagoing vessels during “at sea” naval operations. It is 677 feet long and has a range of 6,000 nautical miles. The ship was christened at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans. Joining the Simpsons at the ceremony Saturday were Big Horn County commissioners Don Russell, Charles Monk and Bill Dobbs and their wives. Secretary of State Kathy Karpan stood in for Gov. Mike Sullivan, who was in Washington for the National Governors’ Association meeting.. �Wildlife standards violated on Biiiliorii Congressional delegation, governor demanded logging be expanded WORLAND (AP) — Under biologist. (ional and local pressures for as<^ A local sportsman agreed, much logging room as possible,^ “These guys are destroying a Bighorn National Forest managers national treasure for the sake of have auctioned off decade-old tim­ timber companies and they’re ber sales they admit violate federal blocking the public out,” said wildlife habitat standards. Harold McDonald, president of the Letters from Wyoming’s sena­ Bighorn Basin Sportsmen’s tors, congressman and governor Association. “Timbering doesn’t demanded forest officials sell the contribute nearly what recreation maximum 7 million board feet of does, but the Forest Service is sell­ timber allowed under a court order. ing out anyway.” After a letter signed by Sens. Joe White, Game and Fish Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson deputy director, said the process and Rep. Craig Thomas, forest needs to be repeated, this time managers late last year sold the from scratch. Bellyache and Grey Goose timber “It is very obvious, the Bighorn sales even though environmental Forest needs to rewrite the envi­ analyses for those sales were done ronmental assessment for this sale more than 10 years ago. and do a proper job of analyzing its Forest managers say using 10- effects in light of the current situ­ year-old “shelved” timber sale ation, not conditions,” he said. plans written under now-outdated In both areas, the growth that wildlife standards, is uncommon, hides and protects elk has already but not improper. fallen the federal standard of 40 But the Wyoming Game and percent, according to both forest Fish Department and local sports­ men disagree, alleging the action and game mahagers. Bob Mountain, Tensleep district is a clear breach of the Forest Service’s responsibility to the pub­ ranger, said logging could further eliminate foliage, despite the fact lic. “They have set up standards that it will focus on large trees that and now they’re violating them be­ do not provide much ground cover. “This may be reducing hiding cause someone has decided timber sales are more important than cover a little bit,” he said, noting recreation and wildlife,” said about 33 percent of the timber in Harry Harju, Game and Fish chief the sale areas will be cut. �Saturday. February 9,1991 Simpson; Nuclear power an important part ofapy national energy po icy should continue tojons will involve coal and the reSimpson also^thinks those d talking about the impact of �Saturday. February 9, 1991 heridan dinner SHgRIDAN — Sen. Alan K^imnson. R-Wyo., will keynote the Sheridan County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 12. The dinner will be at 7 p.m. at the Golden Steer Restaurant, Sheridan. The deadline for reservations is Feb. 8. For more informa­ tion, call 672-6456 or 674-8830. �Saturday, February 9, 1991 Simpson, CNN meet to senator’s criticism of reporter By DAVID HACKETT Star- tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sen. Alan Simnson met with CNN’s Washington bureau chief Friday to discuss the senator’s con­ tention that CNN correspondent Peter Arnett is an Iraqi sympathiz­ er. Simpson told reporters during a Capitol Hill luncheon Thursday that Arnett has compromised his professional, standards as a journal­ ist and allowed Saddam Hussein to use him as a propaganda conduit to the West. CNN issued a statement in which itxlefended Arnett’s work and itself, saying it has consistently alerted its viewers to the fact that Arnett’s reports are censored. Simpson attacked Arnett’s work as “repulsive” Thursday, saying, “here is a man who is reporting from a country with which we are at war, the same people who are trying to kill our young men and women.” Simpson said Friday he thinks all journalists reporting from Bagh­ dad have “seriously compromised themselves” by submitting to Iraqi censorship and are forcing the U.S. to “exhaust our resources to protect them.” Simpson also blasted Arnett, who won a Pultizer Prize for re­ porting on the Vietnam War, for marrying a woman whose brother was active in the Viet Cong. Simp­ son also insinuated that Arnett was loyal to the Vietnamese commuPlease see SIMPSON, A14 ;3impson lis man as they are about Colin Continued from Al Powell or Dick Cheney,” Simpson nists. Simpson said Arnett was per­ said. “I am inquiring about him of mitted freedom of movement people who know him. He has got throughout Viemam after commu­ a lot of pals and I’m visiting with nist forces won control of the coun­ them.” CNN issued a statement Thurs­ try “apparently because he was not day saying, “CNN is fortunate to hostile to their cause.” Simpson did not provide the have on site in the most difficult name of Arnett’s brother-in-law nor. circumstances a seasoned combat the extent of his work with the Viet correspondent, Peter Arnett... Ar­ nett and CNN are there so all our Cong. The Washington Post reported viewers can be there, as imperfect, Friday that a member of Arnett’s restricted and dangerous as condi­ tions are.” family denied the allegation. Simpson said he had several “ro­ The Post reported that Arnett’s relative said the CNN reporter’s bust conversations” with members wife, Nina — from whom he is of the media Friday, including an separated — had two brothers. One hour-long meeting with William was forced into early retirement by Headline, the cable network’s the Viet Cong and died in the Washington bureau chief. Headline did not respond to an 1960s, according to the Post, while the other is still alive and has been inquiry about the meeting. Lisa denied the right to emigrate from Dallos, a spokesman for the net­ work, said “you’ll have to ask the Vietnam. Simpson declined to reveal the senator about that.” Simpson characterized the meet­ source of his information about Ar­ nett’s brother-in-law, other than to ing as friendly and said Headline say it came from a former AP re­ defended the network’s coverage of porter for whom he has “the utmost the war from Iraq. “I said you probably won’t get respect.” Simpson said he is personally much approval out of the 28 mil­ making a concerted effort to exam­ lion people who are veterans,” he said. ine Amett’sbackground. Simpson also criticized the me­ “The American people are en^ tied to as much information aWut dia in general Friday for submitting to Iraqi censorship and interfering with U.S. attacks on Iraq. “Any journalist in Baghdad that has been told anything they do will be censored has severely compro­ mised themselves,” he said. CNN’s statement said “censor­ ship is onerous but so are the re­ strictions in other countries, includ­ ing the United States, involved in this war.” Simpson described that argu­ ment as “confoundingly absurd” and defended U.S. press restric­ tions as a legitimate effort by the “free-est nation on Earth” to protect its forces by hiding critical infor­ mation from the enemy. Journalists operating in Iraq are not only willing dupes to Hussein, Simpson said, but impediments to allied forces who are seeking tar­ gets that appear- from the air to be of military use. “There is an entire convoy of media people crossing the desert to get to Baghdad, with their satellite dishes and all their antennas, and we’ve got to protect them,” he said. Simpson also said he thinks Iraq may be able to use the media’s electronic equipment for military purposes without the media even knowing it. �Washington Post blasts. Simpson’s media attacks CHEYENNE (AP) — Two days after U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson blasted CNN newsman Peter Arnett as a “sympathizer" to Saddam Hussein and claimed jour­ nalists covering the war from with­ in Iraq have compromised them­ selves, the Washington Post has re­ turned a salvo of criticism. The Wyoming Republican's media-bashing efforts have drawn ■ him the ire of the Washington Post, . which in Saturday's editions re-, * turned fire at the senator, calling him “bootlicky and obsequious." On Thursday, the second-rank­ ing Senate Republican attacked journalists in general and Arnett in particular for their coverage of the Persian Gulf War. "Peter Arnett is what we used to call in my day a sympathizer." Simpson said. "And he was active in the Vietnam War and he won a Pulitzer Prize largely because of his anti-government material.... I called that sympathizers in my ear­ ly day in the Second World War." Simpson's scathing comments about war-zone correspondents al­ so continued Friday when he ob­ jected to reporters subjecting their efforts to Iraqi censorship. “Any journalist in Baghdad that has been told anything they do will be censored has severely com- , promised themselves,” he said. The media returned fire, how­ ever, with the Washington Post editorial taking on Simpson and his junket to Iraq less than a year ago. “If Peter Arnett had been any­ where near as bootlicky and obse­ quious with Saddam Hussein as Alan Simpson was in a visit to the Iraqi dictator last April, we could understand why the CNN corre­ spondent was being assaulted for his interviews and coverage,” the , Post wrote. . “But compared with what Sen. Simpson arid some of his col­ leagues on that visit did to butter up Saddam Hussein and make themselves beloved of him, Mr. Arnett looks downright surly.” The editofial also claims Simpson did not object when a fel­ low senator called Saddam a “strong and intelligent man. “In fact. Sen. Simpson himself, far from demurring, made his own contribution to the warm feeling by letting poor, misunderstood old Saddam know thdt the frightful things being said about him and his police state must be the work of a malign press — what else? ‘“J believe your problem is with the Western media,’ he told the dictator, ‘and not with the U.S. government,’” the editorial quoted the Republican as having said. �j Wyo delegationgete top cham^r rating I WASHlfelON - delegation have received top ratings from the delegation ----------------- . v cent or better, according to the release. . . . �Simpson defends federal crop lossesrelief program RWERTON (AP) — Crowheart area tarmers hoping to geffederal relief for crops lost in the Wind ^ver water dispute should notfe surprised by the percentage of crop losses they have to prove to get the money, according to Sen. Al Simpsnn ---- ----T’le Wyoming Republican said fie IS surprised, quite startled and disappointed” that some farmers think the 1990 Farm Bill amend­ ment that secured the relief money Kts a “sham.” ;.,i ' .7’® disappointed that they we (Wyoming’s congression­ al delegation) did not do all we could,” the outspoken senator §aid. “We busted our butts.” While farmers hurt by the battle i AL SIMPSON over water in the Big Wind River ‘We busted our butts are complaining, they were lucky , to get any relief, the senator said. “No one had been able to get would get them relief under the ex­ relief based on water shortages isting natural disaster loss. They caused by court decisions ” he knew what they would get was outlined in the law,” Simpson said. said. Crowheart farmers “made it Federal soil conservation offifrom the start they cials last week said alfalfa growers c’eay didn t w^nt a giveaway program, must prove 50 percent crop losses lhey said they didn’t want give­ to get the money, and barley and oat growers must show 40 percent aways or handouts, so we drafted a tiscally responsible program to losses. give them assistance,” he said. And Simpson maintains the ‘And some folks are suggesting tarmers knew what was coming now they should have more favor­ “te measure was approved, jable standards. I don’t understand We told the producers we 1that, he said. �Friday. February 22, 1991 (‘legation l&uds Bush energy plan By DAVID HACKFTT S,ar.Tr„u„e r ~ lo puiLlUU’ "'a/ U.S. energy tarly onerous and should be woes can be solved by “corn gas scrapped. WASHINGTON - President Anythiilg that encourages and conservation.” ALeorg? Bush ,s. proposed national Other members of the energy ® should be taken out,” he —P^^rgy strategy was well received said. We can put more money into committee were le.ss impressed by Thursday by members of something better that you know the president’s plan. Wyoming’s congressional delega­ will work and you know will be Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., said tion, although two said they will non-polluting.” the plan seeks to create an oil glut support the addition of certain con­ The Bush plan also would re­ without concern for consumption servation measures. move barriers to construction of patterns. Larry Mehlhaff, a spokesman coal slurry pipelines across rail­ You have to do something -^/grra Club’s Northern road rights-of-way and encourage a bout demand to prevent another J_lams office in Sheridan, joined accelerated commercial use of crisis, he said. other environmental spokesmen in clean-coal technology. Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Oregon criticizing the plan as “a deal said the president’s plan offers no Natural gas producers would where the nuclear and oil indus­ benefit under the proposal from opportunities for renewable re­ tries get what they want but the deregulated sales rates, an expedit­ sources but only a futile attempt to country does not get what it ed process for pipeline construc­ transfer dependency on foreign oil needs. tion permits and a shortened envi­ to domestic oil production. Bush s plan, which was un­ ronmental review process. Mehlhaff said the Sierra Club is veiled Wednesday, emphasizes in­ not opposed to everything in the The plan is similar in many creased domestic oil production ways to a comprehensive energy President’s plan but said its empha­ from Alaska, including the Arctic plan proposed by. Wallop and Sen sis on increased domestic produc­ National Wildlife Refuge and off­ J. Bennett Johnston, D-La., chair­ tion Ignores the overriding need to shore reserves. man of the Senate Energy and Nat­ conserve oil and develop alterna­ tive resources. The president’s plan, however ural Resources Committee. would not impose a tax on import­ Simpson and Rep. Craig Wallop praised the president’s ed oil to stabilize the price of Thomas, R-Wyo., both praised the plan for Its emphasis on increased petroleum products and encourage production of domestic energy re­ plan for relying on market forces domestic production. serves, especially in the Arctic Na­ rather than government edict to de­ Sens. Alan Simpson tional Wildlife Reserve which en­ crease reliance on foreign oil. But both said they will support con­ and_Malcolm Wall^bmh i?pp„h ‘ vironmentalists have sworn to de­ yeans, favor an gjl import tax Jni rend from oil development. gressional efforts to add more con­ r Secretary James Watkins Wallop characterized both ener­ servation measures to the plan. “I’m epnfident that will be the told the Senate Energy and Natural gy plans as good starting points for Resources Committee Thursday the energy policy debate. He also approach on the Hill,” Thomas that It would violate international blasted critics as believers in a said. Generally, we need to do trade agreements, encourage the more on education for conserva­ imposition of tarriffs on U.S. ex­ tion. We have reduced consump­ ports and increase consumer costs. tion that way and (we) can do more. Bush’s plan calls for a standard passively safe” design for nuclear Simpson said Bush did not pro­ power plants and a streamlined nu­ pose conservation measures such clear Imensing process in addition as mandatory automobile fuel to the development of new nuclear ' mileage requirement.s because they waste disposal regulations. are politically unpopular with vot­ Simpson said he is particularly ers. People could turn down the enthusiastic about that part of the heat in their homes, ride mass tran­ plan. sit and car pool more often, he “With a standardized plant de­ said, but have demonstrated that sign we’ll have no more of this they don’t want to. I.# rrank Lloyd Wright designer of the Nontheless Simpson said he year award.” he said. “Maybe we’ll would favor increased fuel econo­ have smaller plants ... but we’ll get my standards for cars as long as to a standard design with no more they are not “disruptive.” using the permit system” to stop Simpson said Congress is cer­ nuclear power. tain to add other consen'ation mea­ MALCOLM WALLOP Mehlhaff said the president’s sures to the plan but did not discuss Likes increasing domestic production any in specific detail. �Sunday, February 24,1991 Simpson introduces civil ' ■’■ j :> > , / ; < CHEYENIvE (AP) — U.S^Sen. Al Simpson has introduced a comprehensive civil rights bill covering harrassment and hir­ ing quotas. The Wyoming Republican, in a news release, said the mea­ sures introduced on Friday expands the “existing civil rights protection for employees, especially women, who suffer harass­ ment on the job.” It also would create laws “which will not force employers to‘play it safe’and, therefore hire, by quotas. Simpson also included language “avoiding laws that only benefit legions of lawyers and not the real people of America who need civil rights protection/'sthe news release said. “Every American should have an equal opportunity to achieve that which he or she is capable of and'willing to work for,” the senator said. “No person’s'potential should be frus­ trated by discrimination."/,!), Simpson said Congress had been making “remarkable strides” in promoting civil rights but last year’s session was marked by the absence of such measures. “For decades. Congress,has had a tradition of passing solid civil rights legislation and continuihg to make steady progress,” he said. “Last year, however. Congress got bogged down in pure partisan politics and the lost the usual thoughtful consensus it ■ has always shared.on this issue.”. Simpson said the strides made so far are not enough, and the United States needs to go farther in protecting basic rights. “The bill... establishes the foundation for needed change, both for the civil rights reforms which are still lacking as well as setting up the bipartisan structure which is necessary if we are to avoid the politics which torpedoed last year’s civil rights • bill,” Simpson said, noting he was speaking only for himself and not the president, administration nor the Senate Republican Leadership.tn,"vr? '.'i �Simpson signs on to ‘Won’ basiling WA^l^^ON — Wyoming Republic an Sen. Alan Simpson_ said that he will do all in his pow­ er to see that the Wyoming legis­ lators’ concerns about the greater Vpllowstnne area “vision stater ment” are heeded by the U.S. ParkService and Forest Service. The Legislature approved a res­ olution asking Congress to re­ quire, by legislation, federal agen­ cies to withdraw their draft vision statement for the future of the greater Yellowstone area. Gov. Mike Sullivan declined to sign the resolution, however. In a release, he said, “It was not appropriate, until now. for me to make my own feelings known about the legislators’ resolution. “But since Governor Sullivan decided to send the resolution back to the legislature without his signature, this allows me the op­ portunity to inform all of those who are concerned about the vi­ sion statement that I will do all in my power to see that the Park Ser­ vice and the Forest Service contin­ ue to listen closely and carefully to their concerns.’’ �Mining iZ Congress considers bills to overhaul mining law I ■ By DAVID HACKftt-— vjx Star- tribune Washington bureau , , WASHINGTON — Sales of public land for as little as $2,50 per acre to miners of gold and other “hardrock” minerals would be halted permanently under bills pending before both houses of Congress. The bills constitute the latest congressional jittempt to overhaul the Mining Law of 1872, which governs the mining of hardrock minerals such as gold, silver, uranium and bentonite on federal lands. The mining law has been the subject of much controversy for several years. Would-be reformers say existing law amounts to a multi-mil­ lion dollar giveaway to the mining industry that should be re­ pealed. Their opponents, including all three members of the Wyoming congressional delegation, say existing law is a spur for economic development in the West and is only in need of “fine tuning.” Re­ peal, they say, would eliminate jobs and unnecessarily lock up natural resources. A bill introduced late last month by Sen. Dale Bumpers, DArk., would prohibit the outright sale of federal lands to miners under a process known as “patenting.” Under existing law, a min­ er can patent a claim by paying a fee of no more than $5 per acre. Since 1970, according to Bumpers, the patent system has re­ sulted in the sale of $47 million worth of federal land for only $4,500. Bumpers’ measure would eliminate patents but would al­ low miners to maintain exclusive rights to minerals on their claims. Bumpers’ measure would impose a 5 percent fed^al royalty fee on the gross value of all minerals discovered on public lands. A third of those funds would be set aside in a new fund dedicated to the clean-up of abandoned hard-rock mines. Please see MINING, AIO I ; I 1 : ' I ■ i , ! , i I i I _ . ' Continued from Al Existing law does not require royalty payments on hardrock minerals. Bumpers’ bill also woulij^limit claims to 80 acres and eliminate the so-called $100 work requirement, which requires claimholdcrs to invest $100 annually in developing their claims to maintain possession. Instead, Bumpers wants the federal government to collect an escalating “holding fee” that would beginat$100fora20-acreclaim. The rationale behind the holding fee, Bumpers said, is to reduce unnec­ essary environmental damage to public lands. Bumpers’ bill also would create new environmental restrictions and conditions on mining in certain areas and require all miners to post bonds or other forms of security and file reclamation plans before commencing operations. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., chairman of the House Mining and Natural Resources Subcommittee, introduced similar legislation Feb. 6. Rahall’s bill does not call for outright repeal of existing law and differ? in a number of other ways. For example, Rahall’s bill would not altogether eliminate patents, but a spokesman for the congressman said it would do so for all intents and purposes. Rahall’s measure differs explic­ itly in the way it would require claimholders to maintain their claims. Instead of imposing a $ 100 holding fee as proposed by Bumpers, Rahall would allow claimholders to pay a “rental fee” of not less than $20 an acre or make annual investments in the claim as determined by a sliding scale. Rahall also proposes to beef up environmental regulations for min­ ing claims, including tougher en­ forcement, inspection and reclama­ tion requirements. Rahall’s bill would further per­ mit citizens to file civil suits against claimholders who fail to comply with new surface manage­ ment requirements. Like Blmpers’ bill, Rahall’s would also establish an abandoned hardrock mine reclamation fund, money for which would be collected from rental fees on claims. Phil Hocker, president of the Mineral Policy Center, said he thinks the Bumpers bill is better than Rahall’s but that both consti­ tute steps in the right direction. Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., the ranking Republican on the Sen­ ate committee that has jurisdiction over mining law, said he has not studied Bumper’s bill in detail but harbors strong reservations in gen­ eral. Wallop said existing mining law creates jobs in the West while per­ mitting Americans to develop their natural wealth, which is more im­ portant than increasing revenue to the federal government. Wallop also said Bumpers’ leg­ islation reflects a general distrust in the private sector to develop natural resources, while looking to the fed­ eral government to do it all. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., said most hardrock mining claims are held by “little guys.” Bumpers’ bill, he said, would drive such small operators out of business “so only the big boys could play.” Rep. Craig Thomas. R-Wyo., who sits on the same subcommittee as Rahall, said he disagrees with the concept that existing law is in need of major reform. Stronger en­ forcement of regulations that are al­ ready on the books, he said, would curb many abuses cited by Rahall and his supporters. The mining law “has been pro­ ductive for a long time and rather than do away with it we ought to try to fine tune it,” he said. “We don’t need to repeal and start over.” Last year, the House approved a measure that would have imposed a one-year moratorium on mining patents. The provision died in the Senate by a vote of 50-48. But Hocker and other propo­ nents of change said the vote in the House and the close vote in the Senate are harbingers of change in the law. “That and the changes in the make-up of the Senate Energy (and Natural Resources) Committee this year are helpful,” he said. Wallop acknowledged that he and other opponents of Bumpers face a hard fight but he vowed to resist nonetheless. “It will be hard to resist but re­ sisting is the right thing to do,” he said. �I------------------------------- -------------- , **R'a8oi5aI’l’arfcs Service Director James Ridenour said Yellowstone’s J--. -« , - revised natural fire policy is I [currently under review at the JL..^i , Interagency Fire Center in Boise. K Ridenour said the new plan will 4*^ -yK-yK-wscloscly resemble the controversial Ct. OIJ-JL Vf V plan used three years ago. ■■■ 1 ) I During the fires of 1988,,more T than'pne-third of the park s 2.2 JLUL OVrii-V/y * million acres burned, causing a J. *1^,' [ , J, public outcry and calls for jACKSON HOLE (AP) —’As • suppressing all lightning-caused dry weather this winter continues, ; blazes. ---- ''Anrc th<^past three years, the For the the threat of high fire danger this ’ policy has been placed on hold and park managers have been ordered summer increases. into a full-suppression mode. But Wyoming’s congressional Ridenour confirms that the delegation is confident that revised revised plan will give park officials fire management policies for more discretion in battling fires. national parks and forests will serve But ironically Ridenour notes, the their purposes well. more less-restrictive plan comes at. Sen. Alan Simpson said|the the start of a potentially volatile fire revised policies rightly put more season. . emphasis on responsible * “With dry conditions in the stewardship and less emphasis on West, especially in California, it nature. would have to be_a tremendous Spn. Malcolm Wallop notes turn-around,” he said of the belowelements in the new proposal that normal water tables and snow pack will allow the manager of a park or in much of the Rockies. forest “the opportunity to use his “Otherwise, I would be head” to avoid catastrophic blazes surprised if there wasn’t an awful such as the Yellowstone fires of lot of firefighting,” Ridenour said. 1988. In the Yellowstone region and Key in controlling fires, Wallop across the six national forests said, will be for the managers to surrounding the park, federal monitor moisture conditions and J ..hydrologists report a snow pack in A decide on location what the fire dangers are and how fires should be ’!■' some places that is 60 percent of I fought — or not fought — in light ' normal, which rivals the late-winter 1 moisture levels preceding the 1988 of those conditions. fire season. “As an old rancher,” he said, “I know you can tell when things are getting dry and approaching a dangerous circumstance. You don’t need rules made in Washington to see what’s going on on the land you can see. Although the draft fire policies have not yet been released for Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Wallop made his statements based on the portions of those proposals that he already has seen. 4 �6,1991 (J/ (V AP Bush and Sen. Alan Simpson in a moment of levity Bush hopes popularity carries over into domestic proposals WASHINGTON (AP) — A “very upbfeat” President Bush, ready to see if his political popular­ ity can rub off, huddled with Re­ publican congressional leaders on Tuesday to map a spring domestic­ policy offensive. GOP leaders said that the presi­ dent will seek to capitalize on the support he gained from the success­ ful Persian Gulf War effort to pry loose a variety of domestic mea­ sures that have been languishing in Congress. “I think you’re going to see the president mbve immediately to try to use that political capital to set out a clear domestic agenda that really has been stymied by the Democratic majority in the last two years,” said Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas. These include packages for fighting crime and drugs and promoting choice in education. Bush also will fight to keep spending caps of last year’s budget agreement from being exceeded, will push his version of civil rights legislation and work to ease the way for a free-trade pact with Mexico, GOP leaders said. The president summoned the top GOP leaders from the House and Senate to the White House on Tuesday and told the lawmakers that with the Gulf crisis winding down, “The focus should and will and must shift to the domestic agenda.” “We’re in good shape on this. We’ve got good program^,” he told the lawmakers during a picture ses­ sion. “The president was very upbeat this morning and now wants to move on to the domestic agenda,” House Minority Leader Bob Michel, R-111., said after the White House meeting. �Saturday, March 9,1991 Delegation supports Bush’s oudin^for influence in gulf ; j , to do what they think is right in the region, standing back with the credible power to back them up. CHEYENNE — President but not be the ones to enforce it or George Bush’s address to a joint to be present as sort of an occupa­ session of Congress displayed a tion force,” he said.“We are not a pride that the nation had to see, ac­ Moslem nation, nor do we pretend cording to members of Wyoming’s to be, and we are not an Arab na­ congressional delegation. tion, nor do we pretend to be. It is U.S. Sens. Al Simpson and my hope and belief the people of Malcolm Wallon and U.S.,Rep. the region will be the ones to de­ Craig Thomas said they Were irn-' cide the specifics of that stability.” , pressed with Bush’s comments America’s success in the ' Wednesday, when he declared the Persian Gulf War has already giv­ Persian Gulf War nvpr ' en the country some standing in “It was a great performance and such conflicts between countries, 1 think it was one of pride and of Thomas said. • feeling good about the country and. “One of the real dividends for what happened and we needed taking this position is we’ve said ' that,’’ Thomas said. “And I think the world will not sit still to let tin­ it will be a lasting kind of thing horn dictators like (Iraqi leader ’ that will cany into the other stuff Saddam) Hussein do these kinds of that we need to do.” things,” he said. ! ' During his comments. Bush All three remarked on the ap- ’ outlined his plans for America to parent bipartisan support for Bush help stabilize the Middle East, a in his comments, a contrast to i goal all three Republicans said some hesitancy before the war ' they supported. started to give him full authority to y What we, I think, can hope to enforce United Nations resolutions do is provide a sort of over-arching regarding Iraq’s invasion of j presence that makes ... issues, if Kuwait. ' not resolvable, containable within “The Democrats did not re­ the areas of the region,” Wallop spond on national television and said. that was appropriate,” Simpson But the three agreed with Bush said. that the first step in achieving sta­ “There wasn’t anything to say. bility in the region is to reach a ne­ I know some had to swallow hard. [ gotiated peace between Israeli and What we were asking for was not ‘ Arab states. for the United States to go to war, “I think it is our duty to assist but to embrace U.N. resolutions to in resolving that,” Simpson said. put away a hideous man in the “We are not talking about any­ world.” thing but diplomacy. If we are talk­ Bush’s success in the war I ing about a new world order, this is should carry over into his domestic the first step, some type of accord agenda, Thomas said, although he f and negotiated peace and settling noted that some Democrats have ! the Palestinian issue and the Israeli criticized Bush. issue and getting on with it.” “You are already starting to see [ Bush does not want to involve some political ‘Scuds’ being j America militarily in any such ef­ launched at the president and try- ! fort, Wallop said, but wants to use ing to do somfe sort of nitpicking ■ the country’s influence to keep for the 1992 presidential race,” he ; conflicts from spilling over the said. borders of countries. ‘I’m sorry for that, but that’s the “What he has in mind is after way it is. 1 think we are getting consulting with our allies from the back to business as usual for bush­ region to make it possible for them whacking.” j By JIM ANGELL Associated Press writer • �Saturday, March 9,1991 BuRec: Ougt not a result of fimding shortfaQ Federal agen^ blames problem on Buffalo Bill Dam construction By DAVID HACKFtt Star-Tribune H'ashington bureau WASHINGTON — Congress’ failure to approve an extra $12 million for BufFalo Bill Dam modifications is not to blame for blowing dust around the reservoir, a, spokesman for the Bureau of Reclamation said this week. kod (Jttenbreit, a spokesman for the Bureau of Reclamation in Billings, said the dust problem is an unavoidable consequence of the $133.8 million dam modifcation project and would have happened even if Congress had already ap­ proved the extra $12 million. Ottenbreit said the reservoir was drawn down last year to meet irrigators’ needs and will be main­ tained at a reduced level to allow workers to complete dam and reservoir modifications. Members of Wyoming’s Republican congressional delega­ tion say they have received numer­ ous complaints about blowing dust from nearby residents. Rep. Craig Thomas and Sen. Alan Simnson have both implied that the dust problem is a result of Congress’s failure to approve the additional Buffalo Bill spending. Work on the project remains on schedule, Ottenbreit said, but all 20 employees will be laid off if Congress does not approve the ex­ tra $12 million by early this sum­ mer. If Congress fails to approve the money by April, he said, pro­ ject completion could be delayed until next year, which would mean that blowing dust probably would persist for many more months than expected. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., ' • inn* . Dewey Vanderhoff/Star-Tribune Modiiications to the Buffalo Bill Dam led to blowing dust around the reservoir who is the chairman of the House Interior subcommittee with author­ ity over water resources, has indi­ cated that he intends to tie funding for the dam project into a contro­ versial bill aimed at reforming fed­ eral irrigation law. Miller’s tactic could delay the funds needed for BufFalo Bill Dam for an extended period. All three members of the Wyoming congressional delega­ tion have tried to convince Miller not to include BufFalo Bill Dam in his bill but Miller has not agreed. Sen. Malcolm Wallop. R-Wyn said this week that he may try an alternative strategy to release the money appropriated by Congress last year. Actual spending of the appropriated funds requires an ad­ ditional authorization by Congress. It is this authorization which is being held up by Miller. �Wednesday, March 13,1991 Simpson co-sponsors civil bill propos^ by Sen. Bob Dole I i By By KATHARINE KATHARINE COLLINS COLLINS Star-Tribune Washington bureau : WASHINGTONt— Sen. Alan ?^impson said Tuesday he will cosponsor a White House-backed civil rights bill introduced by Sen­ ate Minority Leader Bob Dole. ' Simpson, R.-Wyo., recently proposed his own civil rights bill, similar to the administration bill. Both pieces of legislation have drawn praise from business lobby­ ists and criticism from groups ad­ vocating greater protection against employment discrimination for women and minorities. Simpson said he will throw his energies into working for the Dole bill, while still attempting to in­ clude elements of his own bill that are not part of the Dole bill. The minority whip said he is not interested in “either the heighten­ ing or dininishing” of his own role in shaping the proposed legisla­ tion. “I couldn’t care a whit whose name is at the top,” Simpson said. I certainly do care that we do a bill that is like every other thought- fnl civil riohtc hin__ thaf it lo k; u.-n ____ ' f ful civil rights bill — that it is bi­ bill — would expand protection of partisan ... women and minorities claiming I “I want to get a bill that doesn’t ' racial or gender harassment, but >' have the offensive things in it — ‘ would reject use of juries for the J like unlimited damages, and attor-, assessment of punitive or compen­ neys fees without end, and the'^*' satory damages. things that force an employer to go Womens’ advocacy groups, in to a quota. The employer is forced particular, say they will fight such to go to quotas when he knows J a restriction, noting that victims of they can hit him with a shotgun of' racial harassment can receive jury all sorts of things he’s doing that i awards under a Reconstruction-era make it look like he’s discriminatlaw that prohibited discrimination . ing.” against racial groups, but that , Last year’s civil rights bill was women have no such recourse. J supported by advocates for women Simpson said he will try to 3 and minorities;'who sought to re­ “blend ... in” to this year’s debate j verse or modify six 1989 U.S. on civil rights two issues addressed ' Supreme Court decisions thatliaFin his own bill. j rowed the scope and reach of laws Simpson’s bill would prohibit ' prohibiting employment discrimi- ' race-norming” — the adjustment .' , ____ , nation in hiring. ; of scores on ability tests — if the The measure failed by one vote adjustment is made on the basis of i in the Senate to override a veto by . test-taker test-taker ’s race, color, religion or i President Bush. ' national origin. Opponents said the bill would His measure would also prohibit have forced employers to resort to the federal Equal Employment Op­ quotas in order to avoid continual, portunity Commission (EEOC) costly litigation, with no limit to from “setting up lawsuits against assessment of monetary damages companies” by having undercover : to victims of discrimination. “testers” misrepresent their quali- ? Dole’s bill — like Simpson’s fications. �Thursday, March 14,1991 Simpson announces staff changeg^^*^ ' WASHINGTON — Sen. Alan Simpson has announced a a num­ ber of staff changes in his Wash­ ington D.C. office. Brent Erickson, a Casper native, has been promoted from Senior Legislative Assistant to Legislative Director. Erickson has b^een on staff for nine years, handling de­ fense, public lands and environ­ mental issues. He was also in­ volved with the passage of the Clean Air Act, which was ap­ proved last year, a release from Simpson’s office said. As legislative director, Erickson will be responsible for overseeing all legislative activities of the of­ fice and will be Simpson’s princi­ ple legislative assistant for environmental issues. ■ Laurie Goodman, another Wyoming native, will become Simpson’s Deputy Administrative Assistant while continuing as a legislative assistant. Goodman, originally from Cheyenne,,has worked with Simpson for four years. Warren Schaeffer of Casper will continue as a legislative assistant but will take on the title and duties of General Counsel to the Assistant Republican Leader. . Schaeffer has served on Simp­ son s staff for one and a half years. ; ‘ ; 1 ! ! j 1 ' �Simpson, editors spar over RNC letter writing campaign lic effort to demonstrate broad support for Operation Desert Storm and an effort to help the United Services Organization (USO). About a month ago, newspapers around WASHINGTON — A letter-to-the-editor campaign in support of Operation Desert the country began to receive letters from Storm organized by Wyoming Sen. Alan readers expressing their “strong support for Simpson and the Republican National Com­ our troops” and discontent with media “atten­ mittee is being criticized by newspaper edi­ tion to the small number of anti-war protesters who have sprung into action.” tors as a clumsy, political dirty trick. A report in Editor and Publisher magazine, Simpson, however, said he thinks the crit­ , icism itself is politically motivated by editors a newspaper industry trade publication, said who opposed U.S. military intervention in the editors in many cities soon realized that the letters were actually identical form letters. Persian Gulf. A Republican National Committee (RNC) In fact, the letters were generated by a spokeswoman defended the letter writing mass mailing to GOP contributors from the campaign Wednesday, describing it as a pub­ RNC. The contributors’ names and addresses By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune fVashington bureau Continued from Al strations.” Simpson did not claim that the Gramm, R-Texas, told him the USO would receive a substantial letter campaign was responsible for sum as a result. slanting media reports in favor of Claire Buchan, a spokeswoman Operation Desert Storm but that it for the RNC. said 23,400 people played a part in changing the mehad written to inform the party that dia’s focus. ; they had mailed their letters. Of Simpson also asserted that form those, she said, 13,200 mailed con­ letter campaigns are not unusual tributions. , and that most editors were miffed Buchan said the RNC had “not more by the fact that they were requite broken even.” ceivirig so many letters in favor of The Editor and Publisher report Operation Desert Storm than the quoted several newspaper editors fact that they were receiving form who criticized the form letter cam­ /letters. paign as an annoyance and, worse, “This sort of thing happens all a dirty trick. the time,” he said. “Anytime you An Atlanta Constitution editori­ get a national issue like this, there al quoted in the article said the let­ are people who know how to use ter campaign “creates doubt about the media.” whether the seeming genuine sup­ port for .the president is actually' more smoke and mirrors by GOP .' manipulators.” Simpson said the letter campaign was initiated in January at a time when “a tiny minority of protesters were getting a majority. of media coverage.” “So we put this together and guess what?” he said. “The media began to cover the other demon­ T66t ■'>1 fp-icj/y; 'Xppsjnqj k ’ ' : : ! , j ' were printed across the top of the letter, which came with a pre-addressed envelope to a local newspaper. Included in the package was a two-page cover letter from Simpson on RNC letter­ head. In the letter, Simpson said, “it is now time to close ranks and send a clear message to the world that we stand together, as Americans, behind our President, our Congress and, most especially, our fine troops ... “Yet, increasingly, the media is giving greater attention and more and more coverage to scattered anti-war protests and demonstra­ tions ... this surely threatens to send the wrong message to our military men and women, as well as to our allies around the world.” Simpson predicted that many of the letters would be printed and “help to demonstrate America’s strong, unyielding resolve.” “Most importantly, they will be seen by thousands of servicemen and women who are receiving their hometown newspaper,” Simp­ son said. Simpson also asked for contributions to defray the RNC’s costs. Any funds received in excess of costs associated with the letter campaign, he said, would be donated to the USO. In an interview, Simpson said Sen. Phil Please see SIMPSON, A12 �Saturday, March 16, 1991 SimpsmJists academy candidates • WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Aj Simpson has released the names of his nominees for 1991 U.S. Service Academies, accord­ ing to a release. Those listed must next be ac­ cepted by the academy. Air Force Academy; Peter Berkley and Angelique Blackwell, Cheyenne; Lee Chase and Michael Collodi, Casper; Don Richards, Lovell; Laf Eaton, Saratoga; and Robert McIntosh, Bedford. Naval Academy: Stephen Bocanera and Michael ■ Snyder, Cheyenne; Kenneth Wilhelm, Laramie; and T,homas Rangitsch, •Jvl i Kemmerer. • Military Academy: Christopher od Morgan, Rawlins. ni Also Ronald DeMott,’^:^! Cheyenne, Military and Naval-.' academies; Gordon . Hunter, -^-. Casper, Air Force and .NavaL.n, ' academies; Sam Johnson, Gillette,; Air Force, Military and Naval acadeniies; Jonathan Krisko, Ther­ mopolis, Air Force, Military and Naval academies; Brad Artery, Wheatland, Military and Naval academies; Michael Lawson,. if Sheridan, Military, Naval and . Merchant Marine academies. ' J �Arnett: Simpson views Amett on Saddam, flip-flopped Continued from Al Fl l~v I 1 A rr'T'T' By DAVID HACKETT ” Star- tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson’s criticism of Cable News Network Baghdad cor­ respondent Peter Arnett contradict­ ed pre-war complaints by Simpson that Arnett had been too negative about Iraqi President Saddam Hus­ sein, Arnett said Tuesday. Arnett also said Simpson’s crit­ icism of his work in Baghdad showed “total lack of understand­ ing’’ of how the free press operates during wartime. Simpson Tuesday disputed Ar­ nett’s assertions. Speaking publicly in the U.S. for the first time since leaving Baghdad, Arnett told a National Press Club audience that he was amused by Simpson’s attack be­ cause the Wyoming Republican had criticized him before the war for being too negative about Iraq. “In April last year I was one of tobt 02 ‘Aepssup8/\/\ nn i"Tl ollCtC IT a handful of i journalists in Jerusalem who were called to the U.S. consulate to be upbraided by Senator Simpson and others — Senator Mendenbaum (sic). Dole and a few others,’’ he said. “Why were we upbraided? We were misrepresenting Saddam Hus­ sein. At that point, of course, he had threatened to incinerate half of Israel and the stories we were doing from Israel were very negative to­ ward Saddam Hussein. “We were upbraided for refer­ ring to this paragon of virtue, an American friend and a future power in the Gulf. We did not understand Saddam Hussein,’’ Arnett said. Simpson travelled to the Middle East last spring with a Senate del­ egation which met with Hussein in Iraq. A transcript of the meeting shows that the Iraqi dictator had been highly critical of Western press reports about his country. The transcript shows that Simp- Piease see ARNETT, A12 son responded to Hussein with a degree of sympathy, calling west­ ern reporters “haughty” and “pam­ pered.” Simpson said Arnett’s recollec­ tion is contrary to the truth and that he never criticized the media for being overly harsh in its reports about Hussein. As for his understanding of the role of a free press, Simpson said, “Journalism is about the truth — and when you go behind enemy lines to report with a censor by your side that’s not the truth.” Simpson blasted Amett Feb. 7 for submitting his reports to Iraqi censorship and for marrying a Viet­ namese woman during the Vietnam War whose brother was active in the Viet Cong. Simpson also insinuated that Ar­ nett’s presence in Iraq and his co­ operation with Iraqi censors consti­ tuted evidence of his sympathy for Saddam Hussein. Simpson said Tuesday that Ar­ nett’s version of their meeting in Jerusalem was false. Amett said he has a videotape of ,. the meeting but did not say whether it would be aired on CNN or other­ wise made public. “If he has a tape, let him trot it on out,” Simpson said. “Let’s pull it out and take a look because he doesn’t have the right place or the right senators.” Simpson said he never met with reporters at the consulate in Jerusalem but did attend a press conference at a hotel, called by the Senate delegation. When reporters responded cyn­ ically to the delegations’ peace mission, Simpson said, he spoke, up. “What 1 said was ‘doesn t any­ body in here want to see anything work?”’ he said. “1 know nothing of upbraiding.” Arnett’s remarks about Simpson came in response to questions from the audience. Amett spent relative­ ly little time on the issue and said he wants to let a recent column by his son, Andrew, speak for him. In the column, which appeared in the New York Times last week, Andrew Amett said Simpson had “smeared” his father and his moth­ er’s family. Peter Amett is separat­ ed from his son’s mother. “I’ve been called McCarthy slime, sleaze and now smear,” Simpson said. “I’m under no delu­ sions about this. I took on the press and when you do you pay dearly.” Andrew Arnett defended his mother’s family and accused Simp­ son of using “guilt-by-association tactics more in keeping with a dic­ tatorship than a democracy.” Andrew Amett said his mother had been separated from her broth­ ers in 1954. He said one brother died in the 1960s while another lived to become a mathematics pro­ fessor. He said neither brother had ever been politically active. “My mother, an American citi­ zen, still mourns her brothers,” wrote the younger Amett. “This pain has been compounded by Mr. Simpson’s unsubstantiated allega­ tions.” Simpson described the younger Arnett’s column as “powerful” and expressed empathy for his emo­ tions. But Simpson said he stands by his criticism of Peter Amett. “Journalists don’t get in com­ promising situations,” he said. “Ask Bob Simon and his friends about that. While they were beating on Bob Simon they were putting Peter Amett to bed at night.” Amett told the National Press Club that his so-called “minders,” to whom he and other reporters in Iraq submitted their reports for cen­ sorship, were not trained for their duties as censors and had been con­ scripted for the job which ultimate­ ly overwhelmed them. Amett also described his min­ ders as well educated and skeptical of Hussein. Amett said he and his crew often spent evenings drinking and conversing with them. Simpson said he hopes to meet Amett while he is in the United States. Stan Cannon, Simpson’s press secretary, said early this week that his boss might appear on ABC’s Prime Time Live with Ar­ nett but Simpson said Tuesday he does not think that will happen. Simpson also said he wrote a let­ ter to the New York Times, which the newspaper has agreed to pub­ lish in its March 20 edition. �Thursday, March 21, 1991 Simpson says coinmcnts about Arnett tSo snong 117 (AP) — U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson apnlngizpH Wednesday for accusing CNN correspondent Peter Arnett of hav­ ing ties to the Viet Cong and said tagging the journalist as a “sym­ pathizer” was too strong. “My choice of the word ‘sympathizer’ was not a good one,” Simpson said in a letter to the editor printed Wednesday in The New York Times. “I wish I could have snatched it back and rephrased my remarks. The word ‘dupe’ or ‘tool’ of the Iraqi gov­ ernment would have been more in context with my original com­ ments.” Simpson had called Arnett an Iraqi sympathizer for filing cen­ sored reports firom Baghdad throughout the six-week war. Arnett was the only U.S. journalist to do so. While I still strongly criticize him for his reporting from Baghdad during the Persian Gulf War, I do feel the deep personal need to apologize for repeating the rumors about Mr. Arnett’s �Saturday, M arch 23,1991 Simpson releases Israel transcripts, says thfey oiscredit Arnett remarks By DAVID HACKF.TT Star-Tribune iVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson released tran­ scripts of press conferences held in Jerusalem last year which he says discredit remarks made Tuesday by Cable News Network’s Baghdad correspondent Peter Arnett. Speaking to the National Press Club Tuesday, Arnett said Simpson and other senators visiting the Mid­ dle East last spring had summoned reporters to the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to “upbraid” them for negative reporting about Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Arnett said he still has a video­ tape of the meeting. Simpson denied that he ever met with reporters at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem. He said Arnett must have been referring to press confer­ ences at hotels in the Israeli capital. Lisa Dallos, a spokeswoman for CNN, said the tape of the meeting is “on a shelf’ in Jerusalem and that no copies or transcripts exist. She said she did not know whether the tape was at the CNN office in Jerusalem or at Arnett’s residence there. Dallos said several reporters have asked for copies or transcripts of the tape but that no decision has been made about whether to ac­ commodate those requests. Dallos also said that Arnett would be unavailable to respond to Simpson’s assertion that no meet­ ing ever occurred at the consulate. Simpson released transcripts of press conferences in Jerusalem which he said prove that he never criticized the media for attacking Saddam. Simpson’s press secretary, Stan Cannon, said the transcripts were supplied by the U.S. Information Agency. Dallos failed to return repeated telephone calls Friday and could not be reached to comment on the transcripts. The texts show that Simpson did criticize the media but not specifi. Please see SIMPSON, A14 AL SIMPSON Denies meeting took place Simpson . / Continued from Al ’ ■ cally for the way it covered Iraq and Saddam. After telling reporters that Sad­ dam had promised to retaliate with ' chemical weapons against an Israeli attack, Simpson said Saddam “went on to describe what he felt was a complete attitude of the media — which all of us politicians Who get hammered by the media have that attitude from time to time.” “We expressed to him that he should expose himself to the media, western media, any media ... just get in and get into democracy and get wet ail over,” Simpson said. The text of a second press con­ ference shows Simpson told re­ porters that they were “not helping the cause of peace.” “This is the third largest media pool in the world and you’re just eating each other in here and you’re not helping the cause,” he said. “I think you have a serious responsi­ bility and 1 think you ought to exer­ cise it.” An unidentified reporter is quot­ ed later, asking Simpson how re­ porters could become partisan with­ out getting fired. Said Simpson, “I can only say that when you are being inter­ viewed continually^ and all people are asking about is what’s in the mind of Saddam Hussein after a 2.5 hour meeting, as if we were the or- acles bringing something back from a person that yoii, 1 think, have a deep distrust for: He is the monster of the midway right now, according to every single reporter in the world. “So, I don’t see how we can pos­ sibly bring back something that i; credible as to what he says; we jus report what he says. I don’t kno\ what’s going to happen.” Simpson also released a tran script of another press conferenc held in Damascus, Syria during th /Same tour of the Middle East. In response to a question aboi how he would evaluate his trip t Syria, Simpson described Syria President Hafez al-Assad as “a ver impressive man” surrounded b “impressive people.” “We had a lot of good, deep dis cussion, good humor, and a spirite' exchange,” he said in the transcript “And that’s what countries shoulu be about, just as human beings should be about.” �Saturday, March 23,1991 Congress votes to allow fimds for Buffalt ► Bill Dam reservoir 5-' By DAVID HACKFTT Star-Tribune IVashington bureau I WASHINGTON — Congress voted Friday to let the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spend~511.9 mil­ lion in previously appropriated funds for modifications to the Buffalo Bill Dam and reservoir near Cody. Congress approved the provi­ sion Friday as part of an emergen­ cy appropriations bill that provides money to pay expenses related to Operation Desert Storm and other urgent needs. The Wyoming congressional delegation got the amendment added to the bill with help from members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and by prevailing upon a California con­ gressman who had blocked project funding for months. Congress set aside money for the dam project last year. The ex­ penditure was delayed, however, after Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., tied spending authority for the money into a Bureau of Reclamation reform bill that died in the Senate during the waning days of the 101 st Congress. All three members of the Wyoming congressional delega­ tion had hoped to win spending au­ thority earlier this year but Miller, who is chairman of the House Interior Subcommittee on Water and Power, again refused to sepa­ rate it from his reform bill. Miller wants to reform BuRec regulations to prevent owners of farms bigger than 960 acres from qualifying for federally subsidized irrigation water by dividing their operations into a series of small trusts. Miller’s spokesman had repeat­ edly said his boss had no objection to the Wyoming project but that he was unwilling to allow new spend­ ing on any water project before in­ stituting his reform. Rep. Craig Thomas of Wyoming tried to convince Miller to let the Buffalo Bill authorization go to the House floor as a separate bill. Thomas argued that the Wyoming project is unique be­ cause it is partially funded by the state. He also appealed to Miller on grounds that further delays would force layoffs as well as raise costs for both federal and state governments. Wyoming Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson.also pressedlhe case for dam money. Simpson visited Miller in the California Democrat’s office sev­ eral weeks ago. Simpson said he told Miller he would be willing to work with him on his reform bill and that the Buffalo Bill Dam authorization need not be delayed. Simpson said he also made it clear that there would be “conse­ quences” if Miller insisted on blocking the Wyoming project. The consequences could have been a filibuster to delay legisla­ tion authorizing $30 million in drought relief for California and other Western states, or something targeted more specifically against California. Simpson and Wallop both de­ nied that they had ever actually threatened Miller in that manner — partially because Miller was al­ ready aware of possible fallout from his stance. “Miller is smart enough to know,” Wallop said. “It’s never a wise policy to threaten people.” Said Thomas, “Miller didn’t ride in on a load of hay. He knows what’s going on.” But Miller apparently did suc­ ceed in removing the Buffalo Bill provision from the House version of the emergency appropriations bill. A spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee said earlier this week that the Bush ad­ ministration’s request included the provision, but that it was removed by the committee at Miller’s be­ hest. When the bill was taken up by the Senate Appropriations Committee, Wallop said, he asked Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La., and Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., both members of the appropriations subcommittee on water, to put the provision back in. The amendment was added and the Senate passed the bill Wednesday. A House-Senate con­ ference committee was selected Thursday to iron out a final version of the spending bill Thursday night. During the intervening hours the delegation and its staff success­ fully lobbied members of the con­ ference committee and Miller’s staff to let the amendment stand. “It was subject to a House rule” that Miller could have used to block it when the conference agreement was up for debate Friday, Wallop said. “But it would have looked so spiteful and petty, especially in as much as the money had already been committed.” Dan Weiss, a spokesman for Miller, said Thursday only that it was too late for his boss to try to strike the Buffalo Bill provision from the conference agreement. Thomas said a member of Miller’s subcommittee staff told him that they planned to “look the other way.” �House subcommittee examines bill tb' limit western coal leases By DAVID HACKETT Star- Iribiiiie tVashington bureau WASHINGTON — A bill that would limit federal coal leasing in the West to protect markets for coal mined from private lands in the East is under consideration by the House Interior subcommittee on mining. The legislation, which was in­ troduced a month ago by mining subcommittee chairman Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., also contains several other provisions that would benefit eastern coal producers and eastern states largely at the ex­ pense of western coal companies and western states. “I’ve renamed it the ‘Protect the West Virginia Coal Mines’ bill,” said Ren. Craig Thnmas B-Wyo “Even disregarding the regional economics of it, it flies in the face of a rational national energy poli­ cy” by limiting development of Western coal reserves, he said. “We could rename it the Eastern Coal Protection Act,” said U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson. “Anything in It IS inimical to the West.” Rahall’s bill has no companion in the Senate and probably would face insurmountable opposition there even if the House eventually voles to pass it, said I lai Quinn, a spokesman for the National Coal Association. The Secretary of the Interior would be empowered under Rahall’s legislation to deny coal leas­ es on federal lands if he deter­ mined that such leases would dis­ place coal mined from private lands from their “historical mar­ kets.” Most federal coal leases are lo­ cated in Western states and RahalTs bill defines private lands and historical markets as being “gener­ ally located east of the 100th' meridian.” ■ ern states at the expense of western water projects. Companies that produce coal from surface mines on federally leased land pay a 12.5 percent an­ nual royalty fee. Half of that mon­ ey goes to the state in which the coal was mined and the other half goes to the federal government. About 40 percent of the govern­ ment’s share is spent on western water projects administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. Rahall’s bill would transfer that money to a new “Coalfield Assistance, Restoration and Enhancement” (CARE) fund. The fund would be used to as­ sist coalfield communities cope with the impacts of coal mining by providing money for projects such as road repairs and construction of water treatment plants. The only states that would be eligible to receive money from the fund, however, would be those that AL SIMPSON Bill inimical to the West do not already receive royalty pay­ ments. Consequently, Wyoming would not be eligible to receive money from the fund. Wyoming coal producers paid more than $100 million in coal royalties in 1989. The existing federal coal royal­ ty program would be re-evaluated under Rahall’s bill as well. No new formula is outlined in the bill but Zoia said states and companies have complained loudly about the program. • “There is a lot of difference be­ tween 12.5 percent on $6 coal and 12.5 percent on $30 coal,” he said. “What you’re looking at is the question of what is the true value of coal and that is really a function ofBTUs.” Rahall’s bill also seeks to ex­ tend the so-called abandoned mine fee on coal through 2007. Coal producers who operate surfape mines must pay 35 cents per ton into the abandoned mine fund until 1995. Underground mine operators must pay 15 cents per ton. Money from the fund is used primarily to rehabilitate abandoned mines, although Congress did vote late last year to allow states to spend the money for other purpos­ es as long as those uses are ap­ proved by Congress and the Interi­ or Department. Wyoming mine operators are opposed to extending the fee bpyond 1995 because they say most of the states’ inventory of aban­ doned mines are accounted for., Lowell Page, president of Cordero Mining Company in Gillette, said Rahall’s proposal to extend the fee sounds like another way to transfer resources from western states to eastern states. Rahall’s bill comes at a time when recently enacted amend­ ments to the national Clean Air y^ctcombined with national energy poTicy proposals are likely to spur new demand for Western low-sul­ fur coal. Wyoming is the largest coal-producing state in the nation, and produces mostly low-sulfur coal. . Jim Zoia, a subcommittee staft member under Rahall, said the pro­ posal is primarily intended to pre­ vent the federal government from "competing with the private coal producers. “If we’re meeting Detroit Edi­ son’s demand with Eastern lowsulfur coal produced Irom private lands, is it appropriate to bring fed­ eral resources into play?” Zoia asked. “We don’t think it is appro­ priate.” “That’s absurd,” Thomas said. “I’ve told Rahall to give those lands to the state of Wyoming and we’ll put them into private owner­ ship just as they did in West Vir­ ginia.” Brian Dunphy, a spokesman for Exxon, Inc., which operates two large coal mines near Gillette, said Rahall’s proposal is anti-competitive and bad for consumers, whom he said would be forced to pay higher prices for electricity. Another provision in Rahall’s bill would channel much of the federal government’s share of coal royalty payments into a fund in­ tended primarily for cities in east- 1 ) > �Friday, March 29,1991 Simpson to visit South Afnca, meet wth de Klerk, Mandela WASHINGTON — Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson will be among a group of U.S. senators next week that plans to travel to South Africa to meet with African leaders, tour a black township and participate in a “policy forum,” according to Simpson’s spokesman Stan SIMPSON Cannon. Simpson and his wife, Ann, will accompany Sens. Chuck Robb, DVa., PauT Sarbanes, D-Md., and Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, to South Africa. The group plans to leave March 31 and return April 6, Cannon said. The trip is being financed by a grant from the Carnegie Founda­ tion to the Aspen Institute, a non­ profit, educational foundation that is sponsoring the sojourn as part of its Southern Africa Policy Forum in Cape Town. For security reasons. Cannon said, the group will fly aboard a U.S. Air Force jet to and from South Africa at taxpayers’ ex­ pense. ' Cannon said Simpson plans to ’ reimburse the taxpayers for his wife’s travel expenses. The group plans to meet with South African President F.W. de Klerk, Nelson Mandela, deputy president of the African National Congress, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, president of the Inkataha, as well as Vladimir Kazimirov, the Soviet foreign minister for Africa. Cannon said the group will spend most of its time in Cape Town but that it does plan to travel to an unspecified black township for a first hand view of the kind of conditions in which much of the country’s black majority lives. Cannon said Simpson hopes to gather information that will con­ tribute to “sensible and reason­ able” decisions that Congress must make regarding U.S. policy toward South Africa. �Tuesday, April 2,1991 Ratliff resigns Simpson jjogition CHEYENNE (AP) — Sen. Alan Simpson’s chief of staff Joe Ratliff of Casper has resigned his position to take a job with a Washington, D.C., law firm. Ratliff was Simpson’s campaign manager in the Republican’s first senatorial election in 1978 and again in 1984 and 1990. Ratliff; worked out of the Washington of­ fice from 1978 to 1987, then moved back to the Casper office. “He was and is my strong right arm,’’ Simpson said in a release. Ratliff will begin his new job as an associate with Lipsen, Whitten and Diamond on June 1. “Only this kind of an opportu­ nity, a role of leadership in a dy­ namic and well-established firm » with a great future could ever tempt me away,’’ Ratliff said. ( �S r. o^ CM S 5' ? TO Ok2 ft 7)• 2. 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So far it’s been OK,” Scrafford said. The unusual security was not due to any specific threats, he said, but there had been “lotsa talk.” Hotel manager 'Vern Sitter said the security had been suggested to him by Helena police. “It seemed like a good idea...everybody would feel more comfortable,” he said. Terming wolf reintroduction “one of the most politically sensi­ tive and volatile issues in our states,” the congressmen wrote in a March 21 letter to Lujan, “Well publicized hearings with an open format... would go a long way to­ ward stopping an further alienation of our constituents towards the committee’s operating process.” The letter was signed by Wyoming U.S. Sens. Al Simpson and Malcolm Wallop, Rep. Craip Thomas. Idaho Sens. Steve Symms and Larry Craig, and Montana con­ gressmen Sen. Conrad Burns and Rep. Ron Marlenee. Doug Crowe, special assistant to Fish and Wildlife Service Director John Turner, said, however, he thinks the three meetings already held provided an ample supply of public comments. Crowe said all of the meetings, included general sessions, whenS the audience spoke to the comi^t- • 3 M Panel 3{jj €o s p So ® 3 55’ 3 £ 'OQ H 3 W 2 i Q " o 5 - a 55. o OQ 3 ! £? •OQ 3 3 L a (ra o a OQ CT CT s P3 3 § o tee as a whole, and “breakout ses­ tion plan, it is very likely to be sub­ sions,” where individual committee ject to the National Environmental members met with small groups of Policy Act. Under NEPA, an Environmental interested citizens. Impact Statement would be pre­ Crowe said he does not think the pared, Buterbaugh has said, and committee has time to hold more that process would provide ample meetings and make its May 15 deadline for recommending a wolf opportunity for formal public hear­ ings and public comment. reintroduction plan. But the GOP congressmen in the Congress set the deadline when three states involved said in their it created the wolf committee as letter that the committee itself part of the fiscal 1991 Interior ap­ should provide that opportunity. propriations bill. “Based on our observations, it “Sometime they’ve got to sit appears the committee has not cre­ down and decide what they as a ated the kind of opportunities for team can agree on,” he said. “And public involvement that are needed some of these folks (on the com­ to effectively deal with this sensi­ mittee) are real people with jobs.” tive issue,” they wrote in the letter. Pat Tucker, who represents the “Although the committee has National Wildlife Federation on the held several ‘information open technical committee, said, “If we houses’ or ‘listening sessions,’ the do three public meetings, we’ll audiences were split into small never meet the May 15 deadline.” groups with committee members The deadline was set by Congress presiding over structured discus­ in the legislation establishing the sions - an environment that makes committee. it difficult to encourage the type of Marlenee aide Kurt Christensen spontaneous and meaningful dia­ said Monday that the Democrats logue (that) is sorely needed. from Montana and Idaho were not “As a result, many of the critical asked to sign the letter. The Repub­ lican congressmen thought a letter issues central to the wolf issue have not been raised,” they wrote. from them would have more impact The congressmen also com­ on Lujan, a former GOP represen­ plained that people who traveled tative from New Mexico. long distances to attend the listen­ The chairman of the wolf com­ ing sessions were not given enough mittee, Galen Buterbaugh, has told time to be heard. audiences at the listening sessions Buterbaugh, Region 8 director in Wyoming and Idaho that their of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser­ comments have been recorded and vice, said of the delegation’s re­ . are being considered by the com­ quest, “we’re kind of all up in the mittee. air as a result of that. We’re going He repeatedly has said that if the to discuss it here.” committee develops a reintroduc- But he also noted that the deci­ sion on whether to hold the public hearings is not the committee’s to make. The letter was discussed briefly in a meeting of the technical com­ mittee serving the wolf committee. Technical Committee Chairman Wayne Brewster, a Yellowstone National Park biologist, said the wolf committee will discuss the let­ ter in its meeting today. Carolyn Paseneaux, the execu­ tive director of the Wyoming Wool Growers who serves on the techni­ cal committee, said a decision to hold the hearings may affect what the wolf committee plans to do in Denver next week. Any material presented by the technical commit­ tee “might be overstepping a public hearing,” she said. But Wayne Melquist of the Ida­ ho Fish and Game Department said the public should be told what alter­ natives for wolf reintroduction are being considered by the wolf com­ mittee. “Right now, they just don’t know,” he said. Rene Askins, the director of the Wolf Foundation in Jackson, said the EIS process will give the public plenty of opportunity to comment. That process, however, “is not the idea of this committee.” “The important thing is that peo­ ple feel listened to,” she said, not­ ing that the process setting up the wolf committee docs not give the public that assurance. �Thursday, April 4,1991 Committee guiding return of wolves defends meeting format By DAN NEAL @ Star-Tribune staff writer^r^^ HELENA — More public hearings on possible wolf reinirnriiirtion in the northern Rockies are not needed until the federal Wolf Management Committee develops a firm plan, its members say. Chairman Galen Buterbaugh, the Region 8 supervisor of the -ILS..Fish and Wildlife Service, said Wednesday that he will pass that message through channels to Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan. “It seems to be the consensus of the committee that we stay the course that we’re currently on,” he said after the wolf committee concluded its Helena meetings. “But the secretary makes the de­ cision.” Republican congressmen from Wyoming, Montana and Idaho plus Wyoming .Sens. Mairnim Wallnp and Alan Simpson — on March 21 asked Lujan to direct the wolf committee to schedule well-advertised, formal public hearings in each of their states. Those would “go a long way toward stopping any further alien­ ation of our constituents towards the committee’s operating pro­ cess,” they wrote in a letter to Lujan. The Wolf Management Committee was appointed by Lujan late last year at the behest of Congress to develop a reintroduction and management plan for the endangered gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho by May 15. The committee has held public “listening sessions” in all three slates since early February. A hearing in Helena Monday night drew more than 600 people, most of whom spoke against reintroducted. The meeting, however, was the first at which a strong contingent of pro-reintroduction people commented. The Wyoming Farm Bureau strongly objected in February to the format of the committee’s listening sessions and complained that it did not provide for formal recording of comment. But Buterbaugh and other committee members said that format, at which people went to smaller groups to make comments to a sin­ gle committee member and a scribe, worked very well. “We feel that we’ve done a good job of allowing the people of each state to come and present their comments, well over 1,000,” Buterbaugh said. Jim Magagna, the Rock Springs rancher who as president of the American Sheep Industry Association represents livestock interests on the committee, agreed. “I don’t know of any process that would allow that many people to have some input and to state their major concern within that time frame,” he said. By contrast, a formal hearing process would “al­ low a few people to say a lot, mostly representatives of formal groups,” he said. With information from the public and the committee’s own tech­ nical committee, “we are now ... in the best position we’re going to be in to move forward with some decision making,” he said. Magagna also expressed concern that if a new format is used it might be impossible to control a formal hearing process and limit it to the residents of the three stales “whose lives are going to be directly affected.” Wyoming Game and Fish Director Francis “Pete” Petera, anoth­ er member of the committee, said without a new format already planned out, “it may be premature to hold those.” George Bennett, the Gem State Hunters Association president who represents hunter interests on the committee, and Pat Tucker, who stood in for committee member Tom Daugherty of the National Wildlife Federation, said public comment will be needed after the committee formulates its plan. The committee will meet next week in Denver where its tech­ nical committee will estimate costs for the plan alternatives under consideration and prepare a history of past efforts to legislatively remove animals from the endangered species list. Several of the alternatives before the committee call for taking the gray wolf off the list in the three states. �Monday, April 8,1991 Wallop asks^ush to name Wyo la^eiHti> judgeship By KATHARINE COLLINS Star-Iribune 14'ashington bureau WASHINGTON — In a race with senators from other states, Wyoming’s Sen Malcolm Wallop has recommended that President Bush appoint a Wyoming lawyer to a newly-created judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Two new seats have been creat­ ed on the appeals court, as the re­ sult of Congressional action late last year to restructure and expand the federal judiciary. But where the two new judges will come from is up for grabs. Senate delegations from a number of the states served by the Tenth Circuit are pressuring the president to name one of their constituents to the prestigious post, spokesmen for Wallop and for Sen. Al Simp­ son said. So Wallop, as' Wyoming’s se­ nior Senator, moved quickly to get Wyoming names to Bush’s office. “We expedited the procedure a little bit because we’d heard a ru­ mor the delegation ... from Kansas ... was trying to get someone from their state appointed to this judge­ ship,’’ said Wallop spokeswoman Patty McDonald. “Senator Wallop and the dele­ gation feel very firmly that this is a position that should go to Wyoming.” McDonald would not say whether Wallop had nominated more than one candidate for the position. Wallop’s office would not release any nominee names pend­ ing approval by President Bush, which may not occur for some time. * Once Bush announces his choice, the candidate submits to confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee and to approval by the full Senate. Last December Congress passed a major bill restructuring federal courts, and expanding the federal judiciary by 85 judgeships — 11 at the appellate level. Simpson is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which did most of the work on the bill. The Tenth Circuit Court — which takes cases on appeal from federal district courts in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico — is increased from 10 to 12 judges under the law. Stan Cannon, press aide for Simpson, said Wyoming and New Mexico — the only Tenth Circuit states that currently have only one appellate judge — are the logical beneficiaries of the expansion. But Cannon said there is no guarantee the new seats will go to Wyoming and New Mexico, and Please see JUDGE, AIO �Wednesday, April 10,1991 Simpson sets up Kuwait jol)s information office By HUGH JACKSON Star-Tribune stajf writer t CASPER —Sen. Al Simpg^n has set up a “clearinghouse” in his Cheyenne office for people and businesses seeking work in Kuwait, but there still isn’t any in­ formation to help them land jobs, Simpson’s press secretary said Tuesday. Stan Cannon said people are complaining to Simpson’s office that nobody is answering Depart­ ment of Commerce hotlines de­ signed to deal with calls about Kuwait employment. So Simpson’s office will try to work as an “independent channel” to get those people through to those they should be talking to in Commerce, Cannon said. The office will keep an active list of people and businesses who are serious about working in Kuwait, he said. Those people will be put into contact with the appropriate feder­ al agencies and colorations, for a time when more is known about work opportunities — which may be a while. The Army Corps of Engineers is still doing its assessment of damage in Kuwait, and until that assessment is done, companies “aren’t able to move ahead them­ selves,” Cannon said. “I’d like to remind everybody that this is going to be a long, slow process,” he said. Cannon said another reason Simpson wanted to set up the “clearinghouse” in Cheyenne is to “keep down the con men.” A number of people have been trying to make money by offering seminars and publications about opportunities in Kuwait. But Can­ non doubted that the information provided in such venues would be any more valuable than that pro­ vided by Simpson’s office. “We’ve encountered a lot of hype and hoorah,” he said, but it has amounted to “a lot more heat than light.” Information about the “clear­ inghouse” can be obtained by call­ ing 772-2477. �^Thursday, April 11,1991 ^Simpsoii feels democracy f can’t miss’ in South Africa >. By DAVID HACKETT ^vestments in South Africa. followers and members ol the ,Star-Tribune IVashinglon bureau Simpson initially voted for the Inkatha Freedom Party led by Zulu H legislation that contained the sanc­ Chief Mangosuthu Buthclezi. Among the deniand.s was a call • WASHINGTON —Democracy tions but President Ronald Reagan it'can't miss” in South Africa, ac­ vetoed the bill. Simpson later vot­ for the resignation of the South cording to ll.S. Sen. Alan SimpAfrican Law and Order minister ed to uphold the President’s veto and Defense minister, as well as 4on, who said the U.S. should lift but the bill passed anyway in an other police and military offtcers, 5{;conomic sanctions against the overwhelming override vote. whom it accused of organizing japartheid state to assist what he Under the law, the President can predicts will be a black majority lift sanctions if he shows that five death squads. "government by 1994. Ronnie Kasrils, the former mil­ conditions have been met. "" Simpson, who traveled to South The conditions are: release of itary intelligence chief of the ANC; 'Africa last week with a delegation all political prisoners from South who remains in hiding inside the of senators, said he thinks Presi­ African jails; lifting of the slate of country, also was reported to have dent Bush may decide to lift the emergency that existed in 1986; le­ accused the de Klerk government sanctions as early as June. galization of democratic political of intentionally delaying the re­ Nelson Mandela, deputy presi­ parties and political participation; lease of political prisoners and the return of political exiles, repeal of the Group Areas Act and dent <'.£L».be African National Population Registration Act, which Simpson, however, said he Congress (ANC), and other promi­ nent black leaders, continue to op­ thinks the ANC’s threats to with­ restricts where non-whites live and draw from negotiations amount to pose lifting sanctions against the work; initiation of negotiations white minority government of with black leaders for the abolition more political posturing and that black leaders he spoke to said they President Frederik W. de Klerk. of apartheid and the establishment But Simpson said this week that fully expect political prisoners to of a democratic government. ibany of those leaders say they faThe President also can lift sanc­ be released. Vor sanctions only to please their tions 30 days after showing that all “The black leaders were telling followers. Privately, he said, many political prisoners have been re­ us that these people will be coming’ leased and that three of the other out,” he said. “They know who of them favor improved economic they are. Nobody knows better.” relations with the U.S. four conditions have been met. Mandela last week also called “Like all people in politics — Simpson said he thinks all of on the government to use more pnd they're going to learn a lot the conditions will have been met about politics in the next few years civilized methods of controlling within a matter of months and that — they’ve locked themselves in a President Bush will lift the sanc­ crowds of black protesters and to position where three years ago that tions with minimal opposition stop using live ammunition against whs very appropriate but it isn’t from Congress. them. appropriate when now they’re go­ The ANC last week threatened Simpson said Mandela reiterat­ ing to be taking over a government to withdraw from negotiations for ed the same concern to visiting and they want it in its optimum or a new South African constitution if senators last week. best functioning form,” he said. de Klerk’s government does not Simpson, however, said he, " “Speaker after speaker, all of implement a list of demands aimed thinks tremendous progress has them, black and white, said it is at ending violence between its own been made in South Africa and that very important to the success of moderate black and white leaders Hie new South Africa that it be will prevail in implementing economically sound,” Simpson democratic reforms, despite ongo- ’ said. “1 low can it be economically ing strife. sound without the United States as Paraphrasing remarks made to one of t ie principal trading parthim by a white anti-apartheid, rltrs?” member of Parliament, Simpson ; ; “When you get some of them said,“If de Klerk hadn’t started, (black leaders) aside in a social sit­ what he is doing (Mandela)' uation, ti ey say, ‘we have to say wouldn’t even be here.” , do not remove the sanctions. “So, why spend time talking We’ve been running on that,”’ he about the pace of things when if said. this hadn’t begun, Mandela would) “The commentary and the bluff­ still be in prison and a strong) ing will go on just like here ... apartheid government would be in they’re learning basic politics place,” he said. “What would be you know, poker politics.” solved by that? This is the kind of Congress voted to impose eco­ stuff that makes you knock on your nomic sanctions against South head. Africa in 1986. Imports of urani­ “So, it seems to me, you have to um, coal, steel, textiles, iron, sugar give de Klerk some credit for start­ and other agricultural products ing to dismantle this ghastly sys­ from South Africa are banned. tem, which he’s doing. It’s irre­ American companies are pro­ versible. It cannot be turned back hibited from exporting petroleum but I’m sure there will be a lot o( SEN, ALAN SIMPSON products and weaponry to South Sanctions should be lifted boasting and political threats’’ Africa and may not make new in­ along the way. �Simpson briefs state officials on water-reWed legislation ■ By KATHARINE COI.LIN?^ Star-Tribune iVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming ■Sen. Al Simpson on Thursday briefed state water officials on a wide array of federal environmenJai legislation that would gffect water administration in Western states. The Republican minority whip made the remarks at a policy sem­ inar of the Western States Water Council meeting in Washington. Referring to a “draft issues” document of the Senate environ­ ment and public works committee —7 of which he is a member — Simpson updated members of the Western States Water Council on the progress ofithe Clean Water ..Act. Simpson predicted that the reauthorization of the federal Clean Water Act will not pass until next year, and that the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), dealing.with hazardous waste disposal, will take even longer. Simpson said a number of pro­ visions in the proposed Clean Water Act have little chance of passing because of the certain re­ sistance of Western senators; Simpson was broadly critical of increasing federal efforts he said encroach on state water use and al­ location. He criticized ERA for halting the Two Forks reservoir project near Denver, which the agency did partially because the agency said Denver authorities had not encour­ aged water efficiency among mu­ nicipal users. He said that the pro­ posed reauthorization of the Clean Water Act calls for strengthening federal control over water efficien­ cy. “I’m not sure it is the proper role of EPA to be in the business of telling a municipality how to deal with water conservation,” Simpson said. “I just can’t imagine any Western senators or Congressmen supporting any change in the law to accomplish more EPA oversight in that area.” • Simpson said another option under consideration is a “statutory clarification” of water quality stan­ dards to irrigation practices. “That’s an effort that will prob­ ably create a new sagebrush rebel­ lion,” Simpson said. On the question of federal reg­ ulation of irrigation return flows, Simpson said the only way to put a stop to the leaching of undesired minerals and metals into ground and surface water is to “discontin­ ue irrigation, and 1 can assure you that does not seem like a delightful prospect for those of us in the West.” Simpson said it “would be counter-productive” to regulate the water quality of irrigation return flows — also a potential compo­ nent of the Clean Water Act. However he added it might be pos­ sible to “slightly alter irrigation practices” to reduce the amount of selenium being picked up by the water. Simpson said increasing pres­ sure for decreasing non-point source pollution resulting from ir­ rigation could eventually result in dramatic changes in irrigation .practices. “Open ditch irrigation may have to pass the way of the gas hog,” the Senator speculated. Simpson called a federal pro­ posal to establish instream flow re­ quirements where deemed neces­ sary to maintain ecosystem integri­ ty a “curious and onerous” prospect.” �Sunday, April 14,1991 Simpson says Japan’s open market will help Wyoming cattle ranchers CHEYENNE (AP) — Japan’s elimination of beef quotas during this month should result in a substantial new market for Wyoming’s cattle ranchers, U.S. Sen. Al Simpson said. The Wyoming Republican said ft has been a “long, hard road” to get Japan to eliminate the quota system. But as of this month, Wyoming ranchers who have tried to break into the Japanese market will no longer be restricted by the annual quota which limited the amount of imported beef that Japan would accept for the United Stntcs he s&id While the quota has been eliminated, Japan has placed a steep tariff on imported beef. But Simpson said that over the next three years, that tariff should be reduced. The tariff now sits at 70 percent, but will drop to 60 percent next year and 50 percent the following year, the senator said. Japan is the largest importer of American beef, buying more than $1 billion worth annually. t �Congress faces renewed battle over immigration (3^1 Bv KATHARINE cm TINS-------^j^^lar-Tribune H'ashington bureau Simpson Continued from Al or encourage hiring discrimination WASH INCTON — A big battle over immigration Igoms again against “foreign”-appearing Amer­ this year in Washington, featuring Wyoming’s Sen. Alan Simpson, ican citizens, as Kennedy and who was the key Senate backer of the last major immigration leg­ Hatch say. islation passed in 1986. 1 “I think repeal of employer Simpson has vowed to fight passage of the Employee Sanc­ sanctions is a real mistake and I’ll tions Repeal Act of 1991,” whose introduction in both houses ot fight it very hard,” Simpson said in Congress is expected later this month or early in a recent interview. “If you get rid of Simpson said the proposed bill would weaken the 1986 Immithe penalties against the employer, gration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) — major legislation that means he or she may hire ille­ steered through the Senate principally by Simpson. gal persons. I think that’s a shame Sens Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, for a country that prides itself on plan to introduce a bill that would repeal the imposition of civil due process and legal rights and re­ and criminal penalties against employers who knowingly hire un­ sponsibilities.” Asked about the effectiveness of documented aliens. __ ■ :j_ _ Those penalties can range from $500 to $5,000 per incident, current measures intended to pun­ depending on the company’s previous violations and the number ish employers who hire foreigners not authorized to live and work in of employees involved. The repeal of the sanctions has attracted the support ot an un­ the U.S., Simpson said sanctions usual coalition of Hispanic civil rights groups and business or­ would “work a lot better if we had ganizations. But any change in the 1986 legislation which one a proper identification system Hispanic activist described as Simpson’s “baby will meet which was not so gimmicked.” strong resistance from the Wyoming Republican. Simpson proposed “some type The key question in the debate is whether employer sanctions df identifier” that would be used by discourage exploitation of illegal aliens, as Simpson contends. prospective employees to demon­ strate their legal status with the Please see SIMPSON, All, i U.S. He emphasized that such a document would not become “some sort of national l.D.” • „haraed debate over Emotion-chargeo "stZinsaid^efacU^^^^^ The identification card require­ the use °^®^"HpdnSeofthe ® a to latUfy hiring requtre- ment is not currently included in ployers prec P ^j^es of the be used to sans y passive doc- the immigration reform law, al­ bill, as groups on b^^^ tnents has re "considerably though there are some identifica­ tion requirements. issue argue {fgetive in curtailument wb^iUty of In 1986 — following a decade sures wou dbe elfec ,j 5 or erodes” enforceab a ing illegaf ontry '^n tion laws. ““thorization doc of debate — Congress passed IRCA, an immigration reform pack­ would s'htP y P while increasing “uniform work auin den on employe minority “'"®''‘’?nthe°t^of the issue, a age that became known as the discrimination “b Simpson-Ma'zzoli bill as it worked On the other sio bus' unlikely P’^^a&panic civ its way to final passage. Rep. Ro­ ness groups ano formed I mano Mazzoli, D-Ky., guided the "8'’‘3e"repea> of the sanction legislation through the House. The bill aimed at improved con­ support the p ,^esman « repeal sanctions. bothmemJill ScheWnip, sPf ^o^mer trols on immigration to keep it a Vennedy and H « ggpate the U.S. Chamb jbemselv certain levels. Key elements were civil and bers w'th Sim^ haveattractoh'P °ffck and a hard plac criminal sanctions against employ­ judiciary Comm tte , p^p. said “between a rocK f, ed eight other sponsors ers knowingly hiring illegal aliens, under the Sht penalties if tl and “amnesty” for illegal aliens civil and criminal pena , resident in the U.S. since 1982, and Sponsored by vf,. 71 sponsors. mistakenly hire ani mprop^ for some seasonal agricultural D-C’‘“f”"°ninion not only have umented f®F® ’ ®''j,bout hiring t “In our op'n’on, ^immal ■ workers in the U.S. can be accused of discriminatu employer sanct^^grring iUegaV The 1986 law also provided for effect thus far m d 1,000 additional border patrol po­ she said. sitions and the prohibition of access to some federal benefit programs , for five years for newly-legalized to engage in illegal employment discrimination against Americans who look and sound ‘foreign’ in or­ der to avoid potential lawsuits, fines, and jail sentences under IRCA’s sanctions provisions,’’ Kennedy and Hatch wrote in a re­ cent letter to their Senate col­ leagues. In addition to repealing civil and criminal sanctions against employ­ ers, Hatch and Kennedy propose beefed up border patrolling along the Mexico-U S. border and in­ creased enforcement of wage and hour regulations by the federal De­ partment of Labor to reduce “in­ centives” that encourage immigra­ tion. In support of their bill, the spon­ sors cite a 1990 report by the Gen­ eral Accounting Office (GAO) that links employer sanctions to the ini­ tiation of discriminatory hiring practices by “fully 19 percent” of employers nationwide. However, a spokesman for a leading immigration reform group contests the GAO report, noting that data supporting the GAO con­ clusions was provided by employ­ ers “who have an interest in abol­ ishing sanctions (and thereby) be­ ing allowed once again to freely ex­ ploit illegal aliens.” Dan Stein, executive director of the Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), said employer sanctions are the “linchpin of the 1986 law” and should be retained as a “major and important deterrent” to illegal immigration. “The number of aliens crossing illegally plummeted within two years after the law passed,” Stein said in a recent interview. “Em­ ployer sanctions, particularly if ac­ companied by strong legislative ef­ forts to improve the documentary requirements under the law, is our best hope for control of immigra­ tion.” FAIR documents offer another view of the numbers of illegal aliens currently entering the U.S., maintaining that without the sanc­ tions 2 million, rather than I mil­ lion, illegal aliens would enter the 11 S annnaHv. �Senators differ on cutting payrgB^tax By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. sena­ tors from Wyoming cast opposing votes Wednesday on the question of whether to slash the Social Se­ curity payroll tax and return the program to a “pay-as-you-go” ■ plan. ; U-S. Sen. Alan Simpson. RWyo., voted to table an amend-' ment that would have put the Sen- ’ ate on record as favoring a cut in the Social Security payroll tax. ■ U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop RWyo., voted against the motion to table the amendment, which waS sponsored by Sen. Patrick Moyni­ han, D-N.Y. Moynihan said surplus funds raised by the Social Security tax are being used to mask the true size of the federal budget deficit and are being spent on general op­ erations of government. The Senate voted 60-38 Wednesday to table the amend­ ment. Simpson said the pay-as-yougo plan resulted in near bankruptr cy of the Social Security system, which was revised in 1982 to cre­ ate a surplus of funds. Speaking on the floor of the Senate Tuesday, Simpson said millions of additional retirees will seek to collect retirement benefits early in the 21 st century. “The question here is not whether to leave this tax burden on the American taxpayer,” he said. “Rather it is which taxpayers to place it on.” “Either we do as we should un­ der current law and have the mon­ ey paid in today by those who will be collecting it tomorrow, or we leave that burden to be borne by the taxpayers of tomorrow who, being fewer in number... will each have to carry a far heavier bur­ den,” he said. Wallop, who is the sponsor of a bill that would trim the Social Se­ curity payroll tax, reduce the cap­ ital gains tax and restore “backloaded” individual retirement ac; counts, said Moynihan is correct but did not go far enough with his proposal. • Wallop said his bill would rcT lease capital into the economy fof investment, thereby creating job? and increasing tax revenues to re^ duce the deficit. 5 Wallop said “it is a lie” to caij the Social Security system a trusj fund because the government bor* rows money from the fund to pay for general operations. 1! “I don’t know if people iq Wyoming understand that a coupl6 hundred billion dollars a year is going out of that fund to pay for­ eign relief and other functions of government,” he said. “The govf emment is essentially borrowing from itself and putting chits in the drawer.” “ > Thursday, April 25, 1991 �Friday. April 26.1991 Simpson blasts timbering restrictions ■ CHEYENNE (Apj——efforts to more carefully monitor below-cost .timber sal^g.pn national forests will have to be battled forever by Wyoming congressional delegations, according to IT S Sen Al Simpson. Simpson said he could see no end to arguments by environmental groups that the U.S. Forest Service should not sell timber for costs below what is needed to administrate its timber sale program. “We will have that fight forever as we deal with the Forest Service budget and there s now talk of an independent management team to supervise the revision of forest plans, he said. “But just say that this is what we’ve always done, and 1’11 bet every Wyoming delegation. Democrat and Republican alike, has been dealing with this for a lot of years.” I < j f �Friday, April 26.1991 Delegation plans push for full-time vWyo EPA office CHEYENNE^'(AP) — Wyoming’s congressional delega­ tion will continue to lobby for a full-time, fully staffed Environmen­ tal Protection Agency in Wyoming. its members said Wednesday. The EPA and^ the state have signed an agreement under which the EPA will finance one position in the office, to be staffed with state Department of Environmental Quality pefsonne^. The office will be in Casper. i, U.S. Sens. Al Simpson and Mal. colm Wallop and U.S. Rep. Craig Thomas said while they welcomed the agreement, they would rather >. see the EPA staff a field office in the state. j “While the EPA announcement is surely a step in fhe right direction, we feel they could do more,” Simp-f son said. “It makes little sense for? EPA to impose it^ many federal reg-* ulations without also operating a lo-l cal office in order to provide assis­ tance and to worl^ more closely with the people of Wyoming. ” “Although we have a two-year, commitment from EPA to help fund the office, the resolution of many' environmental issues in our state have no specific time table,” Wal­ lop said. “The Wyoming congres­ sional delegation will continue'* seeking EPA participation, ideally resulting in a situation far more meaningful and permanent than their current commitment. ” The three said they believed the EPA could more effectively address environmental issues with a fulltime office in Wyoming than by consolidating its Wyoming opera­ tions in its Denver office. “There are many things happen­ ing in Wyoming with the environ­ ment and it’s important that Wyoming have a legitimate, durable and dependable presence in the state,” Thomas said. “Knowing how tough it can be to get through the bureaucracy, I can tell you it’s a lot easier to get real answers from someone across a desk than it is across the state line or phone lines.” �Sunday, April 28,1991 Simpson to speak on energy policy at^(^R symposium CASPER— Sen. Al Simpson is scheduled to share his views on na­ tional energy policy proposals and their implications for Wyoming when Casper hosts the 7th Annual Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute May 1-2, according to a release. Simpson will be the featured speaker at a banquet at the Hilton at 7 p.m. May 1, the release said. The Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, sponsored by the University of Wyoming’s En­ hanced Oil Recovery Institute, provides a forum to display and discuss ways to increase produc­ tion from existing wells. �Sunday, April 28,199 KW may get EPA funds to help coyer asb^^ — A. new funding formula gives Kelly Walsh High School another stab at obtaining U.S. Environmental Protection Agency money to help cover the costs of its asbestos cleanup, ac•cording to a joint news release from Se«« Malr.nlm Wallop-and Alan slimpgnn The senators noted that EPA will distribute some $46 millioii this year in asbestos school cleanup funds under a “per pupil expenditures” formula as opposed to its former “per capita income formula. That change. Wallop and Simp­ son said, reflected suggestions by Natrona County School District officials, and Kelly Walsh has since re-submitted its funding ap­ plication. � https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/a176f1a234b2bccd10e754240c1cd205.jpg 30eb2e6d2c2f9f1c75e6938779b156db https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9df99738a102e8b0d1eae8074b587b83.jpg c0291aca7145a15973d2d2b52c6d998a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alan K. Simpson Vertical File Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of the files. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. This is a collection of files regarding U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson that were used by the Casper Star-Tribune. These files and documents are part of a larger collection of Casper Star-Tribune vertical files consisting of a series of file folders arranged by people, places, and events. These files at times have a corresponding file of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. 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The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024. Relation A related resource The finding aid for these and other items in this collection is available for viewing: <a href="https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://caspercollegearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/25364</a> 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. 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Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1991 Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Description An account of the resource PDF of various scanned newspaper articles from January through April 1991 regarding U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson. The articles are part of a collection of files and photographs that were created and used by the Casper Star-Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995. Items in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2000.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. 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The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024.