https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2728b5653be176c08483f8ef87a227a0.pdf c0a18e6e80d9d354245bdf5981d330c3 PDF Text Text Continued from Al university and the community col­ leges and paved the roads ... and that’s the oil and gas industry. “Undiscovered fields are gone” > in the United States, which renders secondary methods of production like enhanced oil recovery by means of carbon dioxide injection all the more crucial, Simpson said. At the same time, oil and gas ex­ ploration and development is being • delayed by environmental groups, i also hindering the country’s devel' opment ofan energy policy which would reduce foreign oil depen­ dence, he said. Simpson noted that in the seven years since the EORI was estabj lished, oil prices have declined, I “and the bust has persisted.” ; Simpson cited cheap imported i oil as part of the problem. Ameri1 cans want to reduce dependence on 1 foreign oil, but they don’t want to 1 pay for it, and so the prospect of an I oil import fee remains slim, he said, i At the same time, however, “the ? environmental costs of oil and gas T661 ‘Z exploration have become a part of the policy-making equation in ways we have never seen before,” he said. Simpson said he has witnessed “the growing tide of opposition to exploration activities” in Park County — his home county — “by people who were originially work­ ing for Husky Oil Co. who now say 'don’t do that out there. That’s not the place for that.’” “And there are places that in­ deed are not the place for that,” he said. Yet the environmentalists are difficult to bargain with, he said. As an example, Simpson main­ tained a deal was struck between developers and environmentalists regarding proposed drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The envronmentalists agreed to leave a portion of the refuge out for possible exploration, Simpson said. “Now its as if that deal was never even talked of. Too bad. It’s called being dishonest,” he said. �Bill of lights topic of Cody Law Day meeting - By CAROLE LEGG Star-Tribune correspondent/^^ CODY — Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wvo.. recalled his “scraps with the media and examined facets of the First Amendment during a Law Day discussion focusing on the Bill of Rights Wednesday in Cody, The Bill otRignts is what stands between you as a citizen and the power of the government,” said Charles Levendosky, Wyoming Poet Laureate and Casper Star-Tribune columnist, who was also a panel participant. Free speech, according to Simpson, was included in the Bill of Rights “to protect chaps in a basement in Philadelphia who were cranking out seditious literature” against the British Empire and desired protection in doing so. “I have my scraps with the media because I really actually believe in the First Amendment — it’s for us, too, not something captive to the media,” Simpson said. ^Simpson said that obtaining the reputation of a “media bash­ er began, for him, at the University of Wyoming, where he be­ gan attacking the student paper, the Branding Iron. Simpson said news editors don’t think of it as censorship, but rather “in their gade, it’s called ‘editing.’ “ If editors or news directors feel strongly, “it is always em- blazoned in the public’s ‘right to know,” according to Simpson. He quoted the code of a professional journalists’ society that news reporters should be accountable to the public, and the pub­ lic should be encouraged to voice grievances against the media. “When you air your grievance with the media, they really do ‘wrap it around your head like a tire iron,”’ according to Sirrtpson. Simpson added that when, during the Persian Gulf War, he “made reference to (the) family” and thus to the alleged Viet Cong connections of CNN reporter Peter Arnett, “I was sav­ aged” by the media. Levendosky, directing his half-hour comments to the Bill of Rights, noted that the document was not put to Work, in effect until about 1930. “If you aren’t willing to stand up for it (Bill of Rights), you lose It,” Levendosky cautioned, telling his audience of students, attorneys and citizens, “You must be alert to these rights ... they are only activated when you activate them.” Responding later to questions, Simpson defended the gov­ ernment s repression of some Gulf War news, which was jus­ tified, in the senator’s view, by the end result of a brief six-week war with only 185 casualties. “In wartime, the government has that right (to suppress in­ formation),” Simpson said. Participating in a panel that fielded questions following the two presentations were two area high school students, Jake Sutton of Powell and Mike Simonton of Cody. They joined Justice of the Peace Meg Sommers on a Law Day panel moderated by Bob Koelling, chair of the Humanities Division at Northwest College. �Simpsoj^opposed to '^Brady*’ gim bill CHEYENNE (AP)— A mea­ sure approved by the U.S. House that would impose a seven-day waiting period on people wishing to buy handguns is an unaccept­ able limit on people’s rights, ac­ cording to U.S. Sen. Alan Simp­ son, R-Wyo. Simpson said the “I^ady Bill” approved by the House earlier this week and sent to the Senate im­ properly imposes background checks and a waiting period on American citizens. “I happen to be one who be­ lieves that... is not an appropriate limitation on people,” he said. ”1 think it’s an infringement on lawabiding people." The measure that would allow local law enforcement agencies to conduct background checks on people trying to buy handguns faces an uncertain future in the Senate and the threat of a veto by President Bush. Simpson said he doubted the ‘ measure would survive the Sen­ ate. ”1 just think that over here in the Senate there are enough people who do not feel that ... is an ap­ propriate vote,” he said. "The measure will come over here and 1 think you’ll find that it will be a close vote.” Simpson credited the measure’s approval in the House to pressure from lobbyists and its namesake, former White House press secre­ tary James Brady, who was shot during the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Simpson said he doubts the measure will accomplish its goals of cutting down on violent crimes by identifying criminals before they can obtain a gun. "The real criminal is going to get his or her guns from some othgr source,” he said. "They're not going to waste time going through this; they’re going to get it from the black market or illegitimate dealers. The District of Colombia has one of the toughest gun control laws of the country and it’s the murder capital of America.” Simpson instead said he sup­ ported a comprehensive anti-crime package that would include steps such as extending the federal death penalty and limiting federal court petitions by state prisoners on death row. "We can’t let them just deal with this piecemeal where we do a gun issue one place, a habeas cor­ pus another and a death penalty in another,” he said. "We’ve got to pull them all into one good, strong, tough bill and 1 think we have the opportunity this time.” �Sunday, May 12,1991 Simeon reports staff has majority of women Many staffers are‘diverse ethnic mix’ By the Star-Tribune staff f ‘ jasper — Sen. Alan Simp? san_s_staff consists of a majoritv o^f ivomen, according to the sena- ber of my staff who qualifies to be a full-blooded Native American it IS worth noting that quite a few members of my staff are quite proud of the fact that they have Simpson said that of the 41 people who are on his staff both in direct ancestors among their ethwho are,” Simpson Wyoming and in Washington, 25 (61 percent) are women and 16 added in the letter. , Ji® said that many of his (39 percent) are men. staffers, presumably those classiCt “PzSS 36 of his fled as white, “are actually of a ’»’■« white, diverse ethnic mix — ‘others’ in and two are Asian (4.8 percent each), and one (2.4 census terms.” Simpson spokesman Stan Can­ percent) is Hispanic. non said Friday that 14 of the 25 Simpson originally declined to provide the staffing information in women Simpson employs are in what Cannon described as “exec­ response to a request by the Starutive positions.” 0“ gender and Those positions include Simp­ ethnic diversity on the staffs of son s state representative in Wyoming s three Congressional offices appeared in the Star-Tri­ Cheyenne, various field repre­ sentatives and the staffs book­ bune April 28. keeper and office manager. Can­ *^e editor last week, Simpson did release the re­ non said. . of the senator’s leg­ quested data. According to the latest census, islative assistants are women as • 95^1 percent of Wyoming’s pop- well. Cannon said, adding that they generally have master’s or ha 0-7 percents black 1.5 percent is Native Amer­ law degrees. The minorities hired by Simp- : ican, 0.4 percent is Asian or Pa­ son are also in executive posi­ cific Islander and 2.3 percent is tions, Cannon said, including a listed as “other race.” “While 1 do not have any mem- legislative assistant who is black and a lawyer who is Asian. ‘ ' . ! . ' �I Wednesday, May 15,1991 Wind River IitIm's get grants CHEYENNE (AP) — The''2^eater independence and self-reShpshone and Arapaho tribes. Hance from the federal govern­ along with the IJjiiversity of ment, rather than having the feds Wyoming Cooperative Extension forcing upon them one more Service, have received federal ‘canned solution.’’’ Simpson said Wyoming is one Srants to establish youth and famy service programs on the Wind of only 14 states to receive the funding The first grant will be used River Indian Reservation. U.S. Sen. Al Simpson an- to create programs specializing in nounced Friday the two grants to­ family living and 4-H activities. The second grant will be used to taling $344,468 had been made under a provision of the Farm Bill establish a program to help build offering direct assistance to Indian confidence and self-esteem in young people and to strengthen reservations. "The difficult social challenges their communications skills with which continue to face the reser­ their peers, as well as with adults. Simpson said the extra funding vation are best met by the people on the reservation,’.’ he said. "The will allow an expanded role for practicality of these grants are that the university on the reservation the university ... will be working while developing new ways to directly with the tribes to foster meet the needs of the community. �Thursday, May 16,1991 Sullivaii, delegation criticize tax report BvJOANBABPnN^\ . Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE — A recent re­ port from the Citizens for Tax Jus­ tice that labeled Wyoming as havmg one of the 10 worst tax structures in the nation war^base and Ignored the low personal tax * Wyoming citizens, Gov. .Mike Sullivan and Wyoming’s congressional delegation say in let­ ters to The Washington Post In their letter. Sens, Alan Simn. ,^and Malcolm Wall^and R^n ~ _ Craig 7 homas_saiH tfi^~nFert was a most disturbing example of loose statistics running amok.” The CTJ study said Wyoming’s tax structure is bad because it re­ quires low and middle income fam­ ilies to pay a greater percentage of their income in taxes than do rich families. The combination of Wyoming’s sales, excise and property taxes Please see TAXES, A14 Taxe^^^^ Continued from Al consumes 9 percent of the incomes of poor families earning $12,300, the report said. Meanwhile, the wealthy in Wyoming pay only 2.4 percent of their incomes in state sales, excise and property taxes, the report said. The CTJ favored a personal in­ come tax to supplant the more re­ gressive taxes, such as sales taxes. “Whether one is rich or poor, Wyoming has next to the lowest personal tax burden in the nation, period,” Sullivan wrote. “Sales taxes may be regressive by nature, but Wyoming’s 3 per­ cent sales tax is among the lowest in the nation. Our property taxes al­ so rank near the bottom, so do many of our excise taxes and we don’t have an income tax.” “The reason, often ignored in - these studies, is that nearly twothirds of our tax revenue comes from taxes on the extractive min­ eral and energy industry,” Sulli­ van’s letter Continued. “We may not tax the rich as much as the Citizens for Tax Jus­ tice would like, but that’s primari­ ly because we don’t tax any of our citizens very much.” If removal from the “terrible ten” list requires Wyoming to im­ pose the same level of taxes as many states that didn’t make the worst list, “we would rather stay home from the dance, thank you.” Sullivan’s letter to the editor con­ cluded. i The letter from the delegation, * written by Simpson, likened the study to “as Abraham Lincoln once put it, using logic to prove that a horse chestnut is a chestnut horse.” “We challenge the correlation drawn between a light tax burden and tax unfairness,” the delega­ tion’s letter said. “It is true that an income tax ' policy cannot be ’progressive’ if t it does not exist at all. However, we • suspectthat the poorest citizens of ,■ Wyoming would not favor the in- I troduction of an income tax so as to J relieve them of this ‘regressive bur- } den.’” t The delegation’s letter also pointed out the state’s reliance on mineral severance taxes. “According to the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, Wyoming residents enjoy the lowest person­ al tax burden in the entire nation,” the letter said. “We happen to be­ lieve that the very fairest tax rate is the very lowest tax rate. By that measure, Wyoming ranks number one.” �Thursday, May 16,1991 I’RI n'l****—i«i|M Delegation s views mixed on wolf plan Bv DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau .WASHINGTON — Wyo­ ming's congressional representa­ tives expressed mixed reactions this week to the Federal Wolf Management Committee’s pro­ posal for reintroducing the endan­ gered gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Sens. Alan Simpson and Mal­ colm Wallop both said they think the committee’s recommended plan may be the best hope for state governments to control the wolf outside national park boundaries on behalf of ranchers and outfit­ ters. Rep. Craig ThomaSj however, said he prefers to ditch the plan and do nothing to help wolves re­ populate Yellowstone. The wolf committee’s recom­ mendation calls for congressional, action to change the protective sta­ tus of existing gray wolf popula­ tions in Montana tinder the En­ dangered Species Act to “experi­ mental non-essential.” Federal officials, meanwhile, would proceed with an enviromental impact statement on wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone Na­ tional Park. / The plan also would give states authority to manage wolves out­ side federal boundaries and allow private individuals to kill wolves. Simpson said he thinks wolves will eventually arrive in Yellow­ stone on their own or by the hand of man and he prefers the com­ mittee’s proposal to doing noth­ ing. “It just seems to me that if they’re going to come they ought to come under our terms,” he said. “This would be the way I would prefer to go rather than do noth­ ing,” he said. “Doing nothing, in my mind, is disastrous because it gives no ability for us to take the animal — federal or non-federal — and that’s what we have to have.” Thomas said he is unconvinced that wolves are inevitable in Yel­ lowstone and that doing nothing is exactly the policy he favors most. “We’d be better off putting that money (for wolf reintroduction) into other uses in Yellowstone or feeding starving children,” he said. “If we’re ever overrun by wolves then they won’t qualify as an en­ dangered species anymore.” Wallop said he remains adamantly opposed to reintroduc­ tion of wolves in Yellowstone but that if there is going to be a wolf reintroduction program, the com­ mittee’s plan may be preferable. But said he thinks it may be ex­ tremely difficult to pass legisla­ tion to implement the plan partly because it would pose procedural hurdles under existing laws such as the Endangered Species Act. “If there is to be a reintroduc­ tion plan it strikes me that if we were able to realize all these things (under the plan) that would be about as well done as it could be,” he said “But 1 would point out that 1 don’t think we can do all these things. It requires an amendment to the Endangered Species Act, the Environmental Protection Act and the Administrative Procedures Act and I’m skeptical that it can be done.” �Saturday, May 18,1991 Lamb U.S. attorneys to 1 ff-' / probe practices of lamb Rekers By DAVID HACKETT Star- 'Tribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — An an­ titrust investigation of the domesunder way, a U.S. Justice Department attorney continued Friday, as concentration in the packing industry in­ creases and wholesale lamb prices remain persistently low. Bruce Yamanaga, a Justice De­ partment attorney, said the inves­ tigation was opened in April as a result of information provided to the department. He declined to provide further details, except to say that the probe will continue indefinitely. One industry spokesman blamed market factors for driving wholesale Iamb prices down. He said times have been tough on packers as well, and indicated con­ centration in the lamb industry is not responsible for the lower prices paid producers. Fran Boyd, a spokesman for the American Sheep Industry Asso­ ciation in Washington, said he was pleased to hear of the Justice De­ partment’s decision to proceed with the investigation. Boyd said his organization polled its directors in April to de­ termine whether they would favor asking the Justice Department to investigate the lamb market. Boyd said the vote was an over­ whelmingly favorable — 343-42. The Justice Department had al­ ready launched the antitrust in­ vestigation unbeknownst to sheep producers. Sheep producers and lawmak­ ers on Capitol Hill have been com­ plaining for years of discrepan­ cies between wholesale and retail lamb prices. Please see LAMB, AIO Continued frmn Al “Basically, in the last couple of years we’ve had a trend where the wholesale price paid by pack­ ers to producers has gone down and the retail price has gone up,” Boyd said. Statistics provided by the as­ sociation show that the average wholesale price of lamb declined 20 percent between 1987 and 1990 from $1.50 per pound to $ 1.20. The average retail price in­ creased 7.6 percent during rough­ ly the same period, according to the associations’ calculations, from $3.15 per pound to $3.39. James Bruce, the associations’ assistant vice president of lamb marketing, said, “My gut feeling is that there’s a hell of a bottleneck between the packer and breakers or the packer and retailers.” “Somewhere in the exchange not enough money is coming back to the producers because con­ sumers are paying millions of dol­ lars for lamb,” Bruce said. Boyd said “breakers” buy whole lamb carcasses from pack­ ers, then cut them into smaller pieces which they sell to markets and restaurants. He said breakers form a very small group of indi­ viduals limited to “a few fami­ lies.” Paul Karody, a vice president of ConAgra, Inc., a Omaha, Neb. company that controls close to 40 percent of the lamb packing in­ dustry, said increasing imports of lamb, “inflation, the shrinking dol­ lar and a lot of factors” affect mar­ ket prices for lamb. Karody said the last few years have been tough for lamb produc­ ers and packers but he declined to discuss the issue in detail. News of the investigation came as a pleasant surprise to lawmak­ ers on Capitol Hill, 11 of whom r wrote to Attorney General Richard Thornburgh on May 6 to request an immediate investigation of the lamb industry. Among the signatures on the letter were those of Wyoming Re­ publican Sens. Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wallop, as well as Sen. Steve Symms, R-Idaho. The senators said they are concemed by increased concentration throughout the lamb industry, es­ pecially the dominance of four firms over nearly 80 percent of the packing industry. The senators told Thornburgh that while “horizontal integration is often a sound business principle ... the production of sheep and lamb has surely not benefitted.” In a statement released by Simpson’s office Thursday, Simpson said the disparity between wholesale and retail prices of lamb can only be explained “by strict market manipulation and possible antitrust activities.” Both Wyoming senators and Wyoming Rep. Craig Thomas wrote to Thornburgh last year to request an antitrust investigation of the entire meat packing Industry. Thomas also spearheaded an effort last year to document how lamb producers in Wyoming have been affected by market condi­ tions. He also organized a hear­ ing before a House Government Operations subcommittee to study antitrust activities in the meat packing industry. I I t I I I ? ■ , ; '■ | ' ■ ' j j . , �Tuesday, May 21,1991 Simpson opens JACKSON (AP) — SeZ^ Al as Simpson’s new satellite field office '' in Jackson Hole is now “open for business.’’ , The Wyoming Republican, in a : news release from his Washing- , ton, D.C., office, said the new fa- ' cility will be staffed by his Western ' Wyoming field representative, Lyn : Shanaghy, who will divide her time between the new office and the senator’s Rock Springs office. ' �Wednesday, May 22,1991 Wyo.seiiatQrs split on honoraria vote =<• By HACKETT^ —Simpson said, too, that he thinks , DAVID __________ ___ Star-Tribune IVashington bureau honoraria acts, or appears to act, as a subtle influence on the way sen­ WASHINGTON — Wyoming ators think about issues. senators split their votes Tuesday Wallop said he sees nothing on a pair of amendments that wrong with accepting honoraria as would ban honoraria for senators long as it is fully disclosed to the and limit outside, unearned income public. He said a host of interest to 15 percent of their regular groups pay honoraria and, in so salary. doing, tend to cancel each other r. Sjgn. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., out. Voted for both measures. Sen. Mal­ “Congress is awash in special colm Wallop, R-Wvo..' voted interests because we affect the against them. lives of every individual and col­ The Senate passed both amend­ lective interest that exists,” he said. ments and made them part of a In 1989; the latest year for campaign finance bill that would which figures are available. Wal­ impose spending limits on Senate lop reported $39,200 in honoraria campaigns according to state pop­ payments, of which he kept ulation. $33,645 and donated the remainder Simpson said he voted to ban to charity. honoraria because it creates “at Simpson reported honoraria least the appearance” of a conflict payments of $90,600 in 1989, of of interest with the public trust. which he kept $35,500 and donat­ Honoraria is the term applied ed the remainder to charity. to payments to senators for per­ Simpson said he voted to limit sonal appearances, such as speech­ outside, unearned income of sena­ es and panel discussions, beyond tors, such as interest payments, be­ the halls of Congress. cause he considers it hypocritical of of indenendentlv independently wealthy wealthy senators senators -: to campaign against pay raises that their less affluent colleagues may need. Wallop, who voted against the measure, said he is unwilling to accept a de facto pay cut as long as members of the House of Repre­ sentatives receive salaries greater than those paid to senators. Wallop said he might support a proposal that couples limits on unearned income and honoraria with increases in salaries for sen­ ators. The House voted last year to ban honoraria payments and in­ crease members’ salaries to $125,100. This year, senators will make $101,900 in salary and may keep up to $23,068 in honoraria for a maximum of $124,968. Simpson kept only about $77,000 of his salary last year but augmented it with roughly $35,000 in fees from a national radio pro­ gram that he produces with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. �Simpson: Democrats don’t want to be ‘party of quotas’ __ By KATHARINE COLLINS C y . Star-Tribune Washington bureau {^\ .'YASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers withdrew their originaj_civil rights bill and “went back to the old work bench” to come up with a new proposal this week so Democratic can­ didates in coming elections will not be stuck with a “quota” la­ bel, according to Wyoming Sen. Alan Simnson, . 9". a group of Democrats released a compromise S Pfohibils hiring quous Snd p!” mbits employers from using separate scoring systems in testminority job applicants (see related story on page;. „ road the polls and they find these things a ^™^^’cans — Democrat and Republican “inonty groups,” Simpson said. “It’s very known as the party of quotas. iiz a couple of races in November, and they didn’t Lm wiWhave to ... clearly define L661 'XrpsjnqjL �Friday, May 24,1991 Simpsam ^State-tribal water battle less contentious CHEYENNE (AFf — The par par-­ (AP) — ties in the ongoing Wind River wa­ ter battles seem to be less con­ tentious than in the past, according to Sen. Al Simpson. “I think there’s a little less con­ tention by the attorneys who seem to have been always involved here,’’ the Wyoming Republican said during his weekly telephone interview with reporters. “The parties are working together of a number of aspects of this. 1 see a little less of the issue of personalities and political differ­ ences and an effort to start working together,’’ he said. Among the parties Simpson not­ ed as making that effort are the new tribal water engineer, Wold Mesghinna, and Gov. Mike Sulli­ van. “I think the new tribal water engineer seems to be a reasonable person, ’’ Simpson said. “I think that’s an encouraging sign. The governor certainly ex­ tended his effort to try to assist and resolve this issue. ’ ’ State Engineer Jeff Fassett also has earned Simpson’s atten­ tion. “The state engineer has assured us he will make every effort to meet the demands on the water, and administer that fairly and ac­ cording to law,’’ the senator said. “He apparently has had a pret­ ty good dialogue with the new trib­ al water engineer,” Simpson said of Fassett, “I don’t see him as a ‘locked-in’ person who is not go­ ing to listen to the people of the area.’’ �Saturday, May 25,1991 Transport bill authorizes Yellowstone study funds By DAVID HACKETT (y Star-Tribune tVashington bureau WASHINGTON — Funding for a study of the cost and feasi­ bility of alternative forms of trans­ portation in Yellowstone and otfier national parks was included in a $ 195 billion highway bill that was adopted this week by a Senate committee. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee also des­ ignated $602 million for highway construction in Wyoming during the next five years, a 44 percent addition to the $417 million pro­ vided in the last highway bill. Sen. Alan Simpson^ R-Wyn a member of the committee, suc­ ceeded in attaching an amendment to the bill that would authorize the annual expenditure of $3 million through 1996 to study the potential uses of shale oil asphalts on road surfaces. Simpson said money for the study would go to the Western Re­ search Institute in Laramie, though language of the amendment men­ tions only “a non-profit organiza­ tion with demonstrated expertise.” The amendment also calls for a demonstration project involving a test strip of at least one mile in Yellowstone Park. The test would be intended to evaluate the per­ formance of shale oil asphalts un­ der extreme climatic conditions. The bill authorizes the expen­ diture of $300,000 to study the possibility of building unconven­ tional forms of transportation in national parks such as magnetic levitation trains and air trains. Simpson proposed to include the money for the study at the re­ quest of Sen. Malcolm Wallop. RWyo., who is a leading advocate of alternative transportation systems in parks as a solution to problems associated with automobile con­ gestion and pollution. The study would consider the feasibility and cost efficiency of building alternative transportation systems in three national parks — Yellowstone, Yosemite in Cali­ fornia, and Denali in Alaska. The highway bill includes a pro­ vision that would permanently raise the allowable weight limit of commercial trucks in Wyoming to 117,000 pounds, the same limit al­ lowed in neighboring states. An amendment to the bill spon­ sored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, R-N.J., would impose a federal weight limit of 80,000 pounds as of June 1. States with existing limits greater than 40 tons would not be required to roll back their laws un­ der Lautenberg’s measure but states with existing limits of 40 tons or less would be prohibited from exceeding that weight in the future. Lautenberg’s amendment con­ tains similar language pertaining to double and triple trailers on trucks. States that allow double and triple trailers today would be permitted to continue but states that do not allow them would not be allowed to do so after June 1. Simpson is working to include language in the final version of the highway bill that would permit Wyoming to proceed with a statewide referendum this autumn on the question of whether to per­ mit triple trailers on Wyoming highways. I 1 he highway oili contains a i measure, added at Simpson’s be: best, that calls for a review of the enterprise program, which requires at least 10 percent of highway money to go to minority construc­ tion firms. A statement released by Simp­ son’s office says one of the pur­ poses of the study would be to ver­ ify whether companies that are “truly disadvantaged” are still par­ ticipating in the program. The statement says the study al­ so would investigate how much Wyoming business has been lost to out-of-state contractors as a result of the 10 percent program. The committee’s highway bill differs sharply from a highway program proposed earlier this year by President Bush. The committee’s bill would have the federal government pay a larger share of the costs of trans­ portation programs than the Bush program, delay the designation of a 150,000-mile National Highway System and allow states to spend federal dollars more freely. The White House has threat­ ened to veto the bill, which is ex­ pected to reach the Senate floor early next month. �Saturday, M a y 2 5 ,1 9 9 1 Wallop, Simpson pledge to protect sugar subsidy By KATHARINE.COLLINS Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyo­ ming’s two U.S. senators said this week that the current feder­ al sugar subsidy program should not be “subjected to further negot’ation” during ongoing world traoe talks in Uruguay. Republican Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson both vot­ ed Friday to support President George Bush’s proposal for “fast-track” authority to negotiate trade agreements — including a free trade agreement with Mex.-icstand the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) heing negotiated in Uruguay. “Fast track” was approved 59-36. Continued from Al Friday afternoon. But Stan Can­ non, spokesman for Simpson, said sugar beet producers in Wyoming are worried the GATT talks could result in an end to sugar import protection imposed by the United States Wyoming — with 584 sugar beet growers whose crop value is $50 million annually — is the sev­ enth largest sugar beet producer in the nation, according to Bill Gentle, spokesman for the Wyoming Department of Agri­ culture. Cannon said Wyoming’s two senators want to “alleviate the concern” of Wyoming sugar beet producers. “As long as the Europeans are dumping sugar — for as low as 7 cents a pound in recent years — our contention is that the sugar program is necessary,” Cannon said. “Not only is there a surviv­ Simpson and Wallop said in a prepared statement that before casting those votes they first took steps to make sure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture price support program for sugar stays in effect. “Fast track” refers only to the procedure under which the U.S. will negotiate trade agreements. In addition to paving the way for the U.S. to negotiate a free trade agreement with Mexico, it grants approval for the U.S. to continue the Uruguay talks — trade talks with members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Neither Wallop nor Simpson were available for comment on Please see SUGAR, A12 able price for Wyoming producers, but it brings stability to the mar­ ket.” Wyoming sugar is subsidized at 18 cents a pound, while the Eu­ ropean producers’ subsidy is 21 cents a pound, according to a Farm Bureau spokesman. Simpson’s office supplied copies of correspondence between Simpson and U.S. Trade Repre­ sentative Carla Hills on the sugar subsidy program In her letter to Simpson, Hills said the U.S. will not unilaterally modify our tariffs ... (or)... make ariy changes unless other coun­ tries make equivalent changes.” Further, she said, she is deter­ mined that governments “should be permitted to provide income assistance... to fanners” as long as the programs are designed to sta­ bilize world markets. Gentle said he is sure the Wyoming delegation members “understand the seriousness” of the potential threat of new trade agreements under GATT. i “It’s just a question of whether they’ll be able to prevail in the end,” Gentle said. “The European people arc considering new pro­ posals, and it’s kind of spooky.” He said equal reduction of sub­ sidies on both side of the Atlantic “would still give the European producers a real advantage” and that only “true free and be con­ sidered fair trade.” �'hey both nave slated nuh he y.hey are opposed u! Tolf reintioduction. Where we differ oncept IS a reasonable annroarh *0 get maximum protection Flitner said. “We disagree with that - absolutely and totally. We don’t want to encourage wolves to enmJ experimentally or any otheJ way ’’ ! nna plan rec­ ommended by a, federallv-an. I -«'ves would be introduceS °o ; •lie Yellowstone area. The nlan would a low ranchers to shoo wolves that attack livestock ■ raiiy to the area from Montana dTci pre­ considered arendVn°ge^eTspedes be se^e%lVliiSd°' I still deeply believe that if we do „„,hi„g' , troduction we will pay a price that said last month. 1 hey will then sim. P y come into the area without our haying won the right to kill them :;™£? hy the Farm Bu- i ; Wyo senators escape state Fann Bureau ‘blacldist’ CHEYENNE (AP) — The Wyoming Farm Bureau is reluc­ ts n t to “blacklist’' Wyoming's two U.S. senators even though their opinions on the issue of.wo If reintroduction are distincfly dif­ ferent from the bureau’s. The Farm Bureau, considered one of the most powerful lobbies in the stale, announced last winter it intended Io vigorously oppose the re-election campaign of any politician supporting a plan to al­ low the restoration of wolves Io Yeilowstons National Park “Anyone who supports wolf reintroduction in a major elected office will not survive political­ ly.” Farm Bureau President Dave Flitncr saiJ7~ ’ Already, the Farm Bureau has adopted a resolution demanding the resignation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service PirerTPr-.fuliii Turner, wlioTiarsaTdIT would be wiser to reintroduce an experi­ mental population of wolves to Yellowstone than to let them mi­ grate naturally into the area. Sens. Al.Simpson and jVlalcolm Wallop hold similaTvie^ But the Fann Bureau has no in­ tention of going after Simpson or Wallop, Flitncr said in an inter­ view last week. The differences, he said, center on “legislative strategy rather than fundamental principal. �Monday, June 3,1991 ^^Jiator’s Jjifl would end clinic nile^ By DAVID HACKETT inbune li^ashington bureau Republican Sen. Alan Simpson is co-sponsornig legislation that the effect of the . Court’s recent deciSToii allowittg the federal govemrnent to prohibit federally fimdah ® advising women aoout abortion. The bill Simpson is co-snonSwould mandate a change in regulations so abortion adJich nT prohibited in such clinics, Simpson said he thinks preg­ nant wornen should be permitted to discuss all options related to their condition regardless of whether funds P^y^'can accepts federal The so-called gag rule prevent­ ing such discussion was issued as a regulation under the family plan- Bill v/ Continued from Al family planning clinics say the court decision effectively outlaws abortion in Wyoming in 21 com­ munities where family planning clinics are federally funded and n^ing chnic program funded by no private clinics offer abortion The Supreme Court services. Only one clinic, in Casper, t .upheld the government’s nght to issue such a rule. does not take federal funds and is The bill Simpson has co-spon­ unaffected by the “gag-rule” reg­ sored would eliminate the gag-rule ulation, according to Aime Begley regulation. The bill is expected to of Planned Parenthood’s be ready for Senate consideration Wyoming office. late next week. Wyoming women who seek an abortion must obtain the services anti-abortjon advocates have said the Supreme Court of one of four private physicians decision brought the federal gov­ who are willing to perform the ernment “in line with state beliefs” operation, or go out of state, ac­ exemphfied by the Wyoming law' cording to Begley and Betsye prohibiting minors from getting ‘ Render, executive director of the abortions without the consent of ■' Wyoming Reproductive Health their parents or the courts. ‘ Council. clinics in the state should not get federal money to spread their own agenda” enS'"?-/'”"'®"’ Wyoming Right-to-Life state chairman Ben Juvorka said after the decision was issued. Wyoming spokeswomen for Please see BILL, AIO �Thursday. i Simpson: Federal aid for S^tonmilikely CHEY^^ (AP) — Sen. AL- j Simpson was less than optimistic < Monday that the financially trouhipd Seton Catholic High School . could qualify for a federal grant > in order to stay open. The Wyoming Republican cites some problems, including the sep­ aration of church and state, with placing the school under the U.S. riApartment of Education’s model i school program. | Unless the school can secure at • least $200,000, it will not be able to open its doors this fall. The Dio­ cese of Cheyenne cut its funding last week. Some have viewed the j proposal' as the last chance to keep Seton from shutting down. An at­ tempt to get a state loan has failed, and school officials say there are few, if any, options left. i Simpson said he hopes he is not ' the school’s last resort. “I have a sense that they were thinking that I was going to be their salvation. I don’t know,” Simp- , son told reporters Monday. “I i think somebody referred to me as . the last hope. Well, I certainly hope not.” 1991 �_ 'J®* _______ Continued from Al cians were in contrast to industry spokesmen, who portrayed envi­ ronmental regulation as a much more onerous threat. Don Smith, president of the Na­ tional Cattle Association, said the bright outlook for the industry is fueled by increasing beef exports to Pacific Rim countries — espe­ cially Japan and Korea. ' Smith told the cattlemen that j after a quota restricting beef im’• ports into Japan was lifted on April f 1, U.S. exports to that country i jumped for the month by 52 per­ cent. Beef exports to Japan are like­ ly to double or perhaps triple over the next decade, he said. But the bad news. Smith said, is the increasingly poor public im­ age of ranching, a push by envi­ 1661 '8 3unf "XEpjinpg ronmentalists to restrict private interests on public land, and the activities of federal agencies like the EPA whose policies could severely damage ranching inter­ ests in the West. Wyoming ranchers are wit­ nessing a federal policy environ­ ment that amounted to the “the building down of agriculture,” Smith warned. The resources that go into food production are being constricted by Washington policy makers, ac­ cording to Smith. “American agri­ culture is the most efficient in the world ... (but) we’re being told to put production someplace else and go look at the land,” he said. Smith said the EPA’s attempts to control water, land and air pol­ lution generated by agriculture in general and specifically the cattle industry might result in severe bur­ dens on ranchers. “The EPA proposes to require an environmental permit for a con­ fined lot of more than a hundred cattle ... it may go so far as to re­ quire a permit to spread a ranch­ er’s own manure on a his own property and a soil analysis to ver­ ify the acceptability of the act,” he warned his audience. Bob Budd, WSGA’s executive director, echoed Smith’s descrip­ tion of an industry under siege from outside interests. He de­ scribed an attack on agricultural land use in the West that amounts to an attack on “the capitalist ide­ al, a goal to destroy free enter­ prise.” “So-called farm bills are the tools to remove land from pro­ duction ... economics are misused ... to skew the truth and run you out of business,” Budd told the cattleman’s group. Sullivan expressed strong sup­ port to the wolf reintroduction plan approved by the federal Wolf Management Committee, which included representatives of state and federal agencies, hunting in­ terests and the stock industry, and environmentalists. The plan calls for reintroduc­ ing wolves to Yellowstone Parl^ and allowing state agencies to con­ trol them outside the park bound­ ary. Sullivan said that although he didn’t want wolves, “at some point the pragmatic approach has to take precedence.” Wolves will return to Yellow­ stone and “we should endeavor to make sure that if they are there, the state has some control, he said. Simpson and Wallop backed Sullivan’s ’’pragmatic” position on wolf reintroduction. “Who wants [wolf reintroduc­ tion], I don’t,” Simpson said. “But I’m a total realist. If they are in the ecosystem they will come un­ der the protection of the Endan­ gered Species Act ... we’ll have wolves and they’ll be fully pro­ tected. The (committee) plan is a credible one.” Wallop said the overall attempt to reintroduce wolves as really a move to gain control of manage­ ment in the Yellowstone area through the back door of the ESA. Under the act, if the wolf is in Wyoming “you must maintain its critical habitat and critical habitat for the wolf is the prey base and the prey base is everywhere a deer a rabbit a pony a moose, or a cow. The purpose of the recommenda­ tion that we establish wolves in Yellowstone Park was to regain management control over the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem,” Wallop warned. �Saturday, June 8,1991 J Simj^pn blasts health care plan :' By DANIEL WISEMAN 'j^^^/snciation ofBroad1 Star-Tribune staff writer casters, Simpson touched on his re­ --CASPER — Wyoming Sen- lations with the Alan Simpson says a plan by Sen- news media, health T ate Democrats to guarantee basic care and campaign jiealth insurance by requiring em- financing reform. ployers to pay into a governmentSimpson told sponsored plan if they don’t offer the audience that SIMPSON their own coverage is doomed to the media has be­ fail. come “almost the fourth branch of Speaking to the Wyoming As- government,” and must examine 5'3'S X SI 2 2 3 S”O h O 3 ST E£ “ co O co 3 _ 3 fi» OQ va « “o O * 5' o s -• M 5 « ° « □ O -^3-S’® 2. >“ g Z. >2 O gOQ gsis? co C O. CO ,5 co M. C flQ ? 3 " n A -5 F* co 3- O a j! 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O « 7 J® co 09 3. » 3. o co □ C« OQ P CT! p O '< j. ; * | { < - J �Monorail t/ NPS: Monorail too expensive Could cost $50 million per mile By DAVID HACKETT Slar-Tribune H'ashiiiglon bureau WASHINGTON — Building a monorail to relieve traffic con­ gestion in Yellowstone National Park probably is not practical or affordable, according to National Park Service officials. Park Service officials say in­ creased use of buses in national parks may offer the most afford­ able means of curbing problems associated with automobile traf­ fic but Sen. Malcolm Wallop RWyo., said he hopes other alter­ natives will be explored. Jim Straughan, chief of trans­ portation at'the Park Service’s Denver office, said average con­ struction estimates for a monorail range between $15 million and $50 million per mile. The cost of road construction in Yellowstone is about $1.04 mil­ lion per mile, according to 1986 Federal Highway Administration estimates. Wallop and his Republican col­ league from Wyoming, Sen. Alan Simpson, recently won approval from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for a Please sec MONORAIL, AIO 't He also speculated that the sys­ tem would fail to generate enough Anzelino said Yellowstone Su­ revenue to pay for itself since it would probably only operate three perintendent Robert Barbee is working to “raise awareness” of months each year. Howard Wagner, chief of park the need to make a sizeable in­ roads and trails in an area that in­ vestment in rebuilding the roads. “We can’t wait 10 to 15 years,” cludes Yellowstone, said a monorail would involve substantial op­ she said. erating costs such as operators’ But Park Service officials in wages, track and equipment main­ Washington said Yellowstone tenance, and power consumption. roads are ranked 55th on a list of “1 don’t see us developing a 195 Park Service construction pri­ (monorail) system extensive orities worth a total of $2.5 bil­ enough to replace the roads in Yel­ lion. lowstone,” Straughan said. “The George Berklacy, a NPS monorail works well in Disney spokesman, said Ridenour is seek­ World because it’s fairly compact. ing $11 million for road construc­ But when you get into larger areas tion and rehabilitation in Yellow­ it becomes a tougher question.” stone during fiscal 1992, com­ Despite his reservations about a pared to about $4 million per year monorail, Straughan said, he in each of the last five years. hopes Congress will approve the Wagner said the Federal High­ transportation study. way Administration estimated in “We need to study alternative 1986 that more than 61 percent of systems and we need to firm up a the park’s roads were in poor con­ policy in these areas where we dition and that $239.8 million nave such intensive use,” he said. would be needed to put them all in Straughan said he thinks alter­ good shape. native means of transportation in Yellowstone will continue to involve the existing network of roads. For example, he said, more extensive use of buses could cut down on congestion and pollution in the park. In a letter to Wallop earlier this year. National Park Service Di­ rector James Ridenour said a study ' of alternative transportation meth­ ' . ' ' j ' Continued from Al $300,000 study of alternative, fu­ turistic modes of transportation in Yellowstone, Yosemite and De­ nali national parks. The study was approved as part of the national highway bill, a $105 billion, five-year reautho­ rization of federal roads and mass transit programs. Wallop said deteriorating road conditions, increased traffic con­ gestion and air pollution in the parks have created a need to ex­ plore new forms of transportation. Wallop expressed particular in­ terest in the possibility of building a monorail in Yellowstone and other parks similar to a monorail in operation at Disney World near Orlando, Fla. Though he said he wants to leave it up to the Park Service to study costs and feasibility. Wallop said he is impressed by the way Disney has separated people from their automobiles without dimin­ ishing the quality of their experi­ ence. Wallop emphasized, however, ' that he does not envision a monorail or any other transportation system as a substitute to restoring Yellowstone’s nearly 250 miles of roads, He also said he would oppose a plan in which automobiles were eliminated from Yellowstone. Park Service officials said a monorail is probably impractical in Yellowstone and would be pro­ hibitively expensive, Straughan said steep grades in Yellowstone might pose an addi­ tional obstacle to constructing an extensive monorail network in the park. ----------- ods and technologies would be useful but that buses are likely to remain the most economical al­ ternative to cars. In his letter, Ridenour said, “In most instances where alternative transport has been provided, bus­ es have been the most economic and practical replacement for the auto.” Wallop said he hopes the $300,000 study does not conclude that buses offer the only alterna­ tive means of transportation in the parks. “It is my belief that buses won’t be the result,” he said. “1 just hope we’re not hooked on traditional means of transportation and not open to others. But if the study determines that buses are the only way to go, they need to justify it.” A federal transportation study of the greater Yellowstone region completed in 1979 said that a transportation plan in which much of the park is served only by bus­ es would conserve fuel and mini­ mize use of additional land for roads and parking. The study did not recommend going solely to buses, however, and its authors noted that any change in the status quo would re­ quire cooperation between slate governments and local govern­ ments. Should the Park Service choose to scrap the monorail proposal and continue to rely on roads fur trans­ portation in Yellowstone, it may nave to pay more attention to the condition of those roads. Joan Anzeimu, a spokeswoman for the park, said 'fellowstone roads are in the worst condition “in the history of paved roads in _the park.” . �Bill revmnping hard rock mining law reacrfes Senate subcommittee By DAVID HACKETT Star-Iribune IVashington bureau WASHINGTON — A bill that would overhaul the Mining Law of 1872 was aired by a Senate subcommittee Tuesday, though sup­ porters acknowledge that the full Senate is unlikely to vote on it this year. The bill, which was introduced Feb. 20 by Sen. Dale Bumpers, DArk., would alter key provisions of the 1872 mining law that governs the mining of hardrock minerals such as gold, silver, uranium, cop­ per and bentonite on federal land. Bill supporters say the existing law amounts to a multi-million dollar giveaway to the mining in­ dustry. Their opponents, including all three members of the Wyoming congressional delegation, say the existing law spurs economic de­ velopment in the West and only needs fine tuning. Sen. Alan Simpson. R-Wyo.. told the Senate subcommittee on mineral resources that Bumpers bill is a “staff driven projectile” and an attempt to “diddle” West­ ern states for revenue. “There are abuses of (mining law) and I’m ready to help on that,” he said. “But to throw out a big net and destroy a lot of people who have been in the business for decades is just inappropriate.” Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., also criticized Bumpers’ bill, say­ ing it would not produce the rev­ enues that supporters claim it will, and that it will result in American dependence on foreign sources of critical minerals. Cy Jamison, director of the Bu- r reau of Land Management said Bumpers’ bill would undermine four critical mining principles: Access to land. Self-initiation of mineral exploration. Diligence in development of claims and Tenure of possession. Jamison said the Bush Admin­ istration prefers to address min­ ing abuses through administrative “rulemaking” procedures. Bumpers said mining law re­ Please see HEARING, A12 �LtVZ “1 spoke with his staff about the is expected to publish draft regu- letter," said Carole McGuire, a Continued from Al lations for adjudicating claims Istaff aide to Domenicr "They smd , rization bill may have raised over­ within the next two weeks. he still had concerns about the all program costs to exorbitant lev Though the law says nothing gram as enacted and wanted to dr els.^making it more difficult to obcuss it with him. We just ran out of about how the program should Vallop and nine other western financed, the letter indicates that lime and sent it out. iXbers of the aPProprmtions Simpson said his "greatest fear senators sent the letter June 3 to came to pass" last year when subcommittees are several appropriations commit ee fund it unless "some kind of cost Congress amended the law by lilt­ members, asking them to fund he sharing arrangement is worked ing aS 100 million spending cap Radiation Exposure Compensation on^the trust fund and adding nu­ out between them. Act, which Congress enacted last "They don’t feel they have clear weapons test-site 'workers U y The law explicitly states a for­ enough money unless ‘hey cost­ the list of people eligible to re share it." said Paul Smith, a ccivc compensation. mal apology to ujianium "(Office of Management and for Sen. Orin downwind victims of tallout from spokesman R%tah, one of the senators who Budget) now says the program wiII nuclear weapons tests, and uuclecost nearly $400 million, which is ar weapons test-site workers who signed the letter. a significant amount that must be Smith said the energy and water died or developed cancer and oth offset" by other spending accounts. appropriations subcommittee has er diseases as a result of their exalready passed its fiscal 1992 ‘’"sImpson also said however, P” Thc'law also authorizes a trust spending bill without including that program costs will remain un­ fund to compensate miners. down­ aS money for radiation victims. known until the Justice Depart­ winders, test-site workers and1 sur He said Hatch and other sena­ ment publishes its regu ations, viving relatives of those who died. tors plan to lobby the defense ap­ Simpson said he would prefer_to In their letter. Wallop and the propriations subcommittee to be■ see a separate account created for other senators said the Departmen^ [he first to provide money fo the uranium miners who can easily of Justice had requested $1.98 mil program, then turn to other sub prove that their health problems lion for the program, an amount committees for more. are related to radiation exposure. that sufficient to pay Rep. Wayne Owens, D-Utah, OHierwisc. he said down­ appealed to the House defense and winders and test-site workers, who '^'^The senators made the case for iudiciary subcommittees earlier more money, stating, "We believe {his year to include $30 million may have a difficult time proving their claims, may delay miners that the eligible '''‘=‘l"'®^.^^Yedress for radiation victims compensation payments. waiting many years for this redress The iudiciary subcommittee s and are concerned that funding be fiscal 1992 spending bill contains made available as soon as possible. no money for radiation victims. We share the belief that the act v The House passed its defense ities giving rise to victims injuries spending bill last week and mresulted from national security/en- ckided only $5 million for radia­ ergy initiatives. . victims. “Therefore, we suggest that it tionRep. Craig Thomas R-Wyo.. may be equitable if the commerce. > was among_those~ ho voted justice, state (appropriations) sub- " ,he bill. ? Though Simpson said he was committees were to make available for administrative cost. . opportunity to sign while funding for the paymem ot g senators, a d.im,be,h.,edin»mer.sh,o. spokeswoman f«, for Sen, Sen. Pe.e Pete [^menici. R-N.M. .the hv ■Doniciiivi, oy the iiic defense and energy suo .... - ■1 committees. i„uiee who initiated the letter, said SimpThe Department of JostiC . w ^o sign, which will administer the program. �Wallop, Simpson blast mining lawiefonn bills CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming’s U.S. Senators have spoken out against legislation to limit hard rock mining on public lands, saying it is designed to destroy private initiative and “lock away valuable resources.” In speeches to the energy subcommittee on Mineral Regmirces Development and Production last week, U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alaa Simpson said the proposed legislation to reform the 1872 mining law would devastate the hard rock mining industry. One bill, introduced by Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., would repeal the Mining Law of 1872, while another bill sponsored by Sen. Conrad Bums, R-Mont., would set up a commission to'review the mining law. , While the existing law could use some fine tuning, “the country can’t afford to enact a measure that would elirninate the domestic hard rock mining industry,’’ Wallop said. “The mining system operating today awards private in­ dividuals and companies making a mineral discovery for their labor and capital investment,” Wallop said. “In return, the nation benefits from the creation of wealth and the pro­ vision of basic materials essential for our well being.” ■ �ednesday; June 19,1991 ( Simpson* South Atrica maxes progress I/'' J (J/ By The Associated Press South Africa’s decision to repeal its apartheid laws means that Congress will be forced to lift sanctions against the country, said U.S. j Sen. Alan Simpson. • : in his weekly interview with Wyoming reporters Tuesday, the Wyoming Republican said he believes South Africa will meet all the conditions for removal of U.S. sanctions before Congress recesses in August. South Africa has repealed its South African segregation laws. The Bush administration has said that it expects release of addi­ tional political prisoners before it can declare all conditions for lift­ ing sanctions satisfied under the 1986 law that imposed them. “ It ’ s my hunch they will have completed that last condition with­ in the next few weeks,” Simpson said. ‘ ‘It will be interesting to see how people here try to wiggle off the hook — those who really just want to continue to ram it to the gov­ ernment of South Africa even after they’ve done everything we asked them to do,” he added. The U.S. sanctions ended all commerce between the United States and South Africa, except for the purchase of certain metals there con­ sidered important for defense. I �Sunday, June 23,1991 Simpson reports honoraria, other income A ' < By DAVID l^CKETT honoraria and other income during 1990, according to his annual financial statement filed in the WASHINGTON — Wyoming Senate office of public records. i Simpson collected mnrp Though he was entitled to a ■ than $ 150,000 in salary, stipends. salary of 5109,500 in 1990 as the assistant Republican leader of the Senate. Simpson accepted only $77,400, the same amount he was paid during his first term in office. Simpson reported a $37,750 supplement to his salary, however, in the form of a stipend paid by the Broadcast Group for a daily radio program called “Face Off ” in which he and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., engage in top- Tribune iVashingion bureau ical one-minute debates. Simpson also reported collect­ ing a total of $78,900 in honoraria, of which he pocketed $26,932 and donated $51,967 to Wyoming charities. Simpson could have kept a ma.ximum of $27,337 under Sen­ ate rules. Honoraria is the term used to describe payments to senators for personal appearances and speech­ es beyond the halls of Congress. Members of the House of Rep­ resentatives and congressional staffers are no longer permitted to collect honoraria for personal enPlease see HONORARIA, AIO AL SIMPSON Kennedy ‘Face Off’ nets $37,750 �Siiiipson ill their own riglit <mi Simpson: Having it all lut not being ‘Pollyanna-ish’ By KATHARINE COLIJNS Slar- rtibiine 0^' ’ \ bureau WASHINOTON — Ann Scliroll Simpson admits she’s tad it all" — a term gciierally understood in the popular ress to mean a successful combination of larriage, motherhood and personal achieveicnt. In a recent interview she defined “haying all" as “being happy where you are," but uickly apologized for sounding “Pollyana-ish." Admitting that “where 1 am is pretty real,” she said she was just as happy growSIMPSON ig up in Greybull, studying in Laramie and lising a family in Cody. Her husband, Alan K. Simpson, elected last year to a third ;rm in the U.S. SenatcT^iere he serves as Republican .'hip, rarely gives a speech that docs not pay homage to ‘ my :markablc wife of 37 years.” Ann Simpson, too. gives her spouse enormous credit tor ic role he has played in her life. “The thing I most like about Al is that he’s a very easy lan to live with,” she said. “I le likes himself, so he likes me - and he loves me. He loves what he does, so he wants me a be happy in what 1 do. I have a great deal of freedom in Continued from Al eluded a view of President George Bush taking off in his helicopter from the South Lawn. Ann Simp­ son, 59, occasionally takes friends from Wyoming on these special White House “members’ tours,” so named because lour participants must be accompanied by a member of Congress or a member’s spouse. The senator’s wife answered questions about her life in Wyoming and Washington and gave her views on several current issues. She made a strong pitch for greater private support of the arts in Wyoming, and more compas­ sion for the mentally ill every­ where. ' Asked about her reaction to neg­ ative media attention her husband received when he criticized Cable News Network correspondent Pe­ ter Arnett for broadcasting from Baghdad during the Persian Gulf War, Ann Simpson said she told her husband to drop the subject. Al Simpson recounts a slightly different version, recently telling a group of Western water officials ■ meeting in Washington'that his wife said of the controversy over Arnett, “Al, why don’t you just shut up'.'” Ann Simpson said those were perhaps not her exact words. She is more reserved than her husband, less given Io folksincss, and not al all disposed to the rowdy humor which has become his trademark. But even taking into account the furor over Arnell, she said “we’ve been kindly treated by the press,” and “nothing has come up that 1 was not able Io bear." She said “it would be easy for Al, since he’s been so popular, to never make strong statements.” She praises him for speaking his mind. Asked her opinion on several issues affecting women, Ann Simpson said she approves of laws that enable women alleging dis­ crimination in hiring, pay equity and promotion to bring lawsuits against their employers. She said her interest in that issue arose when her husband served on the board of a bank in Cody and she learned the bank was “paying a woman $8,000 a year less than the men she was training ... The comment of the bank president was, ‘Well, she never asked for any more.’” Women in small towns, fearing outright loss of a job, “do not want to get out and scrap for them­ selves,” so laws are necessary Io protect them, she said. Simpson said she has a “very difficult lime" with the abortion issue, but agrees with her hus­ band’s position that women should have the right Io choose whether to have an abortion. But abortion should “never be treated lightly," and “abortion with counseling" would be belter policy. “The sad thing i.s that we keep our heads in the sand about sex ed­ ucation,” she said. “It’s something no one seems Io want to touch and it’s badly needed ... They say young people nowadays know less than they ever did ... People arc dealing with AIDS ... as though it couldn't happen to them.” Ann Simpson calls hcrscll “quite conservative ... but I also don’t believe I can make rules foi other people ... I have to have stan­ dards and morals (for myself) but I don’t believe a lol of these things should be legal issues.” Born in Greybull, Simpson livee ''\'he interview began with a tour of the White House and nded on Capitol Hill. The While House tour by chance inPlease sec SIMPSON, A3 ! ' ■ i I B until her father’s death ipted her mother to move the ly to Laramie. “She knew the ! way she could put us all through college was to live in Laramie,” Simpson said. At the University of Wyoming, she studied elementary education, and began dating her future hus­ band during her senior year. After graduation in 1953 she taught third grade in Cheyenne. The Simpsons were married in 1954, settled in Laramie for Al Simpson’s final two years of law school at UW, then went to Germany for his twoyear stint in the military. In the succeeding years, while Al Simpson practiced law in Cody, his wife raised two sons and a daughter, perfornled “a lot of volunteer and church work,” then made a bid to re-enter the working world. But her husband “nipped my ca­ reer in the bud,” she said, by winning election to the U.S. Senate in 1978, one year after she got her real estate license and began selling real estate in Cody. The career interruption was brief, and within two years Ann Simpson was immersed in the real estate business in the District of Columbia. For the next eight years, she said, she worked hard as a re­ altor, in large part to help pay her children’s college tuitions and to repay her husband’s campaign debt. In recent years, however, she has become “very much a parttimer,” once again spending more time on volunteer work. She re­ turns to Wyoming at least once a month, and at one point stayed in the state for several months to be with her mother, who was ill at the time. Ann Simpson continues to raise money for an “art mobile” that transports original art work to schools, communities and migrant worker camps all around Wyoming. She targets lobbyists for companies that do business in Wyoming. “When I campaigned, I discov­ ered there were people in these iso­ lated areas, in trailers, with no cars, just looking as though they were desperate,” Ann Simpson said. “My pitch to the lobbyists was, “Look, you’ve taken those people to those isolated communities, you need to provide for them.” The Wyoming senator's wife also meets regularly with .a bipar­ tisan group of Senate wives at­ tempting to build broad-based sup­ port for children with mental and emotional disorders. The Simpsons arc included al Washington’s most important so­ cial events, including the recent White House dinner honoring Eng­ land’s Queen Elizabeth. Askcil about the parade of political celebrities she regularly meets, Ann Simpson said she’s “not a celebrity hound or terribly im­ pressed by famous people.” And you can’t dismiss Wyoming people as “provincial,” and pretend that Washington peo­ ple are somehow “worldly," she said. In the end, she said, people everywhere tend Io be provincial in that they are “interested only in the things that affect them." fhercfore, she said, people in Washing­ ton are interested in politics and national and international events because their everyday lives and careers are immediately affected by them. �23,1991 AML money funds Hai^ school repairs By The Associated Press The U.S. Department of Interior has given Wyoming a $1.3 mil­ lion grant for the Hanna school reclamation project in Carbon Count5t— The state will use the money, provided by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, to address a water problem that has damaged the school’s foundation and walls west wing. U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson4md Congressman Craig Thomas said the Abandoned Mine Land monies also will be used to repair cracks in the walls and foundations to bring the entire west wing up to building codes. *" �A" Simpson’s salary ; - _eligib^|ily con^cteH Jf -\ WASHINGTONA WASHINGTON story which appeared in the June 24 edi- ! tion incorrectly stated the salary V Tor which Sen. Al Simpson. RjWyo., was eligible in 1990. * ■J :■. ® . SimpAjn was eligible to receive $98,400. He accepted, as reported June 24, only $77,400 of the salary for which he was eligible, ’ �Thursday, June 27,1991 Simplon’s honoraria pay listed ' The The following following isVifit is Jtfst of of BohoBonoraria payments to Wyoming Sen. Alan Simnson during 1990. Simp­ son included the list- with his an­ nual financial statement. All of the payments were for speeches. Simpson reported collecting $78,900 in honoraria of which he kept $26,932 and donated $51,9j67 to charity: 2/5 - National School Board As­ sociation - $2,000. 2/5 - American Sugar Beet Growers Association - $2,000. 2/6 - American Fiber Manufac­ turers Association - $2,000. 2/20 - Ford Motor Company $2,000 2/20 - Chamber of Commerce of the USA - $500. 2/23 - National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors - $2,000. 3/7 - General Electric - $2,000. 3/9 - National Association of Postmasters - $2,000. 3/22 - Farmland Industries $2,000. 3/23 - American International Group - $2,000. 3/23 - National Association of Life Underwriters . to non Life Underwriters - $2,000. 3/28 - American College of Obstetrics/Gynecologists - $2,000. 3/30 - Tax Executives Institute - $2,000. 4/5 - Printing Industries of America - $2,000. 4/9 - Food Marketing Institute $2,000. 4/11 - Western Regional Coun­ cil - $2,000. 5/1 - Brookings Institute - $400. 5/9 - American Society of Me­ chanical Engineers - $2,000. 5/14 - New York State Bankers Association - $2,000. 5/17 - National Association of Realtors - $2,000. 5/18 - North American Die Casting Association - $2,000. 5/21 - American Farm Bureau Federation - $2,000. 5/24 - Hallmark Cards, Inc $2,000. 5/31 - American Supply Asso­ ciation - $2,000. 6/1 - Society of American Florists - $2,000. 6/1 - Beer Institute - $2,000. 6/5 - American Nuclear Energy ___ •, .. Council - $2,000. i 6/6 - Capital Legislative Ser- V vices - $2,000. 6/11 - Washington Research Group - $2,000. 6/16 - National Association of Independent Insurers - $2,000. 6/28 - Insurance Information Institute - $2,000. L 7/24 - Interstate Natural Gas *■ Association - $2,000. } 8/7 - Grocery Manufacturers of 1 America - $2,000. 8/29 - National Association of Manufacturers - $2,000. • 9/27 - Capitol Forum - $1,000. 9/27 - Dresser Industries $1,000. 10/1 - Gas Appliance Manufac­ turers Association - $2,000. 10/18 - Edison Electric Institute - $2,000. 10/18 - National- Realty Com- ’> mittee - $2,000. |. 10/30 - Delaware Investment Advisers - $2,000. 11/13-National Association of ' Independent Insurers - $2,000. 12/26 - Fay Improvement Com­ pany - $2,000. �Friday. June 28, 1991 '.:K • ** < Sr-'' w. v.»« - ■ .*/ I'* M • Simpson opposed to moratorium on burning toxics in cement kilns ^p>\ Bv CHARLES PELKEY^ Star-Tribune Laramie bureau . LARAMIE — U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. said Wednesday that since hazardous wastes “are stacking up all over America” he will oppose a recent­ ly proposed two-year moratorium on their use as fuel in cement kilns. Last month, citing “serious en­ vironmental and public health risks,” U.S. Senator Tim Wirth, D-Colo., introduced a measure seeking to impose a ban on the practice of burning hazardous wastes as “supplemental fuels” in cement kilns. Wirth’s bill would impose a Continued from Al Simpson said the move is indica­ tive of a reluctance on the part of communities to accept waste in­ cinerators of all types. Wirth introduced the measure after residents of several commu­ nities in his state objected to plans by the owners of three cement plants in that state to burn wastes. Simpson said that opponents “are pretty good at stopping a pro­ ject” but not at providing alterna­ tives once their goals are accom­ plished. “The same people who pushed for a ban on land disposal of haz­ ardous wastes have also opposed the permitting of incinerators,” Simpson said. “So, someone tell me what it is we’re supposed to do, in the midst of all this height­ ened awareness.” “Everybody says not me and not here and meanwhile the stuff is stacking up all over America,” Simpson said. “I’d like someone to step forward ... and say what are we really going to do with this stuff?” “We have a (hazardous waste) temporary ban on all burning of hazardous wastes in cement kilns. The moratorium would apply to ex­ isting plants as well as those facil­ ities seeking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency permits to begin burning wastes. Laramie’s SIMPSON Mountain Cement Company, seeking an EPA permit to begin burning wastes, is one of the companies that would be af­ fected by the moratorium. The company’s owners recently out­ lined a toxic waste burn plan. incinerator shortage in this country because people don’t like them,” he observed. The Wyoming senator said that, coupled with recent bans on other meins of waste disposal, a mora­ torium on the disposal of wastes in kilns would only serve to aggra­ vate existing environmental prob­ lems. Simpson said that EPA rules specify the types of wastes allowed to be burned in kilns and those rules are designed to insure public health and safety. “Obviously, 1 don’t believe it’s appropriate for them to burn chlo­ rinated compounds, or compounds high in heavy metals because ob­ viously there’ll be toxic emissions there.” Despite the fact that new EPA regulations allow for the inclusion of those metals and chlorinated compounds, Simpson said he was certain that the rules would insure that emissions are kept “within ac­ ceptable levels.” “So, 1 see no need to go to a moratorium, because 1 have con­ fidence in the state and federal reg­ Simpson, a member of the En­ vironment and Public Works Com­ mittee, a subcommittee which has scheduled hearings on the bill, said that imposition of even a tempo­ rary ban on the practice may elim­ inate one of the country’s few re­ maining viable hazardous waste disposal options. “An outright ban of the burn­ ing of all wastes is going to cause others serious environmental prob­ lems because companies can only store these wastes for a short peri­ od of time before they have to be disposed of,” Simpson said. , While Wirth’s bill addresses ' only the use of wastes in kilns. Please see SIMPSON, A14 ulators,” he said. “If there are met­ als, if there are other things in there, they would be under the reg­ ulations and be properly con­ trolled. That’s what the regs are for.” Wirth, however, has expressed concern that new EPA rules should not allow kilns to burn wastes be­ cause they lack the same emission control systems required’of incin­ erators specifically designed for the disposal of hazardous wastes. Wirth said that during the mora­ torium EPA officials would be re­ quired to “fully assess the effects of the handling, storage, and burn­ ing of hazardous wastes in cement kilns on human health and safe­ ty-” Simpson said that regulations and not moratoriums are the most effective means of insuring health and safety and “if it isn’t being done in a reasonable way under regulations, then we’ll have to go back and revisit the statute.” “We have a serious national problem that I hope can be han­ dled by reasonable people and not by extremists,” Simpson said. �f Saturday, June 29,1991 Al sees boat people, Bush sees enemy By MARY McGRORY Universal Press Syndicate WASHINGTON — What, you may well ask, is big, bluff, con­ servative Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, doing in that covey of peaceniks — the likes of Sens. John Kerry, Chris Dodd, Paul Si­ mon and Mark Hatfield? Look again; he is their leader. Unlikely as it seems, Murkows­ ki, a banker who calls himself “a simple soul,” is spearheading a modest charge to change Bush ad­ ministration policy toward Viet­ nam. He supported the Vietnam War while it was going on, but now he wants to lift the economic embargo that has impoverished the country and driven hundreds of thousands out to sea in open boats in search of a better life. Murkowski has the company of several loyal Republicans in his quest, including Minority Whip Alan Simpson. R-Wyo. Simpson, author ot the immigration retorm bill, come to the problem from the refugee angle. He has listened to the British, Canadians and Aus­ tralians, who have been driven to distraction by the militancy of two Republican presidents. Ronald Reagan and George Bush preferred to risk sinking Hong Kong under waves of boat people to opening up trade with their old enemy Viet­ nam. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has also signed on as a co-sponsor of Murkowski’s bill. The White House has not deigned even to dis­ cuss the heresy. The president cannot defend his position without distorting the sit­ uation. In a recent speech to an Asian audience in California, he said, “We’re not going to forget that Vietnam is not free and demo­ cratic, as some of our cridcs would have you believe.” Actually, none of his critics have said that Viemam is either. Its aging Marxist leadership reiterat­ ed its determination to cling to power. But dissidents and Murkowski say the same thing: We should get our piece of a SI.4 billion market where the Japanese, among oth­ ers, are cleaning up — and that Hanoi has made unprecedented of­ fers of access to Americans who wish to search for their unac­ counted-for POWs and MIAs. “Viemam remains communist,” Murkowski said matter-of-factly as lead witness at House hearings. It remains repressive, according to another witness, James Webb, a Vietnam vet and former secretary of the Navy. Murkowski complained that “we have moved the goalposts” on ending the 16-year-old embargo. “First we said they had to get out of Cambodia; after they did that, we demanded they produce a set­ tlement in Cambodia.” Washington has taken the strange stand that Vietnam must go bail for us with the Cambodian government and lock in our shame­ ful insistence on including the Khmer Rouge in any interim gov­ ernment. Said Murkowski: “The biggest enemy is the Khmer Rouge, not Vietnam. China is supplying mili­ tary aid to the Khmer Rouge, not Vietnam.” This plain speaking greatly pained Rep. Stephen Solarz of New York, the Democrats’ latterday Henry Kissinger, a geopoliti­ cian to the bone. The encounter between the geopolitician and the politician was an intriguing exchange be­ tween cosmic pragmatism and common sense. Solarz pressed the Bush admin­ istration view that Vietnam should be pressured into leaning on its Cambodian clients to go along with the “U.N. Perm 5,” the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Murkowski acted as if the Perm 5 were a rock group or a new way of curling hair. “Our top priority should be the POWs and MIAs,” he said stoutly, a proposition that Solarz could hardly afford to ques­ tion, at least in public. The delegate from American Samoa, Eni Faleomavaega, asked why “we put the zap on Vietnam when we have diplomatic relations with the two largest MarxistLeninist countries, China and Rus­ sia.” “There should be some consis­ tency in the administration,” said Murkowski grumpily, “but there isn’t.” Why is it that isolation is an ab­ solute must with Vietnam while with China it is out of the ques­ tion? Bush says U.S. businessmen would be missionaries for democ­ racy in China. Why would they not be the same in Vietnam? Turkey, our gallant ally in the Persian Gulf war, continues to vi­ olate human rights on a horren­ dous scale. Heretofore, Turkey was renowned for its mistreatment of Kurds, but now it has extended its incivilities to all Turks. A new an­ ti-terrorist act institutionalizes gov­ ernment torture. Reporters critical of the government can expect prison — their responsible editors, too. Their printing plants will be closed. Our Foreign Aid Act bans funds to torturing governments, but who talks of withholding mil­ lions in Turkish aid? One brave member of the Turk­ ish Parliament, Mehmet Ali Eren, at a press conference called by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation, said the United States should impose sanctions on his country to protest human rights vi­ olations. That won't happen. Sanctions are for countries that beat us in war and hold our soldiers prison­ ers. George Bush, despite his pro­ fessed hostility to the “Vietnam syndrome." will never let us forget. �Saturday, June 29,1991 Wallop, Simpson split over China trade issue By DAVID HACKET-^*^ ^^d Syria. ___Syria. “It will be a very sad day when Star-Tribune iVashington bureau we get to a point where we use the WASHINGTON — Wyoming issue of trade to accomplish for­ Senators Malcolm Wallop and eign policy goals,” Simpson said. Wallop, the first Senate Repub­ Alan Simpson have loined oppos­ ing camps on the question of lican to endorse the Mitchell pro­ whether to renew China’s “most posal, said he thinks Chinese re­ favored nation” (MEN) tariff sta­ forms would be hastened by link­ ing them to MEN trading privi­ tus. Simpson said he is opposed to a leges. In a statement released by his proposal by Senate Majority Lead­ er George Mitchell, D-Maine, that office earlier this week. Wallop would extend MEN to China only said, “By extending MEN trading if it stops committing human rights status to China without any condi­ violations, and agrees to halt sales tions, we tacitly condone” human of nuclear, chemical and biological rights abuses and international weapons to nations such as Iran trade violations. ft 3 o o as O 3“ nn □ s« “5 era 3 □. 3 —M o M ■WK Q 3 < < 2 9- M C/3 2 3 •S-3 c 3 z* o CD « 3 a &9 c/> Q o o n 5®5 S 3 Committee Thursday for consid­ eration by the full Senate when it returns in July from its holiday re­ cess. The Mitchell plan would require the President to certify that China has released political prisoners, ceased exports of products to the U.S. that are made by forced la­ bor, adhered to international agree­ ments on Hong Kong, made sig­ nificant progress on human rights, and ceased unfair trade practices. Mitchell’s bill also would de­ ny MEN to China unless the pres­ ident certifies that China has not transferred missiles and missile Please see TRADE, A12 a c/a 00 5 o o 3. o 00 Mitchell’s proposal is a com­ promise designed to attract enough bipartisan support to override Pres­ ident Bush’s expected veto. Bush and his congressional al­ lies, including Simpson, favor un­ conditional MEN trading privi­ leges for China. Some Democrats, led by Sen. Alan Cranston, DCalif., want to revoke them. The U.S. extends MEN to more than 100 countries. Most Eavored Nation status allows foreign traders to pay the lowest tariffs on their exports that the U.S. has to offer. Mitchell’s proposal was approved by the Senate Einance O * o fid rt o fa . . fi9 h era 3 era O c __ J" 03 fs — OQ 2 �w Tuesday, July 2,1991 Thomas praises Bush nominee < to fill Marshall’s seat on Court Says choice b^ed on merit, but diversity needed By DAVID HACKETT^"^ Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON —Rep. Craig —Thomas said Monday that he approyes of President Bush’s nomi­ nation of Clarence Thomas to re­ place retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. ’ Thomas, R-Wyo., said he is im­ pressed by the way in which Judge Thornas has climbed from a pover­ ty stricken childhood in the segre­ gated south to a position of na­ tional prominence. I think it’s good to have someone in a high position that knows the other side of life,” he said. ■ Sen. Alan Simpson. R-Wyo is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold con­ CRzVIG THOMAS firmation hearings on the Thomas ‘This is a diverse country ’ nomination later this year. Simpson could not be reached to New York. for comment Monday. A A spokesman for the committee spokeswoman for his office said said the panel approved Thomas’ the senator was in California to nomination to the U.S. 11th Circuit address employees of Chevron, Court of Appeals in 1990 in a 12Inc., after which he planned to fly 1 vote. Simpson voted for the nom­ ination, the spokesman said. Congressman Thomas also said the Bush nominee shows the “in­ tellectual ability and judicial tem­ perance, to make a good Supreme Court justice. f Some critics have charged that j Bush chose Thomas to replace J ■ Marshall, the only black member I of the Supreme Court, largely be- 1 cause he, too, is black and that the ‘ seat vacated by Marshall is per- ! ceived as a “minority seat.” But Rep. Thomas said he thinks * It was a nomination based primar­ ily on merit. “I would guess, on the other hand, though, that this is a diverse' country and that there would be inclination to have a diverse (Supreme) Court,” he said. Sen. Malcolm Wallop. R-Wyo. could not be reached for comment. Patti McDonald, Wallop’s staff di­ rector, said Wallop is in England until next Monday. McDonald said, however, she anticipates that Wallop will ap­ prove of Thomas’ nomination. �L—_J331_ Simpson:JElace a factor in Thomas nomination Ry DAVID HACKFtV-^ Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Race was a factor in President Bush’s choice of Clarence Thomas to replace Supreme Court Justice Thurgood M’arshall, Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson said, but the nomination did not fill a racial quota. “I think anyone would indicate that” race was a factor, the Wyoming Republican said. “You have a remarkable black justice leaving the Court in this heightened time of awareness of black issues, civil rights — sure, obviously” race was considered. But Simpson said people who SIMPSON criticize Bush for filling a minority quota on the Court are the “same people who, if he had picked a white justice or , an Hispanic, would have been ir 3 « S5 » ** S.S O 2 CT S 3 Ho B 3 3- 73 VJ 3 O Q a 3 2 ® o' 3" 2-3 X O rt g-3.n»’S.OB,S OQ 2-,«"’2no” o X- M X3 X- <• 2 “ -’'x.o-o J <.o ~ fS 21. o S (w S. ® 3 o" —. S" T 2 e 2 S!. ? fid ra O p 2 3 r* ■ t« 1 n, 3 o 3* =3 C C/1 </5- 2 *< =- O CT *T* fid « S ct' S' Q fC 3 2 o n“3. - H O«3-(«3- 2 o 3 ft 2 « 3 that happens, however, he must sit through confirmation hearings be­ fore the Senate Judiciary Com­ mittee, of .which Simpson is a member, Simpson and 11 other members of the committee voted to appoint Thomas to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in March 1990. Thomas’ tenure as an appeals court judge constitutes the sum of his experience on the federal bench, a fact some critics say is Please see SIMPSON, A12 S-’g 3 3 o o O X' o n Q. » O'" ® f? g O « o g-g -^5:3 3 g 3 g o ? « Q §5’-. 3 aS -□ 3 ° O 3 3. “ 3 fid 3“ o. o O 03 3^ “ “ ■TO X’ _ < < “5 ” S , n> o OQ 2 o g 3 03“ s 2 S 3- BJ « .00 ritated, too. “Those are people who criticize the president for everything he does,” Simpson said. “It’s the same old hitchers. If you’re opposed to the philosophy of a conservative on the Supreme Court, you will in­ vent any possible excuse. What they really can’t say, through their blenched teeth, is we wish we had a different philosophy from this guy.” Thomas’ nomination must be approved by the full Senate. Before O G. “ S -I OQ CT 3 w O Z. 3-5?. a 3' 3 n O 3 ■3 X *0Q S O e fid 3 ja o* o ? 3 Q. O o’ o " 3 ,. fO 3 ' io = o 5’2.00 o 3’ 3 CT- 5 o 3 « C o fid O cog » s cz? ^•3 3 fid » 3, 3: 7> □ o Q - 5 7i fid O 3 o"1 a Q O » fid O O 03 3 3 n Cd 7) o O J s �Saturday, July 6,1991 Simpson: Control criminals, not guns By The Associated Press The so-called Brady bill that would require a waiting period for gun buyers would be an intrusion on legitimate gun owners, said U.S. Alan Simpson. In his weekly interview with Wyoming reporters, Simpson said the goal is to control criminals — not guns. “Until we get to that ‘reality,’ we are never going to get anything rppropriate done,’’ he said. Simpson said he will oppose the Brady bill, named after former presidential Press Secretary James Brady, who was paralyzed by a gunshot wound. �Senate OKs water, energy spending bifl Funds targeted for Wyo projects By DAVID HACKET K.'O ' court rulings affirming the North­ Star-Tribune fTashingion bureau ern Arapaho and Shoshone tribes’ right to more than 500,000 acreWASHINGTON — The Senate feet of water that typically flows approved a $21.9 billion fiscal through the Wind River basin. 1992 energy and water spending Federal, state and tribal water bill Wednesday that includes distribution facilities will be ex­ roughly $8.1 million worth of ex­ amined to identify potential for penditures in Wyoming. improved conservation and effi­ Wyoming GOP Sens. Alan ciency. Simpson and Malcolm Wallop Bureau of Reclamation officials both voted for the bill, which was say no new dam sites will be eval­ approved 96-3. uated in the study. The Senate-passed version of The Senate also approved ear­ the bill is roughly equivalent to lier House action in appropriating the bill passed by the House of $945,000 for the Army Corps of Representatives May 29. Engineers to spend on operation Wallop and Simpson, howev­ and maintenance of flood control er, successfully co-sponsored an dikes along the Snake River near amendment that would allocate an Jackson. additional $1.2 million to repair An additional $212,000 would irrigation facilities at the Shoshone be spent to complete a study of Irrigation Project below the Buf­ the ecological effects of the levies falo Bill Dam near Cody. on the Snake’s riparian habitat. The amendment must survive Some of that money would be used the scrutiny of a House-Senate to begin a feasibility study of ways conference committee later this to restore damaged habitat. year before it becomes law. In addition, the Senate ap­ In a statement released Wednes­ proved $300,000 for the Bureau day, Wallop said the Shoshone of Reclamation to use stream-flow project’s facilities/ including gauges on the North Platte River to drops, headgates and ditch linings, more accurately measure flows be­ arc more than 80 years old and in tween Wyoming and Nebraska. need of repair. The Senate also OK’d $ 15,000 Wallop said the project is im­ to continue investigations of water portant to Wyoming because it ir­ leaks at the Anchor Dam on Owl rigates about 90,000 acres of feed Creek. crops, alfalfa, corn, oats, pasture In passing the bill, the Senate land, beans and sugar beets. approved House language that re­ The bill earmarks an additional jects a Bush administration pro­ $5.4 million to complete modifi­ posal that could have increased cations to the Buffalo Bill Dam. the cost of federally generated Those funds would pay to relocate electricity in Wyoming by a.s much recreational facilities around the as 70 percent. newly expanded reservoir. In his budget proposal. Presi­ The House included the same dent Bush sought to require the amount in its spending bill and has Western Area Power Administra­ voted to authorize the money. The tion (WAPA), and all other power Senate, however, has yet to vote on marketing administrations, to pay authorization. outstanding debt on federal hy­ rhe Senate followed the House droelectric projects under a new in appropriating the first $ 125,000 mortgage-style amortization installment for a study of water schedule and higher interest rate. conservation and efficiency mea­ WAPA markets electric power sures in the Wind River basin. in 15 states from federally-owned Bureau of Reclamation officials power plant.s operated by the Bu­ said the study stems from recent reau of Reclamation. �SiinpsQii, Wallop vote against crime bill CHEYENNE (AP) — U.S. Sens. Al Simpson and Malcolm Wallop have joined the minority in voting against the fedeaaJ crime bill approved by the ^nat^diting concerns over gun control provisions in the bill. The two, in statements deliv­ ered on the Senate floor, both said they would vote against the bill because of provisions banning the sale of some semi-automatic weapons and imposing a five-day wait for the purchase of handguns. Both said the bill, sent to the House, has some very good pro­ visions and meets the goals set by President Bush, but they agreed that the firearm provisions essen­ tially violate the constitutional guarantee to bear arms. “As a westerner and a life-long Wyomingite and as a senator com­ mitted to respecting the full sanc­ tity and meaning of the Bill of Rights, I was extremely troubled by the gun control provisions in this bill,” Simpson said. “It limits gun owners, legitimate gun own­ ers, and that is wholly unaccept­ able to me. Sadly, however... those of us who hold the Second Amend­ ment as dear as any of the other provisions of the Bill of Rights were just simply outnumbered, we did not have the votes.” Simpson said he supported most elements of the bill, which would expand crimes for which the pun­ ishment can be death and would make it more difficult for state prisoners to appeal their convic­ tions in federal court. “This bill as it now stands will go a long way toward answering the demands of the American peo­ ple to get tough on criminals, put them away, and restore safety to our streets,” he said. “But the gun Wyoming, Wallop said. control provisions make it too “It is a well-intentioned com­ strong a medicine for me.” promise,” he said. “But it is also Wallop also praised most ele­ an attempt to uniformly address ments of the bill, but said he was problems that are not, in fact, uni­ concerned the gun control provi­ form at all.” sions could harm the Second Wallop said he also doubted the Amendment. provisions would work as hoped. “This crime bill contains a “Congress cannot legislate measure that limits and restricts a good morals, good will or good constitutional freedom that is an behavior in spite of our desire to integral part of Wyoming’s tradi­ deter crime,” he said. “We al­ tions and life-style, the right to ready have gun control measures in keep and bear arms,” he said. “Of place that appropriately limit per­ course, there should not be a free sonal use. What everyone really flow of guns and weapons to crim­ wants is the assurance that guns inals and impulse buyers with mur­ will not be placed in the hands of der in their hearts. But if the pur­ those who abuse them. Unfortu­ pose of a waiting period is to keep nately ... this would be possible weapons from would-be murder­ only in a perfect world. Gun con­ ers, I don’t believe it will work.” trol measures take freedoms, they The provisions appear to have add to bureaucratic restrictions and been fashioned to address prob­ they will not control the actions lems in more urban states than of people who intend to do harm. ’ ’ �nominee’s pot nse the Star-Tribune staft^^ CASFhR — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas “should be commended for his honesty” for admitting to having smoked marijuana in college, U.S. Sen. Al Simpson. R-Wyo., said in a radio interview Thursday. Simpson responded to questions from Rawlins Daily Times reporter Lee Colony and K.ERM Radio of Torrington reporter Keith Moriz, according to a press release from Simpson’s Washington office. One of the reporters said Thomas’ being questioned on his youthful marijuana use represents “something in the American heart that needs to realize that perfec­ tion isn't anything that anybody is going to obtain this side of heav­ en. “Where is the balance going to be between being responsible and being perfect?” the reporter asked Simpson. “That’s well said,” Simpson said, “and I tell you the Al Simp­ son of age 18 is not the Al Simpson of 59. “If he were, I would have been in the clink. I was a very ram­ bunctious youth, but what does that have to do with me now? “I mean, what a terrible phony argument to bring up about Thomas especially when some of the questioners, and I know some of them, are some of the greatest drug abusers of all times. “Some love booze,” Simpson continued. “And to hear some of those guys asking those kinds of questions some (persons) who al­ so suck down about six drinks a night, giving lectures on some guy who smoked a joint back when he was 18 years old — it’s the height of hypocrisy. “No, I think certainly that if the test of those in the ’60s who smoked marijuana once or twice or experimentally is the test now in 1991, we are certainly going to lose a lot of fine and marvelous people in the government and also from other sources. “The real issue is that most peo­ ple lie when they see that question put in front of them — ‘Have you ever used drugs?’ — and they know they’ve done some marijua­ na or maybe some other kind of dope and they just put ‘no,’” Simp­ son said. “They would rather run that risk. Thomas was honest enough to say ‘yes.’ I think he should be commended for his honesty. I think it will help instead of hurt him in any way,” Simpson con­ cluded. �Sunday, July 14, 1991 Simpson baclis idea of special court to deal with terrorists ABA alarmed by proposal “threatens the most fundamental civil liberties,’’ specifically the right of an individual to be inWASHINGTON — WyomingI formed in detail of the charges .Sen. Alan Simpson supports the! against him, the right of an indi­ idea of establishing a special court vidual to be present at his own tri­ for deportation of alien residents al and the right to confront his acwho are suspected terrorists — a cusers. proposal the American Bar Asso­ Simpson .said the ABA’s criti­ ciation says is unnecessary and cism confuses civil deportation unconstitutional. hearing!? under the U.S. Immigra­ Simpson’s proposal is unlikely tion and Naturalization Service’s to be considered by Congress this criminal code and trial procedures year. He put it in an amendment to for U.S. criminal court cases. the Crime Bill that was never con­ “Tell them to go read the For­ sidered, because the Senate voted eign Surveillance Act and that ba­ to limit debate on the bill before it by will sober them up,’’ he said. was passed last week. That kind of stuff has been on Simpson said he probably the books for years.’’ would haVe modified the specific Curtin, however, said the language of his amendment if it amendment would send the wrong had come up for debate, but he signal dnd undermine his organi­ strongly disagreed with the ABA’s zation’s efforts “to improve judi­ challenge to the idea of a special cial systems and bring fair trials court. with due process guarantees to The amendment called for the countries around the globe.” Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme But Simpson stressed that the CourHo^appoint a seven-member proposal was only intended Io ad­ panel of judges that would adju­ dress urgent situations by adding dicate deportation hearings in­ “another layer” to existing proce­ volving alien residents of the Unit­ dures for the deportation of alien ed States who are either suspected residents who are suspected of il­ terrorists or suspected terrorist legal activity. confederates. “It’s a civil procedure for de­ Evidence could be concealed portation of someone who is an from the accused and the public immediate threat,” he said. “1 he under Simpson’s amendment if its prosecutor goes to the special release disclosed classified infor­ judge and say-? ‘This guy is on the mation, confidential source,s of in­ edge of town and he’s ready to formation, or “an investigative blow up a bus.’” technique important to efficient Simpson said the ABA alSo law enforcement.’’ confused his amendment with a In a letter to Senate Majority proposal by the Bush administra­ Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, tion, which he opposed. ABA President John Curtin said The Bush Administration’s pro­ that under the amendment “per­ posed crime bill, which was de­ sons accused of (terrorist) conduct feated by the Senate, contained a could be secretly charged and face new deportation procedure that in- , proceedings in which evidence eluded a broad definition of ter­ kept secret from them could be rorists, including commercial es­ used against them.’’ pionage and activities in opposi­ Curtin said the amendment tion to the government. HACKETT Star- tribune IVas/iington bureau I �Monday, July 15, Six senators Wolves Continued from Al attack House under existing protection of the Endangered Species Act. efifort to fimd theyWallop and Simpson have said think some sort of reintro­ duction scheme would be neces­ wolfEIS sary to accommodate the concerns By DAVID HACKETT Star-rrtbune ^Yashmuiui'l bureau WASHINGTON — Six west­ ern senators want the Senate Ap­ propriations Committee to reject a provision that requires the Inter rior Department to begin an envi­ ronmental impact statement on a 1987 grey wolf recovery pjan for the northern Rocky Mountmns. In a letter dated June 27 to Senate Appropriations Committee Sen. Robert Byrd and ranking Re­ publican Sen. Don Nickles. R-Okla., the senators criticize a provi­ sion in the House-passed interior spending bill that would allocate 5348,000 for the National Park Service to begin the EIS. The letter is signed by botlvRepublican Wyoming Sens. Alan Simpson and Malcolm Wallop Idaho Republican Sens. Steve Symms and Larry Craig as well, as Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. Conrad Bums, R-Mont,’ Spokesmen for Baucus have repeatedly said in the past that their boss prefers to allow wolves to repopulate their former habitat Please see WOLVES, AIO of livestock growers and outfit­ ters. Spokesmen for Byrd and Nick­ les could not be reached for com­ ment Friday. Congress last year approved an interior spending bill that called for the creation of a federal wolf management committee to recom­ mend a plan for reintroduction of grey wolves in Yellowstone Na­ tional Park and central Idaho. The committee completed its work in May by recommending a plan that would classify existing wolves in most of the three-state region as “experimental, non-es­ sential” under section lOj of the Endangered Species Act. The plan would allow states to manage wolves while federal wildlife of­ ficials prepared to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone. This year, however, the House Appropriations Committee ignored the recommendation and approved language that instructs the Na­ tional Park Service to proceed with a recovery plan that was complet­ ed in 1987. letter, the senators said, it is difficult to understand why the House interior appropriations (subcommittee) would have agreed to fund this committee and then totally ignore its recommenda­ tions.” The letter states that “while we understand some House members have problems with the wolPcommittee’s recommendations, we be­ lieve it certainly does not make sense to reject this plan out of hand. The plan was developed by members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state game and fish agencies, ranchers, hunters, and environmental groups. To now require an EIS on the former wolf plan is short-sighted and counter­ productive and will only serve to further polarize the issue.” Several key members of Congress have indicated that they oppose the committee’s plan be­ cause it would require modifica­ tions to the Endangered Species Act. Wallop expressed similar con­ cerns in a recent letter to John Turner, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who is also one of the chief architects of the committee’s proposal. Turner said he thinks the plan can be implemented under existing Though the House has com­ pleted work on its fiscal 1992 in­ terior spending bill the Senate has barely begun. Regardless of what the Senate chooses to include in its bill, however, the issue will come up before a House-Senate confer­ ence committee later this year. The letter urges Byrd and Nick­ les to work to delete the wolf pro­ vision from the final conference agreement. �Siliijisoii: Land use opuiioiis ciiaiigiiig pHEYENNE(AP) — The pub­ lic’s opinion on how nuhlic land should be used appears to be shift­ ing away from multiple use atti­ tudes, according to U.S. Sen. Al Simpson. Simpson, in an interview with Wyoming reporters, said people interested in the recreational and aesthetic yahie.s of public lands are appearing in larger numbers at debates over the issue than those supporting mineral and timber production on the lands. “What you see happening is because the public is shifting its attitude about multiple-use,” he said. “What’s happened over the years is that those who favor recreational and aesthetic priori­ ties in the national land.s are seem­ ing to carry the day while the commodity people are not. The oil and gas interests, mining, tim­ bering, those people are being crowded out by those who come to those meetings.” The battle over maintaining multiple uses on public lands is a continuing one. Wallop said, and does not involve just people from other areas. “They are not from out-ofstate, they are from the local com­ munities and they are saying ‘We • don’t want this,’or‘Do it some- , where else,”’he said. When faced with such a ma- > jority, land managers have few options in making their decisions, Simpson said. �W ednesday, July 171991 Wilensky accepts invitation to visit (A'7 To join Thomas in Casper at Wyo Family Practice Center By DAVID HACKETT Star-tribune IVaxhington bureau Casper Family Practice Center. Simpson said he thinks the statute is worded in a way that al­ WASHINGTON — The wom­ lows the agency to make funds an who directs the federal agency available to the center. overseeing federal Medicare pay­ “Wyoming is the only state in ments has accepted an invitation the union whose residency pro­ from Wyoming Rep. Craig grams are not recognized by Medi­ Thomas to visit Wyoming in Au- care because they were funded by gust. the state ... in 1984,” Simpson Gail Wilensky, administrator wrote. “Now we are asking for no of the Health Care Financing Ad­ more, but certainly no less, than ministration. plans to travel from what identical programs in more Washington to Wyoming August far-sighted slates receive.” 25 through the 27lh, according to In his letter, Simpson suggested Thomas’ press secretary Liz Brim­ two ways in which HCFA could mer. provide funds to Wyoming. But John Costas, a public affairs of­ Wilensky rejected both in a written ficer for HCFA, did not return re­ reply dated May 2. peated telephone inquiries Mon­ After apologizing for losing day and Tuesday. Simpson’s first letter, Wilensky Brimmer said Wilensky will said the Bush administration has join Thomas in Casper August 25 offered legislation establishing a where they will meet with doctors new formula for calculating Medi­ at the financially strapped Qasper care payments to family practice Family Practice Center to oiscuss residency programs. problems associated with Medi­ The new formula, she said, care reimbursements to hospital would pay hospitals a uniform residency programs. amount per resident “derived sole­ The HCFA has ruled that the ly from the average of salaries paid residency programs in Casper and to residents, using the most recent Cheyenne may not receive any available data, updated annually federal funding because the agen­ by the Consumer Price Index.” cy uses 1984 as the base year for Leslie Tucker, a member of calculating annual payments. Nei­ Simpson’s staff, said the proposal ther program received any federal could be offered as an amendment dollars in 1984. to a bill later this year but that it Wilensky and Thomas also will will engender dissent from large, to travel Io Cody, the Bighorn urban medical centers that receive Basin and Cheyenne, Brimmer larger Medicare payments for their said. Health care professionals residency program.s under the ex­ from throughout the state will be isting system. invited to attend one or more meet­ ings with Wilensky, she said. Thomas extended his invitation in a letter to Wilensky dated July 8. He also reiterated concern about “the dilemma caused by the low and inequitable Medicare reim­ bursement system.” “Doctors are leaving (Wyoming), in part, because they are attracted to areas with higher payments,” Thomas wrote to Wilensky. “Meanwhile, the Gasper Family Practice Center is refus­ ing new patients, partly because of your decision that this center is not eligible for federal funds.” Wyoming Republican Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpsoii_also have written to Wilensky in recent months in an effort to address problems in Wyoming as­ sociated with Medicare payments. In a letter to Wilensky last February, Simpson protested the CRAIG THOMAS administrator's interpretation of Trip will be Aug. 2.5-27 the statute to deny funds Io the �Friday, July 19,1991 Simpson, Wallop both OK $23,000 pay hike f3v DAVID HACKE-Zy^^ Star-Tribune tVaxliington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sens. Malcolm Wal­ lop and Alan Simpson voted with a majority of their colleagues Wednesday evening to give themselves a $23.200 pay raise and to ban honoraria payments. The pay raise was made part of the Senate fiscal 1992 leg­ islative appropriations bill by a vote of 53-45. If the measure is approved by Continued from Al Simpson spoke on the floor of the Senate immediately before the vote was recorded. Describing it as a “nightmar­ ish, supermarket tabloid of an is­ sue,” Simpson reminded his col­ leagues that he voted with the mi­ nority against a pay raise in 1987 and later reimbursed the U.S. Trea­ sury for his share. Simpson recounted how he sim­ ilarly reimbursed the Treasury in 1988, 1989 and 1990 but said that he will accept more salary if per­ sonal honoraria payments are banned. In an interview Thursday, Simpson said “I’m not a martyr. I can't walk away from a position where 1 was supplementing the taxpayers by taking legitimate money from private sources with honoraria. No, I’m not going to sit here and watch my colleagues make $24,000 more than I do.” Simpson added that he was pleased to see honoraria for per­ sonal use banned. a House-Senate conference com­ mittee and President Bush, all senators and representatives would make $125,100 annually and be prohibited from accepting honoraria for personal enrich­ ment. The measure also would lim­ it senators’ outside earned in­ come to 15 percent of their an­ nual salary but would not restrict income on investments such as stocks and real estate. Please see DELEGATION, A12 “They are an influence,” he said. “1’11 be doing my usual rounds for the University of Wyoming and Cowboy Joe and the churches and Buffalo Bill Historical Soci­ ety.” Asked whether he would con­ tinue to raise similar amounts of honoraria for charity as he has in previous years, Simpson replied, “No, I don’t intend to do be doing as much of that as I have in the past.” In a statement issued by his of­ fice Thursday, Wallop said the Senate action would maintain sen­ ators’ compensation level but im­ pose new rules on sources of in­ come. “Congress will, no doubt, wres­ tle with this issue as long as we’re a democracy,” he said. “The founding fathers intended for Congress to set its own pay. And historically, the pay levels for the House and the Senate have been the same. Our action restores this balance.” �Saturday, July 20,1991 Cargill will keep grain elevators open CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyorni^’s congressional delegation said it has received assurances that the Cargil.LCorp- will keep ptrt of its grain storage operation in the southeastern part of the state open through the harvest season. jt tc U.l Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson and U.S. Rep. Craig Thomas said that Cargill had announced plans to close grain gls evators-m-bgbert and Bums a week before the wheat harvest begins. Cargill boughtlEe’grain elevators in June during its acquisition of P^^The^ove would affect more than 200 area farmers. The con­ gressional delegation and the Wyoming Wheat Growers Associ^on contacted Minneapolis-based Cargill to work out a temporary solution to see the farmers through the coming harvest. �Senators co-sponsor wetlands legislation CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming’s U.S. senators are co-sponI soring legislation aimed at elimi­ nating conflicts created by feder­ al wetlap^reguUdQQ^. U.S-Jkca&ZALSjmp^QJ and Malcolm Wallop are co-sponsor­ ing tfie legislation that would fur­ ther define the meaning and prop­ er scope of the role of federal reg­ ulators in wetlands protection. At issue is the way the Envi­ ronmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers enforce weflaiidTprotection under the Clean Water Act. The act is de­ signed to protect the waters of the United States. “The broadly state definition has made it difficult for regula­ tors to decide to what extent this allows federal control over wet­ lands, especially on private prop­ erty,” said a news release from the two Republicans. Since President Bush pledged to allow no net loss in wetlands, federal regulators have become “unreasonable” in their attempts to enforce the act’s regulations, Simpson and Wallop said. “I am not critical of the ‘no net loss’ concept,” Wallop said. “However, I am deeply concerned at what is taking place under the guise of a goal which has not yet been properly defined.” Federal agencies and courts have broadened the definition of wetlands and stretched their pow­ ers beyond the point of common sense, the two said. Wallop pointed specifically to an incident in Jackson in which the EPA threatened to tear down a housing development because it encroached on one acre of wet­ land that was created by irriga­ tion runoff. Simpson said the situation is creating problems for property owners who are being fined and whose private property rights are being curtailed. �Delegation criticizes^ FEMAC^ decision CHEYENNE (AP) — A fed­ eral decision not to grant Wypming disaster aid for damage caused By spring flooding defies logic, according to Wyoming’s congressional del­ egation. U.S, Sens. Al-Simpson and Malcolm Wallop and U.S. Rep.. CraTgJt'lmmas, in a letter to Wallace Stickney, director of the Federal Emergency ManagemiTnt Agency, criticized FEMA's decision not to approve the state’s request for a disaster declaration for seven counties. “Your assessment of the severity and magnitude of the damage defies logic and com­ mon sense,’’ the letter said. Stickney notified Gov. Mike Sullivan earlier this week that the federal government would, not issue the disaster declara­ tions sought by Carbon, Fie.mont, Goshen, Laxariiia. fcUo.brara, Platte and Weston counties7 Public facilities in all seven counties were damaged by flooding caused by heavy rains in May and June. However, FEMA found that none of the individual storms responsible for an estimated $900,000 was severe enough to qualify for a major federal dis- Dewey Vanderhoff/Star-Tribune Heavy snowpack led to flooding tlwoughout Wyoming aster declaration. But the delegation criticized the agency’s reasoning. “By assuming Congress in­ tended that disaster requests be evaluated on the basis of a sin­ gle incident, you must believe we have some magical control over the number of natural dis­ asters which could occur at any given time,’’ the Republicans wrote. “That is the most egre­ gious example of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo we have ever heard and we urge you to re­ evaluate the gravity of the situ­ ation.’’ The state and counties lack the money to repair the dam­ age, the delegation said. “The state’s disaster fund currently totals $1 million, but those funds must carry the state through another year,’’ the let­ ter said. “If required to spend 90 percent of its disaster assis­ tance budget on one emergen­ cy, the state would be illequipped and severely disad­ vantaged should further inci­ dents occur.’’ The delegation urged FEMA to reconsider its ruling in the request. �1 Senators pix combat role tor women CHEYENNE ^pLuz . 'sriS»^:=SS^=”=& �Wednesday. July 24. 199 Liiicolii treasurer aslcs H<^use to up PELT By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune iVashington bureau WASHINGTON — More fed­ eral payments in lieu of taxes to local governments are urgently needed to maintain existing ser­ vices like law enforcement and road maintenance. Lincoln Coun­ ty Treasurer David Harvey told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. Harvey appeared before the U.S. Senate subcommittee on pub­ lic lands with other local govern­ ment officials from Idaho and Colorado to endorse a bill spon­ sored by Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo. Wirth’s bill would more than double federal payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) to local govern­ ments, and provide for future ad­ justments based on increases in the Consumer Price Index. The PILT program was autho­ rized in 1976 as a means of com­ pensating local governments for property taxes on federal lands within their jurisdictions. Wyoming Republican Sens. NJalcolm Wallop and Alan Simp­ son are co-sponsors ot Wirth s legislation. The Bush administration op­ poses the bill, which is still at the subcommittee level in the Senate. A similar measure is making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives. Local governments cannot levy taxes on federal lands, which severely limits the property tax base in many western states. Harvey told the subcommittee that PILT payments to Lincoln County have not increased in the nine years he has served as trea­ surer. Financing basic services during that period “has been a real chal­ lenge,” he said. “Our four ambulance services in Lincoln County cover a radius of some 40 miles each,” he said. “Our tax base cannot support funding to each of those services to properly maintain adequate training and equipment, even though the personnel is voluntary and not paid.” Lincoln county also stopped receiving between $450,000 and , $500,000 in federal revenue shar­ ing dollars in 1985, he said, di­ rectly affecting mental health ser­ vices, fire departments, senior cit­ izens services, youth services and other services. Meanwhile, he said, out-ofstate visitors are making increas­ ing use of federal lands in Lin­ coln County, putting greater de­ mand on local services such as search and rescue and road main­ tenance. Peter Kenney, a Colorado county commissioner who spoke on behalf of the National Associ­ ation of Counties, said counties cannot continue to make up rev­ enue shortages by raising their own property taxes. “Counties and local govern­ ments are in a partnership with the federal government to provide services and share in the benefits of public lands,” Kenney said. PILT program payments are made according to one of three formulas. Local governments can choose to receive 75 cents for each acre of federal land within their jurisdiction minus the federal revenue sharing receipts they reV ceive on timber, coal and other ; resources. Wirth’s bill would increase the amount under this formula to $1.65. ' A local government can choose, instead, to receive 10 ( cents per acre of federal land with­ in their jurisdiction. Wirth’s bill i would increase that to 22 cents ’ per acre. A local government can also choose to receive payments de■ termined by a sliding scale that is based on population. For example, a county with a population of 5,000 or fewer peo; pie may receive $50 per head while a county with a population of 50,000 or more may receive ■ $20 per head. Wirth’s bill would roughly double the amounts paid under that formula. Adam Sokoloski, a deputy as­ sistant director for the Bureau of : Land Management, said the Bush . administration opposes Wirth’s plan because it links future PILT increases to the Consumer Price Index and because there is no new source of funding included in the bill. In a written statement, Sokolos­ ki said there “is little evidence to indicate current payment levels , are not sufficient...” �Wednesday. July 24. 1991 Senators propose parks week 5 Q5) CHEYENNE (AP) Sgns, Malcolm Wallnn and Al Simpson have nropos^H Z resolution to designate the week of “National Parks D of the National Park Service’s 75th anniversary. Wallop and Simpson said the National Park Service, the first system of its kind, has been a mod­ el tor similar systems throughout the world. Yellowstone National Park the P®rk, was created in Io /I and placed under the U S D The Nationai 1 was created Aug. 25 I191 b, to conserve park resources !' and manage the park. f yellowstone will celebrate National Parks Week” with a “ dedication of the historic Norris . Solider Station National Museum i which honors the men and women . who have served in the National r Park Service. , J^t9''^tid Teton National Park, officials will mark the week by > naming a mountain peak after Ho­ race Albright. He played an im­ portant role in creating the Na- . tional Park Service and was the first civilian superintendent of Yellowstone. �Delegation at odds on how hard to fight for federal royalty money RvnAVin HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming would lose $28 million in federal mineral royalties next year under a measure approved Wednesday l^y the Senate Appropriations Com­ mittee as part of its fiscal 1992 Department of Interior spending bill. Republican Wyoming Sen. Mal­ colm Wallop said he will filibuster the bill if necessary to stop the proposal. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., said he opposes the measure, too, but that Wyoming has benefited disproportionately from the fed­ eral royalty program and that pay­ ing higher administrative costs may not be too much to ask. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s action would require states to pay half the costs of ad­ ministering the Mineral Manage­ ment Service’s (MMS) royaltyipanagement program. The House of Representatives voted to delete an identical mea- sure from its Interior spending bill last month. Also Wednesday, the Senate committee dumped a proposal passed earlier by the House which would have increased grazing fees on public lands from $1.97 per an­ imal unit month this year to $8.70 in 1995. The MMS estimates that the royalty-management program will cost $136.4 million to administer in 1992. According to the measure passed by the Senate committee Please see INTERIOR, AIO �'j • ■ • y OU know, It s a iwo-way J , street,” Guice said. State Sen. Guy Cameron, DLaramie, said Wyoming should never sit back and let the federal government take away some of its revenues. “Any time you’re going to take royalties—dollars is what the botI tom line is— from Wyoming, I I - wouldn’t take it easy,” he said. “I J . certainly think that our delegation I • shouldn’t be complacent and say, ‘Don’t worry, be happy.’ That’s CHEYENNE (AP) — U.S. , .certainly not the position I’d Sen. Alan Simpson’s comments ’ . take. that Wyomingites should not be too upset ifthe state has to shoul- i ■- State Sen. Boyd Eddins. R-Linder more of the burden for ad- f 'coln, said Simpson’s position ministering the federal mineral * ; might be tied to efforts by Eastern congressmen looking to tap the royalties.program is not .sitting mineral royalties for other spendtoo well with some lawmakers. • The Bush administration wants i ing. “I’m sure he feels the mood to double the administrative fees • states pay the federal government ‘ and temper of what’s going on in Washington, and we know that for the administration —from 25 the East has been after that inoney percent to 50 percent of the cost— " for a long time,” Eddins said. “I and if adopted that could cost J still would come back with a real Wyoming about $28 million per ! strong argument that there are so year. ■ many disadvantages in Wyoming While Simpson, a Republican, ■ when you talk about all the ways has said he will fight the increase, Lwe distribute federal funds ... we he also has said the state shouldn’t ;really do take it on the chin.” rock the boat too greatly because For example, the state senator it receives the lion’s share of roy- j ' said, Wyoming suffers when it alty payments distributed through­ ' Comes to Medicare distributions out the nation. •because of the state’ s rural nature. “It’s unfortunate that he feels “We never meet any formula. that way and I’m certainly disap­ I would argue that this is one we pointed to hear him say that,” said better stand as firm as we can on, ” state Sen. John Fanos, D-Uinta, a member of the Senate Minerals ■ . Eddins said. U.S. Sen. Malcolm WaUaiU Committee. ! meanwhile, is trying to get more Wyoming is fully entitled to j information from the Interior De­ the large royalty payments it re; partment to determine if the royceives because federal lands in , t the state produce so much, Fanos f ’alty program can be run more ef, ficiently. said. J “We may well be able to ad­ “The reason Wyoming gets so r minister the program better and much is because we’ve been doing cheaper than the federal govern­ so much,” he said. ‘/I respect ment can do,” Wallop said. “It’s (Simpson’s) views, but it certain­ certainly a possibility.” ly doesn’t describe my feelings on it.” State Sen. Terry Guice, R-Albany, also disagrees with Simpson and points out that the federal government also makes money from mineral royalties. Legislators want more aelionli’om Simpson , ' > ‘ j • �r Senate (liins BLM hopes of buying Cofifinan ranch BLM, others and ---------. it T ana ua V id HACKU Star- Tribune staJJ writers CASPER — Bureau of Land ranch straddling the border of Na­ trona and Johnson counties dimmed this week when a Senate committee dropped the proposal from a funding bill. The ranch lies on the south flank of the Big Hom mountains north of .Arminto. State BLM officials want to buy the ranch to ease access problems and preserve it for public use. The agency promised to sell off other lands of equal value in the BLM’s Casper District if it ac­ quired the ranch. Those lands most likely would be isolated parcels that are not easily managed. “BLM subscribes to the philos­ ophy of ‘no net gain’ in federal holdings in Wyoming,’’ District Manager Tim Monroe said in a prepared statement. Gov. Mike Sullivan backed the BLM iicquisltiuii, as did both the W yoming Wildlife Federation and the Wyoming Stock Growers. The House of Representatives voted in June to include $2.4 mil­ lion in its fiscal 1992 Interior spending bill for the BLM to ac­ quire the Coffman Ranch. The ranch encompasses 123,843 acres; 26,843 private deeded acres; 26.300 acres of state lands, and 0.860 acres of BLM grazing leas­ es. The Senate Appropriations Committee, however, removed the House allocation from its version of the spending bill, which was ap­ proved Wednesday for considera­ tion by the full Senate. Wyoming Republican Sen. Malcoim Wallop’s press secretary Jani;i Budge said her boss and Sen. A..in Simpson. R-Wyo., did not purchase could ease access problems in Big Homs include the Coffman Ranch in their request requestfor forland landacauisition acquisitionfunds funds this year because properties such as the Cokeville Meadows Wildlife Refuge were considered more im­ portant. The Senate Appropriations Committee did follow the House’s lead in recommending $1 million to acquire the Cokeville Meadows property. Bob Budd, executive director of the Stock Growers said in a let­ ter to Wallop that his group sees “tremendous positive potential in this proposal, not the least of which is the disposal of an equal or greater acreage of like lands now held in federal ownership within the Casper District.” Budge said the delegation must prioritize its requests because bud­ getary constraints make it impos­ sible for the Appropriations Com­ mittee to fulfill all of the requests it receives. > “Acquisition of this property would do much to ease access con­ flicts in Wyoming’ greatest area of such conflicts, benefitting both the recreational users and the agri­ cultural community,” Winland said in his own letter to Wallop. Rep. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., did ask the House Appropriations Committee earlier this year for money to acquire the Coffman Ranch. The ranch was ranked 33rd on a priority list of properties to be purchased with money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. If asked by his constituents, Thomas said Friday that he would consider asking for inclusion of funds to buy the ranch when the appropriations measure goes to a conference committee. Conference committees are used to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of a given bill. But Thomas cautioned that in mnfrrcnrp conference pffnrtc efforts, ““inct just because you ask for it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily in.’’ Congress appropriated $39.9 million to the Land and Water Conservation fund in the current federal fiscal year. The House ap­ proved funding of $33 million for FY92, but the Senate cut that back to $16 million, according to BLM spokeswoman Kate DuPont. “We were one of many appro­ priations projects to be dropped from the list,’’ she said. “Some of this funding may be restored in conference.” She noted the Senate did not use the priority list when it cut the funding, and lopped off acquisi­ tion projects quite high on the list. The Coffman ranch is located in an area that the Wyoming Wildlife Federation identified in 1987 as the worst area for conflicts over access to federal lands. DuPont said ranch owner Lee Coffman “has told us he has had numerous trespass problems. “There’s a lot of confusion” about land ownership in the area, she said. Bill Mortimer, area manager of the Platte River Resource Area Of­ fice in Mills, said that many of the private lands in the region are sit­ uated in a way that the owner can close access to public lands be­ hind them. The problems become most acute during hunting season, but he noted that occasionally the agency has had a difficult time reaching some of the BLM prop­ erty it is supposed to manage. Primary access to the area is via public roads in the Arminto stock driveway, and the 33 Mile Road stock driveway. There are numer­ ous roads leading off those drive­ ways — set aside for public use in about 1912 — but most cross pri- vate land. __ - .i ■ “We’re got about 30,000 acres here that are pretty locked up,’L Mortimer said recently. 5 Mortimer noted the ranch lies^ across two different elk herd units,' as defined by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and contains crucial elk winter range. It also holds year-long antelope and deer range. The agency plans to develop the recreational potential of the area if it purchases the ranch and will maintain grazing on its livestock allotments, he said. If funding for the ranch is not obtained in the coming budget, both Mortimer and DuPont express fears that Coffman will sell the land to private interests. “He’s been very accommodat­ ing to us and recognizes many of that problems ... as far as access,” Dupont said. But she noted two other adja-. cent ranches the BLM has hoped to obtain for the same reasons already have been sold and will not come into public ownership. Wildlife Federation President Mark Winland said he hopes that a meeting can be arranged with Wal­ lop after Congress’s August recess to express support for the purchase. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s bill contains a total of $279.9 million for land acquisi­ tion and state assistance, $81 mil­ lion less than the amount allocated last year. Senate Appropriations Com­ mittee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd emphasized Wednesday that his panel’s 1992 Interior spending bill trims House-approved expendi­ tures in several accounts because the House bill exceeded fiscal 1992 spending authority by $256 million under the 1991 budget agreement. Sunday, July 28,1991 I �Wyo seniors paying deductibles, preiniiims. benefits uimecessarily n,, DAVID nA i j a r'lr ctt — By HACKETT Star- Tribune h'aslunglon bureau WASHINGTON — Many poor Wyoming seniors continue to pay more than"5T7Ifin yearly in Medi­ care deductibles and premiums, even though they may be legally exempt from those charges, ac­ cording to a Washington, D.C.based advocacy group. The group blames federal and state agencie.s for. failing to notify certain seniors that they are eligi­ ble for Medicaid to pay most of their Medicare out-of-pocket ex­ penses. Government officials say they have attempted to spread the word but that they face multiple obsta­ cles in doing so. The Families United for Senior Action Foundation released a re­ port earlier this year stating that more than half the eligible seniors in Wyoming — and a total of 2.3 million nationwide — are not re­ ceiving benefit.s to which they are entitled under the “Qualified Medi­ care Beneficiaries” (QMB) pro­ gram. According to the group, 4,782 Wyoming seniors qualify for the program but 2,668 — 56 percent — are without the benefits. Congress created the program in 1988 to require Medicaid to pay Medicare deductibles and premi­ ums for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities who are eligible for Medicare. Commonly referred to as the “buy-in requirement,” the law re­ quire!? Medicaid to pay the annual $358.80 Part B Medicare physi­ cian coverage premium, the annu­ al $ 100 Part B deductible, and the $628 Part A Medicare hospital­ ization deductible for low-income seniors. Low-income seniors eligible for the program include individuals with annual incomes below $6,620 and less than $4,000 in assets, as well as couples with combined an­ nual incomes below $8,880 and less than $6,000 in assets. The Families USA report states that the federal government con­ tinues to deduct monthly Medi­ care premiums ($29.90 per month for individuals, $59.80 for cou­ ples) from the Social Security checks of seniors who are eligible for the QMB program. Ronald Pollack, executive di­ rector of Families USA, told the Senate Special Committee on Ag­ ing last week that the Bush Ad­ ministration and state Medicaid administrators have done a lousy job of informing seniors of their el­ igibility. Pollack also said the applica­ tion process for buy-in benefits is unwieldy, requiring the elderly and disabled to fill out imponderable forms, then travel in person from their homes to welfare offices where they must file in person. Gail Wilensky, administrator of the Health Care Financing Ad­ ministration, defended her agen­ cy’s outreach efforts, saying that an “inquiry unit” in her office has responded to more than 15,000 in­ quiries in the last six months. Wilensky said HCFA sent in­ formation about the QMB program directly to 14 million Medicare beneficiaries in 1989 a.s well as to state Medicaid administrators. “These efforts have taught us that Qualified Medicare Benefi­ ciaries are difficult to identify,” Wilensky said. “Of the large num­ ber of beneficiaries who respond­ ed to the direct mailing, only a small percentage actually quali­ fied for the program. Many met the income requirement but had too many other assets to qualify.” Pollack said low-income seniors AL SIMPSON HCFA could do moiv __ i,i ibe permitted to apply i.. r_. should for Medicaid buy-in benefits at the same time they apply for Social Security benefits. Pollack also recommended that the Department of Health and Hu­ man Services assume responsibil­ ity for identifying eligible seniors. He said HHS should send notices to low-income seniors informing them of the buy-in benefit and how to apply. Wilensky expressed skepticism about that idea, saying it could be expensive and do little to increase the number of participants in the program. “The direct mailing to 14 mil­ lion potential beneficiaries in 1989 cost over $2 million and resulted in few additional enrollees,” she said. “Even if funds were readily avail­ able, which they are not, we have no reason to believe another mail­ ing would be more effective than the one in 1989.” Pollack said this week that he is frustrated by the administration’s response to the problem. “We’ve made a host of sugges­ tions on notification and we’ve gotten a negative response,” he said. “They want another point of light in the private sector but the lights are off at HHS.” Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., who i,s a member of the Senate Se­ lect Committee on Aging, said he thinks Families USA’s estimate of eligible seniors may be high, but that it is not as important as mak­ ing sure that everyone who is eli­ gible knows that they can receive benefits. Simpson also said he thinks HCFA can do more to inform eli­ gible seniors but that it is a job for both government agencies and pri­ vate groups. Rep. Craig Thom as, R-W y o., said he thinks eligible beneficiaries should be informed but did not suggest how he thinks it can be best accomplished. “There is always somebody who wants to get Congress in­ volved with both feet,” Thomas said. “1 think that if it is deter­ mined that the agency hasn’t done a certain thing, then it ought to be told, given some time, then re­ viewed by Congress.” At least three bills aimed at in­ creasing participation in the QMB program are pending in Congress. �Wallop seeks Senate allies tcyBght federal royalty cost scheme By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Republican Sen. Malcolm Wallop is lobbying his colleagues to sup­ port his filibuster against a pro­ vision in the 1992 Interior spend­ ing bill that would cost Wyoming S28 million in federal mineral roy­ alties. Last week. Wallop warned Sen­ ate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd last week that he will try to block the bill on the floor unless the provision is removed. Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson said that he would be “fully and actively” par­ ticipating in Wallop’s filibuster. This week Wallop and his staff are preparing for the fight, as­ suming that he and the powerful West Virginia Democrat are un­ able to come to terms. Wallop said he would prefer to reach an agreement with Byrd and drop his filibuster. “It has never been my purpose to delay or hold up the Senate but this is an issue of real signifi­ cance,” he said. Wallop is prepared, if it be­ comes procedurally possible, to mount an old-fashioned filibuster by reading aloud a massive docu­ ment entitled, “History of Public 1661 'le Xpijf Land Law Development,” the Wyoming senator’s staff said. Byrd and his staff could not be reached for comment. Wallop is strongly opposed to a provision in the spending bill that would force states to pay 50 per­ cent of the cost of administering the Minerals Management Ser­ vice’s royalty management pro­ gram. The proposal would cost Wyoming roughly $28 million in fiscal year 1992, in addition to the more than $13 million the state will pay this year in administrative costs. Wallop said he is willing to ne­ gotiate with Byrd, but the Wyoming senator declined to re­ veal his “bottom line.” “Suffice it to say that my goal is to restore ... the law,” he said, which prohibits administrative costs from being deducted from mineral royalties. Last week Wallop said he does not realistically expect Wyoming and other states to pay nothing for administrative costs. Simpson said, “I certainly do not agree with the Senate Appro­ priations Committee’s decision to charge Wyoming with one half of the administrative costs for oper­ ating the royalty program, espePlease see WALLOP, A14 Wallop Continued from Al cially when the Interior Depart­ ment has failed to adequately dis­ close to us why its program should cost as much as it does.” In his interview with Wyoming reporters Tuesday, Simpson said, “I’m ready to fight the good fight like every other Congress person that has ever represented this state, and I’ll stand toe to toe with the adversaries and side by side with my friends and work my butt off with a filibuster or anything else that is required.” Until last year, states paid noth­ ing. Congress changed that, how­ ever, by including a measure in the 1991 Interior spending bill that transferred 25 percent of those costs from the U.S. Treasury to the states. Byrd said last week that he fa­ vors increasing states’ share to 50 percent because the revenue is needed to fund other Interior pro­ grams. Rob Wallace, an aide to Wal. lop, said his boss has dispatched letters to senators from public lands states in the West and states with offshore oil reserves, warning them that federal revenue sharing programs in their states could be• come the next target of congres­ sional spending committees. “If this amendment is adopt­ ed,” Wallop wrote, “it serves as a precedent for the Appropriations Committee to adopt the same ap­ proach with respect to other pro­ grams such as distribution of tim­ ber receipts, proceeds under... the Taylor Grazing Act, revenues un­ der the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten­ ant Act, the Aquatic Resources Trust, the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act, section 8(g) of the Outer Con’ tinental Shelf Lands Act, or any other program.” The purpose of the letter cam­ paign. according to Wallace, is to capture enough votes to prevent Byrd from inx oking cloture. Cloture is the procedural ma­ neuver used to stop a filibuster be­ cause it imposes a time limit on debate. Senators are limited to one hour on the floor under cloture. To invoke cloture, 60 senators must vote in favor of it. Wallace acknowledged that it will be diffi­ cult to convince enough senators to vote against the Appropriations Committee chairman, who is pos­ sibly the single most influential member of the Senate. If Wallop does block cloture, Wallace said, he is prepared to mount an old-fashioned filibuster by reading aloud the land law his­ tory document. But Wallace acknowledged that cloture would be likely, especial­ ly since Wyoming and New Mex­ ico are the only states particularly concerned about the provision. As a fall-back position, Wal­ lace said. Wallop’s staff has gath­ ered a stack of roughly 30 amend­ ments that could be introduced in succession under cloture as a sort of de facto filibuster. Wallace said his boss also has calculated another procedural strategy to battle the bill on the floor but declined to discuss it in detail, saying he does not want to tip Wallop’s hand to Byrd. If the provision is included in the Senate spending bill it would have to be considered later this year by a House-Senate confer­ ence committee. A similar provision was origi­ nally approved by the House Ap­ propriations Committee. The mea­ sure was ultimately removed from the House version of the bill, how­ ever, largely through the efforts of Rep Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., who objected on procedural grounds and won. �Thursday, August 8,1991 Baucus: Letter misrepresented position on wolves By DAVID HACKETT>^\ 'Star-Iribune Washington bureaa WASHINGTON — Montana ; Sen. Max Baucus did not intend his signature on a letter to the Sen­ ate Appropriations Committee, -asking it to reject a $348,000 en‘vironmental impact statement on grey .wolf.recovery in the north­ ern Rocky Mountains. - Phil Roeder, a spokesman for ^he Montana Democrat, said BauT:us’ signature was inadvertently ; affixed to the letter, which was sent last month to members of the Senate Appropriations Commit­ tee. The letter, which included the signatures of Wyoming GOP Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simp­ son, criticized the House for re­ jecting a wolf reintroduction plan recommended this year by the Fed­ eral Wolf Management Commit­ tee. Baucus is a key player in the debate about grey wolves by virtue of his position as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Environ­ mental Protection. “It’s a mystery how (Baucus’ signature) got there because our people never saw it until the As­ sociated Press picked up your sto­ ry,” Roeder said. “I think the letter got inadvertently picked up with some other mail and went through the auto-pen and out the door.” Baucus, who failed to respond to several interview requests, is opposed to proposals that call for reintroduction of grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho, Roeder said. Roeder said Baucus prefers to allow wolves to re-populate the northern Rockies on their own un­ der existing protection of the En­ dangered Species Act. Asked if Baucus wants to see land-use activities in the Greater Yellowstone region curtailed under the Endangered Species Act, as­ suming wolves re-populate the area, Roeder said he is uncertain. “I’m not sure he has taken a spe­ cific position on that yet,” Roeder said. Under the Endangered Species Act, many activities on multiple­ use lands in the Greater Yellow­ stone region would be curtailed to protect wolf habitat, if grey wolves were proven to have reentered the area. The Endangered Species Act is up for reauthorization by Congress The letter to the Senate Appro­ priations Committee, which was dated June 27, criticized a provi­ sion in the House-passed Interior spending bill that allocated $348,000 for the National Park Service to undertake an EIS on a 1987 grey wolf recovery plan for the northern Rockies. The letter also questioned why the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee chose to trash a wolf reintroduction plan recom­ mended by the Federal Wolf Man­ agement Committee. Congress approved a plan last year that called for creation of the wolf management committee to t recommend a plan for reintroduc­ tion of grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. The wolf committee completed its work in May, proposing a scheme that would classify exist­ ing wolves in most of the threestate region as “experimental, nonessential” under section lOj of the Endangered Species Act. The wolf committee’s plan would allow states to manage wolves while federal wildlife officials prepared to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone. The House Interior Appropriations subcommittee ignored that recommendation, however, and ap­ proved language that instructs the National Park Service to proceed with the 1987 recovery plan. The letter, which was also signed by Idaho Republican Sens. Steve Symms and Larry Craig as well as Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Bums, said the House ac­ tion is “short-sighted and counterprodctive and will only serve to further polarize the issue.” ■ i ■ i ■ �Simpson reports art stolen office “My wife felt kind of flattered WASHINGTON — Congres­ sional offices have become a that somebody decided to take it but she would much rather have heaven for thieves, according to it, he said. Capitol Hill police and a Mr. Bailey also praised Simp­ spokesman for WyomingSen. Alan Simpson. ------ - son for reimbursing his wife for "^Simpson’s office on the second her creation. “I’m sure he felt morally obli­ K Dirksen Senate Office gated since it was in his care and building was the scene of an art heist some time during the oast custody but he probably didn’t have to do that,” he said. year. Cannon said his boss did feel The theft cost a Cheyenne artist that paying Bailey was the fair a prize-winning painting and the thing to do. Wyoming Republican’s campaign It s just one of those unfortu­ committee $250, used to reimburse nate circumstances of increased the artist. theft on (Capitol Hill),” said Can­ According to Stan Cannon, non. “We regret it but we aren’t oimpson s press secretary, some­ going to stop participating in the one entered the office unnoticed and lifted a 22-inch X 28-inch can­ program because we think it’s neat to give exposure to Wyoming vas by Jeannine Bailey, of artists. ” ® Cheyenne, entitled “Sherman Cannon said other items have MUI. ms'/?""®” painting, a been stolen from the same offices 1990 winner of the Wyoming such as purses and other personal valuables. Artists Association’s Congres­ »i. Nichols, a spokesman for sional Award, was on display with other Wyoming works in the sec­ the Capitol Police, said such thefts unusual. In fiscal ond-floor suite of offices which 1990, he said, 269 office thefts primarily by Simpson’s were reported in 13 buildings on staff. Capitol Hill, up from 121 the pre­ Cannon said no one is sure vious year. when the painting was stolen but In fact, Nichols said, a separate that It was discovered missipg police unit is being organized ' when an inventory was taken last specifically to crack down on of* spring. fice thefts. Cannon said the association’s “It’s a persistent problem,” he * award winners are displayed each ‘ d. ‘‘ There are people who make I year, throughout the year, in Simp­ son s office as a way of exposing their living doing it. It’s a crime of ! the work of Wyoming artists to a opportunity. All of the offices are ’ open to the general publ ic and peo­ wider audience. ple can just come in and walk Bailey could not be reached for around. ” comment but her husband. Gene Nichols said the case of the described the work as a “typical stolen snow scene remains open. ’ �Simpson gets $10,139 By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON — Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson’s campaign committee collected $10 139 in contributions during the first six months of 1991, according to Federal Election Commission records, and spent 'about $69,340. Simpson reported $3,165 in individual contributions be­ tween Jan. 1 and Jun. 30, 1991, and $2,000 in contributions from political action commit­ tees. riic I’AC contributions in­ cluded a $1,000 donation by Dravo Employees for Better SIMPSON Government, and a $ 1,000 do­ nation from the Automobile Dealers and Drivers for Free Trade. Simpson reported three individual contributions of $1,000 each from Nicholas Petry, of Denver, Co­ lo., and from Carl Linder and Robert D. Linder, both of Cincinnati, Ohio. Petry is listed in Simpson’s campaign financial disclosure statement as an executive for the Petry Carl Under is listed as chairman of the board of the American Financial Corporation. Robert Linder is listed as an executive for the American Financia ^°S^mpson’s report reflects $165 in unitemized Please see SIMPSON, AIO individual contributions. Simpson also reported contri­ butions totaling $4,974 in the form of transfers from the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle t oinmittee. FEC records show that Simp­ son’s campaign committee col­ lected $10,261 in interest.pay­ ments during the first half of 1991 on money market investment ac­ counts at Shoshone First National Bank, Key Bank and Dean Witter Reynolds in Cody. Simpson’s campaign statement shows expenditures of more than $69,340. Much of the money was spent on airfare, food and lodging for Simpson and his staff as well as for staff wages, unemployment taxes and postage expenses. Other expenditures for the first half of 1991 include $525 for a 3-year membership in the United Airlines Red Carpet Club for Al and Ann Simpson, $543 for Wash­ ington Redskins football tickets, $305 for Denver Broncos football tickets and more than $2,600 for gifts. Simpson’s report shows no out­ standing debts or obligations. FEC records show that Simp­ son’s campaign fund posted a bal­ ance of $433,246 on. Jan. 1 and had $383,860 on June 30, the final day of the reporting period. �Monday, August 12,1991 Idaho sheepmen say packer prob^ stalled rWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Justice Depart- ' nienlis dragging its feet in investigating concerns the meat­ packing industry is being monopolized at the expense of the lamb producers, Idaho sheepmen say. “You can put me on the record as saying that I’m sure the Justice Department is under directives not to bother big business in this area,’’ said Sen. John Peavey, D-Carey, who runs 4,000 sheep along the Little Wood River. Peavey believes the department is reluctant to investigate large corporations like ConAgra. State Sen. Laird Noh, R-Kimberly, raises sheep and feels the federal agency is operating in slow gear. Noh, president of the Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association, said an attorney assigned to the case “ap­ peared not to be aware of the location of the few packing plants that we have (in the country.)... He didn’t know the right questions to ask or how to gather information.’’ U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. disagrees. Sheep ranchers have not given the department’s attorneys enough information, said Stan Cannon, a Simpson aide. Several congressmen, including Simpson, this spring asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to review allegations the meat-packing industry is being monopo­ lized. ■ “We don’t think the Justice Department is dragging its feet,’’ Cannon said. “There have been problems with ranch­ ers coming forward. There is a fear of retaliation.’’ As for Noh’s complaint about attorney Bruce Yamanaga’s lack of knowledge: “He just got the word from the Justice Department in June, he’s only known for 45 days.’’ Lambs for slaughter sold for 46 to 49 cents per pound at the July 31 Twin Falls auction. Albertson’s grocery store in Twin Falls was selling cuts of lamb for up to $5.29 per pound. It is that huge gap that spawned the investigation. Brad Little, president of the Idaho Wool Growers Asso­ ciation, said three companies control 70 percent of the coun­ try’s lamb-butchering business: ConAgra, Superior and High Country. “There are so many circumstantial things that we’re concerned about that don’t add up,’’ said Little. “They’re ei­ ther pouring (meatpacking profits) down a rat hole — and I think some are — or someone is making a whole lot of money.’’ Both Noh and Little said the packing industry appears to operate under a tacit agreement granting exclusive territory to the packers. “I don’t think there’s a single contract,’’ said Little. “But 1 do think there’s a gentlemen’s agreement that they won’t bid against each other’s lambs.’’ Behemoth ConAgra, which controls 32 percent of Amer­ ican lamb production, is a primary target of the investigation. In recent years, ConAgra has bought Monfort, Armour and Swift & Co., all formerly competing meat packers, Noh said. With 1989 sales of $11.3 billion, ConAgra is the fourth-largest food corporation in the country. �Wednesday, August 14 Sheep producers push for quicker action Ask SimpsoiTTO step up hearing date in packing investigation By CANDY MOULTON Star-Tribune correspondent ENCAMPMENT — Wyoming sheep producers want U.S. Sen. AJan Simpson, R-Wyo, to step up the date of a public meeting he’s called to discuss the lamb packing industry. Simpson earlier said he will hold the meeting with producers, feeders and retailers in November in Cheyenne. But the Wyoming Woolgrow­ ers Association, along with Amer­ ican Sheep Industry President Jim Magagna, who ranches near Rock Springs, are encouraging Simpson to hold the meeting in September instead. Woolgrower Executive Secretary Carolyn Paseneaux said Tuesday. An inquiry into the lamb pack­ ing industry is underway by the Anti-Trust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, but Simp­ son and Paseneaux say producers and feeders are reluctant to step forward with details about their operations. In May Simpson and Sen. Mal­ colm Wallop, R-Wyo., joined eleven of their colleagues in voic­ ing concern to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh about alleged monopolistic practices in the lamb industry. If Simpson holds his meeting earlier this fall, the action will give the lamb packing industry a clear signal that Congress and the U.S. Justice Department are serious about the investigation into the packing operations and particular­ ly about concerns over the dispar­ ity in the price of lamb at the pro­ ducer and retail level, Paseneaux said. If prices for producers don’t im­ prove this fall, many could be forced out of the business, Wyoming Woolgrowers President John Etchepare of Cheyenne said. However, the industry officials think if Simpson holds his meeting in September the action help im­ prove market prices this fall. Meanwhile, sheep producers and feeders, who earlier this month were encouraged by Simpson and industry officials, to step forward with information about the packing industry, are beginning to do so, Simpson said last week. The Woolgrowers earlier this month also made a direct appeal to producers to contact the Justice Department. Justice Investigator Bruce Yamanage earlier this month refused to comment on the investigation and he did not return calls this week. But Simpson said more infor­ mation is still needed. “The pro­ ducers are going to have to come forward or the investigation will have been in vain,” Simpson said Saturday. He said he did not know the status of the investigation or when it will be concluded. “The Wyoming sheepmen real­ ize that there are some people that need to talk, but they just aren’t going forward,” Paseneaux said. “These people that have lamb feed­ ing operations should be talking, but they’re not,” she added. Paseneaux said industry offi­ cials haven’t taken an aggressive enough stand concerning the pack­ ing industry problems. “All we’re doing is tapping wrists,” she said. A meeting as outlined by Simpson and specific information that could be provided to the Justice Depart­ ment by producers and feeders would send a stronger message to the packers, she said. Simpson’s efforts on behalf of the sheep industry have been ade­ quate, Paseneaux said. “He’s doing what he can. We just need to speed him up. It’s not his fault, it’s ours,” she said. The market price for lambs has been at or near 50 cent per pound for the past year, Etchepare said. If prices remain at that level, or drop even lower as is now anticipated by producers, “It would easily put quite a few of them out of busi­ ness,” Etchepare said. The concern about the industry is the apparent concentration of packing operations. ConAgra alone controls 32 percent of the lamb market, according to industry fig­ ures. Superior, Denver & Iowa Lamb, and High Country together control another 53 percent, the lamb producers say. Of particular concern is the in­ creasing gap between farm gate prices for lamb and its retail price. While producers are getting about 50 cents per pound for their lambs, grocery stores sell lamb for more than $5 per pound. Returns are now the lowest in the last decade — even without an adjustment for inflation — and far below the cost of production, ac­ cording to an earlier release issued by Simpson and Sen. Malcolm Wallop. �Wednesday, August 14,1991 Simpson: No funds this year for U-miners By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune staff writer LANDER — Sen. Alan Simp­ son. 1<-Wyo., Tuesday told former uranium miners and survivors of deceased miners that Congress ap, pears unlikely to appropriate funds this year to compensate them under a law passed last year. Congress, however, has ap­ proved $5 million for the Justice Department to administer the pro­ gram, Simpson said. Simpson also speculated that some money could be provided to miners under a so-called continu­ ing resolution, which would be necessary to fund the U.S. gov­ ernment if Congress failed to enact all 13 annual spending bills that it must pass each year to fund gov­ Continued from Al to be able to see the entire draft be­ fore it is published. Schaffer said the rules will not be published until Sept. 15 even though they will be completed be­ fore then. He said the reason for the delay is the Justice Depart­ ment’s preoccupation with up­ coming Senate hearings on Clarence Thomas nomination to the Supreme Court. Simpson said he and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have been trying to persuade ythe Justice Department to mak^he regulations as simple ernment. The House of Representatives has passed its own version of all 13 bills but the Senate has failed to act on several. Members of Simpson’s audi­ ence said some surviving miners in Wyoming and their family mem­ bers do not have long to live and that it would be right to compen­ sate them before they die. Simpson said he is working to obtain the money but that part of the problem is that no one has yet been able to estimate the cost of the program. The House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill ear­ lier this year that would provide $5 million in fiscal 1992 to com­ pensate former miners, nuclear test-site workers and civilians who as possible. Frank Kreider, a special counsel for the Justice Department, said the draft rules will be difficult to understand but that they are de­ signed to make it as simple as pos­ sible to apply for compensation. Kreider said instruction book­ lets will be distributed along with forms that are supposed to be easy to understand and fill out. “It’s like paying your taxes,” he said. “You don’t go to the tax code to figure how much you owe. You get a 1040 form or whatever. This will be the same way.” were exposed to nuclear fallout blown downwind from nuclear weapons tests. The Senate has not acted on the bill. Congress autho­ rized compensation payments last year when it passed the Radiation Exposure Compen­ sation Act which was billed by lawmakers as a formal apology. Simpson said Congress is like­ ly to make money available after the Department of Justice com­ pletes its final regulations fofihe program and provides a cost esti­ mate. A spokesman for the Justice De­ partment said Tuesday that the reg­ ulations are under final review by department officials. The spokesman said the Office of Man­ agement and Budget has given its final blessing to the draft rules. The spokesman did not say ex­ actly when the proposed rules would be published in the Federal Register but that it is likely to be soon. Simpson said the Justice De­ partment told his staff that a 45day comment period on the draft rules will commence on Sept. 15, after which additional changes will be made before the final regula­ tions are enacted. Warren Schaeffer, a member of Simpson’s staff who has concen­ trated on the issue, said he has seen preliminary rules and that he hopes Please see METIERS, All �Thursday; August is, 1991 Simpson says brother of MIA twisted comments Senator sj ^ritic intense, hostile;’ brother calls Simpson ‘maggot CHEYENNE (AP) — U.S.'Sen. maining MIAs. Alan Simpson said Tuesday the “What he’s telling the Viet­ brother of a soldier missing in ac­ namese is ‘hey, kill them god damn tion in Vietnam put a “bizarre it, kill them now if they’re alive,” twist” on his comments about said Adams, who has battled for MIAs. nearly 25 years to bring his older Simpson earlier this week had brother, Steven, back from south­ said Vietnam’s efforts to normalize east Asia. relations with the rest of the world In an telephone interview from may include killing any POWs that Fremont County on Wednesday, might still be alive to be “sure that Simpson said there appears to be there was no one alive in order that little he can do to satisfy Adams. then they would be accepted in the “He’s intense, hostile,” Simp­ family of nations. ’ ’ son said. But Bruce Adams of Laramie “It does surprise me because I had interpreted Simpson’s remarks went to bat for him when he went as sending a message to the Viet­ to Laos and Thailand in ‘88.1 per­ namese government to kill any re- sonally contacted the foreign min­ ister in order to guarantee his safe­ that the Vietnamese had no reason ty because he was doing things that to hold Americans captive because put him at serious risk ... We had they would be shunned as ‘ ‘pariahs intelligence information that he of the earth and the foul stench of could be in deep jeopardy.” humanity” for 50 years — anoth­ Adams said his brother was re­ er comment that enraged Adams. ported lost with six other members “Let’s put Al Simpson and the of his rescue crew over the Gulf of other maggots on Capital Hill in : Tonkin in 1966. the position of the Vietnamese. We However, he maintains that his are more at fault for keeping those brother was seen in a Vietnamese guys over there then the Viet­ hospital by a member of the Inter­ namese,” Adams said. national Red Cross shortly after Simpson responded that while the accident. The helicopter pilot he takes “a lot of stuff in my line was seen in a Central Intelligence of work, not recently have I been Agency photograph in 1968, he called a maggot and other remark­ said. able things. Too bad he makes it Simpson had also told reporters personal.” �Wednesday, August 21, ? / Simpson warns of toxic burning Urges ‘extreme caution’ toward Laramie plan By The Associated Press U.S, Sen, Alan Simpson-on Tuesday urged the Environrnental Protection Agency and the state of Wyoming to proceed with “ex­ treme caution’’ on requests that it allow a Laramie company to hum hazardous wastes. The Centex Corp, wants to bum the wastes in kilns at its ce­ ment plant located several miles south of Laramie. Simpson claimed that the ce­ ment plant has had “an uneven environmental compliance record f in the past,’’ and that it should be considered by the agencies being asked to permit the waste burn­ ing. The senator made the com­ ments in a release and did not elaborate on the company’s envi­ ronmental record. His staff in Washington did not have exact details of problems at the plant but said they involved violations of the company’s state permits. “The proximity of the cement kiln to a major population center is another serious factor that must be taken into consideration by the regulators,’’ the senator added in the release. < “The fact that the kiln is less than five miles from the city of —Laramie tells us that this certaln— ly may not be the optimum loca­ tion to bum hazardous waste for energy recovery,’’ Simpson said. State and federal agencies have to look out for the health of Laramie residents, he said. ; “It has been known for some time that solvents which are not contaminated with heavy metals or PCBs may be burned safely in cement kilns that are not located near population centers,’’ the Re­ publican said. “But the vigorous citizens of Laramie have raised some very legitimate concerns about the pro­ tection of public health and their environment,” he said. �Saturday, August 31,1991 Congressional hearings into lamb ' packiifg industry set for September By CANDY MOULTON Stdr-Tribune correspondent ENCAMPMENT — Federal hearings into the lamb packing in­ dustry, will be held in September in Denver and Washington, D.C., a sheep industry spokesman said. The lamb packing industry is currently under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department AntiTrust Division. That investigation was called for by a munber of U.S. Senators including Wyoming Re- publicans Alan Simpson and Mal-_ colm Wallop.----Additionally, Simpson will hold a meeting this fall in Cheyenne with producers and retailers to ob­ tain ftirther information about the industry, and particularly to try to determine why there is such a gap between prices paid to producers and those paid by consumers. Texas Rep. Charles Stenholm, Chairman of the House subcom­ mittee on livestock, dairy and poultry, has called the federal hear­ ings. They will be held in Denver Sept. 18 and in Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, Wyoming Wool Growers Executive Director Carolyn Paseneaux said. The Wool Growers are making arrangements now for buses to take producers from Wyoming to the congressional hearing in Denver Sept. 18, she said. U.S. Justice Department Spokesman Anthony Nanni, was reluctant to discuss his depart­ ment’s investigation, saying it is a confidential matter. However, he did say it is continuing and that the investigators are obtaining in­ formation. He declined to say when the inquiry will be complet­ ed or whether any action may be taken. In early August federal officials said they were concerned that pro­ ducers were providing little infor­ mation about problems in the lamb packing industry. The investiga­ tion is particularly looking into the disparity between the low prices paid to producers, they are receiv­ ing only about 50 cents per pound, and the high cost of lamb at the retail level, where it often costs more than $6 per pound. Now, however, producers are “beginning to come forward” with information about the packing in­ dustry, Paseneaux said. Earlier the Wool Growers made a direct ap­ peal to producers to provide de• tails to the U.S. Justice Depart­ ment. Paseneaux said then that many sheepmen were cautious about talking to the justice de. partment, because they feared re- j tribution from the packers. ■ As the September lamb sales j period draws near, with prices conf tinning to hover between 48 and 53 j cents per pound, producers are be- i ginning to talk to investigators, Paseneaux said. Producers say they need about 62 cents per pound in order to break even on costs. The meeting called by Simpson with producers and retailers will be held later this year in Cheyenne, Paseneaux said. That meeting will be in late November or early De­ cember. The Wyoming Wool Growers in mid-August said they wanted Simpson to hold his meet­ ing earlier, in order to send a clear message to lamb packers that the federal investigation into the in­ dustry is serious. 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These files at times have a corresponding file of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. Subject The topic of the resource Politicians United States; Politicians Wyoming Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper Star-Tribune Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Casper Star-Tribune Vertical File, NCA 01.ii.2001.02-Alt WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. 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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. 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 May through August 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. 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The Casper Star-Tribune gifted 20 years of photographic negatives and prints and many corresponding files and article scans to Casper College early in the year 2000 according to a newspaper article on the donation. The vertical files have been managed by the Casper College Archives and Special Collections housed in its Western History Center. The repository started the process of arranging and describing these files at the series level in January of 2024.