Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 38

14C Reno Gazette-Journal Thursday, October 6, 1988 BLM boss pledges help in probe of mustang killings Young computer hackers may get $650,000 phone bill are likely to be found. Stewart added that tips from citizens are continuing to pour in, but "We do not see any arrests as imminent." The probe started after 41 horse carcasses were found in August. More than 100 people were interviewed, including one person who provided a tip that sent agency staffers to a second central Nevada area last month where 87 horses had been shot. As part of the investigation, BLM staffers throughout the state were advised to step up surveillance of rangeland they oversee, and that resulted in last weekend's discovery of another 140 wild horse carcasses. Nevada area near Austin, adding the shootings were "the product of a sick mind." "We don't really know at this point who is responsible, whether it is one person," Bryan said.

"You don't know what the motivation might. might be some deranged person who just thinks it is a great sport to go out there and shoot and kill something." The governor commented during a 4-hour-long National Guard helicopter ride Tuesday in search of remains of the horses. However, despite maps of the area, he was unable to see any of the gunned-down animals. BLM spokesman Bob Stewart said more wild horse carcasses the cooperation of Gov. Dick Bryan, state and local officials and the U.S.

attorney's office in the investigation. And Burford said the BLM is seeking tips or other information from people that lead to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the rifle killings of the horses. "We cannot tolerate and will not tolerate malicious destruction or harrassment of wild horses," Burford said. "We will vigorously pursue these cases and all other incidents of harrassment or destruction of these animals." Gov. Bryan pledged full state support to help the federal Bureau of Land Management in its investigation of the killings in a remote By Brendan RileyAP CARSON CITY Federal Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Burford said Wednesday he's appalled at the slaughter of nearly 300 horses in the Nevada desert, and called for citizen help in an all-out BLM investigation.

"Our law enforcement personnel are giving full and immediate attention to investigating this serious matter, and I have assured our Nevada state director that he has at his disposal the full resources of the bureau," Burford said. In a statement released here, Burford also said he appreciated LAS VEGAS (AP) Ten teen-age computer hackers with a penchant to reach out and touch someone may have run up $650,000 in telephone calls, and their parents could be liable for the hefty tab, authorities said Wednesday. "The kids say everyone has this (computer) program," Tom Spurlock, resident agent-in-charge of the Las Vegas Secret Service office, said Wednesday. "It's very popular, very accessible. It's definitely going on other places as well.

Spurlock said the teen-agers were engaged in "blue boxing," which enabled them to talk to fellow hackers throughout Europe. "They were calling numbers that were in the system, and their (computer) programs would allow them to 'jump' circuits, allowing them to call anywhere in the world," Spurlock said. The expensive shenanigans came to light when Centel officials discovered unusual activity on nine Las Vegas phone lines, Spurlock said. He said federal agents obtained warrants and searched the nine homes. The teen-agers nine 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old were not taken into custody or charged, but their computers were seized.

"They were pretty shook up when we visited them," Spurlock said. Spurlock said parents, who could be held liable for the hefty phone conversations, were unaware- "One of the parents told us, 'I thought he was being a good boy because he was always working with his computer and talking to his friends on the Spurlock said. The federal agent said the number of calls and the destinations were still being tabulated. He said the figure of $650,000 in calls was "a good estimate." Spurlock said the teen-agers had been using the system 13 months. He estimated each of the teens was amassing a bill of $5,000 monthly.

40 mustangs freed on South Dakota horse sanctuary South Dakota's centennial next year when attention is focused on the state's frontier and Western heritage. The driving force behind the sanctuary was Dayton Hyde, a lifelong rancher and the founder of the Institute of Range and the American Mustang. Hyde said he hopes to develop a wild horse museum at the Wednesday. The horses released Wednesday joined about 150 others already running free on the sanctuary in an isolated southern Black Hills canyon. The mustangs were rounded up by the federal government from public lands across the southwestern United States.

The wild horses were a nuisance to private landowners, and in some areas they were in danger of starving to death because natural food sources no longer existed. "It's a real experience to witness wild horses running across the prairie," Gov. George Mickel-son said. "Seeing them run free draws lots of parallels with the early history of our state." State officials said they think the wild horses will be a popular tourist attraction, particularly in HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) -About 40 mustangs were released from a corral Wednesday to run free on the rugged South Dakota range in a new, wild horse sanctuary.

"We're going to do our best to make this a success for years to come," said Bob Burford, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which sponsored the sanctuary and its dedication Agents find printing plate for Hitler sticker uing. "Our agents have been on the property several times and will continue to go on the property and meet with management as part of the investigation," he said. The board is also looking into allegations that Engelstad and General Manager Ed Crispell ordered the destruction of hotel security records related to a civil suit filed by a Missouri couple, who were attacked at the hotel in 1984. Engelstad and Crispell have not answered repeated requests for interviews.

Meanwhile, the Las Vegas chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews issued a news release censuring the activities at the hotel. morating Adolf Hitler's birthday. The room also contained Engel-stad's multi-million dollar collection of Nazi-era war memorabilia. Gaming sources said they inspected the room and returned to the hotel to check on the bumper stickers in an ongoing investigation to determine whether Engelstad's alleged actions affect his suitability as a gaming licensee. Engelstad issued a news release Friday saying "I despise Hitler and everything he stood for." He said Hitler "created his own niche in history, although it was an infamous one." Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Rumbolz said the Imperial Palace investigation is contin LAS VEGAS (AP) Gaming Control Board agents have found a printing plate used by the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino to print bumper stickers bearing the words "Hitler Was Right." The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday that gaming agents entered the Strip resort Tuesday looking for the bumper stickers but instead found the printing plate and a July 24, 1986, work order requesting the stickers.

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