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Dr. Death strikes (3A) A ass TTT el TS 11 Bismarck Bulls come close, but can't pull it off against St. Paul Saints (ID) Acne at age 30 (lC) DAUJJIXIJ Wednesday, December 16, 1992 BismarcWMandan, N.D. .43 a day by carrier (including Sunday) Call 223-2500 Single copy .50 mm If NEW APPOINTEES By KRISTINE DONATELLE Tribune Staff Writer ov. Ed Schafer began his first Mandate No.

1 Freeze on hiring Family Service Center in Bismarck where she has worked as director of consumer credit counseling since 1983. Wefald will take over after PSC Commissioner Dale Sandstrom's resignation Dec. 31. Though Schafer admitted Wefald had no specific experience in the public service industry, he said her consumer background made her a viable choice among 12 candidates. "We saw her as someone who can break through the rhetoric on paper and get to the issues at hand," he said.

"She has a strong consumer background, that's important for this position. We think she can work effectively with both the consumer, and the business sector and will bring some bal day in office Tuesday by filling three state agency positions. They are Diane Aim as executive director of the Workers Bureau, Susan Wefald for the Public Service Commission and Marshall Moore as state highway com- missioner. The salary for the PSC post is set by state law and is $51,752. The salaries for the Workers Compensation Bureau and highway posts are undergoing negotiation, Schafer said.

The retiring highway commissioner, Richard Backes, received $60,900 and Helen Tracy at Work-. ers Compensation earned $42,048. Wefald," Bismarck School Board presi rr-At-Hi liiTTii-ii I1 lin nnni lm mini lm jiiiriiiin DOT: Marshall Moore Workers Comp: Diane Aim PSC: Susan Wefald ance to tne Schafer said Wefald, who was away speaking (More on SCHAFER, Page 10A Dakota, Schafer said. Her strong background in consumer advocacy was earned at The Village dent and board member since 1989, is the first female public service commissioner in North Trying to make good on a campaign promise made in July to slim government, Gov. Ed Schafer signed an executive order Tuesday morning mandating a hiring freeze on state government.

The order also protects more than 10,000 state employees from being laid off to balance agency budgets. "We're convinced that we're going to have to stop the growth in government and the way we're going to do it is to stop hiring new people," Schafer said. "There are over 400 FTE (full time equivalency) positions that are vacant currently. We hope to gradually lower the workforce through attrition and through retraining and redeployment." The mandate creates an emergency Hiring Council to oversee all new hires and promotions. The council will be chaired by Lt.

Gov. Rosemarie Myrdal. Other members are Office of Management and Budget Director Rod Backman, Legislative Director Al Hausauer, State Central Personnel Director Brian McClure and a state classified employee to be chosen by panel members. The hiring freeze does not apply to higher education because it is not a part of the classified system. Agency directors and commission chairpersons at all levels of state government won't be allowed to fill any vacant classified positions or replace any classified openings without the approval of the Hiring Council, according to the order.

Terminations, layoffs and promotions must also meet the council's approval. Vacant and new positions that received authorization to be filled after Nov. 3 and before Dec. 15 must also be reviewed by the council. Exceptions to the freeze include instances where a candidate has been selected and an offer accepted as of Dec.

16 and positions filled as the result of internal posting and recruitment. The order is effective until June 1. IHIaitlhi OH aranses LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) President-elect Clinton, concluding an unprecedented conference on the economy, said Tuesday the nation must tame "the monster of spiral-ing health care costs" if it is ever to slash the huge budget deficit. vm 'V By TOM STROMME of the Tribune DECKED OUT: Jhe Hanson residence in Mandan is an annual show when it comes to holiday lighting.

This year it took the seven members of the Hanson clan two days to put up the decorations and approximately 5,000 lights. 'It's the most lights we've had but we'll try to add more next year, but pretty soon we'll be at the max after looking at the electric jsaid Darlene Hanson is on the corner of Sixth Avenue and First Street Northeast. D5gllis But you better buy quick because most stores are selling out economic recovery program aimed at creating new jobs. Clinton said he would wait as long as he could to get the latest economic data before deciding on the size and shape of a stimulus program, if he decides one is necessary. Clinton called the conference, which was televised for more than i8 hours over the two days, part of an effort "to reconnect the American people to their government." He said there was consensus among participants on a need to increase investment, improve education and training programs, and combine a recovery plan with a long-term deficit-reduction strategy.

Banging the conference table with his fist for emphasis, Clinton told the 300 participants that the cost of health care "is a joke. It is going to bankrupt this country." Later, at a news conference, he said there was not enough evidence to conclude that the recession is over or whether he'll try to stimulate the economy after taking office at the cost of an even larger federal deficit. After listening to dozens of speakers over two days debate the problems of the economy and steps to improve it, Clinton promised to "explore every idea and challenge every prejudice" as he crafts an FREDERICKSEN, Tribune Staff Writer yum roii better not shout, you better not il fWvou better not Oout. telling you why: It probably won't do says, "there's not a house in five streets without some lights on it." Not only do more people join the lighting craze each year, but "more and more people add to their collection from year to says Kautzman. Vp "It kind of gets to be a neighborhood type- thing, a little competition, probably like a green lawn," ventures Ken Hoffert, general i manager at Kmart.

"Competition, or being a part of the neighborhood." Although his lighting sales have been Hoffert says his store still has "ar fair selection overall. You still have a choice' At all stores, multicolored light sets are still the favorite. Also popular are chasing lights and those than can be programmed to perform specific functions. The most disappointed shoppers will be those looking for sets of bulbs in a single color. They're the first ones to be sold out, says -Roth.

displaysWhole residential areas have gotten excited for one reason or another. They've just done a phenomenal job." Although he didn't have a specific figure, Roth thinks his store's 1992 outdoor lighting sales are "probably up dramatically. Why have people gone all out this year? "The economy is rock solid, is one of the things," says Roth. Target is also "very, very low" on lighting, says Doug Kautzman, manager. "We have just a few come in every day, but that will slow down to nothing within the next week." Kautzman has seen a "fairly good increase" in lighting sales in '92.

Those tiny bulbs have collectively transformed our twin cities this season. People are decorating everything from dog houses to John Deere tractors. Kautzman says he would "definitely agree" that local residents have gone light-happy. In his northwest Bismarck neighborhood, he WEDNESDAY you any good. I it you've procrastinated in buying outdoor Christmas lights, to join your neighbors in Bismarck-Mandan's pyrotechnic nighttime display, you may be sorry.

-V Wal-Mart is "very; very low" on lights, says tarry Roth, department manager. "We've had merchandise transferred in from other stores, hut we're down to the bare bones now." Roth Says the store is "still scrounging" for more lights, but it's too late to order them from the manufacturer. ''People have just gone crazy with decorations," says Roth, "and not cheap decorations either. There are a lot of well-built ii.i ii ii. inn Mini ilium OUTSIDE Cloudv and colder todav with a 20 percent chance of light snow.

Mign around zu. wina northwest 5 to 15 mph. Tonight and Thursday, continued mostly cloudy. Low tonight zero to 5 above. High Thursday near 20.

Details on back page. CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: Katie Johnson, who writes for the Tribune, reminds readers there are nine days left before Christmas. No parking in front of Hughes Public parking has been removed from the west side of Washington Street in front of Hughes Junior High. People have been concerned about the double parking and jaywalking that creates a safety problem around the school when parents drop off and pick up their kids. Hughes Parent Advisory Committee member Fred Schmidt said: "We knew the problem would worsen when the new underpass opens, so we took public parking off of the west side of Washington and turned it into bus and handicapped parking only." A letter has been sent home to all Hughes parents to make them aware of the changes.

Parents are encouragedto park along Avenue or in the parking lot south of Avenue and west of Raymond Street. Hughes assistant principal Rudy Steidl said students will be encouraged to use the south doors. to face prosecution. Fischer, currently staying in a Belgrade hotel, refused comment on the indictment. "He doesn't want to make any comment, you will have to speak with his lawyer," said his bodyguard Goran Simic.

His lawyer could not be reached. The indictment and an accompanying arrest warrant may mean Fischer is "essentially being checkmated in Yugoslavia, Stephens said. He said there are no plans to kidnap Fischer abroad. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 10 years in prison, fined $250,000 and forced to forfeit his WASHINGTON (AP) Bobby Fischer was indicted Tuesday for playing his $5 million chess match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia in violation of U.S.-backed sanctions. The indictment comes three months after Fischer spat on a U.S.

government warning about ignoring the sanctions. Fischer, 49, known as much for his temperamental outbursts and reclusive lifestyle as his chess-playing genius, was accused by U.S. officials of giving aid and support to attempts at "ethnic cleansing" in the war-torn Balkan region. "It is not too much to ask for Mr. Fischer to comply with the law instead of lining his pockets by serving as a pawn of the federal Republic of Yugoslavia's effort to bust the economic sanctions," said U.S.

Attorney Jay Stephens. Stephens denied the one-count indictment was merely symbolic and a waste of money for his office, but conceded it would be difficult to force Fischer to return Jerry Falwell leaves believers hopeless (2A) INSIDE CLASSIFIED ADS 4C COMICS 7C ENTERTAINMENT 4C LIFESTYLES 1C METRO IB MONEY 3C NUBS OBITUARIES SPORTS ID Two crossword puzzles today We goofed and forgot to run the crossword puzzle in Tuesday's paper. But don't worry, Tuesday's puzzle is on Page 5C of today's paper and today's puzzle is on Page 6C. 4. Fischer: American prize winnings plus a 10 percent share of any royalties generated by the match..