The Bismarck Tribune from Bismarck, North Dakota • 6

6A Monday, January 20, 1986 The Bismarck Tribune Blaze kills horses valued at $5 million ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) Anguished horse trainers mourned the loss of 45 thoroughbreds suffocated by an early morning fire at a Belmont Park Racetrack barn that left the animals looking "like they're asleep," a fire official said. A barn sprinkler system broke down late last week and was to be repaired by today, officials said. Track officials said the barn was worth $1 million and the horses were valued at up to $5 million. "I'm so sorry they had to go, and go that Mike Daggett, a trainer who lost eight horses, said Sunday as firefighters drenched the twisted ruins of the wooden structure destroyed by the fire.

"I was so proud of my stable," he said, struggling to keep back tears. "By being with them every day, every month, every year, you see them fulfilled at the racetrack by winning. That's how they become a part of you. "Even i if they finish fifth and try hard, you become attached to them," he said. John P.

Campo, trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pleasant Colony, lost 36 of his 38 horses in the fire. He sat with his head in his hands, staring at the ground and refusing to answer questions. One of two rescued horses was Pleasant Sea, an offspring of Pleasant Colony, but four more horses that the champion sired were believed killed. "Terrible, terrible," Campo said later. "There were some nice horses in there.

You don't know about most of them because they were basically untried." Campo said only five or six of his horses had been insured. Robert Kern, 53, who lost three horses, including one he had purchased just hours before the fire, said "I'm just sick. I'm very upset and disturbed and brokenhearted." Flames shot 50 feet into the air and a 100-foot section of the 400- foot-long barn caved in before 200 firefighters could contain the blaze more than an hour after it was reported at 1:19 a.m. Sunday, said Elmont Fire Chief James Snadecky. Most of the horses were found in their 12-foot by 12-foot stalls where they were tied up for the night.

The dense, rolling smoke from the fire that started in the middle of the green barn felled the horses quickly and probably with little pain, Assistant Fire Chief John Loser said. "The ones at the end of the barn are lying there like they're asleep," Loser said. John Keenan, vice president of operations for the New York Racing Association, said the sprinkler system's pipes burst last week when the temperature fell to near zero and "would have been repaired today or tomorrow." The horses were among more than 2,000 kept in 64 barns on the grounds of the 430-acre complex in the New York City suburbs. The cause of the fire remained undetermined, although authorities found "nothing that indicates it would be suspicious," said Detective Lt. William Gutersloh, commanding officer of the Nassau County arson squad.

Keenan said it was possible that hay kept in the barn ignited spontaneously. Match successful CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A therapy. Then came the good news: Lori, alone of her cousins, had proven "as close a match as we might see in a Kaur says. Hilda had already retired from her postmaster's job in Golden Valley to help her daughter care for her sons, aged 4 and 3. Now Lori took a leave of absence from her job in the Attorney General's office, and with Hilda, Amy and the boys, went to Seattle in late October to set up housekeeping in an apartment close to the Fred Hutchinson Center.

At Hutchinson, Amy underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments to kill off her own diseased bone marrow, and received her transplant from Lori Nov. 14 a year to the day after her leukemia was diagnosed in 1984. She would be in the hospital for a month, the prescribed period, as the engraftment "took" and she managed to avoid complications. Lori, whose blood type was transferred to Amy along with her bone marrow, stayed in town to donate blood as needed. She returned to Bismarck Dec.

10, and Amy was back in the apartment with her mother and boys two days later, ready for what Hilda calls "one of the best Christmases we ever had, because we had so much to be thankful for." Until the target date for her return home to Beulah Feb. 22, Amy will continue with her weekly checkups at Hutchinson. "She brought us a laugh when she returned from the clinic the other day," Hilda says. "A fairly young doctor from Winnipeg did a spinal tap on her, and when he had her pinned to the table with his foot-long needle, he said, 'Now that I have you here, I'd like to talk to you about Garrison Amy, a laboratory foreman for Montana Dakota Utilities at the Coyote power plant, is "anxious for others to hear about bone marrow transplants. I know how it feels to be faced with an uncertain future, and now I know how it feels to have new hope." Her mother says: "We know this miracle Lori's being a perfect donor, and how well Amy came through all the chemotherapy, radiation and trauma happened because of all the prayers of our family and friends.

"Praise God! He hears prayers." Schirado's position upheld CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A cient manner." The board and the judge should attempt to resolve their differences and "seriously consider the guidelines issued by the North Dakota Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission," wrote Spaeth. Schirado said this morning that he considers the opinion a vindication of his position. The judge said the court must ensure defendants get "good, competent attorneys," which he said is jeopardized by setting up a list. In addition, the system of requiring those convicted of misdemeanors to repay such fees means there is no cost to the county, said Schirado. The opinion was sought by the County Commission, which last month rejected contract bids after Schirado questioned the commissioners' authority in setting up a contract.

County officials say they want contracting to get a handle on such John S. Dickenson, 57 Colstrip, Montana Formerly of the Bismarck area. Arrangements Pending Boelter funeral Home 200 West Turnpike Bismarck 223-1122 Directors HUBERT R. GRAVES WILLARD W. NICKISCH Snow moves into eastern Ohio Valley By The Associated Press A low pressure system over southern New Jersey sent snow into the eastern Ohio Valley today while much of the East had fog, rain and above-normal temperatures.

The northwest Plains had early-morning readings in the 30s to 40s, with a few scattered low 50s, and rainshowers were scattered along the central Pacific Coast. Rain, melting snow and ice jams caused flooding in western Pennsylvania, closing sections of several roads, and flooding was possible in western New York, the National Weather Service said. By early today, 6 inches of snow fell on Seneca State Forest in Pocahontas County, W.Va; Huntington, W.Va. had 4 inches of snow; and south central Ohio had two to three inches. A winter storm warning was posted for extreme western West Virginia, where as much as 6 inches of snow was expected.

Travelers' advisories were WEATHER WATCH Ann Bertie, Dickinson Experiment nice today. The wind has been calm. maximum temperature of 45 degrees DIVIDE COTTA A Fred Forthun, Hettinger: Today is getting rid of some snow. It was a 47 and the low was 37. DEATHS Anna Chaussee LAWRENCE, Kan.

Services for Anna Elaine Chaussee, the infant daughter of Paul and Gayle Chaussee, Lawrence, were held Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, with the Rev. John Macauley officiating. She was born Jan. 12 in a Lawrence hospital. Survivors include her parents; brothers, Brian T.

and Scott both at home; and grandparents, Margaret Chaussee, Bismarck, N.D., and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Anderson, Lawrence. The family prefers memorials to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital maternity ward through the hospital's endowment association.

They may be sent to Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence. John COLSTRIP, John 'S. Dickenson Dickenson, 57, Colstrip, formerly of the Bismarck, N.D., area, died Sunday morning after suffering injuries in an auto accident Saturday night. Arrangements are pending at Boelter Funeral Home, Bismarck. Forrest Lowden FARGO Services for a retired Fargo housemover, Forrest F.

Lowden, 73, were held Jan. 11 at First Lutheran Church, Fargo. Burial with military rites was in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo. He died Jan. 8.

A Cooperstown native, Mr. Lowden married June Martin Johnson, July 28, 1970, in Lemmon, S.D. She is among survivors. (Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo) Catherine Rieker Catherine Rieker, 95, St. Vincent's Nursing Home, Bismarck, died today in the nursing home.

Arrangements are pending at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. FUNERAL SERVICE Ricker, 95 St. Vincent's Nursing Home Bismarck, ND Arrangements Pending DIRECTORS CHUCK EASTGATE BOB EASTGATE CLEM GERHARDT JOHN LAWLOR BISMARCK STEELE 23rd St. Divide 8 Bismarck 223-7322 issued for much of West Virginia, eastern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. Two to 05 inches of snow was expected across most of the area, the weather service said.

It said travelers' advisories for one or two inches snow were issued for western Virginia and the western mountains of North Carolina. Fog and rain prevailed across most of New England and the mid-Atlantic states, prompting widespread travelers' advisories. Today's forecast called for rainshowers, with snow at higher elevations, scattered from the northern Pacific Coast to Montana; rain likely over New England and the midAtlantic states; snowshowers scattered from Michigan to the central and northern Appalachians; mostly sunny skies from the southern Rockies to the southern Atlantic Coast; and unseasonably mild temperatures across the Mississippi Valley and New England. Station, Dickinson: It's sunny and Sunday was a beautiful day with a and a minimum of 26. gorgeous with nice sun and we're beautiful day Sunday.

The high was The 7 p.m. High Temperatures 70 Showers Rain Flurries Snow BISMARCK DATA Sunshines Sunrise Today 8:19 a.m. Sunset Today. 5:28 p.m. Missouri River Missouri River Stage 12.0 ft.

24 hour change none ft. Missouri River flood stage 16.0 ft. Precipitation Total this month to date. .21 in. Normal this month to date .38 Total Jan.

1st to date .21 in. Normal Jan. 1st to date .38 in. PIERRE, S.D. (AP) OAHE POOL, reservoir elevation 1,600.71 feet above mean sea level, up .14 feet in the past 24 hours.

Tailwaters 1,422.94 feet. Discharge 11,300 c.f.s. Temperature 33 degrees. Big Bend elevation 1,420.93 feet. Discharge 3,200 c.f.s.

Temperature 33 degrees. STATE FORECASTS North Dakota Occasional light snow tonight. Lows 10 to 20. Windy Tuesday occasional light snow east. Clearing west.

Highs to 20. South Dakota Scattered rain or snow west tonight, spreading east. Some accumulation possible west. Lows in the North Bismarck Dickinson Fargo Gd Forks Jamestown Minot Williston South Aberdeen Huron Lemmon Mobridge Pickstown Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls Watertown Minnesota Alexandria Bemidji Duluth Hibbing Int. Falls Red.

Falls Rochester St. Cloud Montana Billings Glasgow Great Falls Havre Helena Miles City EST, Jan. 21, 30 Missoula 42 32 1r Elsewnere Albany 45 .08 Albuquerque 60 30 Amarillo 75 36 Anchorage 26 18 Asheville 52 Atlanta 59 01 Atlantic City .24 Austin Baltimore .51 Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston .71 Brownsville Buffalo Bringtn, Vt. 52 .24 Casper .07 31 1.06 58 37 .09 Cheyenne 35 Chicago 36 26 Cincinnati 19 ..31 Cleveland 1.14 .02 Colombus, Oh. 36 .42 Dallas Dayton Denver 68 Des Moines 37 Warm Cold- 70 70 FRONTS: Occluded Stationary 4 -70 20s to low 30s.

Scattered snow and colder Tuesday. Windy. Highs in the 20s to low 30s. Montana East of Continental Divide Snow and north winds decreasing from the north and colder tonight. Snow ending early.

Becoming partly cloudy Tuesday and cooler. Lows tonight 10 to 20. Highs Tuesday 25 to 35. Minnesota Cloudy tonight with a chance of light snow. Lows from the upper teens northwest to low 30s southeast.

Cloudy Tuesday with chance of light snow east. Highs in the 20s to low 30s. EXTENDED OUTLOOKS Wednesday through Friday North Dakota: Chance of snow east Wednesday, Warming trend. Highs Wednesday in the teens warming to the 20s east and 30s west by Friday. Lows 5 below to 10 above.

South Dakota: Chance of snow east Wednesday. Lows zero to 10 above northeast to the teens southwest. Highs Wednesday teens northeast to 20s southwest, warming by Friday to the 20s northeast to 40s southwest. Minnesota: Chance of snow Wednesday. Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday.

Highs mid-teens to mid Wednesday cooling to the low teens to the low 205 Thursday and Friday. Lows 5 to 15 above Wednesday cooling to zero to 5 above south and 5 to 15 below north Thursday and Friday. Detroit 31 .05 Duluth El Paso Evansville Fairbanks Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids 35 Great Falls .15 .28 Hartford .68 Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, Ms. Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Las Vegas 69 Little Rock 50 Los Angeles Louisville .20 Lubbock 76 Memphis 39 Miami Beach Midland Milwaukee Mpis- St Paul Nashville Orleans 67 New York 55 .31 Norfolk, Va. 61 41 .14 North Platte 56 23 Sinner to attend farm credit session By The Associated Press Gov.

George A. Sinner will join six other governors in Chicago Tuesday for a conference on farm credit with state agricultural officials and financial leaders. Sinner is vice chairman of the National Governors' Association agriculture committee, which is sponsoring the conference. "We need to work together in North Dakota, in the region and at the national level to find some answers," Sinner said in a statement. "While we in farm states may be feeling the greatest impact agriculture is not alone in its economic plight.

The entire productive sector of this country has been hurt by the economic policies that have produced the overvalued dollar and record federal budget deficits," he said. Sarah Vogel, a North Dakota assistant attorney general, was scheduled to participate in a panel discussion on how states are responding to farm finance problems. Sinner will be on a panel with Kansas Gov. John Carlin and Nebraska Gov. Robert Kerry that will sum up the farm credit situation.

Sinner will also give the concluding remarks for the meeting. The other governors at the conference will be Terry Branstad of Iowa, Rudy Perpich of Minnesota, William Janklow of South Dakota, William Clinton of Arkansas. Also there will be Lt. Gov. George Ryan of Illnois.

Sinner was scheduled to stop in St. Paul, on his way back from Chicago on Wednesday to continue discussions with Farm Credit Services on a plan to restructure farm debt through a joint venture with the other three states in the FCS St. Paul region. Sinner has proposed using the Bank of North Dakota and other state funds adn the sale of bonds to raise money for debt restructuring. Abzug ponders run Okla City 65 Omaha Orlando Philadelphia 46 Phoenix Pittsburgh 32 1.64 Portland, Me.

2.08 Portland, Or. .06 Providence .97 Raleigh 36 .06 Rapid City 33 Reno Richmond Sacramento St Louis St Pete Salt Lake San Antonio 73 San Diego San Francisco 03 Juan, P.R. St Ste Marie Seattle Shreveport Sioux Falls Spokane 02 Syracuse Topeka Tucson Tulsa Washington .69 Wichita Wilkes Barre .49 Wimngtn, De. 42 1.15 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) Bella Abzug is testing the waters for a congressional comeback despite failing to get her party's backing.

The 65-year-old lawyer, who once represented a district in New York City, said she'll decide by late February or early March whether to try for a seat representing suburban Westchester STATE DEATHS BINFORD David Oien, 25. 72; Orville Meyer, 61. MINOT Levon Hendrickson, CRYSTAL Raymond Johnston, GRAFTON Jennifer Marie La- 66. 74. traille, 5.

MUNICH Andrew Schommer, DEVILS LAKE Edward GRAND FORKS Mrs. Obert 82. Niemi, 84. Anderson, 81; Anna Renden, 81; NEKOMA Harvey J. Johnston, DOUGLAS Ernest E.

Varty, Cody Rising, infant. 81. 82. HATTON Erling Johnson, 74. NOONAN Lewis Evju, 84.

DUNSEITH Emma Renault, JAMESTOWN Mrs. LeRoy PALERMO Blanch Gorseth, 87. Anderson, 87; Reuben J. Hetland, 86. ELLENDALE Albin J.

Hilde, 72. RUGBY Synneva Norheim, 85. 66. LANGDON Elise Crowston, 66. STANLEY Emma Weidner, FAIRMOUNT Harold Hoefs, LIGNITE Kelmer Larson, 78.

78. 72. McVILLE Paul Ralph VALLEY CITY Mary Hone, FARGO Mrs. Frank Hartman, Polasky, infant. 72; Harald Wefald, 84.

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As many times as they need them during the EMERGENCY CARE: year. No charge to to others. However, non-members are required to pay for all That's why we're glad to be able to offer METRO. emergency treatment, ambulance service and supplies CARE memberships this year. that they may require.

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23 21 23 21 Tr. 23 20 32 28 32 29 30 29 Tr. 65 44 27 61 32 .15 59 31 50 30 46 35 costs and to ensure attorneys are available for cases. According to a 1984 report, at least seven counties in the state, including Burleigh, have contracts with local attorneys for defending indigents, who have a constitutional right to counsel. State's Attorney Richard Schnell told Morton commissioners this morning the contract system set up through the Indigent Commission guidelines has worked well elsewhere.

"This is the only county where the judge refused to go along with contracting," said Commission Chairman Richard Bendish. After hearing Spaeth's opinion, Morton commissioners voted 3-2 this morning to bring the matter up again Feb. 4 and to invite Schirado. The judge wasn't at the commission meeting this morning. Commission Chairman Richard Bendish and Commissioner Rose Leingang voted against the action.

"I can't see this board wasting its time. The judge has told us 'no' twice," said Bendish. The motion by Commissioner Robert Chase noted that if the commission can't get the cooperation of the judge on a contract, then the county should ask the North Dakota Supreme Court to formulate an administrative rule from the guidelines. Nelson considering benefit for Indians MESCAL, Ariz. (AP) Singer Willie Nelson, who helped organize last September's FarmAid concert to help the nation's farmers, says he's now planning a benefit for native Americans.

"I've been thinking about doing something for the Indians for a long time," Nelson said. "They are constantly mistreated. I think it's about time we started treating them like citizens, like the original Americans that they Nelson is here in this small town near Tucson to film the made-fortelevision movie.