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WEATHER --Wyk foreign' 1 -TV Crucifixion i re-enactment PI I -B3 I WYOMING 1 i --L. Hemingway rit slept here -Bl If sp6rts" Spring v- game i fa. -1 i I i 1 1 Reagan imposes tariffs on some Japanese goods 100 duties cover 4 categories i v. a Star-TribuneRick Sorenson the warm sun, Sabrina Grierson (left) of California, Terry Rider of Douglas Lawrence of Michigan lay out on the Casper College campus Friday. All three at the college.

Temperatures hit records in some areas of Wyoming. See Sunbathers SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) President Reagan slapped $300 million in punitive duties on imported Japanese personal computers, television sets and power tools on Friday, retaliating for alleged violation of a computer chip trade agreement. Reagan, in his toughest move yet against America's second-largest trading partner, signed a proclamation imposing 100 percent tariffs on four categories of Japanese goods. "I regret that these actions were necessary," Reagan said a statement accompanying his proclamation.

"The health and vitality of the U.S. semiconductor industry are essential to America's future competitiveness. We cannot allow it to be jeopardized by unfair trading practices," said Reagan, who was vacationing at his California ranch. His action, first threatened in March, could double the cost of the items. The government of Japan said in a statement it was "deeply disappointed" by the sanctions, denied Japan had violated any agreement State will bid for supercollider, Sullivan says -'if we do make an application," the governor told reporters.

"I don't have any desire but to say yes, if that is (the task force's) decision." The massive nuclear research project, officially known as the "superconducting super collider," will use thousands of superconducting magnets to accelerate two beams of protons in opposite directions through an underground 52-mile circumference twin-tunnel. Subatomic particles released when the beams collide will be analyzed for clues to the composition of the universe. When completed; in 1996, the Association, True says, indicating that the industry is divided on the issue. But True's proposal is supported by the Automobile Association of America, which announced this week it "applauds" his amendment. True said he would propose the amendment which would apply to any truck with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more because "as a matter of policy we are better served by the slower trucks." "My overriding concern is that with 80,000 pounds of truck coming down the highway at these Enjoying and Ann are students story on A14.

CHEYENNE (AP) Wyoming has decided to bid for the federal government's $4.4 billion atom smasher, and will seek private funding to pay for the state's site presentation, Gov. Mike Sullivan said Friday. A "blue ribbon" task force appointed by the governor earlier this month met in a closed session Thursday night to debate whether Wyoming should enter the competition that has prompted some states to allocate millions of dollars for the bidding war. "The task force voted unanimously to recommend to me that Windy, warm -A2 and said it would immediately protest the move to a Oeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade tribunal in Geneva. GATT is a 91-nation alliance for negotiating trade disputes.

"The Japanese government will seek the earliest possible withdrawal of the U.S. measures through constructive dialogue with the U.S. government," said the statement, issued by the Japanese Embassy in Washington. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone had exchanged personal letters on the issue just before the proclamation was signed. Although the spokesman declined to describe the contents of the letters, he did say, "The president and the prime minister are good friends, and I know the president is very concerned about having to take this action." Nakasone is scheduled to visit Washington at the end of this month.

Reagan said the duties were chosen to minimize the impact on Please see TARIFFS, A 14 The memo did not elaborate on the CIA "end-run." Ihe memo, addressed to the Marine Corps' commandant, Gen. Kelley, by one of the corps' top lawyers, Col. M.E. Rich, said that prosecutors KELLEY have debated entering into plea-bargain talks with one of the Marine embassy guards charged in the affair. The memo suggested that more individuals may be implicated in the spy campaign than publicly disclosed.

That suggestion arose from a reference to a possible need for as many as 40 military lawyers. The memo added that the resources of the Marine Corps and the Naval Investigative Service have been "stretched thin" by the demands of the investigation. It said a quick decision is needed on handling the cases of the first Please see MARINES, A3 members partly because he received a raise while their salaries were frozen. Karn received a 10 percent raise on Dec. 1, 1986, from former Gov.

Ed Herschlcr. At $78,165, Karn is the highest paid state worker outside a handful of University of Wyoming employees. Officials from a Utah-based Teamsters local said earlier this week they plan to organize unhappy State Hospital workers. The governor said Thursday that Karn, 63, told him earlier this week of his plans to retire July 1. But Sullivan said the board is asking Karn to stay at his post until Sept.

1 so it has time to find a successor. Karn said he is considering the request, but would prefer to retire on the July 1 date because a move from Evanston would be easier in the summer. The superintendent who said Please see KARN.A14 Marine Corps to seek justice officials' help Memo says some agencies haven't cooperated True says he'll introduce amendment to keep big trucks from driving 65 mpli g'. .1 could raise money for presenting Wyoming's proposal to the federal government. He also said he thought the input from private interests in Wyoming's bid was unique among the states "that are in a feeding frenzy" over the supercollider.

"I think one of the things I would like to see Wyoming do is make a credible presentation without saying we need to commit millions of dollars," Sullivan said. Some state officials and geologists have said the Red Desert Please see COLLIDER, A14 200 miles APCynUw Cw Tamil rebels slay 107 in bus attacks COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Tamil guerrillas on Friday waylaid three buses and two trucks loaded with holiday makers, dragged passengers onto the jungle road and killed at least 107 with machine guns and grenades, officials said. About 60 people were wounded in the killing spree that lasted about 15 minutes, according to Tilak Ratanakara, chief of the government's Media Center. Women and children were among the victims, most of whom were Sinhalese, he said. "There were all kinds of families, with fathers, mothers and children returning to their homes after the New Year celebrations," he said.

The massacre came at the end of Sri Lanka's New Year holiday, a lunar date that fell on Tuesday and was celebrated by both Sinhalese, who are the majority ethnic group on this troubled island, and Tamils. The number of attackers was not Please see ATTACKS, A 14 Bus SColornb Attack lllw PVvl HINA Jli LwllKA I WASHINGTON (AP) The Marine Corps, on the expectation that American civilians working in U.S. embassies overseas will be implicated in the growing Marine guard spy scandal, has decided to ask the Justice Department to join the investigation, it was learned Friday. The State Department and other agencies have not cooperated fully with the investigation into allegations that Marine guards at several U.S. embassies in Soviet bloc countries were seduced by foreign women and allowed spies to breach security, according to an internal memorandum obtained by The Associated Press.

"We need the 'clout which the FBI and attorney general can provide in dealing with the State Department, CIA and NSA, which to this point have been less than totally cooperative with our investigative and prosecutorial efforts," the memo said. "For example, the CIA has already tried an end-run. We still are not receiving the full cooperation of the CIA." supercollider is expected to have generated 2,500 permanent jobs and will have an annual budget of $270 million. The state has not earmarked any money for the project, and Sullivan would not predict how much might be spent trying to convince the federal government to locate the supercollider in Wyoming. "At this point the state has made no commitment of money to the supercollider project," he said Friday.

The governor was optimistic, though, that the private sector higher speeds, you simply don't have the control of the vehicle" that a driver would have. at 55 mph, he said. True said he does not know how the amendment will be received at the special session, scheduled for May 19. "It will certainly be hotly debated," he said. "There sure isn't a mandate." True cited a tie vote at a Trucking Association meeting as an example of the divisiveness surrounding the issue.

"I've been on that board for a long time, and this is the first time Please see 65 mph, A14 RAUL ALFONSIN Put army on alert earlier said. President Raul Alfonsin had put the army on alert Friday and his government had begun preparing a bill for Congress that would impose a state of siege, restricting the right of assembly and allowing arrests without warrant. Alfonsin met for hours with the army's five corps commanders. About 150,000 people went into the streets of Buenos Aires to show Please see ARGENTIN A14 HMUI.HIIUI i V-J 1 1 Argentine officials report rebellion has been blocked By BRIAN CHAPMAN Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Natrona County Sen. Diemer True said Friday he will introduce an amendment at the Legislature's special session that would keep the speed limit for large trucks at 55 mph on rural in-terstates.

True will seek to tack the proposed amendment on the bill that would authorize raising the speed limit to 65 on the four-lane rural interstates. The idea has sparked a fierce debate and a rare tie vote within the Wyoming Trucking Casper Area A3 Classifieds B4-14 Comics A9 Crossword A13 Landers, Oracles A13 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A12 Sports A6-8 TV-Movies A10-11 Wyoming Bl Phones 266-0500 Wyo. free 1-800-442-6916 Old Grouch And my wife wondered why I wanted to go sightseeing yesterday! -it It's time to sell your camping fishing equipment before summer arrives! Dive Nlelson sold his fun size Insulated camper the first day his classified ad appeared. It's so easy to advertise in the Casper Star-Tribune Classifieds. Just phone our friendly Customer Service Reps at 266-0555 or 1-800-442-6918 (Wyo.

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Unconfirmed reports said Ernesto Barreiro, the rebel major who led the mutineers, took refuge at a "foreign consulate" in Cordoba, six miles from the rebel camp. No one was injured in either the rebellion or the surrender, the government said. "The situation in Cordoba is absolutely normal," Defense Minister Jose oracio Jaunarena By ERICH KIRSHNER Star-Tribune capita! bureau CHEYENNE After 28 years as superintendent of the State Hospital in Evanston, Dr. William Karn has resigned, Gov. Mike Sullivan announced Friday.

Sullivan made the announcement at a press conference he conducted after holding a special executive session of the Board of Charities and Reform. At that session the state's four other top officials were informed of Karn's plans. Both Sullivan and Karn emphasized that he was voluntarily retiring. Both said that neither the governor nor the board asked Karn to step down. Recently Karn, who has been no stranger to controversy during his nearly three decades at the state facility, has been the focus of disgruntlement among staff I.