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NATIONAL rr SPORTS 1 Trojans -J whip NC 7 WEATHER vfflR 70 chance pw of snow Producer FtjEGISLAfURFl Honeymoon over? Li Prices up 0.6 -A8 ft ft rCrtbttne 3SH -attriii -ilili -T i Trustees formally name Roark as UW president Veal's successor will be paid "1- Newly named UW President I in By PHILIP WHITE Star-Tribune Laramie bureau CHEYENNE Astronomer and administrator Terry Roark was formally named Friday to succeed Donald Veal as president of the University of Wyoming. UW's 21st president will go to work July 1 at an annual salary of $105,000. "I have at times in my life been a Sooner and a Buckeye," the 48-year-old Kent State University Provost said. "I now look forward with great enthusiasm to becoming a Cowboy." During a vacation to Yellowstone five years ago, Roark and his family had to duck behind a tree to escape five bison who charged them from across a meadow. He was formally named presi dent ot the state's largest institution on his second trip to the state.

His appointment was made at a special trustees meeting Friday morning, but not before outgoing-president and pilot Veal played a major and unexpected role in the naming of his successor (see accompanying story). The new president was introduced by trustees' President Gordon Mickelson of Big Piney at a Cheyenne press conference later Friday. Roark said he is optimistic that UW can become a better institution despite declines in stale revenues. High-priority programs should be offered "with great distinction," he said, even if that means less important activities are dropped and some legitimate needs cannot be met. Roark said he decided to come federal fees from the coal valuation on which state taxes are assessed.

Backers of the bill argue it will help the coal industry at a crucial time and increase or at least protect the coal production on which much of the state's revenue depends. They also argued that expected increases in federal mineral royalty income from the coal industry will more than make up for the costs to the state of the tax cut. Sen. Tom Stroock, R-Natrona and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, authored an amendment that shifted the effect of the tax cut to certain accounts that get royalty money. He said after its passage that the bill Senate passes coal tax cut Price Index More data surface on arms deal NSC operations more extensive than thought WASHINGTON (NYT) Documents retrieved from the National Security Council's computer suggest that the secret operations conducted by the council's staff were far more extensive than investigators of the Iran-Contra affair previously thought, according to officials familiar with the material.

The sources said the material included communications between Lt. Col. Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran arms sales, and Robert McFarlane, the former national security adviser. It also includes new details about links between North and the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in Costa Rica, who was suspended last month for improper contacts with the Nicaraguan rebels, known as Contras. The data, which have been turned over to the commission investigating the National Security Council and to the special prosecutor, offer further evidence of North's involvement in an intricate network of private companies that funneled arms and support to the Contras.

Please see PROBE, A16 Three food trucks reach hungry camp BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Three truckloads of food escorted by Syrian and Iranian observers rolled early Saturday into Beirut's Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp, where hungry Palestinians have been besieged for three months. On Friday, an Iranian envoy escorting two U.N. food trucks was shot and killed as the trucks headed for the camp. The relief convoy entered the camp at 1 a.m (7 p.m. Friday EST), unloaded 15 tons of flour and two tons of powdered milk, and left an hour later, police and Palestinian spokesmen said.

"The operation was accomplished smoothly without any violence," said a spokesman for Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, speaking on Please see LEBANON, A 16 i.i- wmm -Mill. .11 1 Casper Area A3 Classifieds B7-16 Comics B6 Crossword B3 Landers, Oracles B3 Legislature A5 Markets A 12 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A14 Sports A9-11 TV-Movies B4-5 Wyoming Bl Phones 266-0500 Wyo. free 1-800-442-6916 Old Grouch I hope Roark isn't too starry eyed despite being an astronomer. RESULTS Do you have a special trade or service you do as a full-time job or just on the side? Do you have a low budget? Place your 'services available' advertisement in our Service Directory in the Classified Section. Your ad will run for 30 days at only $12.50 per line (3 line minimum And we Wil' Qiw a FREE heading of your chuco' Call today for dMils' 266-0555 Of 1-800-442 6 (toll free in Wyoming i Veal pilots plane to pick up trustee for vote on president LARAMIE As is customary, University of Wyoming President Don Veal did not involve himself in the selection of his successor.

But Friday, Veal's talent as an airplane pilot and dense fog in Rock Springs both became entwined in the official appointment of Terry Roark as UW's next president. Fearing he was one trustee short of the nine-member quorum needed to hire a president, Board of Trustees President Gordon Mickelson asked Veal to fly a university plane to Rock Springs early Friday to fetch Trustee Ford Bussart. Trustee David Updike of Newcastle, who had come to Laramie Thursday, went along for the ride. But fog at Rock Springs caused a considerable delay in landing and Bussart, Updike and Veal were not present when the board gathered for its special meeting at 9 a.m. The group included Trustee Bill Gillaspie of Torrington, who was not expected to attend.

Gillaspie's appearance meant that if Updike had not gone with Veal the board would have had iis quorum without Bussart. Mickelson was worried because a press conference to introduce Roark was scheduled for 1 1 a.m. in Cheyenne. Finally at 9:45, Bussart and Veal arrived. Within five minutes and without discussion the board had appointed Roark as UW president and tenured professor of astronomy.

For some reason, Updike did not get to Old Main until the meeting was over. And on this one day in the life of a UW trustee, Bussart, a Rock Springs lawyer, flew 400 miles just to say "aye." 'Wipiil iim. AP Terry Roark talks to reporters Kentucky, again the nation's coal production leader, mined 160.2 million tons in 1986, a 5 percent increase. And Wyoming's nearest rival, West Virginia, slumped badly at the end of the year and finished with a total of 129.5 million tons. That figure represents a 1 percent increase over 1985.

Nationally, coal production increased a little less than 1 percent, to 888.2 million tons. But despite the partial loss of Wyoming's advantage, state experts say the statistics provide good news to the state's coal industry. Jack Ratchye, executive vice president of the Wyoming Mining Association, said the year-end results were better than his organization had predicted. "I'm pleasantly surprised by the numbers," Ratchye said. "I think Please see COAL, A16 ments may be rooted in the Elk Mountain Safari access case, a Bureau of Land Management official said.

Hillary Oden, director of BLM operatons in Wyoming, said that case, determined in favor of the landowners, turned on an access easement document that did not specifically state that the easement was for public use. "That's what we assumed, it was a follow-up on the Palm" Livestock Elk Mountain Safari, $105,000 annually to Wyoming because of the UW's quality. "What attracts me about the university is that it is a fine institution. "I believe universities arc fundamentally necessary to the well-being of our society," he said. "I get a kick out of being at a university.

I'm one of those people who went to college and did everything he could to stay in college for the rest of his life, and so far I've succeeded." Salary increases are important to keeping good faculty, he said, but a feeling that the stale honors and values them may be more critical. Roark said a clean, controlled athletics program at a modern university provides an important focus for students, alumni and citizens. Please see UW, A 16 only cuts "prospective gains" in state revenues, but does not create a loss in state revenues. Sen. Kelly Mader, R-Campbell and a member of the appropriations committee, argued in debate Friday that the tax cut is good policy because it will help a coal industry that is now "on the razor's edge of being competitive" just as key large contracts come up for renewal.

Opponents of the bill said it cuts revenues the state cannot afford to give up, and it won't help increase production. Sen. John Vinich, D-Iremont, an appropriations committee member, argued the state should not "gamble" on increases in fed-Please see SEVERANCE, A2 "analyze what the impacts of this (are) on the hunting and outdoor recreation constituencies." A Wyoming Outdoor Council spokesman would not comment on the Farm Bureau efforts, however, beyond saying there is time to deal with them. The Farm Bureau sent letters to its members Dec. 3 suggesting that they take steps to limit easement agreements with governrrents.

particularly the federal govern -Please see ESS. A Ift Wyoming still No. 2 in coal production despite '86 drop 1 i By ANNE MacKINNON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE -The Senate Friday narrowly approved a major coal tax cut- for all companies, despite the objection of the governor. The bill, passed on a 16-to-14 vote, may cut revenue to state government and the schools as much as $15 million a year by the early 1990s. The House has already approved the cut, on a vote of 39 to 25.

Gov. Mike Sullivan opposed the cut in a letter to legislators earlier this week. Legislators backing the bill argued it removes an unfair "tax on a tax," because it deducts some i Graffiti on limiting Inc. suit against the BLM, Oden said. On Oct.

3, 1986, U.S. District Judge Ewing Kerr ruled in favor of landowners who argued a road easement up Elk Mountain was limited to the agency and its personnel. Kerr's order, "against the general public at large," noted the access through Palm Livestock Co. land applied only to "the specific rights granted under said easement to the U.S., its officers, agents, i i i i.i i I I I tft 1 1 "I (j i -A By BRIAN CHAPMAN Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Wyoming remained the second-largest coal producer in the nation in 1986, despite its first production decrease in 20 years, preliminary figures show. But Wyoming lost ground to the first- and third-largest producers, which both had higher production in 1986, the Department of Energy statistics show.

Officials at the Wyoming Geological Survey said the 1986 Wyoming decline was expected. They predict a modest production increase this year. Wyoming's production in 1986 was reportedly 135.2 million tons, down 3.8 percent from 1985's record-high of 140.7 million. The decrease in production was the first since 1967, and follows 19 years of steady and sometimes spectacular increases. Sl.ir Iiihunc Kkk Sorenvm Frusiraled by water contamination problems, BrooMiurst residents have taken to graffiti to publicize their plight.

The Little America Refinery, which borders the subdivision, sils in the background. See story on A3. Farm Bureau proposal access sparks concerns permittees, allottees, and licensees." The Kerr decision has been appealed to tht U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a spokesman in Wyoming U.S. Attorney Richard Stacy's office.

State outdoor groups reacted with concern to news of the Farm Bureau push to clarify whether government-landowner access agreements include the public. A Wyoming Wildlife Federation spokesman said that group will By DANIEL H. NEAL Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE A controversial Wyoming Farm Bureau suggestion that landowners prohibit the public from using existing access agreements with federal, state and local agencies has drawn much interest and concern from governmental and wildlife organizations. The new effort to eliminate public use of governmental ease.