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I 7 VVEAtHERj JT Chance of showers fmsmKmrnsmvmmmi m.immimv I i i i -n 'i si it i ii 1 Quiet on Mayberry May Day leaves UW lijL, Jl -4 1 ILi -BS NATIONAL i Joins Bush for workout 11 a2 1 mmt Marathon challenges reservation double tax 4 May Day Gorbachev jeered on Red Square Chants go up for Lithuania it 1 i ll mittee on the economic damage suffered by tribes because of "double taxation" of reservation resources by state and tribal gov-, ernments. Tribal severance taxes on oil and gas are about 17.5 percent, but the tribes give companies a tax credit for ad valorem, severance and conservation taxes paid to the state of Wyoming, which amount to about 14precent. Last month, the tribal Wind River Tax Commission held public hearings on a proposal to drop the tax credit, a move that would raise reservation taxes as high as 31 percent, according to tribal Tax Commissioner Richard Ortiz. A parade of oil company officials told the tribes they would have to cut back production on their reservation leases if such a tax hike took place. Ortiz said last month that tribal Please see TAX, A14 By GEOFFREY O'GARA Wind River Basin bureau LANDER The Marathon Oil Company has filed a lawsuit challenging the right of the state of Wyoming to tax oil production on two wells the company operates on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

In a complaint filed last week in 9th District Court, Marathon contends that federal law and the U.S. Constitution prohibit the state from collecting severance, ad valorem and conservation taxes on Marathon's Maverick Springs lease. The lease, according to documents filed in the lawsuit, includes two small oil wells which together produced about 13,000 barrels of oil in March 1988. i The lawsuit came just as several officials from the Wind River Indian Reservation were in Washington to testify before a Senate com MOSCOW (AP) Tens of thousands of protesters in Red Square unleashed their fury at Mikhail Gorbachev Tuesday, turning the traditional May Day parade into an outpouring of complaints about the economy and the blockade of Lithuania. The Soviet president has allowed free debate in the press and politics and endured public criticism.

But never before has he had to personally face such an outburst of discontent over his policies, from both right and left. The criticism included jeers to the faces of Soviet leaders. Gorbachev, 59, tapped his fingers on the parapet of the red granite reviewing stand during the protest, showing his impatience, but otherwise was impassive. He and the other officials left after enduring the unofficial demonstrators for about 20 minutes, but it was unclear if they were leaving in response to the protests. Neither Gorbachev nor any of the other Communist or government leaders on the reviewing stand spoke to the crowd.

Dozens of the demonstrators carried the yellow, red and green Please see MAY DAY, A14 5 Gas prices agreement may see some changes Six-city tour kicks off Sullivan re-election bid Booing Gorbachev Thousands of unofficial protesters, permited for the first 4 time to participate in the annual May Day parade in Moscow, march pass the Kremlin palace Tuesday shouting anti-Gorbachev slogans. By the Star-Tribune statt with wire reports CASPER Gov. Mike Sullivan formally announced for re-election ana began reviewing his record during a quick-paced six-city tour Tuesday. In Casper and Cheyenne, Sullivan focused on Wyoming's pres SULLIVAN ent economic condition and his success in averting an "economic wasteland" some predicted when he was elected in 1986. Appearing before a group of about 150 supporters and students at Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs, Sullivan emphasized the importance of education, and Residents sign petitions supporting game ranch in 1987 after epic political warfare between local communities and the gas company.

Questions the sceptics raised about the deal led to a tentative compromise Tuesday, under which the new plan would be subjected to review and possible cancellation in one year. The compromise was reached in a meeting Tuesday morning among Northern, state, county and city officials. With the compromise in hand, no one expressed objections to the proposed new plan as the meeting ended. The 1987 agreement provided that Northern would use relatively cheap stored gas as part of its supply to Wyoming consumers, helping to keep consumer prices down. Northern had originally proposed to send some of the stored cheap gas to Nebraska customers.

The 1987 stored gas agreement essentially froze the gas cost component of Northern's rates at $1.95 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) for a period of six years. It did that by using gas bought for an average of $1.33 per mcf and stored by Northern in earlier years at customer expense. A change is advisable, some of-Please see GAS, A14 Hi Mil i I il 1, AP bank president Jack Brown said Tuesday. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has rejected Dorrance's request to import the animals. But Brown, the president of Hulett National Bank, said there has been "a lot of misunderstanding" about the project, and the petitioners want people to know that Dorrance's neighbors support him.

Brown said he is spearheading a Please see DORRANCE, A2 package en masse, with all 174 GOP lawmakers who cast ballots voting against it. They criticized it as weak on defense and argued that any budget will be meaningless unless negotiations with the White House first yield agreements on its components. They were joined by 34 Democrats who voted against the measure. "This is the Dukakis platform. This is the Mondale platform.

This is the Carter presidency. This is the McGovern movement," said Rep. Newt Gingrich, the No. 2 GOP leader, recalling the ghosts of the recent Democratic past. But much of the debate centered on the Republican decision not to offer Bush's own spending blueprint for a vote, reversing a customary practice.

Rep. Bill Frenzel of Minnesota, ranking Republican on the House Budget Please sec BUDGET, A2 planning an upcoming trip to Texas by Quayle. "This is a most deplorable incident. We extend our sympathy to the young lady, her friends and her family," the statement said. "We are asking the local authorities to show no favoritism and to deal with this according to their standard procedures." The man has had a consulting agreement with the Republican National Committee since April 23, said committee press secretary Leslie Goodman.

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In Lander, Sullivan said that he chose to announce for re-election in that city "because the Training School is emblematic of the strides that have been made in human Asked in Casper about his opinion of Mary Mead, the only announced Republican candidate for governor, Sullivan said, "What do I say about her? She's a very pretty woman. She comes from a nice family." The governor bristled at the charge Mead has levied that he lacks leadership abilities. He recited a list of accomplishments in office. "If we talk about leadership, we can talk about any number of things whether it be reorganization in government, whether is be getting Please see SULLIVAN, A3 program could help them obtain federal permits and are very supportive of it. "Quite frankly, there are a lot of the agencies that are interested in the policy and seeing it carried forward because they think that this wetland banking is going to be a saving grace in their permitting process.

"If they can create wetlands ahead of time and withdraw those credits out of the bank when they build a highway or build a reservoir, it's going to be much more efficient in processing permits and dealing with state and federal agencies," he said. "So this is really the major push of a lot of agencies for the policy," he said. The policy defines wetlands, relying largely on U.S. Corps of Engineers criteria, he said. And the draft distinguishes five types of wetlands: Natural wetlands, which occur independently of human activity.

Mitigation wetlands, those created to replace wetlands lost to development. Enhancement wetlands, created to control pollution or Please see WETLANDS, A14 appoints two to negotiating panel CASPER Protection and Advocacy System of Wyoming a civil rights group suing the state of Wyoming over treatment of mentally retarded citizens, has appointed former board members Tim Beppler of Evanston and Sheila Sandubrae-Davis of Jackson to represent it on a negotiating committee. A story in Tuesday's Star-Tribune incorrectly indicated the two were still on board. WASHINGTON (AP) The House on Tuesday adopted the Democrats' $1.2 trillion federal budget for next year, making deep cuts in President Bush's defense plans and channeling much of the savings into social programs. Before the vote, Democrats taunted the Republicans for abandoning the administration's own spending plan.

Meanwhile, Senate Budget Committee Chairman James Sasser finally lined up enough votes for his committee to approve a budget of its own, a congressional source said. Until now, solid GOP opposition and several balking Democrats have prevented the panel from drawing up a spending package. But Sen. Charles Robb, told Sasser he would support a plan that claims to reduce next year's deficit by $43 billion, said the source, who spoke on condition of By PENNY BONNAR Star-Tribune correspondent HULETT Area residents have launched a petition drive to back a game ranch project proposed by rancher John Dorrance near Devils Tower, a spokesman says. Support is overwhelming in the Hulett area for the game ranch proposal, which would bring a selection of exotic game species to Dorrance's fenced land in Crook County, petition organizer and anonymity.

That would produce a majority on the panel for the proposal, which could approve a budget as early as Wednesday. The plan would allow $294 billion for defense spending, officials said. On a 218-208 largely party-line vote, the Democratic-controlled House adopted a plan that would provide $295.5 billion for next year's military programs. That is $8.3 billion less than Bush proposed and $11. 5 billion below the amount needed to keep pace with inflation, a step supporters said was merited by eased tensions with the Soviet bloc.

"The budget here provides for a transition from a Cold War economy to a peacetime economy, and that is what we need to do for the future," said the plan's chief architect. House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta, D-Calif Republicans opposed the The man said he had sex with the woman but that she consented, according to a police report. Waco lawyer Charles McDonald, who has been retained by the man, said his client is innocent. "Nothing has been shown that would justify the complaint," he said. A statement issued Tuesday by Quayle's press secretary, David Beckwith, said the man would retain his consulting position with the Republican National Committee pending an investigation but volunteered to step down from his duties ByDANNEAL Star-Tribune staff writer CHEYENNE As ate "wetlands banking program" could speed up federal permitting for state agencies such as the Wyoming Water Development Commission, according to a member of the Wyoming Wetlands Task Force.

A draft prepared by the task force for a proposed gubernatorial executive order would make the Wyoming Game and Fish Department the state's "Wetlands Banker." The goal of the program would be "no net loss" of wetlands. Under the wetlands banking program, state agencies would create new wetlands either as mitigation for wetlands destroyed elsewhere in the development of new state projects such as dams or highways or in anticipation of such projects, Mike Torbit told the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Tuesday. Torbit, the agency's environmental specialist, said other state agencies believe the wetlands banking sexual assault cluding political trips for candidates. Quayle is scheduled to visit Waco on Wednesday for a private fundraiser to benefit state Rep. Hugh Shine, a GOP nominee for Congress.

Prosecutor Ralph Strother of the McLennan County district attorney's office said Tuesday that without the woman's cooperation, there would be little prospect of prosecuting the man. "I cannot tell you at this point whether there will be any formal charges filed," Strother said. Quayle advance team member accused of WACO, Texas (AP) A member of Vice President Dan Quayle's advance team has been accused of sexually assaulting a Baylor University student, and Quayle's press secretary said Tuesday the man has been relieved of his duties. Police said Tuesday no warrant has been issued and the man has not been charged with a crime. The 18-year-old student was uncertain whether she wanted to press charges, police said.

Waco policeman Lionel McGee said the woman, a freshman, told police Sunday that the man raped her in his hotel room..