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star Casper Area Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. A3 Thursday, Nov. 1 1 984 I jl i i i i it i ft Vt i 1 i ft. I lir MWf 1C rv -x Lib. Spooky fun rv 2k Star-TribuneRick Sorenson Halloween came early Wednesday for some Casper residents.

Michael Darling (right) opened wide as he attempted to snare an apple during a party irt Mrs. Lange's class at Verda Jams School. In the cafeteria at Memorial Hospital of Natrona County, auxiliary member Fern Berder took a break, in costume, from visiting children's wards at the hospital. New TV station starts limited broadcasting Herschler defends Dems, scolds GOP for veto 'lie' Star-TribuneRick Sorenson KFWY-TV in Riverton, now owned by Hi-Ho Broadcasting, will merge with Channel 20, Inc. and become a satellite station of KXWY "as soon as all the necessary paperwork has been completed," Sieler said probably in two or three weeks.

By Christmas, Sieler said, KXWY will have another satellite station, KRWY-TV, Channel 11, in Rawlins. Also in the works, Sieler said, is an expansion into the Cheyenne and Scottsbluff, Neb. markets. Heart of Wyoming Stations, a corporation with some common ownership with Channel 20, will operate KLWY-TV, Channel 27 in Cheyenne, he said. That-station should be on the air about March 1985, he said.

The Cheyenne station will not be a satellite of the Casper station, Sieler said, but "will be related by microwave hookup and statewide news coverage out of Casper." Heart of Wyoming has just purchased the rights to KSBN-TV, Channel 16, in Scottsbluff, he said. That station will become a' satellite to the Cheyenne station, he said. Sieler said KXWY has signed-, affiliation contracts with both NBC and ABC. The station will carry mostly NBC programs, he said, and some of ABC's schedule. KTWO-TV in Casper currently has a primary affiliation with ABC and a secondary affiliation with NBC.

KXWY has purchased some syndicated programs, Sieler said, and will show movies six nights a week at 10:30 p.m. The station has also joined the MGM Premier -Network, which carries first-run movies, he said. KXWY will employ 18 people with an annual payroll of about $250,000, Sieler said. The survey indicated that 68 Natrona County attorneys are in favor of retaining Judge Huber; 21 are opposed and 10 have no opinion. The attorneys polled overwhelmingly favored retention of Supreme Court Justices Joseph Cardine and Robert Rose.

The survey indicated that 556 lawyers support Cardine's bid for retention, 26 oppose his retention and 28 have no opinion. Some 525 attorneys favor retaining Judge Rose, 66 do not, and 28 have no opinion, the survey states. Elsew here in the state, 14 district and county court judges are standing for retention. LARAMIE (AP) Wyoming Gov. Ed Herschler says Demo-r crats have set a "positive agenda" for, Wyoming in the past decadevand Republicans are dis-1 honest and irresponsible to paint a different picture.

In a speech to Albany County Democrats on Tuesday, Herschler speaking in his role as a leader of the state Democratic Party excoriated Republicans on the homeowners tax credit, hazardous waste and public employee pay. The so-called "Homestead Tax Exemption" is a political football this election year, after a partisan dispute in the 1984 Legislature on how it should be handled. Democrats wanted it tied to a homeowner's income. The Republicans won, and Herschler vetoed the program. Herschler said state Republican Chairman Tom Sansonetti of Gillette is suggesting Democratic legislators didn't vote for the program, which gives homeowners a break on their property taxes.

But it was Democrats who supported it and "who attempted to make it a responsible part of Wyoming government," Herschler said in prepared remarks released by his office in Cheyenne. He said Republicans contend five more votes in the House and one more in the Senate would have allowed them to override the veto. "That is an absolute, unqualified lie," Herschler said. "The Republicans in the Legislature control the calendar. They have a dismal record of getting any work done before the last day.

There was never any By P. J.ROSE Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER-KXWY-TV, Wyoming's newest TV station, went on the air Wednesday afternoon with a limited broadcasting schedule. The station's vice president and general manager said KXWY will be the flagship of a new regional broadcasting network. The station broadcasts on Channel 20 in Casper, Pete Sieler said, and will be on the air from p.m. tonight.

The station will start its broadcast day at 4 p.m. Friday, and will be on the air from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. starting Saturday, he said. By early 1985, he said, the station will be on the air 24 hours a day.

Sieler said he anticipates his channel being carried on the local cable TV system within a few days and said it will be affiliated with NBC, ABC and the Cable News Network. The station will also carry first-run movies, Sieler said. The station has hired two experienced newscasters, he said Tracy Lee, formerly of KATIKAWY Radio in Casper and Tom Hall, most recently with KFWY-TV, channel 10 in Riverton. Beginning Friday, Lee and Hall will present seven minutes of local news at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.

within the CNN broadcast, Sieler said. The new station is owned by Channel 20, he said. The stockholders of the new corporation are A. J. Stanton and Cathy Malatesta, both of Orlando, Sieler said.

Sieler said Stanton and Malatesta believe there is potential for growth in Wyoming over the next ten years. To that end, he said, they have decided to move quickly into the televison market here. Charges dropped in incest case CASPER Charges of incest were dismissed Tuesday against an Evansville man accused of molesting his 6-year-old daughter. Motions to dismiss the case were made by defense attorney Nadine McLeod following the child's testimony in District Court. The testimony indicated "that the whole thing was a fantasy," McLeod said following the dismissal.

The charges were dismissed by Judge R.M. Forrister. McLeod's client was jailed as a suspect 10 weeks ago, she said. He could not make bond and remained in jail until his trial. In the interim, the attorney added, the man's children were removed from his home and placed in the custody of the state Department of Public Assistance and Social Services (DP ASS).

A hearing to determine the custody of the children is pending, she said. The man's wife also filed for and was granted a divorce while he was in jail, McLeod added. Students arrested for vandalism CASPER Three Natrona bounty High School students were jailed Tuesday for allegedly vandalizing a vacant apartment building. The 15-year-old boys were arrested in the building, located on Spruce Street, after the building's caretaker called police, police reports indicate. The boys are suspected of damaging six stoves, breaking 75-100 windows, and spreading rraint throughout the building, the reports state.

Damage is estimated at more than $2,000. The building is owned by Jack Jphns, who lives in California. Art dinner set for Nicolaysen 0 1 CASPER The Casper Events Center will be the site of the Nicolaysen Art Museum's annual (linnrr Saturday, Nov. 17, the museum says. In addition to cocktails and dinner, starting at 5 p.m., there will be an auction featuring the Wks of Chris Burgeson, Glenn Hopkinson, Tesse Johnson, Roy Kerswill, Gerry Metz, James oulson, Carl Smith, and Lyle Jayson.

The dinner will be followed by a Band at the Ramada Inn. Tickets are being old by the Casper Rotary Club. Admission is $50 per persopn with museum members receiving a 5 percent discount. For more information, call the museum at 235-5247. Agent Orange claims due CASPER Vietnam Veterans and others who are potential glaimants in the recently settled Agent Orange Product Liability Suit should be aware that they are lacing a deadline, says Hollis packman of the Vet Center.

He says that they have until Jan. 2 of next year to file for com-pensation. Failure to file a claim tnay result in a waiver of rights in the case, Hackmnan said. Claim forms are available at the Vet Center, 641 East Second, in Casper and at the Vet Center in Cheyenne at 1 8 10 Pioneer Way. Wyoming, "first-rate community colleges" and access to off-campus UW programs.

Democratic legislators, with the aid of a. few- Republicans, have made the State Retirement System work, Herschler said in his prepared remarks. He urged passage of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow investment of the retirement funds in stock. Democrats have led the charge for a clean environment and for mine reclamation in Wyoming, he said. And Democrats have supported proposals that would enable the state to deal with hazardous waste problems, including the old tie treatment plant near Laramie, Herschler said.

He blamed the Republican legislative majority for letting the bill die in a House committee last winter. "This kind of arrogance is a veto of the worst sort," he said. "It vetoes discussions, and it vetoes progress." Herschler said Republicans pat themselves on the back for a state with low residential property taxes, but he said that's thanks to Democrats who enacted the severance tax, which pays for city and county government, water development and a budget reserve account, he said. He pledged to work to maintain and improve the University of Wyoming. Spending has to be within "financial restraints," he said.

But "Wyoming does have money, and it is important that you have legislators who will make it a priority to expend part of those funds in promotion of our university, Herschler said. water case agriculture and for development of our energy resources," Roberts said in a news release. "Article denies Wyoming that flexibility." Roberts, a former state superintendent of public instruction, said Wyoming belongs to seven interstate water compacts, the traditional means of dividing water between states. The only ones which require unanimous consent for diversion are the Yellowstone Compact and the Snake River Compact, which involves only Wyoming and Idaho, he said. "Considering the self-interest of these (Yellowstone Compact) states, it is highly unlikely that unanimous consent for a diversion would ever be given," he said.

"The issue here is Wyoming's ability to control the use of its surface water. attempt to override my veto of the homeowners tax credit," he said. "In fact, there couldn't have been an "effort, simply' because UlVr 1W J-S UU11VUI1J pUl V1VU VI the legislative session rather than do their work." He blamed Republicans for a "politically inspired binge of fiscal irresponsibility" that doomed the entire program. 7 ED HERSCHLER Blasts Republicans Herschler characterized Sansonetti as a newcomer to Wyoming unable to understand "how our process works," and he said he's surprised the Republican Party "is willing to tolerate such gross deception in their name." Herschler praised Democrats for supporting "responsible financing of higher education," and he said Democrats will continue to support the University of Commission. Intake filed the lawsuit after being denied permission by the commission to divert water from the Yellowstone River Basin to the Belle Fourche River Basin near Gillette for municipal, industrial and agricultural use.

The Yellowstone Commission based its decision on Article of the three-state compact, which prohibits diversion of water outside the Yellowstone River Basin without unanimous approval of Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. Society director Harry Roberts said Article of the compact "could deny Wyoming use of up to 70 percent of the state's unappropriated surface water." "We need flexibility to use our water for growth of towns, for 3C 1 II Heritage Society enters Judges OK'd by bar CASPER (AP) The Wyoming Heritage Society has intervened in a court case which challenges the constitutionality of a provision of the Yellowstone River Conjpact between Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. The Cody-based society filed a "friend of the court" brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving Intake Water Co. and the Yellowstone River Compact Commission, it said Tuesday.

The case is the same one that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Monday. The court said it lacked jurisdiction, but left the way open for a ruling by the appeals court. Intake is appealing a decision by a three-judge federal court upholding the Yellowstone Compact By LINDA BEAN Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Natrona County attorneys are apparently satisfied with the two County Court judges here, a recent survey indicates. Judges Michael Huber and Stephen Davidson are standing for retention during the general election.

Poll results indicated that the majority of local attorneys who responded to the survey favor keeping both judges on the bench. Of the 180 attorneys in the county bar association, 101 responded to questions concerning the retention of Judge Davidson. Of those, 70 voted to retain the judge, 21 voted against retention and 10 had no opinion..