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LEGISLATURE II WORLD Lrf Waite JJ negotiates I WEATHER Sunny, 'bSC cold fX -A2 y- f. 1 I High school I fr nil Erickson asks for time -A5 '11 a ITT i U.S., jaraan vow Senators OK clean water bill Measure just like one Reagan vetoed yy si if to cooperate on currency rates Dollar's plunge sparks meeting i mi i vtj i I I 'til I I'll Vll -11 Snow job WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and Japan, seeking to ease tensions over America's giant trade deficit, pledged close cooperation on currency exchange rates between the two countries in an announcement issued late Wednesday. The joint communique was issued after a 2'2-hour meeting between Treasury Secretary James Baker and Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Both officials reaffirmed their support for a joint agreement reached on Oct. 31 in which the two countries pledged to hold the exchange rate of the yen and dollar at the level where it stood then.

Miyazawa had asked for the emergency meeting with Baker on Monday to express Japanese unhappiness with a sharp fall in the value of the dollar in the past week, a decline which was ac-clerated after the Reagan administration sent signals it wanted a lower dollar to reduce America's huge trade deficit. A weaker dollar boosts the costs of imports while making American exports more competitive on overseas markets. Japan and the United States have been sparring for the past several months over the appropriate level of the dollar against the Japanese yen. The administration has contended that unless the Japanese do more to stimulate economic growth in their own country, then the dollar will have to fall further to reduce America's record trade deficit. The total deficit is expected to hit $170 billion when the books are closed on 1986 with Japan alone accounting for one-third of that amount, by far the largest of any country.

In the joint statement, Baker and Miyazawa agreed "to continue cooperative efforts to stimulate growth" and reduce trade deficits. The statement said that the two Please see DOLLAR, A14 Star-TribuneRick Sorenson Crews work Wednesday to clear away the drifted snow along West Yellowstone Highway between Casper and Natrona County International Airport. PAC admits to numerous errors By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE The new president of the firm reappraising all property in Wyoming admitted Wednesday that there is an "inordinate" number of errors in information collected by his firm. He said the errors will be corrected. John Ebert, president of Professional Appraisal told the Joint Revenue Committee Wednesday that the mass reappraisal is behind schedule.

He said the company expects to pay penalties under its $5 million contract with the state for failing to meet a March 1 deadline. Ebert said PAC will extend its hearing schedule for Wyoming property owners into the first week of August. He told the committee the "quality" of the work product is more important than the March 1 contract deadline. Sen. Robert Frisby, R-Park, chairman of the Senate Revenue Committee, said earlier the company probably will be allowed to go past the March 1 deadline if it pays a $500 per day fine.

Ebert said the Wyoming project is the largest ever undertaken by PAC, an Arlington, Texas, firm, and also is its first statewide reappraisal. "It's been a tough project," Ebert said. He added that the two-year project has now reached the stage of the greatest "sensitivity," because I I 4 i A i From staff and wire reports WASHINGTON The Senate handed President Reagan his first congressional defeat of 1987 on Wednesday by overwhelmingly passing a popular $20 billion water-quality bill identical to one he vetoed last year. "We're giving you a second chance, Mr. President," Environment Committee Chairman Quentin Burdick, said shortly before the recycled legislation the first bill to clear the 100th Congress was sent to Reagan on a 93-6 roll call.

Wyoming Sen. Malcolm Wallop was one of only six senators, all Republicans, voting against the measure. Fellow Wyoming Republican Al Simpson voted for the bill. The action came after the Senate voted 82-17 against a less-costly alternative proposed by Reagan on Jan. 5 as way of softening the legislation's impact on federal budget deficits.

"We can start the Congress off on the right foot or we can shoot the budget in the foot," said Minority Leader Bob Dole, Please see WATER, A14 Sullivan wins chairmanship of EDS board From staff and wire reports CHEYENNE -Gov. Mike Sullivan got his campaign wish Wednesday and was elected chairman of the Economic Development and Stabilization Board Wednesday. Sullivan said he intends to take as active a part in board policy as his schedule will allow. During his election campaign, Sullivan pledged to become chairman of the EDS board and to assume an active role in the state's economic development efforts. The election came after the board of which Sullivan is a member discussed agency personnel at its monthly meeting.

Outgoing Chairman Dave Freu-denthal said Sullivan's election Please see SULLIVAN, A14 Casper Area A3 Classifieds B10-14 Comics B8 Community B3 Crossword B4 Enterprise B7 Landers, Oracles B4 Legislature A5 Letters A13 Markets B6 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A12 Sports A9-11 TV-Movies B5 Wyoming Bl, B9 Old Grouch That's one campaign promise Sullivan Is keeping. RESULTS Delbert Bluer sold his pop-up camper the 1st day his Guaranteed Ad appeared in the Casper Star-Tribune Classifieds. Guaranteed Ads realty work! You pay for 1 week we pay 'or another week if your item hasn't sold! If your item doesn't sen at the end of 1 4 days, we wi happily refund your money. Just call 266-0555 or 1-800-442-6916 (tol-free in WY) for all the details! Meenan appoints special prosecutor to probe allegations against Boling 1 data and preliminary values are being exposed to taxpayers. This stage, he said, brings out "misunderstandings and errors." Richard Rhodes, the coordinator of the Wyoming project, said the error rate was highest in Weston County.

He said the company fired a number of employees for incompetence. Their work is being checked by review appraisers. Rhodes said the system has enough checks and balances to catch any errors in property descriptions and valuation. State Board of Equalization member Shirley Wittier said she understands the contract with PAC requires that 90 percent of the appraisals be correct. per attorney, as special prosecutor for the purposes of investigating the allegations regarding the Natrona County assessor's office and for any action deemed appropriate as a result of that investigation." According to an affidavit filed with a search warrant obtained late last year to look for documents in Boling's office, the investigation centers on a $980.50 payroll check issued to the former Boling employee.

The employee may have been paid for hours he didn't work, according to the information in the affidavit. The sheriff's office turned over its paperwork to the district attorney's office Dec. 3, Under-sheriff Mark Benton had said. Meenan's Wednesday statement said "There should be no question in the minds of Ms. Boling or the citizens of this county but that this matter is being handled objectively, impartially and fairly." He said later the "brief political Please see BOLING, A14 Federal funding for highway construction has been temporarily cut off because the House and Senate adjourned last year without compromising on differing versions of the highway funding measure.

Because of the cutoff, many states, including Wyoming, are facing delays in highway projects due to begin this spring. Federal highway and taxes have continued to accumulate in the highway trust fund. But they cannot be distributed to the states until Congress passes a highway bill. Japanese Finance Minister Kiiclii Miyazawa arrives in U.S. Meese backs proposal to overturn Miranda ruling V' AP demise, and what we should replace it with," the 128-page report said.

"We regard a challenge to Miranda as essential." Meese and other law enforcement officials have said that the court's ruling has hindered criminal investigations, preventing the police from obtaining confessions and other important information from suspects. But civil liberties groups say that Miranda, with its strict guidelines on the treatment of people suspected of crimes, was a major advance for individual rights and a blow to coercive police tactics. And some said Wednesday that the Please see MIRANDA, A14 speed limit House refused to accept Senate language allowing states to raise the speed limit on rural interstate highways to 65 mph. The Senate, on the other hand, would not go along with the House bill's lengthy list of "demonstration" projects. A demonstration project is funded entirely by the federal government and does not count against a state's allocation of federal highway money.

Last year's Senate bill also con-Please see HIGHWAY, A 14 By EMILY QUARTERMAN Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER District Attorney Kevin Meenan Wednesday named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations against Natrona County Assessor Maria Boling because he had occasionally campaigned with her. Meenan appointed Casper lawyer Dallas Laird to investigate an allegation that Boling may have paid former Treasurer Edie Howard's grandson even though he was no longer working in the office. Meenan said he took the action because he and Boling had campaigned for office in the same political party, and had made a few political appearances together. He stopped short of saying he felt there is any conflict of interest. Meenan said the extra expense of a special prosecutor would not be "a problem." Meenan issued a statement saying, "Due to my brief political involvement with Maria Boling, I House OKs By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune staff writer WASHINGTON After defeating a move to allow states to lift the 55 mph highway speed limit, the House passed a long-delayed highway construction funding bill Wednesday that would give Wyoming nearly $90 million a year in federal highway funds in each of the next four years.

Meanwhile, the Senate Environment and Public Works MARIA BOLING Special prosecutor named believe it necessary to involve an outside prosecutor. Therefore, I have appointed Dallas Laird, Cas WASHINGTON (NYT) Attorney General Edwin Meese has expressed support for a staff proposal seeking to overturn the key Supreme Court decision requiring the police to inform criminal suspects of their legal rights. Justice Department officials said Wednesday. Meese, prompted by a internal department report prepared last February, will probably seek a Supreme Court review of the decision, in Miranda vs. Arizona, should an appropriate case be brought before the court, the officials said.

"The interesting question is not whether Miranda should go, but how we should facilitate its Wyoming highway officials say the delay could cause a loss of half of the six-month construction season in 1987. Both the Senate and House bills provide Wyoming with $89.3 million in annual funding for the next four years. The immediate shortfall in Wyoming would be less than the annual allocation because the state has some unspent federal funds left over from earlier years. Last year's deadlock was over issues other than the funding allocations for the states. The highway bill after refusing to hike Committee unanimously passed a different version of the same measure, setting the stage for another speed limit confrontation in conference committee.

The House vote was 401-20. Wyoming Rep. Dick Cheney voted for the bill, and also for the failed procedural move to allow the attempt to raise the 55 mph speed limit. An attempt to raise the speed limit is expected when the full Senate considers the highway bill next week. 4.