Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 14

Friday, December 29, 1989 A1 4 Star-Tribune, Casper. Wvo. Staffs Continued from A 1 annual salary is $80,000. Admistrative assistants, who are usually the top staff members, also were at the top of Simpson's and Thomas' pay scales. Don Hardy, Simpson's top aide, earned an annual salary of $78,650, while Tom Sansonetti earned $78,080 as Thomas' administrative assistant.

Hardy's salary, as well as that of four other aides, was split between Simpson's personal staff and minority whip payrolls. Five other Wallop aides earned $45,000 a year or more. They were Wyoming representative Byra Kite legislative director Lynn Bragg legislative assistants J.D. Crouch ($62,000) and Michael Hoon and press secretary Janis Budge All but Kite earned more than their counterparts on Simpson's staff. Simpson staffers earning $45,000 or more were chief counsel Michael Tongour who is on the whip staff, legislative coordinator Thomas Bauer who is also on the whip staff, chief of staff and Wyoming representative J.O.

Ratliff and legislative assistant Brent Erickson Other than Sansonetti, the only Thomas staffers earning more than as legislative director. Hardy said that indicates that women are not relegated to lower-ranking positions on the legislative staff. While both senators' staffs have parallel structures in terms of legislative personnel and personal aides, Simpson employed far more clerical support staff. Only one secretary and no clerks were listed on Wallop's payroll, while Simpson employed seven secretaries and two clerks. Simpson's emphasis on correspondence with constituents accounts for much of the difference, Hardy said.

When Simpson joined the GOP leadership in 1984, the number of letters coming into his office increased dramatically, prompting the addition of three or four employees, Hardy said. The importance Simpson places on correspondence is also reflected in the fact that his correspondence manager earned an annual salary of $40,500, while her opposite number in Wallop's office earned $32,000. Wallop also employed a public affairs director, who earned $34,500. Both senators employed three receptionists. Those in Wallop's office earned an average of $21,550, while Simpson's three receptionists averaged $18,083.

Title Thomas Simpson Wallop Administrative Assistant Tom Sansonetti Don Hardy Rob Wallace $78,080 $78,650 $80,000 Legislative Director Stephen McMillan Thomas Bauer Lynn Bragg $48,500 $50,000 S6 3,000 Counsel none Michael Tongour none $65,000 Press Secretary Liz Brimmer Roxanne Bell Janis Budge $34,150 $39,000 $47,000 Public Affairs Director none none MandyArney $34,500 State Representative Gale Eisenhauer J.O. Ratliff i Byra Kite $45,850 $72,000 $75,000 Executive Secretary MaryPaxson Evora Williams Cayla Pitts $39,000 $37,000 $44,500 Correspondence Manager none Carroll Wood Bonnie Cannon $40,500 $32,000 Legislative Assistants Rick Cuyon Brent Erickson J. D. Crouch $24,300 $45,000 $62,000 Warren Schaeffer Michael Hoon $37,250 $49,100 Jo Sherman i Steve Emery $36,750 $40,600 Laurie Goodman Jodi Brayton $35,250 $39,000 Stepanie Bluher Marian Jacob $34,000 $31,500 Leslie Tucker James Gulley $29,350 26,500 Appointments Secretary none Laurie Birleffi KathrynWise $32,000 $39,000 Czechoslovakia Continued from Al Bulgaria and Romania this year. Today the parliament is set to meet in Prague's Hradcany Castle to elect playwright and opposition leader Vaclav Havel as president.

Havel is to be inaugurated immediately after the vote. Deputies voted Thursday to amend the presidential oath to be taken by Havel to eliminate the pledge of allegiance to socialism. I In his acceptance speech before' parliament, Dubcek praised the peaceful revolution as a continuation of the reforms that began in 1968 and were crushed by a Soviet-led invasion. "The deep changes in society have resulted in my return to responsible work in the highest legislative body in the land," Dubcek said. "The autumn of 1989 developed the ideals of the Prague Spring of 1968 and inspires our nation today toward new creative actions." After the Soviet-led invasion, Dubcek was ousted as Communist Party chief, expelled from the party and sent to work as a forestry manager in Bratislava where he was kept under police surveillance.

Although renowned abroad, he was excluded from the state-controlled media in Czechoslovakia. He recaptured the spotlight Nov. 24, speaking to 250,000 pro-democracy demonstrators on Prague's Wenceslas Square. Next to Havel, Dubcek is the second most powerful symbol of reform in Czechoslovakia and is the favorite son in his native Slovakia. Dubcek 's role in the new government was decided during intense negotiations between the opposition, representatives of the Communist Party and members of smaller parties and political groups.

The talks also produced a $45,000 were senior legislative assistant Stephen McMillan ($48,500) and Wyoming representative Gale Eisenhauer Wallop and Simpson both had six legislative assistants on the payroll on Sept. 30. Wallop's earned an average of $41,450, while Simpson's averaged $36,267 each. Thomas' sole legislative assistant made $24,300. Simpson's two highest-paid legislative assistants were men.

Warren Schaeffer, who joined the staff in September, had an annual salary at least $1,000 higher than that of any of the four women legislative assistants on the staff. Hardy said that the higher pay for male legislative assistants is "coincidental." Erickson has been on the staff for eight years, and has far more seniority than any other legislative assistant, Hardy said. Schaeffer came to the staff with extensive experience in the U.S. Forest Service and as a lawyer on the staff of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Hardy said. That "pretty powerful package" was the reason he started at an annual salary of $37,250, Hardy said.

Hardy noted that a woman, Mary Ann Clink, was Bauer's predecessor list of new deputies to replace 23 hard-line Communists who resigned. The government is to serve until elections are held next year, possibly in July. Parliament voted Thursday to amend the constitution to allow the appointment of the new deputies, including Dubcek. Only one of the 23 new deputies is a Communist Party member. The others are members of smaller parties or are independent, although Communist Party members will continue to hold the majority until free elections.

Communist Party leaders Ladislav Adamec and Vasil Mohorita sent a message of congratulations to Dubcek and said the ideals of 1968 are a "source of political inspiration for the Party's new policies of democratic socialism." The Prague daily Vecerni Praha reported Thursday the first arrest of a major Communist Party figure since the revolution. Miroslav Stepan, ousted Prague Communist Party boss, was being held in custody following his arrest Dec. 23, reported. "Stepan was indicted for preparing the criminal act of abuse of power of a public official," the newspaper reported, quoting the General Prosecutor's office. If convicted, Stepan faces up to 10 years in prison.

Stepan was in charge of police actions against demonstrators in January in Prague and was held largely responsible for the violent police crackdown on students Nov. 17 which sparked the revolution. Together with former Communist party leader Milos Jakes, Stepan was expelled from the party Dec. 12 "for serious political mistakes." Denver and Rio Grande. Wyoming's congressional delegation, the Joint Transportation and Highways Interim Committee of the Legislature and state Planning Coordinator Dan Perdue have all been pressuring Amtrak to restore service to Wyoming.

Sen. Malcolm Wallop, for instance, has worked to reduce Am-trak's federal subsidy by the amount Amtrak claimed it would save by rerouting through Colora-do, according to Kevin Bohnenblust, Wallop's special assistant in Cheyenne. Amtrak officials have said they have no immediate plans to restore service through Wyoming, although they have said they may consider doing so, according to Dennis Curran, the governor's press secretary. The governor said he understands Amtrak has been asked by a member of Congress to study the feasibility of rerouting the Zephyr in Illinois and Iowa and he suggested to Claytor that such a study also in- elude alternative routing through Nebraska and Wyoming. THE STATION trUoy Lunch A Dinner Special Fried Steak 759 CY Avenue urn? The U.S.

Embassy official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States estimated the Panamanian Defense Forces had been 16,000 strong, and that most of the 3,300 "shooters" capable of resistance were accounted for. He said the security forces are being reconstituted, but there is some concern about holdovers from the Noriega days. "It is no secret that the new government does not have a lot of. confidence in some of these people," said the official. Troops surrounding the Vatican embassy seemed prepared to stay awhile as negotiations lingered.

In Rome, spokesman Joaquin Navarro said the Vatican still hoped to resolve the crisis within days but he gave no details. Villanueva came out of the embassy at one point Thursday and appeared to argue with U.S. soldiers, pointing to his ears and then to small but powerful olive-green loudspeakers blasting rock music. The troops set up the outdoor stereo system Wednesday, but it was unclear whether it was to relieve their own boredom or serenade Noriega with such tunes as "Somebody's Watching You" and "You're No Good." In Texas, where President Bush is hunting, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Noriega's fate is now "in the hands of the Vatican." He said U.S. troops were ready to move in if hostages were taken but that there was no i indication this could happen.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Monsignor Sebastian Laboa, the papal nuncio, had given U.S. forces a letter authorizing them to enter the embassy if Noriega took hostages, but the existence of a letter could not be confirmed Villanueva, a parish priest help-- ing the papal nuncio, said Noriega largely keeps to his room, speaks with few people and does not go out in the yard. "Remember, he is not the owner of this house," said Villanueva. Velardes, who left the embassy, was chaplain of the Panamanian Defense Forces, and Castrejon had been the 'officer on duty at Noriega's military headquarters on Dec. 16, the day an unarmed U.S.

Marine officer was killed nearby. Harari had served as one of Noriega's top security advisers and an instructor for the Defense Forces. Romania Continued from Al The unexpected bounty had been taken from the hoarding places of the old Communist elite and the export warehouses where nearly all of Romania's agricultural production was stored awaiting shipment abroad for. hard-currency exchange. It was an extraordinary day for people who had long been chilled and made hungry by Ceausescu's orders to pay off some $11 billion in foreign debts.

The sudden cornucopia caught many unprepared; their mesh shopping bags overflowed with groceries. "We haven't seen coffee for I don't know four years," a woman standing in one of the lines said. "I heard there were bananas, but I myself haven't actually seen any." It is hard for a Westerner to grasp the meagerness of life here. Children who had oranges bit into them like apples. The distribution of the stashed food marked another effort by the provisional government, the National Salvation Front, to break with the old order while trying to win support and instill confidence.

But despite the widespread euphoria set off by the revolution, the new government finds itself troubled by the past Communist Party connections of many of its members, including its major figure, Ion Iliescu, the president of the National Salvation Front Council. A former party secretary, he fell out with Ceausescu years ago and was relegated to minor roles, most recently working as an editor of technical books. The question of finding an acceptable leadership is even more troubling here than in other East bloc societies where Communist oligarchs have been toppled by popular unrest. Because of the severity of the oppression in Romania, no widely known circles of dissidents were able to form as they did in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Nor was it possible for churches to provide the forum of debate and challenge as happened in East Germany.

In addition, there was no liberalizing rump group in the ruling party that could exert real pressure on the Ceausescus and influence policy. Consequently, What seems to have taken place with the fall of the leader was the sudden, absolute collapse of the party that had been totally identified with the dictator. "Does the Communist Party exist?" a Western diplomat said. "No. It's like the snow in the summer." In one sense, the Communist Party was simply an extension of Ceausescu's family and friends.

"The top people, the real cronies, I would estimate at 50 to 100," a Western diplomat said. Because of the pervasiveness of the party apparatus and the secret police, it was virtually impossible for anyone to play any significant role in society without being a party member. Thus, except for the young students who touched off the revolt, those who had any rank had to have Communist profiles, at least nominally. Warmest Wishes for the Hotidav Season 208 S. Crater ft EutiMgc Mill 2 MON.fc TVES.

7:00 im. -100 pm ONLY 7:00 in-240 p.m. ft SiOOpm SUN. 100 ten. 1 p.

m. ONLY Friday Night Special CA $Q25 QkkJewtieqs 208 S. Crater EirtiMa MaU r- H1 Sullivan joins crowd trying to woo Amtrak Panama Continued from Al will probably stay longer because Panama needs time to recreate a security force. Traffic jams resumed in the capital of 1 million, and the Panama Canal returned to 24-hour operation for the first time since the invasion. People raced to withdraw money from banks.

With Noriega seemingly out of the picture, many Panamanians said they felt a sense of security returning. "I'm here because I need some cash. I don't want to withdraw all my money," said a man who identified himself only as Carlos. "It is safer here now than ever before." A Panamanian official said President Guillermo Endara's government sent a letter to the Vatican asking that Noriega be turned over. The official, who spoke on dition of anonymity, said the letter was sent by the Foreign Ministry, but he did not know whether the government asked that Noriega be turned over to U.S.

authorities or to Panama. U.S. armored cars were on the streets, and occasional patrols roamed residential neighborhoods to search cars for Noriega loyalists. Economy Continued from Al the public starting in February. The survey also covered 157 service industries, the fastest-growing sector of the U.S.

economy over the past decade. The government projected that the big winners in services would be in the information field, including satellite communication and electronic information services, both with projected revenue increases of 20 percent. Computer software, data processing, management consulting and public relations, medical services and the cable television industry were all projected to enjoy growth rates of 10 percent or higher. Two key sectors of the economy, autos and construction, were expected to have another poor year in 1990. For motor vehicles, the report projected that car sales would fall by about 1 percent to 9.9 million units next year after falling by 5 Cosmetic Arts Sciences Beauty School 2014 CY Ave 234-9181 Holiday Special Quality Rcdkcn Pcrmi including haircut, ihamivui A set $14.95 Spiral Pcrmi Extra 1 DECEMBER SPECIAL 20 DISPOSABLE OFF CONTACTS Never clean or sterlize contacts again! yision s.

I Mini Optical CHEYENNE (AP)-Gov; Mike Sullivan is the latest Wyoming politician to urge Amtrak to resume passenger train service through Wyoming and suggested that a state subsidy may be the only way to lure Amtrak back. Sullivan wrote a letter to W. Graham Claytor, earlier this month expressing his interest in restoration of service and asking for information on what the state could do to encourage restoration. "I am writing to officially notify you of my desire to pursue whatever means necessary to examine the possibility of Amtrak returning to Wyoming," Sullivan said in his letter to Claytor. Whether the state should offer Amtrak a subsidy will have to be discussed by his office, the Legislature and affected communities when more information is available, Sullivan said in a news release Thursday.

Wyoming has been without rail passenger service since 1983, when Amtrak rerouted its Chicago-to-West Coast California Zephyr from Union Pacific rails across southern Wyoming to a route through Colorado on the ical products and foreign tourism expected to be the best performers. "For the first time, receipts from foreigners traveling in the United States will exceed expenditures by Americans traveling abroad," Farren said, predicting that the surplus in travel will lower the U.S. trade deficit by about $1 billion next year. In 1989, shipments of civilian aircraft surpassed military aircraft shipments for the first time since 1981, and the government forecast that trend will continue. "NEW YEAR'S EVE" At The American Lesion Prime Rib for 2.

Bottle of Champagne, Party Favors, Dance To "The Night $20couple 0 Members guests welcome. Last dav for dinner reservations; Dec 29 The American Legion percent in 1989, a decline which followed four years of record or near-record sales. Car imports were expected to hold steady at about 28 percent of the market in 1990, with Japanese luxury cars continuing the trend of replacing European luxury autos as favorites of U.S. buyers. Construction was forecast to show no improvement in 1990.

The value of residential construction was expected to rise, although the number of units will decline. That disparity is explained by the fact that the fewer homes being built will be larger and more expensive. Non-residential construction was expected to drop by about 3 percent, with office and hotel building predicted to be the big losers, reflecting record vacancy rates. Farren predicted that U.S. exports, the shining star of the economy in the past two years, will enjoy further, modest growth in 1990, with sales of civilian aircraft, chem- 17 im mm Patricia Gehring's NEW 41 Restuarant Lounge Make Your Reservations NOW FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE Limited Seating i- J3LAL2343a6 Always FTneBlning at The' Are you experiencing delays in your G.O.S.I.

refund? You're entitled to a cash refund of your social insurance. We processlocate in 45 days. No up-front fees. 1-800-33G-122G Happy New Year! 235-1203 i FREE OFF STREET PARKING illtop Center 234-536o 100 NO. CENTER 237-3603 Immmm.