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BUSINESS I pVygEHilll 7 SPORTS I State fe-CLJ swim meet I I WEATHER 1 rf Windy, lOJ warmer -A2 iiaaV '1 tTmMa'hii FRANCE tv2ii New premier ftTS takesoffice I Villi -A5 1 Dow closes above 1,800 A8 Casper tar-Cribune "TO 2. House votes down Reagan's Gontra-aid request be involved." House Minority Leader Bob Michel, responded to O'Neill: "Today, you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong. A month from now will be too late because the communists are already mobilizing for an offensive." Although the House vote represented a defeat for Reagan's Nicaraguan policy, O'Neill apparently won some last-minute votes by promising a new round of votes on alternative aid proposals on April 15. Reagan is considered "again and again until this battle is won, until freedom is given the chance that it deserves in Nicaragua. "The American people have begun to awaken to the danger emerging on their doorstep," he said.

"And one day in the not too distant future that awareness will come home to the House of Representatives." The vote followed two days of often bitter debate that ended with O'Neill saying Reagan's plan "takes us further down the road to a situation where our troops will classically ineffective." But Rep. Dick Cheney, who voted for the Contra aid, said he could not "find a single vote that we lost" because of the sharp attacks on opponents from White House communications director Patrick Buchanan and other backers. The Congress initially rejected Reagan's aid request last year, but later after Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega paid a visit to Moscow approved $27 million in non-lethal aid. Speakes said Reagan will press Reagan's new acid-rain program could hurt Wyoming coal market opposition, promised an April 15 vote in the House. The setback for Reagan might be temporary since the Senate is scheduled to take up the issue next week.

But the vote, nonetheless, represented Reagan's most serious foreign-policy reversal in Congress. House Majority Whip Thomas Foley, said Reagan's defeat "shows Congress resented attempts by the administration to question the patriotism (of aid opponents). That was scandalous. That was unfortunate and pn iiu It V- Spring fun By CAROL HEGNA Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER President Reagan's new acid-rain policy could threaten Wyoming's coal industry, officials said Thursday. Reagan in an agreement announced Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney committed the United States to find ways to reduce acid rain-causing pollution from power plants and other sources.

The agreement represents a significant policy change. The Reagan administration has for years fought acid-rain control Herschler attacks state's congressional delegation likely to win some aid for the rebels at that time. Sixteen Republicans joined 206 Democrats in opposing Reagan's proposal. Forty-six Democrats, many from southern states, and 164 Republicans voted for the aid. Both sides had predicted a close vote on the aid package, which opponents called a step toward war and proponents argued was needed to halt the spread of communism in Central America.

Trying to secure undecided votes, Reagan offered Wednesday Please see CONTRAS.A12 depends on how Congress decides to force reductions in S02 emissions and other acid rain-producing pollution. Wyoming coal contains small amounts of sulfur and prduces relatively low levels of S02 when burned. Dick Jones, coal geologist for the Geological Survey of Wyoming, said Midwestern utilities which buy much of Wyoming's low-sulfur coal might begin buying coal from nearby Midwestern mines if Congress requires the use of smokestack "scrubbers" to reduce S02 emissions from coal-burning power plants. Please see ACID RAIN, A12 Pokes make semifinals The Wyoming Cowboys are on their way to New York. The Pokes earned a spot in the National Invitational Tournament's semifinals with a 62-57 win over Clemson before more than 15,000 fans at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie Thursday night.

Sophomore Fennis Dembo led Wyoming with 19 points and 16 rebounds. He also made a pair of key free throws with 25 seconds left to help hold off a second-half Clemson rally. The Pokes will play on Monday night in Madison Square Garden, though their opponent has yet to be determined. The NIT finals will be at 5 p.m. MST on Wednesday night.

See story onDl. candidacy elected a governor since 1906 may not have ideal credentials to secure an immediate and loving embrace from the voters statewide," he said. Sullivan made his announcement in a press conference at his home. He said he will spend the next three weeks putting his personal and business affairs in order and studying the issues. He will then begin campaigning statewide, he said.

"I am not prepared at this time to talk at length about the issues," Sullivan said. "Frankly, I don't want to shoot myself in the foot the first day out." One issue Sullivan did address Please see SULLIVAN, A2 International of Menlo Park, which consulted the NWS on locations for the system, Friday said However, one Casper weather expert said the Riverton location is a bad idea. "We're buying another $5,000 toilet seat," longtime Casper weather buff Hal Hughes said of the Riverton location. "Why put it in the boonies rather than in Casper, the com-PleasesetK I)AK, I2 WASHINGTON (AP) A sharply divided House, on a 222-210 vote Thursday, defeated President Reagan's plan to send $100 million in military aid to Nicaraguan rebels. The dramatic setback followed two weeks of intense personal lobbying by the president.

Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said the administration will not abandon the fight. "We're gaining converts, and the next battle will bring us victory," he said. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, who led the Firm warns against use of 3 drugs Tests show tampering with some packages WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that packages of three major consumer drugs the capsule versions of Contac, Dietac and Teldrin have been tampered with and the manufacturer is warning consumers nationwide not to use the products. "As of this moment, our lab findings confirm some tampering with packages, but we have no evidence of poisoning of any kind," FDA spokesman Bruce Brown said. The FDA said SmithKline Beckman Corp.

of Philadelphia, manufacturer of the drugs, is asking all retailers to halt sales of the products, and consumers who have purchased the drugs since March 15 should not use them. Brown said the tampering took the form of physically altered packages plastic blisters over capsules that were opened; price stickers that were moved; ingredients in the capsules "that's not part of the normal recipe." However, he said, investigators found no cyanide or rat poison, substances mentioned in threats against the substances. Foreign ingredients in the capsules were not poisonous, he said. Brown said the threats originated in in anonymous telephone calls to news media beginning on Wednesday. The first day's calls contended that packages containing doctored capsules had been Please see TAMPERING, A12 Casper Area A3 Churches A6-7 Classifieds C3-12 Comics D5 Community CI Crossword B3 Enterprise A9 Landers, Oracles B3 Letters All Markets A8 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A10 Sports DM TV-Movies B4-5 Wyoming B1.B6 Old Grouch The House vote was contra to Reagan's wishes.

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Ed Herschler ripped Wyoming's congressional delegation Thursday for backing Reagan administration budget cutting to the detriment of Wyoming citizens. Figures compiled by his staff, Herschler said, show Wyoming citizens will sacrifice six times more than the national average under the Gramm-Rudman federal-deficit-shaving law. "If Ronald Reagan says, 'Take our (Wyoming's congressmen say) 'That's If he says they say, 'How Herschler said, referring to Rep. Dick Cheney and U.S. Sens.

Malcolm Wallop and Alan Simpson. Meanwhile, John Nickle, presi Steven Newman tries to shake a tackle attempted by Stacy Willis during a casual football game Thursday in Casper's Washington Park. It was the first day of spring, but as any television viewer can tell you, football is seasonless. 1 Star-TribuneBill Willcox the County Commission on Thursday for not finding a new accounting firm to conduct a special audit to see how much money is missing. A 7th District Court jury declared Howard, 62, guilty of six of 10 felony counts alleging she misused county money between 1981 and 1985.

Jurors found Howard guilty of embezzling about $4,300 of the $13,000 prosecutors said was missing from county coffers. Howard, who was elected to three terms as a Democrat but changed her party allegiance to Republican in January 1985, refused throughout the lengthy investigation to take a leave of absence pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings against her. The County Commission, Please see HOWARD, A 12 are installed in the early 1990s in Cheyenne and Riverton, according to NWS officials. Between 110 and 120 forecast offices in the 48 continental United States are slated to receive the $2 million units, said NWS Deputy Assistant Administrator Elbert Friday. In addition to the installation of NEXRAD, NWS Budget Officer Lawrence Klingensmith said deployment of an advanced weather-information processing y-' 1 programs on the grounds that there is no proven relationship between acid rain and industrial pollution.

The administration has now conceded that the acid-rain pro- Related story, A4 blem exists and is tied to emissions of sulfur dioxide (S02) from coal-fired power plants and other sources'. Wyoming and coal industry officials said the policy change's impact on demand for Wyoming coal dent of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities, urged acceptance of the budget cuts. He said the long-ange benefits of balancing the $200 billion federal deficit outweigh cutbacks in local programs. In a column published today in the Star-Tribune, he asks readers "to help in making these cuts as easy as possible by being patient and by helping your local elected officials determine the things that are least needed." Herschler said he has always supported a balanced federal budget and believes Wyoming should be prepared for cuts like everyone else, but not more than other states. If federal funds automatically are sequestered under the law, it will mean a contribution of $155 Please see HERSCHLER, A 12 By ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Casper lawyer and political newcomer Mike Sullivan announced Thursday that he is running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Acknowledging that he does not have an "established political base," Sullivan said he will make up for that disadvantage with "a broad base of knowledge" and "a sensitivity for the beauties of this state and the problems of its people." "I am the first to recognize that a Democratic lawyer, who represents a utility company and lives in Casper which hasn't located in Cheyenne, Casper, Lander and Sheridan only Cheyenne originates and issues forecasts for the state. After the installation of NEXRAD in Cheyenne and Riverton, Friday wrote that the two radar-equipped offices "will be responsible for providing the warning and forecasting functions for Wyoming." Riverton's radar will serve the Lander office. The Riverton area was recommended as a NEXRAD site by SRI Ex-county treasurer says she's 'relieved' to lose job Sullivan announces By GREG LIVOVICH Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Former Natrona County Treasurer Edie Howard, found guilty Wednesday of six felony counts of misusing county funds, says she is "relieved" that her ll'i-year tenure as county treasurer has ended. "I feel like a regular person for the first time in 32 years," Howard said. "I feel like a regular taxpayer.

And I pay my taxes." Howard, breaking a nine-month public silence that began when the treasurer's office came HOWARD under investigation, also attacked ui.J4iiiipw"".'" 111 V. MIKE SULLIVAN Seeks nomination Casper may be out of running for new weather radar system and automation of surface observation will follow. Scientists and officials at the NWS have been "working out profiles" of where the radar will be installed, Friday said. The Cheyenne and Riverton NWS offices tentatively have been scheduled to receive the radar system, Friday added. In a December letter from Friday to Rep.

Dick Cheney's office, the NWS official noted that of Wyoming's four field offices By KENDRA ENSOR Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Cheyenne and Riy-erton but not Casper or Sheridantentatively have been chosen to get new multimillion dollar advanced radar systems for the National Weather Service. That means there will probably be staff reductions at the Casper and Sheridan weather offices when the next-generation Doppler radars commonly known as NEXRAD J-mm--- ftlll ifliinWfwmillli ill.