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vH, WEATHERJ -v4 I I 'X'iZL Still warm, jp I FOREIGN 1 I Will challenge election result A7 W1ZI II NATIONAL "1 Fightin' i Frenchman A2 I 'Hi sports 1 Holy field KOs Douglas Dl i mi i i mi mi-tt i 1 I. in ii i i 1 ft Caspar tlbum Cheney: 100,000 more troops may head for Mideast Says attack not imminent Official says EIS needed on Triton's desert plan State BLM chief to have final say "i I imiiinmni. 1.. i mumn lunula Hainan i I i- iM 1- lira---- --Trnm iin initoMinii ir i WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon is planning to send as many as 100,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia, but the expanded buildup does not signal a U.S. intent to attack Iraq, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Thursday.

CIA Director William Webster, meanwhile, suggested a growing U.S. reluctance to lot Iraqi President Saddam Hussein survive the current crisis in power, even if he withdraws from Kuwait. Webster said the Persian Gulf region will not be secure unless Saddam is removed from power or he is "disassociated" from his chemical weapons and reported efforts to acquire nuclear arms. On Capitol Hill, there was concern over the administration's course and worry that once Congress leaves town. Bush might feel less constrained to follow a peaceful path.

"I am not convinced that this administration will do everything in its power to avoid war," said Sen. Robert Kerrey, expressing the same sentiments as many of his colleagues who have supported the gulf deployment. Kerrey, a Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor winner, said "If ever there was an avoidable war, it is this one." Also Thursday, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen criticized Saudi Arabia for inviting American-led forces into the kingdom and he accused Riyadh of trying to undermine his country's stability by enacting measures that have forced more than 500,000 Yemenis to leave Saudi Arabia and return home. Saleh, in an interview with the New York Times, also said that the Please see GI LF.A12 AP Last debate Gov. Mike Sullivan, far left, and his Republican challenger, Mary Mead, far right, talk to reporters prior to their final debate in Laramie Thursday.

Mead, Sullivan use final debate to reemphasize familiar themes Leaders predict passage of long-awaited budget WASHINGTON (AP) Bargainers wrestled with lingering disputes over benefit cuts and tax breaks Thursday but congressional leaders predicted passage for the broad deficit-reduction bill supported by President Bush. None of the outstanding differences was seen as a deal-killer for the $250-billion collection of tax increases and spending reductions. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Bush liked the emerging bill, and that seemed to stamp out the possibility of any last-minute setback. "With the White House optimistic, one would guess it would be hard to shipwreck the thing," said Rep. Bill Frenzel of Minnesota, ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee.

House Speaker Thomas Foley, said he expected the House to approve the measure Friday. And little trouble was expected in the Senate later. The package would boost the 9-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax by Please see BUDGET, A12 By CHARLES PELKEY Star-Tribune Laramie bureau LARAMIE In the fifth and final gubernatorial debate of the campaign, challenger Mary Mead and Gov. Mike Sullivan repeated themes voiced during earlier encounters throughout the state. During a forum held on the University of Wyoming campus and broadcast on public radio station KUWR-FM.

Mead charged that many of the state's current problems could be traced to "a lack of leadership" on Sullivan's part. Sullivan countered that "there were issues where Mary Mead didn't have the facts or didn't fully understand." By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern Hvming bureau ROCK SPRINGS A local official for the Bureau of Land Management says a full-scale environmental impact statement is needed on a proposed coal bed methane project in the Red Desert. So far, only an environmental assessment a far less exhaustive document has been done on the project. An EIS will require more months of study, at a time the company backing the project is seeking quick federal approval in order to take advantage of tax credits. But the extent of public concern expressed in comments received so far on the Triton Oil and Gas Corp.

coal bed methane proposal appears to demand that an EIS be done, according to Bill Le Barron, manager of the BLM's Green River Resource Area. "The decision (to conduct an EIS) hasn't been made, but I think with the public controversy, we're headed that way," Bill Le Barron said Thursday. Le Barron's Green River Resource Area includes a major portion of the Red Desert. Le Barron noted the decision to conduct an EIS must be made by the State BLM Director Ray Brubaker. A public meeting set for Nov.

14 on the Red Desert project has been postponed until at least December to give Triton additional time to respond to environmental concerns raised by state and federal officials and members of the public, according to another local BLM spokesman. The company remains interested in the project despite the delays, because it believes the federal tax credits important to financing may be extended, Triton officials said. Triton's proposal would develop methane gas held in underground coal seams lying about 25 miles northeast of Rock Springs. Environmentalists and federal and state regulatory agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency expressed concern about the impact of the project after it was outlined in an environmental Please see RED DESERT, A12 Casper Area A3 Classified C3-12 Comics D6 Community CI Crossword B3 Landers, Omarr B3 Letters A9-11 Markets B5 Movies B4 Obituaries, Diary B2, C2 Opinion A8 Sports Dl-5 Wyoming Bl Old Grouch STfP I guess a more fair tax system is to tax everybody more. II RESULTS Do you have a special trade or service you do as a full-time job or just on the side? Do you have a tow budget? Place your Services Available' advertisement in the Service Directory in the Cl3SSff)6d Your ad will run for 30 days at only $15.00 per line (3 line minimum).

And you can have a free heading of your Call today for more details! 266-0555 or 1-80O-442-916 (toll-free in Wyoming). Wallop calls for war declaration on Iraq Simmons says story on finances unfair CS-T stands by report "We've come a long way in this campaign, since my opponent first said that she could not say what she would have done differently in the last four years," Sullivan said. "This is the last debate," he observed "During these last few meetings we have seen areas of agreement. We have seen disagreement on a number of issues and from my standpoint we have seen a number of areas where I still don't understand or know Mary's position." Mead repeatedly pointed to Wyoming's economic woes as an indication of "the type of leadership" the state has seen during the last four years. The Republican attacked Sullivan for projecting a poor image to necessary parliamentary steps.

Instead, Wallop said he wanted to offer his observations now, and will consider offering a resolution if there is a lame duck session of Congress after the November elections. He said he will consider the same effort when the 102nd Congress convenes next year, if troops are still in Saudi Arabia. Wallop, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called armed conflict "a last resort." He said his declaration was designed to clarify "what are our military forces in the Persian Gulf (are) supposed to accomplish, and how are they supposed to accomplish it?" years, he'll kill us if things really get bad." Mead is challenging Sullivan, a Democrat, for the governorship. Lummis said Thursday she takes "full responsibility" for airing the advertisement without the approval of her boss. "It certainly doesn't indicate any failure to control the campaign on Mary's part," Lummis said.

Because the tone was too "harsh," the campaign ordered the ads pulled from the airwaves early this week, Lummis said. "The fact that there was a mix-up in the script was completely out of (Mead's) control," Lummis said. Lummis said, "I will certainly the rest of the country and creating a "less than receptive" environment for new businesses to move into the state. "What's happening is that we are not doing the things that we should be doing to see that Wyoming is business friendly," Mead said. "We are seeing businesses move away.

We arc not getting any to come in." Mead paused and continued "Well, that's not true. We got one business to come in. It was an insurance company. It was recruited by this administration." Quoting a magazine article that referred to Wyoming as "the state of choice for crooks that have gone Please see DEBATE, A12 MALCOLM WALLOP Wants national aim stated While he said he hoped U.S. aims could be achieved "short of open war," Wallop declared that defending Saudi Arabia or even freeing Kuwait would not be Please see WALLOP, A12 take full responsibility for the mistake That is my mistake in not checking with the station when the tape arrived" from a New York advertising agency.

The same ad, but with an ending that says "imagine what will happen," rather than "he'll kill us if things get really bad" will start running shortly, Lummis said. Sullivan's campaign manager, Rich Lindsey, said Thursday, "My comment would be that campaigns are very difficult to run and you have to make a lot of snap decisions in a short amount of time, and accidents do "My sympathies go out to Cyn-Please see MEAD, A12 1,.. 'J BY GEOFFREY O'GARA Hind River Basin bureau LANDER Wyoming U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop has called for a declaration of war against Iraq, "not as a call to combat, but as a declaration of national purpose." In a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Wallop, a Republican, said that "confusion has begun to set in" in the Bush administration's efforts to protect Saudi Arabia and its oil fields and force Saddam I Ossein's Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.

Wallop said he would not introduce a joint resolution to declare war because the current session of Congress is drawing to a close, and there is not enough time to take the Mead campaign airs 'harsh' TV ad without candidate's approval panies and'or himself. Editor Anne MacKinnon said the Star-Tribune stands by the story. In an interview with Channel 14 News on Wednesday, Simmons said that Star-Tribune reporter Bill Lazarus knew that the most recent lawsuit had been amended and that the original filing was somehow mistaken. Last week in discussing that case then filed as a $341 action by the Collection Center against "Jimmy Simmons doing business as West-winds Trucking" Simmons told the Star-Tribune the action should Please see SIMMONS, A12 Zbignicw Bzdak'Slar-Tribune the Mead campaign By BILL LAZARUS Star- Tribune staff writer CASPER Republican legislative candidate Jimmy Simmons has accused the Star-Tribune of unfairly reporting his financial troubles. On Wednesday a story appeared in the Star-Tribune regarding Simmons' failure to pay child support for years, his $420,000 bankruptcy in 1987, his failure to pay some debts when he enjoyed a substantial income, and his current financial difficulties, including federal tax liens totalling more than $28,000 and lawsuits filed against his com iXtZTp I The TV ad pulled by ByTOMREA Star- Tribune staff writer CASPER Republican gubernatorial candidate Mary Mead's campaign this week aired a negative television advertisement critical of Gov.

Mike Sullivan without Mead's approval. Mead directed her campaign to pull the ad after seeing it on television, believing it to be too harsh, according to Campaign Manager Cynthia Lunimis. Near the end of the 30-second commercial, a voice reads words superimposed on the screen which say, "If Mike Sullivan couldn't keep our economy moving in the last four.