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NATIONAL WORLD yspp SPORTS' llil Seahawks ft I II WEATHER ijtv Increasing Sffi' jfeSp cloudiness I 5311 -A2 1 Claims innocence A4 Appeal made to abducters B6 i U.S. denies downed plane was under contract to CIA Survivor military advisor, Nicaragua says HONDURAS -5 Tegucigalpa salvadorT NICARAGUA I Plane 1 Downed 1 5 COSTAA 1 ACNvRICAV Paclfic Ocean MILES AP Nicaragua," Bendana charged. The Sandinista newspaper Bar-ricada said the plane was "proof of the open participation of the United States in the war of aggression against Nicaragua." But Shultz, in a transatlantic interview with European reporters, Related stories, C4 WASHINGTON (AP) Disputing Nicaraguan allegations, Secretary of State George Shultz, the White House and Central Intelligence Agency denied Tuesday that an American-manned cargo plane shot down over Nicaragua was on a mission for the CIA. Shultz also said that the survivor of the crash, identified as Eugene Hasenfus of Marinette, and his three fellow crew members had no connection with the U.S. government.

In Managua, however, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Bendana said the survivor described himself as a military adviser assigned to El Salvador. "You have U.S. citizens now dying in Mr. Reagan's war against Earthen pond may be contamination source DEQ cites KN property in Brookhurst area Buy-highsell-low gas deal costs Northern's customers sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency, said the plane had been "hired by private people" who "had no connection with the U.S.

government at all." Kathy Pherson, a spokeswoman for the CIA, denied that the agency had any involvement with the incident, noting there are "congres regulators. The $16 million loss will occur in two categories, a Star-Tribune analysis shows. The first category of loss involves the actual exchange of gas. In recent years, the Northern companies purchased a large quantity of natural gas from KN at comparatively high prices. Now, Northern proposes to sell slightly more gas back to KN but at about half the price it paid "may be a major source of groundwater contamination." The pond was in use until 1984, when it was filled in.

A KN spokesman in Hastings, would not dispute the claim that the earthen pond may be a contamination source. But Harlan Hansen said he thought the materials stored in the unlined pond when it was used were not hazardous. The pond was discovered during an inspection by DEQ officials, who visited five companies that border the Brookhurst subdivision. Before its inspection, the Please see DEQ, A 10 school-age AIDS victims By RICHARD HIGH Star-Tribune editor CASPER Northern Utilities customers may lose over $16 million in a buy-highsell-low natural gas transaction between Northern and its owners, KN Energy, company records indicate. The unusual transaction would be completed under a Northern proposal to be considered here Thursday by Wyoming utility to Dr.

Harry Crawford, director of the state division of preventive medicine, recommends evaluation of each case by a panel made up of the child's doctor, local school principals, a delegate of the state superintendent of public instruction, the administrator of the state health department and the director of preventive medicine. If the panel decides the child should not attend school, the Wyoming Education Department is responsible for providing the youngster with alternate instruction. Crawford, meanwhile, said 11 cases of AIDS have been reported Please see AIDS, A 10 Groups blast industry over siting changes By ANNE MacKINNON Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Four Wyoming environmental groups Tuesday protested an oil industry proposal to change Wyoming's industrial siting act, saying the industry wants to eliminate any overall look at the impacts of big industrial projects. Unlike other state agencies, "the Wyoming Industrial Siting Administration has responsibility for looking at a situation whole, rather than piecemeal" and the oil and gas industry is attempting to wipe out that kind of state review of big new projects, the Wyoming Outdoor Council charged in a letter to the Industrial Siting Council. The Outdoor Council was joined by the Powder River Basin Resource Council, the regional chapter of the Sierra Club, and the Wyoming Wildlife Federation in protesting a new proposal by the Petroleum Association of Wyoming seeking changes in the siting act and rules.

The comments were handed to the council at its Tuesday meeting in Casper. Several of the environmental groups said industry may have been justified in complaining of duplication between siting and other agencies. But they argue that, as the Sierra Club put it, industry could better meet those concerns with a "good faith effort" to coordinate the work of different agencies than with "wholesale revision" of the siting law. If the oil industry wins its proposed changes, "the Siting Act Please see SITING, A10 Candidates By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune staff writer THERMOPOLIS Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Simpson said Tuesday he favors quarantining school children with AIDS while Democrat Mike Sullivan said the decision to bar these youngsters from class should be decided by experts on an individual basis. Both candidates, however, said they oppose legislation to preclude school age children with AIDS from attending class.

No case of AIDS has been reported in school-age children in Wyoming, though 11 cases have Casper Area A3 Classifieds C4-10 Comics D6 Community CI Crossword D8 Landers, Oracles B3 Letters A9 Markets D4 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A8 Sports Dl-3 TV-Movies D7 Wyoming Bl, B7 Old Grouch Looks like Casper's gas is being reduced again at a higher price. RESULTS AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE! Place your advertisement for ski equipment during the month of October and we will run your ad TEN DAYS FOR $5,001 Limit-one item per ad. Guaranteed Results do not apply. Call our Ad-Visors today at 266-0555 to find out the detailsl (Call toll-free In Wyoming, 1-800-442-6916.) Offer good through the month of October only. sional restrictions on aid to the Contras and we do not violate those restrictions." "The guy doesn't work for us and CIA is not involved," she said.

White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the Defense Department had determined that the survivor was not on a military mission and had been unable to find anyone in military service bearing his name. However, David Holliday, spokesman for the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Hasenfus' wife, Sally, called the State Department "and said her husband worked for CIA." And l.W. Stephenson, a retired pilot and Please see NICARAGUA, A10 for its purchases. When that transaction with KN is completed, Northern customers in Wyoming will have lost about $10.6 million and will end up with less gas than they started with. That figure represents the amount of money local customers would have saved if Northern had simply used its cheap stored gas in the first place, instead of buying expensive gas for customers and Please see NORTHERN, A 10 dicated it wants the issue resolved now.

Hinting at a compromise, Secretary of State George Shultz said that "perhaps something will be worked out that will be mutually satisfactory" but he refused to elaborate. "It is exceedingly difficult for me to enter into discussions with the Soviets when legislative restrictions apply to the very areas that are under negotiations with the Soviets," Reagan told the lawmakers. "I ask you not to tie my hands. Don't undermine my negotiating position. Each of you are key to any chance we have of proceeding with a united government.

I appreciate very much your efforts to help make this trip a success." Reagan's comments were Please see SUMMIT, A 10 have "primacy" in deciding whether the victims should be banned from school. Sullivan disagreed, saying current medical knowledge shows the disease is not transmitted by casual contact in older students beyond the early grades where small children "tend to bite each other." "I don't think we should automatically come down on the side of isolation and quarantine," Sullivan said. He said he supports the recommended policy of the Wyoming Division of Health and Medical Services. That year-old policy, according 7 Montana man found dead in park, bear near body shot YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) A 38-year-old Montana man was found dead in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday and a grizzly bear discovered devouring his body was killed by park rangers, a park spokesman said. The body of the man, whose name was withheld until relatives could be notified, was found along the Yellowstone River just south of Canyon Junction, said park spokesman Greg Kroll.

Rangers were not able to determine immediately whether the female grizzly killed the man or if there was some other cause of death, Kroll said. "Grizzly No. 59 had partially consumed the body and was shot by rangers," confirmed Park spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt, adding that the man's death was under investigation. Kroll said the man probably parked his car on the Canyon-Lake road on Monday. Rangers found the car and then found the man's body about 7 a.m.

Tuesday, 250 yards from the Grand Loop Road near Otter Creek, Kroll said. The sow was killed rather than captured and relocated because she was found with the man's body, Kroll said. Vanderbilt said No. 59 had been considered "neutral," or not dangerous, by the park's rangers. She said the bear had been seen by the public last summer in the park and on Sept.

4 she and two cubs were seen on Cub Creek near the park's east boundary. By KENDRA ENSOR Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER A 21-year-old ear then pond on KN Energy property has been pegged as a possible Related story, A3 source of groundwater contamination in the Brookhurst area east of Evansville. According to a report by officials from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, who visited the KN facility Sept. 24, the unlined pond disagree on been reported in adults. During a public debate sponsored by the Wyoming High School Press Association at Thermopolis High School the second debate for the two candidates Simpson said the public welfare must come first in light of the unknowns surrounding the disease.

"It's a complicated matter of civil rights but the best interests of the students have to take priority," Simpson said. Quarantining or isolating school-age AIDS victims does not mean they have to be denied access to education, Simpson said. He also said the local school boards I (f2A Conference i Reagan appeals for unity before leaving for summit I I iCH a i 1111 WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan appealed directly to Congress on Tuesday to erase tough restrictions on his nuclear weapons program, arguing that his weekend summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev "can only succeed if our government is united." Two days before flying to Iceland, Reagan summoned Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to a White House breakfast to "make a special appeal" for lifting House-passed barriers to his arms buildup. House Majority Leader Jim Wright told Reagan that Democrats are willing to put off decisions on the restrictions until next year. He said he assured "We do not want to have a divisive quarrel" before the summit.

However, the White House in President Ronald Reagan told freed Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov Tuesday that he would press the Soviet Union for improvements on human rights issues as well as progress on arms control. See story on A4..