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WEATHER WYOMING 7 SPORTS XH Thieving Cowboys 3L NATIONAL May grill Soutcr A5 Is Likes UW study; not more moneyS Bl ramj tJivit mt -I fi SHOSHONE N.F. Forest Service may ease drilling rules in wake of Gulf crisis i 3 I Bush tells nation 'Saddam will fail' Speech to Congress wins bipartisan support WASATCH N.F. By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON The U.S. Forest Service has developed a new draft "strategy" in response to the Middle East crisis, a plan environmental groups say would speed up oil and gas drilling in national forests at the expense of environmental protections. The Forest Service proposal calls for easing environmental requirements already set in existing leases, and requiring less intensive review of proposed new leases.

Further, the plan suggests that oil companies should identify areas in national forests where drilling has been discouraged but now should be encouraged by changes in lease terms. The "Proposed Stategy for Mitigating the Persian Gulf Situation" Affected WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, reporting to Congress and the nation on the Persian Gulf crisis, said Tuesday night that Iraq could not prevail against the "new partnership of nations" allied against it, and vowed that "Saddam Hussein will fail" in his takeover of Kuwait. "America must stand up to aggression, and we will," Bush said. He proposed steps to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, in part by accelerating the development of environmentally-sensitive Alaskan energy reserves. In the audience at the Capitol were the ambassador from Iraq, Mohamed Sadiq Al-Mashat, sitting just five seats away from the ambassador from occupied Kuwait, Sheik Saud Nasir Al-Sabah.

Al-Mashat had no visible reaction to National forests in Wyoming which may be affected by proposals to ease environmental safeguards for oil drilling. Munker optimistic Sullivan will delay Hopldnson execution Record high near 95 A2 Bush's harsh words. In a nationally broadcast address, Bush said, "I cannot predict just how long it will take to convince Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait," nor how long American troops would be deployed in the Saudi Arabian desert. More than 100,000 U.S. combat troops have moved into the Middle East since Iraq's invasion on Aug.

2, at a cost now estimated at more than $1 billion a month. While Congress and the public have been overwhelmingly supportive of Bush's showdown with Iraq, polls show growing concern over the U.S. role in the gulf crisis. Bush asked Americans to stand behind him. "If ever there was a time to put country before self and patriotism before party, that time is Please see BUSH, A14 DICK CHENEY Testifies on Hill offering little support to an operation that was vital to keeping oil supplies flowing to their economies.

"1 find it appalling," Cohen told Cheney and the general. "This kind of cooperation from the allies is not going to stand well with me and I hope with a lot of other members" when it comes time to consider the amount of U.S. funding that will go to U.S. military forces helping provide for the defense of Please see GI LF.A14 7i7 Cheney: Desert Shield cost will hit $15 billion State ranked near bottom in mental health treatment By BILL LAZARUS Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER Wyoming ranks next to last in its treatment programs for the seriously mentally ill, according to a 50-state study by two mental health advocacy groups. While services at the Wyoming State Hospital in Evanston have "improved significantly" in the past two years, 15 out of 16 community mental health centers around the state are "hopeless by national standards," states the report by the National Alliance for the Mentally 111 and Public Citizen Health Research Group.

The report cites the Southwest Counseling Center in Rock Springs as the one exception to that pattern. The study, released Tuesday, was criticized by one top state Please see HEALTH, A14 wouldaffect 191 million acres of national forest land, including all five national forests in Wyoming. The Forest Service proposal could allow the elimination of 40 planned environmental impact statements (ElSes) on specific drilling proposals. In addition, the proposal could eliminate the forest-wide environmental impact statement planned on oil and gas drilling in the Shoshone National Forest. Of the site-specific ElSes proposed for elimination, one study is on drilling in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in the Medicine Bow National Forest, and four ElSes involve sites in Wyoming in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest which overlaps into Uinta County near the Utah border.

Please see FORESTS, A14 and $130 billion over five years. Democrats and Republicans have dramatically narrowed their differences over military cuts, the official said. They are discussing reducing the $303 billion defense budget by $10 billion to $11 billion next year and by 70 billion to $200 billion over five years. There was still disagreement over how deeply domestic programs should be cut and whose taxes should be raised. But participants were optimistic after a fifth day of bargaining at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, 10 miles outside Washington.

Some of those involved said a deal could be struck today or Thursday that would cut the deficit $50 billion next year and $500 billion over five years. In his speech to a joint session THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND forests Graphic by Greg Kearney "I asked the governor to consider clemency," Munker said. He did. He turned it down He did what he had to do. I did what I had to do, and sometimes those things don't coincide very well." Meanwhile, attorneys for the state of Wyoming are refusing to answer any questions about the case.

The courts have just two weeks to deal with motions connected with the case. But Munker said he believes that the state Supreme Court will have to give itself more time to consider all the documents filed. The motions filed in recent weeks are the result of deadlines imposed Aug. 28 by the Wyoming Please see HOPKINSON, A14 warned that raising income tax rates is "one path we should not head down again." If Congress does not send him a deficit-cutting plan by the end of September, he warned, Americans would have to face a massive-spending cut triggered by the Gramm-Rudman balanced-budget law. In the formal Democratic response to Bush, House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, said Democrats at the budget summit were working on behalf of the country's working families.

"Just as we must ask wealthy nations to pay their fair share to deter aggression, so we must ask wealthy Americans to pay their fair share to prevent recession and reduce our debts," he said. Please see BUDGET, A14 Iraqis train X- whirs Budget negotiators report progress on deficit WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Dick Cheney disclosed Tuesday that the cost of the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East could total $15 billion in the next fiscal year, but promised disgruntled lawmakers "a significant increase" in help from Arab nations and other American allies. Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, giving Congress its first major update on the massive American military deployment that was begun in early August.

Cheney's cost figure was above the $1 billion-a-month estimate generally used by government officials, and he added that costs "would multiply many fold" if U.S. troops become involved in combat. Several senators used Tuesday's session to show their distress over the amounts of military backing supplied by Arab nations in the region, and financial support from U.S. allies heavily dependent upon Persian Gulf oil supplies. "There's something missing here," protested the committee chairman.

Sen. Sam Nunn, complaining that no Arab military forces with heavy armaments such as tanks or artillery were on the ground in Saudi Arabia. Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, criticized both the West German government and the Japanese for By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS State Public Defender Leonard Munker says he is optimistic the Wyoming Supreme Court will delay the scheduled Sept. 25 execution date for convicted killer Mark Hopkin-son to allow the justices time to consider last-minute pleadings by defense attorneys.

Munker also said Tuesday that he personally approached Gov. Mike Sullivan on Aug. 31, asking for clemency for Hopkinson, a request the governor subsequently denied. Munker said state statutes require that a plea for clemency be entered at least three weeks before the date set for execution. 1 of Congress Tuesday night, President Bush said he was "pleased with recent progress" at the talks.

He called on the bargainers to send him a deficit-cutting plan by month's end, saying the crisis in the Persian Gulf has made it even more urgent to help the nation's economy. "Americans must never again enter any crisis economic or military with an excessive dependence on foreign oil and an excessive burden of federal debt," the president said. The president restated several of the demands he has been making for months for a budget agreement. Among them are tax breaks for oil exploration, research and development and home purchases. He also said he wanted a cut in the capital gains tax rate.

He Schaefer defeated realtor Fred Gri-isser. New Hampshire Rep. Bob Smith swept past lawyer Tom Christo to win the GOP nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Gordon Humphrey who is retiring after two terms and seeking election to the state Senate. Snelling's bid to regain the office he held for four terms got off to a fast start when he swept to victory over Richard Gottlieb in the Republican primary. Peter Welch scored an equally decisive victory over William Gwin to win the Democratic nomination for governor.

After serving four two-year terms as governor of Vermont, Snelling decided not to run again in 1984. He was succeeded by Democrat Madeleine Kunin who announced her retirement this year. In Connecticut, Rep. Bruce Morrison defeated state legislator Please see PRIMARIES, A14 Jackson wins shadow slot; Mecliam trails in primary WASHINGTON (AP) Budget negotiators from the White House and Congress are moving toward an agreement to pare next year's federal deficit by $50 billion, including higher premiums for better-off Medicare recipients, participants said Tuesday. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the two sides had agreed to increase taxes and fees by $25 billion next year I Casper Area A3 Classified B9-14 Comics B8 Community A7 Crossword B3 Landers, Omarr B3 Letters A9-13 Markets A6 Movies B6 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A8 Sports B4-7 Wyoming 1 Old Grouch I guess you could say Washington can't see the forest for the trees.

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Each item must be priced ($2000 or less). Some classifications Call today! 266-555 or 1-800-442-6916 (WY toll-free). By the Associated Press Former Vermont Gov. Richard A. Snelling was an early winner Tuesday as results came in from 1 1 primary elections that also saw ousted Arizona Gov.

Evan Mecham bidding for a comeback. Jesse Jackson won nomination for the symbolic office of "shadow senator" from the District of Columbia. Arizona Republicans were deciding whether to give Mecham another shot at the office he lost 2 12 years ago through impeachment. Pre-election polls showed him trailing Phoenix developer J. Fife Symington.

Former Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard was heavily favored to emerge as the Democratic nominee. Republican Judd Gregg won nomination for a second term as governor of New Hampshire and Democratic Gov. William Donald Schaefer was renominated in Maryland. Gregg overwhelmed Robert Bonser, operator of a nudist camp. AP Iraqi volunteer reservists run in formation at a camp in Baghdad.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is calling on Arabs to support a holy war against the United States..