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NATIONAL SPORTS WEATHER. ft High School Mostly clear, football action warmer B4 A2 I Ji FOREIGN lijl-- I 1 No more I East Germany A2 1 1 1 (Fe)male cheerleader -A6 hi rfnltf Wyo Supreme Court won't delay Hopkinson execution j-' I 3 If By KATHARINE COLLINS Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE The Wyoming Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision Thursday denied defense petitions seeking a delay in the Sept. 25 execution of convicted killer Mark Hopkinson. State Public Defender Leonard Munker said Thursday he will now turn to federal courts in a last-ditch effort to save his client. The court also rejected defense arguments that execution by lethal injection, under Wyoming statutes, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Munker had argued that there should be written policies and procedures for implementing the death penalty. Meanwhile state officials Thursday issued a statement outlining the procedures that will be used in Hopkinson's execution (see story, Please see HOPKINSON, A12 The high court issued an order denying Hopkinson's motion to vacate the court's earlier order setting the execution by lethal injection before sunrise on Sept. 25. The decision cites previous decisions by appeals courts, and says, "The contentions of (Hopkinson) that various instances of prosecutorial misconduct, justifying reversal of his conviction, occurred during the guilt phase of his trial have been considered and rejected I i I Feds float new plan to kill bison Yellowstone roving herd to be targeted by David hackett Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON Officials from the National Park Serv ice and the State of Montana have tentatively agreed to dispatch interagency kill-squads north of Yellowstone National Park this winter to destroy migrating bison. National Park Service Director James Ridenour announced the plan Thursday after a two-hour meeting with Yellowstone Superintendent Robert Barbee and officials from Montana and the U.S.

Interior Department. Federal and Montana officials said they agreed to the plan to protect fences and other property that could be damaged by migrating bison, and prevent the spread of brucellosis, a contagious disease which they said can spread to cattle. Two stockgrowers groups immediately hailed the agreement, while the Fund for Animals, an animal rights organization, denounced it. Ridenour said the Park Service Please see BISON A12 Tall Sullivan: Would talk to Mother Theresa, but won't initiate call Amnesty International local representative Rick Hays termed the governor's position "ridiculous," saying what is at stake is Hopkinson's life, not how communication about his execution will be initiated. "If the governor's feelings are hurt because we said he refused to talk to Mother Teresa, then I think that has less priority than Mark Hopkinson dying," Hays said.

A headline in the late editions of the Star-Tribune Thursday that said Mike Monroe of the Nicolaysen Art Museum puts the final touches on one of the stars of the Dinosaurs Alive exhibit. See related story and photos, A3. i prison to be twice expected size Zbigniew Bduk task 500 beds but he pointed out the 1991 Legislature will make the final decision. Saunders said the task force has written officials of the dozen communities that want the prison to inform them about recommendation for a larger facility. The task force will meet today in Cheyenne to hear proposals from representatives from the 12 interested communities.

Saunders said the task force must submit its recommendation to the Legislature by Dec. I. Gamble, meanwhile, said the American Corrections Association recommends no more than 500 inmates in one prison. He said the new medium security prison will incorporate various treatment programs. "We don't want Wyoming to get into a building mode," Gamble said.

"We're looking at options. We're looking at public safety and treatment." Sullivan told the corrections and human services officials that the state has launched innovative programs, such as the boot camp for first offenders and high intensity probation, but they, too, are expensive. Sullivan said state has aggres- I By KATHARINE COLLINS Star-Tribune capital bureau CI 1EYENNE Gov. Mike Sullivan is willing to talk to Mother Teresa about the impending execution of Mark Hopkinson, but will not initiate the call, he said Thursday. "I did not refuse to talk to Mother Teresa.

I revere Mother Teresa. If she wanted to call me, I expressed a willingness to talk to her," Sullivan said. MIKE SULLIVAN Bigger prison requhvd sive anti-drug abuse programs which incorporate enforcement, treatment and prevention. "We must convince our legislators clearly that we do have a drug and alcohol abuse problem in Wyoming," he said. "Thankfully we don't have the problems that exist in the big cities but certainly that's a major problem in this state as well." Please see PRISON, A12 TOT 1 it i Simpson willing to discuss Turner wolf reintroduction By DAVID HACKETT Star-Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTON Though he remains opposed to reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Sen.

Alan Simpson said Thursday that he is willing to discuss the new proposal made by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director John Turner. Simpson made the comment in an interview a day after Turner, a former Wyoming State Senator, outlined a new federal proposal for reintroducing wolves into the park in a hearing before the Senate public lands subcommittee. A spokesman for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association said he, too, is willing to discuss Turner's idea but that he remains skeptical that wolves can be anything but bad news for stockgrowers. Simpson has opposed wolf reintroduction on the grounds that it would threaten populations of big game species and, consequently, the economic interests of the guides and outfitters of the Wyoming.

Simpson also has said wolves would kill domestic livestock. Wyoming Senator Malcolm Wallop and Rep. Craig Thomas have also opposed reintroduction. All three voiced objections to such a move during the Wednesday hearing in which Turner outlined the proposal to put wolves back into Yellowstone. Please sec WOLF AI2 Secretary of State Kathy Karpan and her Republican challenger, Tom Zollinger; Democratic congressional candidate Pete Maxfield, and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Lynn Simons and her Republican challenger, Diana Ohman.

James M. (Mickey) Gamble, corrections administrator for the state Board of Charities and Reform, said later Thursday morning that the state Penitentiary had a net increase of 10.7 inmates per month so far during 1 990. Last May, Gamble said the net growth in the state's prison population was running at about 4 inmates per month. Gamble also said that projections put the number of adult offenders in corrections institutions and programs at 1 ,600 between the years 1995 and 2000. Robert Ortega, director of the state Department of Probation and Parole, said his agency supervises a total of 4,000 offenders per year.

Jerry Saunders of Sheridan, chairman of the Medium Security Prison Task Force, said Thursday the committee has decided first of all that the new prison is needed. He said the 12-member task force will recommend a facility of 450- Iraq wants equal U.S. air time the governor refused a Mother Teresa call mistakenly failed to attribute that assertion to Amnesty International. Spokesmen for both Amnesty International and the governor say they have for some time been discussing possible communication with the Nobel-Peace-Prize-win-ning nun, who in the past has appealed for clemency for death row inmates in other states. Hays said Wednesday that the Please sec SULLIVAN, A12 Simpson refiises to apologize to women By DAVID HACKETT Star- Tribune staff writer WASHINGTON Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson said Thursday that he refused to apologize to feminist leaders Wednesday after they demanded an apology from him for remarks made during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week.

Simpson met privately Wednesday with Molly Yard, leader of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor Smeal, of the Fund for the Feminist majority. He said the discussion focused on their exchange during confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Judge David Souter. Describing the meeting, Simpson said, "1 just said, you know, you feel so strongly here and you come in here with a kind of arrogance and Please see SIMPSON, A12 State: New By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE The task force studying a new state prison will recommend a medium security facility double the size originally contemplated, Gov. Mike Sullivan said Thursday. Sullivan told a conference on corrections and human services that the task force has found that a 200 to 250 bed prison won't be big enough.

"Now it looks like we may be looking at a 450 to 500 man medium security prison because of the change in the statistics taking place with the number of people coming into prison," Sullivan said. "This is a problem that everyone in this country is looking at Sullivan was the first of seven candidates to address the conference Thursday morning. Also appearing were: Sullivan's Republican challenger, Mary Mead; Casper Area Classified C6-12 Comics B4 Community A9 Crossword C5 Landers, Omarr B3 Letters AI1.D1-4 Markets A8 Movies A7 Obituaries, Diary B2 Opinion A10 Sports CI -4 Wyoming Bl Old Grouch How about a One Shot wolfbison hunt? RESULTS GUARANTEED RESULTS OR YOUR MONEY BACK! 1. We run your ad for 7 days (must be paid within 5 days). 2.

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