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I ues Jay, rcu. taut records disappeared Glidden ay prison 1 By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune staff writer CHEYENNE The Board of Charities and Reform pfflce was unable to sufficiently research the" farm operation at "the state Prison Farm at Rlverton because the records disappeared, BCR executive secretary Don Glidden said Monday. Glidden told state board officials he had worked on the project with former prison farm superintendent Michael Dindinger, but added that after Dindinger left the Job, the records of the operation could not be located. Glidden told of the problem with GLIDDEN ALSO SAID that Harold Tuma, dean of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, is helping with the project. Thomson said she learned that the courts in Casper have been told not to send any more youths to the Boys' Industrial Institute at Worland because of lack of space.

She added that the state Childrens' Home in Casper is being "misused" because Juvenile delinquents are being sent there because they cannot get into the Worland institute. However, both Glidden and Malovich said they were unaware of a space problem at the institution, but promised to explore the situation. Malovich reported there are at least four illegal aliens incarcerated at the state penitentiary at Rawlins. He said the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service will run computer checks on Wyoming prison inmates to determine if there are any more, A similar check in Colorado resulted in the deportation of 24 inmates, be said.

Border to Border Henefit will help defray medical costs RAWLINS A benefit dance will be held Saturday to help pay medical expenses for a Rawlins man who underwent brain surgery! Everett Lovatto, 30, was operated on for a brain tumor last year in Casper. He is currently staying at the Park Manor Nursing Home in He and his wife currently owe about $100,000 in medical bills, according to dance coordinator Shirley Martinez. dance starts at 9 p.m. at the -Carbon County Fairgrounds. Two bands will play and beer will be sold.

All proceeds will go to the Lavatos. Tickets will be available at the door, Donations may also be sent to Martinez at 90S E. Murray Rawlins, 82301. IL.I WYOMING iVgtar Over case of seizure petition needed many more signatures: Sidi Rose disagrees with justices Legislators receive petitions on abortion LARAMIE (UPI) Wyoming state legislators are receiving copies of petitions with the gignatures of 1,300 people who believe the government should not' Interfere with the right of women to nave abortions. The Wyoming Pro-Choice Alliance is sending the petitions.

Group spokeswoman Sue Gehrz said anti-abortion groups have been try- the prison farm records Monday in answer to a question from Secretary of State Thyra Thomson, who presided for the board meeting in the absence of Gov. Ed Herschler! "They were either destroyed or disposed of," Glidden said. "He (Dindinger) Indicated he didn't have them." Frustration over lack of research on the 869-acre prison farm operation was one reason the Joint Appropriations Committee voted 7-4, Friday, to eliminate Gliddens position, according to State Rep. Jack Sldl, R-Natrona, committee co-chairman. On the same vote, the committee demoted BCR correc inside, thinking the cabin was abandoned because it was in disrepair and the door was open.

They said they confiscated the property without a search war- ROBERT ROSE Dissented from majority rant because they were afraid the evidence would be destroyed or moved, and It was getting cold and they were in a remote area. Rose said he found It difficult to believe the officers Inadvertently discovered the stolen Items In Jessee's cabin when, they were looking for a trailer. He said earlier In the day Jessee had even told the officers how to get to the cabin. The evidence showed the officers went to the cabin "with the Intent to see if Mr. Jessee was involved In the crime," Rose said.

The cabin also had a no- Underwriters firmly opposed this legislation," Langdon said. "I'm very disappointed about their positions." He added that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies of Wyoming have shown strong support for the cost containment measure. "With hospital and physician costs up over 30 percent in Wyoming last year, we've got to do something or else health insurance will no longer be affordable," Langdon said. "I believe that costs In Wyoming By PHILIP WHITE' Star-Tribune staff writer CHEYENNE News from the Secretary of State last week that a state-wide in-stream flow petition did not have enough valid signatures represented only one stumbling block facing the initiative. Even if the petition-had been verified, an unusual phrase in the initiative provision of the Wyoming Constitution would make the measure's adoption in the general election highly Improbable, ac-cordlngN to a Natrona County legislator.

It was announced Thursday that the Secretary of State's office was able to verify only 25,888 signatures as being those of registered voters, 1,266 short of the minimum number required. The measure was to have appeared on the November ballot. STATE REP. JACK SIDI, R-Natrona, noted recently that Art. 3, Sec.

52 of the Wyoming Constitution requires an initiative measure to receive "in excess of 50 percent of those voting in the preceding general election" for adoption. Sidi said an initiative measure would, need more than 90,000 affirmative votes in the off-year election of 1982, since 181,027 people voted In the 1980 presidential (or, a constitutional convention to outlaw abortion. "Proponents of reproductive freedoms believe that the greatest danger to our individual right to decide If and when to have children comes from "the constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, which would give Congress and state legislatures the power to make abortion illegal," she said: CHEYENNE (UPI) Wyoming's chief Justice has dis agreed sharply wun ms colleagues on the Supreme Court in a case involving the seizing of evidence. Chief Justice Robert Rose dissented from a majority opinion holding Fremont County deputies did not have to obtain a iiearch warrant to seize evidence from a man's cabin.

"We must Jealously protect the warrant requirement found In our constitutions Rose said. "We must never forget that these rights were forged out of the steel and fire of bitter human experience which warns that, for all of those who may one day need the protecting arms of the criminal Justice system (including you and me), there must be ground rules which wllTpro-tect against the unscrupulous, the overzealous and their wiles." Jerry L. Jessee claimed his conviction of burglarizing a dwelling was based on evidence seized in an Illegal search of his Jessee had been living in a privately owned cabin on government land with the permission of the owner. Two deputies investigating a burglary at a trailer entered his cabin without a search warrant and seized property that re-. sembled Items taken from the trailer.

THE DEPUTIES claimed they Inadvertently discovered Jessee's cabin while looking for the trailer and decided to look tions coordinator Anthony Malovich. The committee earlier rejected the institution's request for a new meat processing plant and a large feed lot to enable the prison farm to expand its operations and sell beef to other state Institutions. Also rejected was a request for an inter-governmental fund to give the institution resources to determine if the dairy, beef, pork and poultry operations 'could become self-sustaining. Committee members noted that private meat processors had complained about the proposal to expand the farm's beef operation. trespassing sign on it, and the items inside indicated someone was living In it, Rose said.

There was no reason why they could not have gotten a search warrant before entering, he said. The court majority said the right to safety from Illegal search and seizure Is "one of the most sacred rights of all those secured by the Constitution," but ruled the seizure was not unconstitutional. The majority ruling, written by Justice John F. Raper, said objects in plain view are subject to seizure, provided the officer's presence was proper and the discovery was inadvertent. The officers In this case were on public land that people often visited for its historical interest, -and the cabin appeared to be abandoned, the ruling said.

"THEY HAD NO knowledge of any unlawful activity in this normally uninhabited country," the ruling all they knew, someone could be. Inside, dead or sick or vandalism taking place. They had as much right to be curious and nose around as the It was strictly accidental that they bumped into this find." It was unnecessary to go for a search warrant because there was a possibility the thief would return and remove the evidence, and it was not practical for one deputy to stay at the site while the other went after a warrant because of the remoteness, the cold weather and the lateness of the hour, the ruling said. are going up way out of proportion to the rest of the country," he said. "It seemed to me that allowing insurance companies to attempt to exercise some control was an Langdon said the state insurance department can't set fees or charges but it can grant some relief In the form of deductible coverage.

Effective immediately, he said, the state insurance department will no longer consider any health policy rate Increases unless the filing also contains significant alternative deductibles and corresponding premium adjustments. bitten on the finger during the incident, police report. Adsit's police dog, Elco, also got a few bites in, according to police Det. Tony Shimakonis, who said FUntoff was taken to Campbell County Memorial Hospital for treatment of two dog-bite wounds. He refused treatment, as did Don Lara, who suffered a small fracture In his Shimakonis said every officer on duty during that shift responded to the incident.

of pennies before Justice of the Peace Charles Anderson, who set bond for each at Clevenger and" Scott both posted 10 percent, or $100 each, and were released from the Campbell County Jail Friday evening. Hladky said they are believed to have cashed $230 of the pennies at a bank In Newcastle the same day the theft was discovered. None of the rest of the pennies, which Manglos had been collecting for 20 years, have been recovered, Hladky said. Men arrested for cocaine Rep. T.A.

Larson, D-Albany, said last week that he was certain such a procedure was not the intention of the Legislature when it approved an initiative procedure for Wyoming 14 years ago. He said the provision makes the adoption of Initiated measures considerably more difficult in off-year elections, but much easier in presidential flections. Larson said initiative proponents would be wise to put such measures on the ballot in presidential election years when the measure could fail to win a majority, but still have more than half the number of votes in the preceding election and thereby be adopted. Only 142,299 people voted in the 1978 off-year election, which means that an initiative measure on the 1980 ballot would have been adopted by receiving 71,150 "yes" votes, even if there were 109,877 "no" "That's an absurd situation," -Larson said. SECRETARY OF STATE Thyra Thomson said Thursday that all nine initiative drives attempted since the procedure became law have now failed to obtain enough signatures.

She suggested a week ago that the Legislature consider lowering the required number of signers from 15 percent of the vote in the past electron to 10 percent. ert Atteberg, 33, who gave a Cheyenne post office box as his address, and Ailen Woody, 19, of Fort Collins, Hawk said. Authorities investigating the case said it appeared the pair had been in Rock Springs for about two days allegedly selling the narcotics out of the motel room. The men were arrested Just as they were preparing to leave the room, Hawk said, following a "stake-out" of the problem. 'J1 Si 4p SUr-TrlbuneDav SUnnMo Insurance lobbyists against control Gillette woman dies in car accident CHEYENNE (AP) A 35-year-old Gillette woman was killed when Iher car collided head-on with "another car north of Gillette, authorities said, Jones was dead at the scene ol the head-on accident about 1 a.m.

Sunday, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The accident occurred on U.S. 14-10 Just north of Gillette when the driver of a northbound car crossed into Ms. Jones' -lane, the patrol said. The driver of the other vehicle was Identified as William Bergmann, 18, -also of Gillette.

fiew U.S. attorney sworn into office JCHEYENNE (UPI) An assistant Laramie County prosecutor was sworn in Monday as a new assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming. David Kern, 33, has worked in the Laramie County Attorney's office since 1975! He is a University of Wyoming law graduate and also worked with the Wyoming Attorney General's Office from 1973 to 1975. 'V'Kern replaces Jeffrey Fischer -who was killed In a light plane crash over Colorado In November.

ROCK SPRINGS Two out-of-town men were arrested over the weekend by police at a Rock Springs motel and charged with delivery of a controlled substance. Police Chief Russell Hawk said information from a "confidential informant" provided to a Green River detective was responsible for the arrests which netted two ounces of cocaine and $7,000 in cash. Arrested and charged were Rob mil CHEYENNE (AP) Wyoming Insurance Commissioner J.T. Langdon insurance company lobbyists are opposing an attempt to control health costs In Wyoming. Langdon said Friday that the Legislature's Joint Corporations Committee Is considering his suggestion to repeal a law prohibiting insurance companies from negotiating cost containment contracts with Wyoming hospitals.

"The lobbyists for the Health In- surers Association of America and the Wyoming Association of Life Bar brawl GILLETTE Eight officers and one police dog were involved In a bar fight early Sunday which eventually led to the arrests of four men. Gillette police report they were called to the Center Bar at 1:48 a.m. Sunday after a report that two men were yelling at each other. When it was all ever, two officers required medical attention, as did two of those arrested. Arrested were the two men who had been yelling at each other: leads to 4 men's arrests -rgSS'- it Robert Lara, 28, for breach of peace and Interfering with an officer, and Don Lara, 33, for the same offenses, as well as destruction of property, resisting arrest and assault and battery.

Don Lara allegedly kicked out a window of the police car in which he had been placed. Also arrested were Nicky FUntoff, 21, and Maynard Lavallie, 31, both for breach of peace and resisting arrest. Officer Charles Byers Injured his knee and officer Dave Adsit was Hladky. Hladky said it is believed the two men who allegedly took the pennies may have been after Manglos' silver coin collection, which he had only recently deposited in a bank. The sheriff's department Friday arrested Manglos' grandson Scott Clevenger, 21, and Jeff Dennis, 22, In connection with the theft.

Clevenger was arrested on a charge of burglary, and Dennis for allegedly receiving stolen goods. Both were arraigned late Friday Men arrested for theft Police seek man carrying fake gun RIVERTON (UPI) Authorities art seeking a would-be robber with a toy gun who failed to get any money from Ben's Supermarket and then his getaway in a tractor-trailer rig. The suspect entered the store Saturday wearing a mask and pulled the toy gun on a clerk. The clerk realized the gun was a toy and declined to give him any money. He then left In the truck.

-1-25 almost complete CASPER (UPI) When the Wyoming Highway Department removes the barricades on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Casper and Kaycee today, Tuesday, it will mark the of 1-25 In Wyoming. 'The highway had planned to open the Casper-Kaycee segment this summer, but good weather last autumn and overtime work by the contractors made poMible the early opening. Calm before the storm GILLETTE Between 50,000 and 70,000 pennies were stolen from a local residence last week, and although two men have been arrested In connection with the theft, only a portion of the pennies has been recovered. The $500 to 700 in pennies were taken last Thursday, along with the 10-galkm milk can In which they were stored, from the home of Frank Manglos according to Campbell County Sheriff Spike The Wyoming State Capitol is a relatively quiet place this! week, but that will change when the 20-day budget session: of the 46th Legislature gets underway next week Legislators head (or Cheyenne' this weekend, and the session will begin next Tuesday..