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F2 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Sunday, August 14, 1 CANDIDATES FOR U.S. CONGRESS U.5. HOUSE OF 7 u.o. mim Five candidates are running in the Republican primary.

there are nuclear missiles across the road from his ranch and in Cheyenne at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. The speaker has said he "had no choice" but to approve the one penny increase to the state's sales tax in 1992, because it was the on- Democrat Mike Sullivan and Republican Craig Thomas are running unopposed in the primary. u.o. imtm of EiiFiiESErimnvES Two candidates are running state's lone House member to serve six years out of any 12-year period, If elected, Cubin said she would build coalitions with conservative lawmakers to counter what she called President Clinton's "War on the West." "There is no doubt in my mind that the Clinton administratidn does not have an understanding of the West," Cubin said.

The administration, Cubin said, has attempted to seize Wyoming water and Wants to eliminate multiple use of federal lands. In June, Cubin sent a petition with 700 signatures to Washington challenging the Clinton administration's attempts to control water in federal wilderness areas. Cubin said the administration has overturned a policy promulgated by the Reagan administration that prohibits federal claims to water in wilderness areas without the expressed consent of Congress. The action threatens the economies of Wyoming and other Western states, Cubin said. She credited the Clinton administration with bringing health care to the attention of the American people, but she said the president's plan "is the biggest piece of bureaucracy that was ever dreamed up in his mind." Asked if grazing fees on federal lands should be raised, Cubin said "people in Wyoming are going to be willing to give their share," but that it is "unconscionable to think of raising revenues, raising taxes, when they handle the money they have in a totally irresponsible way." Cubin said it was too early to say which federal program she would cut that specifically affects Wyoming.

Cubin also added that she is anti-abortion, saying abortion should not be seen as a method of birth control. She said she unequivocally opposes nuclear wste storage in Wyoming. Magagna and Wallace profiles, Doug Chamberlain Party: Republican Occupation: Farmer, rancher, real estate broker, trucker Length of residency: Lifelong Education: B.A., education, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas Prior elective office: Wyoming House of Representatives since 1976, currently serves as speaker Doug Chamberlain said he believes one of his chief assets as Wyoming's congressman would be his state legislative experience. On the issue of health care, Chamberlain, who co-chaired a task force that has been examining health care reform in Wyoming, said he is against employer mandates. But he said health care "needs relief from bureaucratic red tape, the elimination of over-utilization and duplication, and the ability to simplify administrative procedures and competition." Chamberlain also addressed rangeland reform proposed by the Clinton administration.

He said there is a "War on the West," but it did not begin just 12 months ago. "In my opinion, it has been an insidious effort for years with gradual inroads being made so the all-out assault could be launched once the proper political administration was sworn in," he said. Chamberlain described himself as "the offspring of a dirt-farming and cattle-ranching family who never went hungry but never had many of the finer things in life." Chamberlain has said he supports further examination of the proposed building of a private nuclear waste site near Shoshoni to store spent radioactive fuel rods. Chamberlain, who was one of several legislators who were flown out last year by the proposal's backers to look at a nuclear fuel storage facility in Delaware, said ly way to fund the expenditures the Legislature wanted. He predicted there will be another budget shortfall when the Legislature meets again in 1993.

Chamberlain said he does not support abortion rights because his constituents in Qoshen County support abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when the health of the mother is in jeopardy. Chamberlain noted that he co-sponsored the state's parental consent law for minors seeking abortions. Chamberlain is a Vietnam veteran. He served as a captain in marine corps, decorated with two bronze stars in combat. Barbara Cubin Age: 47 Party: Republican Occupation: Medical office manager and housewife; has worked as a substitute teacher and a social worker Length of residency: Lifelong Education: B.S.

chemistry, Creighton University, in Omaha Prior elective office: Wyoming House of Representatives 1986-92; state Senate 1992-prcsent Barbara Cubin says her campaign for Congress is about states' rights, individual rights and the federal government's "intrusion into our daily lives." Cubin said her background in the Legislature gives her the best qualifications of the other Republican candidates for Congress and will enable her to "hit the ground running." That's important, she said, because Wyoming's term-limit law will only allow the Dale Bulman Age: 47 Party: Republican; switched from Democratic Party after 1992 election Occupation: Oil field worker Length of residency: 45 years Education: A.S., engineering, Casper College Prior elective office: None Dale Bulman says he would try to cut entire government agencies if elected to the U.S. House, including the Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, the Veterans Administration and the Census Bureau. States can run their own highways; the government should not be involved in housing; veterans hospitals compete with the private sector; and the Census Bureau does work never intended for it, Bulman said. I The federal government would still pay veterans' benefits, though, he said. Veterans woUld get better care in their local hospitals, Bulman explained.

i Counties could conduct the census required by the U.S. Constitution, he said. Bulman, who said he plans, to spend no more than 1 ,000 for his campaign, also concedes he has no chance of winning the Aug. 16 Republican primary but says is running to try and "wake up some voters." Bulman ran as a Democrat in 1990 for the U.S. Senate and for the state House in 1992.

Bulman also says: Minority preferences in government contracts should be ended. The Americans with Disabilities Act is being misused to give special treatment to people who are not really handicapped. Fraud is responsible for IS percent of the federal budget. "If were to spend money on anything, it would be looking for fraud." Bulman described himself as a conservative who feels that federal government regulations are a major and unnecessary cost of doing business. He said he is disappointed with both parties' health care and welfare reform efforts.

Instead of reimbursing hospitals when the poor go to the emergency room, the federal government should assure that those peo- Ete go to doctors at clinics instead, said. That would save the government money, Bulman said. The federal government should continue to pay for welfare, Bulman said, but should remove all the mandates and allow the states to do whatever they see fit in the management of welfare. That would result in more efficient delivery of services and lower administrative costs, he said. Bulman said he opposes foreign aid, preferring to see U.S.

tax dollars remain in the country. And he said he disagrees with the frequent Republican assertion that the Clinton administration is waging a "War on the West," remarking "we all know there will be reforms" on grazing fees. He said he would prefer to see some sort of means test applied to grazing fees, so that the wealthier operations would pay higher fees. EXTRA CASH In your pocket. Guaranteed Results or your money back.

Classified Dopt. 266-0555 Vote August 16 in the Democratic primary. Bob Schuster Age: 48 Party: Democrat Occupation: Lawyer Length of residency: Lifelong Education: Master of Law, Harvard University Law School; law degree, University of Wyoming; B.A. Yale University Prior elective office: None Bob Schuster, founder of the Wyoming Public Policy Forum, says as the U.S. congressman from Wyoming he would "bring down the rhetoric and bring people together." Schuster would not explicitly say if there is a "War on the West as asserted by four of the five Republicans running for the House, saying the real issue is that the government "is not working for people." Asked his views on federal lands grazing fees and proposed rangeland reforms, Schuster said he believes it's "important to preserve our Western way of life," while recognizing that an increase in grazing fees is "inevitable." But, he added, "Any increase must come in consultation with those who earn their living oh the public lands, and policy making should involve people working together, truly together, rather than having decisions imposed from Washington before hearing from the people in Wyoming." He added that it is "not helpful to have people going around the state and trying to divide ranchers from environmentalists I want to come up with areas of common to develop Wyoming so-utions to Wyoming problems, and that gets done best when we leave the angry rhetoric behind." He said he is "not a professional politician and I have no intention of becoming one," and supports term limits for all members of Congress, a balanced budget amendment and a presidential line-item veto.

The candidate says he believes a balance can be struck between the environment and the agriculture and minerals industries, and that oil and gas drilling in the Bridger-Teton National Forest should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Schuster said he is committed to the concept of multiple use of public lands, but some lands are pristine enough that they should receive protection. He said he would have voted for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, which encourages the development of national student performance standards. Schuster said he is very concerned about crime, but that he would have voted against the gun-control Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban. Besides being a partner in the Jackson law firm of Spence, Mo-riarty and Schuster, Schuster directs Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming, a public interest law firm, and serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences.

He formerly served as a Natrona County deputy district attorney and a trustee of the University of Wyoming. Jon Herschler Age: SO Party: Democrat Occupation: Eve surgeon Length of residency: Seven years Education: M.D., University of Colorado Medical School; A.B., Dartmouth College Prior elective office: None Jon Herschler said health care reform Is one of his top concerns, but so are deficit reduction and welfare reform. Herschler said he has "significant expertise in health care" but added, "just because I'm 1 physician doesn't mean I don't have ideas about other things." He said he "really disagrees" with President Clinton's health care plan, because it "over-promises" on benefits and "terribly underestimates costs." Employer Financing, he added, Is "a terrible idea." Instead, he proposes that everyone pay a health care premi: urn to the state, either individually or by the person's employer. Each state would contract with a private insurance company to administer alt the bills, so that there would be one paying source, he said. "The health Package offered should be a baste package to assure security," he said, "but not to promise heart transplants and very expensive and exotic procedures.

For that, people ought to be able to purchase private insurance." But he said he favors federal funding for abortion services. Herschler says deficit reduction is critical to the United States, and supports a means test for Medicare and Social Security. "If you earn $100,000 (a year), you at least should be paying the full cost of your health care coverage. Every senior on Medicare has at least a 75 percent subsidy by the taxpayers of this country." Grazing fees, Herschler said, should be "put on the table to be looked at in terms of budget deficit reform," but that in order, to re- duce the deficit the federal gov-. erament must "look at all the oth-5er subsidies that are given away to tobacco growers, wheat, soy-" bean All these things add up to part of the whole problem." Herschler endorses a time lim-1 it on receiving welfare benefits.

Herschler also said that the Endangered Species Act should be reauthorized. The U.S. should not be the world's policeman, he said, but he supports multilateral military in-, tervention in Haiti and supports air strikes in Bosnia. Herschler lost by a landslide to congressional incumbent Craig Thomas in the 1992 general election. Herschler is Wyoming coordi-J nator for the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group seeking federal deficit reduction.

Vote Tuesday August 16 Kathy Karpan For Governor What they say about Kathy Karpan: Casper's Shirley Russell says "Kathy Karpan is known for efficiency and hard IV I lit I i I V' 1 it rf- I Ifr toJi "Kathy knows what's right and she sticks to her guns and she tells it like it is," says Joe Lyman from Sheridan. Cisco Valdez from Douglas says "Kathy will put the hard-working people of Wyoming first because she is one of us." Janeen Anson from Uinta County says "Whenever I needed to cut through the red tape to help small businesses in my area I called Kathy Karpan." "Kathy will work long and hard to make sure our kids' education is second to none," says Sandra Mehle-Hanson of Rawlins. "Leadership and decisiveness especially on state land sales," that's what )ason Roberts of Cheyenne says about Kathy Karpan. mi vr CELESTE COLGAN Superintendent of Public Instruction SOUDCDNMCTIONS Loc Control 4 CELESTE COLGAN "Kathy Karpan will stand up to the federal government on range reforms," says Fred Radosevkh from Jtock Springs. But maybe Vkki Walton of Kemmerer says it best "You can flat-out count on Kathy Karpan." Paid (or by ICarpan for Wyoming High Standards EXTaiLVCEO Federal Manager Small Business Ctasroom ENERGETIC SENSIBLE PERSEVERINQ.