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Cowgirls open f-' WAC 1 volleyball tournament Inside: nC A YELTSIN, ILL AGAIN. MEETS WHTH DHIICSEfRESIDENT A3 RANCH HAND FOUND DEAD IN DANIEL Bl ill WYOMING'S STATEWIDE NEWSPAPER FOUNDED IN 1891 MODEST JOB MARKET IN 1999 B4 1 1 JLO UULJBC Harlow attorney wants retina Oil glut 'devastates' producers in Rockies Jury selection was 'completely inadequate' Asked what she knew about the case, one juror claimed to know 'very little and no details of what actually happened. But when pressed to think about exactly what she knew, she said there 'were three three people involved in this 'We have seen a real hit We've seen third- and fourth-generation oilmen having to get out of the MARC SMITH. INDFPFUDtAT PFTROI.fl ASSOCIATION OFMOI -NTAIN STA IT.S By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwest Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS -A jury was unfairly and inadequately impaneled last month in the death-penalty trial in Thermopolis of prison-guard killer James Harlow, according to Harlow's public defender, who Is seeking a retrial. In 5th District Court last week, Senior Assistant Public Defender Keith Goody filed a motion for a new trial for Harlow, who was sentenced to death Nov.

4 by a jury of 10 women and two men. Goody charges that the selection process in the Harlow Gulf exercises case called voir dire, prospective jurors are questioned Individually to ferret out possible biases was "completely inadequate," rendering the entire month-long trail "a meaningless exercise in futility." Harlow, 29, received the death penalty for the June 26, 1997, murder of Wyoming State Penitentiary correctional officer Cpl. Wayne Martinez during an aborted escape attempt. Richard Dowdell was sentenced to life in prison by a Torrington jury last month for his participation in the killing. A third defendant, Bryan Collins, is set to stand trial in Laramie in January.

continue By SANDY SHORE Associated Press DENVER As world leaders cross swords over oil supplies and consumers gleefully buy cheap gas, independent producers in the Rocky Mountains are struggling. Companies are laying off workers, selling property and eliminating unnecessary expenses. Many believe the situation mirrors a 1980s oil bust that battered the region. "The impact has been devastating," said Kevin Kauff-man, who owns KP Kauffman which has been in the business in Denver for 15 years. "I would say the oil and gas industry is nearing a depression level.

We have not seen prices like this for over a decade. I'm seeing a massive curtailment of activity. It's probably down 60 to "A fair and impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment obviously is one of the most fundamental rights a defendant can have," Goody said Monday, "If the method used is not designed to select a fair and impartial jury, another jury ought to be selected." Please aee HARLOW, A 10 '111 Dow sets record Goody based his motion on the decision by 2nd District Judge Kenneth Stebner early In the jury-questioning process to assume control of the process himself, rather than to allow the attorneys to explore the jurors' prior knowledge of the case -and possible opinions they brought with them. 4 uglify President Clinton. "Everything that's happened to me in recent years has been about Bill Clinton," McDougal exulted after the jury acquitted her on all nine counts, including forgery and failure to pay state income taxes.

The jury deliberated for parts of four days. Please see McDOUGAL, A 10 frit mJUJ 70 percent." Craig Creel, who owns Rio Chama Petroleum in Santa Fe, N.M., has put off some maintenance programs and delayed replacing an employee to save money. He also has noticed several companies are selling properties to ease debt. Please see OIL, A 10 A new record Th Dew Jones industrial average compfsiad if rcovwy from rts fert-wrn9f tncf ttS sMnp, sefBry nw dostng Ngfr for first firm Juty 17 A look Mftm Dow tne Jiy 1 Soutm AP tmmoti floor leader, and April Brimmer Kunz of Cheyenne, Senate vice president. Bebout was elected over challenger Tipton.

Twiford outpolled Carroll Miller of Shell. Officials of the Republican State Central Committee counted the ballots and agreed not to reveal the number cast for each candidate, Twiford said Monday. Bebout said Monday he intends to continue to work and strengthen the Legislature as the Please see GOP, AH) jL t.m 1.400 1200 im 1600 im. 7.460 WILLIAM R. CROSBY AP U.S.

Navy SEALS fast rope to the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during an exercise Saturday In the Persian Guif. A U.N. envoy returned to Baghdad on Monday as Iraq unleashed a new volley of criticism at the chief U.N. weapons inspector and his demand for more arms-related documents. By GRETCHEN MORGENSON The New York Times NEW YORK Glee shoved gloom aside Monday in the nation's stock markets as the main gauges surpassed their summer peaks and reached new highs.

Investors who had clung to stocks by their fingernails through the dark days of early fall now have outsized gains for the year, even by standards set in this bull market's last few years. The Dow Jones Industrial average is up 18.54 percent for the year, while the Standard Poor's 500-stock index has risen 22.44 percent. The technology-heavy Nasdaq has beaten them all, up 25.92 percent for the year. Still, the recent rally has not lifted all boats. Small stocks, while back from the depths, are still underperforming their larger brethren.

The Russell 2000 Index of smaller-company Issues Please see MARKET, A5 more formality in the proceedings, including dress and manners. Other House leaders elected during the Republican caucuses on Saturday in Casper were Harry Tipton of Lander as speaker pro tempore, and Rick Tempest of Casper as majority floor leader. Randall Luthl of Freedom was elected House majority whip. Other Senate officers elected in secret ballots included Hank Coe of Cody, Senate majority GOP leaders push manners Leadership elected in weekend caucus Susan McDougal acquitted on all counts Clarification: Newton heads District No. 2 Eric Newton is the superintendent of the Sweetwater County School District No.

2. A story on this page on Sunday did not identify which district Newton works for. By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. -Whitewater figure Susan McDougal was acquitted Monday of embezzling from conductor Zubin Mehta and his wife a case she said was trumped up to pressure her to testify against By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE An emphasis on tradition and decorum are the priorities of Jim Twiford of Douglas and Eli Bebout of Riverton, who this past weekend were elected as state Senate president and House speaker, respectively. "1 would like to see the Legislature In general regain its traditional stature," Twiford said.

He said he told the Senate Republicans this will mean a little Tropical furball scurries out of dinosaurs' shadow 140-miIlion-year-old 'Brent's Hero1 named alter UW prof The grouch Now I 'II never he a GOP leader. Index CALENDAR A2 CASPER AREA B4 CLASSIFIED C410 COMICS D4 CROSSWORD C8 LANDERS, BROMPTON C3 LETTERS A9 MARKETS A6 MOVIES C3 OBITUARIES B3 OPINION A8 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CI 2.C4 SPORTS D13 WEATHEH A2 WYOMING Bl XI The discovery will help to prove that while the dinosaurs were descending into extinction, 'our own distant relatives, the mammal species, were doing DR. BOB BAKKF.R. PALEONTOLOGIST Hi By JASON MARSDEN Star-Tribune stall writer CASPER Amid the thundering footfalls of T. Rex and Brontosaurus in ancient tn-Ical Wyoming, a small and all-but-forgotten mammal picked and scuttled its way through swamp and forest toward a distant rendezvous with 20th century science.

One hundred forty million years later, Brent Breithaupt, director of the University of Wyoming's Geological Museum, would become namesake to the creature his colleagues say was every bit as awe-inspiring for its hero-Ism as the enormous reptiles with which it shared the ably an herbivore which would have been a hearty meal to a small dinosaur carnivore, or perhaps a small snack to a behemoth like T. Rex, When not eating or being eaten, brentbataar occupied a biological niche with countless small species which are usually overshadowed by the museum-ready dinosaurs who towered over them. The species name "brentbaatar" comes from Breithaupt's name and the Please see DINOSAUR. A 10 prehistoric world. Ctenacodon brentbaatar, no bigger than a squirrel, joined the pantheon of ancestral mammals at a recent dinosaur conference in Fruita, where renowned paleontologist Robert Bakker revealed his discovery.

Bakker followed a 20-year-old tradition of naming the fossilized creature after a colleague who has helped unearth the story of evolution. Breithaupt said the species was prob CourtmyROBERT BAKKER A tiny plant-eating mammal called Ctenacodon brentbataar probably looked like the creature shown scurrying on a branch. It was named In honor of Brent Breithaupt, director of the University of Wyoming Geological Museum. Mil lull 1 II i Wyoming's statewide newspaper. Subscribe today: i (800) 442-6916 or 266-0550..