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RWANDA MASSACRE C0NFIRMEDA3 STRAY SH0WERA2 tm-Wtlb nut School's out Sheridan housing proposal panned By MICHAEL RILEY Northern Wyoming bureau Marathon boycotts Cody parade Cites anti-oil movie by parade marshal Seagal From staff and wire reports CODY Oil and action movie star Steven Seagal don't mix, according to some Wyoming oil industry officials. Officials with Marathon Oil said they will boycott this week end's annual Cody Stampede Parade, which this yer features Seagal as its grand marshal, because of what they called the anti-oil theme of Seagal's film "On Deadly Ground." The boycott means Marathon will not enter a float in the parade, a parade official said. The company does not support the parade financially, he said. The company said in a prepared statement, "We will not associate ourselves with someone who capitalizes on his livelihood to spread blatant falsehoods about ours." In "On Deadly Ground," Seagal plays a character battling an oil executive who wants to cheat American Indians out of oil reserves. Parade Committee President Please see BOYCOTT, AIO a If If" SHERIDAN The Sheridan County Planning Commission postponed consideration Wednesday of a proposal for a 700-home subdivision along the Big Horn Mountains that critics fear may spell the beginning of the end of the area's open spaces and rural character.

The commission decided at it's regular meeting to table a zoning variance request for the dense, upscale development south of Sheridan and ask the project's developers to pursue a more strict planning process known as a 'planned unit Board members said they were concerned the project which includes an 18-hole golf course might overtax a proposed expansion of the Sheridan municipal water system and said they wanted input on the project from a local planning advisory committee. But the proposal drew harsher criticism from local residents, who viewed it as a harbinger of everything from crime to increased pollution to higher tax rates. Many said they settled in the Please see SHERIDAN, AIO T3t ft To. -1 Rick Sorensoa'Star-Tribune Crest Hill students erupt in celebration after counting down the last 10 seconds of the 1993-94 school year. Elementary schools throughout the Natrona County district ended the school year Wednesday.

Lehman named to Wyo Supreme Court go From staff and wire reports CHEYENNE Oov. Mike Sullivan on Wednesday appointed a state district judge from Rawlins to the Wyoming Supreme Court to replace a justice who will retire in July. Larry L. Lehman, one of three be a quality dition to the Supreme Court," Sullivan said. The ap-p i marked the third time Sullivan has appointed a new Supreme Court justice.

Lehman, who received his law position until his appointment to state district court. After he received his law degree in 1976, Lehman served as a court specialist on the Governor's Planning Commission on Criminal Admin 7 helieve in people. 1 believe everyone does their best based upon their experience. I believe there are at least two sides to every story. 2nd District Court Judge Larry Lehman Prison census nears million U.S.

jails at world's highest rate By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN Associated Press writer WASHINGTON The number of state and federal prison inmates climbed to a record 948,88 1 last year almost triple the 1980 figure and Congress is poised to stiffen penalties for dozens of crimes. In a report Wednesday on inmate populations at the end of 1993, the Justice Department said the incarceration rate for prisoners sentenced to more than a year also set a record 35 1 per 100,000 residents. For several years, the United States has been locking up a larger portion of its people than any other nation. In 1992, 455 out of every 100,000 Americans were in prison or jail; South Africa under its old government was next, at 3 1 1 per 1 00,000.

Please see PRISONS, A10 nor by the state's Judicial Nominating Commission, will succeed Justice G. Joseph Cardine, who reaches mandatory retirement age on July 6, according to a release from Sullivan's office. Lehman, 48. has served as a judge in the 2nd Judicial District, which covers Albany and Carbon counties, since he was appointed to the post by Sullivan in 1988. He has served as a substitute justice on the Supreme Court on several cases, the release said.

"Larry Lehman has been an excellent trial judge, both in the district court and at the county level in Evanston, and I believe he will istration. In 1977, he joined the Evanston law firm of Vehar, Lehman, Beppler Jacobson. In his expression of interest for Please see LEHMAN, AIO degree from the University of Wyoming in 1976, served as Uinta County attorney from 1979-83 and was appointed Uinta County judge in 1985. He served in that West Bank unrest Dispute surfaces regarding Sandstone water ownership Little Snake River ranchers, state officials at odds Wyo bowlers win U.S. titles SECTION ZD trict, maintained the district should receive mitigation "in perpetuity" from the Sandstone project for agricultural and municipal use.

Grieve said the Legislature made a commitment two decades ago to the citizens of his area that the district would receive mitigation for the Cheyenne Stage I and II water projects, and the mitigation "ought to be there for as long as the reservoir exists." Purcell however said he believes that under the plan written into law by the Legislature, 20 years after Sandstone By KERRY DRAKE Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE Carbon County ranchers told the Wyoming Water Development Commission Wednesday they should own and control water to be impounded by the pro- Eosed $30 million Sandstone lam. But WWDC director Mike Purcell said the state "deserves to have the final say" on the question of water ownership. Tom Grieve, a board member of the Savery-Little Snake River Water Conserv ancy Dis starts operation, the state will have the right to sell any unused water that had been set aside for mitigation. Some lawmakers may have supported permanent mitigation in the early 1970s, Purcell said, but the "final agreement" on Sandstone was not reached until the Legislature acted in 1983. Purcell said he decided to bring the mitigation issue to the WWDC because he has had numerous discussions with the conservancy district and they have not been able to re-Please see SANDSTONE, AIO Border To Border B3 Calendar A2 Casper Area CI -2 Classified C4-I0 Comics B4 CosSword C7 Landers, Walker A5 Letters A9 Markets A6 Movies A5 Obituaries B2 Opinion A8 Sports DI-4 Bt Rostenkowsld may be close to firing his defense team nid Grouch fl-fl Maybe Maratho tkiaki art Imitates life.

After their conversations, the people following the case said, both men agreed that Rostenkowski would decide whether to hire new lawyers before he is formally charged in an arraignment proceeding before Judge Norma H. Johnson of U.S. District Court. Later Wednesday, the defense team sought and obtained a postponement of the arraignment to June 1 0 from June 6. Some people described Wednesday's discussions as amicable, but they said it as evident that a serious strain had disrupted the once-close relationship between Rostenkowski and his lawyer.

The differences emerged after Bennett urged his client to accept a proposed plea agreement that he had negotiated with federal prosecutors; Rostenkow ski refused. The tentative agreement would have By DAVID JOHNSTON New York Times riter WASHINGTON One day after his indictment on 17 criminal charges. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, was close to ending his relationship with Robert S. Bennett, the prominent white-collar defense lawyer ho has represented him for the last 10 months, people following the case said Wednesday.

They said that Rostenkow ski and Bennett, in several telephone conversations with each other Wednesday, expressed serious reservations about continuing their relationship. Rostenkowski said he was unsure of Bennett's resolve to fight the criminal charges, these people said, and Bennett expressed uncertainty whether Rostenkowski would grant him control over trial strategy ami sought an assurance that his fee would be paid. A tyriwvyAF WW! Palestinian youths run from tcargas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes in A I -Ram, Occupied West Bank, Tuesday. Fiehtmg erupted after two Palestinians wtrc killed by Israeli police Tuesday. Story, A3.

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