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18 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Friday, April 3, 1992 Wire npivs summary: Noreiga's drag case liimiedl over to jury in Hunan in less than two weeks. On March 21. two trains collided, killing black friends and beat on the door, Howe said. The woman became frightened and telephoned a nearby fraternity house for help. Russian politics MOSCOW (AP) President Boris N.

Yeltsin on Friday fired deputy premier Gennady Burbulis, the second most powerful official in the Russian government and the second top economic expert to be sacked this week. Burbulis became the third Cabinet member to lose some responsibilities this week. But since he will retain another powerful position, the reshuffling could simply be cosmetic. In fact, it appeared aimed at heading off a move to curb Yeltsin's powers at a key parliament session next week. Yeltsin indicated he has no plans to change the course of his free-market reforms, despite public anger over soaring prices.

His moves along with two Defense Ministry appointments and tough new talk about Russia's grip on the Black Sea Fleet were seen as efforts to appease his critics and shore up support among military-industrial leaders. The changes "were necessary to show that the government is capable of self improvement and to let off some steam," said Pavel Bunich, a Yeltsin economic adviser. at least 12 people. Campus riot OLIVET. Mich.

(AP) About 70 black and white students brawled at a small private college in what one student described as "a "racial war." At least two people were injured, authorities said today. Race apparently wasnt a factor in the original dispute, which began Thursday night as an argument between two people in an Olivet College dormitory', the Eaton County SherifTs Department said in a statement But it "developed along racial lines." the statement said. "It was just utter chaos here," Henry Henderson, a student, told WDIV-TV in Detroit by telephone. "We've had a long history of racial harmony on this campus, so this comes very much as a shock to us," college President Donald Morris said this morning. No arrests were made immediately.

City Police Chief Richard Howe said he would meet with the Eaton County Prosecutor's Office today to decide whether to seek charges. Howe said the problems began when a white student and her white boyfriend had an argument and' she locked herself inside her dormitory room. He stood outside with two Fnimrlniinn u-nrlf Rod Ham" ruiuiuuiiuii num. mondofElko, block mason for F. Scott Egbert Construction of Wells, operates a vibraplate compactor at the site oil change service station under on Idaho Street next to the Gold $175,000 project is scheduled to be June 1.

County to raise taxes, approves budget outline None of the above wins Alaska caucus Elko County Commissioners yesterday approved plans to raise county taxes and said no to most department requests for added personnel. The tax hike is part of the county's tentative 1992-93 budget approved yesterday. The raise is to help finance an increase in the county's operating budget and buy equipment. Assistant County Manager Linda Ritter said the hike will cost $20 per year for a home with a $100,000 assessed valuation. Most of the money will go for an increase in the general operating fund of the county budget, from about $10 million to $11.2 million.

Ritter also told commissioners the state would allow them to increase property taxes as much as $185,000 to make up for state allocations of sales tax. After being told $38,400 in equipment replacement could not be funded by the regular budget, commissioners agreed to ask only for a third of the $185,000. The tax rate is now scheduled to go up to 70.55 cents from 64.74 per $100 of assessed valuation, she explained. Commissioners told Ritter to add the increase for equipment, noting it could be taken out of the final budget Board members also rejected most proposals for additional personnel, including four Elko County SherifTs Department deputies, three jail control-room clerks, a civilian investigator, a planning director and assistant county manager, two juvenile probation officers and two of three deputy district attorneys. Also denied was a request for additional pay for the justices of the peace for weekend work as well as a 10 percent raise, but $4,000 was added to pay court clerks for weekend work.

Ritter has said the justices will receive a five percent hike to keep them in line with other county employees. Though the pay-hike request was submitted by the Elko Justice Court for all justices, one judge, Oliver Tremewan of Mountain City, stated he was not seeking the raise. Approved was half a salary for an animal-control officer a public health nurse ($38,000) and part-time help for the Wells Justice Court office among others. Also, health insurance is slated to go and a limit on terms. Among the president's proposals was a 12-year limit on all members of Congress two six-year terms for senators or six two-year terms for House members.

"Our founding fathers never considered elected government service to be a career," said Bush, who has made a career of government service for the past quarter of a century. "Many members of the House and Senate are now permanent Washing-tonians. We do not need a career Congress, we need a citizen Congress," Bush said, recalling years past when Congress did not meet year round. "I suggest that in the future, Congress and the administration work together to achieve a legislative schedule that allows members to spend more continuous time at home so they can truly stay in touch with the people," he said. The president sought to capitalize on the recent congressional scandals to press for a package of proposals.

"This is not about barber shops or perks or calligraphers or parking spaces," Bush said, alluding to not only congressional perks but recent attention to such White House trappings as the five in-house calligraphers. of a Minit-Lube construction Rush Inn. The completed by Bluish Masts Congress, proposes term limits MLAMI (AP) Manuel Noriega controlled his nation with an iron hand and turned it over to drug lords, prosecutors said today as they ended their case against Panama's deposed military leader. The 12 member jury must decide if Noriega sold his nation to Colombia's Medellin cocaine cartel, or if the case was a politically inspired vendetta against a military dictator, as the defense claims. "It has nothing to do with politics it has everything to do with Manuel Noriega's ability to facilitate drug trafficking for the Medellin cartel," lead prosecutor Michael Sullivan told the jury.

Sullivan also attacked defense attorney Frank Rubino's emphasis on reduced sentences, payments and other deals given a parade of convicted drug dealers who took the stand against Noriega. "No one is going through that spinning turnstile of justice you hear about in our community," he said. "The government isn't relieving prison overcrowding as Mr. Rubino says." After the prosecution summed up, U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler was to give instructions to the jurors and formally hand them the case.

The trial has stretched over six months of testimony from 78 witnesses and four days of final arguments. Ten drug and racketeering counts include descriptions of Noriega's alleged role in specific drug shipments into the United States and overall protection of the cartel's routes, laboratories, chemical shipments and money laundering. If convicted on all counts, he could be sentenced to a maximum 160 years in federal prison. Bus explosion HONG KONG (AP) An explosion aboard a bus in central China killed 55 people and seriously injured 11, a semi-official Chinese news agency reported Friday. In a dispatch from Changsha in Hunan province, the Hong Kong China News Agency quoted the Hunan Daily as saying the bus was earning about 80 people when it exploded Wednesday morning as it neared the town of Yiyang.

The agency said initial investigations showed that a "dangerous explosive substance" carried by a passenger caused the blast. It was the second serious accident Ross Perot FEC about WASHINGTON (AP) Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot today formally notified federal officials that he may become a candidate for president and designated a campaign committee for his possible White House bid. Perot told the Federal Election Commission he does not consider himself a candidate right now. "Depending upon the results of volunteer efforts to place my name on the ballot in 50 states, however, I may become a candidate for the presidency," he wTote.

Perot said he had been advised Weather Elko, Spring Creek and vicinity: Tonight, mostly clear, lows near 30. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and breezy, highs in the lower 70s. Tomorrow night, mostly clear, lows near 30. Sunday, partly cloudy with highs in the middle 60s. Elko's low tonight, 30; high tomorrow, 72; low tomorrow night, 30.

For northeastern Nevada: Tonight, mostly clear, lows in the upper 20s to middle 30s. Tomorrow through Sunday, partly cloudy, breezy at times, highs in the middle 60s to middle 70s, lows in the upper 20s to middle 30s. Battle Mountain's low tonight, 36; high tomorrow, 74; low tomorrow night, 36. Jackpot temperatures, 347134. Extended outlook for northeastern Nevada for Monday and Tuesday: Fair and a little cooler, highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, lows mostly in the 20s.

Weather at Elko for the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m.: HighLow (Precip) WILDHORSE 87" 22 ELKO 70 25 WINN 76731 RENO 77739" ELY 667 15 AUSTIN 68738 TONOPAH 707 34 SIC- 68' 43' BOISE: 777 42 FRISCO: 657 55" VEGAS 79" 50 Elko statistics Record High: "90; Low: IP. "31 Mo. Prp: 0 in. Water Year: 5.18 in. Tomorrow: Sunrise.

5:22: Sunset, 6:11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -Alaska Democrats displayed their traditional independence in this year's presidential caucuses, with a plurality of 36 percent uncommitted to any candidate. With 96 percent of the results reported from Thursday's caucuses, former California Gov. Jerry Brown finished second with 33 percent. Front-runner Bill Clinton was third with a 30 percent showing, although he had been endorsed by state party-leaders. Those percentages would give Brown five more delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

notifies campaign that he falls under the technical definition of a candidate now and needed to name a 1992 campaign committee to be in compliance with the FEC. He identified that committee as the Perot Petition Committee based in Dallas and listed his party affiliation as none or independent. Perot spokewsoman Sharon Hol-man in Dallas said the letter was filed only to meet FEC requirements and does not reflect a change in his plans. The FEC considers Perot a candidate, she said, "because of the volunteer efforts in the various states." So far, Perot is on the ballot only in Tennessee. The next deadline the effort faces is May 11 in Texas.

To get on the ballot, petitions must contain signatures of about 54,000 registered voters who did not participate in either the Republican or Democratic primaries on March 10. Between March 16 and April 1, more than 1.5 million people have called Perot's toll-free number seeking information, Holman said. up $92,000. The added district attorney will be split between the criminal and civil division, said Ritter, at a cost of $51,000 in salary and benefits. The county had $2.1 million in requests and only $594,925 to distribute.

Though county revenues are slated to increase by $1.1 million to $12.5 million, additional expenses, increased costs and capital projects will take up a portion of it, Ritter has stated. At the urging of Commissioner Dale Porter, commissioners noted they would not stand in the way of any department head going to voters to seek additional funding through an override of the maximum taxing power of the county. Porter said while the county is not up to the maximum, any request probably would end up pushing it passed the limit. Ritter later said the limit is 72.53 cents per $100 of valuation. The tentative budget will be sent to the state next week, and a public budget hearing is slated May 18.

The final budget must be filed with the state by June 1. "It is not about perks. It is about the governmental process and its potential to help or hinder the public good." Bush said that the federal government overall represents "a failed status quo even in the face of an unambiguous need for change." "The bank and post office scandals are the result of one-party control, one party's lack of supervision, lack of new blood and lack of change," he said. His congressional overhaul plan would, in addition to the term limit: Require Congress to abide by the same laws it imposes on others, such as conflict of interest and antidiscrimination statutes. A ban on special interest contributions from political action committees and new limits on other forms of campaign donations to congressional candidates.

A streamlined system for congressional operations and procedures. Bush suggested that Congress has too many committees and subcommittees. Two-year federal budgets instead of the current one-year spending cycle and line-item veto powers. Legislation that would reduce burdensome regulations. Nevada.

He remained with the bank at 605 Idaho St until he retired in 1986. Parker was a member of several civic organizations including Nevada Civic Club, Elko Masonic Lodge, Elko Chamber of Commerce and Northeastern Nevada Historical Society. He is survived by his wife, Florence, son, Dennis W. Parker, and daughter, Pamela P. Womack, and a granddaughter, all of Elko; and two brothers, James and Hubert, of Ft Worth, Texas.

A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ralph Bo-lin officiating. Burns Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Inurnment will be in Bums Memorial Garden.

The family suggests memorial donations might be made to the Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund in care of the church at 1559 Sewell Drive. Clinton three and five would be uncommitted. Veronica Slajer, a district organizer for the Alaska Democrats, said the results were true to form. "At the caucuses, we generally split," she said. "We're very independent.

We've never had a decisive winner." About 1,100 of Alaska's 53,000 registered Democrats participated, party officials said. A breakdown of the delegates elected to district conventions showed uncommitted with 1.059, Brown with 964 and Clinton with 884. Slajer said the breakdown does not correspond to the number of people who actually participated because there are more delegates allotted to the precinct than the number who show up. With the Alaska results, Clinton now has 1,021 national delegates and Brown has 164. Some 2.145 delegates are needed to clinch the Democratic nomination.

Alaska's vast distances, sparse population and difficult terrain give an unusual flavor to grass-roots politicking. In one Anchorage precinct, for instance, 18-year-old Allen Butler, a civics student from Service High School, showed up at a caucus as an extra-credit assignment only to find himself a caucus of one when no one else arrived. In rural northwest Alaska, one precinct in Kotzebue went 100 percent for Brown. Fourteen people attended. And in nearby Nome, on Alaska's west coast, 10 people showed up; all checked "uncommitted" rather than cast a vote for either Clinton or Brown.

Neither candidate made campaign appearances here, and party leaders said neither Brown nor Clinton had the appeal Jesse Jackson had for Alaskans four years ago. Jackson narrowly won the 1988 state caucuses with about 35 percent, to Michael Dukakis with 31 percent. Nearly 2.000 voters turned out. Blackstock. "I've still got the same goal I had when I ran in 1990 urgent care," Gustin said.

"It's a shame people have to go to the emergency room when they need to see a doctor." Lack of money and space has prevented the establishment of an urgent center at Elko General, she said, but it's a project she won't give up. "We just haven't had the money to do it," she said. Gustin served several years on Northern Nevada Community College's nursing advisory board and on Elko General's personnel advisory committee. Her daughter, Willa Dean, a registered nurse in Reno, attended NNCC. Her husband, Dean, and son, Gene, operate Gustin Corp.

in Elko. She praised the current board for its wide range of experience. "The board is good and diverse. I'm the only one on it from nursing." Gustin said she originally ran for the board because, "To me, Elko General is pretty special." Although she described her first year on the board as "hectic," she said it has taught her how the board works and how to get things done. "I do enjoy it and, since I'm retired, I do have the time to spend on it," she said.

Nurse seeks to keep hospital board seat PHILADELPHIA (AP) President Bush, in his election-year bid to cast himself as the Washington reformer, today criticized members of Congress as "defenders of the status quo" and proposed, shortening their sessions so they can spend more time in their home states. In a speech at the site of the nation's first legislature, Bush spelled out a six-point program he claimed would make Congress more responsive to 'voters, including a ban on special interest campaign donations Louis Penrod services set here April 1 1 Memorial sen-ices for Louis Allen Penrod. whd died Wednesday at age 61, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, April -ll. at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor John Randolph officiating.

Cremation will be at Sunset Crematory-He was born April 9, 1930, in Los Angeles, and moved to Nevada in 1940. He had lived in Goldfield, Tonopah. Mina and Hawthorne and had worked as a laborer for small mining operations. He served in the military from 1951-52, then moved to Elko, where he resided until his death. He enjoyed lawn work, hiking and'walking.

Survivors include his mother, Katherine D. Penrod of Marina, sisters, Penny Sheen and Mao-Borland and brothers Robert and Dwain Penrod of Elko; brother, Harold Penrod of Reno: sisters, Jessie Baker of Marina, Bernice Kacza-marek of Oxnard, and Nancy Shobar of Santa Maria, and 26 nieces and nephews. Dow Jones (AP) Closing Dow-Jones stock averages for Friday, April 3. Open Nigh Low Close Chg 30 Ind 3230.3 1271.91 3201.92 324S.11 14.99 20Trn 1362.67 1367.34 1339.69 1348.28 15 I'll 203.37 203.12 202.49 203.99 0.37 65 Stk 1153.91 1164.90 1141.67 1154.65 1.15 Indus 21.150,000 Tran 2,870,800 Utils 3,054,500 65 Stk 27,075,300 Big Board volume at 4 p.m. EST totaled 188.53 million shares, against 185.11 million last session.

Butch Parker, retired banker, dies at age 70 Lois (Justin has filed for reelection to seat 3D on the Elko General Hospital Board of Trustees. A nurse at Elko General from 1965 until she retired in 1989, Gustin was elected to the board in 1990 to complete the term of the late Page Lois Gustin Ty1 91 Alton B. "Butch" Parker, 70, an Elko resident since 1946, died yesterday after an apparent heart attack. Parker was born March 19, 1922, and was reared on a farm in Jewitt, Texas. He enlisted in the U.S.

Air Force at age 20, on Veterans' Day 1942, and was stationed at Wen-dover Air Base. His banking career spanned 40 years, beginning when he joined Nevada Bank of Commerce in 1946 at Elko. While he was with the bank, now Security Pacific, it opened branches in Carlin, Battle Mountain and Winnemucca, his family reports. He remained with Nevada Bank of Commerce until 1969, when he and bank manager Charlie Ballew opened an Elko branch of Security Bank of Nevada, now Valley Bank of 'erT ORIGINAL DEFC i.