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A10 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Thursday, August 19, 1999 JasSiXV 02 Wire news summary: Russia Mt snag romtiiig rebels BOTLIKH, Russia (AP) Days of air attacks have not dislodged Islamic militants from six captured villages in the Caucasus Mountains, Russian officials admitted today while still insisting that the rebels were on the run and would be routed soon. Up until now, Russia has been predicting the imminent defeat of the rebels, who took over several villages in the southern republic of Dagestan on Aug. 7 in their quest to create an independent Islamic state. But despite almost constant hammering by Russian jets, artillery and helicopters, the rebels have yielded little ground. The rebels moved in from nearby Chechnya, which has been effectively independent since Russian forces pulled out in 1996 following a costly two-year war.

The conflict in Dagestan is the worst inside Russia since the Chechnya war ended. Russia continued its bombing runs today, again pounding the village of Tando, where government troops took heavy casualties in a failed ground raid Wednesday. Eighteen Russian troops died and at least 20 were injured yesterday, most in the offensive on the mountaintop village, Russian officials said. Tando had been reduced to rubble by earlier air raids, and the rebels' grip on it was believed to have been seriously weakened before the failed Russian raid. Yugoslavia protests BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) About 150,000 protesters chanting "resignations" and "Slobo go rallied today for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's ouster in one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the capital in years.

"Serbia is in jail," former deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic told the crowd in a surprise appearance at the rally. "We are in jail because (Yugoslavia) is led by those who are totally isolated by the world." Record UNR class RENO (AP) Students are starting to arrive at the University of Nevada, Reno, to prepare for Monday's opening of the school year. By the time they're all on hand, the school is expected to have a record enrollment The anticipated 12,500 students would be a 1 percent gain and the largest in history. The freshman class is expected to grow by 16 percent, with most of the gains from Washoe County, according to Melisa Choroszy, assistant vice president for enrollment services. And students are staying longer, taking an average six years to graduate.

'They tend not to be in a big hurry but want a broad university experience," Choroszy said. Railroad trench RENO (AP) The head of the Washoe County Commission says the city of Reno could go broke if it goes ahead with plans to lower the railroad tracks through the downtown area. Commission Chairman Jim Galloway said that along with the huge financial risk, there's an environmental threat as well. "The homework wasn't really done here, folks," he said at a Republican Men's Club luncheon yesterday. "The impacts have not been disclosed to the public." Galloway accused city officials of ignoring alternatives and failing to disclose project costs.

"The project could not be done for $192 million," he said, adding other estimates are as high as $400 million. Reno Councilman Tom Herndon said it's Galloway who's short (Mart WaitcFn frost Rex Clark (right at top) and Roy Bumgarner, both of Chico, talk next to car No. 242, a modified roadster, while in the background, car No. 1308, the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and car No. 3535, a 1967 Triumph Spitfire, also wait near the starting line.

In photo at right, Crew Chief Bob Kubinski (left), driver Pat Rummerfeld, crew member Gus Fowlie and consultant Luke Snow work on the electric White Lightning in the pit area. New salt ByMarkWaite A salt replenishment project on the Bonneville Salt Flats has helped build up racing, course, yew's Speed Week, officials said, but racers said a rainstorm Aug. 10 left the course a little rough. Despite the conditions, speed records have been set this year. The fastest time overall, with one day remaining during Speed Week, was set by Rick Vesco of Brigham City, Utah, in a wheel-driven, turbine-powered streamliner at 417.529 mph.

For records to be official, drivers have to complete two runs. The qualifying run is performed one day; the record can be set the next morning. As the replenishment project continues, drivers will be able to make consecutive runs down and back, setting the record right away, said Greg Carlson, media liaison for the Southern California Timing Association. adds grit to Speed Week on.his facts, i. I.IIIMfMM HHIt'i 'Jllltll Transvestites on parade CARSON CITY (AP) Transvestites prancing about in nun outfits is just too much for Nevada Gov.

Kenny Guinn. He won't sign a proclamation for a gay pride event in Reno because the habit-wearing drag queens calling themselves the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are participating. Guinn spokesman Jack Finn said yesterday that the GOP governor also balked because organizers of the event, scheduled this weekend, announced he had signed the proclamation before he had finished reviewing it. Finn said Guinn was "nervous to begin with" because of the proclamation faux pas "and then we got calls about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who have been known to put on performances that could be construed as very disrespectful of religious organizations." The official record for an electric car is 213 mph. If the salt flats were smoother thiyearrhe said, White Lightning could have exceeded "This is the roughest weVe ever seen," Rummerfeld said.

Dempsey's World Record Associates, sponsors of White Lightning, hope also to set records for electric dragster, electric motorcycle, electric boat and distance on a single battery charge. In the pit area testing the batteries was consultant David Swan of Aerovironment a company that designed and built the prototype that resulted in the EV1, the first commercially produced electric car. The company is also building electric cars, buses and trucks, Swan said. White Lightning is powered by two electric motors with controllers and a complex 420-volt battery pack. The two 150-kilowatt motors provide the equivalent of 400 horsepower.

Speed Week ends tomorrow. However, racer Dennis Manning plans to put on an event early next month to try to set records for motorcycles, Carlson said. The SCTA World Finals will be held from Oct 20-23, which will be the last opportunity this year to set speed records on the salt flats. ing. It's due to terminate in two years, but we're trying to make it run 10 years," Carlson said.

"We've noticed the difference" "It's getting bigger and better all the time, but we figured it'll take 10 years total to bring it back where it should be." Carlson said about 270 drivers were registered for Speed Week. "There are more streamliners this year than there have been in the past years because the salt is so much better. The salt this year is crystallizing, which we havent seen in many years," Carlson said. While the sight of sleek streamliners is not unusual on the salt flats, pit crews working on the electric streamliner White Lightning Tuesday afternoon had the inverter, which transforms direct current to alternating current, removed after blowing a fuse on a car powered by 6,120 regular class batteries. They are housed in 20 packs, each holding 306 batteries.

"We hold the unofficial record of 237 mph. It's billed as the world's fastest and most powerful electric car," said driver Pat Rummerfeld of St Louis, Mo. White Lightning turned in a time of 233 mph this year, Rummerfeld said. National weather The AccuWeather forecast for noon, Friday, Aug. 20.

I I I 1 The rainstorm changed those plans this year. running -them -the same Despite equipment troubles last year, 823,000 tons of salt were pumped onto the salt flats. This year, another 1.96 million tons of salt were deposited, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reported. Reilly Industries, a company that has pumped potassium chloride from the salt flats for its potash plant in Wendover, Utah, has sponsored the replenishment project The continuous salt extraction limited racing to a narrower course and shallower depth of salt every year.

"It was a little bumpy. We had two weeks of dragging invested in this and then we had a rainstorm and we had to start all over again," Carlson said. The race organizers managed to smooth out some bumps, he said. "Our Save The Salt project is work- The union contract expires Sept. 30, according to Louis Schack, Newmont employee communications representative.

Only the Carlin mines have a union. The mines Newmont acquired from Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp. aren't unionized. "We're hoping it goes smoothly. We want to take a good look at everything, and we're looking for ways to be more efficient," Schack said.

Regarding the mill, Hock said Newmont has no firm date for closure, but it will be in the last three months of this year. The tailings dam there is near capacity, he said. The new closure may involve some layoffs, but Hock said he didn't believe there will be many. The company will try to find other work for those assigned to Mill No. 4.

The same mill was closed last year for a time after layoffs at Newmont's Nevada operations. Newmont to close mill soon; starts union talks 10 OS 1020 30 4050a60e70eSOeOa 100 110 Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. i Jerry Hassett funeral services here Monday 3 EHI High low Shower Ram T-ttorm FturriM NATIONAL SUMMARY: Much-needed rain will fail across the mid-Atlantic tomorrow, while thunderstorms rumble through the Southeast, hi contrast, high pressure will fostw sunny, pleasant weather from the Great Lakes to the Midwest. Most of Texas win stay dry and hot, with heat persisting in the Southwest deserts. The interior Northwest will be warm and sunny.

Newmont Mining Corp. is planning to shut down Mill No. 4 in the North Area of its Carlin Trend operations, probably in the fourth quarter, but details haven't been finalized, Newmont spokesman Doug Hock said. Meanwhile, Newmont has started negotiations with Operating Engineers Local No. 3, the union that represents mine workers at the Carlin operations.

A. McEttiiney dies at age 72 Albert McElhiney died yesterday at Elko General Hospital. He was 72 years old. He was born Feb. 8, 1927, in Kansas and had worked as a ranger for the Forest Service.

Funeral services are pending at Burns Funeral Home. Dow Jones (AP) Closing DowJones averages for Thursday, Aug. 19. Open High Low Close stock Chg Mind 10988 11037.2 10809.8 10963.8 20 Tin 3185.8 3209.6 3122.9 3166.3 3.53 15 UU 311.2 315.7 309.0 65Stk 321Z3 3233.4 3162.2 3118 3209.1 Indus Tran Utils 65Stk 87,208,600 9,851,400 8,323,400 105383,400 Big Board volume at 4 p.m. EST totaled 673.7 million shares, against 676.8 million last session.

The 500 fell 10.57 at 1322.27, the Nasdaq composite was down 3634 at 2,62139, the NYSE composite index fell 3.29 to 62036 and the American Stock Exchange composite index rose 1.15 to 785.07. Crescent Valley couple dies in 1-80 collision Funeral services for former Elko High School teacher and coach Gerald Neil "Jerry" Hassett, 64, who died at his home here yesterday, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at St Joseph's Catholic Church. The Rev. Norm King will officiate.

Cremation will be at Sunset Crematory. Pallbearers will be his sons, Mike, Bill and Joseph, sons-in-law, Trapper Lemback and David After Wong's vehicle struck the semi, her vehicle was struck from behind by a pickup driven by Donald Parker, 60, of Folsom, Calif. Edward Kurtz, 63, and Lily Kurtz, 49, were pronounced dead at the scene. The bodies were taken to Burns Funeral Home. NHP Lt Thomas Johnson said officers found a cooler full of flowers in the car.

He said he didnt know if the three were returning from commemorating Wong's birthday or on their way home for a celebration. Thomas said Wong also uses the name Kurtz and may be Lily Kurtz's daughter. Wong was taken to Elko General Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition this morning. Bean and grandson, Christopher Hassett He was born Jan. 13, 1935, in Duluth, to Christopher and Janet Bomier Hassett attended the University of Minnesota and met Mary C.

Pellow, whom he married on Aug. 18, 1956, in Bessemer, Minn. He graduated from Mankato State College in Minnesota in 1959 and began his teaching career in Holloway, Minn. He later moved to Oregon, before coming to Elko in 1964, where he was a teacher, assistant football coach and head baseball coach. He also later served as head varsity football coach for Elko High School.

He concluded 29 years of teaching and coaching when he retired from EHSinl991. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, cooking and being with his family. Survivors include his wife, Mary C. Hassett of Elko; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Mary V. of Elko, William and Kathy of Elko, Joseph and Wilma of Reno; daughters and sons-in-law, Marjorie and Trapper Lemback of Elko and Catherine and David Bean of Chandler, sister, Carol Stein of Coyote, brothers, Keith Hassett of Redwing, and Steve Hassett of Hollywood, and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, John Hassett In his memory, contributions are suggested to John Wayne Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 683, Elko 89803, Jay Kump Baseball Scholarship, care of Elko High School, or the charity of the donor's choice. FRONTS: COLO WARM STATIONARY Icq Sunny PtCtoudy Cloudy Local summary A dry southwest flow will push into most of Nevada today, except near the Utah border where there will be enough moisture for a small threat of afternoon thunderstorms. This pattern will continue through Saturday. On Sunday and Monday monsoon moisture will push into all of Northern Nevada for an upswing in thunderstorm activites.

Elko Statistics Racordhlgh- 1CXV1967 Record tow- 341996 Monfr'sprsdpttatton- 0.08" Witeryearpraclp- 8.68" Tomorrow's sunriss 5:58 Tomorrow's sunset 7:34 NDOT road condition 738-8838 Elko FORECAST Low 46 Hlgh 91 Sunny Yesterday's high, today's tow and pre-dpttitJon for the 24-hour period end Edward and Lily Kurtz of Crescent Valley were killed at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday when the Chevrolet Citation in which they were passengers slammed into the rear of a slow-moving tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 80 about 15 miles west of Carlin, Nevada Highway Patrol reported. The vehicle was driven by Angela Wong, 19, of Beowawe, who was celebrating her birthday with the couple. The westbound semi, which was hauling a flatbed loaded with pipe, was slowing because of reduced visibility caused by blowing dust and ash from this month's fires, according to the report The semi was driven by Jeffrey Eastes, 26, of Evanston, who told troopers he slowed almost to a stop because of the poor visibility. ing' it midnight: Elko- 8847 Austin- 8856 Ely- 8755, Las Vegas- 10480 Reno- 9057 Tonopah- 9254 Wildhorse- 8442 Wmernucca- 9547 Salt Lake City- 9574 San Francisco- 6656 Boise- 9668.