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HA16 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Thursday, November 2, 2000 few w--J TF Chemistry experiment backfires in Utah school Rescue personnel move South Cache science teacher Lance Hansen to a waiting ambulance following an explosion at the school in Hyrum, Utah, this morning. A chemistry experiment went awry, sending about 30 people to the hospital and shutting down the school. Cache County School District officials say a teacher was mixing chemicals in an eighth-grade sci-' ence class at the South Cache Center when the beaker exploded, sending glass flying. Gold's lawsuit dismissed SALT LAKE CITY CAP) A chemistry experiment exploded today at a junior high school, injuring at least 13 students and a teacher. District officials said an eighth-grade teacher was mixing chemicals when a beaker blew up, sending shards of glass flying through the classroom at the South Cache Center in Hyrum, about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City.

"It was an experiment that they had done previously, but something went wrong," said Kirk McRae, human resources director for the district The students and the teacher had cuts and bruises. McRae said that he didnt know what chemicals were involved but that there was no lingering health hazard. The school was shut down as a precaution. Glamis By ADELLA HARDING Glamis Gold Ltd. announced today that the that U.S.

District Court in Southern California has dismissed the company's lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Interior Department over the company's Imperial Project. Glamis filed the suit in April, challenging an opinion by Interior Solicitor John Leshy that changed the rules that would apply to the Imperial Project, a proposed open pit gold mine Glamis wants to develop. Leshy said BLM could consider undue impairment for any project in the California Desert Conservation Area, and this could include the Imperial Project, although it wasn't specified. According to Glamis, the court decided the lawsuit was premature and the company must wait until the BLM takes final action on Imperial.

The agency is in the Wire news summary: Black Rock Desert plan on the fast jtrack RENO (AP) Opponents of a federal plan to protect the i Black Rock Desert say the government is moving too fast on the proposal. i Sen, Richard Bryan's desert protection bill has yet to pass Congress but the Department of Interior is already taking preliminary steps to prepare for the designation of i the national conservation area. Department officials have asked the Bureau of Land i Management in Winnemucca to estimate the staffing and rough out the budget that would be needed to plan for the conservation area. "It makes sense to have a plan in place," BLM assistant field manager Les Boni told the Reno GazetteJwrnaL The bill authored by Bryan, would protect an estimated 1.2 million acres. It has passed the Senate but not the House and is opposed by Rep.

Jim Gibbons, R-Nev. Opponents fear it could, end up restricting access and future mining in the area. "Here's a measure being pushed by a handful of environmental groups, which is opposed by 16 Nevada coun- ties, the Nevada Association of Counties, the governor, area residents and the people who use the desert," said Donna Potter, an opponent of the designation. "The bill, hasn't even passed and the government is already planning for its implementation. It's a federal land grab that they seem to think is a slam dunk," she said.

The measure would designate more than 700,000 acres of the Black Rock Desert as a National Conservation Area and would designate 11 other parcels as Wilderness Areas. The desert, known for its emigrant trails and the annual Burning Man Festival, is about 100 miles northeast of. Reno. Bryan's bill is backed by the Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society and other environmental groups. Productivity up 3.8 percent WASHINGTON (AP) A key measure of American" workers' productivity grew at a healthy though consider- ably slower pace in the third quarter, while labor costs picked up.

That and other reports released today showing a key i measure of economic activity unchanged in September i and disappointing sales by major retailers in October i added to mounting evidence that the nation's economy is slowing to a more sustainable pace, analysts said. Productivity the amount of output per hour of work rose at an annual rate of 3.8 percent during the July- September quarter after a sizzling 6.1 percent rate of i growth posted in the second quarter, the Labor i Department said. While third-quarter productivity growth was the slowest" since the beginning of the year, the gain exceeded many analysts' expectations. "There was nothing bad about the productivity gain of 3.8 percent in almost any historical context, 3.8 percent gains in output per hour are Very solid," said David Orr, chief economist for First Union. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, an advisor to the Democrats' presidential contender Vice President Al Gore, called the third quarter's productivity performance spectacular.

"Once again, American workers show their economic muscle." Unit labor costs, a key gauge of inflation pressures, rose by a rate of 2.5 percent in the third quarter, more' than economists expected, after falling at a 0.2 percent rate in the second quarter. The third-quarter increase in labor costs marked the biggest jump since a 4.3 percent rate in the second quarter of 1999. But economists didn't find that worrisome. To discern trends, economists often look at labor costs and productivity growth over a longer period. Over the last 12 months, which smooth out quarterly fluctuations, labor costs rose a tiny 0.1 percent, while productivity grew by a robust 5.0 percent.

the 9,360 acres from future mining claims would affect any future expansion of the Imperial mining operations, if the proposed mine receives BLM approval. Boyle was incorrectly identified in Monday's Free Press article about the land withdrawal. Meanwhile, Glamis also announced today that the company has discovered a new gold deposit at the Marigold Mine at Valmy, which Glamis operates, with Homestake Mining Co. holding a one-third interest The discovery, called the 1 Millennium Project, is in the south portion of the Marigold Mine and is based on 90,000 feet of reserve-circulation drilling of 172 holes. Glamis said the discovery includes 588,900 ounces of mineralized resource that is measured and indicated and 864,700 ounces of inferred resources.

"We are excited about this internally-generated discovery. Our House still Congressional Republicans "are leaving behind a legacy of unfinished business on health care, education, economic progress and social justice," he said. With six of the 13 annual spending bills still unsigned by the president a month after the start of the fiscal year, Congress on Wednesday approved its 12th temporary measure to keep federal offices running. But unlike the 24-hour extension approved by the House, the Senate voted on stopgap legislation taking them until Nov. 14, seven days after the election.

Democrats went along with the Senators leave town; (Associated Press) drilling program is nearly complete for the year, and we will spend the winter months analyzing how this news, along with project upside, may impact the scope of operations at Marigold," said Glamis President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin McArthur. Glamis reported that initial metallurgical testing shows the resource is oxidized and could be processed by run-of-mine heap leaching, and the company has generated a preliminary open pit configuration that would work at $275 per ounce gold prices. The pit would contain 391,500 ounces of measured and indicated gold resources at a grade of roughly 0.041 ounces per ton and 270,270 ounces of inferred resource grading 0.035 opt, according to Glamis. Marigold is a long-time surface mining operation just south of Interstate 80 at Valmy that is currently processing ore by heap leaching. The mill is shut down.

in session longer extension and said the White House, which previously had insisted on 24-hour extensions, also agreed, Speaking to high-tech executives at a fund-raiser Wednesday night in the capital's Virginia suburbs, Clinton said the budget apparently "wont pass until after the election, but eventually it will pass." Immediately after Wednesday's vote, senators began heading for airports and home states where 34 Senate seats are being contested and Democrats still hold slim hopes of reversing the Republicans' current 54-46 majority. man, scaring him off, the report said. The suspect left in the pickup, which is further described as having a dent in the driver's door and missing a mirror on the driver's side. The victim hid in the sagebrush until her husband returned. The couple was in the area deer hunting, said Elko sheriffs Lt Bill Cunningham.

Since the area was close to the Humboldt County line, deputies from there assisted in the collection of evidence and in the search for the suspect Local authorities were contacted about the attack about 8 p.m. and are still gathering information. Alliance, wife, Kathlee Wolzen of Wells; sons, Eugene Merys of Denver, Troy and wife Linda Merys of Ely, daughters, Sherrie and husband Steve Moschetti of Wells, Dena and husband Aaron Marineau of Reno; JoDee and husband Zachery Ramstetter of Denver and Jena Wolzen of Denver, brothers, Dick Wolzen of Alliance, Dennis Wolzen of Oxford, Neb, Kent Wolzen of Iowa; sisters, Carolyn Beck of St Paul, and Joyce Beck of Alliance; 15 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, stepfather, Ralph Hinkle, and son, Ronnie Merys. In his memory, contributions are suggested to -St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Building Fund.

WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans, their majority status seriously at stake in next Tuesday's elections, have vowed to stay at their posts for at least a few more days to continue their budget battle with President Clinton. That put them at odds with the Senate, which on Wednesday recessed until Nov. 14, effectively assuring the third lame-duck session of Congress in the past six years. House GOP leaders, after a lengthy closed-door meeting with their rank-and-file, modified earlier statements that they would go Brief power outages National weather The AccuWeather forecast for noon, Friday, Nov.3. process of completing a final environmental impact statement on Imperial and said earlier this week it plans to issue a decision by the end of the year.

Glamis stated in its announcement today that it understands the BLM will deny the Imperial permit application, and the company "would vigorously pursue" an appeal of such a denial. The court action follows within days of BLM's action to remove 9,360 acres of public land from future mining claims in the area surrounding and including the proposed Imperial gold mining operation. BLM stated in its announcement regarding the land withdrawal from mining claims that the Glamis claims and proposed Imperial Project wouldn't be affected since the claims would be grandfathered. Gary Boyle, general manager of Glamis Imperial said earlier this week, however, that removal of along with the Senate's recess, instead deciding to keep working through Friday at least Today House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and other House Republicans held an early morning news conference to say they were introducing a new patients' bill of rights bill in hopes of breaking a months-long deadlock on that issue. "We can still get a bill done, it's not too he said.

But Clinton, also at a morning news event, said it was the Democrats who had put forward a real patients' bill of rights. Spring Creek earlier this week also experienced power outages, with the weather and a construction crew to blame. In Lamoille on Monday, power was out to various customers for varying times, but crews totaled 22 hours of outages in the area. Gotcher said Sunday's snowfall caused trees to fall into lines, knocking them to the ground, while snow-laden lines sagged under the weight and then sprang up again when the snow melted off, also knocking the lines loose. Tuesday, some Spring Creek-area customers, including Gotcher himself, were without power after a construction crew dug up a power cable near Viewcrest and Croydon drives.

r. Dow Jones: NEW YORK (AP) Buyers moved selectively back into the stock market today, snapping up financial and technology issues after the market's dip on Wednesday. Selling in basic material and retailing stocks left the overall market mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 1856 at 1038051, according to preliminary figures. Broader stock indicators fared better.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 95.63 to 3,429.02 and the Standard Poor's 500 index was up 7.10 at 1,42832. The market seemed in search of a direction a day after the Dow and Nasdaq fell on a mix of profit-taking and a profit warning by WorldCom. Tech issues led the gainers, with Intel up $L81 at 16.69 and Sun Microsystems rising $3.19 to $109.06. Lawmen searching for attempted rape suspect -10a -Os OS 102O3Os4O50seOl70sBOs90s 100 110a Bands separate high temperature zones tor the day. Elko and Humboldt county lawmen are on the lookout for a Hispanic man driving a small white compact pickup' who attacked a 40-year-old Elko woman at the entrance to the Squaw Valley Ranch in an apparent attempted rape yesterday.

According to an Elko County Sheriffs Department news release, the woman said she was waiting at her truck at the entrance to the ranch near, Midas when she was hit in the head from behind and knocked to the ground. The suspect then jumped on the woman and began tearing her shirt and pants off. A dog tied in the back of the woman's truck tried to get to the 2000 AecuWaether, hw. High Low Showtrs Rain Ttomw FlurriM NATIONAL SUMMARY: The Eastern Seaboard will be partly to mostly sunny and warm tomorrow. Thora wil be showers and thunderstorms In Tennessee and Kentucky, while there win be rain and thunderstorms over Texas and southern OWahorna.

The Midwest and the Upper Plains wit be cod and dry. Gordon Wolzen funeral services set tomorrow Three brief power outages last night were the result of Sierra Pacific Power Co. attempting to improve its equipment while miscalculating the load being placed on the power lines, said Dennis Gotcher, power company official. The three outages began at 523 p.m. and occurred during a 24-minute period, he said.

Power company workers were replacing switches at the Adobe Station during a time when customers were demanding more power. Gotcher said they miscalculated the load being put on the system as they were taking one line down to replace the equipment and moving the power to a second line. Customers in Lamoille and Hoax targets Democrat voters CARSON CITY (AP) State officials are warning people to disregard a hoax e-mail telling Las Vegas-area Democrats to vote one day after Election Day. The message said it was from the Clark County Registrar of Voters and said Democrats should vote on Nov, 8 rather than Nov. 7 because polling places wouldn't be able to handle a larger than expected voter turnout "Many voters may find this e-mail amusing, but I must reiterate that Election Day is Nov.

7," Secretary of State Dean Heller said. "I do not want any voters to miss their opportunity to cast a ballot due to a bad joke." How widely the e-mail has been circulated was unclear, Heller said. The Secretary of State's Election Division became aware of the e-mail when a recipient brought it to the agency's attention. 0 FRONTS: COLD WARM STATIONARY Snow Sunny PI Cloudy Cloud Tonight Mostly clear, low 10 to 20. Light Friday Mostly sunny, high tte mid 40s to around 50.

Extended Forecast Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Low 10 to 20, high in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Sunday. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the higher terrain. High in the mid 30s to mid 40s.

Elko Statistics Todays normal highlow 5726 Today's record high-73, 1921 Today's record low- -2, 1995 Ptmpitaionkxiillmuniktiight Monft'spredpftatfon- 1.7T 1 Water year predp 1 .73" Tomorrow's sunrisa Tomorrow's sunset rlDtTTroadcondWona 1-877-NV-RCADS Elko FORECAST Low Mostly sunny Yesterday's tgn, today's km and preapfatonthwfi 10 a.m.: Bko- By- Eureka-SpringCreek-Wete-WMiorae-VVinnernucca--Reno-Las Vegas -SaRLakeCity-San Franasco-Boise- 46719.00" 3914 389 4325 4616 4013 5127 5632 6448 4531 6149 4930 14 High 48 Funeral services for Gordon N. Wolzen, 61, who died Tuesday at Elko General Hospital, are scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Wells. The Rev. Brian Kennedy will officiate.

Burial will be in the Wells cemetery. A visitation will be held following the services for family and close friends. Pallbearers will be Dick Wolzen, Kent Wolzen, Eugene Merys, Steve Moschetti, Aaron Marineau and Troy Merys. Honorary pallbearer will be Dennis Wolzea He was born Aug. 1, 1939, in Holdridge, to Edwin and Glenva Martin Wolzen and had worked as a truck driver.

He had lived in Wells since 1979. Survivors include his mother, Glenva Wolzen Hinkley of A RLY V0T TO SCHWA ELKO COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 5 Paid for by Team Todd..