Live from the KGWC-TV studio in Casper, this is the 10 o'clock edition of the Great Western News. Also seen in Rock Springs on KGWR-TV and in Lander Riverton on KGWL-TV. Fire officials are reporting today that the Green Mountain Fire is nearly contained. Despite high winds in the area, firefighters have been able to contain about 90 percent of the 650-acre fire near Jeffery City. They expect full containment by tonight or early tomorrow, and they hope to have full control of the blaze by Monday. The Bureau of Land Management officials report 120 firefighters are still working on the fire. That's including firefighters from the Wind River Indian Reservation. Firefighters plan to work through the day until the fire is fully contained. Next week, Casper will host a Congressional field hearing on the Endangered Species Act. And this week, critics of the hearing are making their voices heard. The hearing is one of several throughout the West designed to gather public opinion on the law as it is being considered in Congress. Critics of Wednesday's hearing say the four panels scheduled to testify have been stacked in favor of those opposed to the law. Senator Craig Thomas says there has been no attempt made to restrict the number of supporters who will testify. Two of the panels will be made up of state and local officials, that is. Thomas says the other two are balanced equally between opponents and supporters of the law. Wyoming's director of state lands is coming under fire. State officials are accusing director Jim Magagna of a conflict of interest. Magagna currently holds a grazing lease on 9,000 acres of land. He's put part of his Rock Springs area ranch in a blind truss in order to distance himself from such claims, although he does acknowledge that he will still benefit financially from the land. Former Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Walter Urbickite is saying the trust has little effect on Magagna's rights. He says Magagna has a direct financial interest in keeping state grazing fees as low as he can. In recent discussions, Magagna has argued against a formula that would set the fees at a minimum of 35 percent of the average price to graze on private lands. Magagna says he has no intention of selling his land, and he says his business makes him more careful about his position as director of state lands. United States Representative Barbi Cuban is promoting a bill that could greatly benefit Wyoming's oil producers. The Congresswoman says under a recently proposed federal royalty relief measure, Wyoming's oil revenues could increase. Cuban, a cosponsor of the bill, says it would encourage producers to continue low production and include oil wells instead of shutting them completely down. The bill would also expand the definition of crude oil. As a result, 36 percent of production in Wyoming would qualify for the royalty relief proposed in the bill. Cuban says the measure could bring in close to $40 million to the federal treasury and $60 million to the state revenue stream. Recent reports are showing that the water level in eastern Wyoming is higher than normal for this time of the year. The Federal Bureau of Reclamation is saying the water level in the Bighorn River Basin and North Platte River Basin were higher than the historical average in July. Officials report storage levels in the North Platte Basin were 116 percent above the 30-year average for the month of July. The Bighorn Basin water level ranged from 110 to 162 percent higher than average. The Bighorn Basin includes the Bull Lake, Boison, Buffalo Bill, and Pilot Butte reservoirs. Well, as President Clinton and his family prepare for their visit next week to Jackson, so do the town's residents. A spokesperson for the Grand Teton National Park says she hopes the Clintons will visit the park, but she hasn't heard any definite news of a stop planned yet. Officials at the Yellowstone National Park say there is a possibility the President would stay overnight there, but nothing has yet been confirmed. Senators Al Simpson and Craig Thomas and Governor Jim Garinger will also be in Jackson during the Clinton visit. And at a White House briefing today, President Clinton announced a permanent ban on all U.S. nuclear weapons tests. He said it will help his drive for a treaty to end all testing throughout the world. Clinton decided the only time nuclear weapons will be tested is in the event that a country's nuclear arsenal is in danger. Opposers of the ban say small-scale underground tests would help keep the U.S. supply in good condition, while proponents say the U.S. ban will encourage other nations to ban testing as well. Atmospheric and underwater testing have been banned for several years. The final chapter in the history of the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was written yesterday when the last remaining missile was removed from its silo at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Todd Myers reports. Sir, would you begin to remove the last Minuteman II from alert? I am the men and women of Malmstrom and the 341st Missile Wing and the local community and it is an honor for me to start the removal of T-11, the last missile. With that command, the last Minuteman II in the U.S. began rolling out of its silo and into history books. It's only fitting that it was occurring on Malmstrom Air Force Base. During the Cuban Missile Crisis over 30 years ago, then President John F. Kennedy referred to Malmstrom's Missile Wing as the nation's first ace in the hole. Now three decades later, Malmstrom might once again become the country's trump card if Bragg's recommendation of taking 120 Minuteman IIIs from Grand Forks and giving them to Malmstrom makes it through Congress. Once the program starts, it will take approximately three years to complete the Minuteman III installation. We expect to start reinstalling Minuteman IIIs this fall, probably in the October, November timeframe and from there it will be about three years to put them all in. Everything goes on as scheduled. Upon completion of Rivet Ed, Malmstrom will once again have 200 missiles, 200 Minuteman IIIs on alert with the 341st Missile Wing. It takes nearly 15 hours to remove the missile from its silo and hoist it up into the transporter erector. The workers and officers chosen to participate say it's an honor for them to be a part of Air Force history. Well, for me, I've been in the Minuteman maintenance business for 27 years and looking back when I first started out my career at Whiteman Air Force Base back in 1968, I arrived there just at the time when we were installing the Minuteman II system at Whiteman. So here 27 years later, I get the opportunity to pull the last Minuteman II missile in Air Force inventory out of Kilo 11. So it's kind of neat to be part of history. This particular missile has served its country well, protecting Old Glory since October 1965. Air Force officials hope the Minuteman III will be as reliable, promoting peace throughout the world. And just ahead on the Great Western News, Ross Perot kicks off his United We Stand America campaign. And another legal battle surfaces in the case of the Oklahoma City bombing. These stories when the Great Western News continues. In 1995, Honda offered its biggest selection of models ever. You bided your time. 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And frankly, it's a blockbuster smash must see hit. Have I said enough about this? It's love connection, the superstar of romance. Promoters are calling it the most important political event of the century. The Dallas Convention of Ross Perot's United We Stand America certainly is getting a lot of media attention. But as Jim Moore tells us, not everything is quite as expected. In this room, there is supposed to be the crest of a movement. United We Stand America aims to give the U.S. government back to the people. I have every confidence that those who fought and won the revolution, those who died in combat in all our wars, who paid the ultimate price, are looking down on this group today smiling because they realize that true patriotism is alive and well in the good old USA as we go into the 21st century. This political organization founded by H. Ross Perot is getting a lot of attention for being the party of every man. But ethnic minorities in this first day barely comprise the measurable percentage of the attendance. Now, my brothers and sisters, to look about this audience, that is an America that is not here. Presently, 650,000 African Americans in jail, slightly over half the nation's prison population, 520,000 in college, and the gap is growing. Is this the way we want America to go? Perot's get-together has been competing for news copy with the pro-life group Operation Rescue. They upstaged him yesterday with the announcement that Norma McCorvey, the woman whose lawsuit legalized abortion, was now against the concept. And now they are trying to put Perot's wife in the middle of the debate. He knows that Margot Perot, his wife, the one that he has been married to for all of these years, is a strong proponent of Planned Parenthood Northeast Texas, and that is anathema to Almighty God. And this issue is an embarrassment to him, and that's why he won't discuss it. What Perot will proudly discuss is the size of his political power and how easily it can be purchased, even by those who don't have billions. You've got a book coming out very shortly that will have every single speech by every speaker, and if you want to order it today while it's on your mind, you call 1-800-925. It is difficult at times to tell whether this is a political convention or an event which might easily be described as Lala Perosa. And while there is no way to know if the voter will gain much from the media attention focused here, it is virtually certain Ross Perot already has. Thank you more for CBS News, Dallas. Attorneys for Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are seeking separate trials outside of Oklahoma City. The two men were indicted yesterday in the April 19th bombing of an Oklahoma City federal building. While the upcoming trial of McVeigh and Nichols is receiving all of the attention, there's another legal fight involving the families of bombing victims and the survivors. CBS correspondent Dave Phaling has the story. The horror of what these men allegedly did in Oklahoma City brought forth an outpouring of donations from people nationwide. Millions of dollars in donations to two funds set up by Oklahoma's governor and the city's mayor. But local attorney James Levine thinks the money is being poorly distributed. The funds could be used for things other than the victims, and we're attempting to stop that. But it shows the way things now stand, the donated money could be used to pay for things that donors may never have envisioned. Things like long-term counseling for the rescue workers and the construction of a memorial here on the site. Levine points to people like Shirley Moser. I help people get out of the building. Two blocks away when the bomb blew, she helped out but now feels left out. Shirley Moser says the traumatic stress made her lose her sales job and now she wants the governor's fund to help with counseling. But unlike official rescue workers who Levine says should be covered by workers' comp, Moser isn't. But so far she says she's only gotten the bureaucratic run around. Yes, I think I should be helped to get back where I was when it happened. So on behalf of Shirley Moser and others who've asked for help but say they haven't gotten it, attorney Levine has sued the governor and the mayor. I feel very badly about this, about having to do it. He ought to, according to this man. He is a bottom-feeding lawyer. Frank Keating. That's my opinion. He's a governor. Lawyers on the governor's side contend Levine doesn't understand that a board determines who gets what and it's all according to the law. But a judge may ultimately have to decide. That's what the courts are for and he apparently has a litigant or two that wished to participate with him in this silliness. A hearing on the governor's motion to dismiss the suit will be held next month. Levine, by the way, says he's doing the work for free. Today failing, CBS News, Oklahoma City. Dr. Michael Baden returned to the stand today in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Prosecutors attacked Baden's suggestion that Nicole Brown Simpson and Waddle Goldman could have been killed by more than one person. The exchanges became so heated that Judge Lance Ito had to intervene. Manuel Gallegas has the story. Jury is only six feet away. They can hear you, Mr. Kelberg. Attorney Brian Kelberg had defense witness pathologist Michael Baden on the defensive. Yesterday Baden implied through his testimony that Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman could have been killed by more than one person and that it appeared they both tried to fight the attack. But prosecutors claimed there was only one killer, O.J. Simpson, and that the murders did not take that long to commit, so Simpson could have had the time to kill. Baden admitted that based on an exam of Nicole Brown's stomach contents, he's not sure exactly when the murders happened. There's no way of looking at that stomach contents and determining whether Miss Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-40, 10-50. I'm not claiming that. Baden also admitted for the jury that medical examiner Dr. Erwin Golden didn't do that bad of a job in examining the bodies of Brown and Goldman. I don't want to trash Dr. Golden. He did a fine job as far as I'm concerned because his autopsy is better than most autopsies. I'm better than most autopsies present in Kennedy. The clinical yet gruesome description of the victim's wounds and body parts was at times difficult to listen to. Simpson appeared upset at the descriptions of his ex-wife's death. A puncture to the carotid artery would spurt out and cause more of a spurning on the various steps involved. The defense case is expected to take at least another week to present, although it will take longer if Judge Ito allows the proposed defense attack on Detective Mark Fuhrman. Manuel Gallegos, CBS News, Los Angeles. Well, I have one question for you, Rick. Is it going to rain this weekend like it rained last night? No, probably not. Not a lot of rain in the forecast. I'll be back to tell you about it. First, let's take a look at the day's highs and lows. Come on, honey. We're already late. What happens when you don't make a car payment for a year? Or you don't pay the electric bill? Or the water bill? You could be left high and dry, but right now, when you buy a Big Sur water bed or matching bedroom group, you won't pay any interest for a full year. No interest for 12 months. And with the money you save, you can pay all those other bills. Big Sur water beds, America's largest. 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When this summer gets too hot, come to a place that's always cool. Most of the state is sitting under clear to partly cloudy skies this evening. Meanwhile, here in Castro, we have a chance for a few scattered showers until about two o'clock tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, it's going to be a warm, sunny weekend, especially on Saturday, where highs will hit the 90s. Now let's take a look at current conditions around the state. Right now, Riverton at 80 degrees, Lander 78, Rock Springs Fair at 64, Gillette partly cloudy in 76, Sheridan high clouds at 72. Here in Casper, we are under high clouds at 75. Winds out of the southwest at 9, humidity 36 percent, and the barometer's rising at 29.95. Now as we go for a look at the national satellite maps, we can see a few scattered clouds along most of the Rockies today, especially in eastern parts of Wyoming. There were some scattered showers in eastern and southeastern parts of our state this afternoon. Those clouds following along a cold front that is working its way south and eastward around across the upper Rockies and right through Wyoming, bringing some scattered showers to the north. This system, though, is going to begin to move off by tomorrow. We are looking for high pressure to sit over the western United States, and that's going to make for warm temperatures around the state tomorrow. We are looking for highs in the 80s and even in the 90s, especially in eastern parts of the state. By Sunday, things are going to begin to cool down somewhat as another cold front works its way southward from Canada. Highs are going to get only into the 70s and 80s, still not bad for this time of the year. Temperatures in the 90s for eastern parts of the state, 80s in central Wyoming with 70s up near the park, and we are looking for lows tonight in 50s for most of the state. Now let's go for a look at that statewide forecast. Around Wyoming, a few thunderstorms lingering, especially in south central Wyoming, lows 45 to 55 for Saturday. Partly cloudy with a chance for afternoon rain, highs 85 to 95 for Sunday. Breezy and cooler with scattered afternoon showers, highs 85 to 95. Casper forecasts for tonight a chance for rain until around 2 o'clock, lows in the mid 50s for Saturday. Sunny in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon with a chance for rain, highs in the 90s. On Sunday in Casper, breezy and cooler, highs mid to upper 80s. So in answering that rain question, if we do get rain, it will be in the afternoons. I hope it doesn't because I'm looking forward to playing this weekend and it's fun. I know you are. Thanks Rick. Still to come on the Great Western News, a pill to help cut down the fat. Stay with us. Never before have we done it this early or this big. Announcing 1995 closeout at Fremont Motor Company. This week, it's drastic closeout discounts on every vehicle in stock. 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A little more than 24 hours after the announcement about the discovery of a so-called fat gene and the news about the development of an anti-fat pill. Dr. Barb Arnott has more. It's a multi-million dollar bonanza trimming America's waistline. And the stakes have just gotten higher. Major pharmaceutical companies have quietly developed this drug called a Beta-3 agonist, specifically targeted to burn fat. Because rarely in medicine do you come up with a compound that is so clearly beneficial in rodent models. In a Maine's Jackson laboratory, studies are showing striking results in rodents. This is a mouse without the fat-burning drug. It weighs 47 grams. You can see the Beta-3 agonist had quite a market effect. This mouse, on exactly the same diet, has taken the fat-burning drug. It weighs only 23 grams. It works because fat cells have a special switch called a Beta-3 receptor, the one damaged by the newly discovered defective human fat gene. But the drug turns on the receptor. That increases fat burning and empties fat stores. But the research has already gone beyond mice. Human trials are underway. Preliminary studies in humans have shown larger weight loss with this compound compared to a placebo or fake pill. Alan Weston is one of the subjects in the experiment, but he won't know until 1996 when the final results are in if the drug really works. What I would really like is the magic pill that I can take every day and will control my diabetes and will also keep my weight down. But the bad news is that this drug still has side effects, increased pulse, higher blood pressure, and shaking, largely because it was designed for mice, not men. But a redesigned drug has a much better shot at becoming one of the best-selling drugs ever. Dr. Bob Arnott, CBS News, New York. Well, Rick's with us now with sports, and I heard you letting out a few yelps in the newsroom a little bit earlier, and I have a feeling it had to do with the Rockies. Yeah, the Rockies wrote, hasn't been kind to them. Maybe they should find a pill to take to help improve things. And coming up in sports, it was day two at the PGA Championships, and the Colorado Rockies looked to turn around their road trips. Stay with us. The Rockies. Make everything, but your money. See your local board game on today. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines for the 13th Annual Classic Car Show, The Classy Chassis. On August 19, Hilltop Shopping Center and KGWC-TV presents The Classy Chassis, where you can eye over 90 classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles, all polished up for public inspection. Vote for your favorite. They'll be spread out on the top level next to Hilltop National Bank. Car owners, you can still get registration forms at any Hilltop merchant. Have fun at the 13th Annual Classy Chassis, Saturday, August 19, at Hilltop Shopping Center in Casper. The Colorado Rockies were looking to avoid a four-game losing streak on the road. The club lost three in a row to the Florida Marlins, and tonight the Rocks were in Atlanta to take on the Braves. Atlanta has the best record in the National League. Let's check out some of the highlights. We pick it up in the first. Atlanta's Chipper Jones gets all of this one to deep center field. That makes it one to nothing, Braves. We go to the third. The Rockies, Joe Girardi, goes deep to right field. Justice can't get it. That's Girardi's seventh of the year. Rockies two to one. And later on, announcer Dave Campbell gets a foul ball. Charlie Jones applauds. Down to fourth, the Braves. Charlie O'Brien goes downtown to left field. That's a three-run blast. Atlanta scores four in the inning to go up five to two. And in the eighth, watch this, a base hit, right? Wrong. Colorado's Walt Weiss, the whirling dervish. Amazing play to Rob Atlanta with a base hit. And then Andres Galarraga for Colorado grounds into a double play to end the game as we go to the scoreboard. It was Atlanta beating Colorado five to three. Elsewhere in the National League, Florida stays hot, beating Cincinnati six to two. Philadelphia slips past Montreal six to five. New York two better than Houston seven to five. San Diego beats St. Louis three to nothing in the first game and leads one to nothing in the second game. And Pittsburgh leads Los Angeles two to one in the top of the seventh. Meanwhile, Chicago is blanking San Francisco four to nothing in the top of the sixth. Over in the American League, Boston beats Baltimore five to four in 12 innings. Cleveland gets by New York five to four as well in 11. Seattle two. Kansas City one. And California handles Minnesota eight to five. Chicago destroys Oakland 13 to five. Milwaukee one better than Detroit five to four. And Toronto wipes out Texas 14 to five. The Detroit Tigers clubhouse leader, Kirk Gibson, has announced his immediate retirement from baseball. The 38-year-old returned home to his family in Michigan, saying he had been traded to his family. Gibson spent 12 of 17 years in the big leagues with the Tigers and was a key element in that team's 1984 drive to the championship. He was the American League Playoff Series' most valuable player and had two home runs and seven runs batted in against the San Diego Padres in the World Series. That same year, he became the first Tiger to record 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in a single season. While playing for the Dodgers, Gibson also hit a dramatic home run off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Mark O'Mara and Ernie Els are tied for first after two rounds at the PGA Championship. O'Mara shot a 67 and Els a 65 as both stand at 11 under 131. After 36 holes, unheralded Michael Bradley played the opening 18 holes at 8 under par yesterday, making him just the second golfer ever to shoot a 63 at the tournament. Let's take a look at some of today's action. We go to the 10th. Ernie Els almost holds it in on his second shot. Els got to be thinking what if and still in the 10th Els birdie putt for 7 under. Still looks disappointed from that last shot. We go to the 9th, Nick Price with a long birdie putt. He finds the slope and that takes him to 2 under. Nice shot right there. Still on the 9th, Jose Olatabal to take him 4 under. That's a birdie. Nicely done. And on the 17th, Justin Leonard with the birdie. That takes him to 9 under par to take sole possession of the lead. And on the 13th, Els a birdie putt to take him 9 under as well as we go for a look at the scoreboard. It is Ernie Els leading at 11 under. He's tied with Marco Mara at 11 under as well. Justin Leonard in third at 8 under, followed by Greg Norman, Steve Elkington, Colin Montgomery, Brian Clark, and Jeff Maggard all at 7 under. Meanwhile, Lee Jansen and Michael Bradley are at 6 under. Other notables, Fred Couples coming in at 3 under, Ben Crenshaw 1 under, and Nick Price and Jack Nicholas both even. Well, it's a boost for Wyoming's basketball program. That's what Wyoming basketball coach Joby Wright is saying about the selection of Theo Ratliff to the first round of the NBA draft. Wyoming was the only Western Athletic Conference team to have a player selected in the first round. Wright says that feat put Wyoming basketball on the map and shows players can come to Laramie and then go on to the NBA. Wright is saying that Ratliff has a promising career in the pros because of his strong work ethic and personality. And while Ratliff's loss will hurt the Cowboys, he says the rest of the team will pick up the slack. Wright made his comments at a basketball clinic in Riverton that attracted more than 200 views. And quite an accomplishment there to go from Wyoming to get drafted in the NBA. Nice going. It sure is. Congratulations. Well, just ahead, we'll have the extended forecast, but first we'll take a look at the day on Wall Street where the Dow fell more than 20 points in today's trading. We'll be right back. Hey, softball fans and players, the Men's Fast Fitch Softball Association and its players want to invite you out to the ballpark to see some great fast-paced action on the ball diamond. This year's Regional Men's Fast Fitch Tournament will be held right here in Casper August 18 through the 20th. And along with it, we'll bring exceptional talent from three states. There'll be pitches hurling at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour. Just during line drives, two-site squeeze bunch plays, and an occasional grand slam. There will be concessions including a bear wagon. That's August 18 through the 20th at the North Casper Field. You won't want to miss it. The inside's done, the outside's getting there, but we just can't wait to show you the new Tom Utes, Ford Lincoln, Mercury, and Riverton. See our new interior, see our remodeled lot, see our great cars, get a 12-pack of Coke with a test drive. Ford has shipped in a special allotment of cars and trucks just for Tom and his great-looking dealership. And get this, Tom Utes will finance your sales tax and license plates right into your monthly payment. Stop in and say hello at the new Tom Utes, Ford Lincoln, Mercury, and Riverton. Well, I hear we're going to get some cooler weather next week. Yeah, we're going to start out the next week a little bit cooler. Let's take a look at the extended forecast Monday, mostly dry with a transfer isolated rain high 75 to 85 Tuesday and Wednesday. Dry as well, highs in the 80s on Tuesday, highs 85 to 95 on Wednesday. Well, that's our news for now. Thanks for tuning in. Have a good weekend. We'll see you on Monday. Have a good night.