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Slowly, in the darkness just before dawn, the small group of young Native Americans crept up to the metal fence surrounding the drab cinder-block Army buildings. The cool November morning in 1970 was foggy, providing even more cover. On cue, they climbed over, surprising the few soldiers left to guard the defunct communications center. The carefully planned "occupation" had succeeded and, in a symbolic exclamation point, the Native American group pitched a tepee.

Slowly, in the darkness just before dawn, the small group of young Native Americans crept up to the metal fence surrounding the drab cinder-block Army buildings. The cool November morning in 1970 was foggy, providing even more cover. On cue, they climbed over, surprising the few soldiers left to guard the defunct communications center. The carefully planned "occupation" had succeeded and, in a symbolic exclamation point, the Native American group pitched a tepee.

Steve Hunt had never played a hand of poker, never stuffed a quarter in a slot machine. But what he is into now looks like it might pay off. * These days he works at the Cache Creek Indian Bingo and Casino. He is training for a job he hopes will improve the lot of members of his tribe. And he likes the odds. Hunt is no card shark. He's here to learn the gambling business as his tribe considers whether to bet its economic future on opening a casino at its reservation on Vancouver Island, Canada.

James McClure Longtime U.S. senator from Idaho Former U.S. Sen. James McClure, 86, a conservative Republican who spent 24 years in Congress representing Idaho and while chairman of the Energy Committee fought to keep Idaho's wilderness areas controlled by the state, died Saturday at his home in Garden City, Idaho. The cause was complications from a series of strokes, his family said. McClure was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966 and served six years before being elected to the Senate in 1972.