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Monday, November 12, 1984
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 57
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V Clhcn Today will be mostly sunny and warmer
with a high of 47 (8C). Monday night, partly
cloudy and not as cold with a low of 32 (OC).
Tuesday, Increasing cloudiness, windy and warm
er with a high in tho mid-50s (13C).
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Kansas tailback Robert M irabs leaps for two yards over several Nebraska defenders in fourth-quarter
action of the Huskers' 41-7 victory Saturday in Lincoln. Nebraska is expected to leap into the top spot in
the national rankings because of Texas and Washington losses. Stoiy on Pag 8.
ElfflA (BireeEis &$ree in soak
By Kevin McCoy
Dally Nebraskaa Staff Reporter
Presidents of the UNL Residence Hall Association,
Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council
agree that feuds between fraternity and sorority houses
and those who live in residence halls are unnecessary
and steps should be taken to alleviate them.
The leaders spoke during an open forum on Greek
residence hall relations at an RHA meeting last week.
They said that while relations between hall residents
and fraternity and sorority members are improving, bet
ter communication and effort by both parties are
needed for relations to continue to improve.
RHA president Dave Edwards said hall residents have
complained in the past that fraternities and sororities
are elitist and unconcerned about the interests of hall
residents, and that they tended to try to dominate the
Homecoming committee and student government.
Interfraternity Council president Jim Willett said he
thinks open dialogue between the groups is a positive
step that might allow them to do things they have not
done before.
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2 UNL students,
Beatrice woman die
in weekend accident
By Saz&nnc Tcten
Daily Nebrt&ktn Staff Reporter
Two UNL students and one Beatrice woman were
killed Saturday morning and five others were injured in
a car-pickup crash on U.S. Highway 77 about 1 miles
north of Cortland.
Jane Ortmeier, 21, of Fremont, Nancy Seeman, 21 of
West Point and Irene DeRyke, 66, of Beatrice were killed
after the 1979 Ford Granada driven by Ortmeier hit a
quarter-mile-long patch of ice, skidded and went out of
control, hitting broadside a 1973 Chevrolet pickup
driven by DeRyke's 69-year-old husband, Francis, said
Lt William Coleman of the Lancaster County Sheriffs
Department.
The victims and the five injured people were trans
ported to Lincoln General Hospital by about 25 rescue
volunteers from Cortland, Hallam, Clatonia and Lincoln,
said David Niemeyer, Cortland fire chief.
As of 5:45 p.m. Sunday, DeRyke was listed in fair
condition. Two of the passengers in the Ortmeier car,
Rhonda Benne and Maureen Chapman, both 21-year-old
UNL students from Fremont, were listed in fair con
dition at Lincoln General Hospital.
LeAnn Kolbert, 21, of Hastings, was listed in good
condition. Kathleen Kehoe, 21, also of Hastings, was
listed in critical condition Sunday evening.
Chapman, Benne and DeRyke all have improved since
they were admitted. Kehoe's condition has remained
critical, according to a hospital spokesperson.
In a Sunday Omaha World-Herald article, Trooper
David Morris of the Nebraska State Patrol said troopers
found 36 unopened and opened cans of beer inside the
young womens' car.
Blood tests have been ordered for both drivers.
Trooper Steven Gill said the test results should be avail
able this week.
"We don't think (the alcohol) was the cause of the
accident at this point," Gill said.
An investigation may be conducted, he said, depend
ing on the test results.
Gill said the patrol cannot determine how fast Ort
meier was driving because of the extreme icy conditions.
Since the road was clear before and after the patch, he
said, the young woman didn't expect the ice.
"It just took her by surprise when she hit it," Gill said.
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I Lincoln remembers war dead on Veterans Day
' By Kevin Werneke
Daily Neferaskan Senior Reporter
I have cried, pained, and
-hoped . . . but most of all, I
have lived times oilier s would
say were best forgotten,
; At least someday I will be
able to say that I was proud
ofwhatlwas. . . a soldier.
George L Skypeck
Few people have experienced what
U.S. veterans did when protecting our
country for the sake of freedom, said Lt.
CoL Robert Robeson at a Veteran's Day
program Sunday at the Veteran s Admin
istration Medical Center in LineoK
Few have seen a burning corpse or
smelled a 20-day-old wound inflicted with
gangrene.
But Americans, for more than two cen
: turies, have risked life and limb to protect
"that which is right, he said.
Robeson, state recruiting and reten
tion manager for the Nebraska Army
National Guard, spoke at one of the
state's many activities observing remem
brance of Veteran's Day today.
"WeVe done our duty, paid our dues,"
he said. "Some have paid the highest
price."
Robeson told of his experiences in
Vietnam. Of a comrade who died trying to
save airiend.
He told of talking with a 19-year-old
soldier about writing and w&r during a
lull in the fighting.
Then fighting resumed and many died.
The screams of a soldier badly wounded
could be heard over the sounds of war. He
was caught in the line of fire, Robeson
recalled.
The young soldier said, "He shouldn't
have to die alone," Robeson said.
Their two bodies were found, executed
at short-range arm-in-arm, Robeson said.
"His sacrifice and heroism I will carry
with me until I too do die. It still affects
me 15 years later."
Millions of Americans have donned
uniforms to serve their country and many
have never returned from battles, he said,
all to protect our greatest resource:
freedom. ,
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a Veterans Dsy service Ssndsy at tl-ie Veterans Administration Eleslk&l '
Center.