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Court arraigns nine in conspiracy case iODflIM TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1971 LINCOLN. NEBRASKA yOL.94NO.82 Education Committee axes enrollment, med school bills by JIM PEDERSEN Staff Writer The Legislature's Education Committee Monday killed bills which would have limited Faculty hold special meeting The Faculty Senate will return to Love Library Auditorium Tuesday to consider at least one more resolution relating to recent Regents' nonreappointment and dismissal actions. The special 4 p.m. meeting was called to consider items remaining on the agenda from the regularly scheduled March 9 meeting at the Nebraska Center Auditorium. The resolution, sponsored by Robert S. Haller, associate professor of English, asks that the Liasison Committee appoint a special Senate committee to study the feasibility of constituting the Faculty Senate as a bargaining agent for the specific purpose of securing contractual protection of academic freedom and due process in matters of nonreappointment and dismissal. The carried-over agenda also includes the reports of several committees and a resolution proposing the establishment of an ad hoc committee to study allegations of recent plainclothes police activity on the University campus. University enrollment and created a specially appointed admissions committee for the University Medical School. Sen. Terry Carpenter sponsored LB 809 which would have set an enrollment ceiling at the Lincoln campus of 20,500 students and 13,500 at the Omaha branch. LB 808, sponsored by Carpenter, Sen. Loran Schmit and Sen. Fred Carstens, would have created an admissions committee for the Medical College comprised of three members of the school's faculty, four members appointed by the Director of Health from the voluntary faculty at the Med School and three members appointed by the Director of Health from outstate Nebraska. The admissions committee is currently made up of two doctors in private practice, five members of the faculty and two students. BOTH BILLS were killed by 7-0 votes. Carpenter, calling enrollment limitatic ' "the only thing (Chancellor . B.) Varner and I agree on, said University enrollment ceilings would spread the student population throughout the state "instead of having all of them congregated on the two University campuses." The Scottsbluff senator added that such a move would improve other educational institutions in Nebraska such as state and junior colleges and vocational-technical schools. When, asked by Sen. Duke Snyder of Omaha how many colleges could the state support, Carpenter responded, "as many as is necessary" Carpenter emphasized that enrollment limitations at the University coupled with pending legislation on loans to students and grants to colleges for scholarships would give any young person in the state with a high school diploma the opportunity for higher education. VICE-CHANCELLOR Merk Hobson was the bill's chief opponent. No one spoke in favor of it. Hobson said it would be "unwise" to limit enrollment to the two institutions in Nebraska which offer the widest range of educational opportunities. Hobson said Varner's public statements on enrollment limitation reflect only the Chancellor's "personal and philosophical" opinion. He added the Regents do not favor limiting enrollment, and Varner would not " sacrifice educational opportunities for philosophical reasons." Schmit introduced LB 808 citing the low percentage of Medical School graduates who stay in Nebraska after graduation and the shortage of rural doctors as his main Turn to page 3 Five men and four women were arraigned Monday morning in Lancaster County Court on felony charges of malicious destruction of property and conspiracy to bomb three buildings-the State Capitol, the Police Department, and the Brunswick Corp. CHARGED WITH TWO counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and malicious destruction of property were: DaleR Birkhahn 24, who listed his address as 540 No. 26. Jason Rice, 19, who listed his address as 4900 Grandview Elsie Kalkwarf, 27, who listed her address as 540 No. 26. Marlin Urbanec, 20, who listed his address as 333 No. 56. Katherine Allen, 20, who listed her address as 4900 Grandview Lane. CHARGED WITH ONE count of conspiracy to commit a felony were: r.n e Tervor F. Morgan, 21, who listed his address as 540 No. 26. Roger E. Frahm, 24, who listed his address as 949 E. Guylene Citta, 20, who listed her address as 540 N. 26. Merna Newlun, 23, who listed her address as 540. N. 26. County Judge Ralph W. Slocum set bounds of $10,000 for Birkhahn and Rice who County Attorney Paul Douglas described as "ringleaders." A $5,000 bond was set for Urbanec. Bond for Morgan and Frahm was set at $3,000 while a $2,000 bond was ordered for Allen and Kalkwarf. Newlun's bond was set at $1,500. LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON Citta and Newlun were free on property bonds. Bondsman Stuart Marx had arranged bond for Morgan and Kalkwarf. Frahm posted a cash bond. Allen, Birkhahn, Rice and Urbanec were still in jail late Monday. The defendants entered no pleas but all requested preliminary hearings. Hearings for Birkhahn, Rice, Morgan, Frahm and Citta were set for March 3 1 . Preliminary lrrines for Kalkwarf. Allen and Newlun were set for April 2. The hearing for Urbanec was set for April 21.The defendants were brought to the court room in two groups, first the men, then the women. WHEN ASKED IF she understood the nature of the charges against her Kalkwarf said, "Yes. I didn't do it." Douglas told her that he was not asking her if she was quilty, but only if .she, understood the charges. According to current University records and past student directories none of the people charged have been students at the University of Nebraska for the past three years. Six of the defendants asked that the county appoint attorneys to defend them. The nine were arrested Saturday night after police investigated damage done to a water tower at the Brunswick Corp. on East O Street. The tower had been defaced with painted words and symbols. Allegedly the tower had been defaced after a bomb threat to the plant. Third student tosses hat into Council ring Election to Lincoln's City Council is the first way-station on what William M. Hermes hopes will be a long political road. Hermes, 20, is the third NU student to enter the race for one of four Council seats to be filled by the May election. William F. Bennett, 20, and John S. Breslow, 21, are the other students candidates. A business major, Hermes said his interest lies in a political career. He chose to run for office, Hermes said, because young people need representation for their ideas on the Council. "IF THERE'S ANY problem between young people and the city, I can give representation to their views," Hermes said. He said, "The basic form of representation is to listen to people and their problems and go from there. That's how I've developed most of my ideas." Recognizing that he should work for all age-groups, Hermes said that most of the residents he's talked to seem receptive to his THE FOUR-YEAR RESIDENT of Lincoln said the city should use its property for high-rise apartments to help solve the low-income family's housing problem. Instead of using property around the Capitol for parking lots, a high-rise building with underground parking would be more practical, Hermes said. Rent collected from offices and apartments on the upper floors would reduce construction costs to the city, he added. The city should require all utility wiring in new buildings to be placed underground and should begin a plan to move existing wire systems underground, Hermes said. This plan would keep emergency systems ope ratine during storms and eliminate danger from fallen wires, he said. IN FAVOR OF city-owned buslines, Hermes proposed a transfer system combining express routes with mini-lines. Non-stop express lines would connect focal points such as downtown and Gateway, he saia. Passengers could then switch to a mini-line to reach areas around the focal point, he explained. Hermes suggested that the express line would be cheaper than the current bus fare. "The major problems of the city are financial," Hermes said, and it needs "more sound financial management." Because he doesn't want to ask people for money, Hermes said campaign expenses will probably come out of his pocket. Since it will be a low-cost operation with no advertising campaign, he said he will rely on personal contact with voters, speaking engagements and news releases. LAST WEEK Hermes appeared at a meeting of the Senior Citizens Advisory Council with seven of the other eight candidates. His long hair and beard didn't seem to bother Council members, he said, although he probably could get more votes by shaving off his beard. If he did, "I wouldn't be the same Bill Hermes. I won't put on a different front for people. They have to accept me or reject me as I am." Hermes is a member of Unicorns, a "service, scholastic and social" organization on campus. Drawing largely from Unicorn members, about 30 students are helping with the campaign, Hermes said. Campaign headquarters are located at his home and at the Unicorn office in the Union. t n t r ft Hermes. . . "They have to accept me or reject me as I am" 1 i
