Legislature nears session's midpoint
This year's session of the Nebraska Unicameral will pass the
half-way mark of its 60-day limit this week. At week's end,
senators will have completed public hearings on all bills and
have a good idea about the final form of the state's budget for
next fiscal year.
Last Friday, a proposal by the Legislature's Executive
Council to extend the floor space for lobbyists triggered strong
debate.
Calling them "leeches and barnacles," Omaha Sen. Ernest
Chambers spoke against the proposal.
Oakland Sen. C W Holmquist, in defending lobbyists,
demanded Chambers apologize.
Omaha Sen. Richard Proud said the Legislature couldn't
run "five days without them (lobbyists)." He urged, however,
that lobbyists be seated in the balcony with the general public. .
Specifically, the rule change asked that an additional 20
feet be designated for lobbyist seating, adjacent to the
Legislature's floor.
The vote, 29-13, fell one vote short of the 30 needed .to
enact the rule change.
Youth conference to explore
registration, party reform
The Nebraska Youth Caucus will hold an "Organizer's
Conference for New Voters" this weekend in the Nebraska
Union, according to Acting Chairman Wayne Wening.
The Caucus is a bi-partisan organization for youth focused on
voter registration, delegate selection and party and election
reform.
"If we can get 50 per cent of our eligible voters to register and
vote as a bloc we could change things," said the Seward
Concordia Teachers College junior. "We must organize behind the
issues," he said.
Although the conference will focus mainly on the
development of political skills, speakers will also be featured, he
said. Among those planning to attend are State Sen. Ernie
Chambers, Secretary of State Allen Beermann and Ms. B.J. Keller,
local women's rights activist.
The workshops will be varied and informative, he said. Topics
will include organizing voter registration drives, welfare,
educational reform, consumer protection and farm policy, said
Werning.
"We have assured. both Democratic and Republican party
input, We are hoping to be as representative of Nebraska's youth
as possible," he said.
Approximately 300 persons are expected to attend, he said.
Official praises loan program
A U.S. Office of Eduation official said Wednesday that
Nebraska bankers have loaned $30 million to some 29,000
students since the inception of the federally-insured student
loan program some four years ago.
Jerald W. Donaway of Washington, D.C., chief of the
federal insured loan section of student financial aid, said only
11 loans, involving about $80,000, have been defaulted,
including some by death or disability.
He was reported to have said, "This is a remarkable
record," while attending the Nebraska Bankers Association's
two-day seminar on installment credit held in Lincoln.
Donaway encouraged the state's banking industry to
increase participation in the student loan program, saying that
the paperwork for the loan program has been "streamlined"
since its inception.
The federal program insures loans to students who attend
universities, colleges and vocational and technical schools, and
underwrite the seven per cent interest charge during the period
the student is in school.
Additionally, Donaway explained, the program may pay up
to an additional three per cent interest to the lending institution
so as to make student loans competitive with other types. The
amount is reviewed quarterly, he said.
"Young people are responsible people," he said, "and it
should be a challenge to the banking industry to assist them in
seeking education."
Donaway said the recovery rate for student loans is
"probably higher than loan programs of any other federal
agency."
He noted the payment of claims on defaulted loans are
actually made from insurance premiums built into the
insured loans.
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
The Guadalajara Summer School, a
fully accredited University ( Arizsii
program, win offer, July 3 to August
12, anthropology, art folklore, geog
raphy, history, government language
and literature. Tuition, $160; board
and room, $190. Write Office of the
Summer Session, University of Ari
zona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.
Christians
in Action
Mon., 7:00 p.m.
Student Union
Room number posted
Scottsbluff Sen. Terry Carpenter's Government and
Military Affairs Committee kept busy Thursday by taking
action on 24 bills.'
The committee advanced two bills pertaining to the
planned UNL field house.
On unanimous votes, the committee advanced bills letting
the City of Lincoln issue bonds for financing the field house.
Another bill would divide money from the five-cent
cigarette tax increase between the field house and a central
state construction fund.
The committee killed two primary-election reform bills on
5-0 votes.
One by Callaway Sen. J. James Waldron would have
permitted a person to vote for anyone, regardless of party, in
primary elections.
Another proposal by Neligh Sen. John DeCamp would have
allowed independent voters to participate in primary elections.
On final reading last week, senators approved on 42-0 vote
a bill permitting right turns on red stop lights.
Budig resigns, takes Illinois post
Gene Budig announced Friday his resignation as director of
public affairs for the University. His resignation is effective
June 1 when he will become vice president and dean of Illinois
State University.
Budig, 32, served as an administrative assistant to former
NU Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin upon coming to NU six
years ago.
Before assuming his public relations postion, Budig was
assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs.
A former newspaper reporter, Budig was administrative
assistant to Gov. Frank Morrison from 1964-67.
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Masters are scheduled for 7:30
p.m. Monday. All are open to
the public:
Lewis Harris at Sigma Alpha
Epsifon
Calista Cooper Hughes at Delta
Delta Delta
Theodore Kratt at Triangle
David McCammon at Schramm
Hall lounge
Maxine Munt at Alpha Xi Delta
Margaret Spader at Burr-Fedde
Halls
Varro Tyler at Centennial
Clayton Yeutter at Eighth
floor Abel
All the Masters will be
present at a news conference
Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Union
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