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j 0 dailu pi ft; monday, October 29, 1973 incoln, nebraska vol. 97, no. 35 Rally petitions for Nixon removal By Charles Wieser Placards read "Impeach Nixon, Now More Than Ever" and "Protect the Constitution -Impeach Nixon," speakers called for immediate impeachment and more than 175 persons signed a petition supporting the impeachment of President Richard Nixon at a Saturday rally on the Capitol steps. The rally, sponsored by the Nebraska Coalition for the Impeachment of President Nixon, was planned following Nixon's dismissal of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Atty. Gen. William Ruckelshaus. A march to Congressman Charles Thone's office also was made in an effort to give him the petition. Thone's office was vacant, but persons connected with the rally said the petition would be delivered to him Monday. State Sen. Steve Fowler said Americans will have to unite to successfully impeach Nixon. 'This is the sort of thing that got Nixon elected in the first place," he said. t I u O t I I if V ' I 1! U i.i . I Rex King, Lincoln Central Labor Union president, und J i local union member, attended Saturday's impeachment rally. r Mideast survey results M I t ' Three students Fowler said Nixon's acce - to the mass media and his ;-ihi!tt v to put pressure on Congress aie advum. tjeon!-. to his remaining in office. "Whenever he wants, he cm ur.o the media to make a gun i'.:; l.'H i as ne uiu me omer nigtu 11 n.uv'. e.c said. Rex King, Lincoln Cenuv! LJof Union president, said it is tor ; "v (jet the top man (Nixon) out of ti rt: " "I believe George M,ur m,i It some good remarks the othet 1 iv ! he man (Nixon) is sick," he said. AFL-CIO President Got. ! Weany released a statement Weiineid.iy ..!.;.. said, "The events of the ia.s w-v!',i days prove the dangerous i-.oiioiu! instability of the President ' ! In. statement referred to Nixon', , Cox and his decision to , -.a j . secret White House rap.; leeoo'cie, ;u Federal Judge John Sit irj "We have people power country and it's time tic ,t Washington know who u rm. country," King said. He said Americans con -. disapproval for tin r . ;r t tr.-s I'll.:!.' I i , By Randy Wright In a survey of 71 UNI. siuoe u per cent appiovcd the way Pm . Middle Last, conflict. Half of those1 interviewed t --x j j--'. soon anil said they wen; sate, h ', United Nations and United lit.i. :,. But the confidence often we, mm from the students that the Pre a en, .v , ,4 f . L . .. . V '.'.. ' ' ! v . " V J' .- t f interviewed in Mideast X. administration by removing conrer.:.inon who fail to respond to their ijfoeoj nds in next year's congi o:.;,'onj el'.'Ctions. Philip Dyer, UNL assistant profess,-,! of (Kilitical science, said Aine-rica's d. stiny ,vili be affected by vh.it evolves !iom the Watergate seood.ils. If Am, 'i ican::. fjii to act against Nixon, he s.iiil, future American prciidiuns may (iccnie that they also ;.re wi thcji.it i esti au'.ts. Dyer said lie feit patriotism and loyalty are not determined by "blind oliedience. ' Coiljin Fowl"!, a UNL graduate student in philosophy, read from a iettei fiuir 'he American Civil L iij' i ties Uuioo vsl.ioh said that Nixon "had 1 1!.' i verted and attempted to pervert :.he Department of Justice, Matiotsai oeoii'ity' Couricil, Secret Si;rvir.f, Centi al Inl'lhgencr,' Agency n d t t) e S t a t e a n d D e fense i 1 e;ai tmenls fjy enij .ijing them in po i 1 1 it: a I su i veiil.ioce and in the 1 a ! s i i i ea tion of it, formation made available to Congress and the Amet km. i people he' Iettei Wait CO to I0( USl' the Nixoi- a' i i:o i o ', 1 1 a f i on of usinq bmnlaiy wire! aioei'i an(J military spying a'janist '"dissenters, politicjl onpoii-'ii is, n;ws r (.-porters and " iVeneeient irripl.jyes." l owicr said these oostructions of justice are sufhrient evidence of wruit'jdounj mi Nixon's part and that he should he nnpe)ehed. Mel It! Huiisen, president of Rur.il N bia;kaos for P'.'aee, said if justice ir ' m S applied (e .... '"".e'il have to ;et ri!ir vvui f me'ii to hloek out the '.'Olds 'etjUauty hc'lore the- law'," svlnch eu: cii'jrav'ed on h)-" Capfiol. ihiM'.ei' '..iid In1 heiii.'ved Nixon was . i'a, uj the ; e r ! Mil r i. j;,t crisis to sliOv' Am. i n:jri:. that t'a'.'y must fnrqet buiii l;v VV.-?-( scandals and i ( joceu it a'e uii n i m e ,ei jo is matters, 'The jv ii; !e :' this country are e t t h' ..!, , 'l about Watergate. M's f t j r r. y that Nixon knows evi i y thine du? noes on in the Middle ast, leit nothmi; that goes on in (he Wi'itt" I touse," he1 said Ron Kurli.-nP.tch, eiiitor of the I irti oln (: i.tt:. said i move tow.nd i i 1 1 pi- a i" ' is an i m po riant i eeehi i'oe;i.,.! ,,ii:d pitsoual action by A, iel if am.. 1 e' ll .ted 'lie li.'liovvli:' as teasfjus 1.'hy Nixon slmuli' be nnpeached: for enmjH-ihre; men to die m an "unjust" war, the i e r . 1 1 h I "immoral" uih'.i' rn if U.S. troops "Ibe government ..ani'f! ,,h(r,, ,'i i i i : ( e : I e ' I ; ) : , 'he nO I i.i 1 ' :e i e,! , , ;n ( e Caicaenry e . d will' a 'Aa'fiiri'; 'i .jifl coin,! unil r a ao Jim Lirif otn, i he President is looking back on Vietnam," gradual .' siuden; Deng Wagner said. He said the sending of adviser, to '! iviniiile La-,i was (lossililc About () pei cent said Isiael should not be left without U b. snppe)! t, however. They said the sending of nilit,ay f ' ) 1 -' I ' ' ' " ' t was advisablt;. I oui siudi;nts said they looked for a major U.S. !')oe ; clash "It's bound to get deeper because of the power play that': eeing on," one woman entomology student said. More than 7!3 per cent of the students interviewed sail! full ting would go on, though not on a large scale, for a few lie H't lib. "ha;." I won't give up until they're beaten or until they be it the ei.ij:,," Lincoln said. " I he Arabs are more likely to iu:i iiefo. e the ( de'aciyed." I on i ''.';,! touville, an engineering sophomore, said he did ' ! 1 HK'olvment fin more than the present level. 0,. m.ilc (jraduate student said the U.S. must hold a ! . ' n of re ponsihihty for both sides. "We liae a (eitaiu commitment with Israel," fie said, "but also h, e an obligation to keep peace." ' ' h bussidu s aie iiying .o can uur bluff," said junior ' i'- Uaisiensen, reh nniij to Nixon's worldwide alert and ' ' "' ' h'I" t rei ,i e st lor 1 ' b ti oops. A'"'''d ,f) ('" ni '-f the students interviewed had n. ! "-a ' a I'.iv atW.iboo. v J . :-! . . Ml i . ft. ?r . . .mmm.t it mi. THE uoug Uurand, 11, called for tho assassination of President Nixwi at the impeachment rally Saturday. bombing of Cambodia, war crimes committed in Southeast Asia, his involvement in the milk price and I I I scandals, the firing of Cox and ,h,s responsibility for the Wain gat" scandal. King said Nixon will not change unless the people of America force him. Fowler agreed. "Congress is usually teluetant. to take a stand on comple: is. ues. It is our duty to convince wougiess io impeacn imixoii, tie s.e.i i He told persons attending the rally that they could "multiply their elf 'ct I by informing other persons about the grounds for impeachment. i nere s no manual on how impeach a president, but today'' actions can be a leginning," I owl"i said. were involved. is serial t enough not to get in anode i an eiunneerinfi freshman. 4 ll. 9 ! i