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dailu m snecici! edition men day, january 14, 1 974 imcoin. nebraska vol., 98, no. 1 Cold snap deals blow to old 1 : if" Walking to class in temperatures expected as high as 18 degrees, UNL students may soon forget the bitter cold that crispened the Christmas holidays. Since the cold spell began Dec. 29, Lincoln has experienced subzero lows nightly. Five were record lows according to the National Weather Service. Weather Service figures show that on New Year's Fve, Lincolnites partied in temperatures reaching only as high as 4 degrees and dropping as low as 20 degrees below zero. The previous record low for that date was 1 7 degrees below zero set in 1969. Not to be outdone by the last day of 1973, New Year's Day tied another one in the high was zero, the low, a bottle breaking 26 degrees below zero, shattering the record of 18 degrees below zero set in 1887. Then, on Jan. 2, more than two inches of sno.. fell, warming the city for two days. The second day of the year saw 7 degrees as the high, 15 degrees below zero as the low; on Jan. 3, 10 degrees was the high and 1 5 degrees below zero the low. On Jan. 4, the campus got another waxing. Although highs reached 10 degrees, a record breaking low of 19 degrees below zero was recorded. The previous mark had been 18 degrees below zero, set in 1969. Another 1.6 inches of snow fell Jan. 5, and an additional 2.2 inches on Jan. 6, again propping up temperatures high enough to keep from smashing any records. But record of 18 degrees below zero, set in 1971, toppled on Jan. 7. The high for that day was 3 degrees, the low bottomed out at 20 degrees below zero. Snow continued to envelop the campus Jan. 8, when 1.7 inches fell. Once again, the snow strapped the temperatures above record marks. But even with light snow falling Jan. 9, the temperatures became too hard to keep up and they dropped to a record-breaking 21 degrees below zero, beabr"; -.be previous recoid of 1887 by one degree. The Wtfdthor Service reported more bitterly low tiimper-it4.it rs during the weekend, but were to warm up today for a more pleasant first day of second "luster. '!!!..(. ivj , have not only been low outside, but also inside UNL buildings. in keeping with energy saving measures set up before vacation, some buildings hdie been forced to bibonuto during interim at temperatures as low as 40 dogi e:?s, according to Ron Wright, assistant director of business and finance. The temperature reduction and other measures have i -Meant a savings lor UNL, Wright said, not neccssariiy monetarily, but in energy. WfHjSit said UNL could have been expected to bum 40,000 gallons of fuel oil a day in this weather, but instead has been burning only about 24,000 gallon;, a day. See related story page 'it I 1 ; '2'- L '- ... .0m at-'TUJi - TV A 1 i ' K Moderate snowfall during interim inspired these kind of angelic antics by those willing to bra s; the bitter cold. Carpenter: too little citizen inpu eaislatson By Greg Wees A political voice for Nebraskans is one of the things founders of the Unicameral had in mind when provisions were made for public hearings on proposed bills. But the trouble, according to a number of state legislators, is that too few citizens are taking advantage of this unique opportunity to participate in lawmaking. Scottsbluff Sen. Terry Carpenter last Wednesday said the Legislature "doesn't really represent Nebraskans. People hardly ever come to committee hearings. The reason is they don't know what we are doing . . people would be here if they did." While other state legislatures permit some public testimony, the Unicameral's committee system is the only one allowing citizens to testify on practically every bill. The first session of the 1974 Unicameral, gaveled to order New Year's Day, will consider a record number of bills ranging from dove hunting and horse racing on Sunday to proposals to raise state income tax rales and prohibit smoking in certain public piaces. Most bills, more than 500 of which are to lye considered during this session, require public hearings by one of 13 standing committees of the Legislature -and the only way a bill can forgo committee scrutiny is if 30 or more of the 49 senators vote to suspend the rules. At committee hearings, Nebraska citizens are on equal footing with senators. They may offer testimony and give their opinion of most b;iK introduced. Committee are required to publish schedules for hearings in the Legislative Journal at least seven days in advance. After testimony is heard, and if the bill is reported favorably in committee, it is advanced to the floor of the Legislature for consideration. Single copies of bills can be obtained from Vincent Brown, clerk of the Legislature, and are itee cf charge. Other publications put out by Brown's office are the Legislative Journal, a daily record of Unicameral activities, and amendments to bills Ixmih) considered. Subscriptions to the Journal are available for a small charge. Included in the 95 bills introduced the first two meetings is a proposal by Grand Island Sen. R;i!h Kelly requiring tighter reporting of campaign finances. Under Sen. Kelly's plan, the only way candidates for state office could spend or receive money v: through special campaign bank accounts. Biweekly bank statements listing names of contributors and expenses of the candidate automatically become part of the public record, open to scrutiny during the campaign, he sr.tri in an interview. This would cut back the number of contributions and might make campaigning cheaper, Kelly suggested. K.'Hy s i d i? ha:, been his experience that "people ! "'' like to conn ibuto to a campaign and give iMoiicy is-eely it their name is a matter of public .'u:.oum! mm die ia.;t state ejections, Kelly said there was r0 pet cent accuracy in reporting expenses and 1 1.-m!i ibi.u-'iis. lii? predicted this figure would he cLi .i i to 100 per cent if LB 677 was adopted. ' !-.. :i slat j j i c jjit session passed a con u pi uj'Jii i s ;-ct, but Kelly said the law docs not establish om.c ceniial depository for campaign fund?. Goi!v.:tri -nty, Kelly said he doubted that reporting .tccuiacy would increase much above the 50 per cent i.i.o k. An advantage of his plan, he said, is that toe ;-i:c-tui..ie v-.owld become aw.iro of huge expenses r-nd ; I' i! s doi m; ii " conlribuiions that occur in sona.-e:..Oi).i!,!-... K' liy also said campaigns could not end in debi biM.vOv.- all hit!;; would have to be paid by ekxtiori d, y. 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