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Currently, the guidelines' most vocal opponents are olinq out the effect of the proposed rules on college ,rts The rules would require that colleges provide comparable" training, facilities, recruitment and travel financing in athletics for both sexes. Although equal spending' In both areas iJ not" required, affirmative action is, For example, if enough women at UNL wanted to play football, the Univereirr would have to supply them with a coach and a field. Even more controversial ts the. 'guideiv Vr.t ..; sport played by both sexes, such aslenhis, clfv. would have to offer as many scholarships 'r.;6nu' . players as to men. They also would t4 reqirfrctf .? ; travel expenses and time on the courts.. The guidelines' effect on college ispu enf,, important issue, however. The impact also would bdv fftlt in the hiring and promotion of nctmcMVff Jf1? ' new rules would insure that women Are" enrK,td in upper administrative levels of elementary and secondary schools and colleges. - . The guidelines also would forbid schools to impose curfews and codes of conduct on women stunts snd not on men. Pregnant students wouSd"rspt fca a'-hid to live in separate dorms or attend sep&fa!, c!;!itfv.( ncr 4. would thev be excluded from eompenti&!'i for homecoming queen, in secondary scroop, bays yvoum , not be excluded automatically from clcssd: a norr economics, nor girls from shop. T "- ; Another fringe area the rules would afffYt i-5 tho single-sex campus organizations. According HtW, ' colleges receiving federal aid will not t a alio,: .1 'to give' 'substantial" support to such groups iMhcy tpr.tmua to exclude either sex. .. i.-'5 The guidelines would net effect mi!iUry'a. 'rr.-ss religious schools "to the extent compliance '..ouid be inconsistent with religious tenets." Tt.sy 'V.otitd net require elementary or secondary rchc.'s ft" vt .ircJ tlonally have been single-sex to ff.ityritof jiivf wla they require private colleges to do so. , , .' ' Hnwpvw. all vocational schools and hradu.:' j would Have to admit men atri women an f--! 0 The proposed guidelines could pro;-;': headaches for college deans, welt i$ which to hang class action suits. i ; . - , Certainly they wit! have snlmpscl en Iho fc.i-.ftf UN. community. Members of that community ste,-!j rcict fn thf? nronnsed rules at the croon hearing. It c -t; help f -r- - - ' , . . . . . .. t-,. i ' r Housewife 5 convicted for buying H'V determine the fate of fairness page 4 i I 5... v v w September 8, 1975 Gloria N. Naysnon, d seeminqly respectable housewife, was convicted in Federal Court today of buying a $19.95 cuckoo-clock plant holder. 1Q7f. Flayshon, 39, was arrested under the 1975 Unnecessary Puchases Act, passed by Congress in July as a desperation attempt to curb inflation. The new law requires consumers to prove that any goods they buy are needed for their "health, safety or W During 9the dramatic trial, Prosecutor Franklin Furter noted that Flayshon was already on probation -nnhocinn a ti o qf spt of six antiaue Lucite moustache cups and a" $14.95 Stuffed Canada Goose Lamp Kit. ,, , "Seated before you, ladies and gentjemen, Furter told the jury, "you 'see that most-selfish, f thoughtless and despicable of Americans a com- PUlS'Vn herS'ense, the sobbing three-time loser said only that she needed the cuckoo-clock plant holder , "to brighten up the living room." The jury required just 17 minutes to reach the guilty verdict. , . Flayshon was arrested after her husband came home to find the new cuckoo-dock plant holder as well as a plea scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror: "Stop me before I buy again!" Police found her in the Imported Curios Section of a discount house. They said she was pale, trembling and perspiring. They said, she begged them to allow her to buy "just one little $1.95 Zamboangan Rain Goddess" before they took her in a plea they, of course, refused. , Under relentless questioning by Prosecutor Furter, Flayshon admitted she had violated the terms of her probation and had not only read ads in newspapers and magazines, but watched a commer cial on televisions.. "I had already gotten up to go wash my hands 18 times in 29 minutes," she told the jury. "So I just sat there exhausted, telling myself, 'One teensy commercial won't hurt'. "But they showed this really adorable cuckoo clock plant holder and this indescribable craving came over me, and I knew I just had to have a fix and..." At this point she broke down in tears and couldn't continue. cr -.!!,...; ha tncHi Defence. Atfnrnfv Pprrv Flk made an impassioned pica for leniency. "I admit, your honor, that my client is a junk junkie," he said dramatically. "But let us remember that she has been conditioned since infancy by a " trillion dollars worth of advertising to become hooked by an insatiable craving. s-fl -ni r But Judge Hector (Hanging Hec) Woolsoy was not vjl I lUI .impressed. "To see the defendant as simply a victim nf h.f.r nnimnrwerKhnri pnvironmpnt . " hn kniri Sternly, "is bleeding-heart nonsense. To protect the.'. AAnAmi tt'afrilu rf tali HWrt4 ritifnnc fhie ufAnnrt must be incarcerated for what she is an incurable junk addict." . The new Unnecessary Purchases Act has been, widely hailed by economists and husbands' alike.' Fvpn its fpw critics admit that it has solvnri thn , Aflf problem of inflation. - . 44.1 iHwl With one-third of the nation's economy producing nothing but useless junk for the past half century, one-third of the nation's factories are now closed and one-third of tho labor force now out of work. "But at least this Great Depression wo are now in is a problem we have dealt with before," a White House spokesman said optimistically. fConvriaht Chronicle Piihlishirtri r.n. 1Q74 r - j loppe jpk i t SiJ iJ III' daily nebraskan wednesaay, September 18, 1974' ). ..4 tih (& ?"