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friday, September 12, 1975 page 6 daily nebraskan Groupaims fo legalize marijuana "Knowing what we know about marijuana, wliy should it remain illegal?" asks Kirk Hemphill, state treasurer and Lancaster County chairman for Helping l;nd Marijuana Prohibition (HI: MP). 1 llliMP is working to put the issue of marijuana legaliza tion on the Nebraska ballot in November 1976. 111'MP has roots in three earlier organizations: Farmers for Legalization of Marijuana, Citizens for S ine Drug Laws and Marijuana Liberation Army from Omaha. Farmers for Legalization of Marijuana lobbied in the. Nebraska legislature to find -"a legislator who would introduce a bill to legalize mauijuana. It was in this organ ization that the idea of an initiative petition was conceived. Organizational meetings Organizational meetings to draw the three groups to gether were held in April and May 1975. A rock concert May 18 in Omaha's Flmwood Park helped to collect money tor printing petitions. , A copy of (he petition then was filed in the office of Secretary of State Allen Beermann. Another lilmwood Park concert May 31 started the petition drive. About 600 signatures were obtained that day. Hemphill .said 31.589 signatures of Nebraska voters, seven per cent of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election, are needed to put the question on the ballot. In addition, signatures are needed from five per cent of the voters in each of at least 38 Nebraska counties. At least 2.414 signatures are needed from Lancaster County and more than 5,000 from Douglas County. Lincoln.Oirtaha Hemphill said he hopes the remainder of the signatures needed would come from Lincoln and Omaha. The required quota must be submitted by July 1, 1976. The petition filed by HEMP calls for legalization, not decriminalization, of marijuana. Decriminalization would simply reduce possession of less than one pound of marijuana to a misdemeanor, incur a relatively low civ I li ik and require no jail sentence. Hemphill calls tins idea hypo critical because it seems to condone possession, but noi cultivation or sale of marijuana. " ,' The initiative petition on filc.is a revision ol the state s controlled substance list. It would omit marijuana and tetrahydrocannibinols(the plant's psychoactive ingredient) and remove the penally clause for possession, cultivation or sale of marijuana. "We want to do everything by the book, legally, Hemphill said. "We believe in using the law lo change (he law." 1 ,500 signatures More than 1.500 signatures have been obtained. Hemphill said there are 1,000 petitions circulating in 30 counties. Petitions are being circulated mostly by lormer members of Farmers for Legalization, and students,-who get signatures from home town friends at UNL or return home for signatures on weekends and holidays. Hemphill is one of five students who, along with a faculty adviser, are working on setting up a chapter of III MPat UNL. called UNIIFMP.. UNHIiMP has filed a letter of intent to organize with the office of Student Organizations, permitting them to hold organizational meetings to elect officers and draw up a constitution. Needs approval The constitution must be submitted to the ASUN Constitution's Committee, for approval. Once approval is obtained, the constitution goes to the ASUN Senate for approval. The faculty adviser chosen to work with the group must be approved both by a faculty committee and the Council on Student Life (CSL). Once UNHLMP is established as a recognized student organization, it may begin collecting funds and signatures on campus. I- j,.,.,...,.- --t . - v Y 1 ! National office Home Ec leader elected MM Kirk Hemphill, chairman. Lancaster Wto by Tad KiHt County HEMP a-: .J Leora Homing has become the first Ne braskan named president of the Home Fco nomics Fducation Association (HLLA). Associate professor of I'NL's College of Home Fconomics, Horning works with the college's student teaching program. I IFF A publishes at least two magazines each year, which report on subjects related to teaching home economics. Horning said these publications are free to all HFFA members and are available to the general public. HFFA is an organization of persons interested in teachng home economics. The organization's main objective is to improve the teaching of home economics in high schools, she said. Horning said her responsibilities include' coordinating all publications, sending members a newsletter four times a year and representing the organization at national educational conventions. HFFA has no annual conference, ings each year. She said none of the meet ings are scheduled for Nebraska Horning said she could not foresee any major conflicts with her job as president and her position at UNL because most meetings arc on weekends and many presi dential duties coincide with her job as professor. Although HFFA is not connected with the American Home Economics Associa tion (AHFEA), Horning said most of HFEA's members are also members of Htoto bv Stav Boomer Leora Horning, associate profes sor of home economics. AHFFA. She said AliFFA has a larger membership and concerns itself with all aspects of home economics. Homing has been with the College of Home Fconomics for 17 years and a member of HFFA for 25. Campus mail gets new zip A request for new UNL zip codes has been met and as a result, separate zip code numbers are now in effect for all official university mail. ' The new zip code for city campus is 68588. The East campus number is 68583. Residence halls, Greek houses and other residences on campus are retaining 68508. Lincoln Postmaster Carl Moore said that the new zip codes will benefit both the post office and UNL. Moore said the new campus numbeVs are not held by any other addresses, thus resulting in quicker separa tion. Before, the university shared its zip code with the downtown area. Moore said the change resulted after post office officials talked with UNL administrators who wanted separate zip codes. The request was accepted because of the volume of mail the university receives. ft i T (( fiATIQNAL " r.- f CAR RENTAL J ; 1 ? Hi 1 s ? I I Kraft's Campus I Follow BIG RED I every weekend rfuv mm VDper day for only WE FEATURE GM CARS m m No mileage charge. TKun. 6 p.m. Man. 6 p.m. 17th and Vine 435-9253 48 Hr. Photo Finishing Service Month . : . p 10 OFF I 2 ii o Tires ! o Repairs! o Service Gas SScdiurn Blankets i tiA fOOV -PnlNH k V MM' iff ( J QfM nAI BBQUAC :' . a" Pitobari I uo '. 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