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thursdsy. December 1 1, 1975 volume 99 number 59 lincoln. nebraska By Tern WEson A five-state College of Veterinary Medi cine (CVM) located in Lincoln came cither to reality Tuesday when the federal co chairman of the Old West Regional Com mission (OWRC) submitted a draft report proposing UNL's East Campus as the CVM site. The OWRC meets today in Bismarck, N D. to review the report by Clarence Cole, co-chairman of the OWRC committee studying the idea of a regional veterinary school. Warren Wood, federal OWRC chairman, briefed Nebraska Sen. Roman Ilruska and a Nebraska congressional delegation in Wash ington Tuesday on the report. Nebraska Rep. Charles Thone, a delega tion member, said Wednesday that Wood proposed a 22,000 square-foot building, estimated at a cost of $14 million, to be built at UNL. Figures preliminary Thone stressed mat all figures and con ditions are preliminary while the report still is being reviewed by the five states and the commission staff. The five states are Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and North and South Dakota. The report goes Dec. 29 to an advisory committee of governor-appointed members and veterinarians of the five states, accord ing to Gene Ingold, a member of Wood's staff The commission will meet again to dis cuss the report at the National Governors Conference Feb. 14, he said. Thone said several plans for the financ ing of the CVM have been made. One pro posal, he said, is that construction costs be paid partially by the OWRC and partial ly by the federal government. He added that legislation to enable the federal gov ernment to contribute 80 per cent of the financing is being considered. Governor review Wood and the governors of the five states will review the report's recommen dations, Thone added, before commis sion approval in February. Cole's report proposes: -The CVM would accommodate 612 students and 96 faculty members. -Three financial plans for construction costs. -Use of Lincoln revenue bonds for capi tal financing of the CVM. -A timetable which outlines staff ap pointment in April, 1976, and shows con struction of the buildings completed in August, 1979. The alternate financial plans are: -Flan A, which is 40 per cent funded by the OWRC and 60 per cent by the five participating states according to the num ber of student spaces allocated to each state. -Plan B, which would have 50 per cent financed by the commission and 50 per cent by the states. -Plan C, which sets 25 per cent funding by the UJS. Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare, 25 per cent by the com mission, and 50 per cent by the states. According to Ingold, the Lincoln reve nue bonds will be issued by the state on a per year per student basis. Total capital costs would be financed by the bonds, with the four states reimbursing Lincoln on the basis of fees per student. The timetable specifies that in January. 1977, the program and facility plans of the universities would be approved, and plans would be reviewed by the American Vet erinarian Medical Association's Council on Education. Construction would begin by July, 1978 with the first class held in September, 1979. Proposed Union bakery faces Advisory Board study Lawyers seek witnesses All students witnessing or having any information regarding a scuffle in the Nebraska Union North lobby Oct. 15 between a black woman student and a campus policeman are asked to contact attorney Dennis Bru chard, 432-2847 or attorney Jeanne Thorough, 475-6773. The incident resulted in the arrest of Regina Edington, a 20-year-old UNL student, who later pleaded innocent to two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery. The charges were filed after she al legedly was involved in a scuffle with UNL student Jeffrey Quackenbush and Campus Police officer Ronald Lunday. Leaflet calls for support of projectionist's strike By Randy Blauvelt An amended motion to study Nebraska Union Director Allen Bennett's proposal for a retail bakery outlet in the union was passed Wednesday evening by the Union Advisory Board. Dean Kirby, a board member, success fully added an amendment to the motion requiring the board's planning commit tee to submit its bairery proposal report to the new advisory board when they meet in February. Bennett presented the proposal to the board, as designed by the UNL physical plant. He asked them to address ihe ques tions of possible space for the outlet, whe ther there a true market exists and if the estimated cost of $9,500 would 1 acceptable. 1 - Bennett, who wants the item given a high-priority rating, said a bakery outlet would employ currently unused bakery personnel and would require no addi tional production equipment. But he added that the estimated cost is more than expected. r : 3 rnr " ! f" . i 'mm .c . , By MareOa Synovec Motion Picture Operators continues a If you go to a movie at the Stuart The- strike on the Dubinsky Brothers Theaters, atre, chances are you will be handed a leaf- which began Aug. 29, the Nebraska Dis- let as you enter the door or stand in line. patch Organization organized a boycott On the leaflet are the pleas: supporting the projectionists. -Don't cross union picket lines. Make demands known -Boycott all Lincoln theaters except Doug Hord, a spokesman for the Dis- the Hollywood and Vine and the Sheldon patch, said the leaflet was printed to make Memorial Art Gallery Film Theater. the boycott demands known to the public -Write and phone the Stuart demanding and to call for support. The leaflet points they negotiate. out mat continued attendance at the -Volunteer to help. Stuart deadlocks negotiations. As Local 151 of the International Al- He stressed that the Dispatch and the lianr nf Theatrical Stam Employees and union are not tine same organization. T.. i i.m Dubinsky Brothers owns one of the . Midwest's largest theater chains, including I I Lincoln's Starview and West "O" drive-ins IHCImO fttffyfR ' wlStuirt. II iJlv-ZV- w'ssj Most of Lincoln's theaters were equipped with an automated projection system,, the ' platter system, early this year, according to the No? 14 Nebraska Dispatch. Theater New place, new programs: owners who had formed a lincoln Theater Lincoln Indian Center p.7 Owners Awociation, then informed pro New ramp: For Sheldon Memorial jectionist union members that they could Art Gallery visitors . . . . p.5 expect reduced work hours. AUn Find Negotiations stalemate lfnriik D 4 After negotiations between the union Eauonajs. f- md titst owncrs cam8 to a stalemate, Arts and Entertainment P union members struck 33 Dubinsky-owned Sports P-jy screens In Nebraska and Iowa on Aug. 29, Crossword P- according to the Dispatch. Short Stuff P-3 AO Lincoln theaters, except the Holly wood and Vine and the Sheldon Film The- Weather ater, locked out projectionists. The first Thursday: Cloudy and colder. Tern- lockout occurred Sept. 18. Projectionists peratures in the high 20s to low 30s, were allowed back to work a week later, Northerly winds ranging from 10 to 20 but again were locked out Oct. 9. m.pJi. The Dispatch is boycotting the Stuart, Thursday night: Cloudy and cold. Hord said, because "Dubinsky initiated the Chance of snow flurries. Lows in the installation of the automatic system and is mid-teens. viciously anti-libor." Friday: Cloudy and cold. Possible snow Dispatch workers are not outside every flurries. Highs in the low 20s. theater that has locked out projectionists He said he initially believed the project would "only cost about $2,000. Even if the board approved the proposal, Bennett said, he doesn't think money would be available in the current operations budget. Bennett told the board that the legal counsel for the Dippy Donut company, which is opening an outlet at the former Dave's Snack Bar near campus, has con tacted NU Regent Kerrnit Wagner about the appropriateness of a Union retail bakery. In other action, the board decided to advise Bennett not to allow waivers of room-rental fees for charitable activities unless the Fees Allocation Board (FAB) allocated specific funds for that purpose. Bennett requested advice on the matter to avoid questions of misusing student fees. The board also approved motions ask ing ASUN to publicize upcoming board vacancies, requesting FAB to allow suf ficient time for the Union Program Coun cil to submit its budget and notifying the UNL Faculty Senate of an upcoming faculty advisor position on the board. J -- 'A f 1 on v Photo by Stmt BMnwt Nick Vos walks the picket line in front of the Stuart Theatre because they lack the manpower, he said, although about 25 to 30 Dispatch people have been working full time. Torn, scratched G!ra The Dispatch leaflet states that 'Inter ruption of viewing and torn and scratched films have become frequent' as a result of automatic projection equipment. However, the Stuart theatre had used automatic equipment before the new sys tem was installed, according to assistant manager Mike Murphy. "Films break even when people are running the projectors," he said, "and movies that run for a long time naturally show more wear and toar." Despite the boycott, people still come to the Stuart, Murphy said. "People come into the theater with leaf lets in their hand, he said, "and the general comments are if I want to see a movie, 111 go see it." Jobs consolidated According to Lynn Rogers, manager and projection operator at the Hollywood and vine, the union negotiated a contract that consolidated the duties of manager and projectionist into one job that takes care of the theater's entire projection operation. Rogers said he also is a union member and got his job "through the union instead of the theaters." Theater owners wanted to eliminate the job of projectionist, he said. A proposed maintenance contract In cluded maintenance, makeup and teardown of equipment, but not projection. Rogers said work hours under such a contract would be cut from 10 hours per day to five hours per week. 0