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By Ciycnt Drccis
Chining that the public h grossly
unaware of the prevalence of marijuana
use, Kirk IkmphiU, present of the UNL
group Iklpbs End Marijuana Prohibition
(HEMP), cii "even the cowboys and In
dians out in the panhandle smoke grass.
veryone cot there, except a surpris
ingly large number of rattlesnakes, gets
loaded," said Hemphill, a former UNL
psychology major who now works for a
railroad company in Crawford.
HamphUl said plans for an information
program to better inform the public
about marijuana were developed Saturday
at a HEM? meeting in front of the Neb
raska Union.
"We want to report to the people of the
state of Nebraska the factual information
about marijuana use, he said. "A lot of
people think only hippies and transient
derelicts use it."
Nebrsass snckci
Hemphill estimated that more than
20,000 Nebraskans smoke grass and more
than 35,000 have tried it. Those are conser
vative figures, he added.
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Rep. John Y. McCoHister saw the de
bate from the Albion Veterans Club, where
he was speaking to Republican supporters.
McCoSister is giving up his seat in the
House to run for the Senate.
Prejudiced toward Ford
"I'm so prejudiced toward President
Ford that I would have to say he won,"
McCoIiister said. "But I look forward to
hearing other people's opinions."
McCoIiister said he thought Ford's
strong points were criticism of Carter
and Congress, and standing on his own
prcgErom for moriiyono informoHteo
He said the group plans to do some
low lever fund raising" to finance the
publicity campaign."
We will continue in the HB!P style of
brownie sales, T-shirts, buttons and bump
er stickers, and raffing a hookah imported
from India" he said.
HEMP is also putting together a new
initiative petition drive aimed at placing
marijuana legalization on the November
1978 ballot. The group recently submitted
3,000 notarized signatures on a similar
petition to Secretary of State AEen Eeer
mann to have the question put on this
year's ballot. The 13-month drive pro
duced less than the ten per cent of the
31 fiOQ needed.
Interest lack not reflected
The low number of signatures does not
reflect a lack of interest in marijuana
legalization, according to HempmH. He said
the group had 6,000 signatures but did not
bother to notarize all of them because it
would not have been enough anyway.
Hemphill said the lack of signatures
was because of lost petitions, people quit- '
ting the group, losing contact with it or
not knowing how to get their signatures
notarized.
An approved copy of the new petition
wd be filed with Eeermann next week by
HEMP Petition Committee Chairman Larry
Hasenbach.
Te also plan to mount a letter writing
campaign to encourage Nebraska state
senators to mtroduct pro-mariJana L;
ticn (xi in the Unicameral?
Such action, he said, could preclude the
necessity-cf the initiative petition.
Another HEM? meeting to efcet officers
for the 1976-77 school year is tdizdzlzi
for 2:30 pjn. Oct. 11 in the Uriaa.
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record. Ford's views on economics, and
opposition to "make-work" programs are'
in line with McCoHister's views and voting
record, McCoIiister said.
"I don't think the debate was really
very useful " McCoIiister added.
Zorinsky campaign aides said the Demo
cratic Senate candidate missed the debate.
Zorinsky was at the Democrat fund-raising
dinner in Fremont Thursday night. The
aides said Zorinsky was reluctant to com
ment on the debate because his statements
would have to be based on accounts of the
debates rather than the debates themselves.
By Re Patten
Leniency toward second offenders and a
change in crime reporting are behind
Lincoln's crime increase, said Lincoln
Police Capt. Lowell Selhneyer, -chief of
follow-up detectives. -
Figures released Wednesday by the US.
Justice Dept. showed three per cent in
crease in serious crimes in the United
States. Lincoln's increase was nine per
cent. -
The figures are based on the overall in
cidences of reported crime for the first six
months of this year, compared to the
time last year. During the first six months
of last year, 3,773 crimes were reported,
and, 4440 crimes were reported during the
same time period this year.
SeQmeyer said new programs, such as
pre-trial diversion, contributed to the in
crease. The diversion program is operated by
the county attorney and allows a person to
serve his penalty without going to jail or
being charged with a crime. Restitution is
paid and there is a probation period.
Selhneyer said he thinks the person
should "do the time the judge sentenced."
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He said work release programs and parol!
for second offenders contribute to the
crime rate increase.
This permits persons who have com
mitted the crimes to be out on the streets,"
he said. "We need to take a closer look and
make sure the second offender isn't per
mitted to go free."
He also said he thinks Lincoln's popula
tion increase contributes to more crime.
.The population is getting bigger, so
naturally the rate is too."
Serious crimes are identified as forcible
rape, non-negligent homicide, aggravated
assault, burglary and breaking and enter
ing, robbery and motor vehicle theft.
Lincoln's rate of robbery, aggravated
assault, forcible rape and burglary all de
creased during the six-month period.
Selhneyer said the decreases were
caused in part by the formation of special
squads.
"By flooding suspected trouble areas
with officers, we have reduced the inci
dences of crime," Selhneyer said.
Police keep a count of aS cases, he said.
This identifies the crime by type, occur
rence and location.
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