daily nebraskan
thursday, february 17, 1977
page 2
Maiden flight
news digest
By The Associated Press
Health insurance
Washington-President Carter said Wednesday he
hopes to propose the first phase of a national health
insurance program before the end of the year. Speaking
to about 500 employes selected from the 140,000 civil
servants in the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, Carter said any plan will have to be phased in by
what he called "a year-by-year progression toward a
national health insurance system." Before the program is
proposed, he said, it first will be necessary to assess what
is being spent on Medicare and Medicaid and in what
manner. The President stressed that "there will have to be
some trade offs"- because the cost of national health
insurance will be high and cost controls will be necessary.
Washingtoh-The Spacelab's first flight in orbit will
cany two scientists, one from America and another from
Europe, the National Aeronautics Space Administration
said Wednesday. The flight in 1980 will be a week-long
test of the big laboratory 1S5 miles above the Earth. The
two scientists will work different shifts so experiments
can continue 24 hours a day. Three other Americans will
fly on the mission. They will be the two pilots and flight
engineer who will man the U.S.-built Space Shuttle, which
is to ferry the Spacelab into orbit From Cape Canaveral,
Fla. The American scientist will be selected by NASA.
The other scientist will be selected by the European
Space Agency, an 1 1 -nation consortium which is develop
ing Spacelab.
their forsight. The unions waived the provisions of the
Davis-Bacon Act, which requires prevailing wages to be
paid workers on federally financed programs, and agreed
to a 15 per cent pay cut. In the projects, 200 housing
units would be renovated, bringing in $724,000 in federal
rent subsidies. Renovation work is expected to start in
April or May, Cunningham said, but buildings to be
renovated have not been selected. :
Drought meeting
Loss is gain
Pay raise
Omaha-Because several labor unions have agreed to
work for less than the prevailing wage rates on a federally
subsidized building renovation program, Omaha will be
eligible for more than $700,000 in federal rent subsidies,
Mayor Robert Cunningham said Wednesday. "Sometimes
it's good to give up a liiiie to gain a lot," Cunningham
said, adding that he thinks the unions deserve credit for
Gov. J. James Exon said Wednesday he will attend a
Sunday meeting in Denver to discuss the drought. Interior
Secretary Cecil Andrus and Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm
have, invited 15 western governors to attend the session.
Lamm said he believes an exchange of information among
the states and between the federal government and the
states would be helpful. Exon said he spoke with Lamm
by telephone recently and asked about the progress of
Colorado's cloud seeding program. Exon said Lamm told
him the program is not going well because there are few
clouds to seed. Exon also said he asked Agriculture
Secretary Robert Bergland if he would be at the meeting,
but Bergland said he would not be able to attend because
of prior committments.
Washington-A Republican effort to force a recorded
vote on a pay raise for members of Congress, judges and
high officials was blocked in the House Wednesday.
Failure of the move apparently assures that the pay raise
from $44,600 to $57,500 in the case of senators and
representatives will go into effect atuomatically at mid
night Saturday. House Republican leader John J. Rhodes
of Arizona sought unanimous consent to bring to the fore
a resolution disapproving the pay raise. It was blocked by
an objection from Rep. Charles H. Wilson, D-Calif. Wilson
is a member of the House Post Office and Civil Service
Committee which has had the disapproval resolution
under consideration but has not reported it out. He has
indicated his support for the pay raise.
LTS hears bus loop testimony
short stuff
Students interested in
working on next year's Buzz
Book and student pocket
calendar should contact
Mary Jo Pitzl, 472-9335
or 472-2588. Qualifications:
interest and imagination
journalistic experience en
The colleges of business
, Administration, Architec
ture, Engineering and
Teachers, are looking for
academic advisors to work
;with New Student Orienta-
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June 14 through July 15,'
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The Union Program
Council Concert Committee
.is taking applications for
members.. Contact "John .
: Valinek, Nebraska Union
115 or call 472-2454.
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" Candidates who wish to
run for ASUN spring
elections must file by Feb.
25 at 4 p jn. Forms are
available ' in Union 334.
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A limited number of
Winter Walpurgisnacht T-
shirts are available in Union
115 for $3. To reserve
yours, call 472-2454.
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The Mexican - American
Student Association will
meet at 7:30 tonight in the
Union- There will be a Val
entine's Dance Friday from
9 pjiL to 1 a.ra. at the
Radisson Cornhusker Hotel
Grand Ballroom. Reynoldo
Cervantes y Sus CabaHero
will perform. Admission is
$2.50.
.
The Baptist Student
Union is sponsoring a 6:59
Rally at 7 pjn. in the
Union. Room number w3
be posted.
'
The Medical Careers'
Christian Fellowship w2
meet at SJ- Fuermirg's'
home at 7:30 psn. Persons:
who need rides should be at!
Wesley House at 7 pjn-
Phi Chi Theta will
meet at 4:30 p.m. in the
Union. Room number will
be posted.
The UNL Dept. of
Geology is featuring John
Clough, assistant professor
of Geology to speak on the
various geophysical mea
surements of the earth at 4
pjn. Thursday in Brace
Auditorium.
The Semper Fidelis Club
will meet, from 4 pjn. to
5 pjn. in the Union. Dale
Herspring from the Dept. of
State will speak on "East
European Armies-How
Ready?" .
More than 100 people gathered in the County-City
Bldg. Wednesday night to hear testimony on the Lincoln
Transportation System's (LTS) controversial bus loop.
The loop, designed to take traffic off 'O' Street during
the 0' Street beautification program last summer,
because effective on Aug. 2, of last year. It was to be used
for a six-month trial period.
The hearing was held by the LTS Advisory Board in
accordance with the City Charter. More than twenty
people testified. The Board will make a recommendation
to the Mayor's office next week.
The new loop comes within a block of the City
campus, while the older route stopped four blocks away.
Several students told the Board that the current loop
is more convenient for them, and because it is so close to
the campus, they said, more students are riding.
Senior David Ware told the Board he now rides the bus
'Your out of five" days a week. He said he only rode
"once every two weeks" with the old route.
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A group of more than 50 women from the Tabitha
Home in Lincoln attended the hearing. A spokeswoman
for the group said that the present loop does not meet
their needs well enough to suit them.
Alice Wilson, of 6132 Huntington Street, said the
shelter on the present route isn't adequate.
"I've ridden the bus for 24 years," Wilson said. ''But
now I have to wait in front of two bars, or in a dark
wooden shelter."
Ray Coffey, assistant manager of business and finance
at UNL, told the Board that the present route is better in
terms of conservation because more UNL people are find
ing It easier to ride the bus and save energy.
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