page 2 oooo'oooooooooooooo o daily nebraskan Wednesday, august 31, 1 977 Iaj:23 ints;utti in trjiag cit o o o n o lu til Iffl-L Varsitj Bsntall Tun o Coalition has gathered 63,000 names o o o o o o o o o o ::2i t tks tmhll fisli : 4C3 Thursday SBPffiBBB 1 lis Ejnipcjat Ihtfci Fu Hon Inl:rniti:n Gall .472-2 f- 3 3 o o o o o o o o o o Citizens for Lower Taxes, a coalition trying to repeal legislation increasing state school aid, Monday announced it had gathered more than 63,000 petition signatures. That is about 30 per cent more than the legal require- ment Columbus Sen. Donald Dworak said that if the 4,130 signatures needed by la .re upheld, he expects the State associated press datelines oooooooooooooooooo Board of Equalization to roll back the sales tax from 3.5 per cent to 3 per cent. Rely on your textbooks fiilf IlK.llli lIYffH I r w- ww-), j! i Imiiiii i muni 1 I iiwJ-K 1 4 r . . - - - - - . i 1. to provide essential course information 2. to reinforce class lectures 3. to clarify and complete your notes 4. to supply details and visual aids 5. to help you prepare for exams 6. to keep for future reterence SCHOOL'S OPEN RIV LERT! D A Children are running to school and to buses. Remember a child Is not re' r L UlYiJ Gov. JJ. Exon. when he announced support for the drive earlier this summer, promisea ne womj ask the board of equalization, of which he is chairman, to roll back the sales tax if the drive succeeded. The drive also . was legally required to have signatures from at least 38 counties. ...,, , c , The law in question is LB33, passe-J over fcxon s veto by the 1977 Legislature. It would raise state school aid S20 million this fiscal year and another S20 million in each of the next two fiscal years. Meany for treaty Washington -AFL-CIO President George Meany en dorsed the new Panama Canal treaty Monday, giving President Carter a powerful ally in his drive for ratifi cation of the treaty. Meany told a press conference that American involve ment in the canal, built "in the days of gunboat dip. lomacy " is nothing to be proud of, and there is no reason "why we should, lay claim to territory . . . 6,000 miles away." Epileptics Washington-The nation's two million epileptics suffer from job discrimination, inadequate medical and social services and prejudice that can be countered only with a federaDy backed national effort, a major 18-month study concluded. The report released Monday was commission ed by Congress to bring together for the first time all ramifications of epilepsy. It contains more than 400 recommendations for government and private agencies in a plan for national action. - Abortion payments The State Department of Public Welfare Monday outlined a regulation restricting Medicaid payments fur abortions. It tentatively plans to make it effective Thurs day. ' "I'm shooting now for Sept. 1, effectively," Welfare Director Eldin Ehrlich said. He had announced the gen-' eral aspects of the restriction earlier, but language de tails were not final then. The new regulation restricts Medicaid payments for abortions to those cases in which a prospective mother's life is endangered or when a pregnancy stems from rape or incest. daily fisbfaskon i! ii Open 8-5, Monday -Saturday 1135 R 432-0111 ii Publication no. 144080 Editor in Chief: Rex Seiine. Managing Editor: Pete Mason. News Editor: Larry Lutz. Associate News Editors: Janet Fix and Ann Owens. Layout Editor: Barbara Lutz. Entertainment Editor: Caria Engstrom, Sports Editor: Mike McCarthy, Special Editor: Michael Zangari. Night News Editor: Betsie Ammons. Photo graphy Chief; Ted Kirk, Executive Assistant to the Editor: Ron Ruggless. . Copy Editors: Deb Bockhahn. Jilt Denning and Susan Kissack. Business Manager: Jerri Haussler. Advertising Manager. "Gregg Wurdeman. Assistant Advertising Manager: Denise Jordan. Production Manager: Kitty Policky. The Daily Nebraskan is published by the UNL Publications Committee on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during fall and sprang semesters, except during vacations. Address: Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 14th and R streets, Lincoln Neb. 68508. Telephone: 472-2588. " Material may be reprinted without permission if attributed to the Daily Nebraskan, except material covered by a copyright. Second class postage paid at Lincoln, Neb. 68501 . fjti Cros. The Cco4 Neighbor. Tie Amaricjm Economic System. r n fm ''"'4. 1 Jt--""' i "'V f Ii i I i - t V ' 9 4. ft! w- - I.' r . -'Jf-ijl-.' At' V . . f t i J, : a. i 'A ffc' ill! : i , YOUR LOOK FOR FALL When you feel like being snuggled by soft, brushed cotton Tops in deep Autumn Shades and Lumber jack Plaids. . . caressed by Jeans and Khaki pants vith just the right amount of detailing to fit Your Mood calendar 8 a.m.-noon. 14:30 p.m. -Registration and Drop and Add, Union Ballroom ana Centennial Rooms. . 11 a.m.-5 p.m. - ASUN Book Exchange, Union Con ference Rooms. 3:30 p.m. - Farmllousc Watermelon Feed, Memorial 5:30 p.m. - Engineering Toastmasters, Union Har vest Room A. 6 p.m. - Gamma Lambda-Union Harvest RoomC. 6:30 p.m. - ASUN Sen ate Meeting, Union 202 202A. 7:00 p.m.-Nebraska Un ion Advisory Board, Union 242, The 144 N. 14th I y ASUN agenda ASUN will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Room number to be an nounced, I. Call to order, roll call, approval of minutes. II. Executive reports III. Open forum. IV. Old business CBA advisory board con stitution Senate bill No. 1 vetoed V. New business ASUN huJet ASUN expenditures Book exchange FAB proposal 5 VI. Adjournment.