monday, august 28, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 1 7
State teachers prepare
to fight lid petition drive
Nitrate levels lowered
Three UNL professors have found a
way to lower the nitrate levels contam
inating ground water in the Central
Platte River Valley.
Agriculture Professors Paul
Fischbach and Dean Eisenahuer, and
Agronomy Professor Ken Frank have
developed a schedule telling farmers how
to use ground water nitrates to supply
the nitrogen needs of plants. This will
lower nitrate levels and eventually
improve the quality of ground water for
human and animal consumption.
The ground water nitrates have been
associated as a cause of blue baby
syndrome, the Nebraska Health
Department reports. Infants ingesting
high levels of nitrate may suffer from a
lack of oxygen in the blood causing a
bluish coloration of the skin. It is fatal,
if untreated. Doctors in the affected
counties along the Platte are aware of
the problem and direct parents not to
use the water in their baby's formula.
Fischbach said the principal cause of
the ground water nitrates along the Cen
tral Platte are manure, alfalfa and
chemical fertilizers. The problem was re
ported in 1961, and research began in
1970.
The professors' nitrate schedule indi
cates how many pounds of nitrogen
farmers can expect their plants to ab
sorb when irrigated with ground water
containing a specific amount of nitrate.
The schedule also shows how much
additional nitrogen will be needed for
commercial fertilizers to obtain a given
yield.
Fischbach said that if all farmers use
the methods they have developed, the
nitrates will gradually be reduced.
By L. Kent Wolgamott
A community-by-community campaign
to combat the proposed constitutional
amendment to place a five percent limit
on local government spending is planned
by Nebraska teachers, according to Herb
Schimek of the Nebraska State Education
Association.
Schimek said the local focus is necessary
"to make people realize what is going to
happen to their community, not
somewhere down the road."
"People in Gothenburg care about
what's going to happen to Gothenburg.
They don't give a damn about waht's hap
pening in Omaha," he said.
The constitutional amendment was
placed on the ballot following a successful
petition drive led by S.H. "Zeke" Brauer of
Lincoln.
If passed, the amendment would limit
local governmental bodies, including
schools, to a five percent annual increase
in their budgets with a provision for a
special election to go beyond the five per
cent limit if approved by the voters of the
local subdivisions.
Additionally, the Nebraska Legislature
passed a law during a special session this
summer which would place a seven percent
increase limit on local governments.
The law was proposed by Gov. J. James
Exon who also supports the petition drive.
Both candidates for governor, Lt. Gov.
Gerald Whelan and Rep. Charles Thone,
signed the petition and support the amend
ment. Schimek said candidates "positions on
the amendment will play a large part in
endorsements of and contributions to can
didates from the Political Action Commit
tee for Education, the political arm of the
NSEA.
He said information packets on the
amendment have been sent to local
teachers groups and there have been train
ing sessions on organizing opposition to the
amendment.
Schimek said the state office will con
tinue to provide help for the local groups
as the election appraoches.
Schimek said he thought the effort had
"a good chance" of succeeding through
emphasizing the local consequences of pas
sage of the amendment.
Book exchange
This year, east campus students will
have the same opportunity as those on
city campus to participate in the ASUN
book exchange.
The textbook exchange service will be
in the Nebraska East Union's Sunflower
Room this year, as well as in the basement
conference rooms of the Nebraska Union,
where it has been the past several years,
said Sue Dwyer, organizer of the service.
Students wanting to buy or sell books
can stop by the rooms in both unions from
expands east
noon to 5 p.m., Aug. 28 through Sept. 7,
Dwyer said.
Book sellers decide on the prices, she
said.
Students are encouraged to participate
in the book exchange, Dwyer said, because
it is a student sponsored activity. By
eliminating the middle man, those selling
the books generally get more for their
books, and those buying books pay less,
she said.
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