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Wednesday, decern ber 13, 1978 lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 59
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'Forget the Rhino boot, I'm declaring bankruptcy.'
Police apprehend
suspected robbers
Because of testimony from a deaf-mute witness,
Lincoln police were able to arrest two men in connection
with a Tuesday shooting and attempted robbery at
R-B's Beer and Liquor, 1510 S. 17 St.. less than three
hours after the incident.
Police said the victim of the shooting was Linus C.
Schwarz, 62, manager of the liquor store. Schwarz was
listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday following surgery
at Lincoln General Hospital.
Police Capt. Allen Curtis said no money was taken.
The suspects apparently had trouble getting the cast
register open. Curtis explained.
Two customers were in the store at the time of the
incident, and were told to lie down. The victim was stand
ing when he was shot, Curtis said, but he apparently
offered no resist ence.
Curtis said there were "at least a dozen" witnesses who
came forward with information about what they had seen.
But, Curtis said a deaf-mute who was working on his car
provided the most important information.
Curtis said police had to find someone from UNL (he
didn't know the name of the female student) to tell police
what the witness had seen.
The deaf witness showed police a footprint that
indicated where the suspects had gone. One of those
apprehended had a shoe that matched the footprint,
Curtis said.
The suspects were found in another person's apartment
near 1 7th and Washington streets, which is near the liquor
store, police said.
One of the suspects is from Lincoln, and the other
from Arkansas, Curtis said.
A small caliber handgun was found in the apartment,
police said .
Koefoot wants best education Wagner's business, academic
with fewest possible dollars
By Randy Essex
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a
series of in depth profiles on the eight
members of the NU Board of Regents.
Grand Island Regent Robert Koefoot
says he has always been able to "change
suits' from surgeon to policy maker very
easily. In his role as regent, Koefoot wants
to provide the best education possible at
NU with the fewest tax dollars.
Because of his desire to save tax money,
Koefoot said he whole-heartedly supports
the moratorium on new positions declared
Friday by NU President Ronald Roskens.
And for the same reason he considers
an idea to hire administrative assistants for
the regents ridiculous.
The 5 5 -year-old surgeon said he has
always gotten the information he has re
quested from university administrators and
the officials have been "more than willing"
to provide it .
Waste and luxury
Koefoot said administrative assistants
would be a waste of money-a luxury.
"If I can't do what I feel I have to do to
be a good regent I should resign," he said.
"We are the ultimate body, and we should
take appropriate action if we aren't getting
information."
He called Roskens' declaration Friday
"outstanding and necessary."
"When we are hiring we have to take a
good look at what we have and try not to
increase the number of teaching positions."
Koefoot said of Roskens' decision to
review the filling of vacancies nd the
creation of new jobs.
Coupled with Roskens' guidelines to
improve the university's reputation and
quality of education. Koefoot said the
moratorium "should allow us to do what
we hope to, which is providing education
while saving tax dollars."
Not politician
Although the doctor talks about saving
tax money, he said he's not sure if the
word politician describes him very well.
He would rather be called a country
doctor. Besides being the ownerdirector
president of Surgical Associates of Grand
Island, Koefoot practices medicine in St.
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Regent Robert koefoot
Paul, Central City and Fullerton, "often at
3 a.m."
"My life has always centered around
rural health, although I'm centered in
Grand Island now," the NU Medical School
graduate said. He explained that his father
was a rural doctor and two of his brothers
are rural Nebraska doctors.
So. as a regent, Koefoot is concerned
that the NU Medical Center provides
Nebraska with country doctors. He wants
to be sure the center "does an outstanding
job of providing care and physicians" to
the people of the state.
'Best' chancellor
Koefoot praised Medical Center Chan
cellor Neal Vanselow as "better than any
one we've had in the past" at providing the
state with those needs.
Between the yean of his undergraduate
study and medical school, Koefoot served
in the U S. Army from 194346. He later
attained the rank of major during the
Korean War when he served as chief of
surgery in a Korean hospital.
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By Lucy Bighia
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a
series of in-depth profiles of the eight
members of the NU Board of Regents.
People need to realize that the Univer
sity of Nebraska is a business, said NU
Regent Kermit Wagner of Schuyler.
"I understand some of the problems of
the university because the university is big
business," Wagner said.
Wagner is either owner, stockholder or
director of 40 state banks, grain companies
or other businesses, including Wagner Mills,
which is valued by some at $12 million.
The university should give better lead
ership to the agricultural community of
the state, he said.
Wagner has been described by
Schuyler's mayor, Jeff Pokorny, as a "very
influential man" in the community.
The Security Federal Savings and Loan
Association, of which Wagner is director,
is the primary lending institution in the
area, Pokorny said.
Wagner has served on several public
commissions, including the State Building
Commission and the State Judicial
Commission, and has been a delegate to the
Republican National Convention.
According to Pokorny, Wagner is very
active in city and state government, and is
"an extremely good friend" of Gov. J.
James Exon.
Wagner said that he has "very little" in
fluence in Schuyler, but is active in the
chamber of commerce, and encourages in
dustrial development in the town.
Wagner said he is against more power
for the student government, and a voting
student regent. This is because of student
apathy about their government, he said.
"The biggest complaint I have is student
inactivity in student affairs," Wagner said.
"Just look at the percentage of students
that vote in each student government elec
tion. Less than four percent of the UNO
student body voted for the new UNO
regent.
There has been a big clamor for
student imput, and I think the university
has accepted it, and I think it's been very
effective," Wagner said.
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Photo by Ted Kirk
Regent Kermit Wagner
But, he said, because of the small per
centage of students involved in student
government, he wonders about the quality
of such activism.
"If students want a powerful student
government, they're going to have to
become active in it themselves, then talk
to us about it," he said.
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