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llncoln, nebraskavol. 101 no. 119
Matefce Boosalis
and candidates
debate city iooues
fly Toni Prentiss
kesldenti of northwest Lincoln Were given 4 chance to
meet candidates at i forurrt at Whlttler Junior High School
Friday night.
Mayoral candidates Helen Boosalis and Stan Matzke .
along with Northwest district candidates Steve Cook and
Eric Youngberc, answered question at the forum organiz
ed by helghborhbdd associations lii the Northwest district;
Bach segment of the program allowed an Opening and
closing statement and a half art hour of questions from the
audience.
!ri her opening statement Boosalis said she Mid not
iaik aboUt what she has done as mayor but about what
areas need attention in the future.
She stressed proper handling of Inflation because of its
effect on government conservation of resources and the
continuation of the growth of neighborhoods.
Employment opportunities must be continued to be
made available she added.
Matzke experience
Matzke countered by Saying he could "make 4 differ
ence." He cited his service as director of administrative
services Uride former Gov. J. J. .Exdri as part ofhls tralrU
tag for the job.
He again said he could bring a new attitude to the City
Council saying he coUld "disagree without being dis
agreeable' Matzke Was asked Why he didn't sigrt a petition calling
for a referendum on the Lincoln General Hospital lease.
After the Boosalis-Matzke debate on April 22 Matzki
signed and then crossed his name off a petition. He said he
didn't sign it because the sponsor of the petition Charies
rdwrthadg6niul4d SoUthi Community College'
and 'tone through the files in an attempt id discredit
me," Matzke said. He signed a petition at a League df Wo
tiient Voters meeting the next day.; 1
Traffic problem
. Boosalis reiterated her previous statements thai releas
ing control of the hdspital Would be "bad for the future
of this city."
Both candidates admitted the existence of a traffic
problem hi Lincoln but had different proposals for solut
ions. Matzke Said the city Was in need of a total transportat
ion plan. He said he did not have a Specific plan in mind
bUt said he would work With the department heads to for
mulate dne.
Driver behavior, Boosalis Said is the cause of the traffic
problems, not street design.
The relationship of the mayor and the City Council
Was brought up by Matzke, is he has done throughout the
campaign;
Matzke Said he could "bring the department heads to
gether td solve problems' because of his leadership style
and administrative ability.
VVatchdog for the city
Boosalis also stressed cooperation between the mayor
and the council. But she added, "Cooperation does not
mean capitulation."
Calling herself a "watchdog for the city", she said it
Was her job id tell the council items that she thought were
not in the best interests of Lincoln citizens.
In the session between incumbent Cook and challenger
Youngberg, Cook said he Was the "fiscally conservative"
person the council needs.
Youngberg said the city has lost confidence in the
council, primarily because of little public accountability.
Youngberg said that after the primary Cook answered
a question about the northwest district by saying, "They
need help." He said this showed that Cook "does not
think of himself as tint of us." ,;
' Both candidates expressed displeasure at the city for
not standing up td UNL rndre In areas of land acquisition;
Wiped out neighborhoods
Youngberg kid the western neighborhoods have been
wiped out by the University! land gains.
Cook Qualified his Statement by saying that much give
and take has gone on in the past between the city and
tJNL and he hoped it would continue. ' "
The two agreed that with the university pdwer tit
Eminent domain, buying private property for public good,
cooperation is essential. i ...
We have to get the university to wdrk with us, and
tooUgainst us said Youngberg.
The question , of the tactics of the Lincoln Alliance
were also raised. C ' ,.
Cook Hid he resented conduct of the Alliance on
certain Issues. He said they often bus In residents to hear
Ir.ss Without the residents being totally informed about
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Mideast
never same again
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Dy Shelley Smith
Former Israeli Prime Minister Abba Eban told an
audience Sunday night that the key td peace after the
Israeli-Egypt treaty is compromise. And compromise
he said means accepting today what you swore last
week you would never accept. .
Eban addressed about 900 people in a speech spon
sored by the Lincoln Jewish Community and the UNL
Hillel Foundation.
He said he believes the treaty, signed last month by
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin and President Carter is a marked
turning point In the life Of the Israeli nation and that
life hi the Middle East will never be the Same again.
He credited Carter's role as 4 third party in the
Camp David talks saying that because of Egypt's and
Israeli $ hostile background they could never have
reached an agreement on their own.
And he said while praising Egypt's and Israeli's
ability to compromise enough to form 4 treaty, he
argued that it far not an equal treaty in terms ofimple
mentation. By forcing the Israeli's to give up territory on the
West Bank and Gaza strip, it causes a pain and trauma
that only Israeli Will feel.
HoWevei an important outcome of the treaty
according td Ebart, is Egypt's Acceptance df the Israeli
nation.
"They've always Said we Would appreciate a Middle
East Without you. Now, they say because Israel's
strength and tenacity, we can't have a Middle East
without yoU'' he said.
Signing the treaty proves the Arabs Were unable id
get their territory back by War but are able td get it
back by peace he said.
He said while there is a common signing about the
G&a and the- West Bank there is hot a cdmmdn policy i
"In this, casi it Was mobilizing language td hide di$
ajeemen V'-hl saidr . -v -
"Howevili wepreffer, the pairi f ctf4xisIettM
riteihaft war," he addeti.
- 'Eban, Said; the treaty will create niW tensidttS and
hew hdrizdnS that Will challenge bdth Israel and Egypt
and there" is a chance that the treaty cduld be revoked.
What could revdke it, he said, could be the Palestin
ian situation. He added he hdpes bdth cduntrie Will
join irt bringing about the elections df 4 Self-governing
authority for the Palestinians in the Gaza and West
Bank.
He said although they will not have a self-governing '
state they will have a self-governing Institution, Which
creates 4 self-governing state.
Also, Ebart commented oil the economic stability of
Egypt saying that after such a prolonged absence Of
peace it is impossible ever td recover financially,
However, he said the peace Will open Up Egypt's
options.
He also said he believes American financial backing
of Israel is in America's best interest.
"The alternative td backing Israel is a weak Israel
Which means war which would lead td global con
frontation with Soviet intervention," he said.
Ebart also said that the twd-month recesi hi treaty
negotiations is a pause for celebration .
"this is a great important and revolutionary
event," he said.
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' Daily Nebraanphotd
former Israeli foreign minister and NU delegate
Abba Eban.
Senators handle char
By Randy Essex
A study df allegations made by Regent Robert Prokop
is being handled in a "qUiet fashidn"by sdme state senator,
as opposed td conducting the investigation through a legis
lative resolution, Pleasent Dale Sen. Harold Sieck said
Sunday.
Sieck said that by initiating the study irt a quiet way
the sertatdrs Will get more informatidrt than if they held
formal interim study hearings.
to the case df an interim study, "then everyone is pre
pared," and pedple becdme defensive abdut What is being
investigated Sieck explained.
Prdkdp charged that outside consulting pdsitidrts held
by UNL Banking Prdfessdr L. Wayne Dobson have been
excessive, may have created conflicts of interest and had
not been approved by the regents.
Other accusations in a letter Prokop Wrote td seven
state sertatdrs concerned testing fees at the East Campus
Veterinary and Diagnostic Testing Laboratory, financial
operations df the NU Foundation and the legal fees paid
for the Eppley Cancer Research Institute.
Quiet approach
Sieck said that the quiet approach is netting informat
ion for the senators how that they may not have had if an
interim study resolution had been introduced.
' For example, he laid, that University officials have not
been reporting their overall financial status, but that they
art ndw. He said "other things are being done that were
, riot being done before,' and should have been, 1
We don't want to belittle the university,' Sieck said.
'"We're getting the information anyway. He added that
he will continue to talk . With university officials and
others close to the university for quite some time. Sieck
said he tlreiJy Ulked with rnany people concerning
the allegations.
. And, lpp:r:ntiy, Dobson hss talked td at least one per
son .concemks the allegations m&Ja aplnst him. The
Lincoln Joumd reported Friday that a letter from
attorney Kila Xchnsoc told Dobson that Prokop! aUegat .
es informally
ions constituted a cause for a suit charging Prokop with
defaming Dobson.
Grounds for suit
According to the Journal, the letter said that although
Dobson was ndt specifically identified in the letter frdm
Prdkdp, the substance of the allegations identified
Dobson, giving him grounds for .suit.
The Journal reported that Dobson would ndt comment
as td whether a suit would actually be filed. The Journal
also reported that the letter had been circulated td UNL
faculty members and the senator who had received
Prdkdp's letter.
But Sieck said he had not received the letter yet, as did
Adams senator Bill Burrows. Faculty Senate President
William Campbell had not received the letter either.
Campbell did say he has talked to several people con
cerning Prdkdp's allegations about Dobson, and has heard
that the charges probably were false, apparently based on
some misinformation .
Campbell said he thinks It would have been better for
Prokop td being his charges to the Professional Conduct
Committee of the Faculty Senate than td go td the Legis
lature. He said the committee was established just to
investigate such charges.
But Campbell said the committee is not Investigating
charges against Dobson because "no one has come to.
them" with the charges.
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