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llncoln, nebfcska Vol. 101 ho. 120
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Mayor Helen feobsslis '
Lincoln Voters Tuesday returned Helen
tioosalis ta the mayor's office by i larger
margin thart expected ii slid defeated chal
lenger Start Matzke garnering 53 percent
fioosalis received 065 Votes white
Matzke hb Wis leading in pre-eiectian
polls and Wort the April briniary, received
18,063 VoteS.
taking het supporters it the knolls;
feoosalis Said It Was i COrtie-frorrt-behlrtd
campaign but she "knew they could da it'
khi attributed part af her success ta
campaign Worker anddauntV Cammifc
sionei- Jan, Gauged biart td have each
feaasalis Volunteer ball four people1 arid ask
them td Vote fair her, then calling them
again on clectidrt day;
Baasaiia said she heard "many got hat
four, but 15 at 2d. WI haw haver seen
anything lib the effdrt that the hundreds
ar peaple w this warn but tagether' &aa
salissaid.
Momentum tamed
She said Matzke was a "taugh and
watthy appanent but she felt the "ma
mentum had turned her way" during the
last Week of the campaign.
She said the Lincoln General Hospital
lease issue limust have had someeirecran
the outcome af the election and painted ta
the petition signed by WOO people in four
days as evidence of the public's Interest In
the issue
the integrity of the eity'i eamfirto
sive plan which had been attacked by
Matzke aided hef campaign, boosalis said,
EtedtidH mriei written by ftdtty
SMHk L kmt Wdkmrtt Shelley
smith M Richardson, ibm tmtiss
Vat SwtntdHi tfohfort Mnm and
Frank Hassle?
Fiiiancinrt for chiller unit
Matzke, thanking his supporters at the
Villager Motel, also said the Lincoln Gen
eral Hospital question was uane of the sig
hificant issues at the endu,
His sentiments were echoed by Jim
Olianlon, his campaign manager, and by
tlmwood pollster Joe Miiams.
"If the palls were right we have ta laak
at what happened in the last week;
OanlansaioV
Mileage
"1 think she was able ta make a lat of
mileage out air that (the hospital issue),
ilieeaunal race shuws that'
Williams also based his analysis an the
defeat ar the three ineumbent members in
the tity eauncil raee,
Matzke also said he may have been hurt
by the debate between Baasalla and
himself,
"I gat, beat sa it. must have hurt me
still undecided alter debate
fcaitiewhere Matzke said ' .
He laid he was wvery disappointed"
with the last but said b last ta a "very
worthy individual
tothe mayar ran i ood net, ftn losing
fty itaiidy Eex end
ttdckyStttiftk
. financing for an air tanditianing Mi
far feast Campus fctai is hat resolved md
the university inay vtili be raced With tan
tract penalties, despite legislative tous-
Mon af the project Tuesday , w
it r&My washotthin thepawer"
of ttie Baard af Regents to inter Wa a
contract for the chrne Mt
fcegent James Mayian Mid following the
debate tuesday. 1
Maylan said that because of the ttagi
tude 6f the project and because funds weri
nat luaranteed, the baard probably should
nat have purchased on credits ;
Missed cancellation
the feaard of Regents Wred Ma the
taniiact rar Wie thmer in Kavembew ifter
they had listed it as their number one capi
tal tanstrtictian priarity. the University,
had Hintil Feb. 6 Cancel the cantract
Without ehalty-. r ...
thi' ohiSer ltse' costs
1463,000, Xtih University guested "SI.!-:
Mlion TrOrh the Legislature sa "the init;
tauld be instated. An additional S450.000 :
Was Veiuested for. installation next year.-
feut ihe Appropriations ornrnittte &d .
ftO include Jthi ,thiZer in , its capital
construction fca, taiich 6, the isappoLit
ftient of NU officials.. j
. Arnci;."r.cnt cfTered '
Mlevue Sen. Frank Lewis offered in
ImendmenV Tuesday hft have tp-.
vrAv4 ftHhtirinb Vf hft chiller tinit. hut
4he rnoney tyOuld have been taken out of .
!he 0J operating budget,. tather than the
sc&aitil construction budzet.
; . Th6 Lewis amendment, vhich failed
on k' 1-18 Vote,; Vould 'have taken
$426,572 frora $1343,122 Recommended
Tor central administration salaries. The
teehdment :alsd ' 'Would-, have taken
$250,000 from the budget teccmn.cnda
tion for the fctitutd of Ajricture tr.d
Natural Resources, and $300,000 from the
City Campxa budget. -r , '
Lewis tlso brop6sedis $123,423 cut -l
from the KU cudget 'earlier Vh:n Omsha
Sen. lDive KeweH Was rucceseful 11 elimi-
Mtlni financing far the State University
of Nebraska ton a 5 -12 vate .
Should buy it
v1f that chiUer is sa impartatk then I
think we shauld buy itk And thase wha can
affard it shauld pay far it' Lewis argued.
He said if central administration is
capable of making "such sloppy decisions
(as entering into the contract without an
assurance af funds), then we dont need
that much tentral idministratian .
v1f they have ta tighten their belts,
taught Lewis said. They have absalutely
vialated their authority and they know
that, they think youVe stupid, they think
you tfant have any thought processes
Lewis told his colleagues.
fHiey think they tan tnanipulate yau,
wold you; da anything they want ta da
; vith yo'u, and come back with some flimsy
. txcusethe attacktontintied.
tarter; Lewis had distributed i t)aify
Nebraska StOry from Friday's issue. .
Won now have in yanr hands the wgents .
desire ta pre-empt the Legislature Lewis -
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tt ts a philosophical Witter, Adding whe
ther the Coard of ftegentt oir the Legisla
ture has tiltLmate control over the univer
sity, Lewis said.
The State Supreme Court hat hied that
the wgents have iat tiltLmate ,tontrolbut ,
the Legislature has $2. budetfcg Authority
and can exercise control troti the
budget process. -s y : J '
Scottsbluff Sen. 'Oiara Vicliol agreed
ith Lewis that the tegents overstepped
their authority, but did riot Support Lewis
fcrcpc:ed cuts.
Cocker
"I thL-"k wesre beLng Vnae into k Sucker
c;iLi, Kichol said. Even Apprcpriations
.Committcft ' Chairmafi ' Jeroir.e ; Warner
ireed that the Vcgcn'ti'. exercised ..rx)0r
to keep
the comr... itvS prcpcsiiS intact.
The Leis am d,leav
in the ce.p;id construction biH.VhichiH
d today.
ta i very wotthy epponent. The cltltem af
Lincolrt made their choice and we'U abide
byit'MiUke said,
. Matzke later went fram the Villager tb
the Knolls ta personally congratulate
toalisanhefvidary,
He laid his future plant were reporting
ta wark it Southeast Community College
at 8 a.m, this morning.
Red rase j
fioosalis who carried a red rasa through
out the evening also commented an her up
earning term,
"The city la alder, areat are getting
alder and we must rehabilitate thase
areas she said.
She said the next four years will be critl
eal far the city in several areas such as
keeping government casts dawn in spite af
inflatian, facing the energy crisis, rehabili
tating the alder neighborhoods in town and
dealing with the rising east afhaspitaleare
ittlinealm
The eity "must tighten its shaestrings
ttaasalissaldi
Cammenting an the eity eaunell elee
tian, Coosalis said the peaple agreed
with Mat2ke wha said Lincoln wanted
change but they wanted the change an the
cauneiL
Boosalis said the voters recognized "the
bickering did nat eame (ram me1
She said she cauldnvt be mare pleased11
with the autcame of the council elections,
" the peaple hiW.cipoltftflitohiw
voted for who they want to represent
themaasalissaidv
And, while telling supporters she was
losing her voice, she added "maybe t won't
need my voiee with the new council that
wanleeted
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