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tuesday, September 18, 1979
lincoln, nebraska vol. 103 no. 16
Kennedy candidacy likely WK seeretary
Dy Drenda Moskovits
' and Val Swlntort
The personal secretary to the late President iohn P.
Kennedy said Monday she is "relatively sure" that Sen.
Edward M; Kennedy, D-Mass., will run for the presidency.
Evelyn Lincoln, a native of Polk, Neb., was John
Kennedy's secretary from his 1952 election to the U.S.
Senate until his assassination in 1963.
4,1 know the way the Kennedy's operate," Lincoln said
in a telephone interview from her Chevy Chase, Md.,
home. WI have the same feeling f had When t worked for
the president."
Lincoln said her personal associations with the
Kennedys and hews reports have convinced her that "he's
made all the indications" that he Will run.
"1 think he has surveyed the situation. He feels the
economy is Hot moving," she said.
Meanwhile, a group of Nebraskans supporting Kennedy
for the 1980 Democratic nominations repdrted that it Will
circulate petitions irt an attempt td put Kennedy's name
on the Nebraska primary ballot.
There is nd draft-Kennedy movement in Maryland, but
Lincoln said she intends to work on a Kennedy campaign
if it is announced. She worked dn John F. Kennedy's
1960 election campaign. During Robert Kennedy s 1968
primary campaign, Lincoln was working on the Kennedy
papers, which will be dedicated along with the Kennedy
library in Boston next month.
LINCOLN CONFIRMED similar predictions about a
Kennedy campaign she made in a letter to Frances Ohm
stede of Guide Rdck, organizer of a draft-Kennedy drgah
izatidn, Kennedy 80. The group is one of twd statewide
grdUps that met Sattirday at the home of Donald Gregory
in Lincoln.
Allen O'Donnell, head of Nebraskans for kerinedy, the
other state drafts Kennedy grotip, described the group as
"ah umbrella fdt others, to johi.".,,. ......
The twd groups' first Bridrity ii getting thd Massachu
setts sertatdrs rtanie dn the balldt by cdllectirt 300 Betl
tiort signatures, 100 frdm each Nebraska cdrtgressidnal dis
trict, Onhistede said.
Gregdi-y, as assdciate English professor at UNL, is
currertuy acting cdnchairman df the drgaiiizatidrU albhg
With Omaha city CdUncilwdniah Mary Kay Greeh. He said
the group should have enough signatures collected by Oct.
21, the date df an organizational meeting in Lincoln.
"Kermedy '80, Will be trying td drganize th ehtire
state," Gregory said adding that cdmmittees reresehtirig
the congressional districts and state counties will also be
formed. "We Want this thing as broad-based as We can get
It."
Ohmstede said she Wishes that the new organizatidn,
known as Kennedy '80, will become the official campaign
Jobs not filled
By Alice Mrnicek
Mdre than 230 pdsitidn Openings listed With the
ONL jdb locator service have been left Unanswered.
The figure has caused both concern and cUri6sity
in prospective employers, accdrding tdGafl Wheeler
jdb Idcatdr and advisdr in the UNL Financial Aids
Office.
Wheeler repdrted that, in her year as jdb Idcatdr,
the "situatidn has usually tended td the Oppdsite
extremev With rhdre requests for Jdbs than jdbs avail
able. :"-
Sdweverv she said that students may hdt be
y td search Tdr employment while "adjusting td
school and may not realize that they need extra
tadney Until tuitidn is paid .
During the summer, Wheeler said she sent trot
brochures ltd Lincoln employers td recruit possible
jdb openings. Brochures advertising the service td
employers are mailed regularly before peak jdb
hunting seasons, including the fall, holidays and
summer, she said,
Openings are posted on the student job board
located at Administration Room 113. Both on and
off campus "jobs are listed. Although a student may
apply for a positidn without consulting with Wheel
er, she said that last year nearly 300 students spoke
with her.
Her position has been in existence for only two
rears, out the job board has been around much
onger, she said. '
In October, the office is planning to split respon
sibilities by hiring a person td handle on-campus
employment. Wheeler laid that the system tony
change somewhat, but Revisions were not definite
A Variety of jobs, located both downtown and
around Lincoln, are available. Wheeler said .
committee if Kennedy decides to run for president. "Our
first priority," Ohmstede said "is to put Kennedy's name
on the ballot as a draft."
Gregory said the important thing to remember about
the new committee is that it is a grass roots effort, with
no contact or encouragement from the Kennedy organiza
tion. Ohmstede agreed, adding Kennedy's organization can't
say anything until he announces. "They are simply non
committal," she said.
BESIDES RECftUttlNG supporters, Ohmstede said
the committee will alsd be Soliciting pledges to finance a
Nebraska campaign. If the committee can raise $5,000, it
will receive matching funds from the federal gdVernrtlertt.
Until Kennedy anrtdunces his candidacy however, the
organization will be classified as a political action commit
tee, Ohmstede said.
Gregory refused to call the new drganizatidn a draft
Kennedy committee, saying its function is to collect the
necessary number of signatures td get the senator's name
oh the prirHary" ballot and then set Up the proper cam
paign machinery for the primary race.
However, O'Donnell said members would be Urging
Kennedy to seek the nomination. "We intend to keep on
working td pressure Kennedy," hesaid,
All three Kennedy '80 members discounted statements
by HdUse Speaker Tip O'Neill, Jr. that Kennedy Wduld
not be running. O'Neill said Sunday Kennedy would not
be a candidate if Carter decided to seek reelection.
"1 think Tip has to say that," O'Donnell said. "He is
the speaker, the second most powerful man irt Washing
ton." He is, O'Ddnrtell said, obligated td suppdrt the in
cumbent. Bdth Ohmstede and O'Donnell said they expect the
Oct. 21 meeting to be well attended by Kennedy support
ers. "We might have to rent Pershing Auditorium," Ohm
stede said. "There's ho problem with this organization.
This one Will be put together a lot easier than the others."
The Lincoln meeting is open to the public. The loca
tion has not been announced.
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Waiting for the bus
Photo by Tot Gessrw
Waiting for the bus can be pretty lonely
when all the seats are taken as this man finds
but on a corner in Lincoln.
NUPIRG reorganization underway,
chairman of committee is optimistic
fey Rocky Strunk
Although the Nebraska University Public interest
Research Group is faltering, attempts to revive the student
consumer advdeacy group are underway, according td
a former NUPIRG member.
"From the reactions We have gdtten so far, well put it
back tdgether better than it ever has been," said Jim
KrUger, chairman of the NUPIRG reorganization com
mittee. NUPIRG, a student referral and research agency deal
ing with consumer questions and complaints, folded this
fall because of financial problems and lack of interest,
former NUPIRG treasurer Tim Mommaerts told the Daily
Nebraskan. It began campus operations in 1971 .
Inactivity forms Were filed with the Student Activities
and Financial Services last week With the group reporting
SI 14 in debts.
ttUPIRG is financially tound, and our office equip
ment is worth more than our debts, Kruger said. He add
ed that financing has been a problem for NUPIRG, limft.
fag its research ability ind solicitation of new members
through advertising. !
Kruger cited lack of faculty involvement and poor
leadership as reasons for NUPIRG Ti faltering.
The faculty community is Important to research and
their ticking Will be i key to keeping NUPIRG going,1
Kruger said. "We're hoping that they can help in
recruiting new members.'
The NUPIRG chapter is locally oriented and has no ties
to the national organization or consumer advocatist Ralph
Nader.
Kruger also said the group will try td dd more re
search while continuing their past campus services.
Last year NUPIRG operated a 24-hour consumer
hotline and provided a free apartment listing service
with advice concerning disagreeable landlords.
Kruger irged all students interested in NUPIRG to
leave their names at Room 1 17 in the Nebraska Union. A
reorganization meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7:30
pjn. in the Nebraska Ifoion.
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