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Gov. Thone, Kerrey square off
on farm issues during debate
By Deb Kollars
Amid alternating cheers from the Democratic and
Republican camps, Nebraska's two gubernatorial candi
dates faced off on agricultural issues at .the State Fair
Thursday afternoon.
Although Republican Gov. Charles Thone and his
Democratic challenger, Bob Kerrey, differed occasionally
on technical points, both adamantly voiced their concern
that agriculture, as the state's biggest industry, be sup
ported and helped as much as possible.
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Bob Kerrey
The Nebraska League of Women Voters sponsored the
debate. The League invited four representatives from
the news media to ask questions on agricultural issues.
Panelists included Don McCabe, associate editor of the
Nebraska Farmer magazine; Ann Toner, farm editor
for the Lincoln Journal and Star; Gary Kerr, WOWT
' chief newscaster; and Rich Hawkins, farm service editor
for radio station KRVN in Lexington.
The panelists asked the candidates questions on such
issues as ground water conservation, personal property
tax relief, the proposed veterinary college, boosting grain
sales and protecting farm families from corporate take
overs. Last resort
Both candidates agreed that water conservation policies
should be left to the Natural Resource Districts. Only
as a last resort should the state government step into
the matter, they said.
Both also expressed support of the constitutional
amendment, designed to protect farm families from large
corporate interests that will be placed on the November
general election ballot. In supporting the amendment,
Kerrey was critical that past legislative attempts to protect
family farms have been unsuccessful because "no leader
ship has been exhibited in the Unicameral."
When asked what Nebraska can do to help the lagging
economic state of farmers, Thone replied that it should
work hard to develop new export markets. He cited his
recent trips to Europe and Asia in negotiating agricultural
sales for Nebraska.
Thone also said the state "needs 't6 look for new ways
to utilize grain products in Nebraska. Gasohol and fruc
tose, two products made from corn, are examples he gave.
Kerrey agreed that the state should take a decisive role
in helping farmers. He said that rather than spent time
in foreign countries, however, he would spend more
Registration bill poses questions
ByVickiRuhga
Major questions have been raised about a bill that
would deny federal aid to young men who fail to register
for the draft, said Don Aripoli, UNL director of financial
aids.
The bill, S2248, has been approved by both the House
and Senate, and is expected to be approved by President
Reagan.
If passed, the bill will allow a student at least 30 days
to prove he registered before he is denied any aid.
"One of the major questions is what kind of adminis
trative burden this bill would have," Aripoli said. "It
could result in the collection of a form for verification.
However, we may also have to collect the forms and
verify them with each draft board. This would be
disastrous."
Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for student affairs,
also assumed that the added paperwork will be given to
financial aid directors.
"However, we would tend to resist any additional
requirements for the financial aid offices because their
load is already ail-encompassing," Armstrong said.
Aripoli stressed that no one knows for certain how
students will submit draft verification. It will be up
to the secretary of education and the director of the
Selective Service System to determine verification
procedures, he said.
"If the president signs the bill, it will go into effect
July 1, 1983, Aripoli said. "We have not received any
word from the federal government yet on the bill."
The financial aid departments are opposed to the
fact that they would have to monitor the draft board,
he said.
Armstrong said he was aware that national financial
aid offices are lobbying against the bill because it is an
extraordinary requirement and is not in the normal
functioning of a financial aid office.
"The possibility of holding back grants until draft
registration is verified seems foreign to the essence of a
financial aid administration," Armstrong said.
In addition to being an inappropriate function for
a financial aid institution, the bill discriminates against
the needy, Aripoli said.
"However, we also signed an agreement to comply
with current federal regulations and any regulations
passed in the future," he said.
"All we can do is express our disapproval, which we
have already done," Aripoli said. "But we still have to
do whatever the law requires."
Swiss incident shows tougher stance
By Mark Hansen
After blowing in the door of the Polish embassy in
Bern, Switzerland, Thursday with a bomb hidden in a
food container, 35 anti-terrorist police stormed the
embassy and freed the five unharmed hostages held
there since Monday.
The gunmen holding the hostages had threatened
to blow up the embassy and the hostages today if their
demands were not met.
Such performances by police are becoming more com
mon, two UNL political science professors said Thursday.
UNL Professor David Forsythe, who teaches courses
in international relations and foreign police, and Professor
Bill Awry, who recently completed a teaching job at
Warsaw University, agreed that governments seem to be
getting better at dealing with terrorist tactics.
"Governments have developed a hard-nosed attitude
toward terrorism," Forsythe said. "Quite a number of
governments have gotten tough and been successful."
Forsythe said the situation in Switzerland differed
from the Iranian takeover of the U.S. Embassy in that
the Swiss government was not sympathetic to the
terrorists as was the Iranian government.
Forsythe and Avery further agreed that there was
never much chance of the gunmen's demands being met
by the Polish government. Terrorist groups usually are
looking for publicity for their cause, Forsythe said.
"The Poles are a very impatient people " Avery said.
"The government there has been promising for 3o yean
that if you work harder, for more hours, six days a week,
things will get better. But the people don't see that
happening."
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Gov. Charles Thone
time in Washington, D.C., working for responsible federal
policies for farmers.
Reagan policies
One key area in which the candidates disagree was
in their assessments of President Reagan's policies as
they relate to Nebraska farmers.
Thone said by "straightening out our domestic
economy" and bringing interest and inflation rates down,
the Reagan administration has ultimately helped farmers
in this state.
Kerrey disagreed.
"Agriculture has been abandoned by the Reagan
administration," he said.
The congressional farm bill is nothing more than
a budget bill, Kerrey said, and does not help farmers.
Regarding the sale of Missouri River water by South
Dakota for a commercial coal slurry pipeline, both candi
dates said they supported Nebraska's filing suit against
the sale along with Iowa and Missouri.
Thone used this opportunity to point out Kerrey's
flip-flop of opinion on the sale by quoting Kerrey as
saying several weeks ago that South Dakota deserves
cooperation, rather than criticism, from Nebraska
officials.
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Lighted sky wheel ride at the State Fair stands
tali against the evening sky.
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