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Local promoter plans 2 outdoor concerts ;
officials expect another W oodstock fiasco
BY BILL CONRADT
Lincoln music fans will be rocking under
the sun later this summer if Sherm Bixby, a
local promoter, has anything to do about it.
Bixby, owner of Applause Attractions,
said he plans to promote two outdoor con
certs featuring nationally known acts on
July 31 and Aug. 28, on an acreage at 6301
West Adams St. The problem, he said, is that
the Lancaster County Board is asking him
to double his parking, security and sanita
tion facilities to meet the needs of 5000-6,000
people. His original budget, he said, was
based on only 2,000 people.
He said he is prepared to provide what
the board asks as long as it is within his
budget. Bixby said he wants the show to
come away without a hitch to protect his
sponsors, but he is not willing to do a show
that can not make a profit. He already has
raised the budget for the show $-1,000, from
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$14,000 to $18,000, since his first hearing with
the board, he said.
"The county board is asking me to do
more than my budget can handle," Bixby
said.
County Commissioner Leo Scherer said
he will vote against an amusement license
for Bixby because he has received negative
reports on the use of that property for a con
cert from the State PatroL County Health
Department, county engineer and county
sheriff. Scherer said the board received
complaints concerning the lack of sanitation
facilities, parking and concern on the
amount of traffic on the county roads.
Neb. State Patrol Capt. Raymond Syslo
said the patrol is against the outdoor con
certs because experiences at concerts in
Sedalia, Mo., and Woodstock have indicated
considerable amounts of drug usage, drink
ing and traffic. He said the patrol already
has responsibilities at other established
celebrations, the Czech Festival in Wilbur,
the Old-Time Fiddlers festival in Brownville
and the state recreation areas. The patrols
manpower is also depleted at this time be
cause of staff vacations, he said.
Capt. Syslo said other facilities are
geared for large concert crowds, such as the
State Fairgrounds. But Henry Brandt, man
ager of the fairgrounds, said the fairgrounds
have a policy forbidding outdoor concerts
because of security reasons.
Bixby said drug usage and drinking can
be expected at musical events, but they will
crack down only if the crowd gets out of
hand. He plans to hire off-duty sheriffs to
provide security, he said. A first-aid tent will
be provided and bottles and alcohol will be
prohibited, he said. He has been interview
ing and polling people at bars, swimming
pools and game galleries, Bixby said, to get
a better idea on how many people would
come to an outdoor concert. Participants in
the poll were asked to indicate which of four
possible places, Pershing Auditorium, Bob
Devaney Sports Center, Midwest Speedway
or or private land, they would like to see a
musical concert at this summer. Bixby
plans to have results of the survey ready by
this weekend.
Bixby said he expects his poll will indi
cate the approximate number of people
coming to the show. He said the show will be
advertised only in Lincoln.
The idea behind the outdoor concerts on
private land, Bixby said, is to provide an out
door location where Bixby can charge ad
mission. In prior years Bixby has coordi
nated concerts at Pinewood Bowl in Pio
neers Park for KFMQ radio. Bixby said the
city allows them an admission, but his or
ganization cannot stop other people from
using the park. He said there is nothing
promoters can do to stop people, who say
they've come to the park for other reasons,
from seeing the concert once they are inside
the park. For example, last year only 2,500
of the estimated 8,000 people attending paid,
he said.
Scherer said a decision on the concert is
pending until Bixby returns to the board to
inform it on what he has done to solve the
problems.
Sun can penetrate clouds
Ultraviolet light from the sun can easily
penetrate thin layers of clouds and cause
sunburn, said a University of Nebraska
Medical Center dermatologist.
Dr. Ramon Fusaro, chief dermatoligist,
said people should take the same precau
tions against sunburn on a lightly cloudy day
as they would on a sunny day.
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but that doesn't mean there wasn't any,"
The directive says that funds would not
be transferred from Iran to any student who
criticized the Islamic revolution or was in
volved publicly in political activities against
the regime, he said.
Majid, an Iranian mathematics senior
who is president of the Iranian Student As
sociation, said his family could no longer
send him money because he has been politi
caUy involved against the Khomeini regime.
Majid has held a variety of jobs this past
year. He said he has been a dishwasher, a
construction worker and now drives cars
from Texas to Nebraska.
"I'll survive somehow," he said.
Several of his friends were having severe
financial problems because they were
trying to hold down jobs and go to school full
time, Majid said. Others found that they
couldn't support themselves that way and
were facing deportation because they were
no longer in school and their student visas
were no longer valid.
Levitov said that many Iranians face the
same problems.
"The University cannot admit students
who have inadequate finances for the dura
tion of their studies," he said,"and we don't
have the resources for non-immigrant for
eign students. There are very limited
scholarship and loan assistance programs
for them."
As a result, many Iranian students must
must leave school, Levitov said. Since many
have been politically active against the
Khomeini regime, the students think they
cannot return to their home country.
Often the ex-students face deportation or
they may try to remain in America without
lawful status, he said. Some are trying to
gain political asylum, but that is difficult.
Unless the Khomeini government's
policy changes, Levitov said, the number of
Iranian students in American universities
will continue to dwindle.
Elkhorn boy, 7, dies
from charged bedspring
ELKHORN (AP) - A 7-year-old Elkhorn
boy died at an Omaha hospital Tuesday
night after he came in contact with an elec
trically charged bedspring in a trailer park.
Authorities said the boy was John Santo
ra, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rhoades.
Dan LongwelL Douglas County deputy
sheriff, said John and a 5-year-old friend
were playing about 4 p.m. in the Hi Land
Mobile Home Park Inc. John lived with his
parents at the trailer park.
Longwell said the boys were playing near
a metal tool and storage shed behind a
trailer not far from John's home.
He said an open electrical junction box
was on the rear of the toolshed, and an old,
rusty metal bedspring was on the ground.
The deputy said part of the bedspring
was stuck in the corner of the open junction
box. "It had just rained, and the other end of
the bedspring was apparently resting in a
puddle of water and mud. The spring was
evidently energized by the junction box,"
Longwell said.
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