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Careers day, spealcer
examine ag trends
Agriculture students will have two opportunities
this week to learn more about their field cf study at
Ag Careers Day Wednesday, and at a Thursday
presentation by Ned Raun, an authority on livestock
production.
Mere than 35 companies in agriculture-related
industries will be represented at the 1083 Ag
Careers Day, sponsored by Alpha Zeta, the agricul
ture honorary fraternity. The companies will have
booths In the East Union's Great Plains Room
between 0:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Students may come in, look around and visit with
representatives cf the companies they are inter
ested in, said Jay Jcsske, president of Alpha Zcta, .
"The student can visit one-on-one with someone
In business in his or her field of study," Jesske said.
He or she will gain knowledge on what job oppor
tunities are available and what college require
ments are necessary for those jobs."
Raun will speak Thursday about "International
Agricultural Trends" at 7 p.m. in the East Union
Terraces.
He is vice president of Winrock International, a
foundation established for assisting agriculture in
underdeveloped countries and also is one of five
UNL alumni participating in Master's Week Wed
nesday through Saturday.
Ted Hartung, Dean of the College of Agriculture,
said the lecture is the result of a joint effort by the
agriculture college and Master's Week, sponsored by
the Black Masque Chapter of Mortar Board and the
Innocents Society honoraries.
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Memorial services will be at 10 am, todcy for
Henry K. Leyna, a UNL graduate student who died
Saturday. Leyna, a native of T&ni&nia, died cf unde
termined natural causes, according to Mike I!:avi
can, county attorney.
Leyna graduated from the University cf Illnne
scta with a bachelor's decree in 1075. He came to
UNL in 1978 on a scholarship from the Agency for
International Development, said Dolores Deg2, inter
national student adviser. Leyna was working on a
doctorate in horticulture and was to have gradu
ated in December or May, Dcje said.
The services will be at Sacred Heart Church, 31st
and S streets. Leyna is survived by a wife and two
children.
A memorial service for Hardy E Jones, UNL philo
sophy professor who died Monday, will be at 4 p.m.
today in the Sheldon Art Gallery Auditorium.
Educators from throughout the country will meet
at UNL Thursday for a workshop on alternative
salary plans for teachers.
The workshop is designed for Midwest educators
and school board members, said Ron Joekel, asso
ciate dean of the UNL Teachers College. About 300
people are expected to attend.
The conference was called "in response to a
groundswell of interest in alternative methods for
paying teachers," Dean James OTIanlon said.
Glen Robinson will deliver the keynote speech.
Robinson is president of Education Research Ser
vice Inc. of Arlington, Va.
Representatives of the Nebraska School Boards
Association, the Nebraska Council of School Admin
istrators and the Nebraska State Education Associ
ation will participate in a panel discussion.
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from the Reuter News Report
Troopsfincl weapons,
no Cubans on island
WASHINGTON - US. troops, with resist
ance on Grenada reduced to occasional sniper
attacks, Tuesday moved onto the tiny neigh
boring islan4 of Carriacou and recovered a
cache of weapons but found no Cubans, Pen
tagon cfiieials said. Friendly Grenadlans led a
landing party of COO Marines to a warehouse
containing gun, ammunition and other equip
ment. In Congress, the House Tuesday approved
legislation declaring that the War Powers Act
applies to the US. presence on Grenada. The
Senate previously approved a similar provi
sion, but it was attached to a bill that later
died. The Senate will have to vote again before
the bill can become law.
Defense Department sources indicated the
Grenada operation could be winding down.
They said land-based A-10 attack planes had
been moved to Puerto Rico to provide support
for the nearly 6,000 servicemen on Grenada.
Officials said the Reagan administration is
turning its attention to the establishment of an
interim government in Grenada and to setting
up an election.
U.N. to debate invasion
UNITED NATIONS The General Assembly
Tuesday agreed to begin debate today on the
Grenada situation Tuesday in light of the US.
veto of a Security Council resolution calling for
withdrawal of the invasion force. Nicaragua, a
Security Council member proposed a resolu
tion similar to the one that the United States .
vetoed. The resolution deplores the U.S. inter
vention in Grenada as a flagrant violation of
international law and is considered certain to
be adopted in the assembly by a wide margin.
Aircraft carrier fire kills 6
WASHINGTON Six people were killed and
35 injured in two fires early Tuesday on the
US. aircraft carrier Ranger daring exercises in
the Indian Ocean, the Navy said. NavycHlciab
said the carrier, which usually has a crr.7 cf
about 5,C00, was continuing its eperatier-s.
Postage rates, may rise '
WASHINGTON The Postal Service Tusa
' day proposed raising rates on Crst-clsss mail .
from 20 cents to 23 cents late next year. The
proposal, which also would include rate in
creases for postcards, presorted letters,
second class maH and parcel pest, would take
effect Oct. 1, ICC !, 'at the earliest, Postal Ser-'
vice Hoard Chairman Robert Hardcsty said. :
Hardesty said the increases would be the first
in three years and ere needed because the
Postal Service faces a deficit cftCOO million for
the fiscal year that ends Sept 0, 1C34. Post
master General William Bolder said a formal -request
will be Ied with the Postal Rate Com
mission within a few days.
IBM introduces 'Peanut'
NEW YORK International Business
Machines Tuesday unveiled its much heralded
"Peanut" home computer, but surprised the
turbulent computer Industry by saying it
would not be available until after the Christ
mas sales' season. IE1I said the iZZO basis
model would use cartridge programs and
would held C5,5S3 characters cf memory. For
more money, a "diskette" system wH ofTsr
131,072 characters of memory. The FC J
code-named "Peanut" will run came cf the
programs written for IEIFs popular FC com
puter, thus making it a home model far those
who use the PC in the cCee.
MX funding left uncut
WASHINGTON The House Tuesday n!!it
refused to cut funding far the I.IX mi::;;e,
handing President Rcagaa arar'or victory. Tfce
217-2C3 vcte came on an amendment to a 2-13
blSka defense appropriations fc21 for 1C24.
Final passage cf the to is expected tc day, The' .
Rsputlican-dammsted Senate h crpcrtcd to
concur with the House vh :n it vstca cn its c,vn
