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Students travel to Ecuador,
Mexico during winter brealc
The UNL Office of Campus Recreation will take r
two teams of UNL and UNO nature lovers far from :
the frozen Midwest during the upcoming break.
One team composed of a leader end six students
will travel to the Tungurahua Volcano la Ecuador.'
Another team will study the Copper Canyon, Bar
ranca Del Ccbre, In Mexico. Thb 19-member team H "
a combination of students, staff and faculty. . -
Mark Ebel, assistant director and coordinator of
outdoor recreation, said the Mexico trip has been an -annual
visit since 1975, and the third trip to
Ecuador. -
The Mexico trip, Dec 26 to Jaiu 14, will be mainly
hiking and backpacking. The Ecuador expedition,
Dec 25 to Jan. 17, includes three activities: climbing
the volcano, canoeing in a jungle region and a visit to
the Galapogos Islands.
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Gov. Kerrey to speak
at weekday graduation ",
' ' More than 1,000 students will be honored at tha
. UNL midjfj Commencement scheduled for Dec. 22
at the li:b Dcvaney Sports -Center. This., year's .
ceremony marks the Cizl time graduation ceremo
nies have not taken rliee crs a weekend. '
- Patrice DrC3r Commencement Committee
chairman, - ceremonies wire ' scheduled for -Thursday
this year because t!.e tcricmic calendar.
was moved up , causing finals to end in the middle of
' the week Because Chrfctmas h the following wee
kend, the ceremonies were scheduled during the
week to avoid conflict But the mid-week graduation "
should not affect the attendance by families and
friends of the graduates, Eerg:r said.
The ceremony will begin at 0:00 cm. with UNL
Chancellor Martin Massengale's opening remarks.
.Graduation will conclude with the benediction .
given by Rabbi Kenneth White of the South Street -Temple
about noon. Bergcr said Gov. Bob Kerrey is
scheduled to speak to the graduates.
James A. Rawley, UNL history professor, will
speak at the ceremonies. He will discuss the Morrill
Act, providing a view of the land grant act from the
.university's pcrspecttver- ..
Berger said Rawley was selected because he was a
recent recipient of the University's Outstanding
Research and Creative Activity Award. He also is
regarded as one of the leading 10th century Ameri
can historians and has authored many such books
as "The Politics of Union" and The Transatlantic
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National and international news
from the Rcutcr News Report
Syrians fire at jets;
U.S. ships respond
BEIRUT, Lebanon Syrian enti-sircrsft
batteries fired' Et U. Jets V&nz rccor.nda
ssnce over the mountains outside Beirut Tues
day and American warships fired bick. It was
the first clash between U.S. and ftxinn forces
since Dec. 4, when Syria shot down two Navy
Jets on a bombing raid against Syrian positions.
The pilot of one of the planes was killed and his
navigator-bombardier was captured.
In Damascus, a military spokesman said the
Americans had started the shooting Tuesday.
- Neither side mentioned casualties. " :
Israeli gunboats off Lebanon also went into
action Tuesday, attacking Palestinian positions
near Tripoli. In Tel Aviv, a military spokesman
said Israeli gunboats hit PLO positions and
that the Palestinians fired back. z
Drunken driving decried
WASHINGTON ;A presidential commis
sion Tuesday called for a vigorous national
campaign against drunken drivers, who have
caused an estimated 250,000 traffic deaths
during the past 10 years. President Reagan,
upon receiving the report, called drunken driv
ing "a crime to be stopped." Among measures
recommended by the commission are banning
the consumption of alcohol in cars, prohibiting
- people under 21 from baying or possessing
liquor and a vigorous public education cam
paign aimed at youths. :
Laws dealing with drunken drivers vary
' from state to state, and the federal govern
" ment has no enforcement authority except to
- withhold funds for highway construction and
maintenance if federal regulations are not
observed. ; 'I'.
November retail sales up
- WASHINGTON In a pre-Chiistmas rush,
buyers pushed retail sales up 1.0 percent in
. November, the eighth increase in the past nine
5 months and a sign that UJS. consumers are
r feeling good about the, economy, the Com
merce Department said Tuesday.
"Retailers are enjoying the merriest holiday
selling season in many years," Commerce Sec
retary Malcolm Baldridge said. The report
showed the gains occurred in most major
retail categories. t
No date to restart talks
VIENNA, Austria The last major forum
of East-West arms negotiations, the Vienna
conference on reducing conventional forces in
Central EuropejaviiLbreak Thursday vith no
date set for resumption, diplomatic sources
saidTuesday.-Bie decTMdainthetas, which
have continued for 10 years with no concrete
Lrxesu2ts,:follows; teuf i5nl4fi;.thK past
montn oi two conferences In Geneva. Switzer-
isjiu,wrc n me unitea axes ana ins &oviei
Union on limiting nuclear weapons.
fish priest released
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rc: r;iibi.iir j t7?rraw apartaent vca freed
Tti-rjiy alter church cfZebis ir.tcrcedd with
agency arid. The report said Judicial isvssifa-
tlans .would contous fci th3 casa'd th2 Rev.
JcrzyPop'zlusskd, an-'oatrcn ssurcricr cf
ixjuaaniy; Auincric3 rjzzzzzn to azzizzs spe
' -ciScar ' what'as :f stnd: at ' thi -Haf: but a
government spokesman said the materials
included "things which priests do not and
should net normally have."
Random ibehs book recall
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SWTOrjr "RaSdcn-'IIa'usa bui.!i:hw
Tuesday bean recaHisj copies cf a bio
graphy cf V.'oclwcrth heircas Eaibara Iluttcn
after learning that the book fabtly accused a
Beverly Kills doctor of vir.g kcr erccr:he
drc. The recall may the iar-i in VS.
publishing' littery. It came- after the book
received favorable reviews and seemed poised
to hit Jthe bcct-ec"cr llrts..
r" ato tarneyL' far jCLs C'ivid Heymann, the
author of "Poor Little Rich Girl; The Life and
Legend cf Barbara Kutton," said die cushions
are under way with Random to publish a cor-