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Thursday, March 22, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 126
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Craig AndresenDaily Nebraskan
Greg Hamate of Chicago and Sandy White of Northwestern Bell in Omaha survey the exhibition.
Kerrey: Special session unlikely
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By Ucna Z. Kcppehnan
Gov. Bob Kerrey fielded a mixed bag of questions
at a press conference Wednesday morning but
declined to comment on Attorney General Paul
Douglas' impeachment.
Kerrey said there are many things he can't do as
governor, and commenting on the impeachment
proceedings is one of them. The impeachment trial
is scheduled to begin Monday.
Kerrey did comment on Commonwealth, how
ever, and his comments may discourage depositors.
"I think you could say it is unlikely we will have a
resolution this session" he said.
Kerrey said he has not seen any proposals by
senators that he "felt comfortable enough with to
sign." He said a call for a special session also is
improbable.
"You don't call a special session based on hypo
thetical situations," he said. He said that unless legis
lators reach a general consensus so they could "get
something done" during a special session, a call is
unlikely.
Kerrey said action on Commonwealth would not
slide to a standstill, however. He said he will meet
Monday with state Banking Director Roger Bever
age. Kerrey said it may be possible to have recent
court decisions appealed to the State Claims Board.
The state will continue to trv to establish the value
of Commonwealth assets and will decide about auc
tioning off those assets, Kerrey said. He said the
banking department also will pursue "aggressively"
offers by the Bank of Colorado.
Kerrey said he does not support efforts to in
crease the state sales tax to establish funds to pay
back depositors.
Kerrey said he did think the state has a legal
responsibility to depositors, even beyond the court's
decisions.
"The court said 100 percent repayment to deposi
tors was too much," Kerrey said. "I don't happen to
think so."
He said he was anxious to find a plan to maximize
returns to depositors and minimize losses to the
state. ,
Kerrey briefly reviewed a list of proposals, now
before the Legislature, that he is most concerned
with. First on the list was the budget. He said he is
sure the budget figure would remain close to $818
million, but would consider $14 million or $15 mil
lion in reductions as some senators have suggested.
Kerrey said he thought he could drum up support
from Nebraskans for his push to increase teachers'
salaries, but so far the public has been more enthu
siastic about property tax reliei.
Technology exhibition
expands awareness
of communications
By Jonathan Taylor
An exhibition of communication and information
technology meant to expand Nebraskans' aware
ness of the state's potential in those industries will
continue today until 5 p.m. and Friday until noon in
the Capitol.
As part of the recommendations from Gov. Bob
Kerrey's Communications Task Force, the display,
titled "A Golden Opportunity for Nebraska," fea
tures more than 40 public and private sector organ
izations demonstrating their communications and
information capabilities.
Emphasis on communications knowledge "has
been a priority of the governor since he took office,"
Renee Wessels, a Kerrey press aide, said.
Because of this, Wessels said, a 30-member task
force was created in 1983 to look at communica
tions and information industry potential in Ne
braska. The task force completed a report present
ing five recommendations:
1. Develop a full-time staff with expertise in the
fields of communications and information systems.
2. Establish a publicprivate sector technology
review panel to develop objectives, priorities and
recommendations for the staff to act upon.
3. Develop a data base containing information on
communication and information industries' availa
ble resources.
4. Strengthen small business assistance programs
to encourage entrepreneurship in communication
and information systems in Nebraska.
5. Encourage development of new business op
portunities through existing economic develop
ment programs.
To implement the task force recommendations,
the task force report said, LB1125 was introduced
to expand the Department of Administrative Servi
ces, Division of Communications to house a Tele
communications and Information Center.
In a news conference at the governor's mansion,
Kerrey said the government's role in making the
state more aware of the communication and infor
mation industries is three-fold. The technology
should first be introduced into the educational sys
tem's primary, secondary and post secondary levels.
The government should then learn how to regulate
the industries producing the technology and finally,
make the connection between discovering and pre
senting the technology's applications.
Kerrey felt it was important to showcase Nebras
ka's communications industries in practical terms
by exhibiting examples of the equipment with staff
on hand to show how it functions, Wessels said. This
ability to see what Nebraska's communication in
dustries can do on a first-hand basis, Wessels said,
"breaks barriers the new technologies might present."
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Inside
UNL students debate the video lottery
issue in today's Campus Quotes Page 4
. Special interest residence hall floors may
begin next fall . Pegs 13
Husker women golfers fight snow and ice
to prepare for their upcoming season
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Index
Classified 14
Crossword 15
Editorial.... 4
Highlights 5
Off The Wire 2
Sports 14
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DalSy Nebraskan
Traffic thrcc the Nebraska Union paused briefly Wednesday afternoon as part of a voter registra
tion drive sponsored by Ui's Government Ii risen Committee ana tse reDras;:a isxe -.icaecx
Assrtciticn. A record 744 cecsla registered darir.3 the first two dzys cfthe drive, voter registration
chairwoman Heidi B aridund said. The drive continues todsy from 10 a.xa. to 3 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union and from 4 0 to 6 p.m. in the East Union.
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