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Lincoln bicycle enthusiasts can
look forward to more and better
places to ride, thanks to city offi
cials and several chic arid neigh
borhood groups.
Two new concrete bikeways are
being built in Lincoln, and more
probably will be built, said Larry
Worth, transportation planner
for the city.
City crews are building a trail
in the northeast section of the
city, Worth said. The trail will run
from 48th and Fremont streets to
27th Street near Holdrege
Street. The trail should be fin
ished by fall or early next spring.
Volunteers from chic and neigh
borhood groups are building a
trail from Pioneers Park to 0
Street, using concrete furnished
by the city. The trail will follow
the Haynes Branch of Salt Creek,
Worth said. But progress has been
slow, and Wrorth said he doesn't
think the project will be com
pleted for many years.
Both trails will be similar to the
Billy Wolfe Bikeway that runs
southeast from downtown on
Capitol Parkway to Holmes Park,
he said.
Citizens' groups, including the
UNL Cycling Club and the Lin
coln Track Club, planned the
southwest trail, Worth said. The
trail eventually will link up with
other trails, to form connecting
routes to northern Lincoln, Worth
said.
Bike routes also will improve
on city streets, as the city widens
old streets and builds new ones,
he said. Improvement projects
on Normal Blvd., 70th Street and
Highway 2 provide room for bicy
cle travel, he said.
The city sees a need for bikes
to be accommodated," Worth said.
"But it's too expensive to build a
bikeway to every place you want
to go."
Qyclists and motorists will con
tinue to share the streets. Worth
said he thinks many cyclists need
to know more about safety. In
1983, 119 bike-car collisions
occurred in Lincoln one acci
dent more than in 1982. Most of
these accidents injured cyclists,
Worth said.
To help prevent accidents, cycl
ists should obey traffic signs and
signals, just as drivers do, he said.
"Some people that come from
smaller towns aren't used to rid
ing their bikes in city traffic,"
Worth said. "They dont under
stand that have to obey the traf
fic laws, just like everybody else."
Motorists also should keep their
eyes open for cyclists, he said.
Many accidents occur when driv
ers fail to see a bicycle.
I-House director assists newcomers
Imagine sharing ideas, life- said.
styles and customs with 40 for
eign students.
That's what Ed Kaczmerak does
as residence director for Interna
tional House in Neihardt residence
hall
A geologygeography major from
Omaha, Kaczmerak said he's had
little foreign relations experien
ce. But last year he became a
student assistant for I-House.
Five delegates from each floor
give Kaczmerak input from resi
dents, about activites in which
they would like to participate. He
acts as an organizer and liaison.
Kaczmerak doubles as counse
lor for students who need help.
Past experience shows him what
to look for if he thinks a student is
having trouble adjusting. He said
his S.A. experience helped him
My biggest concern here is to get the residence director posi-
Iet Americans know that foreign- tion, a job usually filled by a
fers are fun people," Kaczmerak graduate student.
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National and international news
from the Reuter Mews Report
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capsule were injured. But an Air Force spokesman said he
could neither confirm nor deny the reports. Air force officials
said the escape capsule definitely separated from the bomber
before the plane crashed. The B-l, intended as a replacement
for the B-52 fleet which first went into service 25 years ago, was
believed to be testing highly sophisticated equipment, officials
at Edwards Air Force. Base near the Mojave said.
Former President Carter scrapped the B-l bomber program
in 1977, but President Reagan requested 100 of the four
engined planes.
Ferraro denies labor-link charge
CLEVELAND, Ohio Democratic vice presidential nominee
Geraldine Ferraro today blasted 3 "wrong, altogether inaccu
rate and offensive" a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer Unking
her and her husband to a convicted labor racketeer. The story,
printed Wednesday said Ferraro as a congresswoman has
received two direct campaign contributions totalling $700
from Michael LaRosa, an alleged conduit between organized
crime and corrupt union leaders, and possibly one for $500
from LaRosa's family bakery corporation. It also alleged that
firms owned by the family of husband John Zaccaro managed
some of LaRosa's Manhattan properties and lent him mortgage
money. Ferraro said the article 'discusses many events con
cerning Mr. LaRosa's labor activities which hive nothing to do
with me or my family and which I know nothin g Ebout." But on
the question of whether Ferraro got a contribution from a
corporation; forbidden by law, she said she had not and that
the bank on which the check was drawn had informed her
campaign that the money was not a corporate donation.
Public bro adcast bill veto 3d
WASHINGTON President Eeagan Wednesday vetoed a bill
to finance the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on the
ground it . contained too much money at a time when fiscal
restraint was required. Reagan said in a message to the Senate
the $238 million authorized for the 1087 financial year begin
ning on October 1, 10S6, was 49 percent higher than funding
for the previous year. The authorization for public broadcast
ing "would be increased much too fast " he said. In asking for
new legislation with a smaller authorization, Reagan said his
veto did not jeopardise public broadcasting because funding
between now and the 1987 financial year had been assured
earlier.
Discovery due for launch today
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The space shuttle Discovery
Wednesday was given another go-ahead for launch, the fourth
time in a little more than two months it has been cleared for its
first flight. The order to launch the problem-plagued space
plane Thursday morning was given after space agency officials
declared they were satisfied with the resolution of a computer
problem which gr ounded Discovery Tuesday 10 hours before
its scheduled lift-off. Discovery, third in the VS. shuttle fleet,
also was prevented from taking off twice in June by a computer
failure and an engine malfunction. .
Man arrested for Capitol bombing
WASHINGTON A 2 1 -year-old man was arrested Wednes
day after a firebomb went off, burning a bystander on the east
steps of the U.S. Capitol, police said. Congress was in recess
during the early morning incident. Police identified the man as
Henry Briody through a passport listing his birthplace as Cali
fornia and charged him with arson and assault with a deadly
weapon. They had no other details about him. A spectator
suffered a small burn but refused treatment, police said. Last
November, a powerful bomb exploded late at night outside the
U.S. Senate chamber, causing major damage but no injuries. No
suspects have been arrested in that case. Since then, security
around the building has been beefed up with special identifica
tion cards required for employees and the press, and mag
nometers installed at all entrances.
Mail delivers Nebraska refund
P1SCATAWAY, NJ. - It only took 22 years, but the U.S.
Postal Service did fmallv deliver. Eir.il Kovalski this week
received a record he ordered from the Christian Record
Benevolent Association of Lincoln, Neb. 22 years ago. The "talk
ing book' Bible studies record arrived this week and the local
post office has no idea why it took so long to deliver. Kovalski,
now retired, knew something was strange when the package
was addressed to him without a zip code. When he opened the
mail, he recalled he'd ordered the record back in October 19y"
The New Jersey native had worked as district representative
for the Nebraska firm back then and had ordered the record to
use as a sampler for some of the recordings the association was
offering to the vision impaired.