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Friday, August 31, 1934 1 1 III Ml U ' - ' ) , r;1 1 1 I 1 : 1 ; 1 f : I'll 'ill 'f "If 4 y J 11 as . : , : j If ; 1 i't s h m niP it-M-n' tmi - 1 1 i il "" "Hill' i HI nwiiiniM-iirr-" - -- 3L-:e- -frirIt th vumm. mjmi m .mirmw i -,t mic.--. m "ii.ii i mfHriM-rr'iiiwi.nw vmtiiiw-Br'ni flwil 1 1 11 " "r-Miwtaa American-bora Moslem students Hashidah, left, and Aneesah colored fabrics available at the Ilalal Food Mart, an Islamic parents. Story cnFae 2... ' Ipecialty grocery markets cater to Lincoln's Ey Jchn Eleissner ' Dftl! Nekrsskaa Senior Eeporlr "Lee Cheng's grocery, while not a model of neatness, was a mira cle of supply. It was small and crowded but within its single room a man could find every thing he needed or wanted to live and to be happy. " John Steinbeck, "Cannery Row" In a world with entire super market aisles devoted to dish washing soap, it's heartening to find a store where dried beans nestle comfortably between al mond cookies and artichoke hearts. King Tut's, 1642 0 St., is such a place. King Tut's, like A-Dong Foodsj . 4--.. . J, a v. . & w-v a-peik festivities. Air-brushed ; cr; tic j End conctsslda &lz,:J,i sleep for th3 Ions nirht sJtead. But h thz horsa i'?ni, Jchn tlohy &Ti& his family from Keck well, Iowa are feeding their team six z: E:lsian drd hcrsca. "I used to rce cars, nov I rsi:e fccrscs. I think I lUce this better, eaj'ai Eoby, a retired farmer. "There's net nuch el:s to Jo in Pockrca. Ti2 sirtfill Iowa f&tm com nuniiy ths,t ths V.oys cJl hcrr.2 is better r.C7. n Lrscns Icirans as the fcnacr tilt cf th?tftv,crr,en,acorctiensl "ji't fcr fun -.workhesys. Fcr the Ect:y3, raising dslt !';cr5-3 b a L.r?-Y.y zSZ: r. Lc:t n:;t Kubys pnddi'-'r 7-yce,r-cli Jamia Eeby, competed in the j c-uth csi t cl.r j f Init riders : 3 c!d c? 18. he &!cpp?d two 'days of school to. travel with mom,-dad, -grandpa, grandma and her 4-year-old sister, Justin. ;. diverse ethnic tastes Oriental Market and Asian House of Lincoln, is a specialty grocery store catering to ethnic groups. "Specialty" may be a misnomer for a grocery store that stocks dried fruit, good luck charms, fresh spices, papyrus, instant noodles, fresh-baked baldava and honey manufactured on the spot. Basin Metry, the manager, stocker, checker and sacker at King Tut's (his sister does the baking) arrived in Lincoln in 19S2 after spending eight years in the business administration depart ment at Assiout University in Egypt. His brother-in-law, Yosry Eishay, the owner and a techni cian in UNL's agricultural engi- thef(L'ri3is !":ejccltig2.but- like' jah 7vear:. old sh3 prefers the rides on the ! prcbr.tly be water li5K, but there's our to;:t," gays Jamie's mem, Vielry, Evurin toTard one cf ihs bully Lcrses, srratch ing cn a stable wall. The Hcbj have sunk mere than $2O,0C0 into their hatby. OutelJe, Deb Keby, CO, seeped from head to tec, lathers up a ItoraeVi'MLj gmr.dT.a weshn hooves end hinderters. Ka , .too used to race Cirs, but ave it wp when he got rajricd Ik says peps John vasnt too pleaeed vith his son's first purchee Li hcrjs-CCih, fcr,t grandpa cdrJts nr.v thct ha nray have been wrcr. Eel's her? 2 i tfca er.,y hcree rertiria frru the izr:.?-! c'rjjxsl six-herse team. But John pre-j ..tly mfarft ever concede T.'e till cu?i that he re 2," he Today's JchrfsSSlh birthday. He hopes to tzke heme a first-., place trophy kt the big evnt,; the six-horse team competition."" Last year he rode away with third. ', . . T University of Nebraska-Lincoln David CreamerDxily Ntbriskan Abdullah pose near two rows of store in Lincoln owned by their neering department, thought a store would help foreign students and families, especially the 40 to 50 Greek families in Lincoln who were having trouble supplying their needs. Today, his clientele includes 25 percent "good, regular American customers" a percentage Metry "didn't expect." People with roots in the Middle East, India and the Orient make up the other 75 to 80 percent of his customers. A-Dong,"l07 N. 27th St., pffers a taste of home for Lincoln's Viet namese population. Diep Nguyen said he carries Chinese, Japanese and Thai foodstuffs as well. Nguyen started A-Dong (in Eng lish, "half sun,") after leaving Vietnam in 1979. Along with a variety of popular Vietnamese music, the store handles dried and can ned goods and bulk rice. Tofu, tempura batter and lychees, fam iliar words to American devotees of Oriental food, are available here and at the other Far Eastern groceries. Sirirat and Aram Ruenprom run the Oriental Market out of their home at 61 1 N. 27th St. The market specializes in goods from Thailand. The owners attributed less than 1 percent of their busi ness to Americana. "Probably because most Americans don't know how to cook Oriental food," they said. By far the largest of the spe cialty stores, Asian House, 700 N. 27th St, boasts a gift shop and grocery with fresh fish and pro duce. As with the other stores, their imported goods come from Chicago or the coasts. Store hours: King Tut's 11:30 a.m to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30" a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. A-Dcng Foods 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 am. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Oriental Market 10:30 a.m to 7 p.m. daily. Asian Kssise 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 i a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. s !c v n By John Meksiter Daily Nebrak&n Senior Reporter Gov. Dob Kerrey, true to his pharmacy degree, prescribed re medies Thursday for a flagging nnivprsitv nnrt n failed hanWinff institution. In an interview, the governor also defended the state's prop- erty tax system and disputed the vainonf miin tho HrinUnt tA Kerrey said questions about u j u what UNL freshmen could expect in the next four years merit a "doctoral thesis." Budgeting is done from year to year, he said, explaining why he couldn't project in advance, he principal budget decisions, par ticularly how the money's going to be allocated internally, are made by the (NU) Board of Regents, not by myself or the Legislature, Kerrey said. However, he said, "We are going to continue to pursue excellence in that institution, and we are going to continue to put pressure on the university to manage the resources mai we give mem Dei- ter Kerrey said the state faces two constraints in its educational efforts: the need to try to get superior education and the per sonal incomes of Nebraskans. New technology, computers and basic research equipment must be used for the next four or five years to prepare students for the future, Kerrey said. "I would expect to see us con- stantly struggling against the need to provide superior education for our people and the need as well to make certain we're developing our economy," he said. Kerrey said he is concerned about the rash of "bad news" bothering Lincoinites indus trial loan and investment com pany closings, retail store depar tures and the trials of Paul Douglas. But he said he doesn't think Nebraskans' confidence is shaken. "I think we've got a fairly signif icant group of people who had money in Commonwealth whose confidence unquestionably has been shattered," he said. But, Kerrey said, many people- still have great confidence in Inside "Ode to Bob and John" Arts and Entertainment California develops new T- J .... mut?x - Arts and Entertainment Classified Crossword Editorial Sports Wire Report I I Friday 1 Vol. 84 No Nebraska. Kerrey said the banking depart ment did a "pretty poor job" of regulating Commonwealth and called the insurance program set UptO protect depositors a "sham Although the Legislature and District Court have shunted Ker- reys efforts to resurrect the insti- tution or return some of the dep- ositors' money, he said he will continue to try the same approach. "In the meantime," Kerrey said, "we will liquidate the assets of that institution or set it up so they can be liquidated." Kerrey correctly predicted the passage of the farmland valua tions bill, LB2. Senators voted 32 16 in favor of its identical twin LB7 later in the day, ending the special session. Kerrey also dismissed talk about restructuring the state property tax system. "The state, in 1975 or 1976, began the process of developing a manual which gives us some basis by which we can tax property "w v . Kerrey allowed that property tax supported too much of go- vt"cia parutuiai iy euucauuii, and that the state should shift some of the burden over to sales and income tax. But, he said, by enforcing the manual and up- dating the assessments, we will be in reasonably good shape." The governor took exception to a statement that he had been opposed to raising the drinking age in 1983. He signed a bill raising the legal drinking age to 21 ear lier this year. "I've never been opposed to raising the drinking age," Kerrey said. "But the fact is, the drinking age is an arbitrary age." There is no evidence to indicate that the incidence of traffic-related fatali ties is a function of the drinking age, he said, or that we will de crease the use of alcohol by grade school or junior high school stu dents through limitations. "What I've said is, 'Don't raise the drink ing age and think that you're going to solve those two prob lems. "I don't think they're going to accomplish anything by raising it," Kerrey said. Paga 4 premieres a comic section ..... Peg 10 system of footbail handicapping P3 14 1. 10 13 19 f 4 14 2