Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, October 4, 1934
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Family violence. . .
Continued from Page 1
In other areas, the report found:
Women were victims in 09
percent of the cases. The abusers
were men 8G.4 percent of the
time.
Average age of a victim was
28.7 years. Abusers were younger
than 37 in 75 percent of the
cases.
Abuse reports were "consid
erably higher" during December
and the summer months.
Fa Truly income level was fairly
evenly divided. The largest num
ber of victims reported a zero-
$5,000 income leveL
Almost half reported that
abuse had occurred for one to
five years.
More than 70 percent report
ed both physical and verbal abuse.
A weapon was Involved in
23.1 percent of the cases.
Children were physically
abused in 20 percent of the cases.
The abuser was under the
influence of alcohol in more than
60 percent of the casc3. However,
the report notes that national
studies indicate that solving
alcohol and drug problems rarely
stops domestic violence.
National studies indicate
that as many as one in six fami
lies experience physical abuse
during a given year.
The report said domestic vio
lence "afreets Nebraska businesses
through poor employee perfor
mance and absenteeism drives
up the cost of health care rates
and Insurance premiums and
strains law enforcement.
The Nebraska Task Force on
Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault will review the report
when it meets Oct. 16 and 17 in
Lincoln.
Health care costs can be beaten
The private sector will be spend
ing more money on health care as
costs rise and governmental aid
is reduced, the chairman of Aetna
Life and Casualty said Wednes
day at a speech in the Nebraska
Union Ballroom.
John H. Filer said costs could
be lessened if good, cost-effective
insurance plans are developed.
Filer, delivering the sixth an
nual E.J. Faulkner Lecture, said
the 1980 election ushered in an
era of cost-cutting and leaders
who determined that too much
was being spent on health care.
Filer offered two ways to com
bat health care costs.
The payers, whether corpora
tions or individuals, need to
behave more like prudent pur
chasers," Filer said. "Providers of
health care must be cost-conscious."
Private insurance plans need
to concentrate on cost-containment
without ignoring individuals'
rights, he said.
"If we fail in trying to form cost
effective care," he said, then it's
the only alternative."
Health care costs have in
creased about two to three times
the rate of inflation under the
present insurance system, Filer
said.
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Takes pleasure in announcing
the appointment
for 1984
of Teresa Hromas
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Downtown 1 150 "O"
Gateway Enclosed Mall
Teresa Hromas
as Registered Jeweler
American Gem Society
The REGISTERED JEWELER has met the ethical and
gemological standards established by fellow jewelers in the
American Gem Society. An AGS title is an annual appoint
ment and must be rewon by yearly examinations.
ESENTATION
VACANCIES
DAILY NEBRASKAN PUBLICATIONS BOARD- Works directly with the editor
and business manager and also acts as a publisher for The Board of Regents.
COMMITTEE FOR FEES ALLOCATIONS Greek and Residence Hall representa
tion needed. This committee reviews fee users budget and sets student fees for fiscal
year 85-88.
ELECTORAL COMMISSION- Schedules the ASUN election and establishes rules
and regulations.
GOVERNMENT LIAISON COMMITTEE- A working committee who researches,
coordinates and communicates student concerns at the national, state, local and
campus levels.
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE- Reviews proposals for curriculm changes in under
graduate colleges.
HUMAN RIGHTS- The committee shall counsel and assist individuals or groups
on alleged infringsments of their human rights.
CALENDAR AND EXAMINATIONS- Recommends to Faculty Senate guidelines for
the academic year and summer sessions.
STUDENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS- Work directly with the Affirmative Action
office to review all student employees questions regarding working conditions.
Applications and information concerning each position are evailshls it 115 Nebraska
Union. Th Deadline is Oct 0th.
Wis.'
National and international news
from the Renter News Report
FBI agent aceiassca ok
giving eecreto
LOS ANGELES A veteran FBI agent was accused Wednes
day of giving secrets to a female Soviet spy in the first known
case of a "mole" in the agency's 70-year history, FBI officials
said.
Richard Miller, who had worked for the agency for 20 years,
was charged with handing over a 24-pae s ecret report on U.S.
intelligence-gathering activities to an emigre Russian butcher
and his wife living in Los Angeles but allegedly working for the
KGB, the Soviet intelligence agency. Miller asked for $65,000 in
cash and gold in return and FBI officials in Washington said he
was having a sexual relationship with the butcher's 34-year-old
wife.
The FBI charged Miller, Nikolay Ogorodnikov, 51, and Sve
tlana Ogorodnikova, who immigrated to the United States in
1973, with violating U.S. espionage laws. If convicted, Miller,
who was arrested in San Diego Tuesday, and the Russians,
arrested in Los Angeles at midnight, could each be sentenced to
life imprisonment.
At an arraignment hearing in San Diego Wednesday, U.S.
Magistrate Roger McKee ordered Miller held without bail at the
local jail. He wa3 ordered to reappear in court Thursday.
At a press conference in Washington, senior Reagan admin
istration officials sought to minimize the extent of damage to
U.S. intelligence-gathering capability from the alleged conspi
racy that dated back to May.
Attorney General William French Smith and FBI Director
William Webster declined comment oh precisely what docu
ments the Soviety Union obtained.
U.S. knew of embassy dangers
WASHINGTON A'congressional intelligence committee
said Wednesday that the State Department had "adequate"
intelligence about a bomb threat before the Sept. 20 suicide
attack on the U.S. embassy annex in Beirut, Lebanon. In a
report on its investigation into the incident, the House of
Representatives Intelligence Committee said Washington offi
cials and embassy officials on the scene should have made
better use of intelligence alerts of a possible attack
The bombing killed two American servicemen and at least 10
Lebanese. It was the third suicide bombing of an American
installation in Beirut in 17 months. The question of reponsibil
ity and whether intelligence and security had been adequate
has become a presidential election year issue. Campaigning in
Texas Tuesday, President Reagan said he accepted full respon
sibility for the bombing as he did for the devastation of the
Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 U.S. servicemen
last Oct. 23.
The committee chairman, Edward Belaud of Massachusetts,
said the committee report said the probability of another
vehicular bomb attack was so unambiguous that there is no
logical explanation for the lack of effective security counter
measures at the east Beirut annex to thwart such an attack.
During the two months before this month's bombing, the
report said, there were "credible reports that terrorist groups,
in particular Shi'ite groups with Iranian connections, were
planning attacks against U.S. officials and premises." No spe
cific times or places, however, were given, according to the
committee's report.
Baken U.S. government will stop
WASHINGTON Senate Republican leader Howard Baker
Wednesday predicted the U.S. government will have to begin
shutting down operations Thursday because Congress cannot
pass a 1985 spending bill in time. An emergency spending
measure covering expenses from the start of the financial year
on Oct. 1 until midnight Wednesday will not be extended,
Baker told the Senate in a stern admonition to move quickly.
Tuesday the Senate finally broke a logjam over civil rights
that had paralyzed business for six days. Even so, Baker said he
saw no prospect that the Senate could finish its bill, resolve
differences with the. House of Representatives in a conference
and get the measure to President Reagan for his signature
Thursday.
utile to transport larjjeot crew
CAPE CANAVER AL The largest space crew in history, five
men and two women, will blast off from here Friday on a
nine-day mission which will test how well the U.S. space shuttle
handles a crowd. The 1 3th shuttle mission, sixth for the orbiter
Lh&Henger, technically will focus on the Earth's surface, but
the performance of the astronauts working in close quarters
will also be scrutinized. Most of the crew's work will be devoted
to making observations of the Earth's surface. They also wiil
drop off a satellite which will remain in orbit fcr years X-raying
tne Earth and relaying data to ground ststiens.
Cubs game steals CMeaa crime
CHICAGO The opening game of the National League
championship series between the Chicago Cubs and the San
Diego Padres so mesmerized Chicago Tbegdsy that no major
crimes were reported during the three hours it was under way,
police said Wednesday. Crowds flocked to bars and restau
rants with television sets to watch the Cubs' first post-season
game in 39 years. Following the Cubs' 13-0 win, noisy celebra
tions continued in many bars until closing time early Wednesday.