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Thursday, October 18, 1834
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 40
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Reporters
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne
denied Wednesday that the UNL
football olSce knew anything of
former I-back Mike Rozier's early
signing with an agent and profes
sional football team last season
before the Nebraska football sea
son ended.
The Associated Press reported
Wednesday that Sports IUustrat-.
ed's issue of Oct. 22 (not on the
' stands as of Wednesday evening)
carries an interview with Rozier
in which he admitted accepting
four $800 payments from a pro
fessional football agent in August
of last year. He also said he signed
with the Pittsburgh Maulers of
the United States Football League
before Nebraska played Miami in
the Jan. 2 Orange BowL Both are
NCAA violations.
Osborne, who is behind a move
ment to get a class for football
players on dealing with profes:
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debates, votes on five priority bills
The fifth Nebraska Silver-haired
Unicameral convened, debated
and voted Wednesday on the prior-.
ity list of five bills to be offered in
the state Legislature when it con
venes in January.
Members selected the five prior
ity bills after the 19 proposed bills
were pared down to 11. Those
decided on were:
SHB-8, which would provide
a state income tax checkoff allow
ing people to donate to the Silver
haired Unicameral
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The heads of UNLs two college
political parties the College
Republicans and Young Demo
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sional agents, said he discussed
agents and Mike Thorpe (the
agent Rozier signed with in
December) in particular with
Rozier and other potential pro
fessional Huskers last season.
"I asked him face-to-face about
Thorpe," Osborne said after prac
tice Wednesday. "I have no under
standing of what happened. They
told me they were ail clean
Rozier could not be reached for
comment in Camden, N J. or Lin
coln. With Rozier's admission, the
Husker football program could
go under an NCAA investigation
if it is determined that the foot
ball office did know about the
early signing. However, Chuck
Poole, assistant Sports Informa
tion director, said an investiga
tion was a "dead issue."
Poole said the only difference
between now and the original
questions about the Mauler con
tract is that Rozier finally has
admitted to the signing. The pos
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SIIB-1 6, which would exempt
Social Security benefits from state
income tax.
SHB-7, which would recognize
the concept of the Living Will
Declaration.
SHB-6, which would provide
for grandparent visitation rights.
SIIB-1, which would provide
an income tax ememption for
persons ages 65 or older.
crats engaged in lively discussion
Wednesday in an effort to inform
UNL students oF84 election issues.
John Kilgert, representing the
College Republicans and John
Stick, representing the Young
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sibility of an investigation, eligi
bility questions and probation
"have all been covered," Poole
said.
On hi3 weekly sports call-in
show, on KFOR on Wednesday,
Osborne also said Nebraska
should not have to worry about
an NCAA probe.
"Once the season is over, the
NCAA usually will not take any
retroactive action against a
school," he said. "I know of at
least four or five similiar situa
tions where no action was taken
by the NCAA"
Rozier had returned to Lincoln
after playing through an injury
plagued season with the Maulers.
He recently had been reported to
have considered signing with the
National Football League's Hous
ton Oilers.
The question of the early sign
ing first arose following the
Orange Bowl game. The Maulers
and Rosier announced a contract
had been signed Jan. 9.
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Members chose SHB-1 over
SHB-3 in a tie-breaking vote of
26-17. SHB-3 would have required
the possession of automobile lia
bility coverage prior to registra
tion of certain motor vehicles.
Alvln Boettcher, speaker of the
Silver-haired Unicameral, said the
senior senators should generate
publicity for the decision. The
publicity will help others see the
Silver-haired Unicameral as "a
group to be recognized and reck
oned with, " Boettcher said.
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Democrats, explained the two
parties' platforms.
Regarding defense spending,
Hilgert said Kennedy appropriat
ed 49 percent of the budget to
defense and the 1684 defense
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Reporter Harry Reasoner
and a CBS "60 Minutes" news
crew are cruising the streets of
Lincoln ferreting out the facts
of the Commonwealth Saving
Co. insolvency.
Reasoner and company spent
Wednesday interviewing state
Nebraska Banking Director
Roger Beverage and Gov. Bob
Kerrey. The "60 Minutes" crew
will be in Lincoln the rest of
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budget is estimated at 28 per
cent. Stick pointed out, however,
that the defense budget is grow
ing almost 20 percent a year.
Hilgert said the Reagan admin
istration favors the- MX missile
placements in western Nebraska
and that the missiles' presence in
the state is not most peoples'
main concern people are more
concerned about groundwater
supply problems.
Stick said he is not in favor of
the MX. It was originally to be a
mobile missile, but a decision has
been made to place them in exist
ing silos, which the Soviets already
have targeted.
Concerning the national budget,
Hilgert said raising taxes will have
a depressing effect on the Ameri
can population. HSgsrt said de
controlling petroleum cost the
government $25 billion. More tax
loopholes need to be isolated,
and we need to change more
unemployed people using taxes
to employed people paying taxes,
he ssid. Although the Eesgm
Adrainistr.tion h&s cut much
waste spsndbgf more cuts zsq
needed, Wzit szi
Interest oa the nsticasl debt is
the single bisect proihia feeing
ing an estimated $220 billion
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the week, according to bank
ing department employees.
. Elizabeth Pearson, a "60
Minutes" production assistant
in New York, said the "60 Min
utes" crew was in town earlier
this year backgrounding. This
trip, they are filming, she said.
Reasoner and producer Drew
Phillips were not granting inter
views and could not be reached
for comment.
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deficit this year. If Reagan is re
elected, as much as 50 percent of
the national debt could go toward
paying interest within four years.
If Mondale were elected, his
primary goal would be to ask for
an annual meeting with top-level
Soviet officials, Stick said. We need
to be willing to meet with the
Soviets. U.S. armed forces would
never be sent anywhere unless
there was a very clean-cut, defi
nite reason, Stick said. Speaking
for himself, Stick said a Democrat
would allow every country to
determine its own course.
Hilgert said we should be wil
ling to move into countries to
install democracy. Today, he said,
the UJS. is trying to influence
countries which are under Soviet
influence.
Regarding domestic issues,
Hilgert said he is for the Fro-Life
Amendment, against the Equal
Rights Amendment (pointing out
that significant progress has been
made in the absence of such an
amendment), and in favor of
voluntary prsycr In public schools.
Stick supports the EBA, men
tioning that women today crn
53 percent cf a man's wa2. Re
garding abortion, he said, "as
msl-.es we can't rr.cls that Ced
sionfer awcm&n."