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By Colleen Keimey
Daily Nebrts&tn tiff Reporter
Many Nebraska high school seniors
learned yesterday that UNL has a lot to
offer academically.
These students were the 1 16 National
Merit semi-finalists and World-Herald
scholars that were honored yesterday at
the first Distinguished Scholars Day.
The program was sponsored by UNL,
the Student Alumni Association, and the
Omaha World-Herald "to encourage the
best and brightest seniors to attend the
university," said Harold Andreson, presi
dent of the World-Herald and UNL alum
nus. "It's a lot like recruiting for Big Red
football." he said.
The day's activities included sessions
with advisers, campus tours, a panel dis
cussion with UNL's current Merit Scho
lars, and workshops on campus life.
A semi-formal reception and banquet
culminated the day in the Union Ball
room. Keynote speaker was Dr. Billy Rea
gan, the superintendent of Houston, Texas
public schools and UNL alumnus. He re
ceived his doctorate in education here
and spoke to the students on "the tre
mendous need for potential young lead
ers to understand the needs of education
in this rapidly changing world." He says
that UNL offers its students a way of
developing academically to meet this
challenge.
Each Distinguished Scholar was rec
ognized at the banquet and given a dic
tionary. Catherine Curtis and Gary And
erson, UNL freshmen, were recognized as
the two World-Herald Scholarship reci
pients. "I found out that academics were really
important here," said Amy Stasch of
Lincoln.
She liked the Merit Scholar panel dis
cussion the most, "because we learned
how they were treated as scholars here so
we would know what to expect if we
came down here."
Gina Shaw of Fremont said that the
advising session was impressive.
"I didn't know that UNL's journalism
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about the College of Business Administration.
was so highly rated. It really tempts me." but not a very high academic profile," she
Emphasis was placed on academics, said,
said Loretta Johnson, the coordinator of UNL currently has 163 Merit Scholars,
University Honors Programs. placing UNL among the top four percent
"We have a very high sports profile here, of colleges nationally.
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LOS ANGELES President Reagan,
fresh from his landslide re-election tri
umph, said Wednesday he and Soviet
leaders might open new top-level contacts
to improve relations and try to break the
deadlock in nuclear arms control talks.
Reagan indicated he would make a
major new push on arms control now
that he has won re-election to a second
four-year term.
He said at a news conference before
flying to his ranch outside Santa Barbara
that the United States and the Soviet
Union were discussing "informal channels
to keep in touch" in the hope that nuclear
arms talks from which the Soviet Union
walked out of last November might
restart.
Reagan also repeated a remark he
made during the final days of the camp
aign that he was ready for a summit with
Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko to
see if badly strained U.S.-Soviet relations
could be improved and if what he has
called "a dialogue for peace" could be
established.
The Soviet leaderhip sent Reagan a
telegram Wednesday congratulating him
on his re-election and pledging its willing
ness to work for better relations between
the two nations.
The telegram, seen as a diplomatic
"olive branch," said: "Esteemed Mr. Presi
dent, please accept congratulations on
your re-election as President of the United
States of America.
"It is to be hoped that the coming years
will be marked by a turn for the better in
relations between our two countries. This
would be in the interests of both our
peoples and the cause of world peace.
"On its part, the Soviet Union is pre
pared for joint work to rectify Soviet
American relations on the basis of equality
and respect for the legitimate interests of
each other, to remove the threat of war,
and radicaUy improve the international
situation."
The telegram was signed by the Presi
dium of the Supreme Soviet, which is
headed by Chernenko.
Earlier, Chernenko; speaking at a Krem
lin reception marking the anniversary of
the 1917 Communist Revolution, said:
"Tension in world politics is not increas
ing. It is not easy to lift this tension. The
verbal assurances of being committed to
peace will not be enough here. "
Although he did not refer to Reagan
directly, western diplomats attending the
reception said it was clear the remarks
were aimed at the United States.
After a pause to savor the euphoria of
electoral victory, Reagan and the new
Congress must quickly turn their attention
to crucial tax and budget decisions that
were put on hold during the campaign.
Reagan has repeatedly said the deficit,
which reached 175 billion dollars in the
financial year just ended, could be re
duced through a combination of spending
restraint and extra revenues produced
by continued economic prosperity.
Higher taxes, he vowed, are only "a last
resort." White House chief of staff James
Baker repeated that pledge Wednesday,
telling NBC television "this campaign was
fought on the issue of not raising taxes."
But Reagan's strategy requires an un
usually long economic expansion and
spending limits Congress may not accept.
Legislative election tallies
for Nebraska's districts
lat District
63 of 63 Precincts
R. Wiley Remmers
Nelson Merz .............. 3,953
3rd District
16 of 16 Precincts
Emil Beyer Jr 4,033
Linda Garvin . 3,021
Cth District
24 of 24 Precincts
Bernice Labedz 9,665
7h District
21 of 21 Precincts
Tim Hall 4,800
Gene BuzzeHo ............. 2,974
Carol Keenan 1,839
Stli District
28 of 28 Precincts
Marge Kigfins ............. 6,285
C. Bruce Davis 4,863
District
22 of 22 Precincts
Ernie Chambers ........ . 7,328
lZik Liitrkt
24 of 24 Precincts
Daniel Lynch ............. 6,159
Walter Duda 4,667
14& District
19 of 19 Precincts
Ron Withem . 6.B37
Tracy Harrison .3,073
IZth District
28 of 23 Precincts
Lowell Johnson 6,529
Judy Larsen .............. 5,771
17Ji District
51 of 51 Precincts
Gerald Conway 6,479
Merle Von Minden .......... 6,255
19t3i District
82 of 82 Precincts
EIroy Hefner. 8,030
Bert Evans 4,279
21st District
34 of 34 Precincts
R. Peterson 8,186
J. R. Peterson 2,679
23?J District '
52 of 52 Precincts
LoranSchmit 6,fX)3
Erwin Matulka 6,003
37 of 37 Precincts
Jerome Warner 9,552
Charles F. Gove 2,672
27i Distrkt
28 of 23 Precincts
Bill Harris .6,043
Pat HofSnan 4,727
tZh District
36 of 33 Precincts
Shirley Marsh 8,617
Eugene W. Dankert 6,257
Slet District
30 cf 30 Precincts
Jerry Chizsk 8,783
Chuck Siserson 6,719
S3k! District
35 of 35 Precincts
Jacklyn Smith 7,167
Jack Crowley 5,470
iize of wins surprise Daub, Smith
Republicans Hal Daub and Vir
ginia Smith said they were confi
dent of victories in their Congres
sional races Tuesday, but both
said they didn't expect to win by
such large margins.
Jan Morrison, Daub's campaign
manager, said early returns Tues
day showed Daub was off to a
good start, she said and the gap
grew. Daub supporters knew ear
lier than they had expected that
he would return to Washington
for a third term.
Daub defeated legislative lob
byist Tom Cavanaugh for the Sec
ond District seat.
Rep. Smith will return for her
sixth term in the House of Repre
sentatives. The 73-year-old Smith
defeated state Sen. Tom Vickers
of Farnam. Smith won by 83 per
cent of the vote in defeating her
challenger. She said the 75 per
cent voter turnout reflects a
desire for a "government by the
people." She said the voter inter
est in her district reflects how
much confidence the people of
that area have in her past record.
The Democrats last won a con
gressional election in the Third
District in 1058. Since then, the
GOP has won 13 times.
Vickers will retain his seat in
the Legislature. He first was
elected in 1978.
Vol
ters turn out in record number
Almost 76 percent of Lancas
ter County registered voters turn
ed out for the general election
Tuesday, Election Commissioner
Beatty Brasch said.
An unofficial count showed Wed
nesday that 83,723 of 110,411
registered voters cast ballots. Lin
cob voters numbered 71,828. There
also were 9,406 who voted in
other towns and 2,489 absentee
and disabled voters who sent in
ballots.
Tuesday's 75.8 percent turnout
is second only to the 79 percent
vote in 1968, Brasch said. Only
about 72 percent voted in each of
the 1976 and 1980 presidential
elections, she said.
In the 1932 state election, only
70 percent of those registered
voted.
Lincoln voter turnout generally
is "about even with the rest of the
state a little bit higher," Rrasch
said. "WeVe always had good turn
out for presidential elections."
Fair weather may have helped
more people get to the polls,
Brasch said. But absent ee ballets
shewed early that more Lancas
ter County residents were voting,
she said.
The elections themselves
especially the presidential and
senatorial races probably drew
more voters to the polls, Brasch
said.
Turnout varies a lot, depend
ing on how much self-interest is
at stake," she said. "I think people
cared a lot this time."
