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r - V "NT i CP ) I l- 1V I Monday, January 21, 1935 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 84 No. 65 Vcr ylCf : Partly sunny, windy and warmer today, with a high of 18 (-8C), but with windchill still below zero (-18C). Tonight, clear and cold with a low of -I (-1GC). Tuesday, sunny with a high in tha Iow20s(-6C). Bah GrutechrCal!y Nc&resxan OVJUOVG SllStiO 9Q0t Hl!Gies'0...Page8 Georqe croosis...Pageio inriKPl pot Ey Lisa Natfclmg ' With a box of Fiddle Faddle caramel corn and "pure hick," Larry Sparks won a Cadillac and a trip to today's parade celebrating the inaugura tion cf President Reagan. Sparks, a UNL December graduate and former Daily Nebrasksn editor In chief, said that when he bought a box cf Fiddle Faddle in August, he never Imagined that four months liter he would win the Grand Frize cf a 1C35 Cadillac and a trip for four to the Inaugural Parade. Sparks, a School cfJoumaiisn graduate from Nehawka, said he picked up a box of Fiddle Faddle white poeery shopping and noticed the contest on the box. "Politics that's what caught my eye,". Sparks said. The contest entry form asked for the player's choice for president in the 1234 elections. Sparks mailed his narked entry for Reagan in August , Sparks said he enters contests occasionally when he conies across then but doesn't seek then out like seme winners do. j "I didn't think anything cf it until December when I got a caH," Sparks said. Ilta call, fron VIP Services Inc., informed Sparks he had wen a prize through the Fiddle Faddle contest. But he had to nail a notarised affidavit to VIP Services before they would toil him what he had won. That call made Sparks curious, he said, and at 1 0 hp. went to B & R IGA in search of a box Usting- the ; Fiddle Faddle ' contsst ' rutes " and prkes. The Grand Prise was the trip for four to the Inauguration and a Cadillac. The second prise was a big projection-screen television and the third prize was a 10-speed bicycle. That's what I thought I won," Sparks said of the bicycle. But he was wrong. On Bee. 19, 1834, another call from VIP Servi; ces Inc. informed spara mat ne r.aa won Grand Prize. J' t 1 r . I - t-;- c r " y tor r3.y will h.e'fcTler gsr hliacTy Cs41Eimj, hVa feavs csosi csstra ncny to 'Uddla' ciossd ' kh cSyic even cmici to tse? tisa cptolis ears ia FIddis Fss for a llfelias. . ' : "My folia were there (when he received the call) and said my face turned really red," Sparks said. "I was in a state of shock, basically. That's something you don't prepare for." That was "definitely the most exciting week" of bis life, Sparks said. But the Cadillac and the . trip were only pat of it, he said. The night before VIP Services called about Sparks' prize, the Omaha World-Herald called him they wanted to hire him as a nightside copy editor. And the following Saturday was his 'graduation. Sparks said graduating and getting the job meant more to him than the Fiddle Faddle prize because they are things he has achieved. ' "But winrdffg'sure was a nice surprise," 'he said. "Being interested in politics, it's kind of a dream come true." - Sparks will return from Washington Tuesday night and start work at the World-Herald on Wednesday. He plans to sell the Cadillac when he gets it in February, pay the taxes on it and put the remaining money in the bank to earn inter est. Sparks said he hopes to buy a new Firebird someday..-- , " " - "My mom used to make fun of me (for entering contests)," Sparks said. "She doesn't anymore." -in. iiini vh. proposes $00 By Kevin McCcy Eiafflepoiter UNL residence hall room and board rates will rise $85 per student for the 1885-86 school year if the NU Board Gf Eegsnts approves the Cllee of University Housing's rate study. The study proposes a 4.4 percent increase.over IsiS5 rates, bringing room and board rates to $2,010. This would be the first time room and board costs have risen above $2,000. Most of the increase would go for raises and increased benefits for university employees. The study calls for an 1 1.5 percent salary increase as mm n m T6SWj3flC& MUbb TWvo istUt VUAsV part of a three-year plan to bring employee salar ies to the level of similar land-grant universities, ; '. Most employees in the housing cfSee received a ' 9 percent raise this year. ; . The study was approved by the Residence Hail . Association's rate study committees and the ' EIIA Senate. . However, the senate voted to send a list of additional recommendations to the regents. The most important one deals with cable television. Rate Study Chairman Pete Casteilano nid the - university is asking for an 11.6 percent faculty salary increase, but Gov. Bob Kerres current budget proposes only a 5 percent increase lor state employees' salaries. Castellano's commit tee recommends that the dil! erence between , Kerrey's figure and the amount the university gets be used to install cable TV in the halls. : - Housing Director Doug Zatechka said that in the past, .any money leH over after salary increases went for improvements, such as new carpet or-television sets. However, he said,- before cable can' be considered further, the administration needs to discuss it. - Zatechka said he fivers reducing a room and beard increase before installing cable. However, the Leskture probably will resolve the budget before the regents approve the rate study next month, .he 'add. This means the rate increase probably will pass, he said.. Each 1 percent increase in salary means' an additional $5 on each student's room and board. If cable is not installed, RHA recommends the chancellor and regents consider a university wide cable TV system. In addition, EliA recom mends that capital improvements money, which corae&from a contingency fund, be used to put overhead lights in all residence-ha'i rooms in the next 'two years,, Several rooms have been equipped with the lights on an experimental basis. -Installing one two-tube fixture in each . room would cost about $40 per room and would replace 'the current headlamps. mi atom Wsl .1 By Gen Gen&rsip . Ecslcr Exporter cle student money - Two bills that would provide money for stats scholarships and work-study pro-rams will be "priority bills" for the Nebraska State Siu-asnt Association, the group's executive director said Saturday. C Telle, rring tt KCGA's r -v'7 - :d cf (ll-rrlr.s r.::t:.-:, te H ' " b -t2Lc-J:,it,r:f-rLLlC3v.hlcvcuIi r-7r.:e"rri:r.7f;rv(crk-tudyrrcyar.s i rcl:: -J. F"t:-:r.-- cd-io-tirn i-t;tulL:.:.KC:A is a student lad ing group representing students ten Chadroa State College, Wayne State College Fern State College, UNO and UNL' -' In 1933, the Legislature passed a similar worJc-stut bill, but (Jov. eoft vetoed it. According to Cha peile, Kerrey wasn't looking for new programs, csly trying to fund the exist ing ones. . ,- The sans bill was rsintroduced last year, but the Legislature never voted on it befere the eri cf the session. " This year, Chapeils said, a new bill was written and has been introduced by Bens. Gersid Con?;ny cfWsyne end Tom Vickers cf Frs?jst. Vickers is chairman cf the Lcsltturs's educa tion committee. : --''-'-' - '-" z ' Also, ChapeHe said," student lobby-, ists will support Kerrey's plan to in crease the state's cigarette tax, assum ' ing the federal government drops its eiht-cent tax next fall as scheduled. Revenues from the tax increase could exceed $1 0 million under Kerrey's plan and would establish - the" "Nebraska Future Fund." LB1S0, sponsored by. 13 senators, would set aside $3.3 million from the future fiind and prcvida scholarship gi-ants for students in Nebraska's pri vate and public coilggcs. The remain ing money from the fund would finance ' economic development and natural resource development in the state. : However, if the federal government does not drop its eight-cent cigarette tax, student lobbyists will support LES4, a "backup" to the future fund that would provide $2 million in state tax dollars for scholarship programs, Chapelts said. ' NSSA will watch education bills as they are introduced in the Legislature, Chapelle said. Student input is impor tant in the process cf a bill's passage, she said. "When students come together through this orgsnizsticn in hopes of - making things better lor' the future, people are ping to listen," she said. Bitter cold puts damper onvarade - ' ' WASHINGTON The White House announced late Sunday that because of snow End freez ing temperatures in Washington, President Reagaii will take the oath cf cSce inside the Capitol today, rather than en a specially constructed platform outside. The; two-hour parade, which Ees'aa was to lead riding in a bulkt-procf limousine, also was canceled