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April 15, 1986
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The United States,
acting to "pre-empt and discourage"
Libyan terrorism, executed a series of
middle-of-the-night air strikes against
Libya, the White House announced
Monday night. President Reagan de
clared: "We have done what we had to
do."
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger
said an Air Force F-lll was unac
counted for, but' there was no evidence
it had been downed. Libyan radio said
three U.S. planes had been hit and the
crew of one jet had been killed, after
they were downed, "by Libyan citizens."
The U.S. and Nebraska flags
winds and rain damaged the
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Police blame windy weather, not thieves
ASUN's executive committee plan
ned to make a social statement this
morning.
By flying a university flag at half
staff beside the oval drive between
the Administration Building and
the Nebraska Union, ASl'N officials
hoped to draw attention to UNL's
plight, said ASUN President Chris
Scudder.
But when Scudder and others
went to get the flag, they discovered
it was missing.
Missing master key causes problems
Some locks have been replaced in
the Oldfather Hall Political Science
offices after the theft of a master key,
the department chairman said.
David P. Rapkin said the key was
stolen more than three weeks ago from
a department secretary. Security on
the floor and in Political Science classes
has been tight, with movable equip
ment such as TVs, video recorders and
overhead projecters being stored in
secure areas. Some classes are having
to get secretaries to fetch equipment,
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Reagan, in a nationally broadcast
address to explain the military strike,
said the United States had direct, pre
cise and irrefutable evidence that Libyan
leader Moammar Khadafy had ordered
recent Anti-American attacks, includ
ing the bombing of a discotheque fre
quented by servicemen in West Berlin.
"When our citizens are abused or
attacked anywhere in the world, we
will respond in self defense," Reagan
said. In an unmistakeable warning to
Khadafy, he said: "If necessary, we will
do it again."
Knowledgeable officials said Khad
afy's headquarters was one target of
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flap in the wind, while the NU flagpole stands bare after high
flag's string and fabric.
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Rumors of theft circulated. UNL
investigator Bob Fey said flags
occasionally prey to vandals, thieves
and souvenir seekers.
But the solution to the mystery of
the missing flag may be simpler.
Heavy rain storms and high winds
had battered the flag's string and
fabric, according to UNL police and
ASUN officials.
Currently, UNL administration has
no university banner to fly in protest
or in pride. One of the three flag
class members said.
Police investigator Bob Fey said a
key was missing but would not com
ment, because the investigation is con
tinuing. He would not comment on a
report that several master keys were
missing from Oldfather offices.
The UNL Maintenance Office had no
reports of lost keys or lock replace
ments in the building, said Bob Bauch,
assistant manager.
No other keys have been lost or
stolen in the last year, Rapkin said, and
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the raid. Reagan himself described the
attacks as "concentrated and carefully
targeted to minimize casualties among
Libyan people, with whom we have no
quarrel."
Weinberger said the attacks were
mounted against five targets near Tri
poli and Benghazi using 18 F-lll
bombers from U.S. bases in England
and 15 A-6 and A-7 attack jets off Navy
carriers America and Coral Sea
Deputy White House press secretary
Larry Speakes described the targets as
Libya's "terrorist infrastructure the
command and control systems, intelli
gence, communications, logistics and
poles stands unadorned, while the
others hoist the blue Nebraska and
U.S. flags. .
Scudder said the half-staff plan
was a spur-of-the-moment idea a
dramatic move to help draw atten
tion to the university's plight at a
time when the Legislature is mak
ing crucial decisions on whether or
not to override Kerrey's vetoes and
restore funds to UNL.
"We should have a flag," Sdudder
said.
department key-holders have been more
cautious since the theft.
In October of 1985 a master key to
the Harper-Schramm-Smith Residence
Complex was reported stolen. The loss
cost the university between $12,000
and $15,000 to replace all locks in
Harper Hall.
The key was later recovered by a
student who found the key in the snow.
The new locks were swapped for the old
locks, saving the money spent on new
locks.
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Secretary of State George Shultz,
appearing with Weinberger in the White
House briefing room just after Reagan's
Oval Office statement, said the Soviet
Union was told of the operation as it
was taking place and was assured it
was "in no way directed at the Soviet
Union."
Speakes would not discuss casual
ties or damage. He said "we took every
precaution" to ensure that no civilians
would be injured or killed.
Early reaction from Congress was
supportive of President Reagan's mil
itary move against Libya.
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MU budget vetos;
Koskenis ireliiewedl
By Kent Endacott
Senior Reporter
The Legislature on Monday restored
$3.1 million to the NU budget, which
was cut by Gov. Bob Kerrey last week.
-Senators voted 37-9 to override Ker
rey's line item veto, which would have
cut $1.6 million out of the UNL budget ,
$417,000 from UNO and $1 million from
the NU Medical Center in Omaha. The
NU budget was included in a motion to
restore $5.5 million in state operations.
Senators voted on the state funding
motion with little debate shortly after
reconvening for the afternoon session.
"There comes a point in time when
the handwriting is on the wall, and
there's no use flogging yourself," said
Sen. Gary Hannibal of Omaha.
Override strategy
Earlier in the day, the Appropria
tions Committee met to plot strategy.
Appropriations Committee Chairman
Jerome Warner of Waverly said the
committee agreed to emphasize educa
tion and health services in its $20 mil
lion override strategy.
"About all you can say about the
override is that it deterred (NU's)
further deterioration," Warner said.
"The obvious point is that, since fis
cal 1981 through fiscal 1984-85, there
have been reductions in the universi
ty's operating funds, with the excep
tion of salary increases."
Last week Kerrey signed LB 1250,
which gives state employees, including
NU faculty members, a 3 percent salary
increase.
NU President Ronald Roskens said
he was relieved and thankful for the
override.
"We at no time took any potential
decision for granted," he said. "The
senators looked at our future and the
future of our state and decided that the
university needed to have those origi
nally proposed resources.
Thanks
"I want to thank the senators," he
said.
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Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R
Kan., said Reagan's action was "what
the American people would have wanted
him to do," and said he believed there
had been "substantial compliance"
with provisions of the War Powers Act.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said,
"I think all Americans would stand
with the commander in chief at this
moment."
And Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., called
the air strikes "the logical next step"
against continued terrorist attacks by
Libya. Lugar is the chairman of the
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Warner said proposed program elim
inations that came after Kerrey's veto
will not be affected. Among the possi
ble cuts listed were closing the NU
School of Technical Agriculture at Cur
tis, the Nebraska State Museum in
Morrill Hall and the Bureau of Business
Research.
Eliminating programming money for
Nebraska ETV Network and cutting
funds from the Bob Devaney Sports
Center and women's athletics were
also mentioned as possible UNL budget
reductions.
Options at UNL included closing its
branch development office and taking
more money from intercollegiate
athletics and the College of Continuing
Studies. UNMC would have faced the
choice of closing the College of Phar
macy, the Lincoln division of the School
of Nursing, the Nebraska Psychiatric
Institute and the Meyer's Children's
Rehabilitation's Institute.
Positive step
Sen. Sandra Scofield of Chadron
asked senators to take a "positive
step" and vote for the override.
"We stand at a point today where we
can send a message to the people of
Nebraska," she said. Without the over
ride "that message would be 'Nebraska
isn't a place to stay and maybe they
(students) should leave.'
"I suggest we send a message that
says, 'Nebraska intends to compete.'
It's very important that we invest in the
future," she said.
ASUN President Chris Scudder said
she and some other ASUN senators
lobbied senators Monday morning.
"I thought we had a pretty good
chance this morning," she said. "I
think they (senators) got lobbied real
hard from officials from the univer
sity." ASUN also set up a phone bank Fri
day in the Nebraska Union to encour
age students to lobby for the university,
said Marlene Beyke, ASUN develop
ment director. She said about 50 stu
dents used the banks.
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