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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, May 5, 1986
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On May 18, in more than 100 major cities across
America, thousands will rock and ride to honor
the restoration of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis
Island National Monument in New York City.
The day-long festival for all ages is being sponsored
by Eastman Kodak, a founding sponsor of the Liberty
Centennial Campaign, and will be called the "Kodak
Liberty Ride Festival." Activities include bicycle rides
in each city coordinated by Bicycle USA and bicycling
clubs across America, an afternoon picnic with live
entertainment, and a satellite broadcast rock concert
emanating from the Louisiana Superdome in New
Orleans.
The bike rides will be geared to both beginning and
experienced cyclists, offering varying routes of 10, 20
and 30 miles.
Some time during the day, at each site, thousands of
multi-colored, helium-filled balloons will be released.
Many of the balloons will be tagged with coupons which
consumers can redeem through Kodak for the new
Kodacolor VR films, Kodak 35mm cameras and other
prizes. A total of 500,000 balloons are to be set free and
thousands of these will contain coupons. You need to
attend the festival to redeem the coupons, so keep your
eyes open for wayward balloons downwind. And, should
you be at one of the festival sites, the release of all
those balloons should make a marvelous color picture.
Admission to the fesiival will be $21 in all markets
except New Orleans, where the registration fee is $26.
This includes $1 per ticket for postage and handling.
. Every participant receives admission to the bike ride,
picnic, local entertainment and satellite concert, and a
commemorative 1986 festival T-shirt. They will also
receive a prepaid entry worth $10 enabling participants
to submit one Kodak photo of themselves, family or
friends, to "America's Family Album," the Kodak photo
exhibit that will be installed at the restored statue.
The exhibit will be the nation's largest single collec
tion of photos for public viewing. The company has
already transferred thousands of photographs onto
video discs and will add thousands more.
All entrants will be given a personal identification
number when their photos are received by Kodak, along
with a certificate of appreciation stating that they have
participated in America's Family Album.
The personal identification number will allow eve
ryone who submits a picture to quickly access their own
photo when they visit the Stuate of Liberty-Ellis island
National monument.
Photos of well-known Americans submitted so far
On May 18, in more than 100
major cities across America,
thousands will rock and ride to
honor the restoration of the Sta
tue of Liberty in New York City.
include family portraits of President Ronald Reagan,
Vice President George Bush, and Secretary of State
George Shultz. Disney characters Mickey and Minnie
Mouse are also included.
Advance registrants to the festival will receive a con
firmation packet containing festival information and
schedules by mail within three weeks after they send in
their entry form. Photos submitted with the prepaid
coupon must be mailed separately to the "America's
Family Album" before Dec. 31, 1986.
Additional information on the 1986 Kodak Liberty
Ride Festival can be obtained by calling from anywhere
across the nation toll-free 1-800-235-5005, or by writing
to Eastman Kodak Company, Department 412-KLRF, 343
State Street, Rochester, NY 14650.
Setting it Straight
The May 1 issue of the Daily Nebras
kan included an article titled, "Two
minority teacher to join UNL's fall
staff." In that article, John G. Peters
was incorrectly identified as John P.
Moran. Peters is the associate dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Nebraska farmers have begun
spring planting, hoping that cheaper
financing, lower fuel costs and lower
dollar values worldwide may herald a
brighter year for agriculture.
"I can tell when spring weather
comes, not only because the trees are
budding, but because there's more
enthusiasm about things, not just the
farm situation," said Saunders County
Extension Agent Keith Glewen.
Glewen said farmers know that 1986
is a make-or-break year for many of
them.
But the immediate concern is
planting, and farmers hope April
exhausted the spring's reserve of
rain, snow and frost, extension agents
said.
Wet fields delayed most planting
across the state until late last week
or early this week, leaving farmers
eager to get into their fields, exten
sion agents said.
"We're living on a ledge here for
the next couple of weeks until we get
these crops in," said Douglas Duey,
an extension farm management spe
cialist at UNL. "If we don't get these
crops in, there could be another
round of pessimism from our marginal
farmers."
Despite worries that the weather
could interfere, planting was running
ahead of traditional schedules, the
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Report
ing Service said.
With planting under way, most
farmers already have secured operat
ing loans from commercial banks or
the Farm Credit System.
"I don't think any farmer is being
turned down on operating (capital)
unless he is really in bad shape,"
York State Bank & Trust President
Jack Holmquist said.
Bankers are making more conces-
toon
sions this year in deciding who gets
loans, Duey said.
"They're easing up a bit," he said.
Nebraska Farmers Home Adminis
tration Director Kirk Jamison said
loan processing was proceeding nor
mally except in a few counties where
commercial bank closings have
brought extra requests for FmHA
financing and created a backlog of
paperwork.
Borrowed money is cheaper this
year. That, plus the nearly 30 percent
decline in the cost of fuel, have
raised hopes of many farmers.
'That's one bright spot for a
change," said Doug Gibson, chief
administrator of the Nebraska Farm
Bureau Federation.
Highly indebted farmers will see
little benefit from lower interest rates
and fuel prices, Farm Bureau Presi
dent Bryce Neidig said.
"It gets to where you run faster to
say where you've been," Neidig said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
says if fuel prices remain 20 percent to
30 percent lower than last year,
farmers nationally could see costs
drop by $1 billion to $2 billion. Indi
vidual farmers could save more than
$10 an acre, said Dennis Bauer,
extension agent for Brown, Rock and
Keya Paha counties.
"It looks like we're going to be
able to cut field costs by about a
third," said Paul Cemik, vice presi
dent of the First National Bank of
Wahoo. Irrigation costs could drop by
half, he said.
A.L. "Roy" Frederick, a UNL agri
cultural economist, said conditions
haven't improved enough to help the
situation for many farmers.
"They really need large infusions of
cash, as much as 40, 50, 60 percent,"
Frederick said.
Black-and-white cookie as popular as ever
NEW YORK You can split the
chocolate wafers and scrape off the
sugary filling with your two front
teeth; or chew them whole. You can
dunk 'em in milk or smash 'em in
your ice cream.
However it's done, it's done lots:
Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies are
the, world's top selling cookies
more than 100 billion have been sold
since they were introduced 75 years
ago, according to the Guinness Book
of World Records.
If all the Oreo cookies that were
ever eat en were piled one on top of
the other, they would reach to the
moon and back twice; if placed side
by side, they'd circle the equator 130
times, Nabisco says.
The cookies are sold in 25
countries, and about $1 of every $10 .
spent on cookies in American grocery
stores is spent on Oreos, the company
says.
Nabisco says it has been forgotten
where the Oreo name came from, but
among the theories is that company
executives just liked the sound of it.
Another is that the name may be
derived from the French word fur
gold, or. The original label had the
product name in gold, with gold
scrollwork, the company says.
In 1975, Nabisco introduced
Double Stuf Oreos, which have a
double dollop of cream in the middle.
That cookie now is the fifth best
selling cookie in the country, the
company says. Two years ago, a mint
flavored version was brought out.
Nabisco, based in Parsippany, NJ.,
declines to detail Oreo's sales trend
in recent years. Sunshine Biscuits
also won't provide such numbers. The
American Bakers Association in
Washington and the Milling and
Banking News say they don't have the
figures.
But if it's Oreo trivia you're after,
Nabisco has plenty:
& More than 1 million Oreos are
produced in 'an eight-hour shift at five
bakeries. It takes an hour and 35
minutes for an Oreo to wend its way
through the process.
O During the years, the size of
the cookie has varied. The current, -20-year-old
version.is 1 34 inches
across. "
O A standard Oreo contains 47
calories, the company says.
O The treats are most popular
with 6- to 18-year olds.
Obscenity prompts
school's recall
of yearbook
BATON ROUGE, La. Istrouma
High School began recalling
yearbooks after the discovery
that the headline, when turned
sideways, revealed an obscenity
directed at the principal.
When viewed upright, the
yearbook headline appeared to
be written in Greek letters. The
obscenity was discovered at the
end of the day Tuesday, after
most of the bouks had been
distributed.
Requests to talk to Principal
Robert West were referred to
Lee Faucet te, assistant to
Superintendent Raymond Arve
son. Arveson would not identify
the student who wrote the
headline, nor would he com
ment on what disciplinary
action would be taken.
