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Daily Nebraskan Friday, December 5, 1986 Keinrey proposes tomdlgeti cuts Gov-elect Orr disappointed' by Nichols suggested tax hike Page 3 By the Associated Press LINCOLN Gov. Bob Kerrey's proposal to cut $6.5 million from the current state budget confronts state senators with some difficult decisions and has sparked something of a rift between Gov.-elect Kay Orr and her future lieutenant governor. The 89th Legislature will be the first in Nebraska history to have four special sessions. Lawmakers are set to convene today. Sen. William Nichol of Scottsbluff, speaker of the legislature and soon-to-be lieutenant governor, has taken a position in direct opposition to Orr by saying the state should boost its sales tax rate. Throughout her campaign and since her election, Orr has been adam ant in opposing any kind of tax increase. Orr said Thursday she was "disap pointed" when Nichol suggested a one cent increase in the sales tax. Kerrey's proposal includes cuts of $.5 million in funding for NU schools across the state. Included in the edu cation cuts are $243,000 for the state colleges system and $337,000 for tech nical community colleges. He proposed a $237,000 cut in direct aid to counties. Nichol led a successful fight in the regular legislative session to override Kerrey's veto of funding for the Scotts bluff nursing program. "I'm very disappointed that we aren't off to a very good start," Orr said of her relationship with Nichol. "I'm disap pointed that we did not have the con versation we had this morning before he made those comments." "I had a talk with Bill this morning, and it seems that he sees his role as still being that of a state senator representing his district and the actions he took in past legislative sessions," Orr said. "He does not see himself as a lieutenant governor until he is sworn in Jan. 8." See SESSION on 6 L DROP IN THE BUCKET Just a $4 drop for a six-pack of COORSCOORS LIGHT in a bucket or 75 cans! TUESDAY NIGHTS Catch Paul Phillips singing up a storm, too. 475-2418 122 N. 11th Panel discusses ag problem LZ By Andy Jacobitz Staff Reporter U.S. agricultural problems do not result from the increasing self-sufficiency of developing countries, an official of Harvard University's center for International Affairs said Thursday. Robert Paarlberg said that in looking at U.S. agriculture problems. Ameri too often use scapegoats. Blame is frequently placed on the European Economic Community, developing countries and the Soviet Union. "I don't believe that they have significantly contributed to the prob lem," he said. Timothy Josling of the Food Research Institute at Stanford University and George Rossmiiler of the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy joined Paarlberg in a panel discussion addressing the external sources of U.S. agriculture trade problems. The dis cussion was part of "American Agri culture in International Competition," a two-day conference sponsored by UNL international programs and the depart ment of political science and agricul tural economics. Paarlberg said that, contrary to popular belief, agricultural self-sufficiency of countries has not been on the rise. It is often noted that China and India have made tremendous strides in agriculture, making them net exporters of agriculture products. But they are the exception, he said. Foreign demand is tied more to the world recession than to these scape goats, he said. Josling said that big advances have been made in world trade policies, making the world system much more open. "Many more countries are partici pating in the process," he said. Agricultural trade will grow, but the United States will not receive all of this increase in trade and may even have a hard time regaining its market share of the late 1970s, he said. Josling said that efficient agriculture-producing countries such as Canada and Australia have taken advantage of the U.S. agriculture programs that limited production through diversion of pro duction acres. Rossmiiler said that income and developmental growth in other countries will most like follow the growth in the United States. It is unlikely that the United States will be able to have a cost advantage over competitors because other countries will be able to imple ment new technology at a faster rate than the United States can. UAMDMA - Frank I'fucfn- CUnfrVta$ Album uiwkss-es RECORDS & GIFTS The conference continues today with panels on "Farm and Trade Policies and Ag Trade Problems" from 9:30 to 1 1:30 a.m. and "Problems of an Agricul tural Policy Science" from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Panelists are from Central Michigan University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of California, Berke ley. 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