1SJpw fOT V OUr Appointment! (Hfllft €XOB€JX)' SW ' uSm* 475-5550 the Communist Party, KGB and mili tary to thwart reforms favored by Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Its failure also could significantly alter the bal ance of power between conservatives and reformers that has characterized Soviet politics during the six-year Gorbachev era. The country’s future course de pends on who remains in power. Al though Yeltsin supported Gorbachev during the coup, the two men main tain different approaches to Soviet reforms and have fought bitterly in the past. Yeltsin emerged from the crisis triumphant, having rallied his people to resist the coup leaders from the Student charged with murder count VERDIGRE - Bond was set at $250,000 on Tuesday for a Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln student from Verdigre charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Atkinson man. Frances L. Thompson, 41, appeared in Knox County Court, where the bond was set and Bloomfield lawyer Gregory Neuhaus was appointed by the court to represent her. A second court appearance for the UNL arts and sciences major is set for Thursday. Authorities say Dean J. Frank, 45, was shot Sunday nighlat Thompson’s home northwest of Verdigre. He died while being taken to a hospital. i streets of major Soviet cities to the mines of Siberia. Even before the coup, he was arguably the nation’s most popular politician. “Freedom and democracy have prevailed,” Bush said. He said Gor bachev was “elated” and expressed appreciation to the United States for its support. Other world leaders also welcomed the coup’s failure. On world financial markets, stocks surged while the dol lar and oil prices fell. Gorbachev’s foreign minister, Alexander Bessmertnykh, who had dropped out of sight during the coup, reappeared and called the takover unconstitutional and said it was a page in Soviet history that “has got to be turned.” The Soviet prosecutor opened a criminal investigation into the ac tions of the men who ousted Gor bachev, the state Tass news agency reported. Gorbachev said the “adven turists would be held fully and com pletely responsible for their unlawful actions.” Outside Yeltsin’s headquarters Wednesday, jubilant crowds cheered alfid waved flags, following a night in which at least four people were killed in clashes with Soviet soldiers. Pro Yeltsin soldiers, their tanks strewn with flowers, waved at television cameras. New therapy may reverse cystic fibrosis lung defect BOSTON - An experimental new treatment for cystic fibrosis could reverse the inherited defect that destroys the lungs, researchers re port. The treatment, still untested, combines a blood pressure medi cine with one of two naturally oc curring compounds. Together, they could be capable of correcting a foul-up that clogs victims’ lungs with sticky mucus. “I think we are talking about having a profound impact on the quality of life and longevity. Maybe cystic fibrosis no longer has to be a fatal disease,” said Dr. Robert Beall, vice president of the Cystic Fibro sis Foundation. The treatment will not cure cystic fibrosis. But if it works, it will block the disease’s most destruc tive effects. Despite their optimism, research ers caution that the double-bar reled approach has yet to be tested. Studies have begun to see if the natural substances, known as triphosphate nucleotides, can be safely breathed into the lungs. Nebraskan Editor Jana Pedersen Night News Editors Chris Hopfensperger 472-1766 Cindy Kimbrough Managing Editor Diana Brayton Alan Phalpa Assoc. 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Three of those missing were women, he said. The takeover occurred in a part of the prison housing 121 Cuban de tainees and 23 American inmates. Thirty-two of theCubans were sched uled to be sent back to Cuba on Thurs day, Crosley said. It wasn’t immediately known whether the impending deportations were a reason for the rebellion, he said. Officials also didn’t know how many inmates were taking part in the uprising or how the staff members were taken hostage. One prison employee was slightly injured during the takeover and was released after being held for about two hours, Crosley said. He was treated for bruises at a hospital. Negotiators were communicating with the inmates, who had made no specific demands, Crosley said. Dozens of Cuban detainees were sent to the prison, about 40 miles east of Birmingham, after rioting at pris ons in Oakdale, La., and Atlanta 3 1/ 2 years ago. Some were returned to Cuba, but others remained. The riots erupted in November 1987 after the State Department said that Cuba had agreed to take back more than 2,500 of the 3,800 Maricl refu gees imprisoned nationwide. At the height of that crisis, more than 100 prison workers were held hostage. The takeovers lasted eight days at Oakdale, 11 at Atlanta, and ended only after the government agreed to halt deportations while the Immigra tion and Naturalization Service re viewed each case. Deportations resumed in late 1988. Inmates involved in Wednesday’s uprising don’t have keys that would allow them to escape to any other part of the prison, Crosley said.