Crowd rallies for rights
By Mark Harms
Staff Reporter
Undeterred by rainy weather, a
small crowd of women’s rights sup
porters gathered on the steps of the
State Capitol Saturday afternoon to
celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the
19th Amendment to the U.S.
Constituion: women’s suffrage.
“There are a lot of people who
don’t believe in the constitution and
letting people speak out,” said Eldonna
Rayburn, who emceed for the rally
and coordinates the Lincoln chapter
of the National Organization for
Women.
Rayburn was warning against pos
sible hecklers or troublemakers, but
none were present at the rally.
Tara Muir, the lead-off speaker
and state coordinator of NOW, said
the women’s suffrage movement made
great strides advancing equality for
women early in the century; but be
cause of the current backlash against
women’s rights, the struggle forequal
ity continues.
“We’re still living in a country that
does not view women as equal before
the law,” Muir said.
Women still make less money than
men, husbands can legally rape their
wives in 30 states and battery is the
leading cause of injury among wom
en, she said.
“We don’t have to be confused if
we look back to our mothers and
grandmothers in the suffrage move
ment," Muir said.
She said the activists of that era
picketed the White House and were
arrested and sentenced to workhous
es. They also went on hunger strikes
to advance their cause, she said.
“Until more of us in Nebraska take
off our lady-like white gloves and get
into the trenches, werll never win
equality in this state," Muir said.
She said she wanted the men and
women of Nebraska who believe in
women’s rights to run for office.
“If you believe in the radical no
tion that women are equal, you too are
a feminist," she said.
Reisha Johnson, an administrator
for the Women’s Medical Center in
Omaha, said abortions — while still
legal — are becoming harder to get
because of restrictive laws and ha
rassment of doctors performing abor
tions.
“Abortion remains safe, but it re
mains to be seen how long it will
remain legal and available," Johnson
said.
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attorney of his and Bjorklund’s al
leged involvement in the Harms mur
der case.
The case generated much publici
ty, which prompted Endacott to grant
a change of venue and have the jury
selected from Sidney and Cheyenne
yenne County.
The southwestern Nebraska area
was selected because most Lincoln
and Omaha news organizations don’t
reach the area.
An Associated Press story in the
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Helvie to file a second motion Friday
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Helvie said the article showed a
connection between what occurred in
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“That has the potential of contam
inating the jury, he said.
Endacott again overruled the mo
tion to close the hearings, citing that
a fair trial could still result from pub
lic hearings.
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