Police update ticket system
unicer says
car towing
may increase
By Matthew Waite
-
A tow truck may weigh heavily
in the future of many Lincoln mo
torists, thanks to the Lincoln Police
Department’s new automated tick
et writing computers.
“Ifyouhaven’tbeenpayingyour
tickets you are more than likely to
find your vehicle towed,” said Cap
tain Jim Peschong of the Lincoln
Police Department.
An 18-year veteran of the force,
Peschong said the department had
wanted to automate their ticket
writing procedures for some time.
“The technology has been there
for years,” Peschong said. “It’s a
matter of dollars.”
Start-upcos t of the program was
$58,000. The city of Lincoln pro
vided half of the money; the scnool
district provided the other half.
The city receives $1.75 from
each ticket and the school district
gets the rest of the revenue.
Peschong said the school district
was entitled to all of the revenue
but decided to share some of it with
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the city.
To use the new automated sys
tem, the public service officer en
ters the ticket into a hand-held com
puter immediately tells the officer
if the car is in violation,
er’s memory. At the end of the day,
the information is downloaded into
the public service computer.
Under the old system, Peschong
said officers would have to remem
ber the automobile in order for it to
be towed on the spot.
With the new system, the com
puter tells the officer if the car is in
violation immediately.
“The (old) system was not a
very effective system when you
would have to remember the car in
your head,” Peschong said. “Now
they’ll enter in the number, and
when they enter in the ticket (the
computer) will tell them that the
car is to be towed.”
Officers are writing nearly 250
tickets per day. The Public Service
Bureau has a tow list with more
than 2,000 automobiles.
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By Nell Feldman
Staff Reporter
In an attempt to reach the broad
spectrum of general readership, the
University of Nebraska Press has de
cided to broaden its horizons this year.
Next month,
&rari£
memoir, “A
Journal for
Christa,” on
Christa
McAuliffe.the
Massachusetts
teacher and as
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MCAuline died whcn thc
space shuttle Challenger blew up on
Jan. 28,1986.
This type of general interest book
was once unheard of among universi
ty presses, but NU Press Editor Dan
Ross, who reviewed and worked with
the manuscript, said general interest
books were infiltrating the once ex
clusive scholarly market.
“Through the means of this book,
we are demonstrating that we are a
national press,” Ross said.
Many chain bookstores across the
country will be stocking the 191-page
memoir, which will be officially re
leased Sept. 7,1993, he said.
The memoir is told through the
eyes of Grace Corrigan, McAutifle’s
mother. It takes the reader on a jour
ney through McAuliffe’slife and con
cludes by discussing the many trib
utes that have been dedicated to the
educator.
Corrigan initially approached sev
eral New York City presses in hopes
of reaching all corners of the country.
However, these publishers wanted to
alter the manuscript significantly to
suit their particular audiences, some
thing Corrigan did not want.
lemoir takes
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Corrigan opted instead to contact
the NU Press, a somewhat smaller but
still reputable publishing house that
accepts about 70 manuscripts a year.
“We liked the idea of treating the
manuscript like a historical memoir,”
Ross said.
I
“A Journal for Christa” sold in book
stores.
“Our target audience with this book
is very broad,” he said, “and we really
do not know what to expect from it.”
In addition to bookstores, libraries
constitute a large portion of the press’
sales, and Ross said he thought many
public and university libraries would
purchase the hardback book, which
sells for $22.50.
Ross said he hopes Corrigan s
message will catch on as she makes
her rounds in an effort to “perpetuate
Christa McAuliffe’s commitment to
American education” and to promote
her book.
“Free publicity, especially public
appearances by the author, is a big
help in teaching general readers,” said
Ross.
While Ross said he is not counting
on seeing a review in “The New Yore
Times Book Review,” he is confident
the work will be reviewed by a hand
ful of notable sources.
Library sources, such as “Booklist”
and “Library Journal,” are always the
first to re view newly published works,
but their reviews usually lack the
detail and analysis associated with
general sources. Once the book has
been assessed in the library sources,
Ross said he hoped some of the more
generic publications would review it.
“The more publications that re
view the book,” Ross said, “the better
it is for getting our name out to the
public. And that, of course, is our
goal.”
POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Sunday
2:29 a.m. — Theft from automo
bile, 25 cents, one arrest.
7:27 aon.—Tire jack stolen from
automobile, $88.
7:57 ajn.—Fire in Nebraska Hall,
$20.
8:02 a.m.—Assault, R Street be
tween 19th and 20th streets.
8:08 a.m.—Theft from Nebraska
Union, $50 loss.
8:23 a.m.—Bike stolen, Andrews
Hall, $275.
11:22 a.m. — Checkbook lost,
Nebraska Hall.
11:44 a.m. —- Fire in car, Harper
Schramm-Smith parking lot,
$5000
12:19 p.m.—Hit and run, 1425 R
St., $500.
4:04 p.m. — Two-car accident,
Selleck Hall dock, $750.
9:27 p.m. — Bike parts stolen,
Manter Hall, $50.
9:21 p.m. — Bike parts stolen,
Burnett Hall, $125.
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