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Page 2 By The Associated Press Edited by Jeff Singer NEWS DIGEST . Nebraskan Wednesday, Saptambar 1, IMS Hurricane hits North Carolina MANTEO, N.C. — Surging seas crashed onto the fragile Outer Banks island chain Tuesday as Hurricane Emily charged ashore with wind whis tling around its eye at up to 115 mph. Hurricane warnings were in effect along the northern coast of North Carolina to Cape Henlopen, Del. Far ther to the north, heavy surf caused minor flooding along the New Jersey shore and the southern shore of New York’s Long Island. Tens of thousands of residents and tourists had fled the Outer Banks, the chain of narrow, low-lying sandy is lets off the North Carolina coast. To the north, in Virginia, a swimmer was missing in heavy surf. The Virginia National Guard was on alert and res idents of some low-lying areas were urged to consider leaving. The eye wall, the region of stron gest wind around the hurricane’s calm eye, began moving over Hatteras by late afternoon, said Bob Sheets, direc tor of the National Hurricane Center. “Then the renter is expected to skirt along the coast through the night, finally moving up off of the Maryland area and then turning rapidly north east sometime tomorrow,” Sheets said. That turn to the northeast would take the storm back out to sea. Sheets estimated the maximum sustained wind speed around the eye at close to 115 mph as the storm gathered energy from the warm Gulf Stream off shore. Military aircraft and ships had been moved out of the area. The Navy moved about 1,800 people from its Dam Neck Fleet Combat Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va.. near the ocean after sandbagging vulnera ble areas and taping windows. Path of Hurricane Emily Conditions as of Tubs, 9 p.m. EDT -e-r-r---I ^ IV Breakers along the shore at Cape Hatteras were running 6 to 8 feet at midday Tuesday. “If we start seeing breakers in the area of 12 feet, we’ll get worried about it breaching the dunes,” said Rick Neuherz at the Na tional Weather Service office at the cape. State wire Nunn says U.S. mission in Somalia needs to be reviewed BELLEVUE — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn of Georgia said Tuesday, it’s time for the United States to pause and review the military mission in Soma lia. Nunn spoke at a fund-raiser for fellow Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey. Nunn said he’s not calling for im mediate withdrawal of U.S. troops— but he thinks it is time to review how the military mission has changed. “People are now talking about hav ing a military presence there until Somalia is stabilized. The question is when was Somalia last stabilized? How long has that been? And do we really know what we’re doing?” Nunn said. The U.S. is in Somalia to aid a 24,800-member United Nations force. Nunn commented a day after some of U.S. Army Rangers and members of the Quick Reaction Force raided the office of U.N. Development Pro gram employees, mistakenly think ing it was a lair for fugitive warlord Mohamed Farrah A id id. - Jum Mikowjca</DN Kirby Baird, city campus landscape manager, checks lor the serial number on an Illegally parked bike. Bikes impounded to preserve nature By Kara KorshoJ SUff Report*_ Students heading back to their bikes after a long day at class could be in for a surprise. If the bike was left chained to a tree or post, it could be gone. But the University ofNebraska Lincoln police, not bike thieves, most likely are responsible for the loss. UNL Police Sgt. Mylo Bushing said students who parked their bikes illegally during the first weeks of school could find a red warning tag attached to them. This tag notifies the student that the bike is parked illegally and can be impounded, he said. Impounded bikes can be re claimed from UNL police at no cost, he said. Bushing said bikes could be parked only in bike-storage racks. If bikes are found chained to trees, posts or signs, employees of UNL Landscaping Services will cut the bike lock with bolt cdtters, or use a torch to cut through U-locks, and bring the bike to the UNL police department, he said. UNL police impounds bikes immediately when they are ob structing handicap ramps or en trances to campus buildings, he said. In these situations, no warn ing is issued. 7 In most situations, however, at least one warning will be issued before a bike is impounded, Bush ing said. Kirby Baird, City Campus land scape manager, said landscape employees entered the serial num bers of illegally parked bikes into a computer. Irthe bike has no serial number, it will have a detailed description taken by employees, he said. Baird said 23 bikes were im pounded last semester. Most were a result of repeat offenses. The bike policy, Baird said, was not intended to punish students, but was meant to prevent damage to trees and plants from the illegally parted bikes. Baird said students tended to park their bikes illegally for the sake of convenience, not because of lack of room on bike-storage racks. Three new bike-storage racks have been added to City Campus this year, he said, but because oi the construction at the College of Busi ness Administration Building, four racks were removed. The only source for information about bike parking is in the 1993 94 UNL Parking Services Hand book, Baird said. But students riding their bikes to school are unlikely to read pamphlets about parking, he said. Bushing said students who think their bikes were impounded have 30 days to claim them. After 30 days, the confiscated bike will be sold at a public auction, he said. Military cuts expected WASHINGTON — The Penta gon’s new blueprint for a post-Cold War future foresees a U.S. military that is leaner but nimble enough to apply firepower anywhere around the globe. President Clinton received a de tailed briefing on the new plan by Defense Secretary Les Aspin and Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Aspin was expected to publicly release the document today and dis cuss aspects of it in a policy speech Thursday at Georgetown University, officials said. * Among Aspin’s specific recom mendations to Clinton: •Keep 12 aircraft carriers, includ ing one to train Navy aviators. That is two fewer carriers than had been planned during the Bush administra tion but two more than Aspin once was considering. •Cut the total number of Navy ships to about 320 from the 450 that Bush had said was the minimum nec essary. •Reduce the number of active Army divisions to 10 from 14, two fewer than Bush planned, and cut the active and reserve Air Force wings from 28 to 20. •Go ahead with development of the Air Force F-22 stealth fighter but buy fewer than the Bush administra tion planned and go ahead with the E and F models of the Navy’s F-A-18 strike plane that can be launched from aircraft carriers. •Two aircrafts now in the concep tual stage — the Air Force’s “multi role fignter” and the Navy’s AF-X medium-range bomber — would be canceled or deferred. •Stop the shrinkage of the Marine Com at about 174,000 men and wom en. The Bush administration had set a target of 159,000, compared with the current level of about 180,000. The plan is the result of what Aspin calls his “bottom up review,” a com prehensive study of the forces needed to meet what Aspin considers the four main threats to American national security in the wake of the demise of -M We need a force that's right for the dangers that we face today and Into the future. — Aspin U.S. defense secretary -ft - the Soviet Union. Those dangers are the spread of nuclear arms, regional military cri ses, the failure of democratic reform in the former Soviet Union, and U.S. economic decline. Gone is the threat of global nuclear war that preoccu pied defense planners for decades. “It is a response to the new world,” said a senior Pentagon official famil iar with the plan. The official dis cussed it on condition he not be iden tified. Many details of the plan have been reported but much remains unknown, including the cost. The Washington Post reported this month that Aspin’s proposed defense restructuring would cost about $20 billion more than the $12 trillion Clinton has said he in tends to spend on defense over the coming five years. Another senior Pentagon official said that while Aspin’s plan makes many changes in the size and makeup of the U.S. armed forces, “I would not call it revolutionary.” Aspin referred to his blueprint in a. speech last week to a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. “I have long felt that if we merely cut the Cold War forces from the top, • we’d simply end up with a smaller Cold War force, but f we need,” he said. “We need a force that’s right for the dangers that we face today and into the future.” Aspin said his plan was developed by examining all aspects of U.S. na tional security, including nuclear de terrence, international peacekeeping and anti-terrorism. -Sports wire Miami reports on infractions allegations CORAL GABLES, Fla. —* The University of Miami has formally notified the NCAA of allegations that six former football players received thousands of dollars from a sports agent while they were with the Hurri canes in 1987. The allegations were made by former Miami safety Bennie Blades. “I’ve had a conversation with the people at the NCAA today advising them what is being printed here, and I’ve discussed with them future ac tions,” Hurricanes athletic director Paul Dee said. Blades said he and five teammates received money from sports agent Mel Levine, in violation of NCAA rules. In exchange for the payments, the players agreed to let Levine repre sent them when they turned profes sional. Blades now plays for the Detroit Lions. The teammates he named were his brother, Brian, a receiver for the Seattle Seahawks; Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin; Detroit re ceiver Brett Perriman; and former Hurricanes safeties Selwyn Brown and Darrell Fullington. The allegations aren't likely to hurt the university because of a four-year statute of limitations on such viola tions. University officials met with Levine in 1989 and concluded he had not given cash to players. “The allegations so far as we know are well beyond the limitations peri od,” Dee said. “We want to be sure that’s the case. If it is, there shouldn’t be any repercussions. If that’s not the case, we’ll have to deal with that when we find out.” Levine, who is no longer a sports agent, has denied violating NCAA rules. Nebraskan kaaueeeaw miiii!>.IIM CilhjUM YaIamm JvrBfny rruwtncfc Nigm News fcOilOfB Jin tiitny 472-1 7m Uh Motor Editor Managing Edilor Aaaoc. Nows Editors EditonaJ Pago Editor Wire Editor Copy Desk Editor Sports Editor Arts & Entertainment Editor Photo Chief Wendy Mott Angie Brunkow Kara Morrison Kathy Mstneuer Jeff Steiger Chris Hopfenepergor Todd Cooper Art Director Kristine Long Andres Kaeer David ladders General Manager DanShettU Production Manager Katherine PoHcfcy Jay Cruse Bruoe Kroeee Advertising Manager Senior Acct. Exec. 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