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NEWS DIGEST Daily t Nebraskan Thursday, Saptambar 9,1993 By The Associated Press Edited by Jeff Singer Students can pay tuition through public service washinu I UN— rue senate gave final approval Wednesday to a $ 1.5 billion compromise version oi ^resident Clinton’s plan for stu dents to earn college money in exchange for national service. The 57-40 vote gave Clinton the first all-new pro-gram of his ad-ministration. The bill now goes to the White House for his signature. Clinton said the vote was “in the best sense of reinventing government.” He praised the Senate action as “yet another opportunity for change for the American people.” Under terms of the compromise, students who complete two years of community service work can earn $4,725 a year to apply toward college tuition. Clinton initially proposed $5,000 a year. Participants also would receive 1 i ving allowances of at least $7,400 a year and health-care and child day-care benefits. The plan allows 20,000 participants in the first year, 33,000 m the second year and 47,000 in the third year, assuming an average annual cost per participant of $15,000. Spending would be limited to $300 million in the first year of the program, $500 million in the second year and $700 million in the third year. The program could be up and running by next June, aa\d EVi Segal, who beads Clinton's Office -M The fact that our colleagues misstate fact time and time again... may be persuasive to some people but it does not represent accuracy, veracity or truth. —Sen. Kennedy, D-Mass„ -ff - of National Service. The legislation goes into effect on Oct. 1. The bill was supported by 51 Democrats and six Republicans while four Democrats and 36 Republicans opposed it. “On the one hand, President Clinton says national service will be the centerpiece of his administration and on the other hand that he wants to reinvent government,” Sen. Bob Dole, Kan., the Senate Republican leader, said in a floor speech. “Well, we think when we talk about reinventing government we’re talking about less government, less new programs.” “The fact that our colleagues misstate fact time and time again ... may be persuasive to some people but it does not represent accuracy, veracity or truth,” Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, said. He nM if the program did dot work. Congress could scrap it. 21 die in S. Africa massacre _ __ ..... .. . . .. ••• • I 200 (TllifiS t MUUBu'lr 1 JUriAiN inhodukaj, soutn /\inca — Gunmen firing automatic rifles killed at least 21 black commuters and wounded 25 others in two separate attacks Wednesday night, police said. Attackers in two mmi-vans pulled up alongside a line of hundreds of commuters and began firing wildly, leaving dead and wounded me length of a 70-yard parking lot. Three hours later and a few miles away, gunmen standing on a street comer fired on a passing taxi-van. Police gave conflicting reports on the casualties at each site but said at least 21 people died and 25 were wounded in both incidents. The attacks followed a landmark agreement reached Tuesday by black and white groups that will end white minority mle. Political violence has soared as negotiations on reform proceed, and Wednesday’s attack was similar to several others that coincided with major steps forward. Broken glass and blood covered the parking lot outside the small shopping mall in the Wadeville industrial area outside Johannesburg. Police Brig. T.J. Koekemoer said an me victims were omen, anu wcie attacked by several gunmen, also black, who then fled in their vehicles. “This is absolutely senseless,” he said, noting the victims were from various townships and did not represent any particular political group. Police Maj. Eugene Opperman said it was well-planned. “The minibuses stopped at each end of the parking lot. They were basically cornering the people,” he said. Attacks on black commuters have been part of the political violence that has killed thousands ofblacks in recent years and hindered reforms toward ending apartheid. Wednesday’s massacre came aday after black and white negotiators agreed to set up a transitional council to help run the country until the nation’s first multiracial election, planned for April. There has been an increase in violence since negotiators set the election date in July. Police blame the violence on a AP/Wm. J. Castello power feud between the African National Congress and the rival Inkatha Freedom Party. The ANC, the nation’s leading political group, says groups opposed to the planned elections instigate violence in a bid to destabilize the country and stall reforms. 1 eacher convicted or abusing students ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former high school teacher was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing three of his students in school. The Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury deliberated slightly more than two hours before finding Ronald Price, 48, guilty on seven counts of sexual abuse. Before the verdict, Price admitted he had sex with two students, and told the court he now realized that was wrong. Price, who taught at Northeast High School in Pasadena, a Baltimore su in burb, could be sentenced to 76 years prison. The trial began Tuesday with graphic testimony from three former students who said Price had sex with them as often as seven times a week. The students testified about performing sex acts on a catwalk above the auditorium, in the football stadium press box, in classrooms, storage rooms, the library, dressing rooms and a hallway. Price, a social studies teacher who also served as a drama club adviser and girls softball coach, resigned shortly after he was indicted last May. The case attracted national attention after he appeared on several tabloid style television Sftbws, saying he had sex with seven stutfehis over the last 20 years. One of those students was Price’s wife, Patricia, the only other witness called by the defense. Mrs. Price, now 25, said she had an affair with Price] when she was 17. “I was 17 years old. I knew what was doing,” she said. When asked if he thought it wa wrong for a teacher to have sex wit students, Price replied: “I do now/ All of the former students said the loved Price at the time and willini engaged in sex acts with him, prosecutor William Mumford consent in this case “is just defense.” ’ ~ „ .. “Adults just do not have sex children,” Mumford said. SIGN UP NOW! LEAGUE HUSKER PIN POUNDERS BIG 8 DOUBLES* NITE OWLS COLLEGIATE NO TAP DOUBLES* DENTAL COLLEGE STARTING DATE & TIM MONDAY. SEPT. 13.6:00 P.M. MONDAY. SEPT. 13.8:00 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 14. 7:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 15.8:00 P.M. THURSDAY. SEPT. 16.6:00 P.M. THURSDAY. 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He was awaiting sentencing on two counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of burglary. He pleaded guilty to all four charges and was facing four mandatory life sentences on Sept. IS because he was charged under habitual criminal laws. Rich has already been sentenced to a 45 to 90-year term in Nebraska on three separate sexual assault convictions stemming from incidents that occurred in 1991 and 1992. Scottsbluff County Attorney Doug Warner says Rich will serve a minimum of / i mycaisun uic iwuiwmsuhvuw he w(Hild be eligible for parole. Authorities say Rich fled the jail through an unlocked fire escape door, abducted and assaulted a teen-ager, stole a car and fled the county. Torrington Police Lt. Harley Mark, 48, died Monday when the car he was driving collided with a Goshen County Sheriffs Office vehicle as both chased the car Rich was believed to be driving north of Torrington. Knudsen said his office would also study filing a charge of felony murder against Rich. Felony murder is the equivalent of first-degree murder and can be filed if a person kills someone while committing a felony. Wyoming authorities said Rich was believed tote heading for Smith Sioux City, about 70 miles northeast of Norfolk. They said he has family living in that community. -iFw SP0RTS WIRE Americans consider pro athletes greedy Americans consider professional athletes to be greedy, they also-have many positive qualities as well, according to a recent national survey. National Sports Study II recently conducted its “America's Study” to focus on the nation’s attitudes to various sports issues. 1,479 respondents were polled in the survey. 85 percent of those polled said that they were “sick and tired of all the money in jpv/ua. tt iivil OoliWU. niv professional athletes greedy,” 73 percent agreed with the statement. But America isn’t completely soured on professional athletes. 77 percent of those polled said “professional athletes often show concern for their communities.” And 82 percent also said that “well-known athletes are good ambassadors for their communities and their countries.” i Nebraskan r Aa NUMbcH 4/ic-l /bl The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-080) is published by tha UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St., Lincoln, ME, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning472-1763 between 9 a.m, and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The puonc aiso nas access to me puoncations Hoard, rot information, contactOoug Fiedler, 436-6407. Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Ne braskan. Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St,.Lincoln. NE 66568-0448. Second-dase postage paid at Lincoln. NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1963 DAILY NEBRASKAN
