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Nefciraskan / Editor Jeff Zelany 472-1766 Managing Editor Jeff Robb Assoc. News Editors DeOra Janssen Doug Kouma Opinion Page Editor Matt Woody Wire Editor Jennifer Miratsky Copy Desk Editor Kristin Armstrong FAX NUMBER 472-176T The DaHy NebraskanttJSPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, 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 phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hedegaard, 436 9258. Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan. Nebraska Union 34.1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE68588-0448. Second-dass postage paid at Lincoln. NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1995 DAILY NEBRASKAN Investigation Continued from Page 1 suspects in the Oklahoma City bomb ing. One source who works in a federal building in downtown Omaha and spoke on the condition of anonymity said the sketches were of two men who had been in the federal building (Mi the Friday before the blast. The source said they resembled Timothy McVeigh and “John Doe No. 2.” Another source, who also works in a federal building and spoke on condi tion of anonymity, said the compos ites did not appear to resemble the two suspects. The Omaha World-Herald reported Tuesday that the sketches were made by the Omaha Police Department at the request of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Reason for dollar’s fall argued WASHINGTON — While the United States and other economic powers squabbled over whois to blame for the weakness of the dollar, Presi dent Clinton let it be known that he doesn’t favor increasing American interest rates to support the U.S. cur rency. The dollar’s sharp plunge this year was at the top of the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of finance offi cials from the world’s seven richest industrial countries — the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Canada and Italy. The finance ministers and central bank presidents were expected to is sue a joint statement at the end of their meetings, pledging to intensify efforts at global cooperation. However, currency traders said they would be surprised if anything came out ofthe session beyond vague prom ises of future economic coordination. The market skepticism was cited as a chief reason the dollar drifted lower in advance of the communique. A central reason for the pessimism was an unusual amount of squabbling among the Group of Seven countries before the session began. Germany and Japan, concerned that the dollar's sharp decline will hurt their export industries, urged the Fed eral Reserve to boost U.S. interest rates as a way of making the dollar more attractive to foreign investors. However, the Clinton administra tion has rejected that suggestion, fear ing that further Fed rate increases would raise the chances of a U.S. recession. The president himself entered the debate, saying that he believed in creasing U.S. interest rates to bolster the dollar was “of questionable value.” “We aren’t going to do ourselves any good to spark a recession here at home by raising interest rates fur ther,” Clinton said. Instead of focusing on interest rates, the president pledged to bolster the dollar’s value by blocking any con gressionally passed tax cuts that widen the budget deficit. He blamed much of the market uncertainty on the House passed $200 billion tax cut package. “Once the financial markets see that I am serious, that we’re not about to have a $200 billion tax cut... that is basically an add-on to this deficit... then they will stabilize and go for ward,” he said. This is no time for playing Taxzan - and your backpack shouldn't feel *i*ce Cheetah trying to hold his own while you are faying to swing. Next time your adventure takes you to Africa - or just down the street, make sure your backpack is a DANA DESIGN - the best performing, best built and most comfortable internal frame backpacks in the world. MOOSE’S TOOTH 1950 North 19th Bozeman. MT 597 1 5 406-587-4188 40th & O Street 480-4849 Nurse Continued from Page 1 wanted to be there. She wanted to help. She never got a chance. Shortly after she arrived, she was struck on the head by concrete from the collapsing building. Within hours, she was hos pitalized. Within five days, she was dead. She was 37 years old. Then, she went to the rescue once more: Her great heart was implanted in a sick man’s chest. On Tuesday, her husband Fred, her children—ages 10 to 17—and other family and friends bid farewell to Rebecca Anderson in her hometown of Fort Smith, Ark. As they mourn, they also find solace knowing she died doing a good deed. “Rarely do we go out of life doing what we want,” Anderson said, puff ing on a cigarette, his eyes red with tears and fatigue. “She gave her life doing what she wanted to do.” “I wish,” he said, “I had half the compassion and heart that she had.” Rebecca was just beginning a new life when tragedy struck. Divorced, she started nursing school about three years ago and then went to work at the Brookwood Nursing Cento:. Her personal life was flourishing, too, thanks to a husky, blue-eyed truck driver she’d met through a mutual friend. Their first date was Oct. 2, 1993—Rebecca’s 36th birthday. He had scouted out a restaurant that served her favorite dish, Alaskan king crab. The next day he brought her gladiolas. Nine months later, they stood hand in hand at the church altar. Both Andersons had work off last Wednesday and were watching televi - sion when their house shook. Immedi - ately, Rebecca grabbed some clothes and told her husband they needed to go help. Though they’d been wed less than nine months, Anderson knew his wife was a determined woman. He would take her to the blast sight, and then go off, looking to help where he could. “If I told her no, I wouldn’t have made a difference,” he said wistfully. “Nobody could change her mind. If she told me it was important, it WAS important.” Before leaving, she called a friend and co-worker, Ava Muzny. “I told her to be careful and call me that ni^ht,” Muzny recalled. Nearly 2(H) miles away, in Fort Smith, her younger sister, Lori Hughen, watchedthe horror on televi sion. She kept an eye out for Rebecca. “I thought I’d see her there putting on Band-Aids,” she said, smiling though tears as she huddled with Rebecca’s 15-year-old daughter, Hilary. It was only after Rebecca’s death that Anderson pieced together what happened: After public appeals — a photo of his wife fainting appeared in a local newspaper — witnesses told him Rebecca was hit by a large slab of concrete while helping rescuers near the building. She sat down, someone went to get help, then she got up again and began walking. She went a short distance, her eyes rolled into her head; then she fainted, her head smacking against the pavement. When Anderson arrived at the hos pital, he said, a doctor showed him X rays, indicating a severe blow to the back of her head and small hemor rhages. When he entered his wife’s room, she recognized him. “I said, baby, 'what happened?”’ he recalled. “She said, 'I don’t re member.’” That night, she lost consciousness. 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When the letters were sorted, the “leaving” pile was larger than the “staying” pile, said Jill Morstad, who teaches the class. Making people see what Nebraska has to offer is the way to stop them from leaving the state, Nelson told the class. “It’slikethechicken and egg theory,"Nelson said. “If people stay here, then there is likely to be jobs here. One member of the class, Ryan Hensler, said jobs weren’t the only factor. “We go away on spring break and see those cities and think ‘Man, I really want to live here,’...a lot ofkidsjust say Nebraska isnot that dynamic,” Hensler said. Nelson agreed that some students would leave, no matter what. “Nebraska isn’t going to be competitive if you really love the ocean or the mountains,” Nelson said. “The question is, ‘Where do you want to raise your family and live day-in, day-out?’” Nelson said. Morstad said many students whowrote about leaving planned to return to Nebraska after they got their career going. “They also said they would be proud to be from Nebraska, no matter where they moved to,” Morstad said. Investigator approved to case From Staff Reports A private investigator has been approved for death row inmate Robert Williams, and the costs will be paid by the county. Williams requested the appointment last week. John Vanderslice, one of the lawyers ap pointed to represent Williams, asked die court to appoint investigator Rod Yokel of Lincoln. Documents filed by Williams lawyers had argued an investigator was needed to interview past jurors and other witnesses who might have information regarding allegations of juror mis conduct raised in his defense. Williams came within three hours of his scheduled execution March 21. A stay was issued by the Nebraska Supreme Court, and his case was sent back to Lancaster County District Court for a hearing. McElroy’s hearing is delayed From Staff Reports A hearing to determine if Arthur McElroy is a danger to himself and society will have to wait until an evaluation at the Lincoln Regional Cento* is completed. McElroy was found not responsible by rea son of insanity in a March ruling. His charges, including attempted second- degree murder, stemmed from a 1992 incident in which McElroy allegedly walked into a UNL classroom with a loaded semi-automatic rifle and attempted to fire. The gun jammed. A two-page document filed in Lancaster County District Court earlier this week stated that an evaluation, not to exceed 90 days, at the center would be conducted. Lawyers from both the county attorney’s office and the public defender’s office agreed to the evaluation and delay. Following a March 31 ruling that McElroy was not responsible by reason of insanity, a hearing was set for May 4. The documents conclude by stating that McElroy “shall be held in locked and secure confinement by the Lincoln Regional Center” during the course of his evaluation.