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inside eekend Sports Nebraska baseball team looking to sweep Kansas, page 9 Arts & Entertainment “Omaha (the movie)” lands in Lincoln, page 12 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 94 NO. 151 April 28-30, 1995 prom me Associated press FORT WORTH, Texas — Offi cials have received reports that a sus pect in the Oklahoma bombing had planned other attacks, but they have no information about a diary outlining plans for three simultaneous explo sions, a Justice Department spokes man said Thursday. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram re ported that federal authorities have found a diary in which Timothy McVeigh, the only person charged so far in die bombing, and associates outline plans for simultaneous bomb ings in Oklahoma City, Phoenix and Omaha. The diary says the group didn’t have time to acquire enough explo sives tor an tnree cities and decided to concentrate on the Oklahoma City fed eral building, the newspaper reported Thursday, quoting two unidentified high-ranking federal officials. Justice Department spokesman Carl Stem and Weldon Kennedy, the FBI agent in charge of the investiga tion in Oklahoma, said they had no information about a diary. As for the reports of other planned bombings, Stem said, “Of course, we’ve received reports that McVeigh planned other attacks. We take them all seriously” and check each out. Stem specifically mentioned the published accounts of someone looking like McVeigh casing a federal building in Omaha. In Omaha, U.S. Attorney Tom Monaghan and H31 special Agent in Charge Tom Lusby issued a written statement late Thursday saying that U.S. Department of Justice officials had assured them that the department “has no knowledge of the existence of any diaries” purportedly by McVeigh. They said heightened security mea sure have been put in place in Omaha area federal buildings and at the Lin coln federal building. One source told the Star-Telegram that the diary “also suggests that the individuals had cased the places and were aware of all the tenants in those buildings at all three locations.” That would indicate the culprits knew there was a day care center in the See DIARY on 7 Chadron couple finds out daughter is among victims From The Associated Press CHADRON — A Chadron couple learned Wednesday that their 54-year-old daughter was one of those confirmed dead in the Okla homa City bombing. Margaret Good son, 54, a native of Chadron, died in an office of the Social Security Administration where she worked. Her mother, Eleanor Harrison of Chadron, said she learned late Wednesday about the death from Goodson’s husband, Ron. Goodson also is survived by her four children and four grandchil dren. The northwestern Nebraska community where Goodson was bom and raised remembered her and other victims of the Oklahoma City bombing with red ribbons Thursday tied to the Colorado blue spruce trees given to 86 Chadron fifth graders during the city’s Ar bor Day celebration. Frozen treats Jon Waller/DN Don Clover owner of Snowflakes Ice Cream Parlor makes a Snowflake for a customer on Wednesday afternoon. Local business serves up multi-flavored snowflakes By Julie Sobczyk Staff Reporter ~ “ Just because there are snowflakes at Don and Betty Clover’s ice cream parlor doesn’t mean it’s snowing. The main product at this parlor is not ice cream; it’s Snowflakes. “It’s the finest shaved ice on the market,” Don Clover said. “It’s so fine; it’s just like snow.” A Snowflake is a cup of ice with one of 85 flavored syrups, which the Clovers make from scratch, poured over it. The Clovers have owned and run Snowflakes Ice Cream Parlor, which is just outside campus at 27th and O streets, for the past five years. All the employees are from the Clover family. TTiat atmosphere draws customers in, Betty Clover said. See SNOWFLAKES on 7 Jon Waller/DN There are 85 Snowflake flavors, from Amaretto to Wild Strawberry, that customers can choose from. Student aid taking shots in Congress Editor's note: This is the last of a five-part series about the rising costs of higher educa tion. By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter The problems surrounding the rising costs of higher education are many; workable solutions are few. GOST OF President Clinton has pro posals he says would drop costs, but he faces opposition irom a Kepuoncan ingress that would rather cut student aid. So, students may be forced to implement their own plans, saving up or holding a job while in school. Clinton’s plan is the Indi vidual Education Account. more commonly known as the direct loan pro gram. Under the program, students get loans from their university, which gets money from the government. Supporters of the program say it would cut federal bureaucracy and make getting loans for school easier. Clinton said the program would save taxpayers $12 billion over six years. Critics of the program, however, say the direct loan system would cost taxpayers more than the old guaranteed loan system, where students got their federally guaranteed loans from banks. Critics in Nebraska said schools were unsure of the program, and many had quit after starting it. Marcia White, vice president of corporate communications for NEBHELP, said participa tion from Nebraska schools had been low com pared with other states. She said UNL freshmen receiving loans next year would be enrolled in the direct lending system. NEBHELP is a non-profit company that helps students navigate the federal loan pro gram. White said if direct-lending were used all the time, NEBHELP would not be able to offer the same help to students. In the second year of operation, Clinton is trying to reach 40 percent participation. Two bills in Congress would cap the program at 40 percent, White said. Another bill in the House of Representatives would eliminate direct-lend ing altogether. Others in Congress would go even further. Federal spending in the area of education, specifically funding for interest subsidies on federal student loans and monies for grant pro grams, has come under fire from legislation. Those proposals would cut hundreds of mil lions of dollars in student aid. The cuts in grant See SOLUTIONS on 7
