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Kerrey addresses public power OMAHA (AP) — The last thing Sen. Bob Kerrey wants to see is an American public petrified by fear of terrorists. A member of the Senate Intelli gence Committee, Kerrey said Tues day that he has received no confirma tion that the Amtrak derailment in Arizona was the work of domestic terrorists. One person was killed and 78 in jured Monday when an Amtrak train derailed off a 30-foot high bridge. Officials there suspect the track was sabotaged. Kerrey said fear is the worst pos sible reaction to acts like the derail ment or to the April bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He said terrorists want people to be frightened and people should in fact realize that they have tremendous power. The Nebraska Democrat pointed out that the U.S. Supreme Court—the highest court in the land — hears cases that have been brought about by individual citizens. Kerrey called that proof that explosives are not needed to exercise power. “An individual citizen in the United States of America can move moun tains, as well as the little molehills we call members of Congress,” Kerrey \-—-1 “An individual citizen in the United States of America can move mountains, as well as the little molehills we call members of Congress. ” SEN. BOB KERREY Nebraska Democrat said during his weekly conference call with the Nebraska news media. On other issues: • Kerrey predicted Democrats would hold onto the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. As chairman of the Democratic Sena torial Campaign Committee, Kerrey is responsible for finding a Demo cratic candidate to succeed Nunn. “Democrats will hold Georgia,” Kerrey said. Nunn, who announced his retire ment plans Monday, is one of eight Senate Democrats who will not seek re-election in 1996. Nebraska Sen. Jim Exon also is retiring. Kerrey said that even someone like Exon, who is 74 and finishing his third Senate term, decides at some point that he is tired of the long hours, working weekendsand time away from family. Kerrey said politics itself can be wearing. “Senator Nunn said to me yester day morning he doesn’t like the kind of bitter, partisan rancor in Congress,” Kerrey said. He said Americans needed to pon der the loss of talented leadership. “We lost 24 years of experience and service and intellect and vision” when Nunn decided to retire, Kerrey said. • Kerrey said he was pleased that some Republicans say they are using the work of Kerrey’s commission on entitlements as the basis of their pro posals to save on future Medicare spending — but said they are not en tirely accurate. For one thing, Kerrey said, his com mission never suggested a tax cut, “which I don’t think makes any sense.” The GOP has proposed cutting taxes by $245 billion over seven years; Kerrey has said it is more important to reduce the deficit than cut taxes. Former regent drops 7-year-old libel lawsuit OMAHA (AP) — Former Uni versity of Nebraska Regent Nancy Hoch of Nebraska City is dropping a 7-year-old libel lawsuit against Dr. Robert Prokop of Wilber, her 1988 opponent for the regent seat. Michael O’Brien of Omaha, Hoch’s lawyer, said the motion to drop the suit was mailed to the court on Monday. Trial was to be gin Tuesday. The$l million lawsuit had been amended and appealed several times and had made its way to the Ne braska Supreme Court since it was filed in 1988. The suit was filed after a four-page flier criticizing Hoch’s record was mailed to about 40,000 households. O’Brien said Hoch decided to drop the suit because she had been able to stop Prokop’s “libelous” remarks. “Once the libelous material was not being published, we accom plished our purpose,” he said. “She wanted to put a check in Dr. Prokop’s apparent unbridled lib “Once the libelous material was not being published, we accomplished our purpose MICHAEL O’BRIEN Lawyer for former Regent Nancy Hoch erty to say whatever he felt like. She was not interested in wasting the court’s time in something she’s not interested in pursuing.” Prokop’s attorney, Allen Daubman, said he was frustrated and slightly disappointed his client wasn’t going to trial. “He spent a lot of time and ex pense, and then they just dropped it. If it were going to be dropped, I wish they would have done it at a much earlier time.” Ithaca Continued from Page 1 Furasek said he expected that number to rise to 15,000 in the next five months. “Wetlands, woodlands, Sil ver Creek, conservation prac tices and wildlife,” he said. “All you have to do is step out the front door.” In addition to the faculty and graduate students, the building also will house 4-H meetings and the Saunders County Exten sion offices, said Dick Fleming, coordinator of news and public affairs for the Institute of Agri culture and Natural Resources. Residency Continued from Page 1 The first level offers the full differ ence between in-state and out-of-state tuition, which is estimated to be about $3,600 depending on a student ’ s credit hours. The other two scholarship lev els are for either $2,000 or $1,000 a year. All scholarships are renewable for four years. Even without the scholarship, UNL is still a good deal, Schmeichel said. “We still have a pretty low price tag here,” she said. Schmidt also said the new policy was reasonable. “The cost of attending UNL is still very competitive with other states,” she said. “Better than in-state in many cases.” Nick Panko, a freshman from New Jersey, was one student who was re cruited for the scholarship. Panko said the scholarship and many phone calls from Schmeichel were the reasons he chose UNL. “Nebraska was the only school to call my house and see who I was,” Panko said. “I’d rather come to a school that really wanted me.” Research gave him a future American Heart A^Miciation Get No Service Charge Checking And A FREE Gift From FirsTier! Get a terrific FREE gift when you open any personal checking account at FirsTIer. We have seven smart checking plans to meet your needs, including our popular No Service Charge Personal Checking Account. 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