senator steps down;
faces cancer battle
By John Fuiwider;
Senior Reporter
Sen. Connie Day of Norfolk will
resign from the Nebraska Legislature
in late December to fight a recurrence
t . of breast cancer.
“I think my con
stituents deserve a
full-time sena
tor,” Day said in a
telephone inter
view Wednesday
evening. “And I
just couldn’t be.”
Gov. Ben
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day appointed
Day Leland “Lee”
Klein, a Battle Creek farmer, to re
place Day in the Legislature’s second
session, which begins Jan. 3.
Day’s breast cancer went into re
mission in August 1991, three months
before her election as the District 19
senator. The cancer has reappeared
in her tailbone, she said.
Day said her most memorable
moments as a senator came when she
talked with her district ’ s young people
about the problems they face. They
would always give her straight an
swers, she said.
“We have this presumption that
we know what’s best for the chil
dren,” she said. “And sometimes we
forget to ask them.”
Her proudest legislative achieve
ment, she said, was the zero-toler
ance law. It was her first bill as a
freshman senator. The law revokes
for 30 days the driver’s license of
anyone under 21 caught with a blood
alcohol content of .02 or higher.
Day said she was happy with Klein
as her replacement.
“I’m extremely pleased with Lee,”
she said. “He’s very open, and he’ll
listen to the people.”
Nelson appointed Klein to the Com
Development and Utilization Board
in 1992. He has been the chairman for
the past 1 1/2 years. He also is a
director on the Executive Committee
of the U.S. Feed Grains Council and
serves on its Marketing and Develop
ment committee.
Klein has said he plans to seek
election to the District 19 seat in
November 1996. Day said she would
not challenge Klein in that election.
Her political future remains un
certain, but Day said she knew where
she would be during the Legislature’s
second session when she isn’t under
going treatment.
“I’m not going to disappear,” she
said. “I’ll still be down there when I
can, behind the glass, working those
issues that are important to me.”
CBS report features Phillips
in tonight’s ’48 Hours’ show
From Staff Reports
NU football player Lawrence
Phillips will be featured in tonight’s
“48 Hours” report about athletes and
violence.
The news program conducted a
three-month investigation of violence
by athletes that brought film crews to
several college campuses, including
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The CBS program, which airs at 9
p.m., focuses on Phillips’ September
assault on NU basketball player Kate
McEwen.
Denver Broncos wide receiver
Vance Johnson also will be featured
on the show, along with an investiga
tion into whether athletes receive pref
erential treatment when charged with
crimes and an analysis of whether
fans encourage athletes’ aggression.
—
JayCalderon/DN
Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly and University police officer Robert Soflin
walk into District Court Wednesday morning. Soflin, who was injured in a September 1994
shooting, testified in the attempted second-degree murder trial of Gerald Schlondorf.
Schlondorf
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floor of the County-City building,
where the courtroom is located.
When Soflin took the stand, he
told jurors that he began chasing a
dark blue Chevrolet pickup truck
as it crossed City Campus. As his
vehicle was still moving near 16th
and S streets, Soflin attempted to
get out when he saw a man point a
long-barrelled weapon at him.
Soflin said he did not have time
to draw his weapon or step out of
his police cruiser before at least
nine shots were fired at him. He
realized that he was hit when he
saw a large hole blown through his
right hand.
“I knew it was going to be diffl
cult to draw my weapon due to the
fact that I was laying on my gun,”
Soflin said. “As I was laying across
the seat of my vehicle, I could hear
gunshots.”
Prosecuting attorneys will con
tinue questioning Soflin when tes
timony resumes today at 9 a.m.
Staff Reporter Ted Taylor contrib
uted to this report.
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