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_February 21, 1996_
Populist Buchanan bumps Dole in N.H.
By Jonn King
The Associated Press
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Conser
vative rebel Pat Buchanan won a cru
cial victory Tuesday in New
Hampshire’s leadoff presidential pri
mary, nudging Sen. Bob Dole from his
perch as Republican front-runner and
throwing the GOP race into three-way
turmoil.
A surging Lamar Alexander, the
former Tennessee governor, ran a
strong third and suggested that proved
him a better mainstream alternative to
Buchanan than “a weakened Senator
Dole.”
i nere was no rest aner an exnaust
ing New Hampshire campaign: The
candidates launched immediately into
a five-week, 30-state burst of primary
contests.
Dole was headed Wednesday to the
Dakotas; Alexander looked south to
Georgia and South Carolina, hoping
his Tennessee roots would translate
into regional strength. Buchanan heads
lo New York, then to the prairie.
For Buchanan, the commentator
tumed-candidate, Tuesday’s results
made for another dramatic New Hamp
shire night. Four years ago, he scored
37 percent against an incumbent GOP
president here, asserting himself —
arm ms unen unuruiuuux views — in
national Republican politics.
With 98 percent of precincts
counted, Buchanan had 55,997 votes,
or 27 percent, to 53,623 or 26 percent
for Dole. Alexander had 46,616, 23
percent. Publishing heir Steve Forbes,
who claimed 12 percent to finish a
distant fourth, was said to be reassess
ing his campaign, but he vowed to
press on because of his efforts in Ari- (
zona and Delaware. i
In exit polls, voters cited pocket- ,
book issues—jobs, taxes and budget i
deficits — as they judged the eight
man Republican field.
Asked which issue mattered most
in ueciumg now mey voted, one in
four cited the economy and jobs and
one in five cited taxes. Roughly 15
percent said the federal budget deficit.
In clear reflection of the race’s volatil
ity, 60 percent said they settled on
their choice in the final week.
President Clinton swept to victory
in the Democratic primary, logging
more than 90 percent ofthe vote against
mly token opposition. But the appar
;nt fractures in the Republican field
»ave Clinton and his party more to
celebrate.
“The answer is not to divide the
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New Hampshire /
results #
With 98 percent of precincts
reporting:
Bob Dote 26%
Steve Forties 12%
ource: AP Aaron Steckelberg/DN
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Stad McKee/DN
Home for many of the U.S. personel in Tuzla is a canvas tent, a cot, a footlocker, and if they are lucky, a couple of shelves.
Kerosene heaters line the floors and are used as stoves to heat meals ready-to-eat.
Bosnia keeping soldiers busy
By Matthew Waite
Senior Editor
TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina —
Michaela Tomkins didn’t sign up
for this.
Sitting in a bunker at the front
gate of Eagle Base behind an M-60
machine gun, Tomkins, a ltT-year-old
graduate of Lincoln Northeast, said that
yes, she is a member of the First Armored
Division.
As a clarinet player in the band.
Now, thousands of miles away from her
home base in Germany, Tomkins has been
tasked as a Military Police officer in a
forward area. m
“I guess it could be worse,” Tomkins
said, dressed in her uniform, a flak vest
and a Kevlar helmet. As a member of the
band, she said she never expected to wear
a flak vest and be required to carry a
weapon.
Everyone on the base, nicknamed Tuzla
Main, is required to carry a weapon and
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hundreds of tents and run-down buildings.
Many say they don’t mind the vests —
they offer extra warmth in the frigid
countryside of Northeastern Bosnia.
'' Eagle Base is the eye of the American
military hurricane in Bosnia. Four other
camps are under construction.
TTie soldiers are not allowed off the
base. No alcohol is allowed anywhere.
Each day is another day closer to home.
Each day is another day in Tuzla.
For some on the base, this may be their
third or fourth deployment in as many
years. For Tomkins it is her first.
“And my last, hopefully,” she said.
Tomkins said she was just serving as a
police officer until more people arrived in
Tuzla.
The First Armored band found out it
was coming to Bosnia when in formation
for a concert the first week of December.
' The director came out and told the group
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For the first time, the Daily Nebraskan
will give its readers an up-close look at
the largest European conflict since World
War II. Senior Editor Matthew Waite and
Photo Chief Staci McKee recently spent
five days in Tuzla, a city of 160,000 in
northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Today
begins the first part of a three-part series
of stories from the former Yugoslavia.
Today:
The U.S. Military experience in
Bosnia.
Tomorrow:
Stories from a refugee camp for the
elderly.
Friday;
Two soldiers, friends and students tell
about the war, and trying to study with the
memories of conflict.
Hagel wants
to reshape
Senate values
By Ted Taylor
Senior fteporter
The final piece of Nebraska’s 1996 U.S.
Senate campaign puzzle fell into place Tuesday
businessman Chuck Hagel officially
d as a candidate,
tfagcl, 49, joined Ne
B ^ isi uonu Attorney General Don
Stenberg in the Republican
primary race to see who will
tace Democratic uov. tsen
Nelson in the November elec
tion.
i “I am running for the
^United States Senate because
11 want to help reshape this
J country,” Hagel told the me
dia in the State Capitol Ro
lunda. I think we have a tremendous opportu
nity to get ourselves re-established and re-at
tached to a value system.”
Joined by his wife, Lilibet, and the couple’s
son and daughter, Allyn and Ziller, Hagel said
his campaign would be a family affair.
“Everything I have ever done in my life has
been a part of my family ,” he said.
Hagel, who was bom in North Platte and has
lived in several other places in the state, said he
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Union lounge
to remain for
women only
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska Union Board voted Tuesday
evening to indefinitely suspend a motion to
convert the Nebraska Union women’s lounge to
a lounge that would be used by all students,
faculty and staff.
Scott Mapes, a junior in arts and sciences,
brought the issue to the board’s attention two
weeks ago, saying the lounge was discrimina
tory because men are not allowed to use it.
A petition signed by 100 women protesting
the change was presented to the board.
“I think the fact that there are no men there
makes it less threatening,” said Janelle
Strandberg, a UNL graduate student.
The board voted unanimously to suspend the
motion after hearing input from several women
at the meeting. *
In other business, Daryl Swanson, Nebraska
Union director, presented the plans for the new
Union Plaza. The board also discussed recom
mendations made to union renovation archi
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