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October 16, I - I Dental record [helps police . I identify body ! By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter \ . • The La&aster County Sheriff has identified I a body found last month in north Lincoln as a ) 38-year-old Fremont woman who had been miss 5 ing for three years. Anne G. True was last seen by her family in Fre mont in September 1993, but investigators think she has been living in north Lin coln since then, Sheriff Terry Wagner said. True’s slain body was found in a remote field on Sept. 29, southeast of N. 40th Street and Arbor Road. True Investigators will not say how she was killed. Recent forensic tests have shown True had been dead since late July or early August of this ‘ year. The body had been lying in the field since late August. Wagner said in a news conference that iden tifying True takefrthe investigation to anew level — finding the person who killed her. “Obviously it gives us a starting point,” Wagner said. People questioned by the sheriff’s office said they had seen True in an area bordered by N. 27th to 48th streets and from Vine to Holdrege streets, Wagner said. She had also been seen Please see IDENTIFIED on 3 Summer^ last serve east ui earner nesiaence nan. ioaay may De one oi me last rneai days ior outdoor practice, as weatner rorecasters predict more fall-like weather in the future. Thursday’s high temperatures are expected to be in the mid-50s, with a 20 percent-chance of thundershowers. '_ "Scott Bruhn/DN OSTRICHES have become one of the world’s most popular new . sources of red meat. Ostrich ranchers located southeast of Lincoln and on UNL’s East Campus currently are working to figure out the intricacies of ostrich-rearing. Please see story on Page 6. Vacation th Report explores options ^ z By Erin Gibson Staff Reporter Last year, 16 million people toured Nebraska. But fewer than half of them left the fast lanes of Interstate 80 during their visit In response, Gov. Ben Nelson re cently unveiled die first comprehensive report cm Nebraska’s tourism industry in 20 years. The repeat includes a de tailed plan to lure people off the inter state and onto Nebraska’s rolling plains. “Our challenge is to convince those traveling the interstate to spend more time in Nebraska, to experience our ‘Good Life’ on the less-beaten path,” Nelson said. Aaron Steckelberg/DN ________...... . 1 *4"S «"*,w Nebraska tourism now brings in $2 billion a year and employs more than 36,000 Nebraskans, according to the governor’s 1996 Nebraska Tourism Please see TOURISM on 3 Greeks work to meet fire code criteria ._:_:_ By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter UNL’s greek houses fared better than expected on their latest inspec tions for fire code violations, alincoln fire inspector said?' While the average number of vio lations per house may not have changed much, Eric Schoen said he has seen surprising improvement in fire code compliance in greek houses. Some of the houses still had some cnrome problems— big ticket items costing hundreds to thousands of dol lars — but many houses showed big improvements on some of the smaller violations. And that is great news to James Griesen. The vice chancellor for stu dent affairs said he was pleased to see previous warnings were starting to work. “Theyfthe greet houses) know that if they don’t meet fire codes, they can’t be university housing,” he said. A month ago, Schoen, who is one of two inspectors to look at fraternity and sorority houses, said he saw defi nite potential for tragedy at the Uni versity of Nebraska-Uncoln. Fraternity fire safety has become a concern at campuses nationwide. In May, a fire destroyed the Phi Gamma Delta house at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. It killed five and injured three. More recently, a fire damaged the Theta Chi house on the Iowa State Please see FIRE on 3
