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tap"— •- 11 —- -—-T—■— . "i 3 state Republicans in lead, poll indicates From The Associated Press OMAHA—Nebraskans appear to be ready to send the state’s three Republican congressman back to Washington. Each incumbent is well ahead of his Democratic challenger with a week before the election, according to a poll conducted for die Omaha World-Herald. Rep. Bill Barrett holds the larg est lead by more than a 4-to-l mar gin over political novice John Webster in the telephone survey of 252 district residents. Barred was favored by 69 percent, while Webster was supported by 16 per cent in the state’s 3rd District, the newspaper reported in its Tuesday editions. The margin of error was 6.8 per centage points for the district sur vey that includes the western two thirds of Nebraska. In the 1st District, Rep. Doug Bereuter also has a strong lead over Patrick Combs, who also was his opponent in 1994. Bereuter was tracked by 69 percent of 252 dis trict residents surveyed, while 24 percent favored Combs. The mar gin of error also was 6.8 percent age points for the district survey that includes Lincoln and Norfolk. The 2nd District race between Rep. Jon Christensen and James Martin Davis was the most competi tive race in the survey conducted Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Christensen was preferred by 54 percent of502 district residents sur veyed, while 38 percent favored Davis. The margin of error was 4.8 percentage points in the district sur vey that includes Omaha. Christensen, a first-term repre sentative, is in a strong position for re-election, said David Moore, man aging editor for the Gallup Poll. “That’s a pretty substantial lead. It’s not impossible for James Mar tin Davis to come back, but it’s late in the game to try to overcome a lead of that size.” . The Gallup Organization of Princeton, N.J., conducted the sur vey for the World-Herald. Mock election favors Republicans to win I MOCK from page 1 the 3rd District race, capturing 59 votes and 78.6 percent of the vote, i compared to the 16 votes and 21.3 percent of the vote cast for Demo cratic challenger John Webster. Tiffiny Carlton, a freshman eco nomics major, said she voted for Dole because he stood for smaller government. Brent Frey, a sophomore busi ness administration major, said he believed in the Republican party lines and its platform. Students could also vote on bal lot Initiatives 409, 411 and 412, which address term limits, a guar anteed quality education and a cap on property taxes. Almost 75 per cent of students voted against the initiatives, which have also been opposed by ASUN and the NU Board of Regents. Malcolm Kass, GLC chairman, said he didn’t think the mock elec tion results were an initial preview of November’s elections but would give students a taste of the real elec tions next Tuesday. “I guess on the outside this looks like another poll,” Kass said, “but for some younger classmen, this will give them the chance to be involved in the political process for the first time.” The 1996 mock election drew more voters than the 1994 election. About 286 students cast ballots in Tuesday’s mock election, an in crease of 117 votes from the 169 ballots cast two years ago. »"■ Six Flags Theme Parks SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI 1997 TALENT AUDITIONS! Nebraska Regional Audition Monday, November 4,1996 The University of Nebraska at Lincoln Culture Center - Upper Multi-Purpose Room 333 North 14th Street Lincoln, Nebr?gka OPEN AUDITION CALL: 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. CALL BACK AUDITION: 6:00 P.M. 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A task force in Grand Island ar rested eight people Monday on drug and weapons charges, but Sheriff Jim Fosket says the fight is not over. “I think it slows them down,” he said. “I don’t think it sends them off packing.” U.S. Attorney Tom Monaghan said Monday the people arrested were part of a statewide conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. “Grand Island seems to be the methamphetamine source for the state,” Monaghan said. “Grand Island is not the only city in the state with this problem, but it is a city that is working on the problem.” Local and national agencies have recently made progress in fighting the flow of methamphetamine through Grand Island, Fosket said. Narcotics task forces have been in vestigating crimes related to selling and distributing methamphetamine in Hall County since a raid in 1988, Fosket said. “I think the problem has always been there,” Fosket said. “It’s now we’re making people aware of it.” Earlier this year, another task force arrested 16 people from Grand Island, Utah and California for similar of fenses, Fosket said. “We have to keep the pressure up and keep the pressure on,” Fosket said. Methamphetamine dealers have tar geted Grand Island as a statewide out let because nearby Interstate 80 and many state highways cross there, Fosket said. Fosket said investigators think the Grand Island dealers are supplied by producers in Mexico and California, but that methamphetamine could also be made locally because it doesn’t re quire hard-to-get chemicals like co caine does. “This is something that can be manufactured easily—in a house or a garage,” Fosket said. Methamphetamine addicts have become more common in Grand Is land, Fosket said, and police are hav ing a harder time dealing with them. Addiction to methamphetamine causes paranoia and violence, he said, and addicts are being found with weapons when confronted during searches and arrests. Because gangs in the city fight over distribution, Fosket said, other crimes spring out of the methamphetamine trade and involve the Hall County deputies and Grand Island police. “If you control the meth trade, you have the power,” he said. The methamphetamine trafficking hurts all of Hall County because resi dents have to pay for more law enforce ment and medical treatment for addicts, Fosket said. Hall County’s tax-funded emer gency custody program treats addicts who have become a threat to them selves and other people, Fosket said. “It’s a real drain on the taxpayers,” he said. Methamphetamines are dangerous because the drug is not specific to any sex, age or socio-economic group. “It’s not just the poor, it’s not just the rich,” Fosket said. “It’s not just blue-collar workers or white-collar workers. “It’s everybody.” ASUN to vote on bill to unite Big 12 schools for bigger voice when lobbying government By Tasha E. Kelter StaffReporter ASUN senators at tonight’s East Campus meeting will vote on a bill that would create a formal alliance among the schools of the Big 12. Eric Marintzer, president of the Association of the Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska, said the proposal would create a strong body with which to lobby the federal government on higher education issues. He said agreement on issues is very important. “In no way do we want to lose our autonomy,” Marintzer said. The student-body presidents of the Big 12 schools famed the idea for the alliance at the Big 12 Student Govern ment Conference, held Oct. 4-6 in Co lumbia, Mo. The Big 12 student governments collectively represent more than 300,000 students, he said, and “that’s a pretty significant chunk of voters and taxpayers.” Marintzer said the Big 12 alliance could focus on federal student loans. He said he wants to guarantee congres sional support for funding. Marintzer also said he was pleased with the NU Board of Regents an nouncement stating its opposition to Initiatives 411 and 412, which ASUN opposed in a resolution last week. He said the parallel decision showed uni versity unity. - [SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE CBA FACULTY MEMBER AND GRADUATE ASSISTANT. 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