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Clinton eyes
swing votes
in South
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sweeping
across the South in a difficult bid to claim Re
publican strongholds, President Clinton accused
Bob Dole on Saturday of practicing “the old
politics of division” on affirmative action and
immigration.
Here, at the
end of the elec
tion, some people
are tempted to
take advantage of
these issues for
political (gain),”
Clinton said.
He devoted his
weekly radio ad
dress and the
Alamo rally to re
butting Dole’s
end-of-campaign
calls to end affir
mative action and
crack down on il
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broadly, he also
challenged GOP
attacks on Demo
cratic crime and
welfare stances.
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When we
come together
in search of
common
ground, we
are always,
always stron
ger as a na
tion”
Bill Clinton
Addressing
immigration and
affirmative action
last week, Dole
said bluntly, “They’re wedge issues.”
The White House said Dole’s comments pit
ted Americans against Americans for political
gain.
“He publicly expressed his pride in divid
ing America, which is distasteful, at best,” press
secretary Mike McCurry said.
The Dole campaign said tjie Alamo remarks
displayed “typical Clinton hypocritical flair.”
Spokeswoman Christina Martin added: “He’d
rather scare us than justify his continued sup
port of divisive (racial) quotas.”
With the Alamo’s white stone walls form
ing a backdrop, Clinton declared, “When we
come together in search of common g'ound, we
are always, always stronger as a nation.”
In 1836, 189 Texans fighting for indepen
dence defended the Alamo against more than
4,000 Mexicans. The Mexicans won; all the
Texans were killed. But their bravery was cel
ebrated, and “Remember the Alamo” became a
rallying cry when Texas fighters marched to
victory six weeks later.
In a subtle reminder of the age difference
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Funeral services set for today
for UNL professor Streckfuss
From Staff Reports
Funeral services for Professor
Richard Streckfuss, 64, will be at 2
p.m. today at the Butherus, Maser
& Love Chapel, 3851 B. St.
Streckfuss, a news-editorial pro
fessor in the College of Journalism
and Mass Communications, died
Thursday morning after a long
battle with cancer. A reception with
the family will follow the services.
Streckfuss is survived by his
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wife, Jeanetta Drueke; four children
by his former wife Mary Jane
Streckfuss including three sons,
David, Matthew and George; and a
daughter Amy; a sister Cynthia
Zook and four grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his par
ents.
Memorials can be sent to the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Botanical Garden and Landscape
Services, 1340 N. 17th St, Lincoln,
Neb., 68588, to the attention of Di
rector Kim Todd.
Daniel J. Luedem/DN
A YOUNG REPUBLICAN supporter
applauds at Saturday’s rally for Dole and
Hagel, which was held in the Sky Harbor
hangar near Eppley Airfield.
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE Bob Dole made a campaign stop in
Omaha Saturday evening with his wife, Ehzabeth Dole, to win more Nebraska votes and
to offer support to Chuck Hagel, Nebraska’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate.
Dole predicts win
during Omaha rally
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
OMAHA — With 65 hours left to go in
his 96-hour campaign push, Republican
presidential candidate Bob Dole said Satur
day night he smelled victory in the air.
“On Nov. 6, Bill Clinton is going to be
the most surprised man in America,” a raspy
Dole told an overflow crowd of more than
1,000 people who jammed into the Sky Har
bor hangar near Eppley Airfield.
Amid chants of “let’s beat Bill and Ben,”
Dole stumped for himself and Nebraska Re
publican senatorial candidate Chuck Hagel,
who is running against Democratic Gov. Ben
Nelson. According to an Omaha World-Her
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aid poll released Sunday, Hagel and Nelson
were in a dead heat for the open seat.
Earlier, Hagel said Republicans were
going to take back America and Nebraska in
1996.
“Republicans do the right firing,” Hagel
said. “And the right thing is to keep our gov
ernor here.”
Dote, who has a 48 to 37 percent lead in ^
a World-Herald poll, said Saturday night he
needed Hagel’s help for his presidency.
“I’m going to be counting on you, count
ing on your vote for a balanced budget
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First local ethanol pump debuts
By Erin Gibson
Staff Reporter
Grain alcohol came by the hun
dreds of gallons to Lincoln residents
last week. :r~\*Yv . % ,
But only their cars can drink it.
The first public ethanol fuel pump
in Lincoln opened at the Gas ’N Shop
at 1545 Comhusker Highway, and
motorists have given the pump a
friendly welcome, manager Tim
Versch said.
Versch said he has sold more than
100 gallons of the 85 percent ethanol
fuel since last Monday, priced at about
$ 1.39 per gallon. Gas ’N Shop had ex
pected slower sales, he said.
Gov. Ben Nelson turned out last
Monday to open the alternative fuel
pump — the second public pump in
the state, Versch said. The first opened
in Omaha in June.
Todd Sneller, administrator of the
Nebraska Ethanol Board, said the pub
lic ethancd fuel pumps would help pro
vide ethanol for for more than 100 state
vehicles that operate on the cleaner
burning fuel.
But private businesses also are
joining government fleets in making
the ethanol switch, Sneller said.
“It’s an important transition to get
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private sector vehicles using this fuel,”
Sneller said. “The key to this is mak
ing ethanol easily accessible.”
The Lincoln station will expand
ethanol’s influence,because the next
closest public ethanol pump is in:
Omaha, he said, though several private
alternative fuel stations already exist
across the state.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992
may force Nebraska to increase its of
fering of the com-based fuel in the next
two years.
The act requires both private and
public fleets to have a portion of all
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