KRNU returns to air after cable fixed
From Staff Reports
After more than two days of
being off the air, KRNU hit the air
waves Wednesday afternoon as
scheduled.
After a weekend windstorm, the
College of Journalism and Mass
Communications’ student-run ra
dio station was disconnected Sun
day because of a severed transmit
ter cable.
High winds had caused a pro
tective sheath to come off the cable
connecting the station to its trans
mitting tower on the roof of
Oldfather Hall.
KRNU General Manager Rich
ard Alloway said when the sheath
was removed, the cable was ex
posed to bare sheet metal in the
roof. The high winds caused the
bare cable to rub against the sharp
edges of the sheet metal, eventu
ally wearing the cable down
enough to affect transmission,
Alloway said.
“By the time we could get an
engineer up there Sunday to look
at the cable, it was worn away to
practically nothing,” he said. “It
basically broke off in our hands at
that point.”
Alloway said a tower specialist
was called in and started to replace
the cable about 10 ajn. Wednes
day. The replacement was done by
11:30, he said, allowing the station
to go back on the air about 2 p.m. f
Senator checks into hospice
Jerome Warner may
still vote on bills, have
contact with his office.
From Staff Reports
Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverl>
checked into Thbitha Nursing Home
this week to treat and control pain as
sociated with his prostate cancer, his
office staff said.
His staff said he would vote on bills
if he decided to come to floor debate,
and that he was available for contact
through his office, which will forward
messages to him. He has been absent
from floor debate much of the last few
weeks, and has concentrated on refin
ing bills in committee.
Warner, who is chairman of the
Revenue Committee, is known as
Nebraska’s legislative expert on prop
erty taxes and has been a key player
in this year’s property tax bills.
Law & Order
Assault
A 13-year-old boy was slashed
in the head with a knife Tuesday
afternoon when a fight that started
on a school bus continued on to the
streets.
The boy was treated and re
leased at Lincoln General Hospital
for a 2'/2-inch cut to his head that
he told police he sustained in a
fight.
Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann
Heermann said the boy was hit in
the head while riding the bus after
school. The bump turned into a
shove, and the fight ensued from
there.
The boys got off the bus on the
1700 block of North 23rd Street
and continued to fight. The boy told
police the suspect drew a 4-inch
blade, put him in a headlock and
cut him. The boy ran when the sus
pect let him go.
The boy told police that the sus
pect was a white male wearing a
white T-shirt and a green and white
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Nike jacket. Heermann said the
police had a possible suspect.
Radar watch
Lincoln police radar units will
be on Calvert Street from 27th to
48th streets and on South Street
from 27th to 70th streets today.
On Friday, units will be on 16th
and 17th streets, K to Holdrege
streets and on West O Street, from
Ninth Street to Northwest 40th
Street.
There were several errors in Wednesday’s RHA election roundup.
Brent Robertson is the current Burr Hall president and also chair
man of the social committee. Ben Wallace is a member of the ASUN
Government Liaison Committee. Wallace also is die chairman of
the Diversity Council. Alan Nietfeldt, a senior, is a member of the
RHA exectuive board and was president of Burr Hall in 1995-96.
Amber Bourek is a member of the Haiper-Schramm-Smith execu
tive board.
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