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Republican candidates
clear choices for House
Because their opponents pose no real
competition, all three Republican candi
dates for Nebraska’s seats in the U.S.
House of Representatives will receive the
Daily Nebraskan’s endorsement.
Republican Doug Bereuter, who has
represented Nebraska’s first congressional
district, including Lincoln, since 1979, is
the only candidate, however, who will
receive our enthusiastic support.
Though he represents a landlocked
state, Bereuter’s vision extends past
Nebraska’s borders with his leadership in
international affairs.
Bereuter, a moderate conservative,
stood against the faction of religious
zealots in his party that continually tries to
mutate the GOP into a religious move
ment.
During this summer’s state Republican
convention in Grand Island, Bereuter said
Republicans should not be swayed by those
in the party who seek to define it by two or
three ultra-conservative religious issues.
Returning to the foundations of his
party - fiscal restraint and less government
- Bereuter represents the best interests and
opinions of his district without caving to
special interests and religious groups.
Another Republican candidate, Lee
Terry, has proven himself in the Omaha
City Council.
Terry, who is running for the second
district congressional seat, is the only can
didate with the experience necessary to
represent Nebraska’s largest city in
Washington, D.C.
Though his opponent, Democrat
Michael Scott, may have some good ideas,
he has failed to present thorn to the public
in an organized manner using advertise
ments or speeches.
Scott, a former broadcaster with stints
on Entertainment Tonight in Los Angeles,
does not have the political experience,
clout or support to have an impact in
Congress.
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hold his home state’s best interests at heart.
We just hope Terry holds the same
strong principles as his first-district col
league, Bereuter, and will not cave in to
special interests - including the strong
voice of Nebraska’s religious right.
Bill Barrett,^vho has represented
Western Nebraskans in district three since
1991, is virtually uncontested though a
Libertarian candidate, Jerry Hickman, is
running against him.
Because many of Hickman’s ideas are
invalid, the Daily Nebraskan endorses Bill
Barrett, though we hope he will keep the
interests of the farming communities he
represents in mind.
We can only hope the Democrats will
put forth some serious candidates for the
next election.
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The real American hero
John Glenn prepares to relive dreams in space
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ADAM KLINKER is a
sophomore English and
history major and a Daily
Nebraskan columnist
Growing up in America, nearly
everyone is instilled with the same
ideals and beliefs that have been
handed down through the genera
tions.
People can do whatever they want
to in America.
We can do everything in America
and have every opportunity. And
Americans don’t let their dreams die.
Take 77-year-old John Glenn,
who shares the dreams of 7-year-old
schoolboys.
Glenn will be making a return trip
into space on Thursday, a place he has
' long dreamed about since his first
exploits there more than 35 years ago.
Things have changed since the
early days of rocketry and space
exploration. The space shuttle
Discovery is a far cry from the
Friendship 7 module Glenn piloted
when he became the first American to
orbit tiie earth in 1962.
Glenn will be operating with six
other astronauts in the most complex
piece of machinery yet introduced on
* Earth. He’ll be wired from head to toe
with electrodes and sensors to record
his vital functions and help him com
plete his mission - researching the
effects of space travel on old age.
After his first historic flight,
Glenn was never allowed to go back.
President John F. Kennedy would not
risk America’s first space-age hero on
another mission.
John Glenn, being the quintessen
tial American and living out those
basic ideals, did other things.
He continued his service in the
Marine Corps and for the last 24
years has represented his home state
of Ohio in the U.S. Senate.
While other men his age are living
up the later years of retirement,
Glenn, as always, remains active.
He is arguably the most amazing
American {dive today.
Glenn survived World War n,
Korea, space and public office. What
do you get for the man who’s nearly
done it all?
You get him a chance to fulfill his
dreams all over again, and that’s
exactly what NASA is giving Glenn.
Glenn returns to the outer reaches
with the idea of learning more about
the effects of aging in our new era and
Glenn has accepted that premise
wholly.
However, this is a mission dedi
cated by the people of America as one
more test of the indomitable will of
John Glenn. It means more to
America. It means more to Glenn, but
the assignment must be accomplished
- this is not a token flight
Glenn refuses to let this be a mere
gift. This is genuine for him, a gen
uine American.
The technologies that have erupt
ed in the years since the early days of
space exploration do not faze him, but
rather encourage him.
In an age when space colonization
and long-term survival become more
possible and not outside the realm of
consideration, America needs some
sort of bearing on what space does to
the physically aged.
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ment up there, once again, a superla
tive American in high places. This
time - the oldest person ever in space.
But with his advancing years,
Glenn is facing something that grap
ples strongly with all Americans
In July, Alan Shepard, NASA’s
first astronaut, and a member of the
Apollo 14 mission, died at the age of
74. Along with Glenn, Shepard was
one of the original Mercury astro
nauts.
Glenn mourned his old friend’s
passing but went right back to the
training stages of the shuttle mission.
Glenn has a purpose. He has it for
himself and he serves admirably in
the name of his colleagues who have
gone before him.
He’ll do it for the ones like
Shepard - the ones who went to the
moon, the ones who walked in the
dark expanse of space, the ones who
pioneered the shuttle mission.
And Glenn will do it for America,
a nation that always needs its heroes.
It’s the same selfless service that
has led him in the military and in gov
ernment Glenn for America, America
for Glenn.
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but you’d never know by the way he
talks. This life has been one big
adventure for him.
Try to imagine a more exhilarat
ing and satisfying existence than die
one Glam has experienced. Imagine
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