Clinton: Country is Y2K-OK
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receiving the final report on the
nation’s Y2K-related repairs,
President Clinton on Wednesday
reassured Americans that there will
be “no major national breakdowns”
because of computer failures at the
end of the year.
Clinton said he is confident the
federal government is fully prepared
for Year 2000 conversion.
“The American people can have
full faith that everything from air traf
fic control systems to Social Security
payment systems will work like they
should~he said. — — -
“I expect we will experience no
major national breakdowns as a result
of the year 2000 date change,”
Clinton told reporters on the White
House South Lawn.
But with only 51 days remaining,
Clinton noted there are local govern
ments, schools* hospitals and small
businesses that are lagging behind on
repairs. He cautioned them against
delaying any further and provided a
toll-free telephone number - (888)
USA-4Y2K - for information on
becoming Y2K-compliant by the end
of the year.
“If we work together and use this
time well, we can ensure that this
Y2K computer problem will be
remembered as the last headache of
the 20th century, not the first crisis of
the 21 st,” Clinton said.
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I expect we will experience no major
national breakdowns as a result of the year
2000 date change
President Clinton
The report broke little new
ground. It noted that the best-pre
pared sectors continue to be the fed
eral government, power and water
utilities, airlines and rail companies
.and telephone services. It predicted a
“high degree of confidence” in those
areas.
The new study also debunked
worries about a misfired nuclear mis
sile. if
“Y2K problems will not cause
nuclear weapons to launch them
selves,” the White House said.
“Nuclear weapons launch requires
human intervention.”
But there are problems. The
President’s Council nn the Year 2000
Conversion citecf surveys showing
more than one-fourth of small busi
nesses don’t plan to do anything to
get ready for die New Year’s rollover.
Only half of America’s 911 call
centers confirmed last month they
were ready, and more than one-third
of the country’s elementary and sec
ondary schools told the Education
Department they aren’t yet prepared.
John Koskinen, the president’s
top Y2K adviser, previously warned
that 911 computer failures probably
wouldn’t prevent police or fire
departments from taking calls. But it
- could force employees to use manual
systems, meaning it will take longer
for rescue workers to respond.
“It is clear that a significant'
amount of work remains for all cen
ters to be ready,” the study said.
It also warned that failures in
schools could affect heating, lighting,
fire alarms, elevators, student records
and teacher payroll.
The council said some health
care providers and medical organiza
tions “exhibit troubling levels of
readiness,” which could cause
headaches with billing systems and
patient records.
The so-called Y2K problem exists
because many older computers and
software programs recognize only the
last two digits of the year and could
mistakenly interpret “00” as 1900.
player cited
on theft-of-services charge
University police arrested Leroy
Etienne; a four-year Nebraska football
letter winner between 1985 and 1988,
Tuesday after he failed to pay for a
hotel room he’d been sleeping in for
six days, said University Police Sgt.
Mylo Bushing.
Staff at the Clifford Harbin
Nebraska Center for Continuing
_ Education had asked Etienne to pay
for the room and phone calls made
from the room, Bushing said: After
Etienne’s scheduled checkout at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, staff called University Police.
Etienne told police another man
would pay the bills. When contacted,
the man refused to pay, Bushing said.
Police removed Etienne from the
hotel and cited him on theft of ser
vices, Bushing said.
Etienne’s hotel charges totaled
$367.
Police: Faulty fuel injectors
caused car to catch fire
A car parked in the northeast cor
ner of a parking lot near the University
of Nebraska Law College on East
Campus caught fire Tuesday after
noon because of faulty fuel injectors,
Bushing said.
The fire caused $1,700 damage.
The driver of the maroon 1988
Chevy Beretta was trying to move the
car to another spot when it stalled,
Bushing said. While trying to restart
the car, the driver told police, she
heard a pop, then saw flames and
smoke coming from the car’s engine.
Fire inspectors blamed the fire on
faulty fuel injectors, which, the driver
told police, had been worked on
recently, Bushing said.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Bleed
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ASUN from page 1
A model where NU on Wheels
would run seven days a foeek from
11 p.m. to 3 a.m. would cost an
estimated $47,646.56, according
to statistics compiled by program
co-coordinator Brett Stohs.
A second model, in which the
program would run five days a
week from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m,. would
cost an estimated $37,810.40.
Schuerman said a program
coordinator will be hired and an
advisory council will be set up to
talk with him about what model
will work best for the program
after this year.
Mello said the five-day-per
week model would be the most
efficient, but the program needs to
start earlier at night.
“I think this is a great, great
thing,” he said. “But 11 p.m. seems
always to be a little late.”
Government Liaison
Committee Chairman Andy Faltin
agreed this was a great program for
ASUN.
“This is a great way to make the
program more responsive and
receptive to students,” Faltin said.
“It just has to happen.”
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