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UPS SERVICE AREAS PRESENT AND PROPOSED ICfonilB Slllintal Second Front Page Vity Life LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JAN. 23, PAGE 11 $810,000 In Funds Available Where Is Health Lab? By BESS JENKINS Unless something clicks soon, the modern-day record for the most delayed state government project may go unchallenged to the proposed agricultural-health laboratory building. Eldon McConnell, State Health Laboratory director, feels this way, but he's not alone. urae nrnmfcorl it If United Parcl Service, v--nv I inc. (Ohio) J-; -JTiJ I United Parcel Service, Inc.

JT 1 I (Mew York) VI A I Extension awaiting decision Extension awaiting hearing Only two of the continental United States have no United Parcel Service present or proposed transportation areas. According to company those two, Montana and Utah, will possibly be included within the next J':) I five years. '40' for Pollution Discussed State Program To Be Needed? A Friday report from Washington that President Nixon's big water pollution cleanup push would get only 40 support from the federal government produced some frowns among concerned local and state officials. The same Washington report quotes informed officials as stating it would be up to cities and states to finance the remaining 60 of an estimated $10 billion cost to get the job done in five years. This is less than the 50-55 which a city or town could get in federal money today if Nebraska had an aid program as most states have in which the formula is 25 state and 25-20 local participation.

As it stands now in Nebraska, the 40 federal aid under Nixon's prposal would be 10 more than cities and towns get today with no state aid program. If it's only 40 federal aid, T. A. Filipi, Nebraska's environmental health chief, says "this is not enough to make cities and towns move to comply with the clean water act. Unless someone puts a bee on 'em." Filipi said guidelines for the President's clean water pollution program may throw more light on the subject, once they are released.

i Lee Block, public utilities director for Lincoln, said "I'm all for bigger participation by state and federal governments. After all, this is more a state and federal problem than it's a local." Blocker said Lincoln would oppose any program reducing federal support below that, which a state program would provide to cities and towns. Electricity, gas and water systems are a responsibility of local government, he said, but this isn't true of water 1 3 v- i yr a Albert Jessen, Cedar Bluffs village marshal, points to one of several leaks in municipal water tanks that cut the water supply of the town of 600. Water Almost Normal Again in Cedar Bluff Melvin Fink of Ainsworth (right) succeeds Orrin Kohlmeier as president of the Nebraska Rural Electric Assn. Ainsworth Man Elected Chief of Electric Assn.

Cedar Bluffs After a flood of hard work the water supply in Cedar Bluffs has risen from a trickle back to almost normal for the town's 600 residents. Town officials estimate, however, it will be another two days at least before the supply normal. Workmen must finish repairing one of the town's two water tanks after both sprang leaks Tuesday night. Still remaining is the mystery of what caused the splits in the two steel-encased 12,000 to water storage tanks housed in the semibasement of the ancient City Hall on the east end of Main Street. One of the 36-foot-long, eight-foot-high tanks set horizontally on the floor has an inch wide split almost the length of its bottom.

The other was split around a manhole cover on its side. Throughout the day Thursday the pressure was such that residents were urged to take all measures to conserve water and Town Marshal Albert Jessen said some residents in higher parts of town could not get water from their taps. The marshal said the town's laboratory facilities shortly after I came to Nebraska in 1960," said McConnell. He recalled looking over at least seven existing downtown-building possibilities before a new structure discussion was launched. facts are firm: the $810,000 needed to build the structure is available, the two departments' need for more laboratory space has not diminished, and neither have other statehouse occupants' feelings that the unusual lab operations would not be missed.

It is believed the reason for little or no action in recent months may be a lack of munication between the State Agriculture and Health Depts. on site and other building matters. Some Health Dept. officials also have the erroneous im pression the project Is bogged down by an attorney general's suit challenging the governor's veto of specific items on the capital construction bill passed by the 1969 Legislature. Files show that Dr.

E. A. Rogers, then state health director, brought up the matter of inadequate space in the Capitol building in 1954. In 1956, the late Gov. Victor Anderson was busy explaining he didn't want to get the laboratory out of the Statehouse by sending it up to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The 1965 Legislature finally approved $660,000 to build the joint use laboratory out on an NU East Campus site approved by the University of Nebraska Regents. Inadequacies of the undesirable 33rd and Huntington campus land imaiiy prompted tne ueaitn Dept. to stop construction preparations early in 1967. Meanwhile, construction prices were going up. So the next move was to get the 1967 Legislature to approve a supplemental sum of $150,000.

It did, but it forgot to inappropriate the original nno Meanwhile, the two departments apparently agreed upon a state-owned piece of land at No. 14th and Nebraska Highway (Hwy. 2) as the laboratory building site. A check this week with Marvin Nuernberger, State Roads Dept. director and secretary of the State Building Commission, discloses the Agriculture Dept.

now has asked for the laboratory to be relocated a third time on state-owned land south of the Capitol He said no commission answer was given immediately but the dim view taken until some comprehensive planning use for this area is made will be official at the commission's meeting in February. Nuernberger said the Agriculture Dept. believes It could serve other departments more efficiently from a nearby laboratory site. Eldon McConnell, director of the State Health Dept. laboratory services, brings up another point this week that becomes truer by lire uajr ujf una uinc, uie ungmui plans and space may be completely outdated in projecting future and current needs.

Or the structure will have to shrink from Its original 24,240 square-foot size to compensate ior nsing ouuaing costs. McDonnell said the square footage cost was around $22 when the planning seriously started In 1964. Today'g cost is more like $30 per square foot. McConnell and Nuernberger agree the plans will require some revision to provide for lower-level space if the laboratory is built on the south Lincoln site not far from the penitentiary and the State Roads Dept. The state land slopes; the East Campus site did not, but was close to a flood area and had a railroad track next to land boundaries.

Nuernberger said the state already has some $40,000 invested in the architectural plans. Since Dr. Rogers' departure in late 1967, the Health Dept. has had three directors Dr. Lynn Thompson, who revived the question of possible laboratory space in the future state office building; Dr.

Dorothy Smith, and now Dr. Arnold Reeve, who arrived in October and leaves next month to become Iowa's health director. The state agriculture director's jop aiso has changed hands once, with ji-imer scniaohoff sue ceeding Pearle Finigan. Birthday Salute Washington (UPI) President Nixon will salute Washington's birthday next month by bringing the Broadway musical "1776" to the White House for a com-r" 1 oi fwninnce. Nebraska Included In Review Delivery Of Packages Nebraska is included in a nine-state package proposal now being reviewed by the Interstate Commerce Commission giving United Parcel Service (UPS), small package delivery firm, a north-south transportation system linking Canada and Mexico.

According to Dan Buckley, spokesman for UPS, the company was granted authority to operate in the nine-state area by the Dist. 1 ICC recently but until cases filed by protesters, now pending, are resolved no new service will be initiated. UPS also has early spring hearings slated on applications to operate on an interstate basis in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, according to Buckley. The UPS spokesman noted with the addition of the three Southwest states there are only two states in which UPS has no present or proposed operations, Utah and Montana. UPS is awaiting a decision by the Nebraska Railway Commission-concerning an- ap plication to transfer the intrastate operating authority of Capitol Delivery Service of Omaha to A decision on that application and a series of small rate changes are ex-.

pec ted by Monday. Nebraskans Favorable Nixon's Talk 'Outstanding' Nebraska's fill-Republican Jl-. Al congressional delegation described President Nixqn's State of the Union message Thursday as outstanding. Here's what they had to say aDoui it individually: Sen. Roman Hruska The President charted a clear course of progress for the nation, provided a tone of moral leadership.

He promised to present a balanced budget so American families will have a better chance to balance their own budgets. Sen. Carl Curtis The message contained good common sense of the Nebraska variety. His thoughts on crime and crime prevention were outstanding. By his remarks on rural America, the President indicated small cities, towns and farms should have a fair place in the sun.

He made it clear, too, that our welfare programs have failed. Rep. Glenn Cunningham It contained no soft soap for this year but was looking forward for the good of the people. It's the most outstanding message of the 13 I've heard. Rep.

Robert Denney His intent to give special attention to revitalizing rural areas and i nis promise oi a Daiancea budget helped make it one of Vitt mnet fncmlvinrr nAnnoytleon speeches I've heard since being in Congress. I was pleased to hear the. President ask those making massive demands on society to make some minimal ueiuuuuauu iiicuK'civca. Rep. Dave Martin's ad-ministrative assistant, Jack Odgaard, said Nixon's long range plans on domestic issues were matters of, national concern.

Congressman Martin has been in agreement with these for sometime, Odgaard said. Congressman Martin was on vacation and could not be reached for comment. Town Booming Dallas (UPI) By 1975, Houston, is expected to have a population of 2,585,000. CSC President: Students Let in Class After Shave, Haircut AP WIREPHOTO Cedar Bluffs LINCOLN water supply was never in danger and the two wells are functioning well and refilling the repaired tank. The tanks are of 1904 and 1905, vintage.

They were relin-ed in 1963. A repairman working on the tank said probably too much pressure split the tank; "The first inkling we had Tuesday evening was people saying they heard noises in the tanks of their hot water. heaters," Norman Hoffman, village board member said. "When the fire chief went to check the storage tanks he stepped into the building and into two and one half feet of water. That's when discovered we were out of water," Hoffman said.

The two-day outage closed the schools and brought business life in the small community almost to a standstill. State sophomore is seeking a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the college dress Reichenberg contended in his petition to: U.S. District Court in Lincoln that the code would have permitted Adolph Hitler to attend the college but would have barred Mark Twain. An Army veteran, Reichenberg says he wants to earn a law degree. He said he brought the suit against Chadron State president Dr.

Edwin Nelson on behalf of himself and others. Van Pelt reviewed a case from Colfax (Iowa) Community School District Thursday before granting Chadron State officials a hearing. Federal Judge William C. Hanson of Des Moines ruled Monday the Colfax regulation limiting the length of a student's bangs was unconstitutional. Chadron State issued a clarification of the school's dress code in January which specified that "Male students will wear their hair short enough that eyebrows, ears and collars are in full view.

Sideburns will be no lower than the ear lobe, and moustaches will be trimmed even with the mouth." Reichenberg appeared in court with a moustache extending slightly beyond the of his mouth, sideburns slightly below the ear lobe and lu'r reaching the coat collar 1a back. Twelve pages of wholesome col. ored comics, feature stories vith plenty of pictures and the tig entertainment section are a few reasons why nearly everyone reads the "Sunday Jfturnal and Star." 1 Nelson Trv Is Second Seeks County Sheriff Post Kenneth Nelson, 35, filing for the Republican nomination for Lancaster County sheriff Friday, is making his second run for the office. The former deputy sheriff was defeated In the 1966 pri-; mary against incumbent Merle Kaf- j-nopp. in i a law enforcement officer Nelson for the State Revenue said the present administration of the sheriff's office needs great improvement.

Specifically, he cited "a lack of coordination" between the sheriff's office, the Lincoln Police Dept. and the State Patrol. "The Lincoln Police Dept. Is an efficient organization and the sheriff's office is riding on its reputation." The candidate also asserted a lack of inter-office coordination, stating as an example of this, a lack of staff meetings among the sheriff and his deputies. Another deficiency of the present sheriff's office is its failure to provide rural areas with adequate patrol, he said.

Nelson said the sheriff's office should provide rural citizens with 24-hour patrol. That this is not being done, according to Nelson, was evidenced in the 1966 general election when incumbent Karnopp failed to carry the rural county vote. One way "coordination" could be improved between the sheriff's office and the Lincoln Police Nelson said, would be the sheriff's office assuming some of the vfcrk in the area of law enforcement-community relations. In this area, Nelson emphasized the need to reach the young. Nelson's campaign chairman Is Dr.

Byron Tullis Jr. His financial chairman is Larry Price, president of Kings Food Host. Treasurer for the campaign is Ron Ueberrhein, 32, an executive with a local savings and loan institution. Nelson said to date he has totally financed his campaign but he expected contributions to be forthcoming. His campaign is being handled by the public relations firm of Carroll Thompson and Associates.

Nelson is married and has three children. The present sheriff, Merle Karnopp, 59, recently filed for reelection on the Republican ticket. Memorial Plaza New Delhi (iP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dedicated a memorial plaza, here in memory of Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi an American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the Cornhusker Hotel.

Other officers: Maurice Gusthfson, Wakefield, vice president; Kenneth Schmidt, Gordon, secretary; and Al Augustyn, Loup City, treasurer. New innovations in the rural electrification field were discussed by several prominent -rural electric officials in a Friday morning press con- ference. James a a of Louisville, general manager of Electric Research and Manufacturing told that company's evolution less than a year ago. Three statewide rural associations Wisconsin and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives nd the Kentucky Rural Electric Assn. joined forces to form the federation which ef-fects about 35 total states.

These three associations deal in electrical products manufacturing rather than wholesale power service and collectively they can operate at less expense than separately, Marquart said. "The federation reduces design cost of transformers, for example, and combined business volume give economic leverage not had separately," Marquart explained. "Also the federation has a positive influence on other manufacturers in the quality of products also manufactured by the federation." Wendell Garwood of Denver, executive manager of the 18-year old Tri-State Generation and Transmission spoke of his group's wholesale electric service. Tri-State furnishes power to six western Nebraska stations, 12 in Wyoming and eight in Colorado. With such a federatiqn, Garwood said, the power rate level has been held steady.

The operations field representative for the Rural Electrification Administration, H. K. Hill of Grand Island, said he understands Nebraska power officials have made ex-ploratory inquiries in the feasibility of Nebraska multi-state federation participation. Another new innovation in rural electrification was outlined by Louis Strong of Blackwell, secretary-, treasurer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. (NRECCA).

By the end of 1970 the Cooperative Financing Corporation will probably be in operation, he said, as 760 members of the 1,000 member NRECA have signed to be members of this new financing institution. "Up to now, we have been dependent upon federal government funding," Strong said, "And we think It wiser to set up our own banking institution for lending." Hill added that Rural Electric Assn. funding would still be available. "The new NRECA financing corporation would not preclude REA lesser interest funds." meeting Melvin Fink, Ainsworth, has been elected president of the Nebraska Rural Electric Assn. at the group's 34th annual 'Can't Give Guarantee On Power' Continued From Page One board member Frederick Wagener of Lincoln, Hill said he feels NPPD is justified in making additional expenditures to attempt to meet the plant's operation deadline.

Failure to meet the deadline, or at least have the plant operational by July 1, 1972, could mean even greater expenses for NPPD to meet anticipated power needs of its customers, Hill said. NPPD management personnel told the board it could cost NPPD anywhere from $23,000 to $96,000 a day for each day the plant is not operational after 1972. Hill said he feels the additional money spent now to attempt to meet the construction deadline is not as great as the ultimate cost would be of not having the plant operational in the spring of 1972. The board was also told by Hill that "one of the first orders of business" for the new district is to conduct studies and make decisions on what NPPD should do to provide future power needs to its Nebraska customers. Hill said he has already had preliminary discussions with groups in Missouri, Colorado, North Dakota and the Pacific Northwest about the possibility of particpating with NPPD in construction of a i i a 1 nuclear power units or possibly even fossil-fueled power plants.

And next month, Hill said, he intends to. talk with Omaha Public Power District people and this discussion will include the possibility of Omaha and NPPD jointly participating in another nuclear unit. Donnelson to Head Friendship Group in 1970 Gar Donnelson has been named chairman of the Mayor'sCommittee for International Friendship for .1970. He succeeds Secretary of State Frank Marsh, who will continue working with the organization as coordinator of community resources. Other new officers are Gary Gustafson, vice chairman; -Mrs.

Jackie Lipsky, secretary; and Robert Glenn, treasurer. The committee's purpose is to coordinate and supplement programs for extending hospitality to international visitors to Lincoln. Vera Livingston, manager of the Nebraska City utility system, said he was glad to see a 40 replacing the government's 30 aid but "we may need a lot more than that and Washington has a way of collecting money from the people." The state also hastb come into the act, too, in Livingston's opinion. "This stream and air pollution is a costly bill and 70 participation by cities and towns puts too much of a burden on any sized community," Livingston said. He pointed out Washington and state government can't forget that "this is an evironmental problem which involves as all." An aide said Gov.

Norbert Tiemann had no immediate comment on the 40 federal participation. He recalled the governor told the Water Pollution Control Council earlier this month that he favored a state aid program. Another Story Page 21 Colglazier Is Killed Was Former Falls Citian Falls City First Lt. Donald Colglazier, 23, formerly of Falls City, was killed in action in Vietnam, Jan. 21, relatives here have been informed.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Colglazier, now live in Havelock, N.C. Lt. Colglazier was a 1968 graduate of the U.S.

Military Academy. He was in Vietnam seven months. Prouty to Run For Legislature Omaha Arthur B. Prouty, 50, an Omaha businessman, an-, nounced Friday he will be a candidate for the state legislature from the Fourth District. The' president of Artcraft Rubber Stamp Co.

in Omaha, Prouty said he believes state government should be run with "a business-like approach." Prouty is president of the Omaha Businessmen's Assn. and formerly was international president of Cosmopolitan International Service Club. He was Douglas County's 1964 Easter Seal campaign chairman. Strike Days London (UPI) Britain lost 6,772,000 working days last year because of strikes but the situation compares favorably with most other major in-dustrial nations, the government said. By CELLA HEITMAN Chadron State 'Collge president Edwin Nelson testified Friday afternoon in Lincoln's U.S.

District Court that college students who were at first denied registration have been allowed to attend classes after altering their appearance. Nelson testified at an informal hearing related to a suit brought by Chadron student Robert Reichenberg who is" challenging the college's dress code. In answer to questions from U.S. District Judge Robert Van Pelt, Nelson said he did not know that health and sanitation had been an issue in the ruling. He said he personally had observed no cases on campus where the length of hair or size of moustache of a student was 1 a problem in health or sanitation.

Chadron State legal cunsel said the college wanted to present its case before Van Pelt because "we feel there is some misunderstanding." Nelson said Reichenberg's moustache violated the code because it extended below the lips. The sideburns were also in violation because they exceeded the ear lobe. As to whether the length of hair would have kept him out of school, Nelson said "that appears to be a borderline case." "I would have to see it." Nelson commented. Nelson also testified he did not know of any faculty member who had turned the Chadron State sophomore away irom second semester registration. Classes started at Chadron Wednesday, but students have until Feb.

to register if they pay a late registration fee of $5. the 24 year-old Chadron.