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II 1 CITY STATE Hog farmers get relief from testing Business, 5B Lincoln Journal Star Tuesday, January 30, 1996 1 Ktnfrfeiiail Gold snap to last through week tTo do Wind chill index To find the wind chill, locate the existing wind speed on the left side of the chart. Briefs, events ASSOCIATED PRESS then find the temperature on the top line. Follow the two numbers to their meeting point on the graph, and that's the wind chill, Back at ya Thanks to those who recycled Christmas trees, free ground mulch is available to the public through qX Wednesday. j- ,7 Monday with 2 degrees reported at Broken Bow, Grand Island, Norfolk and Ord. The hot spot for the day was 12 degrees at Imperial.

Turman said people were jump-starting their cars Sunday and his business was selling a lot of car batteries. Valentine and O'Neill had 12 below, Ord 10 below and Alliance 9 below. The warmest morning reading reported by the National Weather Service as of 7 a.m. was 1 below at Lincoln and Beatrice. The state forecast indicates conditions won't get any better the rest of the week.

Today's highs will be from about 5 below zero in the north to 5 above in the south, with lows tonight of 15 to 20 below in the north and 5 to 10 below in the south. Wednesday's highs will be about zero in the north and zero to 10 above in the south, along with a chance of snow and overnight lows of 5 to 15 below in the north and 5 below to 5 above in the south. Thursday through Saturday, highs are expected to range from zero to 5 below in the north and 5 below to 10 above in the south. Lows could drop as low as 20 to 25 below zero in the north and 5 below to 20 below in the south. Wind Actual Themometer reading speed 50 40 30 20" 10 0 -10 -20" PH 'Equivalent temperature Calm 50 40 I 30 20 I 10 I 0 I -10 -20 5 48 37 27 16 6 -5 -15 -26 10 40 28 16 4 -9 -21 -33 -45 15 36 22 9 -5 -18 -36 -45 -60 20 32 18 4 -10 -25 -39 -53 -68 25 30 16 0 -15 -29 -44 -59 -75 30 28 13 -2 -18 -33 -48 -63 -78 35 27 11 -4 -20 -35 -49 -67 -83 40 I 26 I 10 I -6 I -21 I -37 I -53 I -69 I -87 Many Nebraskans may find it hard to believe in the "greenhouse effect" or "global warming" this week, as temperatures remained below zero most of Monday and conditions not expected to get much better throughout the week.

Actually, said University of Nebraska-Lincoln climatologist Ken Dewey, temperature records prove the state's winters over the last decade have gotten warmer. Many climatologists believe the world is wanning up and "the greenhouse effect," could be causing it, due to a build up of fossil fuels in the environment, Dewey said. Last year was the warmest year on record in Nebraska, Dewey said. In addition, snowfall totals in 10 of the last 12 years have been below normal. The frigid cold front that swept across the state over the weekend was accompanied by wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph and a few snow flurries.

Chadron had the state's overnight low of 6 below zero Sunday morning and again with 17 below early Monday. "It's just bitter cold," said Jerry Turman, manager of Chadron Auto and Farm Parts. Daytime highs averaged in the single digits Equivalent in cooling power on exposed flesh under calm conditions. Wind speeds greater than 40mph have little additional chilling effect Pickup is a available in north Lincoln at Ballard Park, 3901 N. 66th Oak Lake Park, First Street and Comhusker Highway; and University Place Park, 48th and Francis streets.

South Lincoln locations are Holmes Lake Dog Run, south of Normal Boulevard on 70th Street; Sawyer-Snell Park, Second and South streets, west of the Fire Department Building; Tierra Park, 29th Street and Tierra Drive; and Woods Park, 31st and streets. Student advantage KIM STOLZERUncotn Journal Star Greenhouse Reds lawyer: Lotter The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra will offer a eserve UUC911 4T i 1 free after- school 1 11 il A performance to all Lincoln-area aeara seni ence elementary, middle and hiah school si 1 "zvk NOV students and their parents. Demonstrations of ASSOCIATED PRESS -1 A defense lawyer asked three judges Monday to spare the life of convicted murderer John Lotter because his co-defendant received a life sentence for the three murders. 4 instruments and a question-and-answer session will be included. The 4:30 p.m.

concert is in the grand ballroom at the Ramada, 141 N. Ninth St. A hand up Women supporting each other is the focus of a seven-week Women's Personal Growth group offered by the UNL Women's Center. The group meets at 338 Nebraska Union, 14th and streets, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Call 472-2598 for information.

Oh, baby! One person can GERIK PARMELELmcoln Journal Star A While the temperature outside climbed only into the single digits, it was summer on Monday inside the Oak Creek Plants Flowers greenhouse, 3435 S. 13th St. Grant Eichelberger is shown tending to blooming hibiscus plants in the greenhouse. make a difference Lotter's attorney argued that it would be wrong to sentence the 24-year-old Falls City man to death because Marvin Thomas Nissen cut a deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to prison instead of the electric chair. But a prosecutor argued that Lotter knew it was "wrong to pump a lot of bullets into people's heads at close and should be sentenced to Lotter was convicted in May of the first-degree murders of Teena Brandon, Philip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, who were shot to death Dec.

31, 1993, at a farmhouse near Humboldt. Prosecutors said Lotter and Nissen wanted to silence Brandon, a 21-year-old Lincoln woman who posed as a man in southeast Nebraska, about an alleged rape one week before the killings. They said Lambert, 24, who rented the farmhouse, and DeVine, 22, of Fairfield, Iowa, who was visiting Lambert, were killed because they were at the house when Brandon was shot. The three judges who will decide Lotter's sentence said they would pronounce the sentence Feb. 21 in Richardson County District Court.

They are Judges Robert Finn, Gerald Moran and Michael Amdor. Lotter's attorney, Mike Fabian, argued that "like individuals must be treated the same" under the law. Since Nissen received a life sentence, he argued, so should Lotter. He said the law is not served by emotional calls for "an eye for an eye." Fabian also attacked Nissen's credibility. Even though Nissen "navigated his way" into a deal with prosecutors, Fabian said, it would be ridiculous not to look at his sentence in determining Lotter's fate.

Prosecutors asked the judges to consider that Lotter was not intoxicated, that he plotted for five or six days prior to the murders and that he knew the act was wrong. Special prosecutor Jim Elworth said the bottom line in sentencing Lotter involves Lotter's choice: "He decided to kill these people." and a tremendous impact in a A family's life. Those with a Johanns supports Country View Development helps fill Lincoln's housing needs, mayor says strong interest in families are needed BY ANN HARRELL Lincoln Journal Star to visit first-time parents and their 1 1 babies. Contact Welcome Baby at 441 7929 for more information or to register for the free volunteer orientation Feb. 6, 8, and 10.

comments during a public hearing two weeks ago, with some seeming supportive and others seeming sympathetic with acreage owners whose properties would border Country View Estates. 1-180 downtown detours are final, state officials say regard as highly important, not only to this project but to future efforts by Lincoln's development community to respond to a growing need in Lincoln." Johanns noted that Lincoln has had a "serious increase" in the number of families seeking affordable housing. "Despite the best efforts of many, Lincoln's current supply of affordable housing options falls far short of meeting our needs, and the gap is continuing to widen," he wrote. Lincoln's affordable housing supply is a high priority for him, the mayor wrote, adding that he has communicated this concern to developers and lenders and encouraged the Housing Authority to explore collaboration with the private sector. More on JOHANNS, Page 4B JOHANNS housing valuable Catch 'em in the act Lincoln's best magicians bring fun and illusion to The Downtown Dinner Theater, 245 S.

13th lower level of The Gunny's Building, 8 p.m. Tickets: $3. Call 477-9894 for more information. Downtown detours BY EO RUSSO Lincoln Journal Star Neighbors who appeared at the hearing objected to having four-plexes near their single-family acreages and raised questions about the impact on their rural lifestyles. In a letter to the Planning Commission dated Monday, Johanns said "the proposal before you, and the decision you will make, is one which I Let's eat A' 1 nuai menus Mayor Mike Johanns is throwing 'his political weight behind a new housing development the Lincoln Housing Authority and private developers are proposing south and west of 56th Street and Pine Lake Road.

i The Lincoln-Lancaster County 'Planning Commission is scheduled vote on Country View Estates Wednesday. The Housing Authority and Ridge Development Co. want to build 382 dwelling units on 56 acres, including 83 single-family homes, 14 duplexes, 112 apartments in eight-plex buildings and 40 apartments in four-plex buildings. The commissioners appear divided on the project, based on their Teens arrested after windows broken at school Two Lincoln teen-agers were arrested Sunday on suspicion of breaking 158 window panes out of Holmes Elementary School, 5230 Sumner St. Lincoln police said the 14- and 15-year-old boys broke the windows with a baseball bat sometime between late Friday afternoon and 7 a.m.

Saturday, Sgt. Terry Sherrill said. Police officers arrested the boys after a citizen reported another incident involving the two teen-agers and a car. Each boy was charged with one count of felony vandalism I Oak 'v I Lake Ut Hampshire Sfl Broadcast pioneer leaves calorie-rich memories Breakfast: Cold cereal or buttermilk pancakes, syrup, banana, milk. Elementary lunch: Chili with A 18 crackers, breaded baked chicken, veggies and dip, pineapple tidbits, cinnamon roll, milk.

Secondary lunch: Chill, breaded baked chicken, corn dog, salad bar. I Senior menus V. i' focused on some sinfully rich recipe. "We were all nice and skinny in those days and she would let us eat the food that she prepared, which was so wonderful," Drake said. Si Motorists will have to.

take detours to get to downtown Lincoln for much of next year while the southbound lanes of Interstate 180 are under construction, the state Department of Roads has decided. Southbound motorists will leave Interstate 180 at Comhusker Highway and be directed to North 10th Street, which they will use to get downtown. Southbound truck traffic will use the same Comhusker Highway exit, but then be routed to Sun Valley Boulevard and then West Street to reach downtown. Signs also will encourage motorists to take other routes downtown, including 27th and West streets. The decision, made official on Monday, disappointed some business people who are concerned that the detours will prevent out-of-town visitors from coming downtown during construction of the southbound lanes, scheduled to begin in December and last until September 1997.

Northbound lanes are to be closed from September 1997 to September 1998. The Downtown Lincoln Association suggested that while the south-bound lanes were under construction, motorists could use what are now the north lanes to travel south. Northbound traffic, the DLA proposed, could use North 10th Street and other roads to leave downtown. But state Department of Roads Director Allan Abbott said that the DLA proposal would lead to traffic congestion and safety problems, particularly at 10th and and streets. At those points, 10th Street is now one-way north and would have to be changed to accommodate the influx of traffic, Abbott said.

Also, Source: Nebraska Department of Roads SHEILA STORY KEYSEfV Lincoln Journal Star OAKLEY natural charm and 15 counts of misdemeanor van Her former co-workers remember Billie Oakley as an unflappable, good-natured pioneer of radio and television, whose calorie-rich creations and natural on-air talent charmed audiences and broadcasting colleagues alike. Oakley, 78, died last Thursday at a hospital in Shenandoah, Iowa, where she was living. The Coleridge, native had a 50-year career as talk-show host and homemaker on both TV and radio. It included a homemakers show on 35 radio stations throughout the Midwest, sponsored by Gooch Foods, for whom she worked, and doing a cooking segment ort "Women's World" on KOLNKGIN-TV from 1967 to 1977. Leta Powell Drake, who worked with Oakley at KOLN, said she was "a very, very special woman with a wonderful sense of humor." Drake remembers participating in exercise segments on "Women's World," which was followed by Oakley's cooking segment, which usually At the centers: Macaroni and cheese with diced ham, green beans, five-cup salad, raisin oread, Jello cake.

Call 441-7158 for Lincoln-Lancaster Senior Center locations. Meals on Wheels: Marinated steak, rice pilaf, com, applesauce, tapioca pudding, wheat bread. For more information, call Tabitha Meals on Wheels at 486-8569. i Radar sites: I -hi a ft 14th, Comhusker Highway to Superior Adams, First to 14th changing traffic on a one-way street would affect traffic on other streets, he said. "Once the traffic got into downtown, it would have disrupted all the other traffic and it would have been a nightmare trying to make the rest of the street system in downtown Lincoln work," Abbott said.

The DLA chairman pledged to cooperate with the DOR on the project. "While we are disappointed, we respect the decision they made and well work around it the best we can," said Roger Larson. "We gave it our best shot," said DLA board member Doug Farrar. "We thought we had some good points that they didn't think were as valid as we did. More on DETOURS, Pwe 4B "In lieu of a decent salary, we'd get to eat the props." Paul Jensen, who was KOLN program director at the time of the show, said Oakley "was an even-tempered person, and it was hard to rattle her" even amid a live cooking show on which so many things could, and often did, go wrong.

"She'd just say, 'oh well, we'll do it Jensen said. Emmy Lou Mettlen, a longtime friend with whom Oakley lived More on HOMEMAKER, Page 4B dalism, Sherrill said. The boys were released to their parents. Lincoln Public Schools' loss from the broken window panes was about $10,000, said maintenance director Bob Long. Workers began replacing the windows Monday morning, Holmes principal Kathy Richter said.

Classrooms were comfortable despite the cold weather, she said, because windows were boarded up with plywood as soon as the vandalism was discovered. Also, boilers were set Saturday to maintain a 70- to 72-degree temperature throughout the weekend to prevent the school from cooling down. Lottery numbers Saturday, January 27 Powerball 10, 22, 27, 38. Powerball 20 Estimated jackpot: $5 million Nebraska Pick 5 6, 10, 13, 28, 27 '1 IE1 1 Ma Mi i E3.