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DELIVERED DAILY 24C. AT NEWSSTANDS 35C I ui i liS fsfi Mill you Ashford-Schellpeper compromise advanced to with," he said. The compromise pulled together provisions of separate bills introduced by Ashford and Schellpeper. The compromise, incorporated into Ashford's bill, would: Require a buyer to obtain a certificate from his local law second-round debate. By James Joyce of The Lincoln Star Compromise has been reached In the Legislature on handgun controL The Unicameral gave 31-5 first-round approval Thursday to a I think it's something the people in rural Nebraska can live with.

Sen. Stan Schellpeper ir problems. On Jan. L. 1995, if the State Patrol's records of criminal history files are at least 85 percent automated, the Instant check system would go on line.

The certificate system would be retained to give buyers a choice between using it and the instant check system. The certificate, according to Ashford, would be "especially convenient" for people who attend gun shows or are frequent handgun buyers. Ashford and Schellpeper both acknowledged that a major force driving them to compromise was the likely enactment of the so-called Brady Bill federal legislation requiring a seven-day waiting period on handgun purchases. The bill, named after Jim Brady, former President Reagan's press secretary who was severely wounded in John Hinckley's assassination attempt on Reagan, would apply in any state that didnt have its own handgun control legislation. The compromise was viewed as a victory by representatives of the National Rifle Association and Handgun Control whose representatives have been in Lincoln pushing for their causes almost from the opening day of the session.

Please turn to: Gun control, Page 4 compromise hammered out by Brad Ashford of Omaha and Stan Schellpeper of Stanton, the two senators who led the opposing viewpoints on the issue. Ashford, who has been trying to get a gun control bill passed for three years, called the compromise a "reasonable" alternative that both sides could live with. Celebrate state's 125th Officials hope 'quasquicentennial," "It is not a draconian measure," he said. Schellpeper, who historically has opposed gun control, said the enforcement agency that would allow him to purchase an unlimited number of handguns. The certificate, which would cost $5, would be good for three years.

Authorities would have up to two days to make a background check on the certificate purchaser. issuance of the certificate could be denied only if the person was a felon, an illegal alien or had a history of mental health compromise amounted to a "little bit of handgun control" that, what they call the Q-word, will become a 1 for the most part, ultimately will be accepted by his constituents. rallying point for the state 1 25th birihcby bash next year. Organizational "I think it's something the people in rural Nebraska can live efforts for the celebration recently began in earnest. State news, Page 1 1 Still life Phone rate i 1 I-'.

changes The top-most Issue The first British monarch ever to address Congress stood before that solemn body Thursday and pointedly addressed an DDorted sui issue that has preoccupied both nations capitals for several days: The royal PSC holds two public headgear. World news, Page Mr Mi hearings on EAS plan. By Bob Reeves Lost Squadron found? of The Lincoln Star Proposed rate changes for Lincoln Telephone One of the Bermuda Triangle's deepest mysteries may be solved. High-tech explorers have located what appear to be Co. customers drew little opposition at two public hearings Thursday before the Nebraska Pub the wrecks of five Navy planes that H'i a lic Service Commission.

vanished off florida in 1 945, a salvor The afternoon and evening hearings at the said Thursday. I 'I 5 National news. Page 3 state Capitol were attended by approximately 60 people. Of those, nine urged the commission to approve the plan that will add (2.40 to Lin Flood cleanup funding coln-area customers' monthly telephone bills while lowering long-distance rates among the The Legislature's Appropriations 1 137 exchanges in the Lincoln Telephone and Committee voted Thursday to otter a Telegraph system. measure to the full Legislature next week Two other people testified one in a neutral capacity and one against the proposed change- to secure 1 .3 million for and repair in three flood-ravaged counties of northwestern ii However, the commission earlier received State news, Page 9 some 250 letters and telephone calls most opposing the rate hike.

i i SEVERAL OF THE PROPONENTS were Wilderness in the backyard At first glance, Ann Kelley's Lincoln 1 irtujt'1 members of Save Our Service, an organization i KoMrl BKktrUnaXn Hot A representing customers in 19 exchanges around Sisters Avis (left) and Melba Baehr of Eau Claire, photograph the ancient celebrities ot Morrill Hall at uinl backyard, seems still. But it isn long before vou realize her orivate wildlife Lincoln who want to continue their toll-free ser habitat is alive with baby squirrels. vice to Lincoln. The new rate plan will allow customers to continue existing extended-area service (EAS) agreements, but with an added surcharge. yraceiui uuiioi mes any a musi ui v-yiui iui birds.

5 1 Leisure, Page 10 Hony ICong moves to Vancouver The rate structure also includes new low rates of 12 cents per minute daytime and 6 cents Lincoln tennis teams lead per minute evenings, nights and weekends a 25-mile radius of each exchange. Favored Lincoln East advanced all four of its entries to the semifinals of the Class A Lincoln resident Jim Glover said he would be State High School Girls' Tennis glad to pay the extra $2.40 per month. That adds The Spartans have a two- up to nearly $30 per year "I spend that much per month making calls to Crete," Glover said. point lead the team competition. Lincoln Pius leads Class B.

Currently, calls to towns such as Crete that Sports news, Page 1 7 do not have EAS agreements with Lincoln are at regular long-distance rates. The plan will give customers the choice of Jantzen shutting down two reduced-cost plans within the 25-mile radi us: 60 minutes of toll-free calling for $1 per month, with additional time billed at 12 cents or prime destination of members of the British: colony's powerful trading hongs and hugely wealthy family empires. i The change to a major Pacific commercial and financial hub has not been accomplished without social problems, but most Asian and non-Asian business leaders here agree that ethnic Chinese immigrants have fueled an economic vibrancy and competitive atmosphere that has propelled Vancouver and the province of British Columbia ahead at a time when the rest of Canada Is gripped by recession. As Britain's 1997 turnover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China draws closer, economists predict that tens of thousands more wealthy immigrants will flee to Vancouver, bringing with them billions of dollars of capital under Canada's relaxed immigration policies for well-heeled business investors. "If I was the czar of immigration, I'd send a fleet of Boeing 747s to Hong Kong to pick them up.

This is a unique chance to engage in a trans-Please turn to: Vancouver, Page 4 Wealthy Chinese turn Canadian city into one of Pacific's 'Little VANCOUVER, British Columbia (WP) -When British Columbia's then premier, William Vander Zalm, attended a fundraising dinner held by a Hong Kong Chinese philanthropic group here recently, he was so impressed by the worthiness of the charity that he expansively offered to match from the province's coffers whatever the dinner guests could raise. To his surprise and chagrin the dinners pledged $1.3 million on the spot A Vancouver banker, noting that the premier never made the same offer again, said that it was pointed out to Vander Zalm that the net worth at the head table alone that night was about $4 billion. Pushed ahead by a wave of immigrants and capital fleeing an uncertain future in Hong Kong, Vancouver is becoming one of the Pacific Rim's "Little Dragons," a title previously at. corded to Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong itself for their spectacular transfor mations into finance or manufacturing centers. With its mountain peaks and busy Pacific harbor crisscrossed by crowded passenger ferries making it even look like Hong Kong, this city is sometimes referred to as "Van Kong" by The Hong Kong Chinese have tremendous entrepreneurship, something Canada lacks.

Michael Goldberg 551" non-Asian locals, who follow big real estate purchases by ethnic Chinese investors almost as closely as they do the current standings of the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League. While Toronto, with 300,000 ethnic Chinese in a population twice that of Vancouver's, has attracted many young, middle-class Hong Kong entrepreneurs, Vancouver has become the Jantzen which came to Lincoln because of its central location in 1 974, is shutting down its distribution center 1 here by mid-October end partly for the same reason. Fifty people will lose Please turn to: Phone rates. Page 4 their iobs. 1 Business news, rage i Tomorrow A A little humanity lost There are those who say that if we are Finding a handyman capable of looking capital punishment in for odd jobs Saturday, in LIFESCAPE the eye, we have lost some ot our humanity.

I'm one of those who believes 2 that we ve lost some ot our humanity by i allowing executions in the first place. Anna Quindlen, Page 6 3 mi SB 31 Ornery cold front triggers violent weather statewide The Dow closed at 2.894.01 with 154.46 million Best Bets For Your Leisure Time shares traded on the NY Stock Exchange. Markets, Page 21 Take a hike A Lincoln Volkswalk is scheduled Saturday, starting anytime between 8 a.m. and noon at Tabitha's Centennial Park, 4720 Randolph St. From The Associated Press Thunderstorms swept though much of Nebraska Thursday afternoon and evening, producing heavy rain, hail and tornadoes.

The National Weather Service issued a number of tornado warnings in counties in southern, southeast and south-central Nebraska, as well as in the Panhandle. Flash flood warninp were issued for Richardson and Pawnee counties in southeast Nebraska for Thursday night and early Friday morning. The weather service said very heavy rain could cause streams to run out of their banks and additional heavy rain was expected. More than 5 inches fell on DuBois in southeastern Pawnee County in three hours, the rBmi- S3 Recordbook 34 A Bloomin' festival The Lincoln Iris Society holds its annual Spring Bloom Show Saturday in Dear Abby 10 Deaths State, Local i itatraiM to Today's Events weather service sakL THE WEATHER SERVICE reported tornado or funnel cloud sightings near Seward, Arapahoe, Elwood, Pleasanton and Osmond. In Seward County, officials said five farms lost outbuildings when a tornado apparently touched down.

Kevin Bohaty said his family's farm lost a machinery building in the storm. He said he also watched the tornado. "It was about 100 feet across the road and it was coming toward us and at the last minute it just lifted up," Bohaty said. He valued the destroyed building and contents at $100,000. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS also redeveloped across extreme southeast Nebraska Thursday night, moving quickly through Please turn to: Violent, Page 4 Griswold's 20-60 OFF Carpet-Ceramics-Rugs-Formica-misc.

Sat May 18,8:304:30, 19 Markets-. 21,21 TV 13 Want Weather ........20 puiiiei 12 World 2,3 demonstrate his skating skills Saturday, 2-5 p.m., at FastRamp Skate Park, 300 N. Second St. Art in the park-ing lot The annual Haymarket Gallery Art Festival is Sunday, 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Ninth and streets parking building and sidewalk area.

Those were the days Havelock celebrates the Good 01' Days on Saturday with arts and crafts a petting zoo, food, antique cars, clowns, music and contests, all from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Havelock -Avenue between 6 1 st and 63rd streets. On your mark The Boys and Girls State Track meet I is Friday and Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. both days, at Burke High School in Omaha, 1 20th and Dodge streets.

Compiled by Mary Kay Roth East Park Plaza Mall, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If your Star la missing call 473-7300. you havo a nawa tip call 473-7304 1 wajiMhiia Celebrate Cather Tune into the Nebraska Educational Television Network Friday night for an evening with Willa Cather. "Singing Cather's Song" airs at 8:30 p.m..

and the American Playhouse version of Pioneers!" begins at 9. Doing wheelies Pro skateboarder Tony Hawk will Cloudy High Low 7055 It's Collection Time! Your Lincoln Star carrier, who Is in business buying papers at wholesale and selling them at retail, is collecting this week. The carrier's profits depend on collections. Please help by paying promptly when your carrier calls to collect. A 60 percent chance of showers today, a 50 i percent chance tonight.

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