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CO Ufesttyle High Low 1 1 3315 Ij Cloudy and blustery. Chance of. I Ightsnow. Weather, Page 3F When words get in the way Once again, Nebraskans seemed to have their share of foot-in-mouth disease in 1993, and it wasn't even an election year. Page 13 mcoM oiimai SUNDAY, JANUARY 2.

1994 11 SECTIONS 1994 Jouma(-Sar Printng Lincoti. Neb. 106 PAGES CITY FINAL $1.50 A I Legislature! It Lots of bills jl coming up in session It'l be a short session with no overriding theme. So what can people expect from the 1994 'TUTI session that begins Wednesday? US. PageiD Sunday Special vAU 1993's weather was JrSUs wet 'iY wild -tTS Months after fkxxls.

high winds -4 "7r and tornadoes ripped parts of Xffi Nebraska, residents are still trying to make themselves whole. PageiD 'il I TT" "TT T1 I II II II 3 Ml Fans laud Huskers for effort JOURNAL-STAR WRITERS Most Husker fans at the RP. Myers Sports Page lounge were yelling victory chants when Nebraska edged ahead of Florida State with a late-game field goal But a gray-haired man leaned over and said quietly to a reporter: "But it isn't over yet" And it wasn't With one minute and 16 seconds left in the game, Nebraska pulled ahead of the Seminoles by a point But the frenzied enthusiasm of the Sports Page fans and no doubt tens of thousands of others across the city wasn't enough to stop another field goal by Florida State. Nor was it enough to will a second successful field goal by Nebraska in the last second of the game. But Nebraskans were behind their team anyway.

"I thought they played damn good," said Brad Heimes, who watched the game at Barry's Outback. "They got screwed on a lot of calls. When it comes to the final field goal, it doesn't matter if they made it or didn't. It was a team effort The Huskers are the national champions." Florida State may have won the game, but fans liked the way the Huskers played. "Nebraska really didn't lose the football game," said Mike Terry.

"The final score, yes, but I think they played as well as or better than Florida State." The game ought to earn Nebraska the respect it deserves and make media critics eat their words, said, some fans. "We played our hearts out" said Bob Sorensen of Upland, whol watched the game at the Sports Pager "Florida State has a good team but. we played our hearts out I dont care' what anyone says, we deserve respect" And there was some referee-bashing. "I think the zebras gave it to them," said Shelley Sorensen. "There was a touchdown that shouldn't have been 1 i ft aw fly MIAMI The posturing for No.

1 began almost immediately after Byron Bennett's 45-yard field goal attempt sailed to the left as the final second ticked off the scoreboard clock. Florida State? Or Notre Dame? In that debate, a remarkable effort by Nebraska in the Orange Bowl game on Saturday night was ignored. After Florida State had won against the Cornhuskers 18-16, Seminole Coach Bobby Bowden was asked what team deserved to be No. 2, assuming, of course, his team was No. Notre Dame is the second-best team in the country, Bowden replied, adding that he had to look out for his own team's interests.

No one asked about Nebraska, which had just played his Seminoles to a standoff. "Nebraska's a better team than I thought," Bowden said. So why not the Cornhuskers No. 2, to Florida State's No. Weren't they that much better? Come on, someone whose opinion matters needs to say something good about them.

Was winning their only way to respect? Nebraska played well enough to win the mythical national title on Saturday, which isn't won but awarded by a handful of voters, anyway. So why not something positive about the team that played so well but lost? Said Bdwden, who was in position to be more generous than he ASSOCIATED PRESS Mcintosh (94) sacks Nebraska auarterback Tommie Frazier (151 rinrinn Please see FANS on page 8A Clinton sets goals pe repcft tied to kUMngs A farm three miles south of Humboldt in southeast Nebraska was the scene of a triple homicide that occurred late Thursday or early Friday morning. Lindolri KV ft Richardson Couhfy7; Falls i for nation's new yea preventable siay A i Florida State University's Toddrick the Orange Bowl Saturday. mgs were Marvin Nissen John Lotter rape. "The point is, we didnt take the situation lightly," Merz said.

"We were having difficulty establishing sufficient facts to get an arrest warrant (for the alleged rape). It was a problem of corroboration and cooperation." He said authorities were concerned because they knew the suspects both had criminal histories. Merz said at a Saturday news conference in Falls City that Lotter and Nissen were arrested together at 4 p.m. Friday in Falls City. The two men initially were arrested on a warrant charging them with the alleged Dec.

25 kidnapping and sexual assault of Brandon. Merz said he expects file murder charges against the men this week. The men were held without bond pending a hearing on Monday. No further arrests are expected in the case, Merz said. The three victims Were found dead about 8:30 a.m.

Friday by Lambert's mother. Lambert's 9-month-old son, Tanner, was found unharmed in the house. Merz said the three were fatally shot sometime early Friday morning. He would not say where the bodies were found in the house or pro- MIKE BABCOCK Sports I More bowl coverage. Section was: "We did not have it offensively." Well, maybe the Cornhuskers had something to do with that, Bobby.

Florida State, with the No. 1 scoring offense in the country, managed only one touchdown against Nebraska. And it was questionable. William Floyd, the Seminoles' full- back, might have broken the plane pt the goal with the ball before he lost control of it Then again, he might not, have. The television replay was Jn? conclusive, at best Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward was impressive in his passing," completing 24 of 43 for 286 yards-But he finished with a net of minus 3 yards rushing, and he was sacked five1 times.

't was that "not having it?" Or was; Please see HUSKERS on page 8A parents do." He also urged Congress to pass an anti-crime bill that would put more police officers on the street ban sault weapons and stiffen sentences for violent repeat offenders. In 1994, the president said: "Let resolve to improve the health securK ty, the personal security and the jolf I security of the American people who work hard and play by the rules." Clinton's list of resolutions was notable for making no mention of forv eipnoolicv. Giving the Republican response. Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole Kansas promised the GOP work with Clinton where possible but said no health care plan has enough. -support to pass.

"Well need a different plan taking the best ideas, if any, from all the proposals, but without price controls, eirX ployer mandates, mandatory health'; care alliances and massive overdoses of government control," he said. The president and his family have been spending the New Year's holi- day at this island resort to attend the-; annual Renaissance Weekend, an an-'; nual gathering of some of the nation's; leading figures that features off-the- record panel discussions about per-I sonal and public-policy matters. The first family is scheduled to return to uunion own new vear apoarentiv got off to a painful start. At a golf out- ing early Saturday, he complained of; soreness and asked for aspirin to ease-discomfort brought on by a 90-minute touch-football 'game. Lincoln Nation i Sections Sections Sections Page 3J Page 2A Page 4D Sections Sections Nebraska OM Nebraska People TV-Cable World LOS ANGELES TIMES HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.

-President Clinton sketched out his agenda for the new year on Saturday, calling for action on his health care, crime, welfare and job training initiatives. In a radio address taped Friday at this seaside resort and broadcast to the nation Saturday, the president also spoke of the nation's sense of community and the obligations of its citizens to each other. "For too long, we've been coming apart rather than coming together," he said. But "in 1963 we've begun to reverse that and I'm grateful" He went on to preview his goals for the coming year, predicting that his health care reform plan would pass in 1994, and calling it "a good deal our families and our future." Saying that he planned to begin creating a system of lifetime education and training, he declared that a first step would be an education program that -begins by "setting high standards for our public schools and challenging every state to meet them." The House and Senate have passed separate bills to create voluntary academic standards for public schools. Turning to his developing welfare reform proposal, Clinton stressed its emphasis on work and responsibility, saying: "Those who can work should do so.

And both parents must take responsibility for their children because governments don't raise children, Family says BY LARRY PEIRCE and MARGARET REIST Lincoln Journal-Star If Richardson County authorities had acted more quickly in a rape investigation, Teena Brandon and two other people would still be alive, Brandon's family alleged Saturday. Brandon, 21, of Lincoln, Lisa Lambert, 23, of Humboldt and Phillip DeVine, 22, of Fairfield, Iowa, onrf found ripaH Teena Brandon Friday morning at Lambert's house south of Humboldt along Nebraska 105. Two Falls City men, John Lotter, 22, and Marvin Nissen, 21, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and on warrants charging them with the Christmas Day kidnapping and sexual assault of Brandon in Falls City. thing could all have been avoided," said JoAnn Brandon of Lincoln, Teena's mother, in an interview with the Lincoln Journal-Star. "I really feel strongly that if the sheriff had locked them up, she'd still be here and (so would) these two other victims." Richardson County Attorney Douglas Merz said officers had been pursuing the sexual assault investigation but were having problems getting cooperation from Teena Brandon and possible witnesses.

After the slayings, Merz said, some witnesses are now more forthcoming with information about the alleged IV, vide other details about the crime scene. He also declined to reveal what type of gun was used. He said that much of the investigation remained to be done. "We're still interviewing witnesses and trying to find out how they were acquainted," Merz said. "Anything I could give you now would be speculation." Brandon also went by the name Charles Brayman, Merz said.

Family members said that was her cousin's name. To friends in Falls City who knew her only a short time, Brandon dressed as a man and went by the first name of Brandon. Family members also said Brandon had suffered an identity crisis about three years ago and was portraying herself as a man. Linda Gutierres, whose daughter, Lana Tisdel, dated Brandon for a week, thinking she was a man, said the police knew that Brandon had reported being raped. "The cops knew all this time," Gutierres said.

Brandon's sister, Tammy, 24, of Lincoln said Teena called her on Christmas from a hospital and told her she had been beaten and raped by two men. The rest of the week, the Brandons talked with authorities, trying to find out why the men were not being arrested, she said. Tammy Brandon said she tried to convince her sister to come home to Lincoln after the assault JoAnn Brandon said they were particularly concerned because her daughter said the men had "threatened to silence her permanently" if she said anything about what pened. "I think she was getting the run-around (from authorities)," Tammy Brandon said. Richardson County authorities told Teena Brandon on Dec.

26 that there were too many Inconsistencies in her story to make an arrest and that they 0 were investigating the Tammy Brandon said. On Dec. 27, Tammy Brandon spoke with the sheriff and county attorney. She said she then called the state attorney general's office and they told her they would call the Richardson County attorney about the incident. She said the attorney general's office has a unit that assists county attorneys in prosecuting sexual assault and child abuse cases.

Although Tammy Brandon said she had not talked a lot with her sister recently, she said after the alleged rape they talked daily. The last time she talked with her was about midnight Thursday. She said she had wondered why she didnt hear from her on Friday. According to Tammy Brandon, her sister told her that authorities said they had found physical evidence concerning the rape and wanted to talk with her. Merz said Brandon failed to show up for an appointment to talk to investigators Thursday.

JoAnn Brandon said she suspects the men who allegedly raped her daughter might have known about the evidence and that's why her daughter was-killed. Merz said revenge was only one of several possible motives investigators were considering and that nothing had been ruled out Teena Brandon attended elemen- Ptease see KILLINGS on page 8A I cOlui; Index Book Bulletin Board Business Editorials Entertainment. Page 2J 4D Pages 1-8C Sections Page 3F 6-7B Focus Pag 2F Section NEBRASKA BOOKSTORE Open Today 12-5! 13th Q-Adv. WINTER Save 30-50 storewide on winter clothing, sportswear and footwear! Open today 12 S. Post Nickel 14th Cheryl's Fashions-Sizes 14-26 NEW! Lee "No Iron" slacks.

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