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I Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1987 Page A-3 Committee assignments Health and Human Services: Chairman, Don Wesely. Members: Glenn Goodrich, Stan Schellpeper, James Pappas, Patricia Morehead, Daniel Lynch and Howard Lamb. Judiciary: Chairman, Jerry Chizek. Members: Gerald Conway, Brad Ashford, Jim McFarland, Ernest Chambers Frank Carol Pirsch and Arlene Nelson.

Natural Resources: Chairman, Loran Schmit. Members: Owen Elmer, Bill Harris, Tim Hall, Rod Johnson, John Weihing, Emil Beyer and Bernice Labedz. Revenue: Chairman, Vard Johnson. Members: Elroy Hefner, Rex Haberman, David Landis, Carson Rogers, Richard Peterson, Jerry Miller and Paul Hartnett. Transportation: Chairman, Howard Lamb.

Members: Emil Beyer, Brad Ashford, Stan Schellpeper, Carson Rogers," Don Wesely, Carol Pirsch and Lee Rupp. Urban Affairs: Chairman, Paul Hartnett. Members: Tim Hall, M.L. "Cap" Dierks, Jackie Smith, Bernice Labedz, Marge Higgins and Frank Korshoj. Rules: Chairman, Daniel Lynch.

Members: Scott Moore, Carson Rogers, Jim McFarland and Ron Withem. Intergovernmental Cooperation: Chairman, Jackie Smith. Members: Don Wesely, Emil Beyer, Gerald Conway and James Pappas. By Bruce Schreiner Associated Press Writer LINCOLN, Neb. AP) A panel that hands out committee assignments for senators met in closed session after Voting to exclude reporters from covering the meeting.

Veteran observers said they couldn't recall an instance in decades when the Committee on Committees, which met for more than an hour behind closed doors, had exercised its authority to exclude the press. "People are a little more open when the' press isn't present," Sen. James Pappas of North Platte said Wednesday after the meeting. Pappas offered the motion, 7-5, that barred reporters from attending the meeting. The motion was offered, discussed briefly and adopted shortly after the meeting began.

"This is one of the smoother ones I've been through," Pappas, who has participated in three Committee on Committees meetings, said of the session Wednesday. Asked why he supported Pappas' motion, committee Chairman Lowell Johnson of North Bend said, "It appeared to me that it was the consensus of the group that it was desirable." Before the vote, Clerk of the Legislature Patrick O'Donnell said he could not recall reporters ever covering the meeting. Several veterans of the Statehouse press corpus disagreed, saying reporters have covered the meetings since Legislative rules allow committees to move into executive sessions and exclude the press. The Committee on Committees meets at the start of legislative sessions in odd-numbered years, when reorganization occurs, to dole out all-important committee assignments to senators. Voting to close the meeting were Pappas, Johnson and Sens.

Jerry Chizek of Omaha, Gerald Conway of Wayne, Rex Haberman of Imperial, Richard Peterson of Norfolk and Carson Rogers of Ord. Opposing the motion were Sens. Tim Hall and Daniel Lynch, both of Omaha, David Landis of Lincoln, Patricia Morehead of Beatrice and Lee Rupp of Monroe.Sen. Emil Beyer of Gretna abstained. Following are the committee assignments: Agriculture: Chairman, Rod Johnson.

Members: Owen Elmer, George Coordsen, Ernest Chambers, Elroy Hefner, Jerry Miller, Patricia Morehead and John Weihing. Appropriations: Chairman, Jerome Warner. Members: Gary Hannibal, Lowell Johnson, Lorraine Langford, Shirley Marsh, Chris Abboud, Scott Moore, Sandra Scof ield and Roger Wehrbein. Banking, Commerce and Insurance: Chairman, WUey Remmers. Members: Daniel Lynch, Loran Schmit, James Pappas, Bill Harris, Glenn Goodrich, Gerald Conway and Rex Haberman.

Business and Labor: Chairman, Tim Hall. Members: Elroy Hefner, Jerry Miller, George Coordsen, Ernest Chambers, Frank Korshoj and John Weihing. Education: Chairman, Ron Withem; Members: Arlene Nelson, Dennis Baack, Jim McFarland, Vard Johnson, Richard Peterson, Jerry Chizek and David Landis. General Affairs: Chairman, Patricia Morehead. Members: Marge Higgins, Rod Johnson, Jackie Smith, Paul Hartnett, Bernice Labedz, M.L.

"Cap" Dierks and Owen Elmer. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs: Chairman, Leij Rupp. Members: Jackie Smith, R. Wiley Remmers, Ron Withem, L. "Cap" Dierks, Dennis Baack, George Coordsen and Marge Higgins.

Beatrice woman settles over 1 983 car accident Bereuter proposes change in sod buster legislation CJ 1 1 A Beatrice woman injured in a 1983 car accident has reached a $4,000 settlement with the state of Nebraska. The settlement was announced Wednesday. Karen Maurstad, who was 30 at the time of the accident, had requested more than $15,000 for medical expenses and damages from the Nebraska Department of Roads because of the Dec. 31, 1983, accident. Mrs.

Maurstad was a passenger in a southbound car driven by her husband, David, which collided with an oncoming vehicle on a curve about four miles north of Beatrice on U.S. Highway 77 during a freezing rain. The lawsuit filed in Gage County District Court contended that the state should have applied sand or salt to the pavement prior to the time that the accident occurred at 10:15 p.m. The freezing rain began about 30 p.m., according to the lawsuit. A lawsuit filed by Mrs.

Maurstad against Gage County was settled out of court, in October. The amount of that settlement was not made public. In that lawsuit, Mrs. Maurstad asked for more than $15,000 for special damages and an unspecified, amount in general damages. The suit had contended that Gage County Ambulance Service personnel had failed to use proper treatment measures and aggravated her injuries when they responded to the accident in which Mrs.

Maurstad sustained head, back and other injuries. definition of agricultural commodity. Bereuter said in a news release Wednesday that his bill defines alfalfa and other legumes as agricultural commodities under the sodbuster law. His change would permit a farmer to plow those fields if he can prove the fields have been rotated with other agricultural commodities at least once in the past 12 years. It prohibits the plowing of alfalfa or other legume fields if the land has always been classified as too fragile for farming.

"I do not believe it was the intent of Congress to cause the current difficulties by requiring immediate enforcement of the sodbuster sanctions on alfalfa and other legumes that have been in rotation," Bereuter said. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Rep. Doug Bereuter, says he has introduced legislation to correct a problem in the sod buster law and help as many as 9,000 Nebraska farmers who have planted alfalfa. Those farmers found they could not plow their alfalfa fields without losing all farm program benefits under a provision in the sodbuster law.

The law said a farmer cannot plow any highly erodible grasslands without an approved conservation plan. However, a farmer can continue to grow crops that are defined as agricultural commodities, even if conservation practices eventually will be required on that land. Alfalfa in a field that has not been plowed since does not fall under the sodbuster law's Weather Beatrice and' area: Tonight, partly cloudy. Low 15 to 20. Wind becoming northwest below 10 mph.

Friday, partly cloudy. High around 35. Nebraska extended forecast: Saturday through Monday Warming with little chance of precipitation. Highs in the lower 30s northeast to upper 30s southwest Saturday, warming to the mid-40s northeast to lower 50s west Monday. Lows 10 to 15 above west to the upper teens southeast Saturday and Sunday and the upper teens northwest to mid-2lis southeast Monday.

Previous temperature, of 6 or 7 a.m. Precipitation last conditions as of 7 a. day's high low as CST Thursday. 24 hours. Skv m.CST.

Inaugural Ball date biggest yet for 'Brass with Class' ArCh in Space Astronomers said Wednesday they have discovered the largest structures ever seen in the universe mysterious glowing archs (right center of photo) that may be bands of new stars arching through distant clusters of galaxies. From page 1 their performance at a Gage County Republican banquet in October. Mrs. Orr was at the fund-raiser. "Rumor has it 35 bands were considered for the ball and we were chosen," Collier said.

"It's not something everyone gets to do." The three-hour performance will feature musical selections ranging from the big band) sounds of Glenn Miller to the contemporary songs of Melissa Manchester. Collier said the band began approximately four years ago when the Beatrice Community Players performed "Pippin." Four members of the present band. Collier, Bob Person, Scott Spilker and Karla Hays, were members of the pit orchestra. One night during rehearsal several members of the band began to "jam" or play music just for the fun of it. The informal arrangement later led to performances as "The Unknown Band," at the annual Homestead Days celebration in Beatrice.

Dean Doyle, a Beatrice dentist who plays trumpet in the band, said enjoyment is the key to performing successfully in the High and low temperatures and precipitation in Beatrice as of 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8. High, low, 35 17 High, low a year ago 25 10 Precipitation this month 00 'Precipitation this year oo Precipitation to date last year 00 Kansas extended forecast: Saturday through Monday High mid-30s east to low 40s west Saturday. mid-40s east to around 50 west by Monday.

Low in low teens northwest to around 20 southeast Saturday, in 20s statewide by Monday. Storm could bring snow to Nebraska By The Associated Press A developing winter storm over southern New, Mexico will begin to (rack lo the east over the next couple of days and could bring some snowfall to Nebraska's southern border as early as tonight, weather forecasters say. The National Weather Service said snow falling early today over the southern Rockies was expected to spread across Oklahoma and Kansas today. Most of the snow as expected to remain south of Nebraska, although some snow could reach the southern border of Nebraska by tonight. Astronomers astonished by largest structures ever seen ByLeeSiegel AP Science Writer FASADKNA.

Calif. AF) Scientists astonished by the discovery of the largest structures seen in the universe say they are having nightmares trying to explain the "incredibly unusual" glowing blue arches in space. "It looks like Uod created something like a long (curving i rope, cut it into simple pieces, took out all the complexit ies and plopped it up into the sky." said Stanlord University astronomy chairman Vane Pcirosian. Felrosian and Roger Lynds of the Kitl Peak National Observatory in Arizona announced the discovery of the three concave arcs Wednesday at American Astronomical Society's annual meeting. The arcs are estimated to be 1.9 million trillion miles long, said Lynds.

That's more than three times the diameter of the entire Milky Way. They glow with the luminosity of "hundreds of billions of suns," Fet rosian said. "The best guess is they are (curving lines ol stars lormed by a new mechanism which we don't understand yet." Fetrosian said. Re said trying to explain how the arcs were formed "gives theorists nightmares." The arcs are 19 billion trillion miles trom Karth. curving through galaxv clusters named Alx ll Abell 2218 and 2242-02.

The National Optical Observatories, which operates Kitt Feak, said the arcs are "the largest optically visible structures vet observed in the HI to Pre Sky Amswonh 14 ly Alliance 2 "sm Bcjlntt li dr Broken Hiiw SI ly Chadron la crty Columbus 14 ccly I Wan 2.1 crty FatlsCitv 35 15 dr (Irnxl Island II IS it Hastings 31 25 dr Kiamcv 14 24 dr Kimhali .34 Lincoln IT IS rlr Vlrt'oi 37 23 frtv Mulhn 41 21 dr Norfolk MS dr North Halle 42 crh (imaha 2ti clr Smttsbluft VaV-ntitw band. "We're not there to make money, we're there because we love to play he The band has since tried to perform at least once a month, but lately the number of performances has increased through "word of mouth." Collier said the band has received a number of offers to perform at weddings and other social gatherings. "It's an opportunity to play instead of teach." said Person, band instructor at Beatrice High School. Made up of band directors and others who enjoy music, Collier said the band came together for one simple reason. "We'd rehearse just to he said.

"It's a cooperative effort, we're all equal." The band will be performing" many of the musical selections played at the inaugural ball on Saturday, Jan. 17, at tin-Beatrice Elks Club. Members of the band include Jeff and Beth Engels, Greg Olsen, Ann Davis, Carolyn Kely. Doug Kennedy, Jim Dickson. Scot Thompson, Mike Rinchart, Bruce Greenwell.

Mike Morris. Pat Mitchell, Mrs. Hays. Collier. Person, Doyle and Spilker consecutive nights beginning Feb.

15. February is one of the four "sweeps" months when viewer ratings determine affiliates advertising rrvenite rates, and ABC in deep third place among the three networks in the ratings this season. Even though "Amerika" has not been screened in rts finished lorrrC groups coocerned ftith nuclear disarmament and -Soviet relations have already begun protesting it I Portions of the ministries have been screened in Washington. DC, and, his eek. in Nebraska, where rsj th of the filming as done.

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ri Jan. 9 tjTtiswoauSPnai Timor APlASfRPHOlO been tiled against Briggs. said. Briggs was sentenced (Kt. 31 to I wo 18-mmth prison terms tor doing business as a grain dealer rtbmit a license.

Claimants will be sent coies if the PSCs wder, which may then be appealed to Ihe PSC' or tlw state Supreme i'ourt if claimants aren't satisiied. said. Final results of the claims should te availaMe by mut Frbruary (iau'hier The is on the first fiixT of trie Nate Otiicc Bu.ilmg. Lincoln. in man's arrest rcee-iv ir.g no brip in ind.r.g the persnns respansii-le fi" the damage.

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for additional testimony on claims against John "Jack" Griggs, a lormer Barnes! on grain dealer. The purpose of the hearing is for Utc PSC to gather additional information regarding claims already filed against Rriggs. said Mike Gauthror, supervisor of grain waretiousir.g. No new claims will be atxipted. Persons filing claims have already Uvn notiixil of the Ixarmg.

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