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Business: COHAicl Puizle Earnings Are Up but Stock Remains Down Page 18 Sports: ather igure Quarterback Is 25 Ex Baseball Pro Page 23 Living: Sitting Pretty Tot Watchers Earning Up to $7 an Hour Page 35 V'" 1 W'jjL Sunrise Edition GOOD MORNING Omaha Council Bluffs: Mostly sunny and warmer today South winds 5 to 1 5 mph High 74 low 41 WorlOlerald VOL 135 NO 306 4 SECTIONS 42 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OWNED BY EMPLOYEES OMAHA NEBRASKA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2000 Senate Mavericks Still Popular BY DAVID KOTOK COPYRIGHT OMAHA WORLD HERALD US Sens Bob Kerrey and Chuck Hagel remain widely popular with their Nebraska constituents despite their very different voting records in Washington Three quarters of Nebraskans approved of Republican job performance while two thirds gave a positive rating to Kerrey colleague who ends his two term Senate career at the end of the vear he 66 percent approval rating for Kerrey in the latest World Herald Poll had some Nebraska political observers shakine their heads in disbelief given his 12 years of controversial votes often vote the wav Nebraskans want him said James Johnson a University of Nebraska at Omaha political scientist and a Republican Johnson said he is not quite sure why Nebraskans continued to support Kerrey' is a question that has boggled my mind the last 12 he said US Job Approval Don't Approve Disapprove Know Bob Kerrey 66 20 14 Chuck Hagel 76 9 16 Statistical margin ot error percentage points Source RKM Research and Communications Inc cost of living adjustment and a higher retirement age cast the key vote for the 1993 budget and tax package and voted against a ban on abortions "Everyone has to cast unpopular votes or you are not doing your Kerrey said advice to others is that if you disagree with our bosses (the voters) do so in a respectful Hagel also has gone out on a limb to disagree with his party leaders and been rewarded for doing so by Nebraskans igures are rounded to the nearest percentage point Mayor Hal approval rating continues to climb MIDLANDS PAGE 13 Kerrey is one of those charismatic Johnson said "We classify people as charismatic when we have no other The list of unpopular votes and positions by Kerrev is lengthv He opposed a constitutional amendment that would ban flag burning proposed universal health coverage called for serious reforms in Social Security including a reduced While they vote differently particularly on social issues Hagel said that he and Kerrey share a similar attitude that thev are defined by more than being in the Senate and that neither needs the job of us has to make a choice if we are here to play it safe or are we here to make a Hagel said In the case of him and Kerrey he said it has been to make a difference Hagel said voters seem to sugsest through the poll that they appreciate that both senators are trying to do a See POLL Page 2 Needs Squeeze Budget Spending proposals surpass projected revenues but Johanns says keep his pledge not to raise taxes BY LESLIE REED WORLD HERALD BUREAU Lincoln State agencies propose to spend about S500 million more over the next two years than existing state taxes are expected to generate Gov Mike Johanns said Monday Johanns said he does not intend to raise taxes to accommodate those requests An initial tally of budget requests submitted Sept 15 shows a proposed annual spending increase of about 10 percent a year for each of the next two years The total over two years: S58 billion Total projected sales' and income tax revenues for the same time frame: $53 billion Those numbers spell trouble for proposals that aren't already in budget requests namely a SI 82 million proposal to enhance teacher pay over two years "There's going to be a lot of good ideas out Johanns said "But how they can fit in the budget at least today it's beyond Supporters have suggested a sales tax increase to fund teacher pav increases But Johanns savs he considering a tax increase He pledged no tax increases when he campaigned for governor "There are those who will say we need to do is convince the governor to sign a tax increase and well get our deal whatever that deal may Johanns said going to work I intend to honor that Much of the state spending increases are unavoidable Johanns said Agencies asking for the biggest dollar increases include: the Health and Human Services Systems which is asking for $1384 million over two years just to handle cost increases for Medicaid and state wards Correctional Services asking for $237 million more a year partly to operate a new prison the Department of Education will need an estimated $120 million for an increase in state aid to schools next year Decisions made several vears asto See BUDGET Page 2 aced By Indian Hills The movie house is expected to be closed by the struggling Carmike Cinemas chain this week BY JOI IN TAYLOR WORLD HERALD STA WRITER The operator of Indian Hills Theater is expected to close the movie house at the end of business Thursday A spokeswoman for Carmike Cinemas Inc the Columbus Ga theater chain that operates Indian Hills said she could not comment on the company's plans because of legal proceedings Carmike filed for Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy protection from creditors in August seeking time lo refinance its debts Carmike has canceled all Indian Hills Theater movie advertising in The World Herald beyond Thursday NP Dodge Jr who represents the Indian Hills owners said a Delaware bankruptcy court has notified his company that Carmike asked for permission to cancel the leases on several buildings around the country we are on the list of those several Dodge said Dodge said lease expires in 2012 are up to date ith their rent and will be until the end of the In view of the cancellation notice Dodge said immediately begin talking to other theater companies to see if they would like to take up the See THEATER Page 2 resh ace at Ak Sar Ben KENT SIEVEHSfTHE WORLD HERALD iM 1 TV 11 A 4 9 A ir wwisOrfaT' s' Can I get a towel please? A freshly washed Simmental crossbred steer belonging to 1 7 year old Derrick Day of Loup Citv Neb waits for its owner Monday at the 73rd Ak Sar Ben 4 Livestock Exposition In the background other exhibitors give their animals a bath before competition Coverage of 4 Purple Ribbon Auction on Midlands Page 13 Inside Today Milosevic oes Claim Victory Inside Today Scientists Take Samples rom Ancient Iceman Scientists defrost a 5300 year old mummy found in the Alps for DNA tests World Page 6 DISPUTE: A memoir renews a contro versy over hether the Nazis made soap from Jews' bodies Nation Page 3 ENVIRONMENT: The Senate approves a $78 billion effort to save the lorida Everglades Page 12 THE NEW YORK TIMES Belgrade Yugoslavia The opposition candidate in presidential election claimed victory Monday over Slobodan Milosevic But with official vote counting suspended there were concerns whether Milosevic was willing to acknowledge defeat Supporters of Vojislav Kostunica the opposition candidate said that according to their tally of more than 65 percent of the vote from Sunday's election he was ahead of Milosevic by 55 percent to 34 percent which would Yugoslavs vote fbr normalcy with Kostunica Page 9 give Kostunica a clear first round victory without the need for a runoff to our count a first round victory is Kostunica declared Monday is coming to But Socialist Party claimed Monday that he was ahead with 45 percent of the vote to Kostunica's 40 percent Some here read that as a signal the Yugoslav leader might answer mounting pressure to concede defeat by challenging Kostunica in a second round of voting instead Chanting Yourself Slobodan and Save more than 40000 people jammed a downtown Belgrade square for the second night in a row Thousands more gathered in Serbia's two other major cities Novi Sad and Nis Belgraders lit flares that cast a flickering red glow over the sea of See YUGOSLAVIA Page 2 SCHOOLS: A task force plans to ask the state for $6 million more for Indian education Midlands Page 13 Experts Say Oil Plentiful Costly to Get The World Herald on the Web (3TomDhacom INDEX Advice 36 Business 18 21 Classifieds 30 33 Comics 40 Deaths 14 Editorials 10 1 1 Kelly 13 Living 35 42 Midlands 13 17 Movies 38 People 38 Sports 23 34 Teens 39 TV Listings 41 Copyright Omaha World 1 lerald WBMtMMi 1 1 1 il I IWIIIIIII THE KNIGHT RIDDER WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington As America lives through yet another fuel crunch with short term oil supplies running low the underlying question recurs: Are we almost on empty? No say many experts and two recent comprehensive US government studies There's plenty of petroleum in the world and new studies keep finding more In fact even with rising demand geologists say there is enough to last at least another'40 years But have to pay more to get what nature makes by pressure cooking algae for millions of years We may end up polluting pristine places And likely to end up dependent on oil rich dictators we like The good news is that the US Geological Survey in June jacked up by 20 percent its 1996 estimate of the undiscovered oil supplies based on close geologic analysis of 246 possible oil producing regions of the globe Another study by the US Energy Information Administration predicts that world oil production will rise for another 37 years It never seems that way in an energy crunch the first one was way back in 1919 when supplies plummet and prices soar That's a function of fluctuating economics foreign policy and politics scientists say and not supply With new technologies if prices are high enough the world will swim in oil seems to be all over the said Roger Anderson director of the Energy Research Center at Columbia University in New York deep water the offshore (area) has had much more (oil) than anvbodv could See OIL SUPPLY Page 2 SYDNEY 0PP Golden No More ajv Romanian gym nast Andreea Radu I can loses her all ipSll around gold medal BWfl after testing positive for a banned dru9 0 Johnson i Jm Wins feain Michael Johnson makes history bycoming the first i i man to repeat as champion in the 400 KK meters ISSS Coverage in Sports THE ASSOOAIEDPREbS Ur ft.