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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1977
Page
4
The piece notes 152 million people expected to attend 2,500 fairs nationwide with revenues above 500 million dollars. It highlights the Nebraska State Fair running from 4 p.m. Thursday to September 11, praising its variety in machinery, animals, food, competitions, bands, exhibits, politics, culture, energy displays and more.
Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerome Warner urges sequestering all proceeds from Nebraska's extra state sales tax for July through December and placing the six month sum, potentially around 16 million dollars, in escrow until voters decide in November 1978 whether to roll back the school aid law. Gov. Exon backs the plan to avoid taxpayer impact while awaiting the referendum result and hints at preplacing general fund balance for January escrow.
Lincoln council members debated flooding risk from a subdivision built below advised elevation. Planning officials noted amended street grades were passed to council, while critics urged maintaining standards amid a looming 20 to 30 million dollar storm sewer backlog and calls for a catch up bond issue in 1978 79. Property owners fear downstream overload and higher taxes.
The piece argues President Carter may jettison Bert Lance from the Office of Management and Budget for economic and propriety reasons. It notes indicators down for a third month, a stock slide, Bethlehem Steel reductions, and ongoing recession fears as business confidence wanes.
Carter proposes U S economic aid to foster a Northern Ireland settlement drawing mixed reactions from Unionists and moderates. British officials view the timing as significant while Irish factions warn of bribery. Carter, backed by Irish American leaders, aims to shift policy toward moderates like John Hume and away from extremist violence.
The piece links U S cynicism abroad to a push for a monastic federal image at home. It notes discourse over Bert Lance in the Carter era and parallels to the Nixon affair as probes widen. Officials face leaks that threaten sanctimony, with scrutiny of political allies and personal effects.
The article contends the Carter White House and officials defend Bert Lance, praising banking practices while suggesting probable legality, signaling a shift from Carter's promised moral standard and disappointing supporters who trusted his reform rhetoric.
The piece argues that superficial moralism in government fails amid public decay. It cites Burke and Bert Lance context, warns against hypocritical reformers, and laments ethics probes guiding only appearances rather than genuine national virtue.
Garry Wills argues Maryland's Marvin Mandel was judged a crook by a jury, challenging the idea that a politician's private misconduct should not affect his public record. The piece contends a governor cannot be a “good” leader if he lies under oath and fails to uphold trust.
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