Lawsuits probe Lincoln comprehensive plan reach
Editorial notes two new suits by developer Newt Copple with a doctor and attorney challenging rezoning at 56th and Old Cheney for a shopping center. The actions test whether the 1977 plan limits or permits such development and how the 1961 advisory framework compares, amid Nebraska Supreme Court review of related 43rd and Normal Boulevard zoning. The piece hints the cases may clarify how land use policy guides public decisions and future growth.
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Lincoln-Lancaster
Newt Copple
South Lincoln Shopping Center
27Th
Pine Lake Road
56Th
Old Cheney Road
Copple
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln City Council
43Rd and
Normal Boulevard
Lincoln
Call for constitutional limits on school district spending
The piece argues against a statewide referendum to repeal the three year 120 million state aid bill and urges a constitutional mechanism to cap school district spending. It cites Brauer’s difficulty in mobilizing a petition effort and proposes biennial or triennial spending limits tied to district electorates, with caps in dollars percentages or mill levies.
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S. H
Zeke’’ Brauer Jr
Nebraska
Nebraska Center
Brauer
Lincoln leaders honored by business education and women’s groups
Margaret Johnson of University of Nebraska Lincoln Teachers College earns the 1977 Mountain Plains Business Education Assn leadership award. Norbert Sukovaty named 1977 Boss of the Year and Donna Holmstedt named Woman of the Year by the Lincoln American Business Women’s Assn chapter. Brian Wilson of Omaha named 1977 Nebraska Youth of the Year.
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Lincoln Journal
Margaret Johnson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teachers College
Mountain Plains Business Education Assn
Norbert Sukovaty
Lincoln
Donna Holmstedt
American Business Women’s Assn
Brian Wilson
Omaha
Nebraska
Environmental lobbyists question Castillo on illegal immigration policy
Washington environmentalists critique new INS commissioner Leonel J. Castillo for shifting focus from enforcement to service for legal immigrants. They warn that if illegal immigration stays at 1.7 million annually, the nation will face population and education strains.
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Washington
Leonel J. Castillo
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Gerald Ford
Ford
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Castillo
Malone zoning clarification stirs community debate
Ed Patterson reports in Lincoln on Malone area zoning density concerns. The draft plan sets 11 to 14 dwelling units per acre, below current D zoning, fueling fears of HUD funding, possible condemnations, and spike in apartment development. Tony Esquivel collected signatures to push an urban renewal approach while Verl Borg notes the density is only an average expectation.
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Malone
Malone Community Center
Tony Esquivel
Clinton
23Rd Street
Verl Borg
City Planning Dept
Downzoning Debate Targets Malone as Land Reform Tool
The author argues Malone zoning could be used to suppress land values to ease federally funded relocation. The piece cites university land ambitions in Lincoln and private buyers like Jerry Joyce, warning planners may delay projects while relocating residents within Malone. It urges a clear city planning stance on Malone zoning.
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Greater Lincoln Co
Hal Hasselbalch
Keith Erlewine
Lee Olmquist
Norv Halverson
Vine Street
University
Northeast
George Hancock
Jerry Joyce
Joyce
Malone
City Planning Dept
Nebraska women vote to defend pro life at meeting
Leo Koester Jr. reports from the Nebraska International Women's Year conference. He notes many delegates left after long sessions while pro life and pro family supporters mobilized their husbands and relatives to vote for anti abortion resolutions, claiming the anti life forces had a plan and that the outcome did not reflect the average Nebraska woman.
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Journal Reporting
Nebraska
Donna Polk
International Women’s Year
Leo Koester Jr
Lincoln
Coordinating Committee
Nebraska Women Meeting Sparks Public Debate
Letters to the Journal criticize the Nebraska International Women's Year gathering citing lack of representation and biased invitations. Authors challenge media coverage and call for fair inclusion, urging reconsideration of the dismissal of UNL coach George Nicodemus and support for reinstatement.
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Nebraska
UNL
June Davis
George Nicodemus
Journal
Dave Little
Nicodemus
Board of Regents
Regents
Bob Devaney
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21St Street
University of Nebraska
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22Nd
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Nebraska Women’s Meeting
Dorothy Oliver
Dan and
Rosemary Schweitzer
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