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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1977
Page
4
The Postal Service Board of Governors proposes two first class rates 13¢ for individuals and 16¢ for business. The piece debates social policy implications enforcement costs and potential targeting via welfare entitlements. It questions revenue impact on mail volume and whether postal service should be self supporting or publicly financed.
The Carter administration weighs adopting subsidies to fund facilities for children rejected by typical adoptive parents. Secretary Califano proposes annual subsidies of several thousand dollars per child while dependent, potentially exceeding current 170 million toward 117000 children in institutions or foster care. The plan aims to align with broader goals of providing loving homes regardless of abortion politics.
The UNO spent 100000 dollars last year for remedial instruction for 700 students unable to meet college reading and writing standards. The piece argues whether such admissions serve the state and hints at legal action if schools don’t address deficiencies. It also covers Carter tennis, ERA history, Rhodesia emigration, and Forsyte Saga revival.
Residents report a large white dog roaming the neighborhood with multiple attacks including a family member two joggers and a young man with blood drawn. Despite daily Animal Control presence the animal remains at large prompting calls for action.
A Nevada hotel casino stopped serving water unless asked, cutting water use dramatically. In one dining operation 90 percent of water volume was saved, with only 10 percent of patrons requesting water with meals. The piece notes global water scarcity and predicts rising costs by 2000.
Obituary honors Loren Eiseley 69 Nebraskan author and scientist who guided readers through nature and humanity. He influenced with mysticism and poetry, leaving a legacy in essays and reflections on life, time, and the universe.
Garry Wills critiques the term humane bombs and the shifting rhetoric around neutron weapons. He warns that claims of discrimination mask the same logic used to justify tactical nukes in past wars and questions the feasibility of differentiating between military targets and civilian harm. The piece traces how priorities flip between methods of war and reflects on nuclear strategy rhetoric.
Religious groups from seven states and Canada staged vigils at the Energy Research and Development Agency and the Pentagon to protest neutron bombs. The letter criticizes the push for a “clean” or “humane” nuclear weapon and warns of eroding war-era moral taboos and the risk to humanity.
George F. Will and Senator Sam Nunn defend tactical neutron weapons as credible deterrents. Opponents fear self deterring use and destabilization if such arms are rejected. Deterrence aims to deter Soviet aggression, not U S actions, while NATO faces pressure to use precise weapons early.
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