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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1977
Page
4
Lincoln Nebraska newspaper item outlines the Journal Star Printing Co as publisher for the Lincoln Journal. The entry notes the paper’s origin in Lincoln with the 68501 ZIP and a local telephone number for contact.
The piece argues the Exon administration gains from the Unicameral era while forecasting a likely rise in the state sales tax and possibly income taxes in 1978. It critiques optimistic revenue projections and suggests the Legislature could have tempered spending if more accurate forecasts had been emphasized earlier.
The federal push to switch highway signs to metric measurements faces growing opposition from lawmakers and letters from citizens. Critics accuse the government of a half hearted approach and call for activating the 17 member coordinating board to manage the changeover, urging President Carter to appoint members and delay.
Vincent R. Collura named Lincoln Advertising Club advertising man of the year. Ilsie award winners Paula Morris Andrea Visuthipol Paul Tranisi and Phil Heckman. Marie Muffley Thespis award for theatre contributions. Park and Recreation writing contest winners Robert Robeson E. Mary Fry Luke Swetland. Sun Day Journal and Star athlete and coaches of the year. Hero's Award for Alan Kuszak. Nebraska Medical Journal first in professional journals competition.
An essay advocates an annual national anti holiday to vent dislikes frustrations and grievances through song skits and slogans. It proposes free speech as a license to release outrageous sentiments against any group or person and offers a sample jingle listing many social tensions including race, violence, and corruption.
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling voided Louisiana’s mandatory death sentence for murders of on duty officers as cruel and unusual. The decision ends a six year arc from 1970 through 1976, tracing evolving plans from discretionary juries to narrowed mandatory schemes and back to juried discretion in capital cases.
The Los Angeles Times opinion piece argues Anita Bryant cannot win national support for an anti gay crusade. It contrasts McCarthy era fears with current prejudice and notes widespread presence of homosexuals in society. It questions biases in hiring teachers and calls for fair treatment.
A Lincoln reader urges relying on religious faith and moral responsibility rather than new or stricter laws to address battered wives. He endorses spiritual counseling and prayer, cites churches listed in the Lincoln directory, and argues personal virtue as the long term remedy over civil or criminal measures.
Gene McCarthy argues in Harper's that the press acts as a censor and that truth is elusive. He offers four standards for editorial selection and notes the paradox that no editor can know what is relevant or influential while defending a free press as essential to society.
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