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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
4
Lincoln Journal Star reports on the printing company line in Lincoln Nebraska detailing the dispute or status of the DY Journal-Star operation. The notice notes local business activity and a phone contact for further clarification.
The piece recalls the 1960s fight to broaden Nebraska tax bases led by the Omaha World Herald and argues for tax equity through multiple systems at lower rates. It notes a recent concession by the Journal and warns that local interests exploit state taxes, obscuring the true cost to residents.
A wartime German rocket scientist Werner von Braun dies in Virginia at 65. His role as a founder of modern space achievement and U S missile programs drew praise for his loyalty to the United States while Britain recalls the terror of Nazi rockets and his Gestapo imprisonment for resisting SS control.
John Vitek of Lincoln East High and Robin Meter of Gering chosen for the American Legion Boys Nation in Washington D C Randall Snyder, UNL assistant professor, wins first in the oboe-bassoon duet at the international Double Reed Society contest Kevin Morrow of Northwest High and Shannon Anderson of Lincoln Plus X High named Boys State and Girls State governors Fred Beile of Doane named 1977 Sunday Journal and Star Coach of the Year Becton Dickinson plants win National Safety Council award for five million man hours without a disabling injury
The piece denounces proposals to extend the Capitol and strip its historic curbs, arguing preservation tests Congress' fitness. It condemns ideas to widen the dome, reduce the west facade, or pave for parking, praising Sen. Ernest Hollings and urging reverence for 150 years of architectural achievement.
A Los Angeles Times critique argues Moyers overstated links between Kennedy, Johnson and a Cuba plot. It notes lack of direct evidence of Kennedy or Johnson ordering Castro’s assassination and questions the credibility of televised claims and Cuban sources.
Loren Wilson accuses Nebraska agencies of inflated river use forecasts for the Niobrara project and criticizes the Bureau of Reclamation for misrepresenting visitor days. He argues the 3 million forecast misleads the public and voters about recreational impact and water policy.
The narrator lampoons a rural county siege by moles groundhogs chipmunks blacksnakes and rabbits looting gardens. Barbed wire trenches and even a Sherman tank are deployed yet the pest army grows as drought hints at a harsh summer ahead.
In Miami Anita Bryant and Save Our Children defeated the ERA coalition led by the Democratic Party and several national groups. The first round tally shows Judeo Christian morality 1 atheistic hedonism 0 as 70 30 is reported.
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