Zoning debates test Lincoln plan and rights
Lincoln officials hold a second citizen meeting on writing zoning ordinances to implement the revised Lincoln Lancaster Comprehensive Plan. Down zoning in residential and Gateway areas sparks legal questions about property rights and public welfare as councils push managed growth.
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Lincoln-Lancaster County
Lincoln Lancaster
Charles Humble
Nebraska Supreme Court
Gateway
Nebraska
Westroads
Omaha
Supreme Court
Brogden
Planning Commission
Planning Commission faces timing clash over Lincoln area development
Officials confront a 90 acre acreage residential project south of Lincoln set in an urban reserve. Planning Director Doug Brogden favors quick approval arguing existing rules apply while hinting interim measures may defer development to protect the plan.
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City-County Planning Commission
Lincoln
Lincoln-Lancaster County
Doug Brogden
Brogden
Lincoln eateries mix value meals with seniors discounts praise
A letter notices Alice's Restaurants of Lincoln offering senior citizens meals at lower prices with smaller portions. It urges more eateries to follow this model while noting local lodging groups train staff to highlight regional attractions. The piece also cites self service gas pricing, state tourism knowledge gaps, and views on national figures and farming perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice's
Lincoln
Lincoln’s Lodging Association
Cultural clash in conspiracy theory on King assassination
Max Lerner discusses the Ray escape and the persistent belief in a conspiracy behind Martin Luther King’s murder. He notes the allure of an inside job and questions without evidence claims of FBI CIA involvement while contrasting American individualism with conspiracy thinking.
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Max Lerner
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
King
Ray
FBI
CIA
Congress Still Acts Like a Legion Post Over Vietnam Veterans Aid
The U.S. House defeated a Carter program for case by case review of veterans with bad discharges, 273 to 176, amid bitter debate. Rep Murtha and others blasted lawmakers for delaying benefits while Carter’s plan would offer accelerated reviews and potential aid to 432,530 veterans, but only 40,000 applied.
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John J. Murtha
D-Pa
House
Congress
Vietnam
Carter
Robin Beard
R-Tenn
Marine Reserve
American Legion
Capitol Hill
Elwood Hillis
R-Ind
Hillis
Department of Defense
Martha
Korea
Tiny island nations rise with global impact
The piece notes Seychelles and Grenada as new nations with UN membership and international ties, contrasting their small populations with their growing geopolitical role. It argues rising microstates contribute to a shrinking world and increasing interdependence, warning of potential global imbalance if birth rates of new states continue.
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Seychelles
Washington
London
Indian Ocean
Grenada
Caribbean
Vance
Organization of American States
Rose Bowl
United Nations
U.S
Russia
China
Great Britain
Elmer Plischke
University of Maryland
American Enterprise Association
Plischke
Gulliver
United States
North Carolina
Peoria
Ill
U.N
Public Mind and the Nebraska budget stalemate
A Nebraska reader argues the State Board of Equalization, Legislature, and governor share blame for rising state spending and tax increases. He cites Robert McCarney’s referendums in North Dakota as a model to curb costs. The letter also discusses health, nuclear science, and Elmer Plischke’s UN governance critique in a U.S. context.
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Exon
Nebraska
Robert McCarney
Bismarck
N.D
McCarney
Carl R. Yost Lincoln
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Lincoln Journal
Journal-Star Printing Co
Neb
Lincoln Real
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Robert S. Bergland
James Carter
Iowa
East
Jimmy Carter
Inion
Los Angeles
U.S. House
Legion Post
Mary McGrory
Edward J. Koch
D-N.y
Koch
Congressional
Washington Star Syndicate
Canada
Convention Hall
Cape Canaveral
State Board of Equalization
Moscow
Universal Press Syndicate
Leonard Woodcock
Doonesbury
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