Exon Veto Sparks Debate Over Nebraska Law Enforcement
Staff editorial argues LB45 failed to override Gov Exon and urges a mechanism to quickly bring courts into evaluating new laws. It criticizes executive inaction allowing unconstitutional acts to linger and notes the attorney general acts as a quasi fourth branch, irritating lawmakers. Murphy is praised for raising the issue and calling for a remedy.
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Sen
J. R. Murphy
Exon
Murphy
Executive Branch
Popular Assembly
Backyard inventor claims efficient controlled torque motor
C L Wanlass, an electrical engineer, reports field tests of a backyard workshop motor. His device uses extra capacitors to keep efficiency while consuming up to 20 percent less energy. He argues the invention could save the United States energy equivalent to Alaska North Slope oil flow, about two million barrels daily.
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California
C. L. Wanlass
United States
Alaska
Wanlass Motor Retrofit Costs Spark Industrial Dispute
Wanlass estimates retrofitting a one horsepower motor would cost about 30 to 40 dollars with long term energy savings quickly offsetting the expense. The inventor faces contractual tensions with prospective manufacturers over rights to the process, raising concerns about protecting his patent. If the motor proves practical, the Carter administration should press for a resolution of commercial sticking points to aid adoption.
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Wanless
Wanlass
Carter Administration
Food for Folks Not for Profit Debate at White House Dinner
A column questions a Washington Post headline about Food Day at the White House with Secretary Bergland. It argues that farming must profit to avoid subsistence farming, warning against political backlash from cattlemen and Farm Belt groups and noting the dinner’s publicity windfall for vegetarians.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
White House
Potomac Zone
Bergland
Washington Post
Chilean exiles beg for cut of funds to Pinochet regime
Mary McGrorn reports three Chilean exiles Carmen Gloria Aguayo Gladys Marin and Maria Elena Carrera urged U.S. lawmakers during a four day Washington visit to suspend aid to the Junta They described persecution including disappearances and arrests by Dina and said outside money sustains the regime They also met Isabel Letelier and noted FBI probes yield little progress amid concerns over covert police activity in the United States.
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Mary McGrorn
Chile
Carmen Gloria Aguayo
Allende
Gladys Marin
Communist Youth
Maria Elena Carrera
The
Junata
Washington
State Department
CIA
Dr. Carrera
Ms. Aguayo
Dina
Ms. Marin
Jorge Munoz
Isabel Letelier
Orlando
Salvador Allende
FBI
Carter Administration
Washington Star Syndicate
TV as Teacher and Troubling Influence in Society
A Newsweek cover and Marie Winn book highlight TV as a dominant force shaping language and behavior. James M Howard Jr argues parents must push for TV as a constructive teacher, noting high viewing hours and near-ubiquitous access while warning that much trash still educates.
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Newsweek Magazine
Marie Winn
The
Council For Basic Education
James M. Howard Jr
Howard
Dr Buchwald's fast relief for malnourished hospitals
Satirical column questions hospital pricing and bed occupancy noting empty beds cite losses. Proposes a doctor hotline to fill beds, quotas, patient transfers, and even keepers like Our Lady of Deficits Hospital. Suggests better meals and surgeon retraining to curb unnecessary surgeries.
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Dr. Buchwald
Art Buchwald
Our Lady of Deficits Hospital
Lincoln plan weighs downtown vitality against new shopping centers
The Comprehensive Plan for Lincoln and Lancaster County aims to guide growth through 2000 with a focus on downtown vitality. Barton-Aschman recommends small convenience centers to meet perimeter residents’ needs without drawing away downtown shoppers, while concerns rise over a proposed large complex at 40th and Old Cheney Road threatening the downtown core. Alan Pressman Lincoln
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Lincoln
Lancaster County
Barton-Aschman
40Th
Old Cheney Road
Alan Pressman
German co-determination law sparks shift in industry power
Frankfurt report notes German managers fear loss of full parity as co-determination law grants workers and stockholders equal board representation but with a chairmanship that can tilt decisions. Labor leaders push for broader fund sharing and greater union influence, while Schmidt cautions step by step progress toward human capitalism.
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Charles Bartlett
Frankfurt
Bundestag
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Ludwig Rosenberg
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Marine Life
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Davy Crockett
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HEW
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