Deep Look at Lincoln Water Rates and Future Bonds
The editorial analyzes Lincoln water system finances showing net operating income well above debt service needs, the impact of a recent 6.5 million bond issue, a projected 28 million capital expansion, and the risk to debt margins if demand falters. It argues for prudent pricing and warns rates may need scrutiny in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities Dept
Water Department
Lincoln
Helen Boosalis
World Bank warns of world population timing and limits
Global fertility may reach replacement level by 2020 but stabilization stays decades away with an 11 billion peak if unchecked. World Bank President Robert McNamara warns that population growth strains resources and politics, while solutions include reducing infant mortality, expanding education and narrowing economic inequality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Bank
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Justice and the Handicap Regulations in American Policy
A Washington Post analysis critiques HEW rules expanding federal access for the handicapped. It argues policies require costly, sweeping changes in education and facilities, stressing increased social responsibility and fuller citizenship while noting broad societal effort and imagination gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Executive Branch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hew
Lincoln concerns and civic worries voiced in letters
A series of reader letters from Lincoln residents expresses grief over perceived political land development favoritism, calls for energy conservation, and discusses railroads and coal growth. Contributors include Joanne M. Ritzman, Thomas L. Clark, Wayne & Miller, and Ruth Wright Post 25, U.S. Army Mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Lincoln
Ruth Wright
U.S. Amy
Dinosaurs and fuel policy humor by Art Buchwald
A Q and A style piece questions an energy shortage and Carter plan with jokes about protecting dinosaurs and gas taxes. It notes a proposed 5 cent gas tax rise, rebates for non gas guzzlers, and oil company gains tied to new oil pricing compared to OPEC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
OPEC
Carter promises and White House staff in 1970s clash
The piece argues that Jimmy Carter’s 1977 pledge to deregulate natural gas collided with policy choices and a volatile White House staff. It accuses him of deceptive explanations for staff growth, noting 608 staffers and 129 detailees rather than the promised 357. It critiques his “fine print” defense and political audacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Louisiana
Texas
Milton Friedman
Carter
Dhe
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Carter Mailroom
Ballpark
Carter shifts to fiscal conservatism reshaping his economy stance
The article argues that President Carter, once praised for interventionist goals, has moved toward a tighter fiscal approach. He aims to balance the budget by 1981, resists new programs, and may finance welfare and reform with energy tax revenues, creating friction with key Democratic lawmakers and a spendthrift House.
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Lisa Myers
President Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Carter
Congress
Walter W. Heller
John Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Hubert H Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
House
Thomas O'Neill
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Lincoln Journal
Journal-Star Printing Co
Neb
Indira Gandhi
India
Justice
Beacon Hill
Boston
Nelson Rockefeller
Washington Post Company
Sue Bailey
Joanne M. Ritzman
48Th
Vine
Thomas L. Clark
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Burlington Northern
Midwest
Wayne & Miller
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
U.N
William Safire
Jimmy
Plains
Chicago Sun-Times
Lacey
Nate Ricus
Rua
Ibur
Orniwa
Jus
Alor Nena
Fuek Tagy
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