Editorials Worse than we thought on LB4 delays
The Journal apologizes for omitting State Sen. Larry Stoney of Omaha from praise for voting against LB4. The piece laments the bill delaying the Sunshine Act to mid 1978 and weakening disclosure of lobbying funding. It warns if LB4 passes or is vetoed, lawyers and lobbyists avoid public salary disclosures.
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Larry Stoney
Omaha
Stoney
Gov. Exon
Social Security reforms risk blurring public understanding
A Field Newspaper Syndicate analysis argues Carter's proposals threaten to alter how Social Security operates, shifting costs away from a clear insurance analogy and toward backdoor financing. It warns that two proposed steps will distort the system, reduce transparency, and complicate public grasp of retirement funding.
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Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
Treasury
Nebraska teachers win in court over contract interpretation
The Nebraska Supreme Court let the Court of Industrial Relations review contract disputes if local grievance channels fail. A Sutherland teacher won after the district rejected personal leave for a music contest. NSEA praised judicial option while noting reduced local management control.
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Sutherland
NSEA
Supreme Court
High Court
Kessner
Court of Industrial Relations
Lincoln City Council Rejects Outsider Water Tap Plan
Four council members Sue Bailey Richard Baker Max Denney and Steve Cook led a rejection of extending municipal water taps beyond city limits to Hy-Gain Electronics in Stevens Creek Watershed northeast of Lincoln. They cited risks to the city’s comprehensive growth plan and potential loss of denial power for future outsiders while protecting residents.
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Sue Bailey
Richard Baker
Max Denney
Steve Cook
Lincoln
Hy-Gain Electronics
Stevens Creek
Hy-Gain
Bailey, Baker, Denney
Cook
Carter comments on Dylan Thomas at Westminster Abbey
President Carter jokes about memorializing Dylan Thomas in Westminster Abbey while touring with a bishop. He notes the poet’s fame and quips about the likelihood of his burial there, then praises Thomas as one of this century’s greatest poets and recalls works like Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales.
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Jimmy Carter
London
Westminster Abbey
Dylan Thomas
Carter
Thomas
Plains Baptist Church
Caitlin
America
Billy Carter
Wales
Blessing of the Lord Brings Riches, No Sorrows
A church note selects a biblical verse about divine blessing and prosperity. Rev Trago McWilliams of Christ Temple Mission Church is highlighted as the chosen author of the blessing.
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Trago McWilliams
Christ Temple Mission Church
Carter can still win goal for safe nuclear regime
Amid London summit setbacks Carter aims to separate nuclear energy from weapons. Reprocessing fears in Germany France and Japan fuel deals with Brazil and Pakistan. A shared international regime could depoliticize the issue and curb proliferation through global controls.
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London
United States
Carter
Germany
France
Japan
U.S
Brazil
Pakistan
Fukuda
Nixon and Eisenhower Aides Clash Over Adams Dismissal
Nixon contrasts his handling of Haldeman and Ehrlichman with Eisenhower’s ouster of Sherman Adams. Ike delayed, a messenger delivered the ultimatum, and Meade Alcorn acted as emissary. The piece argues Nixon's emotional storytelling masks selective truth and self dramatization.
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Nixon
Ike
Adams
Richard Nixon
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Haldeman- Ehrlichman
Agnew
Bill Rogers
Spiro Agnew
Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
Alcorn
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