Competition and survival our form of free enterprise
Editorial discusses free enterprise as a marriage of big government and big business, urging reflection on interdependence in a world of scarce resources. Barnet’s talk on survival values emphasizes global interconnection, production redefining wealth, and the challenge of preserving liberty amid wealth-focused goals.
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Greece
Lincoln
Richard J. Barnet
Barnet
Japan
Ohio
United States
Lincoln budget hinges on rising enrollment despite declining numbers
The Lincoln Board of Education again based its budget on higher enrollment, but actual student totals fell below projections and even below the district population last year. Over five years district enrollment slid from about 30,000 to 26,993, while staff rose from 2,210 to a budgeted 2,476.
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Lincoln Board of Education
Lincoln
Beer policy at Pershing Auditorium faces council review
City Council majority keeps beer allowed at Pershing events with limits while police objections go unheeded. Officials urge monitoring enforcement concerns and public reaction to see if policy hinders crowds or strains police resources. If problems grow, tightening rules should be considered.
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Pershing Auditorium
Pershing
Common sense over quotas in educational goals
Garry Wills argues that strict numerical quotas undermine noble aims. He compares Jefferson’s Virginia plan for universal education, noting how districts and a single “best genius” per level collapse under rigid counts. He says guidelines aim to avoid quotas while pursuing broad social objectives.
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Garry Wills
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
America
Jefferson
New Age Movement To Elevate Retirement Age
The essay argues for a broad age movement beyond youth focus, urging Congress to raise compulsory retirement age. It promotes using both youth and elder talents, warns against treating aging as mere benefits, and favors options like partial pay for extended work to weed out deadwood while maintaining vitality.
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America
Ralph Barton Perry
Townsend
Deadwood
Inflation drives inflationary wage bill in federal policy debate
The piece argues that a rising federal minimum wage bill signals coming inflation caused by government industry and labor collusion. It contends Congress and the administration push inflation into law, with business and labor seeking higher wages for profit, creating inevitable boom and bust cycles.
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Congress
Has Sen Zorinsky Returned To The Republican Party
A Nebraska City reader letter questions Sen Zorinsky and Sen Curtis votes on natural gas decontrol. The columnist argues gas production benefits farmers and state revenue, alleging long standing support for oil interests and critiquing party alignment and policy signals.
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Sen. Zorinsky
Nebraska
Sens. Zorinsky
Curtis
Chicago Board of Trade
Sen. Curtis
Alex Wedemeyer
Nebraska City
Renationalize the mails a public service, Congress urged
Enthusiasm for returning postal policy to Congress grows as two House committees vote to scrap the 1970 plan. A subsidy of 15 percent of prior year expenses would fund the project, with postmaster general appointment by the president and abolition of the board of governors. Critics warn it would reintroduce politics and undermine cost control.
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Congress
Carter
U.S
House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Postal Service
Board of Governors
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