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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1977
Page
4
The Lincoln Journal an edition of the Journal Star Printing Co bases in Lincoln Nebraska announces its local publication details with contact number 432-3331 for inquiries and subscriptions.
Editorial argues city should reexamine sidewalk rules amid rising land costs and ecological concerns. It notes one side only construction could shift costs and burden to sidewalk less property owners, urging fair sharing and potential political backlash.
A columnist argues pro tennis must enforce conduct rules to curb outbursts by players like Ilie Nastase. He notes fines rarely deter top earners and urges immediate expulsion or longer suspensions for repeated violations to protect tennis’s image and fan support.
Representative Charles Thone backs legislation to plant new shelterbelts and repair old ones to curb erosion on the plains. Meanwhile plans to relocate Amtrak's Omaha depot to the old Union Station prompt museum support and a $100 000 upgrade. County board rolls proceed with Albert at the top, and an Iowa Bigfoot tale spurs a fall hunt. An aide to Vice President Mondale faces arrest for nude sunbathing.
The coal industry welcomes a new president and environmental worker stance while Congress advances surface mining restoration mandates and a two year exemption for small operators. A tougher mine safety bill transfers enforcement to Labor and earns union support, with black lung reforms looming in the House.
President Carter mobilizes White House aides and top diplomats to push ratification. Hamilton Jordan leads the drive with broad access to governors and lawmakers while Bunker and Linowitz meet Senate members and prep for House funding votes. Public anger at the canal deal grows as Vietnam war backlash colors opinion.
Carter faces a test of presidential character as he pushes the Panama Canal treaty while defending Bert Lance amid impropriety charges. James Wall links Lance's affair to the moral authority needed to persuade the Senate, and to frame the treaty as a test of principle versus retreat of American power.
A court ruling enforces 1902 National Reclamation Act rules, closing loopholes that favored large landowners with subsidized water. Center for Rural Affairs found only about 55,000 of 95,000 acres belong to family farmers. two corporations own 4,900 and 15,000 acres respectively. Windfall groundwater benefits must be identified and shared.
The Journal invites reader letters but requires signed authentic submissions capable of verification. Editors may condense letters while keeping writers’ points and rarely allow pen names or initials except in unusual circumstances.
The Carter administration enforces existing water laws to redirect benefits from large federal water projects to family farmers. Proponents argue that careful soil stewardship by family farmers improves efficiency and conservation compared with absentee landlords and multinational firms.
Two bureau of reclamation announcements about acreage limits threaten landowners in the Norden Project who signed up for subsidized irrigation water. They had believed they would not need to surrender excess land as required by law. On Aug 22 interior secretary Cecil Andrus proposed rules restricting irrigation water use to bonafide family farmers, while the Ninth Circuit court action also dated Aug 22 followed.
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