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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1972
Page
10
The sample general election ballot outlines proposals about legislative qualifications age twenty one or eighteen, impeachments terminology after unicameral reform, and changing judge numbers and district boundaries by a simple majority versus two thirds. It contrasts FOR and AGAINST positions on each constitutional amendment.
Proposed Amendment No 3 voters will remove the cap that legislator salaries cannot exceed four hundred dollars a month and replace it with a provision allowing the Legislature to set salaries by law. The text references continuation of salary limits and authorizes adjustments by statute.
Constitutional proposal clarifies that felony defendants may appeal to the Supreme Court, replacing the writ of error reference with a direct right of appeal. The change is procedural, not substantive, and maintains existing access to Supreme Court review for felony convictions.
Ballot measure proposes to rearrange clarifications on filling vacancies in office the governor's removal power except judges succession to the governor’s office and governor election death provisions transfers vacancy provisions from the legislative to the executive article and repeals specific constitutional sections in Nebraska.
A garbled list of proposed amendments discusses public office ineligibility for offenses and tax valuation based on actual land use for agricultural purposes. It also mentions inclusion of Legislature members in a retirement system, and changes to salary and per diem compensation for legislators during and between sessions.
Proposal to recodify revise and clarify provisions of Article VII of the Nebraska Constitution focuses on reorganizing the Education article and clarifying legislative authority over public institutions for ages outside five to twenty one and removing obsolete language. It argues for a logical sequence and cleaner language in the education article.
The text outlines votes on multiple amendments including off street parking powers for municipalities through special assessments, expanded judicial nominating commissions with voting and transparency rules, retirement benefit adjustments for public employees, and changes to the State Board of Equalization and the Tax Commissioner’s role. It presents FOR and AGAINST positions on each proposal and notes impacts on governance, taxes, and pensions.
The proposal would delete certain ineligibility exceptions for legislative members and remove the phrase during the term for which he was elected from civ il appointments to state offices. It would ban conflicts of interest in any state or local contracts and require standards and enforcement procedures.
Voters are urged to support Proposed Amendment No 16 which would rename the State Railway Commission to the Public Service Commission. The measure clarifies the agency's broader oversight role and aligns titles with public utilities regulation.
Esther Kuhnel compiles a string of social visits and events in Columbus and surrounding towns. Mr and Mrs Freddie Thomas and daughters from Colorado Springs stay with her parents in Columbus. numerous dinners, card parties, church and community activities are noted across Lincoln, Omaha, Shelby, Rising City, Osceola, and Stromsburg with extended family and neighbors attending birthdays, weddings, and gatherings.
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