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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1970
Page
11
The measures include lowering the voting age to twenty and requiring annual Supreme Court district reapportionment after each federal census. Proposals cover retired judge service, and authorized revenue bonds for university housing and facilities with repayment from facility revenues. Voters split on amendments affecting funding, authority, and governance.
Amendment would lift limit on county property tax levy tied to 14.285 million assessed value for educational trust funds. It requires Legislature approval of Governor appointed Board of Educational Lands and Funds members and keeps investment oversight with the board under Legislature direction.
The measure would authorize state grants to aid students in nonpublic schools up to one third of per student public school costs, while preserving church state separation. A 1974 vote would pair Governor and Lieutenant Governor as a ticket, making the Lieutenant Governor a full time role from 1975 and removing presiding duties over the Legislature. opposing would keep the current independent elections and part time presiding Lieutenant Governor.
The plan aims to remove the Lieutenant Governor as presiding officer and deny his vote in ties. It also seeks to allow election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor from the same party by one joint vote. The measure would require the Lieutenant Governor to serve on boards when designated and, after 1975, devote full time to official duties.
Voters are urged to support a new nine member Board of Trustees elected from districts to govern the University of Nebraska state colleges junior colleges and vocational technical schools replacing the current Board of Regents and Board of Trustees of State Colleges. The measure consolidates higher education under a single statewide body to expedite government and ballot usage includes a sample ballot cut out for voting convenience.
The Green's Chapel chronicle lists numerous visits and hospitality from Dwight Newcomer and family along with Agnes Lura and Hattie Newcomer from Washington Ohio Seward and Michigan. Extended gatherings include the Burkes Teegerstroms Harless Kinberg and others sharing dinners coffee and birthdays across Lincoln York Osceola Meadow Grove Clarks and Louisville.
A long stream of proposed amendments outlines changes to county tax limits, legislative compensation, home-rule city petition thresholds, and judicial system reorganization. Proposals would adjust mill levy caps, create a legislative compensation commission, raise petition percentages for home-rule charters, grant the Nebraska Supreme Court administrative authority, and potentially abolish justices of the peace.
Voters consider two proposed amendments granting or limiting the Legislature’s power to tax personal property. Amendment No. 10 seeks broad exemption or classing of property and authority to classify or exempt. Amendment No. 11 would let the Legislature decide which agency handles property tax investment matters.
A proposed framework assigns management of state aided colleges to a nine member Board of Trustees of Higher Education. The measure covers public and private junior colleges vocational technical schools and other higher education institutions.
The amendment proposes annual legislative sessions starting 1971 with 90 days in odd years and 60 days in even years unless four-fifths of members extend. Bills not acted in an odd-year regular session may carry over to the next even-year session. otherwise the two-year regular session system remains with no length limit.
Wednesday evening guests of the Chas Massies included Mr and Mrs Otto Horst of Inglewood California Mr and Mrs Dee Hastings and Jerry of Silver Creek and Mr and Mrs Ivan Hastings of Stromsburg Nebraska
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