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Dahlquist to Liquor Commission, Cunningham to Came and ParksCatherineDahlquistRobertCunninghamCatherine Dahlquist switched state government jobs and took a $5,000 pay cut Monday as Omaha Mayor Robert Cunningham agreed to move from city hall to a seat on the State Game and Parks Commission.Gov. J.J. Exon appointed Mrs. Dahlquist to the Liquor Control Commission. To accept the $12,500 post, the Omahan must resign her $17,782 seat on the Parole Board.“I was honored to be considered, Mrs. Dahlquist said of the governor’s action. 1 don't serve the people of Nebraska for economic reasons.Mrs. Dahlquist said she didn't need time to think over the offer, which was made last Friday.Cunningham succeeded Edward Zorinsky as Omaha mayor after Zorinsky was elected to the U.S. Senate. Cunningham was president of the city council.There were suggestions that Exon appoint former State Sen. George Syas of Omaha to the five-year Game Commission term as successor to Art Brown of Omaha Both Syas and Cunningham are Republicans and Exon must, under a staturory requirement that the commission be as bipartisan as possible, name a Republican to the vacancy.Brown’s term ended in January, but Exon didn’t explain why he waited until now to choose a successor. Cunninghamsteps down as mayor June 6 and becomes a commission member Jung 7.Cunningham’s brother Glenn is a former mayor and congressman.Mrs. Dahlquist, an active Democrat, was an unsuccessful candidate tor secretary of state in 1974 The offer of a six-year term on the Liquor Commission was unexpected .she said Her term on the Parole Board would have expired in September 1978.Exon mentioned her administrative abilities in offering the post, she said.Edward Robinson of Omaha, whom Mrs. Dahlquist succeeds on May 24, often was at the center of controversies concerning the commission. Criticism was leveled at the three-member panel,of which Robinson was chairman, when 'expensive renovation of commission offices was undertaken as the new state office building was being constructed.Robinson denied accusations by a dismissed agent who said Robinson had misused state funds and cars.Exon supported Robinson when Robinson was being criticized. Mrs. Dahlquist and William Hoppner, an Exon said, said criticsm of the commission played no part in her appointment.When Mrs. Dahlquist became the first woman on the Parole Board, there was opposition in the Legislature. That body must confirm both of the latest appointments.
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Lincoln Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Mon, May 16, 1977
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