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THE POLICE:
Do 4 Good iol?
Sometime around 10 p.m. Tuesday night Dallas Lik
ens called the Lincoln Police station and reported his
car stolen.
He had spent over an hour checking to determine if
one of his fraternity brothers (Alpha Tau Omega) had
borrowed it. This is a rough version of the conversation,
as Likens remembered and reported it.
Likens: (name), I'd like to report my car stolen. It
was gone around 9 or 9:30 p.m. from 1433 R Street.
Lincoln Policeman: Are you sure one of your fraterni
ty brothers does not have it?
Likens: That would be the logical thing to assume,
but I've already checked. I'm sure nobody here has it.
Lincoln Policeman: Okay, I'll put it out, but I'll bet
you a dollar to a doughnut that one of your brothers has
It. If it turns up, or you find out that one of your frater
nity brothers has it, call us.
Wednesday morning, then, Likens again called the po
lice department to find out about any developments. This
time it went something like this :
Likens: (name), I reported my car stolen last night.
Have there been any developments?
Lincoln Policeman: We don't even have a report on
It (according to police later the report was there.)
Likens: Well that's a bad deal. Evidently, the police
man didn't take the report as seriously as I intended
it to be.
Lincoln Policeman: Well, after all, in cases like this
you'll find that 99 times out of 100 one of your fraternity
brothers has your car.
Likens: Maybe that is true, but it would have been
bad if I had waited till this morning to report and
it actually was stolen. ( as it was ) .
Lincoln Policeman: If we find it, we'll tow it in. You
can call us to check.
Wednesday afternoon Likens visited the police station.
After a half hour he was able to find someone who knew
something about the report. He was told that the morning
policeman actually had the report, but didn't see it. But,
when the police get a call like this from the University
they usually don't send it out until the next day when it
is actually confirmed that the car is not back, he was
told. (The policeman meant that formal paperwork is
not done until the next day.)
About an hour after that, Likens received a phone call
telling him that his car had been found in hita, Kan.
A couple had been arrested in Dumas, Texas.
If the couple arrested in Dumas were the ones who
stole Likens' car, they did some pretty fast traveling.
Likens was told that his car, a 1958 Ford, was apparently
in working condition and what to do when he went to
get it.
The report was made by the police at 10:15 p.m. Tues
day, according to Capt. Robert Sawdon. If so, and the
Safety Patrol and Lancaster County officials received the
same report at the same time, it seems that the car
should have been stopped in Lincoln, or the surrounding
area, at least in Nebraska.
As it was Likens had to bicker to even find out if
the report had been aired, wait over night, and find out
that his car ig in Wichita and apparently in working con
dition and what to do to go get it.
According to Capt. Sawdon a "formal document"
which actually states that a car has been stolen is not
made until the next day in cases like this. He said that an
"attempt to locate, possibly stolen," report was made
Tuesday night.
Whether an "attempt to locate, possibly stolen" re
port has as much effect or stirs as much action as a
"formal document" does is a good question. Another good
question Is, if the police emphasize so much the opinion
that a fraternity brother has taken the car, do they as
sume that that is actually the case and therefore put out
less effort to find it? Sawdon says "no," in this case.
Further, should University students be treated like
small children in matters of personal importance that
entail a police job? Are the Lincoln police really interest
ed in protecting the University community?
Obviously, students should not be treated as if their
complaint is not too reliable. More important, in making
the report and seeking assurance that the police have
done everything possible they should be treated as the
well-mannered, mature people that they are. Likens was
not, and in many past cases students have not been, by
campus as well as Lincoln police.
And it seems that you have to call a police Captain
to be assured that the police really do care about the
University community. The consensus one gets from po
licemen on the street and in cars is that they do not.
If they expect cooperation, a practice of discretion would
help. They probably do care, though. Evidence the effic
iency with which parking tickets are administered.
WEAPON C MSfcTDNl
Thursday, March. 12, 1964
Veiy From
By Dick Recker
The cameras move in for
a close up and an excited
crowd is milling about.
Someone asks "Is it a bird
or a plane." No, it's A New
Hampshire Voter who is able
to create candidates with a
single X, funnier than a
Lou Harris poll. We have
the New Hampshire Voter
who every four years is able
to play bingo with Ameri
can Politics.
And the morning after
your poor writer certainly
wishes he had been one of
them. Last night your writer
and other die-hards gather
ed in the catacombs to
watch the results. As the
returns came in your writer
began to mutter about those
"Boston Wetbacks" and
other more obscene utter
ances not found in this
"family type" newspaper.
Your writer sat there con
templating hari kari for last
week's column. Then our
maxium leader appeared
on the T.V. screen. After
three cheers of banzai we
heard Barry speak and I
feel that for the first time
in this campaign he showed
the fine form of which he is
capable.
Now that this writer has
indulged himself lets try to
assay the results. We will go
down the list and examine
the candidacies.
First is Lodge and his up
set victory. A great deal of
tribute must be paid to the
men who moved across the
border from Massachuets
and engineered this fantas
tic victory. The Lodge vic
tory gives him a tremendous
psychological edge but really
little else. Those people
ready to concede his nom
ination are ignoring the
realities of politics. This is
a fine start but it's a long
long way to San Francisco
and 14 delegates don't put
you there. Mr. Lodge must
fish or cut bait.
No more primary victor
ies can be secured unless
he becomes an active can
didate. He must now begin
to tell the public where he
stands on the issues because
his opponents will ride him
on that score. Lodge's hopes
and aspirations are tied to
one thing, Viet Nam. The
Ambassador must now an
swer for his part in the
brutal overthrow of the
Diem government and the
impending collapse of South
Viet Nam.
Second, Sen. Goldwater
faces the morning after.
The Goldwater organization
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ments. The need for some
old pro's to balance h i s
youthful but inexperienced
staff seems necessary.
Barry quite manfully
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