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Wednesday, November 3, 1966 The Daily Nebraskon Page 3 Lincolnites To Vote On Liquor-By- 5 Police Chief Carroll . . . "It Is most important how the law is administered." City Council To Decide Law Outcome After Vote Either way the liquor by the drink vote goes, "it can be a catastrophe, or it can be well-regulated," Lincoln Police Chief Joseph Carroll said. "Regardless of how t h e vote goes, it is most impor tant how the law is admin istered," Carroll said. At the present time, Car roll noted, there is no limit on the number of bottle clubs the city may have. If the proposal to go "wet" passes, it is assumed that the City Council will set Lincoln May Cooperate With Housing Office A proposal on the election ballot for Lincoln voters asks that the City of Lin coln be authorized to aid and cooperate with the Lin coln Housing Authority. If the proposal is ap proved, the city will have the right to help the Hous ing Authority in the plan ning, undertaking, construc tion or operation of housing projects for persons of low income. The Housing Authority will then be eligible to re ceive federal funds, ex plained Mrs. Arlyss Brown, assistant city attorney. A federal law requires that in order to gain funds from the federal govern ment, the Housing Authority must show a cooperation agreement with the city, Mrs. Brown said. "The advantage of secur ing federal funds was the impetus for putting the pro posal on the ballot," she said. Presently, the city cannot help the Housing Authority by buying its bonds or giv ing it additional money, T1),M iowom rat- apply to all tliflt .dvtrtHInf la the DH Ntbrkm tltndard raw of So per word and minimum charge ot SOe atr claaillcd inwrtlaau p.imcnl for theae adi will laU Into two tateori: (1) adi ronnlnf leu h wrrk la lattuilM mini b P'" ' er laaaitloa. 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On the other hand, if the measure is defeated, Car roll said, "I would presume that they (council) might give some consideration to limiting the licenses." "As far as bottle clubs and liquor clubs, they'll have liquor by the drink no matter which way the vote goes," Carroll said. Carroll indicated that the police de partment will have an eas ier job of enforcing city pol icies if the policies are stricter than they are at present. Mrs. Brown added. If the city were authorized to cooperate with the Hous ing Authority, the Housing Authority could take ad vantage of a host of federal funds, she said. The actual powers in the proposal go to the city to cooperate with the Housing Authority, she continued. Lincoln Dentist On ADA Panel Dr. Norman Carlson, Lin coln dentist, will be a mem ber of a five-man panel on operative dentistry at the annual American Dental Assn. meeting Nov. 14-17 in Dallas. Nebraska Dental Assn. dele gates include Drs. Donald W. Edwards, Donald T. 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DONUTS45 Varieties. Always fresh and tasty. Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday Sunday. G it S DONUT SHOP. 832 No. 27th. 432-7069. MASTER AND DOCTOR OF SCIENCE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING: Finan cial aid available for Engineering and Science Majors for study in Nuclear Engineering. Fellowships, tralneeshlps, and research assistantshlps available. For Information write: Chairman, De partment of Nuclear Engineering, Uni versity of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va. COINS & STAMPS Of All Countries At Lincoln'! Only Full Tim Stamp to Coin Dealer Specialists in Coins, Stamps I32t OlM St. 477-15M Uflttln, Nfftr. MM 1 iajiiiB( Saloon Prayer Meetings Typify Early Liquor Debates In Lincoln By Julie Morris Senior Staff Writer Saloons were the settings for temperance society prayer meetings in the Lincoln of 1874. "Vote the devil down!" a Lincoln minister thundered to his congregation shortly before election day in 194G. "The town has changed we thought we ought to give the voters a shot at it again." a former Lincoln Chamber of Commerce president said before the upcoming I960 election. All of these occurrences are linked with the question of whether Lincoln, the city of churches and educational and governmental institutions, should be a "wet" or "dry" town. The liquor debate dates back to the earliest days of Lincoln when the Ladies' Temperance Society was orga nized in 1874, five years after the city was founded. According to "Tower on the Plains," a centennial history of Lincoln by R. Neale Copple, "the ladies invaded several saloons, conducted prayer meetings and sang hymns," as part of their anti-liquor crusade. Finally, the narrative relates, a city ordinance curbing the ladies' ef forts was passed by the Citv Council. 1920 'Nightclubs' Colorful tales about the days of Prohibition in Lincoln are told yet today. Edmund Dittmer, a Lincoln package liquor store own er for 32 years, told of the city during the "roaring 20s" when there were several well-known speakeasies in the town. "Of course, we never used the word 'speakeasy,'" Ditt mer said. "It was 'nightclub.'" Dittmer said speakeasies like the popular High Acres at 14th and High Streets where the present Indian Village shopping center is located, served a non-alcoholic "near beer" that patrons spiked with 190-proof straight alcohol. Local citizens also mixed their own home brew by combining malt syrup, bought at the local grocery store, with sugar, water and yeast and letting the brew fer ment. Lincolnites also made wine, by gathering wild grapes, sometimes from along Salt Creek, and combining them with good grapes. The brew made this way wasn't particularly good, i : fa Skit r rlv" .A- J h A? Iff f HMd- W4v I ; twii i" ; 'A If! 1 5tiv tm. wt I I ft f,'- ' - t . sl' I . .i.u,,i Af' I ' f V I l&l , I . "T i", i it Iff . i F tmummitMSNm .r, 5 -if f ?"t f'' : .v ..... . 1 .?. i ft "IS. ji ;' Hp rx f f'A J?. 'i, j f t: Bottle Clubs . Nebraskan Want Ads Student Talent! Experienced In: Piano Bar Variety Entertainment Jazz Combo Part Time Weekend Work Possible Weeknighr Work CALL Mr. Strauch Colonial Inn 434-5971 k Reporting Editing Advertising Sales Check Out Your Opportunities As A Business or News Staff Member On The Daily Nebraskan In Room 51 Nebraska Union See Bob Ginn Business Manager . . like this one may be shut Jan Itkin News Editor Dittmer said, but it was alcohol and it was forbidden, so people enjoyed it. Cities Must Decide When the Prohibition law was repealed in 1935, Ne braska ruled that all cities could have package stores and retail beer taverns but that liquor by the drink would be an issue left up to the individual cities. Lincoln did not vote on the liquor-by-the-drink ques tion until 1946, when it was put on the ballot by the ef forts of city beer tavern dealers, who wanted to expand their businesses. The 1946 ballot raised "quite a tempest in the city," Dittmer said. Everyone was talking about it, he said and "the churches were up in flames." Many people, in cluding ministers, seemed to feel that it would have a definite adverse effect on the morals of the city, he said. The proposal lost by a two-to-one margin. The vote was 18.574 to 9,469. Three-Vote Margin Since that election 20 years ago, the issue has not again appeared on the ballot in Lincoln. However, the vil lage of West Lincoln had the measure on their ballot twice in recent years. In 1960, the issue was defeated and in 1964 it was again voted down, this time by a margin of only three votes, 76 to 73. The votes in West Lincoln spurred fears that the is sue might eventually bring liquor by the drink to Lincoln, itself, because of the competition the West Lincoln taverns would give the city. Since it was defeated, however, it did not bring the Lin coln proposal to balloting. The city began granting bottle club licenses a few years ago. Until the 1963 Legislature passed a law pro hibiting this type of establishment, patrons brought their own bottles to the restaurant or club and paid to have their drinks mixed for them. Now the city has 30 clubs that serve liquor by the drink. Dittmer explained there are two types of the so-called "bottle clubs." One type requires patrons to buy their li quor at retail stores; these are the private clubs. The other class, nonprofit clubs, may buy their liquor wholesale. (.It, t . down if Lincolnites, pass liquor mi i IT WON'T HURT YOU COME SPOOF AROUND See the things that the guys, who have everything, don't have. THE SPOOFER SHOP 1032 0 Street DIAMONP CHATELA1NI 1200 "0 MaiT(H40 JlWlUHi The-Drink Proposa by the drink. RINGS FROM $150 STREET AMERICA 6EM iOCHT , ; V-'Mt- fax -V J v MRS. GILMER . . . liquor "more drunken drivers." WCTU Head Gives Reasons For Stand The president of the Lan caster County Women's Christian Temperance Un ion, Mrs. R. Lee Gilmer, documented the WCTU's reasons for opposing liquor by the drink for Lincoln. Mrs. Gilmer said the city and county WCTU groups oppose the measure for the following reasons: If passed, the measure would "definitely lead to more drinking" of alcoholic beverages. M ore drinking would result in more drunken drivers. More money would be spent on alcoholic bever ages. Mrs. Gilmer said that drunken drivers are one of the major hazards of the nation's streets and high ways. She cited the Nation al Safety Council statistics that state that "with each two drinks a driver's abili ty and judgment are im paired." If the measure passes, Mrs. Gilmer said, the WCTU feels there will def initely be an increase in the number and locations of liquor outlets in the city. She said that "for many years it was the city's pol icy to keep outlets in the OPEN BOWLING 25c 1 to 6 p.m. Pocket Billard Snooker Tables and Gals Free With Dates SHUFFLEBOARD SNOOKER BOWL No. 48 1 Dudley 434-9822 16th & P Sts. Just South of Campus WE NEVER CLOSE IN TOWN Mk it DIVIDEND measure would lead to downtown area" but that this policy was changed several years ago and since that time the number of bot tle clubs has jumped from 16 to 30. The WCTU, whose pro gram is aimed mainly at educating the public, is a nation - wide organization JOHN STRUVE What Happens To The Family's NEEDS When You're Gone? Nothing. Your family's neds will continue to remain high,"" just as the cost of living remains ' " high. 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