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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1970)
'-Mvn V k I 1 Gene Lightner Wednesday, April 22 Nebraska Union 3:39 p.m. Union-Miss NU & Style Shows 4 p.m. Geog. Dept "Professor Hamilton ASUN 4:30 pan. Bui lders College Days & Tours BuildersCulture t.. C p.m. Red Cross NHRRF Childs Project ASUN Elections ' (:30 p.m. AAUP 7 p.m. Arab Student Assn. Alpha Lambda Delta IFC Builders Exec. Alpha Kappa Psi 7:30 p.m. Math Counselors Student Action Front Builders Orchesls Rehearsal 8 p.m. Afro-American Collegiate Society Student Involvement YMCA Union Publications Span. Kappa Alpha Psi Sociology 101 t McKuen to play Thursday night "The Loner" Rod McKuen, poet-composer-entertainer, will appear in concert at Pershing Auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday. The thirty-seven-year-old artist now divides his time between the United States and Europe where he performs in concert halls and night clubs while he continues to write songs and poetry. A self-described loner, his albums include "Lonesome Cities" "The Beautiful Strangers," "The Single Man," and "The Loner." McKuen has written four volumes of poetry. In 1969 he won the Grammy Award In the "spoken word" category for his album of readings from "Lonesome Cities." lie wrote the score for the movie "Joan na" and in 1970 his ballad "Jean" from the motion pic ture score for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was nominated for an Academy Award for the best song. l Legislation! must halt pollution U VL-J lA5 THURS- APR. 23 at 8 mm at it micas W TAX IMCl. TICKIT OMK OHN II Til. t P.M. WEDNESDAY; APRIL 22, 1970 by BRUCE WEV1MER NabrnkM Staff Writer Only mandatory legislation will ef fectively stop pollution of the world's environment according to a University alum now with the Hewlett-Packard Co. Gene Lightner, a research engineer with the Pennsylvania firm, participated in an informal discussion at Cather Hall Monday night as part of the annual Masters Program. Companies want to sell things as in expensively as possible and governments want taxes as low as possible,, he said. If people want action they will have to force the government to demand companies and individuals to stop pollu tion. In the discussion 1 that centered! around pollution Lightner said if people "truly want to remove eyesores, breathe good air and drink good water they can. But, he added, someone will have to pay for iL "Good or economics enters into everything, he said. A better fuel could reduce or eliminate automobile pollution, a more discriminatory insecticide could make DDT obsolete, cars could be designed for easy stripping and con version, water pollution from sewage can aH be eliminated if people want to pay the price, he said. "Companies will not undertake these changes on their own," the research engineer said. "If you need proof look at the oil spills . . . they patrol themselves. Look at the automobile manufactures. The 1953 graduate said he did not "buy" the arguments for eliminating DDT. "It may only have short term advantages," he told one student, "but are you willing to risk millions of lives to malaria today because DDT just might be harmful tomorrow?" Lightner, who received his masters degree in engineering in 1956, said he also favors population controls. .4 V . "3" MMKMttMfi Fleas help All of us hate to see empty cans and bottles lousing up what's left of a beautiful country. It's too bad packaging technology today isn't as exotic and convenient as the gimmicks and gadgets on the TV thrill shows; like you, we'd like nothing better than for every empty can and bottle to self-destruct. Someday, soon, things will be different, though... because we and a lot of other concerned people are all working on the problem in earnest. Meantime, there is a foolproof way to keep cans and bottles from cluttering up the countryside, and you can do your part: Please don't throw them there in the first place. BUDWEISER, King of Beers. bV. J1.1' H I 1 C 11 ,,,,,, I I NV m m Anheuser-Busch, Inc. ST. IOUIS NCWARK lOS ANCIU3 TAMPA HOUSTON COWMSUS JACKSONVIUI THE DAILY NEBRASKAN r i 4 4 V PAGE 7