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Gene Lightner
Wednesday, April 22
Nebraska Union
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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.
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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.
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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.
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