ayor hopefuls clash, Council candidates concur
by CAROL GOETSCHIUS
Staff Writer
With less than a week before
the city election, the campaign
hasn't dulled the opposition
between mayoral candidates.
But the candidates for city
council seem to be presenting
voters with a united front on
several key issues.
May 4 voters will chose
between incumbent mayor
Sam Schwartzkopf and city
councilman Ervin Peterson for
mayor and will select four of
the eight candidates to serve on
the city council.
Candidates met both the
public and their opposition
Monday night in a meeting
sponsored by the League of
Women Voters. About 60
people attended the confab in
the County-City Building
SCHWARTZKOPF told the
audience that the city must
"seek new civic and economic
development" and escape the
chaotic expansion that has
destroyed some urban areas.
Housing should be top
community priority
Schwartzkopf said. He
proposed the creation of a
new centralized housing
department to coordinate the
activities of all private and
public housing agencies.
The mayor's competition,
Peterson, has served on the city
council for eight years. He
charged the present city
administration with creating
bottlenecks and with a lack of
leadership.
"The greatest threat is the
negative attitude of the
administration," peterson said.
He also chargedthe
Schwartzkopf administration
with increasing the cost of city
government.
IF ELECTED, Peterson said
he would seek to hold taxes
down by levying an
employment tax on people who
work in Lincoln yet live
outside the city, and by more
efficiency in city government.
By eliminating the use of
out-of-town consultants and
seeking more federal and state
aid for housing, city costs
could be reduced, he said.
The eight candidates for
City Council were in agreement
on the need for more
low-income housing, city
ownership of the bus lines,
updating the comprehensive
plan for Lincoln's growth and
more recreation facilities.
Candidate Fred (Bob)
Sikyta proposed labor training
for the hard-core unemployed
to enable them to become
"active members of the
working class," and study of
means to prevent deterioration
of the downtown area and
cultural center.
He suggested that council
meetings be at night so a
greater number of citizens can
attend and that city hall be
open at least a few hours one
night a week.
RICHARD HANSEN
proposed, as part of a new city
plan, that the city put a
three-year limit on commercial
and industrial zones so that the
zone could revert to its original
classification if not used. The
city has a surplus of
commercial and industrial
zones, he said.
He suggested that
neighborhood mini
governments be created to
propose ideas to the council.
Hansen advocated raising
revenue by increasing the use
of the city's sales tax and
license fees.
Charles Hamilton, alluding
to the candidates' agreement
on key issues, said he is
emphasizing his qualifications
and business experience.
"I believe I am a man of
mature judgment," he said. "I
will study the problems and
remain flexible in my
thinking." Explaining that he
has avoided an expensive
campaign, Hamilton reminded
the audience that "pollution
comes in many forms, even in
political yard signs."
Steve Cook spoke of his
experience as an architect and
as a member of the city's
planning commission. Planning
precedes zoning, he said, so the
city needs to spend more time
on planning, which includes
updating the comprehensive
plan.
BUSINESSWOMAN Nancy
Childs said there's a "need to
humanize government if it's to
be effective." Officials too
often forget that they're talking
about people problems, she
said.
She said her platform
intends to provide "responsvie
govenment." Childs advocated
placing a member of the
city-wide Tenant Association
on the Lincoln Housing
Authority and cautioned
officials to remember that,
although the northeast radial is
needed it means displacing
people.
Helen Boosalis, the only
incumbent councilman running
for re-electin emphasized the
need for "greater public
commitment" to the problem
of safe, sanitary housing for
low-income familites and
elderly.
City planning must involve
the "total societal and
environmental values" but any
final judgement on the
comprehensive plan would be
premature now, she said.
Candidate W. Richard
Baker said he hasn't the
support of any special interest
groups and intends to represent
the average Lincoln citizen.
Baker said he supports the
mayor's plan for a new housing
agency and the updating of the
comprehensive plan to protect
property owners.
Baker, a' businessman, said
he isn't a young radical, he has
no new sweeping proposals,
but that "young, aggressive
leadership" is needed on the
Council.
Candidate Bill Murreil, a
wholesale liquor dealer, did not
attend the meeting.
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schedules orientation
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A speech by the creator of
Lear Jets, William Lear, and a
special orientation program for
high school seniors planning to
enter the College of
Engineering next fall will
highlight the annual Engineer's
Week beginning Wednesday.
Wednesday's activities
include an open house from 6
to 10 p.m.' featuring displays
made by students.
The open house continues
Thursday from 1 to 5 and 6 to
10 p.m. with directed tours of
the exhibits starting from
Ferguson Hall both days.
Lear, president of Lear
Motor Corporation and creator
of the Learjet and 8-track
stereo, will speak Thursday at
1 1 a.m. in the Nebraska Union.
Lear is currently working on
designs for a steam car to
decrease air pollution.
' This year's special program
for potential engineering
students and their parents will
be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in
the Kimball Recital Hall. The
program will include
discussions of the engineering
profession, student life on the
Lincoln campuses, E-Week and
student organizations,
cooperative education
programs, financial aid, and
facilities and services available
to students of the College of
Engineering.
Prospective students and
their parents are also invited to
attend other E-Week functions,
including Lear's convocation
earlier in the day.
"Although the invitations
were sent only to the parents
of students who have already
been admitted to the College,
we would like to invite any
student interested in an
engineering education and his
parents to come," said Don
Edwards, dean of the College
of Engineering.
Field Day, an annual
interdepartmental athletic
competition, will be Friday in
Pioneers Park. E-Week's closing
event will be a banquet at 6
p.m. in the Elks Lodge.
Speaker for the program will
be Major Paul H. Wragg, an Air
Force Chaplain.
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