Sunday drinking: council to follow voters' cue
Lincoln doesn't want alcohol sold on Sundays.
At least that is what most City Council candidates
and continuing City Council members say.
State law allows a city to regulate the sale of
alcohol within certain limits. The City Council could
adopt an ordinance to legalize beer sales all day
Sunday and liquor sales after 6 p.m. on Sunday.
All alcohol would be sold by the drink. Packaged
liquor would not be sold.
Helen Boosalis, a City Council member for 14
years, said she couldn't recall anyone proposing the
legalization of the sale of alcohol on Sundays during
her years on the council.
She said she believes there is no great need or
demand for alcohol on Sundays. Since there are
private clubs in Lincoln which serve alcohol on
Sunday, Boosalis said, those who want it can have it.
Council members Richard Baker, Steve Cook and
Fred R. Sikyta are each in the second year of their
first four-year term. The three men said they have
never been approached by anyone wanting alcohol
sold on Sundays. Baker and Sikyta said they didn't
think such a proposal would be adopted by the City
Jobs scarce
in Lincoln
Many UNL students stay in Lincoln each
summer. Some go to summer school while others
get jobs in hopes of earning a higher wage than
they could in their hometowns. In today's Close
Up, staff writer Ruth Ulrich takes a look at the
prospects in Lincoln for summer job hunters.
by Ruth Ulrich
That "good old summertime" is almost here
again. And in a little more than a month, schools
all over the country will be opening their doors
and students will pour out.
Among them will be thousands of UNL
students. Some will stay in Lincoln for summer
school; others will go homo to spend the summer
with their families. Still others may have jobs or
other plans. But many students will enter the
competition for summer jobs in Lincoln.
A limited number of jobs will be available
through UIML's workstudy program. According to
A. Douglas Scott Treado, UNL financial aids
advisor, students don't have to be enrolled in
summer sessions to be eligible for summer
workstudy positions.
In fact, he said, "this office does not encourage
students to go to summer sessions." He said that
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Council. Cook and Sikyta said they would vote
against such a proposal.
Baker said he doesn't think people want alcohol
sold on Sundays. He said that six years ago liquor by
the drink was legalized by the council after several
attempts.
Boosalis, Baker, Cook and Sikyta, along with three
new members to be elected on May 1, will make up
the council for the next two years.
Omaha's City Council legalized alcohol sales on
Sundays in November, 1969. According to Betty
Coble, Omaha City Council secretary, Omaha
legalized alcohol sales on Sundays to make their
convention centers competitive with cities where the
sale of alcohol on Sundays is legal.
The four council members said they feel the
construction of the Lincoln Hilton and a subsequent
increase in convention business would have little
effect on the Council's decision whether to legalize
Sunday alcohol sales.
Candidate Sue Bailey, a housewife, said she had
not investigated the possibility of such an ordinance.
students who need financial aid are expected to
earn money during the summer for the next school
year.
They have to be pre-registered for the fall
semester as full-time students, Treado said, but
they must not be planning to graduate any time
prior to next December.
However, he said, students who desire summer
workstudy positions should have applied by now.
Of the more than 650 students who have applied,
there will be job requests for about 300, he said.
This number is somewhat below last summer,
Treado explained, because the budget which
begins July 1 "appears to be reduced by 20 per
cent from funds available last year."
He urged those who wish to obtain on-campus
employment to come to the office and complete a
job application. As job requests come in,
applicants will be notified.
He also suggested that students look at the
notebook in the UNL Financial Aids off ice which
contains information about jobs within and
outside Nebraska. Many of these include jobs with
parks, camps and conservation agencies, he added.
Some students, however, will seek employment
in Lincoln outside the University. One Lincoln
agency that offers assistance to job hunters is
Manpower, Inc., a temporary help service.
According to office personnel at the agency,
the only employment which will be available
through Manpower will be typists. The applicants
will be on call, many of the jobs will be part-time
and may only last a week or so, officials said. The
agency will not be taking job applications until the
middle of May, they added.
According to Vivian Robinson of the State of
Nebraska Division of Employment Department of
Labor, the availability of summer jobs depends on
whether industries in the city have the extra
money to hire summer help.
She said she thinks there may be an increase in
jobs in areas such as food services, because of the
new places to eat in Lincoln. But even these
positions, she said, would depend on the amount
She said she would have to determine how many
people wanted it and why they wanted it before
deciding.
However, she said she doubts there's a need for
such an ordinance in Lincoln.
She also said that Sundays are treated differently
than weekdays at the conventions she has attended,
eliminating any need for alcohol on Sundays at the
conventions.
Max Denney, an attorney running for City
Council, said he would oppose such an ordinance. He
said he thinks the council might receive pressure from
the Hilton to liberalize Lincoln's alcohol laws.
Candidate Emmet Junge, retired Public Safety
director, said he would consider such a proposal,
although he feels Lincoln residents probably don't
want alcohol sold on Sundays.
He said he also thinks the Hilton will not influence
the council's decision.
Candidate John Robinson, UNL law student, said
he would vote for such an ordinance if he felt the
people of Lincoln wanted alcohol sold on Sundays.
He said he thinks most people in Lincoln would
oppose such an ordinance.
He said students may favor the ordinance, but
most of the middle aged Lincoln residents would
oppose it. He said he thinks the Hilton would have
little influence over a council decision.
Candidate William Thierstein, an attorney, said he
sees no compelling reason to change the present
system. He said he doesn't know if alcohol on Sunday
is something Lincoln needed.
He said the issue should be handled by the State
Liquor Commission through public
hearings. Thierstein said he sees no difference
between the influence the old Lincoln Hotel had and
the influence the Lincoln Hilton will have.
Nancy Childs, a realtor, was the only candidate
who said she favors an ordinance legalizing the sale of
alcohol on Sundays. She said it is not fair for a few to
be able to drink in private clubs while others cannot.
The Lincoln Country Club and Hillcrest Country
Club are two private clubs in the Lincoln area which
serve alcohol on Sundays. The Lincoln Country Club
does not serve alcohol on Mondays and therefore is
within the law, which allows the sale of alcohol six
days a week.
Hillcrest Country Club is outside the city limits at
89th and O.
Childs said she would not initiate such a proposal,
but, if someone asked her to, she said she would
present the proposal to the council.
of tourist trade.
Robinson said that this year, because of budget
cuts, there won't be any federally financed
employment for the disadvantaged.
There is always competition between students
seeking summer jobs and other workers, Hobinson
said, but she added that she doesn't think
unemployment will be as high as last summer.
She encouraged students to fill out an
application at the employment office so if an
employer calls seeking help they can lie referred.
The State Department of Labor is doing
"everything humanly possible" to find available
jobs, Robinson said. She said that all employers in
the departmental files have been contacted in an
attempt to find wheie summer help is needed.
Robinson said, however, that the chance of
finding summer employment is better for those
who don't wait until the last minute and who aie
aggressive enough to "knock on doors. Those who
move the swiftest get the jobs."
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Wednesday, april 18, 1973
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