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City election
Tuesday, May 1 Lincoln voters, a large
number of whom are UNL students, will
choose three new City Council members and,
perhaps more importantly, decide the fate of
three City Charter amendments.
The Daily Nebraskan earlier voiced
editorial support of Amendment No. 1, which
calls for election of City Council members by
district. The Daily Nebraskan also has
endorsed Amendment No. 2, which would
place limitations on the implementation of
any city street construction project costing
more than $15 million. If accepted, this
amendment would effectively halt the
planned construction of the Northeast Radial
highway. Opponents of the amendment have
said that it would "hoq-tie" representative
government in the city. However, as is evident
by the fact the citizens telt the need to
propose the amendment, government in
Lincoln has not been truly representative.
The Daily Nebraskan further urges the
adoption of Amendment No. 3, which
provides for a maximum salary of $4,000 for
City Council members. Members now receive
a maximum of $1,040 annually, or $20 per
meeting attended. The current token council
salary often works to prohibit low and middle
income people from serving on the council.
In the City Council races, the Daily
Nebraskan strongly urges the election of
candidates Sue Bailey and John Robinson.
Bailey, a long time member of the League
of Women Voters, has served as an officer of
that organization and as a member of its
Corrections Committee, which has urged
reforms in the County-City jail system. She
was a member of the Goals and Policies
Committee. Bailey opposes construction of
the Northeast Radial without a cost-benefit
analysis of the project. Bailey has stated her
belief that Lincoln's portion of federal
revenue sharing funds should first be spent on
people programs, such as day-care centers and
facilities to aid both mentally and physically
handicapped persons, before those funds are
spent on capital construction or
improvement.
UNL law student John Robinson also
served on the Goals and Policies Committee.
Robinson, who plans to practice law in
Lincoln, is especially interested in assuring
that minority groups be represented in city
government and therefore has supported
Amendments No. 1 and 3. Robinson opposes
construction of the Radial until the project
has been approved by a vote of the people.
The Daily Nebraskan urges with
reservation the election of Max A. Denney.
Denney has served as a city and county
attorney in Nebraska and is a former
administrative assistant to Nebraska Gov.
Robert Crosby.
Students should remember that they can
have a great deal to say about the outcome of
this city election, but only if they show up at
the polls.
Voter information
Registered to vote in next week's Lincoln
city election but not sure where to go when
the time comes, as it does to us all, to cast
your ballot? Well then, the UNL Help Line
has got your number.. .precinct number, that
is.
Voters who are not sure of their precinct
number or the location of the appropriate
polling place can get that information by
calling Help Line, 472-331 1. The information
also is available at the County Election
Commissioner's office in the County-City
Building. The commissioner's phone number
is 475-5611.
Vote Tuesday, May 1.
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Scene: A White House. Honest,
innocent, young Dick (played by Allan
Jones) is trying to save the reputation of
his beloved White House from a bunch of
crooks and spies. But nobody knows who
they are.
Coining to his aid in the nick of time
aie four dear friends, Croucho Haldeman,
Chico Magruder, Zeppo Dean (the young,
handsome one) and Harpo Ziegler (who
never says anything, but only blows his
horn.)
As the scene opens, a dedicated police
officer named Senator Sam (played by
Guy Kibbee), is pounding on the door,
crying, "What's going on in there?"
In the hallway inside, which is lined
with office doors, Dick is talking
nervously to his friends.
Groucho: Don't worry, kid, it's in the
bag.
Dick (as a shadowy figure, carrying a
black bag, dashes out one door and into
another): What's in the bag?
Groucho (shrugging): Who knows
what's in the bag?
Zeppo and Chico (together): There's
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Harpo: Honk! Honk!
Dick (sincerely): I want you to know
that I have complete confidence in all of
you. (People carrying bags, bundles of
money and stacks of papers begin
scurrying in and out of doors in
ever-increasing tempo.) But, golly, it sure
seems like something funny's happening
around here.
Groucho: If something funny doesn't
happen soon, we're in trouble. Thank
heavens, it's John and Martha.
(John, played by Edgar (Slow Burn)
Kennedy, wanders in with his wife,
Martha, played by Billie Burke. For the
rest of the scene, she never stops talking,
even though nobody listens.)
John: I was passing by, Dick, and I
wanted you to know that I don't know a
thing. I never talked to a soul about it.
Chico (pointing at John): He Uk it!
John (Mopping the back of his neck
with his handkerchief): Except to tell
them not to get caught.
Groucho: I think the butler did it.
Senator Sam (bursting in the door):
All right, now. Who did it?
(Groucho, Chico, Zeppo and John all
point at each other, shouting, "He did
it!" "They did it!" "You did it!" while
Harpo honks his horn furiously.)
Senator Sam: Now, dang it, somebody
must of done it. I'm running you all in!
(There follows a marvelous chase scene
with Groucho, Chico, Zeppo and Harpo
ducking in and out of doors while
showering the pursuing Senator Sam with
papers, money, names, dates, tapes and
memos as John tries to silently slip
away.)
Senator Sam (finally buried under the
mass of data): Okay, you guys, I give up.
You're free. No jury in the country could
ever understand what's going on in here.
Dick (shaking his friends' hands):
Golly, you've saved the reputation of my
White House! Now I can bring the
country together again.
And in great final scene, as the entire
cast joins arms, Dick steps forward to sing
that famous Allan Jones' hit, "Donkey
Serenade."
(Copyright Chronicls P u b I it h i n a Co.
1973)
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daily nebraskan
friday, april 27, 1973
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