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If Nebraska is the cultural wasteland some claim it is, it's not
because the people in this state aren't interested. The tickets to last
year's St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performance in Kimball
Recital Hall were sold out in two hours. This year 90 per cent of
the tickets were sold the first day.
The orchestra won't be back next year. It's not because the
orchestra feels its talents are being wasted on backward
Nebraskans. Nor is it because Nebraskans have found themselves
unable to enjoy music that doesn't sound like a football fight song.
Rather, it is a question of simple arithmetic.
It cost S35,000 to bring the orchestra here last year for four
performances. More than -S20,000 of that came from grants
awarded by the Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Nebraska Arts
Council. That money will not be available next year.
Assuming those people who lined up at Kimball this year to buy
tickets weren't just making a token sacrifice on the alter of culture,
something should be done to bring the St. Louis orchestra back.
An increase in ticket prices probably would not get the job
done. According to Performing Arts Coordinator Ron Bowlin,
tickets for the St. Louis Symphony would have to cost about SI 1
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Nebraskan would probably think twice about that.
The other alternative, university funding, is equally infeasible.
The Fees Allocations Board, already overloaded with requests for
funds, allocated SI 0,700 to the Cultural Affairs Committee for
next year's program. Appropriating an additional $25,000 Jbr the
orchestra would have left other deserving organizations without
funds.
In the short term, then, those interested in seeing the return of
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra should ask the Mid-America-Arts
Alliance and the Nebraska Arts Council to reconsider their
decision.
And in the long term, Lincoln should have a performing hall
large enough to make ticket-supported events feasible (Kimball
Recital Hall seats 850) and attractive enough to draw first-rate
performers. Such a hall is not likely to be built until the lines at
;ity councilmcn's doors are as long as those at the Kimball ticket
:)ooth earlier this year.
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atergate conspirators discover crime pays
This is for those of you who believe the Watergate
conspirators paid the price for their crimes.
G. Gordon Liddy, convicted of burglary,
conspiracy and illegal wiretapping in the Watergate
break-in, recently receiver' "10,000 for an interview
with the Associated T.tss.
James W. IvicCord Jr. and E. Howard Hunt, both
convicted of conspiracy, among other things, for their
parts in the break-in, have published books
concerning the affair.
Egil Krogh, Jr., guilty of conspiracy in the Ellsberg
break-in, is traveling the lecture circuit pulfing in
SI, 000 a night.
Jeb Stuart Magruder, who pleaded guilty to
conspiracy in the Watergate cover-up, reportedly
received $100,000 for his printed version of
Watergate.
John Dean, the world's best-known squealer,
convicted of conspiracy in the cover-up, has been
traveling the lecture circuit pulling in an estimated
$3,500 per speech. He is also expected to receive
$300,000 for a book about Watergate.
H. R. Haldeman, also convicted of conspiracy in
the Watergate cover-up, recently receiVed at least
$25,000 to tell the American public, via CBS News,
now innocent a part he played in the affair.
Haldeman, and possibly John L. Ehrlichman, also
guilty of conspiracy, are expected to get their stories
out in book form, for which they'll probably receive
phenomenal amounts.
Ron Ziegler, Nixon's press agent, guilty of no
crimes except blatant idiocy, was to go on a lecture
tour that would have paid rather well, except for the
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fact that many students refused to let their money be
spent for Ziegler's upkeep.
Richara Nixon, the crown prince of Watergate,
who, thanks to our President Gerald Ford, was
pardoned of the crimes he committed relating to
Watergate, is expected to receive upwards of $2
million for his memoirs.
Nixon, now spending his time "on the beach at San
Clemente, has also been mentioned as a possible
candidate for an ambassadorial post or some other
position relating to foreign affairs.
All in all, it appears as if the Watergate break-in
wasn't too bad an idea for these "gentlemen."
Almost three years after the June 1 1 burglary,
only one of the men listed above is currently in
jail-G. Gordon Liddy. The rest have either been
pardoned, released on bail or have already served
reduced jail sentences.
All of these men, in one way or another, have
profited considerably from Watergate, by telling or
writing their recollections of the affair.
Some, such as Howard Hunt and G. Gordon
Liddy, who at one time were nothing but unknown
burglars, have been catapulted into the national
limelight, something denied them before Watergate.
It must be said that these "public servants" did
receive some notoriety as a result of the break-in, but
already, people are talking about politically
resurrecting Richard Nixon and others have said
history will treat him kindly.
Perhaps after it's all said and done, Richard Nixon
and associates have had the last laugh. Instead of
paying for their crimes, it seems the Watergate
conspirators, thanks to the American public, have
been paid for their crimes.
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daily nebraskan
thursday, april 17, 1975