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Boosalis
Challenges
face state,
Boosalis says
Derisions made in the next four
years are critical to the future of
Nebraska and its people, Demo
crat ic gubernatorial candidate Helen
Boosalis said Saturday.
Boos, lis headlined the Nebraska
State Democratic Party Convention
at the Lincoln Hilton Hotel.
"We know the challenges facing
us: Y- k now our farmers and ranchers
are hurt ing, that we need a fair and
equitable tax system, that quality
jobs need to be created, and that
excellence in education must become
a reality," she said. "But Nebras
kans have a candidate who loves a
challenge!"
Boosalis said she believes everyone
in Nebraska deserves to share the
benefits not of the good life, but the
best life.
"Our greatest natural resource is
our people," she said.
Boosalis said she wants progress
but not by sacrificing people, op
portunities for farmers, or surrend
ering to out-of-state corporations.
"This is a campaign of choices,"
she said. "We can choose to critic
ize, or we can choose to build. We
can choose to nip at the heels, or we
can choose to set the pace. We can
choose to moan and groan about the
present situation, or we can choose
to present a positive program for
Nebraska's future."
Police Report
Friday, June 27
8:21 a.m. Theft of bike from llar
perSeh'rammSmith. 1 1:")2 a.m. Non-injury accident in
Abel fire lane.
5:25 a.m. Car fire in Parking Area
15, 11th and Q streets.
(1:50 p.m. Medical emergency, inju
ry, recreation field at l!Jth and Vine.
MM!) p.m. Fire alarm at Schramm
Hall. Overheated engine.
Saturday, June 28
2:12 a.m. Arrested two people for
stealing bike at 1 5th and U to S streets.
Sunday, June 29
12:57 a.m. DWI at 14th and Avery
st reels.
2:13 a.m. Emergency phone stolen
from Parking Area 3 at New Hampshire
St.
10:10 a.m. Two people arrested
for stealing a bike off campus.
4:27 p.m. Theft of miscellaneous
personal items at Bob Devaney Sports
Complex.
'Hail Mary' controversy continues
By Chris McCubbin
- Staff Reporter
U.S. District Judge Warren K. Urbom's
ruling on Thursday that the Sheldon
Film Theatre must schedule the film
"Hail Mary" has provoked a full spec
trum of responses locally, from con
demnation, to full approval, to a guar
ded "wait and see" attitude.
In an Associated Press article Ur
bom said, "It was not the fact of the
controversy that caused the cancella
tion of "Hail Mary"; it was that the
prospect of a religious battle in the
uneasy political setting of the time
already penciled in by prior legislative
cuts and underlined by an individual
senator's warnings threatened the
peace and stability of the Sheldon
Gallery.
"Even if the cause had been only the
fact of controversy, however, cancella
tion would not have been justified,
because action taken by an arm of the
state merely to avoid controversy from
the experession of ideas is an insuffi
cient basis for interfering with the
right to receive information."
Later in the decision Urbom said,
"(Omaha) Sen. (Bernice) Labedz was
not merely speaking as a private citi
zen: She purposely used her position as
a legislator who had a hand on the
financial throat of the Sheldon Gallery
to prevent the showing of the film ..."
In an addendum to the decision
Urbom said he had received a petition
"signed by many" people concerning
the case. "Lawsuits are not matters for
resolution by petition," Urbom said.
Labedz's office could not be reached
for comment Monday.
The Rev. Jim Dawson of Lincoln's
Catholic Chancery called the decision
"very poor" and said he was disap
pointed. Dawson said "Hail Mary" was
an insult to Catholics and most Chris
tians. He said Urbom's decision may
open the possibility of similar films
insulting other religion and minorities.
Dawson said that in some cities the
showing of "Hail Mary" has been oppo
sed by the Jewish organization B'nai
B'rith. That organization "sees the
handwriting on the wall," Dawson said.
The suit was filed by two patrons of
the Sheldon Theatre under the auspi
ces of the Nebraska Civil Liberties
Union. John Taylor of the NCLU said the
organization was very pleased with the
decision and pleased that the matter
was handled quickly. Taylor said he
hopes the matter will not continue in
the form of an appeal.
Taylor said Urbom's decision was
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signal" to "certain legislators" about
government interference in the arts.
Sheldon director George Neubert,
who made the decision to cancel the
film, could not be reached for com
ment. Dan Ladely, director of the Shel
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to tell when the film might be sched
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make about the decision at this time,
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