Greeting the New Year Across Cultures and Calendars
A survey of New Year customs from Scotland to America notes how children in masks once begged for cheer, and explains how calendars evolved from Mesopotamia to Gregorian reforms. It highlights Dutch open houses in New Amsterdam, Puritan compromises, and modern calendar shifts amid varied global celebrations.
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Scotland
British Isles
Royal Canadians
Waldorf
B.C
Mesopotamia
Assyria
Julius Caesar
Caesar
America
Christendom
Gregory
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
American
Sweden
Asia
New Amsterdam
Times Square
New York State
New England
New Year Promises Pageantry and Pomp Across America
Americans ring in 1977 with Bicentennial memories and global travel as Jimmy Carter urges unity. Concorde jets and Times Square celebrations frame a night of fireworks and music, while safety experts warn of weekend traffic deaths. In Omaha funds push for ERA, in Miami Sammy Davis Jr and Liza Minnelli headline at the Diplomat Hotel.
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Carol
Norman
Miami
Liza
Sammy
Carol Channing
Norman Mailer
Liza Minnelli
Sammy Davis Jr
Sausalito
Calif
Atlantic
Paris
Washington
Cherryville
N.C
Jimmy Carter
National Safety Council
New York
Times Square
Central Park
Guy Lombardo
Waldorf-Astorias Grand Ballroom
Omaha
Neb
Diplomat Hotel
Ohio gas curtailments threaten schools and plants
Two Ohio gas suppliers serving about 1.5 million customers announce curtailments for industrial and commercial users, risking factory layoffs and school closings as cold weather worsens shortages. Residential supplies remain steady while reserves soften and weather dependency grows.
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Associated Press
Marvin E. White
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Columbia
White
Mercial
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Martin W Essex
Essex
James Duerk
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cgo&e
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
California Supreme Court orders overhaul of school funding system
The California Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that the current property tax based financing violates equal protection for 4.5 million students and must be replaced with a system ensuring equal opportunities. The decision shifts responsibility to the governor and legislature to devise a compliant funding method with estimates ranging from 540 million to 2 billion dollars.
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San Francisco
California
Supreme Court
Tion
U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey Supreme Court
Sid Wolinsky
Beverly Hills
Kenneth Peters
Wilson Riles
Tobacco sales reach new high as Americans spend 16.6 billion
The Agriculture Department reports 16.6 billion dollars spent on tobacco this year, led by cigarettes. Americans smoked about 620 billion cigarettes, up 2.1 percent from last year, amid a shift toward low tar and nicotine products and a rising anti smoking campaign by the American Cancer Society. The Tobacco Institute critiques the society's push as propaganda.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
The
Clearinghouse
Cancer Society
Allan K. Jonas
Society
Deputy Registrar Office Opens at Auto Dealership
The new deputy registrar of motor vehicles office in Thens will occupy the second floor of the Paul Raitz VW Porsche Audi dealership on Route 33N Columbus Road.
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Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Thens
Paul Raitz
Porsche
Route
Columbus Road
Vickroy Found Guilty In Stabbing Death Case
Robert Joseph Vickroy, 18, was found guilty by a Hocking County Common Pleas Court jury of murder in the stabbing death of Leroy Fooling. Vickroy and his accomplice Gary Lee Baker, 22, were sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
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Logan Robert Joseph Vickroy
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Leroy
Hocking County Considers 1977 Budget Trim Plan
The Hocking County Commissioners and other officials project no net income rise next year while costs rise, and are coordinating with department heads to cut any excess in the 1977 budget.
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Lowgan
Hocking County
Weather outlook with cold overnight and snow flurries
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with lows from zero to five above. Variable cloudiness and continued cold with a chance of snow flurries. New Year’s Day will bring highs in the upper teens.
Posse Fails Robbery as Citizens Subdue Thieves in Miami
Two teenagers accused of stealing a woman's purse were pursued by a civic posse of three residents who hogtied them with a chain and sat on them. Police Maj Philip Doherty said the robbers were glad to see the crowd and praised the mixed-age, mixed-race turnout for its overwhelming numbers.
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Miami
Philip Doherty
Doherty Young
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Evan
Peta
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ERDA
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Intendent of Public Instruction
Dayton Power & Light Co
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Tobacco Institute
Eorge Washington
Hubert Morris
Sag Agne
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