Rhodesia talks spotlight killings of missionaries in Rhodesia
At the Rhodesia Conference in Geneva blacks and whites blamed each other for the ambush slayings of Bishop Adolf Schmitt Father Possenti Weggarten and Sister Maria van Bergh in northwestern Rhodesia. Ivor Richard seeks common ground on an interim government ahead of a March 1 1978 deadline. The conference may extend beyond December 20 with Mauritius or Botswana potential sites.
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Rhodesia
Peg
Ivor Richard
Richard
London
Anthony Crosland
Seleemane
Adolf Schmitt
Possenti Weggarten
Maria van Bergh
Mark Partridge
Ian Smith
Pieter van der Byl
Britain
Smith
Washington
Mauritius
Seychelles
Botswana
The Story of America's First Christmas Candle
The Telegram invites readers to follow a time traveling tale from today through Christmas Eve about how Christmas Candles became a Yuletide tradition and the origin of America’s first Christmas candle.
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America
Moderation Expected at OPEC Meeting Next Week
OPEC ministers plan a cautious price rise cap of about 10 percent at a Dec 15 meeting in Paris. Saudi Arabia sticks to a higher floor while Iraq Libya and Algeria seek larger increases but their output is smaller and likely to have limited effect on the outcome.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Middle East
Oil Weekly
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Paris
Iraq
Libya
Algeria
Coleman rejects mandatory air bags proposes two year demo
Transportation Secretary William Coleman rejects compulsory air bags and proposes a two year demonstration starting in 1978 affecting a limited car group. The plan calls for two manufacturers to offer 500000 air bag equipped cars over two years, with split front seat deployments and driver side bags at reduced costs.
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Washington
UPI
William Coleman
Coleman
General Motors
Stay of execution granted for Texas killer in high court
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Robert Excell White, who faced the electric chair in Texas. The order blocks his execution while his lawyers file a formal review and await a ruling, with Justice Rehnquist voting to allow the death to proceed. White was convicted of murdering a McKinney grocery store attendant and has been on death row over two years.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Robert Excell White
Texas Electric
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Gilmore
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukie
Ore
White
William H. Rehnquist
High Court
McKinney
Tex
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
United States
Lindsay woman dies in Saturday wreck
A rural Lindsay woman Barbara Koenig 59 died Saturday afternoon in a car pickup crash at a county road intersection north of Lindsay. Her daughter Linda 17 was injured and hospitalized in Albion. The pickup driver Jerone Dohmen Newman Grove was treated and released. A passenger Nick Dohmen was taken to an Omaha hospital. Four other weekend Nebraska deaths are noted in a summary.
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Lindsay
Barbara Koenig
Linda
Albion
Jerone H. Dohmen
Newman Grove
Nick Dohmen
Omaha
Koenig
Columbus
Kenneth Klug
Rt. 1
Nebraska
Violet Hofferberger
Wisner
David Patton
Mitchell
NPPD Moves to New 85 000 Square Foot Headquarters
Nebraska Public Power District begins a five day move of 385 employees into a new 85 000 square foot headquarters on east 15th Street. Construction began in 1975 after a 1974 board vote. a professional mover supplies four trucks and 2 500 boxes. The three story building includes a computerized phone system and off street parking to ease downtown congestion.
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Nebraska Public Power
East 15Th Street
Columbus
NPPD
Carter notes possible tax cut as early action
President elect Jimmy Carter said no decision on tax relief yet after voting in Plains. He and budget chief nominee Thomas Lance indicated a temporary tax cut is under consideration while unemployment sits at 8.1 percent. Any move would be a joint decision with Congress.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Billy
Carter
Thomas Bertram Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Lance
Trio killed in airplane crash near Kimball Nebraska
Three people died when a light single engine four passenger Piper crashed south of Kimball. Victims were Wesley Brothers 19 Dix Russell Moore 17 Kimball and Joy Evelyn 17 Kimball. The plane owned by Maxwell and Sons of Dix. NTSB and FAA investigators from Kansas City lead the probe with two FAA inspectors assisting.
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Kimball, Neb
UPI
Kimball
Wesley Brothers
Dix
Russell Moore
Joy Evelyn
Federal Aviation Administration
Piper
Maxwell and Sons
del Valley
National Transportation Safety Board
Kansas City
FAA
Nebraska Snow Depth and Cold Temperatures Report
United Press International reports Arctic air surging into Nebraska from a high pressure area over South Dakota. Temperatures vary from five below in north central areas to mid teens in the southeast. overnight lows expected around 10 below in north central areas and near zero elsewhere. Two inches of new snow recorded in Norfolk Valentine Chadron. one inch in Omaha and Scottsbluffs. other towns show traces. Winds gusty 20 to 30 mph. Skies mostly clear with a mix of sun and clouds. Tuesday highs in the teens to mid 20s.
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United Press International
Arctic
Nebraska
South Dakota
Northcentral
Norfolk
Valentine
Chadron
Omaha
North Omaha
Scottsbluffs
Grand Island
Lincoln
North Platte
Beatrice
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Alex Gonzales
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