Dworak rules out higher office seeking re election
State Senator Donald Dworak of Columbus announced he will not seek any higher statewide office. He will run for a second term in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature and pursue a bipartisan plan to curb spending and taxes. He argued tax and spending growth require constitutional changes. He plans a nonpolitical statewide poll to gauge support for restrictive options. He defended his motives against claims of ambition and emphasized serving Nebraskans.
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Donald Dworak
Columbus
Dvorak
Icdistrict
Nebraska
Dworak
Dworsk
Optimistic note in coal talks stalls on specifics
Washington (UPI) The head of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association voiced optimism that a contract with 130,000 striking miners could be reached. Subcommittee talks addressed issues but declined to specify topics. Union leader Arnold Miller might join later. no violence reported in Kentucky.
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Elmen W. Lammi Washington
UPI
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Joseph Brennan
BCOA
Brennan
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
Kentucky
UMW
Wildcat
Nebraska Weather: Mostly Clear Through Thursday
Skies stay mostly clear in the Cornhusker State through Thursday with a chance of rain or snow Friday and Saturday. A high pressure ridge from southern British Columbia to the Gulf states drives warmer temps through Thursday with early readings from two above to 20 in Omaha. Overnight lows fall to teens. Thursday highs reach the mid 30s to upper 40s. Partly cloudy skies return by Sunday with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the teens to 30s.
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Nebraska
British Columbia
Gulf States
Valentine
Omaha Eppley
Trade deficit trims to 2.1 billion for November
The Commerce Department reports the United States narrowed the November trade gap to 2.1 billion, signaling a full year deficit near 27 billion and potential improvements into 1978. Imports fell 11 percent from October’s 3.1 billion deficit, but petroleum was not a factor.
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Washington
UFI
United States
Commerce Department
U.S
Carter backs John White as Democratic Party chair
President Carter recommends Deputy Agriculture Secretary John White for DNC chair to replace Ken Curtis. White, a Texas Democrat and longtime Carter ally, is praised as a skilled mediator and seasoned politician with broad support within the party. Curtis resigns amid budget troubles and dissent.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
John White
Texas
Democratic National Committee
White
Maine
Ken Curtis
White House
Curtis
White House Oval Office
Agriculture Department
Pye
Bob Strauss
James C. Webster
Congressional
McGovern
Webster
Robert Strauss
Richard Nixon
Massachusetts
Strauss
Mellavern
Clay County
Texas Agrculture
Higgins rite set Friday in Schuyler
Funeral services will be held Friday at St Augustine Catholic Church for Jean Higgins 32 who died Monday after a 1966 I 60 crash that killed her companion Lynn Broyhill. Higgins suffered brain damage and coma six months. The 1961 Legislature appropriated 264654 in damages to the family.
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Schuyler, Net
UPL
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Jean Higgins
Lynn Broyhill
Miss Higgins
Waverly
Begin Says No Chance of Israeli Pullback
United Press International reports Prime Minister Menahem Begin declared there is no chance Israel will withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat urged President Carter to press Israel, predicting a peace settlement within two months and calling war unthinkable.
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United Press International
Menahem Begin
West Bank
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Sadat
Egypt
Israel
Earler
Middle East
Iseeli
Moshe Dayan
Tehran
Begin
Jerusalem
Hussein
Iran
Dayan
Esteret Rissier
Ismailia
Cairo
al Abram
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Bonn
ABC
Explosion rocks Texas grain elevator Tuesday
In Galveston Texas a grain elevator explosion sent a fire roaring through the loading area injuring crews and halting operations. Nine bodies have been recovered and five people are missing presumed dead amid a string of grain explosions across Louisiana Mississippi and Kansas.
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Texas
Westwego
Cralveston
Farmers Export Co
Raymond Perry
Galveston County Sheriff's Department
Paul Stanford
Stanford
Paul Mabry
Mabry
PBL
Tursday
Gris
Louisiana
Sunshine Mills and Grain Inc
Tupelo
Miss
J&r Grain Co
Courtland
Kan
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