Nebraska School Aid Backers Warn of Financial Crisis
Advocates for higher state aid to education threaten a school finance crisis to protest a petition drive that blocked a 20 million dollar aid increase until a November 1978 vote. Leaders say impounding funds and delaying tax relief could pressure lawmakers as they push to defend education financing against local tax dependence.
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Donald Dworak
Columbus
Sen
Gerald Koch
Ralston
Koch
Ross Rasmussen
Paul Belz
Belz
Nebraska State Education Assn
Rasmussen
Nebraska State School Boards Assn
Appropriations
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Loren Brakenhoff
Council of
School Administrators
Brakenhoff
J. J. Exon
Koch, Rasmussen
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Forecasts and Economic Indicator
Tonight brings a 60 percent rain chance with clearing and cooler conditions on Wednesday. Wednesday's high is 78 degrees with a low around 60, while the Commerce Department reports a 0.2 percent drop in the leading indicator for July, the third straight monthly decline.
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Commerce Dept
AFL-CIO backs Panama Canal treaty plan
The AFL-CIO executive council endorses Carter’s canal handover with a resolution calling the pact just for workers and U.S. defense. The move signals labor support for Senate ratification amid broader White House briefings and partisan debate.
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Afl-Cio Council
Panama Canal
Washington
Afl-Cio
Carter
U.S
Congress
Senate
Georgia
Florida
White House
Sol Linowitz
Kentucky
Mississippi
Presi
Dent
George Meany
Meany
United States
Panama
Canal Zone
Labor Federation
Carter plan to cut grain surplus unlikely to impact prices
President Carter proposed a 20 percent reduction in next spring planting to trim a growing wheat surplus. Farmers say the cut will do little to boost prices, noting a four-year supply on hand and a price drop from 5 to under 2 dollars per bushel.
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Carter
Richard Theurer
Sumner County
Kan
Oklahoma
Board of Trade
John Junior Armstrong
Kansas Farm Bureau
Armstrong
Carter Administration
Agriculture Dept
Sugar substitute xylitol could arise from crop residues
USDA chemist Dr. Larry H. Krull said xylitol, a tooth decay preventing sweetener, may come from corn husks, wheat straw and peanut hulls. He noted xylose-rich residues could boost farm output while remaining renewable resources, with global research ongoing.
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Chicago
U.S. Agriculture Dept
American Chemical Society
Larry H. Krull
USDA
Northern
Peoria
Ill
Krull
U.S
National Institute of Health
University of
Turkey
Finland
Lincoln residents test 15 anchorman candidates for Orlando station
Selection Research Inc tests 15 anchorman hopefuls using 100 Lincoln residents as a mini audience. The group rates candidates across 20 categories from age and income demographics to believability, with shifts of 33 evaluators each night. Final scores and recommendations go to Orlando for the decision.
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CBS
WESH
Orlando
Fla
Lincoln
Selection Research, Inc
SRI
Jim Clifton
Clifton
Des Moines
Our Choice
Tom Snyder
New York
Toll Free Classified Advertising Line for Nebraska Journals
A toll free number 800 742 7385 is provided for Nebraska residents to place classified ads with the Journal Star from anywhere in the state. The notice directs readers to use the number for advertising services.
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Journal-Star
Nebraska
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Peggy Pohlmann
Secretary of State's Office
Journal
Federal Farm Program
Ann Landers
The
Federation
National Governors Conference
Detroit
Howard Hjort
Jim Raglin
Ben Simon's Atrium
13Th & N
SRS
ABC
NBC
Oklahoma City
Neb
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