Carter Rules Out Forcing Peace Plan In Middle East
President Carter said the United States will not impose a settlement between Egypt and Israel and will accept any agreement they reach. He spoke in Warsaw behind the Iron Curtain at a satellite news conference and discussed Palestine and a possible move to visit Egypt. He announced $200 million in additional food aid to Poland and noted talks with Polish leaders on family reunifications and NATO, SALT, and energy.
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Warsaw
Carter
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Jordan
Edward Gierek
NATO
Europe
Poland
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
Richard Nixon
Translation turmoil clouds Carter Warsaw visit
Polish leaders and journalists described a string of mistranslations of President Carter's arrival speech as amusing or insulting. Translator Stephen Seymour's Polish was mocked as antiquated, with phrases like our nation was woven and Pulaski Duchy misrendered. Jerzy Krycky was named to replace him as officials review the gaffes.
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Warsaw
Poland
Edward Gierek
Carter
Gierek
U.S
Interpress
Miroslaw Wojciechowski
Seymour
Pulaski County
Pulaski Duchy
White House
Jody Powell
Jerzy Krycky
Leap second added to align clocks with Earth's rotation
New Year's Eve will feature an extra second as timekeepers insert a leap second to keep atomic time in sync with Earth's spin. The adjustment, used in some years, last occurred in 1972 and will occur at 23 59 60 on the Greenwich meridian, delaying New Year to 00 00 00 January 1, 1978.
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Chicago Daily News
Earth
London
National Bureau of Standards
Denver
US probes coffee market manipulation by Brazil and El Salvador
U.S. regulators investigate coordinated large scale coffee purchases by Brazil and El Salvador to influence New York markets. The probe by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission focuses on price support maneuvers, including a $100 million line of credit and the Operation Central Park scheme involving 122000 bags bought by El Salvador and resold in the United States.
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New York
United States
Brazil
el Salvador
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
London
Central Park
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Tax men hope for late gift of 5 million in receipts
Assistant Tax Commissioner Gary Chunka seeks more than 5 million in state tax receipts on the last two days of 1977 to meet December projections. December revenues stand at 39.6 million, about 7.6 million short of the 47.2 million target, with about 2.2 million in miscellaneous receipts and mail receipts still expected.
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Gary Chunka
Chunka
Revenue Department
Geese from Imperial Canada wander to Hawaii
Two Imperial Canada geese stray from their Arctic route and show up on Maui. They normally winter near the Alaskan peninsula and eastern Siberia. A beach resident notes the birds seem tame and unafraid, with one goose missing last Sunday while the other remains visible.
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Lahaina
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Maui
Chillier
North Pacific
Arctic
Alaskan Peninsula
Siberia
National Geographic Magazine
Arctic cold brings snow to northwest Nebraska counties
An arctic front lowers temperatures across Nebraska with light snow possible tonight. The National Weather Service issued a travelers advisory for northwestern counties for tonight and Saturday, projecting two to five inches of snow in the region.
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Nebraska
National Weather Service
Lincoln
Magee's Winter Fashion Sale at Lincoln Center and Gateway
Magee's advertises great bargains in women's fashions and men's clothing during a winter sale. Lincoln Center and Gateway locations are featured as selling venues for the event.
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Magee
Lincoln Center
Gateway Ad
Officials plan budget cuts in local human services
City and county officials sharpen knives for future cuts in human services. Bob Clark presented a 66 agency list at a joint City Council county board meeting. The Common defined community based locally controlled services and set an April 15 deadline for coordination reporting.
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Bob Clark
Helen Bousalis
Clark
Common
Bob Jeambey
Joint Budget Committee
Jeambey
Bob Sikyta
Sikyta
John Robinson
Leo Scherer
Dick Baker
Joe Hampton
Steve Cook
Lincoln Housing Plan Aims to Cut Costs with Smaller Lots
Editorial notes a Lincoln proposal to reduce minimum lot sizes for new single family homes to lower construction costs. The piece cites housing affordability aims and potential impacts on local development patterns as part of a broader city strategy.
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Lincoln
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Brzezinski
New York Times
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Northwest
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Sell
Ann Landers
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