U.S. and Cuba Resume Diplomatic Exchange After 16 Years
Washington and Havana announce first diplomat exchanges in 16 years setting up interest sections in Havana and Washington. The move aims to ease contacts and aid family reunifications while stopping short of full recognition amid wider tensions and recent regional deployments.
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Lincoln school tax rise eased by state aid for 1977 78 budget
Lincoln Public Schools may request less local tax money for the 1977 78 budget as state aid increases. Unofficial totals suggest four major budget items could raise spending by more than 2.6 million on a 42 million base. The board meets at 8 a.m. Tuesday to review estimates and lay plans.
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Robert den Hartog
Lincoln Board of Education
Don Hartog
State Education Dept
Newspaper Carrier Seeks Prompt Home Collections
A self employed paper carrier asks customers to pay promptly during biweekly or monthly home collections. The note states the collector buys papers wholesale and resells retail, earning profits after each collection and urges timely payment.
Wholesale price surge eases and unemployment dips in May
Wholesale prices rose only 0.4 percent in May, the smallest gain since August 1976, while unemployment edged down to 6.9 percent. Food prices fell 2.3 percent, the largest drop in nine months, driven by declines in farm products. Total employment rose by 400,000 to 90.4 million as factories added workers, with gains in fabricated metal machinery and electrical equipment sectors.
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Washington
Labor Dept
Soviet satellite weapon test ends in apparent failure
U S intelligence sources say the Soviet Union failed to destroy a target satellite in a test last week despite President Carter’s appeal for a ban. An interceptor satellite reportedly passed within less than 50 miles of the target, marking Russia’s first test in about five months.
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Washington
Russia
Carter
U.S
Peters Confirms Tax Increases Planned By State Board
State Tax Commissioner Bill Peters said the State Board of Equalization would meet June 13 to raise tax rates, not merely discuss changes. The move follows enactments in the Eighty fifth Legislature and the Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977, with a possible shift in state sales tax to 3.5 percent to offset reduced federal revenue.
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Bill Peters
State Board of Equalization
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Exon
Lincoln
Omaha
Bellevue
North Platte
Nebraska Legislature session roundup highlights and comments
The Sunday Journal and Star offers an extensive roundup detailing actions taken before adjournment, the fruits of the just completed Nebraska Legislature session, ongoing interim activities for state senators, and decisions held for the January 1978 session. Speaker Roland Luedtke lauds his colleagues’ performance, noting strong cooperation and progress.
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Nebraska
Roland Luedtke
Vietnam reports 20 more MIAs remains found
Paris AP says Vietnam handed over 20 more missing Americans presumed killed in Indochina to aid normalization talks with the United States. Holbrooke says IDs await Hawaii confirmation. families notified by respective services. Further talks to resume soon with Hanoi showing good will.
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Asst
Richard Holbrooke
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Hien
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Hanoi
Weather note and page references in a midwestern newspaper
Inside weather page 22 shows a 30 percent rain chance tonight and a cloudy warm Saturday with a high near 91 and a low around 64. The editorial comments on Carter human rights and Soviet dissidents hint at a renewed Cold War mood.
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