Cicero the Drum Horse Steps Into Queen’s Spotlight
The BBC profile recalls Cicero the horse’s path from mistreated colt in Ireland to milk-horse in Edinburgh, then to the Household Cavalry. Despite fear of white objects and a growth shortfall, a blacksmith fitted thicker shoes helping him become the queen’s drum horse for the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony.
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Robert Muses
London
UPI
Elizabeth
Household Guards
Cicero
BBC
Ireland
Edinburgh
Holyrood
Scotland
Household Cavalry
Call for Watergate style probe into Korean bribery
Senate GOP leader Howard Baker urged a special prosecutor to investigate bribery and payoffs to U S lawmakers from the South Korean government. The House Ethics Committee authorized subpoenas for four high level officials as it seeks evidence of Korea’s influence operations and possible secret intelligence reports.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
Congress
Baker
Democratic Party
United States
White House
Jody Powell
Carter
Sen. Baker
Powell
Griffin Bell
Justice Dept
House Ethics Committee
Lawrence Eagleburger
Yugoslavia
Henry Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
Kissinger
National Security Council
NSC
Gerald Ford
William Hyland
Scowcroft
KCIA
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
House
Ethics Committee
Korea
Wheat harvest forecast prompts 1978 production worry
The June 1 forecast predicts a gigantic wheat harvest likely leading to government limits on 1978 planting. Nebraska’s 1977 crop stands at 106.8 million bushels, the largest since 1958, per the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. A federal probe into Some Nebraska Public Power District activities is ongoing on potential law violations.
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Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Nebraska Public Power District
Amin Returns to Uganda After EU Trip Claims
Radio Uganda reports President Idi Amin has returned to Uganda from a trip that seemingly avoided London and the Commonwealth summit. The broadcast said Amin held talks with top revolutionary military officers from Tanzania and Zambia at the confluence of Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. No mention was made of earlier claims he was in Britain.
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Kenya
Radio
Uganda
Idi Amin
London
Commonwealth
Amin
Tanzania
Zambia
Rwanda
Britain
Supreme Court Rules Contraceptives May Not Be Restricted
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that states may not restrict contraceptive sales to youths or ban contraceptive advertising in drug stores. Justice Brennan led the decision, saying adult privacy rights extend to minors and the New York law violated due process and free expression. Justices Burger and Rehnquist dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
Brennan
Byron R. White
Lewis F. Powell, Jr
Powell
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
High Court
Classified Advertising Hotline for Nebraska Journal Star
The Journal Star offers a toll free number for placing classified ads from anywhere in Nebraska. Call 800 742 7385 to reach the advertising department and arrange your listing.
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Journal-Star
Nebraska
Gas-guzzler tax survives but watered-down version passes
In Washington the Ways and Means Committee kept the gas-guzzler tax in the energy bill by a 23-13 vote. A separate Carter rebate plan for buyers of efficient cars failed 24-13, while Rep. Dan Rostenkowski offered a diluted alternative delaying the tax to 1979 and limiting it to cars under 19 mpg.
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Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means
Dan Rostenkowski
Rostenkowski
Thone weighs governor run amid Nebraska politics
Governor hopeful Thone signals a governor bid as the most likely path among options after retirement from law practice, while debate swirls over a campaign for governor led by Klosterman family promoters. He notes open Senate seats attract him but cites majority party advantage and statewide leadership needs in Nebraska.
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Charley Thone
Lincoln
Thone
John
Beth Klosterman
David City
Carl Curtis
Washington
Nebraska
House of Congress
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Senior Citizens Center
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Vance Rogers
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Bob Phares
North Platte
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Rep
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