Beirut arts and racing surge back after war
Beirut cheers a postwar revival with art exhibits a fashion show and operetta at the American University of Beirut. A record 400 000 attend the horse races in new stands as security forces guard the reopening. Restaurants and social life slowly resume amid lingering tensions and rare sudden violence.
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Marvine Howe
New York
Beirut
Lebanon
American University of Beirut
Baden Baden
Kamal Salif
American University
Chase Manhattan
Gunther Neubert
Regents seek 12 percent boost in 78-79 budget
Scottsbluff Neb Janitors report University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to ask the Legislature for a maximum 12 percent increase in the 1978-79 state funding. President Ronald Roskens said there will be no surprises for the legislature and governor as budget plans are set. a full 12 percent would add about 12 million dollars if granted.
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Jack Kennedy Scottsbluff
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Ronald Roskens
Roskens
Supreme Court debated church state school aid dilemma widens
Justices questioned the limits of publicly funded aid to nonpublic pupils amid Ohio's 8.8 million two year program. The court upheld parts of textbook loans and services while vetoing maps, wall charts, and field trips, echoing decades of fights over church related aid.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
John Paul Stevens
Miller & Paine's John M Campbell deems power structure myth
Lyndon Campbell, head of Miller and Paine, rejects the idea of a Lincoln power structure. He claims only official roles hold power and cites limited influence beyond government. He notes opposition to the downtown loop and recounts calls to Mayor Boosalis that yielded no changes.
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Warren Weber
John M. Campbell
O Street Gang
Campbell
Nebraska
Lincoln
Miller & Paine Department Stores
James Stuart
Stuart Enterprises
Stuart
Helen Boosalis
Rockefeller
O St
Miller & Paine
Bousalis
Lincoln Journal
Lancaster District Court ruling on Copple challenge
Editorial notes the Lancaster District Court decision on Newt Copple's bid to overturn the new comprehensive plan. It suggests legislators have some latitude in potential conflict of interest situations within planning and development matters.
Ethiopia displays 100000 strong peasant army
In a sunrise ceremony at Addis Ababa Mengistu Halie Mariam unveiled a 100000 member people's army the largest in Africa. Troops in NK uniforms with Soviet weapons marched four miles of runway and paraded before Revolution Square while Cuban advisers and U S aircraft watched. The force targets the EDU in the northwest amid border tensions with Sudan and Somalia.
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Addis Ababa
API
Mengistu Halie-Mariam
People's Army
Africa
North Korea
Mengistu
Ethiopia
Sudan
Somalia
Revolution Square
China
Soviet Union
Teens name Kiss favorite group in Gallup poll
The Gallup Youth Survey of 1,069 teens finds Kiss the top favorite musical group for both sexes, with The Eagles, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Boston among the top ten. Barbra Streisand and John Denver ranked 15th and 20th respectively.
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George Gallup
Princeton
N.J
Kiss
Barbra Streisand
John Denver
Gallup
The
Eagles
Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Boston
Chicago
Aerosmith
Peter Frampton
Earth, Wind and Fire
K.C. and the Sunshine Band
Kiss i
Barry Manilow
Elton John
Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
Peter Framp
the Jacksonston
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Joseph Ashkanian
Hancock
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Phoenicia
Quo Vadis
le Grenier
Hamra Street
Express
Cafe de Paris
Beiruits
Charlotte Moulton
Thurgood Marshall
William Brennan
Senate Agriculture
Clude
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center
Norden Laboratories
USDA
Ann Landers
Lincoln Comics
Capitol City
New England
Midwest
Ethiopian Democratic Union
EDU
VW Kiss
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