25 Nov 1977
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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1977
Page
1
Lancaster County faces growing bad-check issue with nearly 12 000 reports yearly. County attorney Ron Lahners notes over 500 cases filed, 118 000 recovered in early 1977, and a trained staff of five handles prosecutions. Debates over intent divide defenders and prosecutors, while most cases are resolved by plea bargains and small fines.
John, in his late 20s, pleaded guilty to delivering a roughly $82 bad check to Safeway in September 1975. He wrote checks totaling $700 over three days with a $100 balance, and restitution was made. Sentencing paused for a presentence report. potential penalties include up to 10 years in the Penal Complex or up to one year in jail and fines.
Prime Minister Ian Smith welcomed by two of three black leaders invited to negotiate a constitutional path to adult suffrage. He offered guarantees for white minority rights and urged an internal settlement while omitting a date for elections.
A government report notes rising highway speeds and deaths. The Sunday Journal and Star discusses election year analysis of Nebraska political parties, Reclamation Act debate, education coverage on university and college plans, and state school aid poll results.
A snowstorm swept the Midwest on a busy shopping day after Thanksgiving. Streets slick in Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis as unusually cold weather froze areas from International Falls to Bismarck with temperatures well below zero and winter storm warnings extending from the Mississippi Valley to New York.
Nebraska faced frigid air as Omaha posted a record low for the date and Lincoln logged a wind chill of 25 with a 10 degree low. Norfolk saw wind gusts up to 50 mph and a wind chill as low as 35 below, while a high pressure system from the Dakotas drove the cold across the region.
Cairo invites Palestinian leaders in Israel and the West Bank to visit Egypt to discuss the Mideast crisis after Sadat's Jerusalem trip. The move aims to bypass the PLO if needed and include moderates in any Arab Israeli talks while Washington signals a diminished but key role.
A Nebraska Journal-Star classified advertising note lists a toll free number 800 742 7385 for placing ads from anywhere in the state, with an advance notice period implied by the line.
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