Peace Prizes Awarded to Irish Women and Amnesty International
Nobel Peace Prizes for 1977 and 1976 go to Amnesty International for defending human life and to Belfast women Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan for leading a nonviolent peace effort in Northern Ireland. Williams and Corrigan react with emotion, noting declines in violence and the global impact of their work.
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Martin Ennals
United Nations
Alfred Nobel
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United States
Carter
Ull
Wherry and Daub Weigh Nebraska House Runs
U S A t t y Daniel Wherry mulls a Lincoln move that could set up a bid for the First District seat vacated by Thone while Harold Daub Jr. moves closer to a Second District GOP candidacy. Wherry awaits Warin’s confirmation and plans to join a Lincoln law firm as politics loom.
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U.S
Carl Curtis
Clive Short
Wherry
U.S. Senate
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
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Warin
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Douglas Bereuter
Utica
Lancaster County
Bruce Hamilton
Tecumseh
University of Nebraska
Roman Hruska
Department of Environmental Control
Daub
John Cavanaugh
Soviet Soyuz 25 aborts docking with Salyut 6 space station
Soyuz 25 and cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin abort docking with the Salyut 6 station after deviations from a planned regime. The craft, launched Sunday to mark Sputnik and revolution anniversaries, returns to Earth within about 24 hours amid unspecified docking problems.
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Earth
Moscow Radio
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Space Station
Tass
Col. Kovalenok
Vyacheslav Zudov
Valeri Rzhdestvensky
Senate panel opens Panama Canal treaty hearings
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee began hearings on canal treaties with Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and Gen. Maxwell Taylor supporting the pacts as necessary for U S security. Adm. Thomas Moorer opposed ratification warning of possible Soviet or Cuban presence in Panama if approved as written. He testified as the panel opened a week of hearings ahead of the 2000 turnover plan.
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Joint Chiefs
Moorer
Osborne warns ISU has toughest defense in sight
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne previews a hard hitting game with Iowa State after praising his defense and the blocking unit. He cites ISU’s top defensive line and recent shutout of Missouri, warns fans of a physical Saturday showdown, and recalls last year’s Iowa State memory.
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Nebraska
Tom Osborne
Kansas State
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Rene Anderson
Kerry Weinmaster
George Andrews
Isaiah Hipp
Lindquist
Steve
I-backs
Milt Tenopir
Cletus Fischer
Colorado
Oklahoma
Cyclones
Missouri
Weather notes promise long winter and freeze warning
Inside Weather on page 14 a freeze warning for Tuesday is issued with a high near 54 and a low around 27 as cloudy conditions persist. Abe Weatherwise of the Old Farmer's Almanac predictions foretell a long hard winter with continued dreath, while stamp price rises are moderated by higher mail volume. The page 4 editorial questions competition and interdependence, and former troopers Fraser and Caradori express cautious optimism about the legislative investigation’s outcome and its aftereffects.
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Gary Caradori
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