Carter Says Farm Prices Should Not Reach Parity
President Carter met with striking farmers at his Plains home and said farm prices must rise but full parity would hurt US agricultural exports. He noted the 1977 farm bill benefits take time to affect farmers and warned against violence while urging continued planting. Attendees included Tommy Kersey Harold Israel Carl Hawkins and E E Money.
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Carter
Plains
Georgia
Tommy Kersey
Harold Israel
Carl Hawkins
Lake Butler
Fla
E.E. Money
Gordon
Ala
South Georgia
Main Street
Gramum
Israel
Last Day To Pay Property Taxes Friday. County Leads
County taxes are being collected faster than city taxes per county collector Leo Erdel and city clerk Anne Shafer. By Friday about 75 percent of 1977 county taxes are paid versus around 50 percent of city taxes. End-of-month payment without penalty is expected for about 10 percent of county taxes. City payments arrive more slowly with 58 percent of real estate, 56 percent of personal, and 41 percent of merchants taxes paid along with 2,850 city auto stickers issued.
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Mexico
Audrain
Leo Erdel
Anne Shafer
Erdel
City Hall
Santa on Sixth Street Shares Holiday Meals in San Francisco
For 28 years Fred Politz parks a van on Sixth Street before Christmas to feed the downtrodden in the area. He gives 800 packages of sandwiches, chips, cookies and more, funded by himself since 1949, recalling his liquor store beginnings and noting the act as a yearly remembrance for forgotten people.
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San Francisco
Sixth Street
Santa Claus
Fred Politz
Politz
Fred
Colorful Motorcade Opens Christmas Pilgrimage in Bethlehem
Thousands of Christian pilgrims greet a colorful religious motorcade from Jerusalem to Bethlehem signaling Christmas celebrations in the Holy Land. Monsignor Giacomo Bertritt leads the procession as Israeli troops guard the route. choirs from multiple nations perform in Manger Square ahead of midnight mass at St Catherine's Church. Israeli officials anticipate 15,000 visitors for the nativity season.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Jesus
Giacomo Guiseppi Bertritt
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Holy Land
South Africa
Belgium
West Germany
Scotland
England
Israel
United States
Texas
Longview First Baptist Church
Baylor University
St. Catherine's
Cross on High School Paper Sparks Debate in St Louis
In Pattonville High School, a small cross on the front page of the Pirate Press Christmas edition was blackened out amid a dispute between Jewish reporter Jay Rothman and editor Steve Webb. Principal Kenneth Buhlig cited church state separation for the removal, while Rothman and Webb clash over censorship. The paper also cuts a Christmas poem referencing Christ the savior, leaving the issue of religious symbols in public schools unsettled.
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St, Louis
Jay Rothman
Steve Webb
Pattonville
Pirate
St. Louis
Kenneth Buhlig
Rothman
Webb
Sadat Calls for Full Israeli Withdraw From West Bank
In Ismailia, Egypt, President Anwar Sadat demanded Israel pull all forces from the occupied West Bank and push for Palestinian self determination. He warned Begin's plan to create a joint administration with a five year sovereignty hold would be insufficient and urged peace based on justice. Sadat prepared to brief Egypt’s National Security Council ahead of a Christmas summit with Begin.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
West Bank
Jordan River
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Begin
Gaza Strip
Israel
National Security Council
Jerusalem
Governor Teasdale Sets Key Meeting With Bergland for Missouri Farmers
Governor Joseph Teasdale announces a crucial meeting with U S Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland and three Missouri farmer representatives on January 6 in Omaha. Leader Max Hargrove stresses demand for 100 percent parity as the Missouri strike winds down for Christmas with limited activity and a Sikeston tractorcade drawing attention to farmers' economic concerns.
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Joseph Teasdale
American Agriculture Farm Strike
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Teasdale
Missouri
Bergland
Midwest
Omaha
Max Hargrove
Rushville
Capitol
Hargrove
Bill Houk
Clinton
Jeff Wade
Hayti
Sikeston
Diones
Christmas Memories Of Pauline Gallop And Church Cookie Fundraiser
Mrs Pearl Northcut recalls Pauline Gallop and a Hopewell Baptist food sale that sparked a two year cookie project. Church members baked 24 hours weekly to fund mission work and hospital donations, delivering treats to Jefferson Barracks veterans and Park Circle homes, with the effort ending after many memories shared.
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Ledger
Pauline Gallop
Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital
Red Cross
Our Church
Hopewell Baptist
Thompson
Cook
George Meyer
Pauline
WMU
Holway
Park Circle
Hopewell
Pauline Wall
Pearl Northcut
Rte. 3
Centralia
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West
Christina Wyss
Tim Wyss
1010 West
Santa
Richard Vance
the Ledger
K&m
Likud
Democratic Movement For Change
Gov. Teasdale
Andrew Thomas Crum III
Canes
Andrew T. Crum Jr
Route 3
Bruce Boyes
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