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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1977)
news digest Cy r:t Audited Frc:j 1 ' Press sOant , . . rlavsna-Ths Cubta fress is rr.tfatdnir.3 tctd &nct ca ricsat UrJtti Stjtea-Cuhra dafslopsnests, tut ths Cubsccvernment clearly hopes they sJnsl a chancs to improve rtktiorj with its big northern neighbor. Cuban news media completely Ignored a visit kst week by New York Democratic Congressman Jonathan B. Dingham. The Foreign Ministry has declined comment on President Carter's statement Wednesday that he 'would be willing to move toward normal relations with Cuba" if it showea restraint abroad and respect for human rights at home. Still, these and other developments appear to be common knowledge among Cuban citizens-many of whom listen to the Voice of America and to Florida commercial radio stations. Foreigners here say their Cuban neighbors freely discuss Bingham's visit and Carter's comments about Cuba. A visiting American engaging Cubans in casual conversation is repeatedly told of their hope for normal relations "provided we can stick with our principles," Mending fences Washington-President Carter and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau are meeting this week for the first time, determined to mend some battered old fences in a mood of good neighborliness. The agenda for the short stuff Community Involvement Services is looking for a volunteer math tutor for a 16-vear-old. Call 472-2486 or go to Nebraska Union 200. Chi Phi and KLMS Radio are sponsoring a dance marathon Marcu - ud 5 for Muscular Dystrophy. A registration and information booth will be in the Union North Lobby from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Candidates for ASUN spring elections must file by 4 p.m. Friday. Forms are "available in Union 334. The College-Career Chris tian Fellowship organization will meet at 730 tonight in the Union. The Tab!- Tennis Club will meet from 7 to 10 tonight in the North and South Conference Rooms in the Union. The Baha'i Association will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Union. Room numbei will be posted. . . ; The Concerned Pro-Life Student organization will meet at 1 tonight in the Union. Room number will be posted. AIChE members will tour the Goodyear plant at 3:30 pjn. Tuesday. Sign up by the office on the second floor of Avery. The Lincoln Backgam mon Club will meet at 7:30 pjn. Tuesday in Bran nigan's Party Room, 1228 PSt. . The UNL Gay Action Group will meet from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday in the liv ing room of UMHE Commonplace, 333 N. 14th St.. The ASUN Government Liaison Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Union. The committee lobbies for student interests in local, state and national government. The Physical Education and Recreation Dept. is sponsoring Master Classes in folk, square and social dancing. Ethnic costume and Mexican dancing will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and square dancing will be at 1 1 ajn. Tuesday at Mabel Lee Hall 119 (formerly the Women's Physical Educa tion Eldg.). The Ag Econ Agri-Business Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Nebraska East Campus Union. The Annual Agriculture College Basketball Tourna ment sponsored by the Agronomy Club will be March 2 through 4. Because of a mix-up, the new dead line for entry is 5 p.m. Wed nesday at Keim Hall 233, or call 472-1526. E. Graham Evans, pro fessor of mathematics at the University of. Illinois, will speak on his research specialty in commutative algebra at 3:30 p.m. today in Oldfather Hall. He also will speak on the Four-color Problem at 3 pjn. Tuesday in Hamilton J 02. a good impression m the March of Dimes WALKATHON . Ccadisn kider'i two-dsy visit starting today is loaded with issuei ranging from rival fishing rights to nuclear controls, from pollution of rivers to human rights. Tha visit dso wO havs a certain symbolism. Tha Carter Trudeau encounter, Hkt last week's meeting between Carter and Mexican President Jose Lopez PortiUo, susts . that Carter is placing high priority on fostering pood relations with all tha nations cf tha Western Hemisphere. Tha focus of tha two leaders' talks today will ba on inter national matters, including tha projected London economic summit ta!ks, Ef.st-Wcst relations, checking the spread, of nuclear technology and' equipment, aims tales end tha law cf tha aaa. Water projects Washington-President Carter wl ask Congraa to delsta funds In tha next fiscal year for 18 water projects including mammoth irrigation and power projects in Arizona, North Dakota and California, it was learned Sat urday. The cuts, d d to stop construction on "un necessary and environmentally unsound" damaand water projects, will be included in proposed budget revisions the White Hoc:.- send to Congress Tuesday, sources said. The projects include the $1.4 billion central Arizona project, the controversial $562 million Garrison diversion irriga tion and power generation project in North Dakota which Candad had objected to" for. environmental reasons, and rcsrsdsy, februsry 21, 1077 tha $740 million Auburn concrete arch dam in California which has been under review for fear it miht not ba abla to withstand earthquakes. Tha Army Corps of Engineers projects for which halted financing was proposed includ ed: Cacha Basin, Arkansas; Freeport, Illinois; Grove Laka, Kansas; Dayton, PaintsviSa and YatesviHe Lake,. Kentucky; Atchifdyi River, Eayoua Chene, Boeuf and Hack Channel and Harbor project,' Louisiana; Dickey Lincoln School Lakss, Maine;1 Mermec Park Laka, Iwouri; and Lukfata Lake, Ckkhcma. Defense cuts'- v' . . .-' Washiigton-Tha Carter administration is planning to cut actual defiensa spending next year by $500 million, a senior defense oiTicisl said Saturday. Tha official said Carter plans future savings in defense spending of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion, including the $550 million, spread over the next several years. Actual defense spend ing might increase during the Carter administration with savings reflected by slowing the increase rate, officials said. The drop in defense outlays in the next fiscal year would reduce former President Gerald Ford's defense budget from $112.3 billion to $11 1.8 billion. Meanwhile, a senior defense official said the Pentagon is starting work on a long-range plan, including reform of military retire ment, to cut personnel costs which absorb between 55 and 60 per cent of the defense budget &,; f' v (7 V f, V- 41 Kf ''il 1 Enjoy TWO genuine espressos for the price of ONE The same kind at served in Italy for centuries, each cup is brewed fresh in our imnnrfaH AmMtin hi4i!m and served steaming hot. 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