Home Video Taping Sparks Legal Battle Over Copyright
NEW YORK UPI The fight over home videotaping of TV programs tests copyright limits. Universal City Studios and Disney sue Sony over Betamax asserting it damages studio value by enabling home libraries and repeated viewings. Sony defends Betamax as a timeshift device expanding audience and viewing options.
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Government plans to store oil underground to counter embargo
The United States would buy 500 million barrels of foreign oil for 8 billion dollars to store in salt caverns near Louisiana Texas Ohio and Kentucky if Congress funds it. The program aims to be halfway to embargo proof by 1985 with storage at eight sites and ongoing maintenance cost about 7.5 to 8 billion dollars through 1982.
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Senator to seek repeal of sign language teaching ban
State Sen. Warren Swigart of Omaha said he will ask the Unicameral to repeal a 1977 law that bans teaching sign language at the Nebraska School for the Deaf. He argued that institutions serving handicapped persons should determine teaching methods with professional staff guidance.
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UPI
Warren Swigart
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Nebraska School For the Deaf
Nebraska
Now You Know: Freezing Points of Line Ranges
United Press International notes the freezing point of line ranges lies between 180 and 240 degrees below zero.
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United Press International
Mobile Medical Clinic proposed for Regions 18 and 19
Ogallala Nebraska region officials plan a clinic on wheels to serve the Sandhills area. A $29000 planning grant from the Old West Regional Commission funds needs assessment and program design.
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Rachael Dobscha
Ogallala
Region 19
Midwest
Nebraska
Sandhills
Old West Regional Commission
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