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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1977
Page
2
The Las Vegas SUN reports student leaders at the SUN Youth Forum 1977 discuss immigration, energy policy, price controls, and federal state relations. They urge stronger energy research, cautious regulation, and merit based education while opposing broad federal gambling control and pursuing openness to reduce corruption.
Snow is forecast Wednesday across much of the area from the Great Lakes and vicinity east to the Atlantic states with a change to rain in some places. Some rain is also indicated for Southern California, while the rest of the area is expected to remain mostly fair.
Yale University appointed A Bartlett Giamatti as the 18th president, to take office June 30 1978. A Yale professor of medieval and Renaissance literature he was 39 and the youngest leader in 276 years, with budget balance as a key issue and a background as a Boston Red Sox fan.
A UPI report from the Social Security Administration finds the share of residents on welfare rose in Baltimore Philadelphia County Newark and New York City among 10 metro areas with the highest welfare use in February 1977. Unemployment’s impact varied, with 21 urban areas showing welfare above the national 5.3 percent despite unemployment below the national average in some cases.
H R Haldeman head of Nixon White House staff will be furloughed from a federal prison Wednesday morning to spend the holidays with his family, according to prison officials.
Forecast shows cloudy conditions through Thursday with a small 10 percent rain chance late Wednesday. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph and a high near 50 with a low around 30. Air quality is good at index 22.
A Senate Committee staff study finds the intelligence community did not foresee Saudi Arabia using oil as a political weapon in 1973 and expected oil prices to fall after the Egypt Israel war. It notes public sources gave clearer insight into Saudi shifts than intelligence reports and warns policymakers missed the significance of Saudi developments.
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