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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1976
Page
2
The piece rails at vandalism in city parks and Art League spaces, suggests penalties and community service, and notes a phone scam targeting men. It praises Reno citizens for a casino-era critique and welcomes delegates to the ANPA convention while remarking on car accidents and public safety.
Washington United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers announce a merger to boost lobbying power. NAM President E Douglas Kenna says staff will move into chamber offices across Lafayette Park from the White House. Leaders stress the deal is 50 50 with shared research and advocacy aims and both groups expect greater influence for business.
Cornetist Bobby Hackett, noted for strings of pearls and Serenade in Blue, died of a heart attack at 61 in East Falmouth Massachusetts. He rose to fame with Benny Goodman Glenn Miller and the Jackie Gleason Band and performed widely in Boston area venues.
The United States will swap $2 billion for British pounds to halt the pound’s slide, joining nine other nations in a $5.3 billion rescue. The arrangement, through the Group of Ten, aims to stabilize currencies with costs to taxpayers avoided and potential extension up to six months if needed.
Forecast calls for fair and warm conditions in Las Vegas on Tuesday and Wednesday with highs ranging from 95 to 105 and lows from 65 to 75. Humidity around 27 percent, sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 7 56. A year ago the high was 97 and the low 73.
The Nation by United Press presents a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time with figures from the National Weather Service in San Francisco. The data covers temperature highs and lows, precipitation amounts, and regional measurements across key locations, reflecting regional weather conditions for the period.
A look at the weather indicates additional showers and a thunderstorm risk on Tuesday across the Northern Rockies North Dakota and Florida. Elsewhere, mostly sunny skies are expected across the nation.
Knoxville society report: Mrs Charles H Smith Jr aged 61, longtime chair of The Knoxville Journal board, dies at home after six months of ill health. Widow of the paper's president and publisher who died in 1972, she leaves son Charles H Smith III as current publisher. Formerly Ethel Moore Lotspeich, her father Roy Nich was Appalachian Mills owner and a former Journal publisher and president from 1936 to 1951.
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