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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1976
Page
2
The Las Vegas forecast calls for increasing clouds and scattered showers over the weekend with winds 10 to 20 mph. Today’s high mid 80s and low mid 60s, yesterday reached 92 with 67. Humidity ranges from 44 percent high to 25 percent low.
The Senate honored retiring Democrats Stuart Symington of Missouri and Philip Hart of Michigan for courage and integrity. Symington, 75, ends 24 Senate years, noted for opposing McCarthyism. Hart, 64, fights cancer after 18 years, lauded as liberal conscience and civil rights ally.
The Senate unanimously passed a broad copyright reform bill 75 to 0 sending it to the House. It long renews copyrights to life plus 50 years, guarantees 75 year protection for older works, and boosts phonograph royalties to 2.75 cents per record or 0.5 minutes of playback. It creates the American Television and Radio Archives and imposes royalties on jukeboxes and broadcasters to compensate copyright owners.
London reports the pound rebounded briefly on Thursday after the government pledged to pursue a large IMF loan and maintain anti inflation policies. The currency swung from $1.6650 to $1.70 before closing near $1.6610 as markets debated the loan’s efficacy and potential conditions.
The Senate approved a mid dec era census bill to run every five years starting 1985. It moves to the House and preserves decennial data for apportionment while allowing states to redraw legislative districts more often if desired. It removes criminal penalties but keeps civil fines up to ten thousand dollars for non cooperation.
Early October brings generally fair weather nationwide with sunny to partly cloudy skies. Some shower activity is reported over parts of lower Florida and the southwestern corner of the area.
In Denmark Tennessee oldtimers begin the yearly sorghum molasses making ritual as fall hints near. 80 year old Johnnie Williamson operates his mill, charging a quarter of the syrup as pay and inviting neighbors to watch the process while aging molasses is boiled in vats.
On Thursday the Dow fell 1 point to 990.19 amid investor jitters over the money supply. The Fed reported a record 2.8 billion dollar drop in the latest week, following a 4.5 billion surge the prior week. Volume was 14.7 million shares as traders adjusted for year end.
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