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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1976
Page
2
The House approved a bill to double the employer unemployment insurance tax to 0.7 percent and set a two stage rise completed by 1978. It would require permanent unemployment coverage for 7 million local and 600,000 state workers and extend coverage to about 450,000 farm workers and 170,000 domestics when the temporary programs expire.
Mrs. J E Ellis faced criminal trespassing charges after eating a tortilla chip in a pizza cafe. Police detained her for about an hour before posting a $100 bond. the pizza parlor denied filing charges. A municipal court judge later dismissed the case for lack of witnesses.
The House approved by 306 to 68 a measure enabling courts to award attorney fees to civil rights suit winners including sex discrimination. The Senate had earlier cleared the bill after an eight day filibuster by Sen James Allen who offered an IRS fee award amendment. Republicans warned the rule would boost lawyers and flood litigation.
The Indian Claims Commission ruled the federal government must pay the Gila River Indian Community $1.5 million for using reservation land as camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II. The tribe sought $6.7 million, citing 1942 agreement and irrigation commitments.
The House approved a plan to create a separate Agriculture Department office to oversee grain inspections at export ports and inland centers. Private inspectors would be banned at export points, with state inspectors allowed only in ports meeting criteria. Firms handling export grain must register, with civil penalties up to 75000 dollars and criminal penalties up to five years in prison.
Forecast calls for numerous thundershowers through Saturday with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Today’s high near 80 and low in the lower 60s. Humidity around 90 percent and a high 87 percent tonight.
Showers and thundershowers are likely in the northern Rockies and along the mid Atlantic coast. Elsewhere, generally fair conditions are forecast, with calmer weather expected in other areas.
A dangerous storm swept California bringing flood warnings in the Bay Area. The National Weather Service issued urgent guidance for low lying areas near streams and canyons to seek higher ground. Flash flood warnings covered Contra Costa Alameda San Mateo Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, later expanding to Marin Merced Stanislaus and San Joaquin. The storm caused traffic issues with heavy rain gusty winds and some hail lasting about three hours. PG and E reported some transformer hits but no large blackouts. Pacific Bell noted trouble calls at normal levels.
Defense attorneys for John Harvey Adamson urge a Phoenix judge to exclude testimony about a 1975 assault from the Bolles murder case. They argue the two incidents are not similar and would prejudice the trial. Prosecutors contend the cases are closely related and may involve the same assailant.
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