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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1977
Page
2
Readers debate what counts as obscene as moral criteria shift with times and media. The letter argues bikini images and provocative ads test community tolerance, noting TV’s reach and urging continued subscription to the Las Vegas SUN while praising local papers and Puritan tradition.
Diamond merchants on West 47th Street grow wary amid a string of killings and disappearances in their trade. They fear publicity and theft, resist talking to reporters, and cite insurance pressure and distrust of police as reasons for secrecy.
Variable clouds and mostly fair skies prevail through Thursday. Gentle winds grow to 10-20 mph in afternoons and evenings with a high near 90 and a low around 60. Yesterday reached 96 and 63. air quality remains good at 23.
Mostly sunny conditions dominate the nation with a chance of rain in portions of the northern plains on Wednesday. Temperatures remain mild as the rest of the country enjoys clear sunny weather.
In Washington the AFL-CIO backed bill to overhaul labor rules survived a 267 to 152 vote against a Republican anti union substitute. A rules vote 291 to 128 aided momentum toward a final Wednesday vote while AFL-CIO officials hailed the result as a sign of growing support for the measure amid a lobbying clash with corporate foes led by the National Action Committee.
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