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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1977
Page
2
Hank Greenspun jokes about running a publicity stunt for the March of Dimes offering small monetary bets per mile on various figures including Leavitt Santini Lurie and Gov. O Callaghan. He teases a Las Vegas style scramble to raise funds and claims a $10 a mile purse with a $200 gain projected.
Berkeley incidents tied to a conservative swing on campus provoke accusations of anti Semitic vandalism against two Jewish groups. Rabbi Robbins cites a hostile climate and says stern action is needed after sukkah vandalism and taunts at Chabad House. Police and university officials investigated. no arrests reported.
Detroit agencies forecast the 1978 model year output from the Big Four will total 28,707 units this week, near the record 223,604 set in 1973. Ward's reports show year to date production at 7.3 million, with General Motors at 58.4 percent, Ford 27 percent, Chrysler 12.5 percent, and American Motors 2.1 percent.
Gov. Mike O Callaghan named six persons to a labor management study committee to avoid costly strikes. The panel includes James Henderson Michael Pisanello and Paul Havas from the Employment Security Council and Louis Paley Wallie Warren and Mike Chadburn from the Nevada Industrial Commission. Additional members will be named by the Senate majority leader and the Assembly speaker.
Three HEW officials traveled to Europe on expense-paid work to prep for a planned November visit by Secretary Califano as the department faced a funding gap. Eileen Shanahan condemned the notion of a junket and defended the trip as essential work during budget pressures.
Forecast calls for fair nights and mostly sunny, warm days through Saturday with gentle winds. Temperature data shows today’s high near 0 and low around 445 55, with yesterday’s high 88 and low 53. Humidity high, air quality index fair at 37.
Clear skies will dominate the upper Great Lakes and Northeast on Friday with light rain moving into those areas. Elsewhere a mix of sun and clouds is expected across the nation with no major precipitation indicated.
Pan American World Airways 4000 attendants break from Transport Workers Union Local 505 citing poor representation and male chauvinist attitude. Alice Flynn says IUFA will directly negotiate a contract with Pan Am, after a 1943 union win and a 1945 vote showing 1945 to 1479 support for independence.
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