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Wednesday November 10, 1976
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This Day In 1970's History: Wednesday November 10, 1976
  • Utah's Supreme Court decided, by a vote of 4 to 1, that Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer, may be executed next Monday as he wishes. The court reversed itself after hearing Mr. Gilmore, his new attorney and a representative of the state Attorney General's office insist that the execution take place as scheduled. [New York Times]

  • Stock prices tumbled again in mid-afternoon, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing at 924.04, down 6.73 for the day. A heavy volume of new issues came to market as interest rates on state and city bonds rose. [New York Times]

  • American Motors continued its sales slump, reporting a record loss of $51.1 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. The picture is grim for the country's smallest car maker because its Big Three rivals have been accumulating record profits this year. [New York Times]

  • "Legionnaires' disease" claimed another victim -- the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, which housed the convention that was linked to numerous fatalities from a mystery illness last summer. The city's leading convention hotel has suffered a drastically reduced occupancy rate since then and will close Nov. 18. [New York Times]

  • A new air pollution policy was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency. It would permit new pollution-causing industry in areas such as New York City and northern New Jersey, provided other improvements in the area meant that there was no net increase in pollution. The National Clean Air Coalition said this would violate the intent of the 1970 law for areas that have failed to meet federal standards. [New York Times]
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