Democrats press wage bill while Bush demands training carveouts
House Democrats back raising the minimum wage from 3.35 to 4.25 in steps, accepting the wage floor but opposing a broader six month training wage. The panel also rebuffs extending a 60 day first job exception. Separately, ex HUD head Pierce defies a subpoena and Reagan recovers after skull fluid removal, meeting with Dole and Yeltsin.
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Washington
House
Bush
House Education and Labor Committee
Youth Fitness Decline Alarms AAU Study Findings
A decade long survey of millions of youths shows a 10 percent drop in average distance run scores from 1980 to 1989 and a fall from 43 percent to 32 percent in those reaching satis factory test scores. Wynn F. Updyke of the Chrysler AAU program warns of an ominous cardiovascular trend linked to inactivity and poor nutrition. Only Illinois requires physical education for all grades.
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America
Chrysler Fund
Amateur Athletic Union
Wynn F. Updyke
Updyke
Indiana University
Illinois
Home Delivery Rates and Publication Details
The Aiken Standard is a weekly afternoon and weekend newspaper published by Aiken Communications Inc. at 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina 29802 since 1867. Postage and address change information is provided for subscribers.
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Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
Panel Says FAA Altered Documents On 1981 Chicago Firings
A House subcommittee reports FAA officials doctored attendance records for Chicago air traffic controllers fired in 1981 during Reagan era strikes. The panel urges Justice Department review for possible misconduct and notes the altered records were used before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Federal Aviation
Chicago
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Merit Systems Protection Board
Public Works Subcommittee
Justice Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Tice
James L. Oberstar
D-Minn
FAA
Fred Farrar
Robert Buckhorn
Subcommittee
Mort Edelstein
Ronald Reagan
Chicago Center
Robert L. Miller
War Room
Federal Merit Board
Merit Board
George Gunter
Senate votes to ban smoking on all domestic flights
The Senate by voice vote halted tobacco efforts and set a ban on cigarette smoking on all U S airline routes 95 days after the law takes effect. The House approved a milder version for two hour or shorter flights and bargaining continues with Senate House negotiators.
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U.S
Bush
Texas
Senate House
House
Jo Ellen Deutsch
The
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Gary Miller
Tobacco Institute
Dallas
Frank Lautenberg
D-N.j
Four hazardous devices explode in Bogota
Four explosive devices exploded at banks in Bogota early today as Colombia prepared to extradite two Medellin cartel suspects to the United States for drug charges. No injuries were reported. banks damaged and responsibility unnamed.
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Colombia
United States
Medellin
Medellin Cartel
Virgilio Barco
Barco
Committee OKs Bushs Capital Gains Cut
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a capital gains tax cut sought by President Bush in a 19-17 vote. The plan cuts the rate from 33 percent to 19.6 percent for 27 months then to 28 percent with indexing. Committee critics call it a financial disaster while White House officials push to sustain it on the floor.
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House
Bush
Thomas S. Foley Jr
Foley
Ways and Means Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Nl
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Cheating Teacher Faces Uncertain Future in Teaching
Nancy Yeargin, a 37 year old former Greenville High geography teacher, pleaded guilty to violating test security by providing students with questions from the C T B S test. She said she may not return to teaching, and acknowledged her teaching certificate will likely be revoked. She was fined 500 dollars plus costs or 90 days in jail and plans to pay.
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California
Mark Weinberg
Labor
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Yeltsin
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Watson
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Gre Yeargin
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