Senate OKs Minimum Wage With Veto Looms Over Pact
The Senate approved a 2.20 minimum wage bill in a 64 33 vote, edging toward a House version with key differences. It would raise nonfarm wages from 1.60 to 2.20 and farm wages from 1.30 to 2.20 in staged steps, extending coverage to domestics, seasonal farm labor, and some processing workers while sparing teenage pay cuts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Congress
Williams
Hugh Scott
Phase 4 gas price ceilings tied to inflation control plan
The administration outlined Phase 4 controls to curb inflation with tentative regulations set to take effect August 12 after a 60 day price freeze. Major feature requires large firms to absorb some cost increases, slowing profit margins and easing fuel prices in parts of the country. The government also forecast 2.6 percent GNP growth for Q2 and 6.8 percent inflation, with public commentary invited through July 31.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Commerce Department
William N. Walker
Ohio Senate approves legal age bill to 18
The Senate accepted a conference committee report lowering adulthood to age 18 effective January 1. The measure keeps 21 as the minimum age for police and state patrol duties. An ethics bill to require full financial disclosure faced opposition and no action in the Judiciary Committee with rumors it may die.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Paul E. Gillmor
R-2
Tiffin
Conference Committee
Richard G. Reichel
Massillon
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
Scioto County
Roy Vastine
Ohio County Elected Officials Association
Judiciary Committee
Ravenswood Bridge Proposal Gains Strong Backing Across Ohio River
Ravenswood officials and Meigs County leaders reached a milestone in plans for a bridge across the Ohio River at Ravenswood linking with a Meigs County highway. Mayor B M Chambers announced a bridge concept backed by Gov Arch Moore while Ohio and West Virginia officials pledge coordination to extend Route 33 and connect to Interstate 77. A design slated for completion within a year awaits Coast Guard approval as discussions continue.
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Beulah Jones
Meigs
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Ravenswood
W. W
Meigs County
Rock Springs
B. M. Chambers
Arch Moore
Max Farley
Division 10
Ohio Department of Transportation
John Gilligan
West Virginia
Ohio
Democratic Party Committee
Mason
New Haven
Ripley
Spencer
Five Points
Chambers
Coast Guard
Mardian Says He Wanted Out Of Watergate Tapes Case
Former Atty. Gen. aide Robert C. Mardian testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he wanted no part of the Watergate affair and withdrew from cover-up activities within a month after the June 17, 1972, bugging of Democratic HQ. He cited conflicting testimony with John Mitchell and others and noted meetings he cannot recall.
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Washington
Robert C. Mardian
Senate Watergate Committee
Mardian
Inter
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
White House
New York Times
Washington Post
Nixon
Phoenix
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Inglewood
Calif Magruder
Hamilton
Mitchell
LaRue
Washington Backtracks on Who Ordered False Bomb Records
The Pentagon reversed itself citing Washington as the source of orders for concealing secret B52 raids on Cambodia in 1969 70. Spokesman Friedheim said top defense officials authorized security measures but later said such requirements came from Washington not SAC.
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Washington
Pentagon
Cambodia
Jerry W. Friedheim
SAC
Strategic Air Command
Friedheim
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Military Staff
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Laird
Edsel Wise Sells His House With One Call
Edsel Wise of Coolville sold his house after a single phone call. He praised the “Action Act” as the reason for the quick sale and expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
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Edsel Wise
Coolville
Nixon Leaves Hospital After Viral Pneumonia
President Nixon, looking well, left Bethesda Naval Medical Center after a week with viral pneumonia. The House passed a farm bill to curb food stamp benefits for strikers and tighten farm payments, naming Karl L. Butz as food-price czar, now headed to conference with the Senate. An investigative board blamed NASA engineering gaps and contractor communication failures for Skylab shielding trouble that threatened the first mission.
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Nixon
Hospital
Washington
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
House
Karl L. Butz
Senate
Skylab
PE Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
Weather Cloudy Warm Humid With Chance of Thunderstorms
Cloudy, warm and humid tonight and Saturday with a chance of thundershowers. Lows near 70, highs Saturday in the mid 80s. Details, Page 2.
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Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Watergate Committee
Sam Dash
Arthur Miller
Ervin
Vastine
Chester Hummell
Ohio Association of Township Trustees
Theaurocracy
Gilligan
Athens
Nal Security Division
Justice Department
Bob Mardian
Magruder
John N. Mitchell
James Hamilton
Magauder
John W. Dean III
Maurice H. Stans
Frederick C. LaRue
Messenger
Dan
Court Street
Carpenter Street
Jase
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