Inflation Fails to Dampen Leisure Boom in America
New York AP reports a strong leisure surge as travel and recreation rise despite costs. Foreign travel may top eight million in 1973, with domestic trips expanding. The Conference Board finds leisure spending near 890 billion yearly, with broad participation in picnics, swimming, sports, boating, biking, camping, and theater. Rising incomes and longer vacations drive activity. analysts target airlines and hotel stocks.
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House Committee Passes Bill To Raise Wage Floor
Washington AP A bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 2.20 by 1975 with 1.80 after enactment and 2.00 a year later advances in a House labor subcommittee by 8 to 6 despite Republican opposition. It would cover federal state local employees and domestic workers while exempting overtime for some groups.
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Kissinger Talks With Jewish Leaders on Soviet Barriers
Henry Kissinger met Wednesday night at the White House with three leading Jewish officials to discuss Soviet Jews seeking emigration and the tax on would be emigrants. He leaves Friday for Moscow as Nixon pursues trade concessions tied to emigration policy.
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Freed POWs Reject Propaganda Link In Korea Camp Reports
An army spokesman stated that many freed American prisoners of war resented the idea they had fallen for communist propaganda in Korean prison camps, challenging implications about their captivity experiences and indoctrination.
First woman heads British Guild of Hairdressers
London AP reports Kay Wellstead, the first woman to lead the British Guild of Hairdressers, calling bearded men repulsive and unattractive to most women. She notes increasing men hiding faces with untidy beards and questions their motivation, preferring longer hairstyles but opposing beards.
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