Senate Democrats drop bid to raise minimum wage this year
Senate Democrats concede they cannot muster 60 votes to break the Republican filibuster on Kennedy's minimum wage bill. Senator Byrd says there will be no vote this year as debate ends and Republicans note the bill could not pass the House without changes. The measure would raise the wage in stages to 3.75 in January 1990 and higher in later years, affecting millions of workers now earning under 4.55 per hour.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
Byrd
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Bob Dole
Kansas
House
White House
George Bush
Kennedy
Shifts in U S Wage Structure Show Middle-Job Decline
A 1987 government report shows middle-wage jobs dropped from 64 percent in 1979 to 61.3 percent by 1987 while poverty-wage and high-wage shares rose. Women gained in middle and high wages, men lost middle-wage share, and only Massachusetts and New Jersey among large states increased middle and high wage shares.
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Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Chiles
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Greenwood School Shooting Leaves Several Injured
Gunman fired at Greenwood's Self Memorial Hospital area school injuring two pupils and a teacher while six students were treated and released. Officers evacuated the campus as police hunted the suspect and parents arrived to collect children amid a solemn town mood.
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Carolyn Davis
Davis
Marilyn Amick
Watson
Steve Brown
Greenwood
Welfare Overhaul Plan Edges Toward Final Passage
Senate Moynihan leads a conference agreement redefining dependency as a transition to work with child support. The deal requires wage withholding for absent parents, sets a five year cost around 3.34 billion, and adds a 16 hour weekly community service rule for some two parent families.
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Daniel P. Moynihan
D-N.y
Moynihan
Senate
House
White House
Thomas J. Downey
Henry A. Waxman
Dcalif
Energy and Commerce Committee
Firing hearing set today over Hinzman Hinzman case
Hinzman and Blackstock prepare for a public hearing on Hinzman firing by Jaeger with no evidence yet presented. A Linn County judge ruled Jaeger must wait 20 days for a response to the suit seeking documents and tape recordings relating to a police detective disciplined earlier year. The hearing at City Hall may move to the Armory basement if crowd size dictates.
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Hinzman
Blackstock
Jaeger
Thomas Horan
Linn
Council
City Hall
EPA urges tougher action on ozone depletion
The EPA says CFC use worldwide should be phased out to limit chlorine buildup in the atmosphere. EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas warns that existing depletion already undermines prior projections and calls for ending all CFC use. Environmentalists praise the move as urgent progress ahead of next month’s UN review in The Hague.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Trade Association of Producers and Users
EPA
Lee M. Thomas
Thomas
United Nations Environment Program
Hague
David Doniger
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
Europe
Evidence points to deceit in Tawana Brawley case
A seven month New York State grand jury inquiry finds overwhelming evidence that Tawana Brawley fabricated her abduction and sexual abuse claim. The panel's summaries allege she hid out in a vacant apartment, staged injuries, and attempted to mislead doctors and police while avoiding cooperation. She has since left New York, moving to Virginia Beach.
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New York
New York State
Tawana Brawley
Wappingers Falls
N.Y
Brawley
Virginia Beach
Glenda
Namphy in Dominican Republic to Leave Hotel
Lt Gen Henri Namphy is broke after fleeing Haiti and must vacate his hotel suite by week’s end. Deputy Foreign Minister Fabio Herrera Cabral said Namphy lacks funds but has shown a desire to stay in the Dominican Republic.
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Dominican Republic
Henri Namphy
Haiti
Fabio Herrera Cabral
Namphy
Domini
Herrera
Caribbean
Hispaniola
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