Minimum wage rises for millions on New Year’s Day
Washington AP reports the federal minimum wage increases to 2.30 per hour on January 1, 1977, making about 4 million workers eligible for raises. The change, part of the 1974 amendments, affects farm workers, domestics, local government employees, retail clerks and millions more across nonfarm sectors, with 57.4 million workers covered and over 53 million already earning above the new floor. The plan also raises many workers to 2.20 or 2.30 in staged steps through 1978, including laundry, construction, hospitals, schools, and government employees.
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Washington
America
Labor Department
Congress
Soviet Supersonic Jet Begins Regular Service to Alma Ata
The TU144 started its first regular mail and freight runs from Moscow to Alma Ata, covering 2050 miles in 119 minutes at over 1000 mph and 57,000 feet. Passengers won’t fly yet as officials target the latter half of 1976, while Western journalists were excluded from the inaugural.
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Moscow
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Moscow Alma Ata
Trud
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
London
Bahrain
Hi Neighbor Club Meeting and Local Notices at Findley Lake
The Hi Neighbor Club met at Mrs. Dale Raton's Findley Lake home with a Weliciaus roast beef dinner and festive decorations. Attendees included Mrs. Merton Bayle, Mrs. Leon Morton, and Bernice Marsh among others, with readings, games, and a gift exchange. January meeting set for Mrs. Bernice Marsh's home on the second Thursday. several local visits and family events noted including discharge of Gordon Bemis from the Marines and family gatherings for holidays.
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Bernice Marsh
Dale Raton
Findley Lake
Merton Bayle
Leon Morton
Marion Humphrey
Lilly Hayes
Margaret Bemis
Merton Bemis
Susan Spink
Gordon Bemis
Spain
Yonla Marsh
Elouise
Herbert White
Wayde Querreveld
Clymer
Wilber VanBarden
Cornelius Legters
James VanBarden
Jehovah's Witnesses Press Malawi Torture Claims
Jehovah's Witnesses allege a campaign of beating rape detention and arson against followers in Malawi for refusing to join President Banda's Malawi Congress party. They report similar persecution in Zambia Mozambique Rhodesia and South Africa with homes burned meeting halls destroyed and thousands beaten as authorities deny rights.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jehovah's Witnesses
Malawi
Kamuzu Banda
Zambia
Mozambique
Witnesses
Rhodesia
Banda
United Nations
Malawi Congress Party
Africa
Youth League
Frank Muller
Sygnestall Wation
57 Years Later Gets Purple Heart
World War I veteran W A Carlock of Etowah Tennessee finally receives the Purple Heart after a newspaper interview rekindled the case. He was wounded October 7 1918 in Germany during the Hindenburg Line battle and spent three days at a field hospital before being sent to England.
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Hindenburg
England
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Oie Ital
Jehovah’s Witnesses
N.Y. Harbor Pilots
New York
New York Harbor
Compass
MOAC
Commercial Marine Insurer
Bill - Rose
the al Xander Co., Inc
West Main Street
Tak
Pennsylvania
Agriculture Department
Dean Pikoulas
Meadville
Department
Keith Nichols
Century Farms
James McHale
McHale
Senate
Nichols
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Mebtin
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Serine Corry
Patricia Cochran
Pat, Francene
Micki
Serrins Auto Parts
Mead Avenue
Columbus Milling Co
Bob
Paul Jan, Mike and
Harold
Associated Press
George Ll. Man
Corry Evening Journal
Teaneck
Tange
Means Home & Building Center
East
Columbus Avenue
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Corry
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