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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1989
Page
4
A column argues that federal minimum wage and unpaid parental leave bills are well intentioned but risky. It notes current $3.35 rate, proposed rises to $4.65 by 1992, Bush favors up to $4.25, and a two tier probationary pay plan. The piece questions policy effects and fiscal impact.
A conservative view questions the impact of raising the minimum wage to 3.35, noting 2.6 million earners at that rate including 1.4 million aged 16 to 19 and 864,000 in the 2024 bracket. It warns of job losses, higher prices, and broader costs from accompanying bills on leave, health insurance, safety, and day care.
Washington notes Connie Mack’s grandson Senator Connie Mack pushes commissioner A Bartlett Giamatti to back major league teams in Florida cities Tampa St Petersburg Miami and Orlando. Giamatti predicts mid decade expansion but owners delay American League moves. Senators voice support yet face hard reality of owners profit from TV contracts.
The piece defines friendship as trust, care, and mutual support. It contrasts friends who help out of heart with those who vanish for gains, stressing that true friends stand by you in need, protect confidences, and accept imperfections while valuing many such friends.
A retrospective links 1908 New York garment workers protests to International Women's Day and ongoing global struggles for rights. It covers Iran and Pakistan politics, Afghan refugee freedoms, Iraqi women's roles, Soviet mothers, and a broader view of gender equality from medieval times to modern labor, politics, and social power.
A 10 year look back notes that March 18, 1979, featured U S and Egypt pushing Arab backing for the Israel peace treaty with missions across the Middle East and New York. Sadat favored a Washington signing. Also 25 years earlier, March 18, 1964, Daubert Chemical Co expanded to double paper products output at Dixon plant, the sole facility for its division. 50 years ago, March 18, 1939, Dixon and Lee County ordered pinball machines removed amid legality questions following a city county meeting.
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