Senate backs maternity leave plan to protect jobs
Senate approval would require employers to include pregnancy benefits in disability plans. The 75 to 11 vote backs legislation amending the Civil Rights Act to nullify a Supreme Court ruling on pregnancy coverage. Proponents say 36 million workers would gain job protection during childbirth and disability periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Harrison Williams
Dn.j
Williams
Schlesinger warns energy failure could trigger upheaval
In Atlanta James Schlesinger warned that failing to conserve energy could spark political and social upheaval akin to the 1930s. He said the energy crisis would test the system and that without conservation the 1980s could see inflation unemployment and higher oil demand. He urged backing President Carter’s energy plan at a Georgia Business and Industry Association seminar.
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Atlanta
United States
James Schlesinger
Georgia
Carter
Schlesinger
Georgia Business and Industry Assn
U.S
Use Of Bank Airplanes Agreed Topic For Today
Senator Ribicoff opened a Saturday session of the Governmental Affairs Committee as Bert Lance faced questions about the use of bank owned airplanes while president and later chairman of the Calhoun Georgia bank. Clifford indicated Lance would answer questions and the panel debated relying on the Heimann air fleet findings. The Justice Department probes whether federal laws were violated by Lance’s campaign fund handling through a bank account and loan practices.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Calhoun, Ga
Lance
Clark Clifford
Justice Dept
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Clifford
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Georgia
Calhoun Bank
Ribicoff
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
National Bank of Georgia
Percy
John Heimann
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Heimann
Eavesdropping Alleged In Panama Canal Talks
Senate investigators press ahead with an inquiry into alleged eavesdropping and blackmail tied to the Panama Canal treaty talks. Adm. Turner and Sol Linowitz will be summoned as the panel questions CIA involvement and early 1970s surveillance claims.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Adm
Stansfield Turner
CIA
Sol Linowitz
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Cookies Ban Sparks Street Dining Constitutional Debate
Two defendants Larry Wallick and Ruth Bushnell faced charges for eating in public under Ocean Beach New York’s street dining ban. They were fined $25 each after being ticketed near a bakery for nibbling cookies and cake this summer. The case raises questions about over broad limits and civil liberties as the village cites litter and disorder prevention while critics warn it blocks non owners from consuming food outside.
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Ocean Beach
N.Y
Larry Wallick
Ruth Bushnell
Rachel Doering
Warner Danby
Danby
New York Civil Liberties Union
Linda Margolin
Suffolk County
The
Civil Liberties Union
Senate panel approves higher employer payroll for Social Security
The Senate Finance Committee endorsed raising employer payroll taxes and gradually increasing worker contributions to keep Social Security solvent. By 1987 workers would pay 7.035 percent on up to 33,900, with max about 2,385 yearly, while employers would pay 7.035 percent on up to 100,000, with a max over 7,000. The panel also proposed raising the earnings test for benefits to 6,000 by 1979 and later to 4,500, while allowing more outside income without loss of benefits. Senator Gaylord Nelson argued the plan secures Social Security for 75 years.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
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Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Panama Canal
Panama
Henry Kissinger
Juan Antonio Tack
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Utah
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