Farm Workers Hope to Lift Wages Under 1966 Law Changes
Congress moves to extend minimum wage protections to 400 000 farm workers, with Senate plans to double that number. The piece cites low current wages under 1.14 per hour, comparisons to manufacturing pay, and potential impact on food prices, arguing wage gains could occur without harming the agricultural economy.
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Employment Service Review
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Today in History June 20 1966 highlights concise
This date marks Hoover proposing a one year moratorium on intergovernmental debt payments in 1931, the Maryland colony grant to Lord Baltimore in 1632, the start of the French Revolution in 1789, West Virginia statehood in 1863, and other historical notes including 1943 Friedrichshafen raid and recent diplomatic visits.
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Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
West Virginia
Friedrichshafen
Atlantic
Asbury Park
N.J
Hayato Ikeda
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
U.S
Dominican Republic
Paris
de Gaulle
Ten Chimpanzees Arrive On Rubondo Island Experiment
Ten chimpanzees born in European zoos arrive in Dar es Salaam for a German zoologist’s back to nature project on Rubondo Island in Lake Victoria. The first group includes three males and seven females as they adapt to island living.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Rubondo
Lake Victoria
Bernhard Grzimeck
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