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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1974
Page
8
The Senate approved by 69 to 22 a bill to raise the hourly minimum to 2.20 and include almost seven million more workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The plan phases in raises over three years for farmworkers and a five year overtime protection expansion for police and firemen.
Detroit based General Motors announces elimination of second shifts at three assembly plants and ongoing week long shutdowns at others to reduce inventory of large cars. The cutbacks follow a 34 percent sales drop in early 1974 and surpass prior layoffs, with 60 000 workers already laid off. Fifteen of 22 U S assembly plants and four Fisher Body plants will idle next week, marking the largest weekly plant shutdown since Christmas. Chrysler Ford also announce plant shutdowns and job cuts in coming weeks.
Acting Governor Gas says California gasoline supplies will be 134 million gallons lower this month than last year. The Senate bills include 100000 to promote film industry and location scouting, and execution of criminals outside San Quentin. An assembly measure seeks to curb local low rent housing by constitutional amendment. California joins multistate tax compact and teachers may apply unused sick leave to early retirement. Bicycles move to semi voluntary licensing, dropping central registration.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the Senate Finance Committee that trade barriers against the USSR over emigration limits would not serve U.S. interests. He said he might veto such legislation if asked, noting risks to detente and Middle East stability. He urged a compromise and noted strong congressional opposition to granting most favored nation status until emigration liberalizes.
Three Westminster high school students jogged naked around campus in the rain and locked out of a nearby car, arrested for disturbing the peace as police noted similar streaking in Utah and Stockton. Former Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh filed to run for state treasurer with three others joining the race.
Eight year old John Calzadilla was released dazed but unharmed in Secaucus New Jersey after his father Michael Calzadilla paid $50,000 in ransom to abductors who had seized him near his Dix Hills home. The boy, reportedly drugged, was recovered with the money the kidnappers escaped with. authorities and the FBI conducted the return to New York City. In a second item, Lewis W. Douglas, former ambassador and Roosevelt budget official, died at 79 in Tucson after abdominal surgery in New York.
San Francisco municipal transit drivers and about half the city teachers join a two day walkout. The 1800 drivers and 2100 teachers support wage and negotiation demands, halting buses streetcars and cable cars and straining hospital staffing.
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