Million Canadians stage nationwide one day general strike
More than 1.05 million workers across steel auto mines hospitals newspapers transport and services in over 150 cities joined mass rallies and protests against wage and price controls. The protest sought to end three year controls but the government vowed to press on and continue talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Nova Scotia
Vancouver Island
Pierre Trudeau
Jean- Juc Pepin
Ontario
Labor
John Munro
Canada
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
L.H. Lorrain
California Adopts New 2.50 Minimum Wage Law
A new 2.50 per hour minimum wage takes effect Monday affecting about 1.5 million California workers. The rule package also changes overtime rules for adults and minors with enforcement focus on low wage industries like restaurants, garment plants, hospitals and hotels. A Bakersfield injunction delays several farm overtime rules pending an Oct. 26 hearing.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Department of Industrial Relations
J. K. Steele
Bakersfield
Western Growers Association
James L. Quillin
Viking 2 Seismograph Finds No Marsquakes Yet
In Pasadena UPI reports Viking 2 detected no seismic activity during three weeks of Martian readings. Dr Don Anderson of Caltech notes the instrument is highly sensitive, could reveal quakes if present, and expects Marsquakes may occur as Martian crust remains stressed by volcanoes and plateaus.
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Pasadena
UPI
Mars
Viking 2
Red Planet
Don Anderson
Viking 1
Anderson
Caltech Seismographical Laboratory
Earth
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Toronto
Mission Hills Baptist Church
John Richard
Dick) Jones
Alabama
Waco
Texas
Hancock College
Karen Trumm
Lompoc
Kenneth Milhous
Richard M. Nixon
Calvary Baptist Church
Constellation Rd
Japan
Baptist General Conference
Negoya
BY Bob Lilley
Ent
Idunne
SUN
K Mart’s
Son
Kmart
S. S. Kresge CO
Denmark
Dak
Faisa
H’ Street
Lompec
Lompec, Calif
Industrial Relations Department
Saucedo
State Assembly
Merv Rhodes
Treas
Viking
Mastro
Mastros
Lou
I’ Street
Eva
Rancho Maria
Rancho Golf
Maria
Orcutt
Rancho Maria Golf Club
Casmalia RD
Santa Maria
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