Ethics committee to probe five U S senators
The Senate ethics panel gears up for a potential probe into five senators who met with federal regulators over Lincoln Savings and Loan in 1987. Senators Cranst on, McCain, DeConcini, Glenn, and Riegle deny wrongdoing as investigators consider an outside counsel.
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Washington
Senate
Freday
Savings and
John Glean
D-Ohio
Joh McCain
R-Ariz
Donald W. Riegle Jr
D-Mich
Lincoln Savings and Loan
Irvine
Calif
Charles H. Keating Jr
Riegle
DeConcini
Glenn
Ethics Committee
Cranston
Roegie
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Lincoln
McCain
Then
Bank Board
Edwin Gray
Board
San Francisco
Gray
House
President signs bill to raise minimum wage to 4.25
President Bush signed a law raising the minimum wage from 3.35 to 4.25 by spring 1991, with a 16–19 training wage option and a 90 day initial period. Senator Kennedy called it a compromise on the 50 yard line, while Democratic efforts to go higher remain possible in 1992.
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Washington
Bush
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Oval Office
Kennedy
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Congress
Workplace injuries rise in U S with repetitive motion illnesses
Washington AP reports a sharp rise in injuries and illnesses last year across U S workplaces. The Labor Department cites improved employer reporting and OSHA enforcement as factors, with 3 300 deaths and 6 4 million injuries or illnesses. Manufacturing leads gains and repetitive motion cases grew 58 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department and Labor Union Awaie
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Margaret Seminario
Aflcio
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Housing starts rise after September low in October
U S government data show housing starts up 12 percent in October from September’s seven year low, with a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million units. Analysts expect the pace to hold through early 1990 as rates ease further and inventories adjust. Construction of single family homes rose 6.9 percent to 1.03 million units, while overall starts had fallen in August and September.
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Washington
David Seiders
National Association of Home Builders
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Fed
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Richard Peach
The
Mortgage Bankers Association
Exxon Wins Doublespeak Award For Eco Claims
Exxon Corp wins the Doublespeak Award from the National Council of Teachers of English for labeling Alaska coast oil spill areas as environmentally clean and stabilized. Baltimore developers unveil a 30 story, 90 million Commerce Place office tower slated for downtown, rising 456 feet with 430,000 square feet of space and dramatic night lighting.
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Baltimore
Exxon Corp
National Council of Teachers of English
Commerce Place
William Lutz
Council
Otto Harrison
Exxon
Valdez
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Toni” Brandt
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Floral Telegraph Delivery
Brandt
Merlin Olson
U.S
New York
Bloomingdale
Deborah Martorano
Michael Geek
Martorano
Lutz
Fredericktowne
Antique Center
Frederick Maryland
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Batimore
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Harpers Ferry
Jefferson Pike
Frederick
Discovery Crossings
Stauffer Road
Woodsboro Pike
Equitable Federal
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Woodsboro
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