Supreme Court Rules Pregnancy Benefits Not Mandatory
In a 4 to 3 decision the Supreme Court ruled employers need not include pregnancy benefits in disability plans. The GE case involved 100,000 women and could save companies millions, with dissenters arguing the ruling ignores prior appeals court consensus on sex discrimination.
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House elects Jim Wright majority leader in tight vote
Washington AP Republicans and Democrats clash as House votes 148 147 for Jim Wright of Texas to be majority leader defeating Philip Burton. Thomas O Neill wins speakership. Wright pledges job creation and ethics stiffer rules while Burton contemplates whip bid.
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City Industry Pay Compared Across Major U.S. Markets
A study notes New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco lead public safety pay with Chicago and Milwaukee coupled with strong janitorial wages. It highlights city labor markets tax structures and local bargaining power as key factors shaping pay differences.
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Milwaukee
Legislature opens as Democrats savor gains and tax clash erupts
The session opened with Democrats reasserting control as Speaker Leo McCarthy and Senate President pro tem James Mills won easy re‑elections. Rose Ann Walch became California’s first female state senator, while a split surfaced over tax reform, with Brown’s plan to shift taxes provoking opposition and a proposal for $200 million in subsidies for homeowners. Cline pressed for higher homeowner exemptions, but failed to gain immediate consideration. Behr resubmitted a property tax plan aiming to eliminate taxes on owner-occupied homes and fund changes via a mix of levies, drawing fierce debate on tax policy.
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California
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Pacific Ocean
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R-Tiburon
Assemblywoman seeks $500000 VD control reallocations
San Jose Democrat Laona Ege urged the State Health Department to shift $500000 from the 1976-77 budget to venereal disease control. She noted reduced federal grants threaten March 1977 operations and cited economics of early treatment, with 1975 data showing significant taxpayer savings. Egeland said the measure, urgent and immediate, requires two thirds vote and the governor’s approval.
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State Health Department
Nicotine foe holds hostage in L A drama
A Los Angeles man wearing a blue suit with a brown attache case seized a hostage on a building rooftop after a rambling statement about nicotine as a deadly poison. He left a three page letter in the case and later fled, with his mother saying he recently spoke of his father’s death from lung cancer and his smoking admonitions.
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Associated Press
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Mrs. Lair
Baja quake rattles southern California and Arizona
An offshore earthquake near the Gulf of California measured 5.0 on the Richter scale woke residents of Arizona and Southern California. Seismologists at Caltech reported the event centered about 50 miles south of Yuma, with minor damage a cracked window at Wellton, Arizona.
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