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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1966
Page
1
An Air Force officer from Topeka Kansas inspected a damaged RBA jet during refueling with a KC135 tanker. Captain Thomas C. Hoose Sr. of Charlotte North Carolina, a RBI crew member, was killed. The cockpit canopy shattered and the aircraft side was damaged.
Washington AP reports a Senate House conferees deal on a wage bill raising the federal minimum from 1.25 to 1.60 per hour by 1968. The compromise expands coverage to about 37.6 million workers including farm, hotel, restaurant, school, hospital, transit, and certain federal civil service employees. House Republicans pledged to fight the measure when it returns next week.
U S Surgeon General William H. Stewart told the 68th annual American Hospital Association meeting that about 28 million workers could be covered by the civil rights and wage act. He warned that withdrawal of federal funds would hurt states already paying much of the cost of programs. The act would raise minimums in stages starting February 1, with farm workers in large establishments included, affecting millions of employees nationwide.
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council says the failing strike may have been partly responsible for a record 6130 highway traffic deaths in July 1968. The July toll was 2 percent above July 1965 and topped the previous single month record. Miller said the strike against five major airlines caused more travel and may have added several hundred deaths. August figures will show the strike’s impact. First six months of 1968 traffic deaths ran about percent above last year.
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