Hazards Found Most Firms In First OSHA Check
The federal job safety agency OSHA reports hazards at 80 percent of 9,300 inspected firms in its first six months. Of those, 5,636 cited for violations with $361,692 in proposed fines, 1,842 given minor violations without citations, and 20 percent violation free. The inspections cover 4.1 million firms and 60 million workers. Priority areas include catastrophe investigations and employer complaints, plus industries with poor safety records.
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Washington
Federal
Job Safety Agency
Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Congress
Port Huron
Michigan
Phase 2 wage and price controls details emerge in conference
Conferees finalize provisions allowing retroactive wage hikes under Phase 2 if prices rise or if public financing exists. The package includes 5.5 percent pay raises for federal workers and military, expanded oversight, consumer treble damages for overcharges, and preservation of free press guarantees despite controls.
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Israel
Senate
Pay Board and Price Commission
Prisoner Escapes Fossano Jail Using Box Pile
The Fossano prison in Italy reported it was empty as Alberto Vissio, 24, the sole inmate serving 21 months for exploiting prostitution, escaped during exercise time Monday by climbing a wall with a pile of boxes.
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Fossano
Italy
UPI
Alberto Vissio
Two Freedmen Return From Captivity in Red China
Miss Harbert and her fellow captive are released after three years in Red China. The pair stopped at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, then flew to McGuire, escorted by Col. Leonard W. Johnson Jr. Johnson praised their condition and noted Harbert asked about the Apollo program during the nonstop flight.
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Harbert
Palo Alto
Callif
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Hickam
Ci41
McGuire
Air Force
Leonard W. Johnson Jr
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Fecteau
Johnson
America
Fund for Attica Wives Reaches 82000 in Gifts
Attica New York AP report says the fund collected to aid widows and children of 11 slain prison employees exceeds 82000 dollars. Bankers note none of the widows has yet requested aid though distribution planned for Christmas. Elizabeth II reference appears unrelated to the fund.
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Attica
N.Y
Chester Watson
Watson
Senators Seek Federal Permits for Strip Mining
Washington UPI Republicans John Sherman Cooper and Howard H. Baker Jr. introduce legislation to require federal permits for strip mining until states adopt strict standards under federal supervision.
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Washington
UPI
John Sherman Cooper
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