Rising wages spark debate on building trades crafts series
The Chronicle Telegram previews a series on the building trades with a focus on the electricians. It notes Nixon in February suspended the Davis Bacon Act, cites wage increases in 1970, and explains a new Construction Industry Stabilization Committee overseeing wage changes.
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Apprenticeships Open in Lorain County Electrician Trade
The Lorain County Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee selected six apprentices from 106 applicants amid a housing slump. Apprentices start at 45 percent of journeyman pay, rising to 8.58 dollars per hour, with May increases to 4.31 for apprentices and 9.48 for journeymen. Health and welfare are contractor funded. the union dues fund retirement benefits. Electricians face variable work and vacations at their own cost, while about 12 local workers were temporarily unemployed but are returning to jobs as housing starts trend upward locally and nationally.
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Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
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U.S Department of Commerce
Public Meeting to Discuss Local Mental Health Needs
Lorain County Board of Mental Health and Retardation schedules a public meeting June 4 at 6 30 p m and a June 5 regional in service workshop for mental health boards across several counties with Dr Albert J Glass and Bennett Cooper as experts.
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Mental Health Board
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Early Russian Orthodox Clergy Arrive in Alaska 1794
The first Russian Orthodox clergy reached Alaska in 1794, two years after a Russian trading post was built. After the U S purchase, Russian church priests remained and the faith remains among Alaskan Indians today.
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Alaska
United States
Five Oberlin students plead innocent in drug raids
Four Oberlin College students arrested in two drug raids plus one who turned himself in pleaded innocent at arraignments in Oberlin Municipal Court. The five are Stephen Morton, David Holman, Jed Pollack, Steve Hoffenberg, and Michael Harrow. Bond set for Morton Holman Pollack. Harrow, Hoffenberg charged with hallucinogen offenses and illegal drug keeping. Harrow on honeymoon when raids occurred. he will arraign today.
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Stephen Lane Morton
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David Lavassa Holman
Toledo
Jed Michael Pollack
Mt. Vernon
Steve Allen Hoffenberg
Chicago
Michael Lewis Harrow
Merrick
N.Y
Morton
Holman
Pollack
Hoffenberg and
Harrow
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