Workmen's compensation bill aims to raise benefits nationwide
Majority Democrats push a high priority measure to boost benefits from two thirds of the state wage to 100 percent of the average weekly salary. Sponsor Rep. James T. Luken of Cincinnati calls it essential amid inflation. Funded by a state employer plan. An exemption would apply to homeowners paying domestic help less than $160 per quarter. A second Rhodes measure sets unemployment benefits at 50.
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New Yorker
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New York Telephone Co
Joe Magarac Labor Day tribute to American steelworkers
A front page tribute linking the mythical Joe Magarac to Lorain-Elyria steel heritage. The naturalized hero is praised for forging a steelworker identity akin to Paul Bunyan for lumberjacks, with a Pittsburgh mill anecdote and a render from the Faces of Freedom exhibit by John Hancock Mutual Insurance Co.
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Paul Bunyan
Joe
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Faces of Freedom
John Hancock Mutual Insurance Co
Ten Die On Rugged Hill In Alaska Plane Crash
Eskimo residents rescued 23 survivors after a Wien Air Alaska F27B crashed on a foggy hillside near Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Ten perished including the pilot copilot and one crewman. Survivors were flown to Anchorage and Nome for treatment. wreckage scattered over a mile wide area.
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Wien Air Alaska
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Bering Sea
Wien
Coast Guard
Siberia
Alaska Native Medical Center
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Paul Grief
Nome
Savoonga
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Yesteray
Kissinger Near Signature on Israeli Egyptian Interim Peace Pact
Secretary of State Kissinger arrives in Egypt with a potential compromise for an Israeli Egyptian interim peace, proposing cabinet approval in Israel and initialing the pact soon after. He travels to Alexandria and may visit Saudi Arabia Jordan and possibly Syria before returning to Washington. Palestinian guerrillas attack northern Israel as negotiations continue, with Sadat signaling cautious optimism despite past failed attempts.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Syria
Washington
Sadat
Joseph Sisco
Sisco
Ismail Fahmi
Henry A. Kissinger
America
Sinai
Ford firm on import oil tariff
Washington says any congressional deal on oil prices must include the President's $2 per barrel import tariff. Frank G. Zarb and the Ford administration insist on no compromise reimposing longer than 39 months of controls. If Mansfield Albert plan passes, Congress may phase out controls and cut taxes to ease consumer energy costs.
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Ford Administration
Federal Energy
Frank G. Zarb
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Zarb
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Carl Albert
Labor praised but raps Ford on recession
Five major unions criticized the Ford administration on Labor Day while President Ford praised American workers for resilience. Leonard Woodcock UAW and other leaders called policies Hoover-esque and failing to curb the recession. ABEL urged government action to curb interest rates as the real inflation driver, defending wage contracts against inflation blame.
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Meet the Press
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1 W. Abel
United Steel Workers
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Robert A. Georgine
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Woodcock
Herbert Hoover
Wurf
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