European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 9, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Senate passes minimum wage hike Washington a the Senate Friday passed 63 to 24 a Bill to increase the Federal minimum wage from $2.30 an hour to $3.40 in four annual Steps by 1981 but rejected proposals to permit employers to hire teen agers and the elderly at lower  Senate accepted a Compromise offered by sen. Dale bumpers d-ark., to exempt from the Law Small businesses having less than $275,000 in Gross sales on july 1, 1978, and less than $325,000 in Gross sales on july 1,1980. Employees already earning the mini mum wage could not have their pay reduced or hours lengthened. That Compromise was agreed to by a voice vote and sidetracked proposals to in crease the exemption for Small businesses from $250,000 annual Gross sales to $1 Mil lion or to $500,000. A House passed Bill would raise the exemption to $500,000. Voted Down were four amendments to exempt or lower the minimum wage for teen agers. A proposal by sen. William Scott r-va., to permit employers to hire persons Over 68 years old at 75 per cent of the minimum was Defeated 77 to 14. The Senate rejected by a vote of 74 to 24 an amendment to totally exempt youths 16 to 19 years old from the minimum wage requirement. It then turned Back by a 55 to 38 vote a proposal to allow teen agers to be hired at 85 per cent of the minimum wage for an in definite period Defeated 55 to 38 a rider to permit initial youth employment for six months at 75 per cent of the minimum and Defeated by a vote of 49 to 44 a provision to set a sub minimum wage for teen agers at 85 per cent of the adult floor for their first risks to student subjects probe of experiments of Siny will resume Albany . A hearings int psychological experiments at the state University of new York at Albany Are to resume oct. 26 to determine whether some student subjects May have risked their lives in the experiments. A state health department lawyer said Friday the first Day of testimony that Evi Dence submitted during the upcoming hearings would prove that a faulty electric Shock machine was capable of causing  tests with the allegedly dangerous machine were halted last Spring when a technician alerted University officials and roaster firm cuts wholesale Price of Coffee 20 by United press International Folger Coffee co., the nation s no. 2 roaster Friday reduced the wholesale Price on ground Coffee by 20 cents a Pound and lowered its instant Coffee by 3 cents an ounce. The pricing action effective immediate by trimmed the list Price for ground Folger s to $3.18 a Pound and a 10-ounce Jar of instant to $4.65. The second Folger decrease in a month should be passed along to Consumers in about 60 Days the Normal lag period before changes in the wholesale Price Are reflected at the retail level. Folger a division of Procter & Gamble co. In Cincinnati has slashed wholesale prices on ground Coffee by $1.25 a Pound since May. The roaster has Cut its instant Coffee by 8 cents an ounce since july. This latest action is a result of declines in imported Green Coffee prices a Folger spokesman said. In san Francisco mob co. Lowered the wholesale Price of its ground Coffee by 20 cents to $3.18 a Pound effective Friday. General foods corp. The largest roaster lists the wholesale Price for Maxwell House Coffee the leading . Brand at $3.51 a Pound. The company based in White Plains ., has Cut prices by a total of 95 cents from a record $4.46 a Pound set by both general foods and Folger in  mid april when the retail Price of ground Coffee hit roughly $4 a Pound roast ers have Cut Back on buying Green Coffee in response to consumer resistance at the supermarket. Coffee contracts on both the new York and London exchanges have eroded steadily in Price. There is no evidence that anyone was Hurt by that machine lawyer Douglas Mcgivney said. Other than one subject who suffered a slight Burn from a Light source in an unauthorized Experiment that did not involve electric shocks there have been no reports that any of the hundreds of student subjects were injured in any of the experiments the department has called into question. A lawyer for the University the largest in the nation with nearly 350,000 students on 64 campuses said the Case had Trig gered an intense review and self Examina Tion at All Suny units to make sure they comply with state Law. The Albany University officials admit that not All experiments were reviewed Byan institutional review Board and that not All subjects gave full written consent required by the Law. Albany Campus officials suspended All human subject research last Friday and then issued revised guidelines last week that do conform with state Law. But the hearings will continue and the fines could be up to $1,000 for each violation of Law. A health department spokesman said this is not the beginning of a statewide investigation and added that the department has no staff with which to enforce the Law. This is the first Case to arise under the state s Iofe year old human subjects Law and health department officials say they do not know whether the Law is being obeyed at other Public and private institutions in the state. The health department ordered a halt to most human subject research last month after investigating a student com plaint. The department in a total of 52 specific allegations charges that Albany officials violated the Law by not getting proper and Vance review and proper student consent and by not properly supervising All the experiments. Some of the experiments questioned Are simple questionnaires. In addition the department says some students were coerced into becoming subjects for the tests because they were faced with the Choice of writing a term paper or participating in tests. According to evidence introduced at the hearing technician Robert m. Zeh wrote or. James Tedeschi of the psychology department at Albany a memo last March 21, to warn that one shocking machine had faulty parts and could be dangerous. Testing with that machine was immediately halted lawyers said and it was during Cross examination by the health department last week that Zeh reportedly said someone could have been killed by that machine. Six months of employment. Sponsors of the amendments contended that the youth Opportunity differential would provide an incentive to Small Busi Ness to hire some of the two million teen agers in the labor Force who Are unable to find jobs. Sen. Harrison Williams d-n.j., chair Man of the Senate human resources com Mittee led the opposition asserting that a lower minimum wage for youth would compound the unemployment problem and see youths taking jobs that otherwise would be filled by adults with families to support. Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd d-w.va., said the sub minimum wage would pit 14-to 19-year-Olds against 20-to 24 year Olds including Many unemployed Vietnam veterans and be a divisive influence in american society. It is very risky business Byrd said. We should not create a discriminator two tiered  the House voted Down a proposed Lowe minimum wage for youth by a one vote margin in passing its version of the mini mum wage Bill sept. 15. The House Bill Calls for an increase in the minimum wage to $2.65 an hour on Jan. 1,1978 to $2.85 on Jan. 1, 1979 and a final raise to $3.05 an hour on Jan. 1,1980. The Senate voted thursday to increase the hourly minimum to $2.65 in 1978 to $2.90 in 1979, to $3.15 in 1980 and to $3 40 in1981. Differences in the two versions must be worked out in a House Senate conference before final congressional action can retaken. 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