European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 21, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 Senate oks hike in minimum pay to $3.35 by 1981 Evel meets bionic woman motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel guest starring As himself in an episode of Abc s the bionic woman poses with the Star of the to series actress Lindsay Wagner in los Angeles. The episode motorcycle Boogie Calls for the two to jump a 50-foot-wide River Basin to escape Pursuit. A Washington up the Senate approved Compromise legislation wednesday which would raise the minimum wage to $3.35 an hour by 1981, the biggest increase in history for the country s lowest paid workers. The legislation worked out in its final form by Senate House negotiators was passed by voice vote and sent to the House. Final action before adjournment is assured. The Bill would raise the minimum wage to $3.35 by 1981, a $1.05 increase Over the present $2.30 an hour. Minimum wage workers would receive an increase to $2.65 an hour Jan. 1 the first raise approved by Congress since 1974. The wage floor would climb to $2.90 an hour in 1979, $3.10 in 1980 and $3.35 in 1981.although the Bill is considered one of organized labor s few victories of the ses Sion it does not include everything the unions wanted. Rejected by both the Senate and the House was a proposal for automatic open end increases in the future geared to a fixed percentage of factory pay. The Senate and House also agreed to exempt More Small businesses from having to pay the minimum wage. The current exemption excludes Busi Ness with sales of $250,000 or less but the Bill raised the ceiling to $362,500 in sales. About 800,000 workers who no longer would come under the minimum wage Law Are protected against any pay cuts. But the Senate and House backed by Dod compares if with by output cruise launching called costlier Washington up the Pentagon has advised Congress it would Cost More to deploy cruise missiles aboard wide bodied jets than to build the by bomber the missiles replaced according to testimony released wednesday. The same newly declassified secret Tes Timony also said the administration wants to keep some kind of penetrating bomber in addition to the cruise missile Force and argues that refitted Fri 11 fighter bombers would be cheaper than Bis. The Pentagon testimony came to Light wednesday As the House prepared to debate whether to keep the by production Money approved by its appropriations committee despite president Carter s Deci Sion to scrap that costly bomber building program. The dispute centers on whether the air Force should develop a new generation of penetrating bomber in addition to the Pilot ind. Millionaire killed by bomb rigged to car Evansville ind. A millionaire Ray Ryan was killed tuesday when a bomb of Large dimensions ripped apart his luxury automobile in the parking lot of a health spa Here. Ryan 72, apparently was murdered by professionals who rigged a bomb to the car said Frank Cook a local officer of the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. He said there were no suspects. The explosion broke windows and knocked pictures off the Walls of a nearby apartment building. It also knocked out a substation of Southern Indiana Gas and electric co., halt ing electric service three hours to a Section of Evansville s East Side and a part of neigh Boring Warrick county. Ryan acquired his wealth in the Oil business and later owned a resort at Palm Springs calif., and a gambling Casino in Las vegas. He also had joint ownership with film actor William Holden in the it. Kenya safari club in  recently filed suit in . Tax court in Washington protesting assessment of about $9 million in Federal taxes allegedly owed for 1958 through 1965, excluding 1963. The Case was set for trial nov. 15.the government charged that Ryan s income was derived in part from Many foreign sources including gambling proceeds. Evansville sources said Ryan led a secluded life while in the City. He reportedly at one time owned Homes in new York Paris and Africa jetting from one to the other with hol Lywood and International celebrities. Less Jet cruise missiles and if so what kind of bomber. Supporters of the by began a drive to resurrect that program when they Learned the Pentagon wants to upgrade Fri 11 fighter bombers As replacements for the aging Long Range b52s in the 1980s. Carter announced june 30 he was scrap Ping the $26 billion by production program partially on grounds of expense. He said the plane s function would largely be taken Over by the air and sea launched cruise missiles now under development. Initial plans called for the air launched missiles to be carried aloft by modified b52s. But the Pentagon is also asking con Gress for $50 million to study the possibility of using wide bodied jets such As Boeing 747s, As cruise missile platforms. It also requested $400 million to study whether by parts could be used to upgrade the balls. The House defense appropriations sub committee wednesday declassified the an Swers defense Secretary Harold Brown and other Pentagon officials gave to questions on these proposals during closed committee hearings sept. 15 and 20. On the Issue of maintaining bombers As Well As cruise missiles Brown said the missile would function Best As a comple ment to a penetrating bomber Force and a Force comprised exclusively of cruise missiles would have  asked to compare the Cost of using a wide bodied Jet to carry the missiles with that of building a by Brown said a Large cruise missile Carrier aircraft a 747 Type would be More expensive than a by. However the effectiveness of a cruise missile Carrier Force would depend on the assumptions used in an  labor also rejected efforts to set a lower minimum wage for teen agers. Labor department officials estimated that the Compromise worked out by Senate and House negotiators eventually would in crease the wages of nearly 5 million work ers. About 3 million persons now receive the current minimum wage. Employees who get tips and now get Only half of the minimum wage waiters wait resses porters and other service employees will get 55 per cent of the minimum wage in 1979 and 60 per cent the following year. Growth rate of Economy slows Down Washington map the nation s economic growth As measured by the Gross National product slowed to a rate of 3.8 per cent in the third Quarter As Consumers bought fewer products the Commerce department said wednesday. The new Gnu figure was a decline from the 7.5 per cent annual growth rate in the first Quarter and the 6.2 per cent rate in the second Quarter of the year. Usually a 4 per cent rate of growth is considered necessary to keep unemployment from getting worse. The third Quarter rate was considered High enough to keep the unemployment rate from getting substantially worse. Treasury Secretary w. Michael Blumen Thal argued that the latest figures should be assessed in a larger context noting that the nation s output had increased by More than 15 per cent since the 1975 recession. Speaking at the american Bankers association convention in Houston tex., Blu Menthal said business has been showing a Lack of Confidence despite a favourable eco nomic out look. The Gnu figures show a marked slow ing in the rate of economic growth from the first half of the year he said. But he said the first six months were unusually Strong. Of time oct. 21, 1947 Gen. Charles de Gaulle France s War hero was swept Back into political prominence on a wave of reaction which gave the communists their biggest beating in Western Europe since the end of the War. Oct. 21, 1957 a Small explosion rocked the launching area of the Vanguard missile prototype of the rocket that will hurl the first . Satellite into outer space. Oct. 21, 1967 an All White Federal jury convicted seven men including a Deputy sheriff and a Kun flux klan Leader of conspiracy in the killing of three Young civil rights workers in 1964