European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday february 2t. 19ss 54 economists support hike in minimum wage Washington a fifty four economist led by Nicl Prie Winner Lawrence Klein told co Gresson saturday int raising he minimum wage would have Little Advent effect on the no cd thai critics have said that raising inc minimum wage would increase unemployment and inflation in fact the economists said the evidence sharply refutes those Sii times this nation has raised the minimum wag and inc historical experience offers no evidence of siem Fichani employment and business disruption they in n letter for the citizens committee for a just minimum , a professor Al the University of Pennsylvania and Nancy s. Rarer to of american University headed inc list of signers. Others included John Kenneth Galbraith of Harvard University and of the Massachusetts Institute of technology. They delivered the letter As a subcommittee of icehouse education and labor committee prepared for a Vole to he ruled wednesday on a Bill that would in crease the minimum age from sj.j5 an hour to m.65 an hour Over three that the minimum wage would be set Al one half the average hourly wage for non supervisory work ers As determined by the department of labor. The current minimum wage which was last raised in 19s1,is 37 percent of that average the economists said. They died a study published last year by f. Gerard Adams of the University of Pennsylvania that said the proposed Bill would increase the inflation rate by no More than 0.2 no Reni Over three years and the unemployment rate by less Inan 0.1 percent during that groups arc opposing the legislation sponsored by inc chairmen of the House and Senate Labo committees rep. Augustus f. Hawkins d-calif., and sen. Edward m. Kennedy l. Martin a specialist on labor issues for the . Chamber of Commerce. Said our studies ill us that a minimum wage increase would have a cumulative effect of Over t percent on inflation. The second thing is there would be a direct loss of somewhere around 1.8 million Job opportune he said the position of the com Nisis backing the wage increase is significant because they predicted at least some Adverse economic consequences . This is the first time the other Side has acknowledged thai incr is any Impact he indexing feature of the legislation is particularly objectionable. Martin said because in takes wage Deci Sions out of Fth control and even Congress. The economists however say congress1 failure to raise the minimum wage for nearly seven years while prices have risen 32 percent Means it stands at the lowest Ria value since 1955.a worker paid the current minimum wage earns $6,700 a year which is s1,900 below the Federal poverty icel for a family of three they said. Test tube quintuplets i Ruud parents Raymond and mlcheu1 l Esperance and ii in 5-Ymr-uld son Christopher pose thursday with inc pm new members of their Cunill. Left to right the Yare Eric Veronica Alexandria Raymond and Danielle called inc world s fret test lube quintuplets. They were bom two months premature to William a Leaumont hos Pital in Royal Oak much. Doctors said they May go Home in then a few weeks. Stateside fire in . College dorm injures at least 6 students Murfreesboro . A fire swept through the lobby of a two Story College dormitory Friday forcing Many students to jump 10 feel to safely and injuring Al least six students authorities had just comr from a party so they were awake when the fire broke after Midnight in Miv Mhall a men s dormitory Al Chowan College said police officer Bryant students were taken to to Anolta a Howan Hospital said Trish Womble director of nursing. Many students jumped from second Story fire escapes and windows coolie Slid. Cooke said one student was found unconscious overcome by smoke on the second floor. Most students had evacuated on i hair own by the time firefighters cause of the fire was still under investigation but Cooke said we re thinking Dallas Council discontinues gourmet free lunch service Dallas a the City Council has determine there May be a free lunch but it won t be gourmet. The Council agreed to halt meals provided Al it meetings by members of the Dallas restaurant association because of a possible conflict of interest if they consider measures affecting restaurants had been serving such fare baby Spring Chicken and chocolate decadence cake since in Council stopped a City food service that had Cost 14,600 per Annette Straus has written Ous Maui president of the association thanking the association for gracious and delicious luncheon but she said the lunches must be discontinued he cause they May be subject to 7 Pennsylvania teens accused of causing blasts it. Lebanon. A. A seven teen agers fac charges for making and exploding pipe bombs for kicks police boys were hospitalized with injuries when one bomb exploded prematurely Jan. 24, detective John Michalco estimate the pipe bombs had the i Plosive Impact of hand grenades used in Vietnam he would not identify the boys except to say All Are 13 or 14 years old. They were turned Over to juvenile authorities on charges of conspiracy reckless and Possession bombs were made from Copper tubing Pur chased from hardware stores thousands of Kitchen matches and a Model rocket fuse or similar Detonator. Honda to Start building second Ohio Plant in May be1.lefontaine, Ohio up Honda of America plans to break ground May 20 for its second Auto Assembly Plant in Ohio officials have said. The Plant is to be built on the 7.500-Acrc site of the transportation research Center tic in Logan county Toshi Amito a Honda vice president said Al a briefing for civic of America acquired the try from the stale of Ohio last said the Plant will Start assembling cars in August 1989 and Wilt reach full production Oil 50,000carsaycar by ihefallofl991,creating 1,800 jobs. The automaker produces Honda Accord and civic cars and Honda motorcycles in Ollor pants near Marysville. Federal workers seek in unction on secrecy forms Washington a the Reagan administration was accused in court paper Friday of continuing to Force employees to sign agreements not to disclose classified information despite a one year moratorium imposed by Congress. The american foreign service association filed a motion in . District court for a preliminary injunction 10 Force Secre tary of suit George Schultz to Stop or Dering state department employees 10 sign one of Ike non disclosure forms. The injunction sought by the plaintiff would Law direct Cia director William Webster and Steven Garfinkel head of the information Security oversight of fice. To order other Federal agencies los lop forcing employees 10 sign inc forms. One of the forms of 119, binds Feder Al employees never to divulge classified or classifiable information without per Mission. More than 1.7 million Federal employees in sensitive jobs have signed the other form sf4i93, also requires employees to seek prepublication re View of critics in Congress contend the forms violate the first amendment rights of government employees. These critics punish whistle blowers by classifying in formation after in has already been Dis it passed the continuing resold lion for the 1988 fiscal year. Congress said no Money could be used during the fiscal year to Force employees to sign or other nondisclosure forms. The Brief charged that numerous employees have been required to sign forms of 189 and of 4193 Tine the passage of the continuing the plaintiff charged that a division Navy last month ordered its pm air Force issued a directive last month saying that signing of 189 is a merest i site to it Kew to classified inform service officers who Art members of the american foreign Seiv ice association Are still being required to sign of 4193, the court papers administration has continued to imply Neil the Standard forms at Bak in Ihu Case despite Congress Ern Phol in re Eiroa in the continuing resold in jul All such implementation Effort music ease. Such illegal conduct should not be allowed to continue the lawsuit said
