European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday july 1,1988 stateside Trident sub workers threaten walkout in Conn. Groton Conn. Up More than10,000 workers who build the nation s Tri Dent submarines have threatened to go on strike Friday unless a new agreement is reached with the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. Blue Collar workers who Are members of the Metal trades Council were to vote on the com Pany s latest offer thursday and Union leaders had urged rejection of the proposed three year contract. In what management called its last offer workers would receive bonuses instead of pay raises starting with a $500 Bonus immediately after ratification of the agreement. The Metal trades Council however was seeking pay increases of 5 percent the firs year and 4 percent in each of the next two years. Joint exercises to be held with thai forces in july Washington up the Pentagon said wednesday . Armed forces will conduct joint military training exercise called cobra Gold 88, in Thailand next month with thai  seventh in a series the exercise will be held from july 4 to aug. 3 in and around the Cit of Nakhson rat Hasima and Rayon province the Pentagon statement said. The exercise will include an amphibious land ing and finish up with a combined air and land assault it said. Elements of the . Pacific air forces the . Pacific Fleet the . Western army com Mand the strategic air command the military Airlift command and commandos from the Spe Cial operations command will participate the Pentagon said. Suspect arrested in theft of 723 Library books Greensboro . A if they throw the Book at Ronald Redmond he might just keep it. Redmond 23, is charged with stealing 723books and 56 record albums Over two years from the Library of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He s probably read most of them said police detective Glenn Knight. He s a smart  the books and records Are valued at More than $23,000, and include works by Mark Twain William Shakespeare and Soren Kierkegaard University officials said. Police arrested Redmond on tuesday after raiding his apartment following a Telephone tip Knight said. Redmond was charged with one felony count of false pretences and released on his own recognizance Knight said. Taste of Texas program picks Jack in the Box Chain Austin Texas up Jack in the Box restaurants wednesday became the first fast food Chain to qualify for the state department of agriculture s taste of Texas marketing pro Gram. The program is designed to identify and pro Mote Texas grown and processed products. To qualify and display the program s logo in Adver Tising and promotions a restaurant must use at least 80 percent Texas products in their menu items. Jack in the Box owned and franchised by Hoodmaker inc., of san Diego annually Pur chases More than $51.5 million of its food products from Texas suppliers and Dis Tribu  Matthews corporate vice president for operations said Many of the ingredients forthe restaurant Chain s most popular menu items come from Texas. The Chain has More than 300 restaurants in Texas and another 600 in other southwestern and Western states. Minimum wage in dollars per hour for nonfarm workers $3.50 .00 2.50 .00 ,50 .00 5o n applied t As they w under am fair Labo o Cater Ere add end men r act ories of w de to Cov to to the 1 orders stage m m split rate 1 ii 193839 45 50 56 61 �65 Chicago Tribune graphic source us. Department of labor / m a v  pm 71 74 it ass 78 81 88 Senate labor panel approves Bill to boost minimum wage to $4.55 Washington a the Senate labor com Mittee approved 11-5 on wednesday Compromise legislation to raise the Federal minimum wage to $4.55 per hour Over the next three years. Floor action on the Bill is not expected until after the democratic National convention which occurs the week of july 18. Committee chairman Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., sponsor of the Bill did not waste any time in bringing the measure to a vote by the panel calling for the tally As soon As a quorum was formed. Republicans had indicated a week ago that they would offer Amend ments but none was introduced. There was no reason to take on those issues i committee said sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Utah. There will be amendments when the Bill gets to the floor. I am sure we can conjure up  he predicted that floor action will be a Donny Brook. There is a lot of irritation on this Bill. They democrats Haven t had the intestinal fortitude to bring up the Bill before  Hatch said the increase in the minimum wage could Cost up to a million jobs especially those that need them Black youths and Spanish youths. We just can t write them  the 11-5 vote was mainly along party lines with republicans Robert t. Stafford of Vermont and Low Ell p. Weicker or. Of Connecticut joining the demo cratic majority. The Kennedy Compromise was worked out Between democratic congressional leaders and organized labor after it became Clear that a larger minimum wage boost approved by the House labor committee was going nowhere. The Kennedy Bill would raise the current $3.35 hourly minimum wage to $3.75 in 1989 $4.15 in 1990 and $4.55 in 1991. Today s action by the Senate labor committee brings us a major step closer to our goal of raising the minimum wage for the first time since 1981," Kennedy said in a statement after the vote. Five million men and women in America will get the Benefit of that increase and they deserve it he said. They re the working poor. They d rather work than live on welfare and they deserve a living  the exemption for Small businesses would be expanded to cover employers with annual sales of$500,000 or less. The exemption currently applies to firms with sales of $362,000 or less. In addition the Bill would increase the so called tip credit for restaurant workers to 50 percent by Jan. 1, 1990. Employers Are currently allowed to count 40 percent of an employee s tips toward payment of the minimum wage. Kennedy and rep. Augustus f. Hawkins a Calif chairman of the House labor committee initially sponsored legislation that would have raised the mini mum wage to $4.65 an hour Over three years then Index future increases by tying them to the inflation rate. Museum bound plane crashes Tulsa okla. A a rare military cargo plane that was to be exhibited at an air Force museum crashed shortly after Takeoff wednesday slightly injuring the two men aboard officials said. The three engine Yc-125 skidded to a halt at an intersection Northwest of Tulsa International Airport ripping Down Power lines and briefly knocking out Power to the Airport control Tower. No one on the ground was Hurt officials said. Fire fighters doused a Blaze that broke out around the left Wing which was ripped off when it was punctured by a Metal Fence pole. Darryl George Greenamyer 51, of Rancho Santa be Calif., and Ascher Ward 53, of Sepulveda Calif walked away from the crash without serious injuries officials said. U the aircraft one of Only two of the Type remaining was destined for the . Air Force museum at Wright Patterson fab in Dayton Ohio said museum spokeswoman Linda Smith. She said 23 of the aircraft were manufactured begin Ning in 1948 and they were declared surplus in 1955. Smith said the Only other surviving plane that officials know of is at a Tucson ariz., museum. She said the museum had been expecting the plane any Day. John Mizell area supervisor of the Airport control Tower said the Tower switched to standby generators to operate until full Power could be restored. He said no commercial traffic was affected. Investigators were at the scene wednesday but had not determined Why the plane went Down said Leon Hise manager of the Federal aviation administration flight service at the Airport. Cut Cable disrupts keys phone service Islamorada Fla. A an underwater Telephone Cable was accidentally Cut wednesday interrupting service to much of the Florida keys a spokeswoman for Southern Bell said. Apparently a Barge came through and Cut one of our cables at Snake Creek Bridge said company spokeswoman Paula Guerrein in Miami. She said the company was inspecting the dam age and did not yet know How Many customers were affected or when the break would be repaired. Only the 664 Exchange in Islamorada was completely dead she said. Residents to the South can make local Calls but cannot make Long distance Calls North of the break and no one can Call South of Islamorada on landlines. Guerrein said Cable cuts along the narrow strip of key islands Are not uncommon