AT RE AI ERIN et BR a — - For The Record 7] Congress Votes is issued every week that Congress is in session. It covers all votes of record and reports the position taken on each measure by the elected official whose name appears below. Daniel J. Flood 11th Congressional District, Pennsylvania June 7, 1973 Highig the week’s legislative activity was a series of votes on expanding the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act and raising the MINIMUM WAGE of covered employees to $2.20 per hour in a series of steps: For nonfarm workers covered before 1966: $2.00 in 1973; $2.20 in 1974. : For nonfarm workers who became covered in 1966: $1.80 in 1973: $2.00 in 1974; $2.20 in 1975. For farm workers: $1.60 in 1973, with step raises to $2.20 in 1976. For domestics: $1.80in 1973; $2.00 in 1974; $2.20 in 1975. Before final action, there were recorded votes on the following amendments: An amendment to raise the farm minimum to $1.80 in 1973, $2.001in 1974, and $2.20 in 1975. Ayes 186. Noes 232. Rejected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted aye. An amendment to raise the nonfarm minimum to $2.20 1 year later than provided above and to hold the eventual farm mini- mum to $2.00. Ayes 199. Noes 218. Rejected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. An amendment to raise the minimum for nonfarm workers covered before 1966 to $1.90 in 1973, $2.10 in 1974, and $2.20 in 1973. Ayes 193. Noes 225. Rejected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. An amendment to raise the minimum for these same nonfarm workers to $2.10 in 1974 (from $2.00 in 1973) and $2.20 in 1975. Ayes 189. Noes 224. Rejected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. & An ameriiient to raise the farm minimum to $1.50 in 1973, then going to $2.00 in three annual steps. Ayes 195. Noes 224. Re- jected, June 6. Mr. Floodvoted no. An amendment to increase the farm minimum to $1.80 in 1973, then rising to $2.20 in two annual steps. Ayes 102. Noes 313. Re- jected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. An amendment which deletes a provision extending coverage under the law to Federal employees. Ayes 167. Noes 249. Reject- ed, June 6. Mr. Flood veted no. An amendment which deletes a provision extending coverage under the law to state and local government workers. Ayes 182. Noes 233. Rejected. 195s a Mr. Flood voted no, : 0 An amendment which deletes a provision requiring certain overtime pagments to seasonal employees handling perishable products. Aj#s251. Noes 163. Agreed to, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. “An amendment to reduce further the lower minimum wage payable to students. Ayes 199. Noes 215. Rejected, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. An amendment providing that the minimum wage rates of the bill shall not apply to Canal Zone workers. Ayes 213. Noes 203. Agreed to, June 6. Mr. Flood voted no. Whether to pass the MINIMUM WAGE bill (H.R. 7935), as amended. Yeas 287. Nays 130. Passed, June 6. : » Mr. Flood votes yea. ‘The day’s final record vote came on a motion to'adjourn which was offered as the House tried to establish a quorum during a discussion of the IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. Yeas 9. Nays 143. Motion to adjourn rejected. Mr. Flood did not vote. On Thursday the House first took up H. Res. 382 which dis- approves. of REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 2 dealing with drug abuse control agencies and the transfer of certain immigration agent: to the Customs Bureau. Yeas 130. Nays 281. Resolution rejected (reorganization approved), June 7. Mr. Flood voted nay. H.R. 7645 authorizes appropriations for the STATE DEPART- MENT in fiscal 1974. Yeas 331. Nays 57. Passed, June 7. Mr. Flood voted yea. : H.R. 7446 establishes the AMERICAN REVOLUTION BI- placing the ARB Commission. Yeas 344. Nays 14. Passed, June 7: ? » Mr. Flood did not vote. Earlier in the week two noncontroversial bills were passed by recorded votes under suspension procedure. The first provides for promotions in the U.S. CAPITOL POLICE force (H. Res. 398). Yeas 299. Nays 0. Agreed to, June 4. Mr. Flood did not vote. The REHABILITATION ACT of 1973 (H.R. 8070) replaces ¢ bill vetoed earlier by the President. Yeas 384. Nays 13. Passed June 5. Mr. Flood voted yea. Subscribe to the Posi if Photo by Alex Rebar Drinking Dirty Water by Ralph Nader WASHINGTON--Mounting disclosures about unsafe drink- ing water systems throughout the United States have now reached a level requiring the urgent attention of concerned citizens. Everyone knows of the pollution of our lakes. rivers and streams but few people are focusing on the fact that too much of these lethal wastes are gelling past archaic water puri- fication systems and into the homes. The General Accounting Office. Congress’ watchdog, has just released information on several states which show gross inadequacies in water (reat- ment which are releasing water for household faucets below minimum public health stan- dards. Even these standards. issued by the federal govern- ment as guidelines in 1942 (they are being revised) were very weak and do not cover many chemicals and other wastes presently intruding into the water. Yel four years ago. the Public Health Service declared thal one of every two Ameri- cans were drinking water which did not meet these standards. The entire subject of drinking water contamination needs greater: testing. research. and investment in newer purifica- tion facilities. These are the ob- jectives of bills. now pending in Congress. Legislation sponsor- ed by Senators Warren Magnu- son and Philip Hart, for ex- ample, would have the federal government establish more comprehensive national drink- ing waler standards. The states would have primary enforce- men! responsibility but if they fell down on the job the federal government would be empow- ered to enforce these regula- tions. Federal research. techni- cal assistance and training of personnel aid for the states is also included in the bill. Just how badly is the need for upgrading purification systems can he gleaned from the follow- ing statement by {wo environ- mental scientists. Prof. J. E. Singley and A.P. Black: “Approaghing the (water) treatment units however. the calendar: rolls back 50 years ....0ne sees before him the some old mixing basins, floocu- sedimentation ba- sins that have served as treat- ment units for more than 5 de- cades...the engineer has been slow to realize that many new advances in treatment methods lctors. and or materials are at his disposal. “Lhe conservatism in the design of water treatment units is also cunsed by the fact that, in many coses. engineers are required hy regulatory agencies to follow arbitrary design criteria, some of which have been obsolete for BIGRNS Nears. The reason for urging new technologies is not just to re- place worn out systems but to amplify the capability of these systems to detect the screen out wastes such as heavy metals (cadmium. mercury. arsenic, lead) that pour out of giant dumping pipes of indus! ry. Syn- thetic organic chemicals, num- hering about 12,000. are heavily used in industry and present a growing threat of cancer and other diseases. according to nu- merous medical and biochemi- cal specialists. Recently. two independent re- gional laboratories of the En- vironmental Protection Agency (KPA have isolated and identi- fied foxic organic compounds in the treated drinking waler in the region of the lower Mississ- ippi River and in Evansville. In- diana. The lower Mississippi River. affectionately known as the “colon of America.” is the source of drinking water for more than half of all people in tap waler at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital at Car- ville and the Carrollton Purifi- cation Plant in New Orleans, the EPA laboratory identified as many as 40 synthetic organic compounds. Preliminary re- search has identified six of these compounds to be toxic in laboratory animal tests and three of the compounds have been shown to be cancerous. These studies are only begin- ning The EPA reports that chronic loxicily data are nol pounds and warns that there may be a myriad of organic identified. Health investigators are be- ginning lo zero in on ground water contamination. For well waler in Ames, Iowa. re- searchers were able to isolate and identify 14 potentially toxic organic compounds. With greater deep well dumping of industrial wastes under ground and the proposed storage of hot acquifiers in the southeast U.S. this also merits: examination immediately. Test in Lawrence and Billerica. Massachusetts, and Paris. France. and in Israel have found enteric viruses in {realed drinking water. The quest for safe drinking walter should be a primary in- volvement of citizen action. Citizens who have information on drinking water hazards may wish to send them lo my asso- ciate. Dr. Robert Harris. P.O. Box 19312. Washington. D.C. 20036 Beauty and splendor versus use and educational benefit! That’s the question threading the context of the so-called Taj- Mahal bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature. And while certain technical problems and procedural dif- ferences still remain to be worked out, both the House and Senate have chosen the con- cepts of use and educational benefit as the criteria they think building construction in Penn- sylvania. “The time is long overdue for us to put a stop to the spiraling costs of school building con- struction,”” maintain State Reps. Max Homer and Andrew J. McGraw, Allegheny County Democrats, who helped guide House passage of legislation that would set a cost limit per pupil on all new public schools in the Commonwealth. “Too often we come up with schools that merely represent a monument to the architect who designed them, rather than buildings emphasizing useabil- ity and student needs.” Backbone of the proposal, which passed the House on a vote of 171-15, is the provision for any school construction proposal which exceeds the cost per pupil limitation. “Under the bill, a $2,800 per pupil ceiling is set for new elem- entary schools, a $4,000 per pup- il ceiling is set for new junior high schools, and a $5,200 per pupil ceiling is set for senior high schools,” Reps. Homer and McGraw explain. “Thus, if a school district wants to build a new high school to accomodate 1,000 students, the total construction cost would be limited to $5.2 million—computed by multiply- ing the 1,000 students by the cost _ per student limitation for high * schools which is $5,200.” However, anything over the $5.2 million figure would de- mand approval in a referendum of the people in the school dis- trict where the new school is to be located before construction can begin. ! “If the electorate approves the additional money, then the district can go ahead and build the school, Homer and McGraw point out. “But if the voters dis- approve, then the school could not be built and the plans would have to be revised to a figure within the limitations.” The two lawmakers empha- size however that under the pre- sent version of the proposal, such things as site acquisition costs, access road and sewage disposal units would not be in- cluded in the per pupil limita- tion. They also note that in all cases, public hearings would be required before any new school building project could be initiat- Currently, the proposal’ is under study by a joint House- Senate conference committee to work out procedural and techni- cal differences that emerged in House amendments to the Seante originated measure. Among the issues under dis- cussion are House amendments regulating space and outlining fixtures and equipment costs. ‘Some Senate sponsors, for example, object to the House amendments which restrict per pupil space to 70 square feet for each elementary student, 80 square feet for middle students, and 105 square feet for high school students,” Rep. Homer says. “Their feeling is that deci- sions of this nature should be . left to the State Board of Educa- tion which has the expertise in dealing with space limitations. But these are all problems that can be worked out without des- troying the primary thrust of the Taj-Mahal bill.” Other major provisions of the bill would: —exclude Philadelphia and Pittsburgh from the mandates. “The reasoning here,” say Reps. Homer and McGraw, ‘is that school districts in Philadel phia and Pittsburgh overlap so many communities that when the Board of Education wants to build a school in one part of the distriet, all the other areas will vote against it, which would vir- tually halt construction in these metropolitan areas.” —include an architectural formula to make sure that less sparsely populated districts also keep costs in line. —and allow schools to make ordinary repairs such as plas- tering, painting, improving school grounds, etc. up to $15,000 without approval by the Department of Education. Cur- rently any such repairs over $1,500 require approval by the Department, a timely and un- necessary procedure, support- ers of this provision maintain. Ly Forty Years Ago 1933 James A. Martin was elected principal of Kingston Township High School, succeeding Tho- mas Carle. Dallas Borough pumper was scheduled for $1200 repairs in Allentown. Three poachers were appre- hended - after attacking Lake Catalpa caretakers, Creston Gregory and Joseph Sickler. Forty-five seniors were grad- uated from Kingston Township High School. * Calvin McHose was named principal at Dallas Borough High School. Local merchants noted trade upturn and called for a greater variety of stores in area. All unemployed in area were approved for township work to pay taxes. : Died: Joseph Oliver, 33, Noxen. Thirty Years Ago 1943 Four Dallas students narrow- ly missed death or serious in- jury when their speeding car struck a stone wall on the De- munds-Beaumont Road. Lester McCarty suffered a fractured collar bone. Alberta Denmon, Pauline Ide, and driver Charles Moore suffered minor injuries. John Fine, Shavertown, sets highest score in machine gun accuracy at Camp Walter, Texas. Harold Kocher, Dallas, was commissioned as Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Andrew Kozemchak Officer. Annual Day Scout Camp opened the summer season at Harveys Lake. Dogs killed several sheep on farm of Albert Boone, Pikes Creek. Harveys Lake dedicated a new honor roll. Mrs. Roscoe Lee, Dallas was injured when her car skidded near Plymouth. Servicemen heard from: Charles McCue, California; David Lohmann, England; P. J. Miller, Kentucky; Al Jones, Missouri; Ronald Fielding, Africa; Francis Sidorek, Tenn- essee; Walter Gerlach, Califor- nia; Kenny Gross, Tennessee; Joseph Borton, Washington; Charles Rusiloski, Navy; Evan Evans, Navy; Frank Billings, Texas; Bob Lewis, Missouri; Walter Levin, Florida and Glenn Kitchen, Missouri. Twenty Years Ago 1953 A. C. Devens purchased the Himmler Theater in Dallas. John Sheehan Jr., Star Scout, was selected to represent area at California Scout Camporee. A severe electrical storm wrought much damage to tele- phone lines, trees and home equipment. Beaumont alumni celebrated their 55th reunion. Leo Czajkowski purchased Merritt's Drug Store in Dallas. Thieves ransacked home of Mr. and Mrs. Reithoffer Jr. who were out of town. Robert Rice received Ameri- can Legion Award for outstand- ing citizenship. Harvey Moss, Huntsville celebrated his 77th birthday.» Cynthia Cabot, international style coordinator, was guest speaker at Dallas Women of Ki- wanis Dinner. Died: Agnes Henderson, Sha- vertown; James Chester, Trucksville. Ten Years Ago 1963 Iris Smith, 53, suffered a fatal heart attack at Nesbitt Hospit- al, as her son, Gary was re- ceiving his diploma at Dallas High School commencement exercises. Lake-Lehman seniors were first class to graduate in the new school. Dallas Borough passed an or- dinance putting a 10 p.m. cur- few on all those under 18. Joseph Sekera and Atty. B. B. Lewis were named to Miners National Bank, Dallas board. Page A5 Trucksville Free Methodist Church broke ground on Car- verton Road for new church. Dallas High School track team completes most success- ful season. Centermoreland was intro- duced to direct dialing system by Commonwealth Telephone Company. Racial unrest across the na- tion was seen as cause for riot at Chase Correctional Institution. Dallas held commencement for 108 seniors. Mary A. Sigworth, English teacher at Dallas, was awarded Hartwick Fellowship. Births: Jay Raymond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Culp, Sha- vertown; Jeffery Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bennett, Meshoppen; John, son of Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell, Dallas. Death: Sophie Rodnovich, Dallas. Local markets were adver- tising boiled ham, 79 cents a pound; sirloin steak, 75 cents a pound; porterhouse steak, 79 cents a pound; chicken, 26 cents a pound; Domestic SWiss cheese, 63 cents a pound; canta- loupes, four for a dollar; 10 pound bag of potatoes, 49 cents and seedless grapes, 39 cents a pound. The Back Mountain Cultural Center announced today its schedule of classes for the summer season. Registration dates for the classes will be June 25, 26, and 27 from 6-8 p.m. al Kennedy Lounge, College Misericordia. Registrants are requested to pay by check, with classes to begin the week of July 9th. ¢ All classes will be held at College Misericordia, except as noted. Following are the schedule of classes, as organized under the chairmanship of education chairman Robert Hare, a member of the Cultural Center steering committee: Children’s Art, Tuesday, 10 a.m.-noon, age 6-8, Corinne Angeli, instructor; Children’s Art, Thursday, 10 a.m.-noon, age 6-8. Corinne Angeli, instruc- tor; Children’s Art, Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, age 6-8, Michelle Casey, instructor; Children’s Art, Thursday. 6:30-8:30 p.m., age 9-12, Anne Pleban, in- struclor. The above classes are for six weeks. Children’s Dramatics, Monday, 10-noon, age 6-8, Joan Faerber. Art Wagner, Jim Faerber. June 10-Catherine Barry, Lake View Terrace, to Nesbitt Hospital. Crew: Chet Davis, Myron Williams. June 10-Ronald Rummage, motorcycle accident, Pine and Park Streets, to General Hospital. Crew: Chet Davis, Myron Williams. June 10-Motorcycle accident, Outlet Road and Route 415. James Schwab and Cindy Sperko to Nesbitt Hospital. Crew: John Stenger, Dave Cadwalader. DALLAS June 4—Richard Heyden, Lehman Avenue, Dallas, to Nesbitt Hospital. Crew: Bob Cartier and H. Krapf. June 5- Henry Postlewaite, 191 E. Center Hill Road, to General Hospital, Crew: Mike McFadden, Bill Ward, and Gary McDade. June 7—Maude Richards, Lehman Avenue, to Nesbitt Hospital. “Crew: Jim Davies, Delmar Besecker, and Ted Wright. June 9— Catherine Scholl, 111 Lincoln Drive, to and from Nesbit Hospital. Crew: Lynn Sheehan, H. Krapf, and Dave Carey. KINGSTON TOWNSHIP June 3—Raymond Chappell, Sumitt Street, Shavertown to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Crew: D. Montgomery, P. Jordan and D. Salatino. June 4—Richard G. Bridle, West Center Street, Shavertown to Sgarlel Clinic, Kingston. Crew: Jim Lorah, Bob Jewel, and Budd Hirleman. June 6—Janet Yelles, Pellam Terrace, Dallas. Accident victim to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Crew: Larry Hourigan, Youngblood, Davis, and Schmidle. June 7—James Nothoff, North Lehigh Street, Shavertown. Crew: Ed Carey, Larry Hourigan, B. Rosengrant, and P. Dymond. Accident on Rt. 309 to Nesbitt Hospital. June 7—Neal Yerabeck, East Franklin Street, Shavertown, to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for X-ray and return home. Crew: Jim Lorah, and Budd Hirleman. June 7—Eleanor Fisher, Cliffside Avenue, Trucksville. From Nesbitt Hospital to home. Crew: Jim Lorah and Budd Hirleman. June —Jennie Schmall, from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital to Sparr Nursing Home, Drums. Crew: Bud Hirleman, D. Salatino. and L. Yearbeck, RN. John. instructor; Children’s Dramatics, Wednesday. 10 a.m.-noon. age 6-8, Joan John, instructor. The above classes are for six weeks. Environmental Awareness Program, Wednesday, 9-noon, age 9-12, several instructors, location of program to be an- nounced. The above class is for four weeks. Basic Art (Mixed Media), Monday, 7-9 p.m., age 15 and up, Susan Hand, instructor; Basic Art (Mixed Media), Wednes- day. 7-9 p.m., age 15 and up, Susan Hand, instructor. The above classes are for six weeks and are for both teen- agers and adults. The Cultural Center is also planning additional classes, including dancing, guitar, and a special film series for the summer. This schedule will be announced as soon as dates and instructors are finalized. In order to take a class, the student must be a member of the Cultural Center. The Cen- ter’s address is Box 129, Dallas, Pa. 18612 Dallas Restaurant Damaged by Fire Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company, Dallas, answered a call June 8 al approximately 11 a.m. to extinguish a fire in the newly built King Neptune Seafood Restaurant, Memorial Highway. Two deep fryers caught on fire and a wall of flame broke out in the back of the building the fire report stated. Firemen used a booster fog line and two men with Scot air paks put out the blaze. A minimum amount of water was used. New cooking equipment, fans and motors in the roof were badly damaged. ‘Two engines responded with 12 men under the direction of Assistant Chief Jim Davies. Cub Pack 281 To Hold Picnic Cub Scout Pack 281, Dallas will hold their annual family picnic, June 17, at Irem Temple Country Club picnic area be- ginning at 1 p.m. Each family is asked to bring their own grill and food, or pic- nic lunch. A beverage will be furnished by the pack. Following the meal, awards will be presented. The Pine- wood Derby will be run at the Pavillion beginning at 3 p.m. The Dallas Post Has A Wilkes-Barre Line Call Toll Free 825-6868 L a he
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