Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rate of $2.95 an hour. "I don't like the work, which is dull and boring," he says, "but on my salary I have been able to marry, rent a small apartment...
...bargain. To cut costs, they plan to close off the 1,100-seat main sanctuary during the cold months and hold services in the church chapel and chapel hall, which together can accommodate only 500 worshipers. Explains one priest: "It is simply a question of 45 gal. an hour to heat the big church against 6 gal. for the chapel...
...price spiral continues. One example: the autoworkers' settlement with General Motors, which will set the pattern for the industry. If inflation averages 8%, the cost-of-living escalator in the new contract will boost the average cost of wages and benefits paid to GM workers from $15 per hour to $20 over three years, for a cumulative raise...
TODAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE will pour into Seabrook, N.H., to occupy its now famous nuclear reactor site in an attempt to halt further construction of the plant. Only an hour's drive from Cambridge, the plant deserves the attention of the Harvard community. Even more directly concerned are the residents of Seabrook, who have tried to stop construction, twice voting against the plant in town meetings and filing numerous lawsuits--all to no avail...
...state of Massachusetts was ready for any crowd. More than 1000 policemen, with 7000 more security forces in the downtown area guarded a common cordoned off with hundreds of blue barrels and bedecked with banners. Subways ran at rush hour frequency for much of the day, and several thoroughfares were closed...