Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That night Park gave a state dinner for Ford at the Capitol Building, a silver chopsticks affair that was attended by about 100 South Korean dignitaries. Next morning Ford flew to Vladivostok for his visit with Brezhnev, followed by the 16-hour flight back to Washington and the nation's harsh domestic realities...
...auto layoffs have driven joblessness to 11.8% in the city, auto workers who have at least one year's seniority will qualify for supplemental unemployment benefits, or SUB, tacked on to unemployment compensation; the total can go as high as 95% of take-home pay for a 40-hour work week. But SUB funds, supplied by companies as part of the union contract, are not infinite and could expire if big layoffs drag...
Meanwhile, strike fever seems to be spreading. Some 16,000 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union last week struck Greyhound bus lines. The union seeks an increase of 600 an hour above the current average wage of $5.76. Many of Greyhound's passengers were left stranded by the strike. Countless students and other travelers heading home for Thanksgiving found it hard to find space on crowded trains, planes, and nonstriking bus lines...
...only bright spot was an end to the 85-day walkout by United Parcel Service workers in the New York City area. The settlement means that UPS's 4,500 drivers and inside workers will earn $7.59 an hour after three years, compared with their current pay of $5.92. They also won a cost-of-living escalator and fringes that will lift their wage-and-benefit package by some...
...well stimulate interest in Monopoly marathons, which have often erupted on college campuses. In an endurance test in Denver last summer, 34 students set a record by playing continuously for 41 nights and 42 days. When University of Pittsburgh players ran out of play money during a 161-hour marathon, Parker obligingly delivered $1 million worth of new scrip by plane and Brink's armored car. To allow a group of Massachusetts scuba buffs to play under water, the company devised a waterproof set; the game lasted 11 hours. One of the more bizarre marathons occurred at Torrance, Calif...