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Show Federal Minimum Wage 0 r To Rise To s3.35 The new federal mini- from the Labor Depart- mum wage fo $3.35 which goes into effect Jan. 1. entitles an estimated 5.6 mil- lion workers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to pay increases, the U.S, Department of Labor announced. The Jan. 1 increase, from $3. 10 to $3.35, was provided for in 1977 amendments to the act. THE minimum wage increase is a matter of equity for low wage workers and assures that they arenot forced to bear a disproportionate share of the burden of inflation, Secretary of Laltor Ray Marshall noted. Approximately 60 million workers are subject to provisions of the act, which also OBITUARIES Employers who elect to use the tip credit must inform the employee in adCertificates are Issued by vance and must le able to James B. Strickland, 48, died Dec. 29, the department permitting show that the employee re- 1980 in the Tooele Valley Hospital. Jle was lom Jan. 10; 1932 in Castle, the employment of ceives at least the minimum students at not less than 85 wage when direct wages Oklahoma, to George and Florence percent of the federal mini- and tip credit allowance are Strickland. Mr. Strickland was a veteran of the mum wage in retail trade combined. Korean War and was'employed as the establishments, in agriculture and in institutions of THE FLSA amendments chief of Facilities Division at Tooele inArmy Depot when he retired in 1978. higher education employing also include a three-stefull-tim- e own their crease in the dollar volume Prior to his employment at TAD he students. test for coverage of certain worked at Benccia Arsenal, Calif, and in the act also provides for employers. These em- the Second Logistic Command in Okinpayment of ployers are required to pay awa, Japan. At the time of his death he was emwages to persons employed workers minimum wage and in sheltered workshops overtime pay, in accordance ployed by Campbell Construction Comwhose earning or produc- with the FLSA, dependent pany in Tooele. He was also a member of tive capacity is limited by on the total amount of bus- the Elks Lodge. Mr. Strickland Is survived by his parage or physical or mental iness done in a year. The volume test dollar ents, disability. George and Florence Strickland, IN FISCAL 1980, the de- applies to employers or en- Plainview, Texas; Carolyn St rickland who was his wife for 26 years; sons, James Lee, partment issued 47,517 cer- - terp rises comprised which authorized sively of one or more retail Columbus, Ohio; Stanley Dean, Tooele; or service establishments daughter, Mrs, Michael (Carrie) Leger, payment of wages to approximately whose annual gross volume Price; brother, Marvin Lee, Oklahoma of sales or business done is City; sister, Mrs. Edwin (Mary Evelyn) 663,699 workers. not less than the amount Vadder, Plainview, Texas. There is also a special specified by the act. Funeral services will be held at 1 FLSA provision for tipped The current test of o'clock Friday at Tate Mortuary. Friends employees. Tipped em- - $325,000 went into effect on may call one hour prior to services. ployees are those who custo- - July 1, 1980, and will and regularly receive crease to $362,500 after more than $30 a month in Dec. 31, 1981. James Strickland ment. ns COUNTY full-tim- e p - 3 The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve Walker Monument Company theirs, Everyliody loves a good loser except his wife. Terrence Watson CALL: CL0YD - Terrence Kenneth Watson, Sr., died Dec. 30 in Tooele. He was born Nov. 20, 1944 in California. lie married Judy Kay Vanderhoff on April 4, 1978 in Reno, Nevada. Mr. Watson served in the armed forces and was employed as a security guard at Tooele Army Depot. I le was a member of the Tooele Thunder Cun Club. and 350 So. Main 0EAIER BONNIE GEORGE $32-374- 4 Let your money do the working Survivors include: wife, and son, Terrence Kenneth, Jr., both of Tooele. Graveside services will le held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Tooele City Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the mortuarv. w authorized Just deposit your money In one of the long term savings accounts. Then just quietly sit back, relax, and watch it grow. . . at a productive rate that can go higher than any other financial institution. That's the easy way to work! Card of Thanks exclu-tificat- establishes overtime pay and child lalror standards. In addition, the FLSA allows for the payment of wages below the statutory minimum in order to prevent loss of job opportunities for certain workers. HANDICAPPED e students workers, and student learners in spefull-tim- -- cified industries may cur- tips. The employer may rently be employed at tips as part of the wages under ap- wage so long as the wage does not exceed the propriate regulations. Emof the minimum ployers must apply for auth-orit- y to pay such wages wage specified by law. Administration and of the FLSA the responsbility of the forcement International Postal Rates Effective January is Em-cred- it ployment Standards istration's Wage and Hour Division. Adinin-percenta- New postal rates for ternational mail will Carter 'Wins Students Nod In Presidential Evaluations The group of near great Johnson, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan and Frankbe kinder to Carter than presidents is headed by lin Pierce following. indrew and Jackson (No. 7) American voters. At Richard Nixon, Warren least thats the indiviation of eludes Harry Turman, John and Ulysses Grant Harding Madison a presidential leadership Kennedy (9), James were rated failures as in preand Polk. James of survey by University vious surveys. William I Utah Honors Program stu- Henry Harrison and James dents. The 25 students in a spe- DWIGHT Eisenhower Garfield werent considered cial seminar ranked Carter (15), Lyndon Johnson(17) because of their brief terms 21st in effectiveness among and Gerald Ford (18) were in office. American presidents. The in the "average category rating put him in the aver- - with Carter. Other average presidents were John age category. THE students spent the Adams, James Monroe, quarter examining the lives Grover Cleveland, John of Americas presidents and Quincy Adams, William defining the qualities most McKinley, Herbert Hoover, desired for national leader- Rutherford Hayes, James Historians will probably An-we- re dl"iedThe seminar for administrative vera, notes that some abd.ty, humanity .adapt in j(ents have come a- If had taken the survey "Lyndon has inJthe evalua. ,The Vjct. come effective on January 1, 1981, the Postal Service announced today. The rates apply to mail sent to all foreign countries, with some exceptions for Canada and Mexico. Most of the rates for these two countries will remain at current levels until new proposed, tional rates, the Postal Ser- vice said. Starting January 1, the new rates for most letters going internationally by air will increase from 31 cents per half ounce to 40 cents per half ounce; letters by surface mail will cost 30 cents, up from 20 one-oun- cents. Post cards will cost 28 cents for airmail and 19 domestic rates take effect, cents for surface mail up which is expected in March from 21 cents and 14 cents, 1981. respectively. Aerogrammes POSTAL rates for mail- will cost 30 cents each, an ings to military overseas ad- increase of eight cents. The new rates and fees for dresses also are not affected by the increased interna published for comment in the Octoler 3, 1980 Federal Register. Final rates and fees were published in the Federal Register of 3, 1980 and in the Postal Bulletin of December er 4, 1980. ALSO taking effect are new air parcel post rates which have leen simplified by eliminating individual country rates and by establishing five air poarcel post rate groups, based on costs involved in mailing to the countries, the Postal Service YOOEILE FEDERAL keoot union All accounts insured to $1 00,000 international service were said. on checking ffumds at First Security followed by intelligence, whi,e olhers . in- be- Two rewarding ways to earn interest Fillmore, William Taft, ship. Presidents were then rat- Benjamin Harrison, Chester ed from the most effective Arthur, and John Tyler. to least effective according to 10 criteria with integrity ranked as most important, bility, political skill, ability to communicate, foresight would like to thank all of my friends, neighbors, relatives and especially Bishop Sagers for all of the many kindnesses they extended tome during mv long illness. I really loved the flowers, books, cards, food, phone calls and every kindness that w as mine to enjoy. Phvllis Dunn 1 downtown. Carter would tj probably have been rated nam War did him in, but he below average, says Dr. as much b, Brigham D. Madsen, semi- nar director and professor of - history. BUT THESE students spent the entire quarter studying the political careers of the men. I really think Carter will end up with the average rating in about 30, or 50 years. Thats where historians will put him. omesti' th p .P h Con legislation as did MADSEN disagreeswith tj,e high rating students gave Kennedy and feels JFK belongs only in the aver-4- 0 age category. In previous seminars, he notes, students In the survey, students put Kennedy in the d six presidents as great. Even bracket. though age Lincoln was rated No. 1 fol- - he was extremely charis-lowe- d by George Washing- matjC) he couldnt get any-toaver-liste- Thomas Jefferson, thing through Congress, Franklin D. 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