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Apartment landlords seemed to have misunderstood the "voluntary" character of the 15% rent hike authorized by the law. Tenants were put under pressure to sign leases with the 15% boost. After getting a letter from his landlord suggesting a 15% increase, an Atlanta Constitution editorial writer wrote: "Oh, it's all very voluntary of course. I can either agree to the increase or adjust myself to life in a tree. You can't bluff me, I should have said, it's a free country. I'm a citizen, I know my rights. O.K., I said, where...
...Willing & Able." The railroads, which use 110 million tons of coal a year (about one-fifth of the nation's annual production), had been clamoring for higher rates in order to meet employees' demands for a 20?-an-hour wage boost even before the new coal prices hit them. Now they would be clamoring louder than ever...
...years Raymond Cameron, 39, had dug coal in Cape Breton's pits. Last February, along with 13,000 other Maritime miners, he went on strike for more pay. Out of the 99-day strike, the miners got a basic $1-a-day pay boost, bringing the day's average to $12. But Miner Cameron was not satisfied with working conditions...
...were looking up for teachers in all 48 states. On the basis of a nationwide survey, the New York Times reported last week that teachers are "making the greatest financial gains in their history." By next fall salaries will be up an average of $400 a year. The biggest boost was given by Indiana, where the average teacher's average pay has jumped from $2,011 to $3,000. Mississippi, the lowest-paying state, has raised its average salary from $875 a year...
...Martha's Vineyard when the good news arrived. Boston's Museum of Fine Arts had just spent $2,000 for Benton's latest portrait, New England Editor (see cut). It had been some time since the champing champion of American-school painting had received such a boost...