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The llcpptier Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, November 22, 1979 THIRTEEN Average hourly pay in Oregon firms shows downward trend, labor agency says; work week is longer The average hourly earn- State Employment Division's ings of Oregon's manufactur- Research and Statistics see ing production workers slid 13 tion has reported. This down cents in August to $7.98. the turn is characteristic of the July-to-August trend of pre- from $8-90 to 886 Per hour" moving from $8.73 per hour in rise in average hourly earn- the production of nonferrous vious years. Only veneer and plywood juy t0 $8.86 in August. ings (from $9.35 to $9.50) was metals other than aluminum. - In the wood products indus- establishments registered a in the primary metals cheifly due to premium vaca- In the nondurable goods try, average earnings fell. 8ain of any consequence, industry, the 15 cent monthly tion pay at firms engaged in sector, a more dramatic drop 1 Q our Choice.1 $MIL : filLD 3110 ot C126 film with 20 color Stock up for the holidays. Each We're your MalMn-One CI 13 Sylvania Bhe Dot jpyrj) FLASH 10 flash shots in each package for ab solutely beautiful shots this Christmas. UOYJ Just! Mr. Coffee or Norelco CilFIFEE 100 Mr. Coffee or Norelco type coffee filters for delicious coffee every time. Reg. 99 Just For You fH PPIk JRMk j9 PS JlA JSJ n W fl Bring in your color film today for quality processing by careful professionals. HI m Ron 12 Exposures I 7gj C Roll j 1 Pisfo TARGET GAHE A fun game for older children. Check out our huge toy depar tments today. 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In the paper and allied products industry, a 16 cents per hour decline was regis tered (from $10.8:5 to $9.87). Average slatewide work week in August (39.1 hours) was above both July Ci9.0) and August, 1978 (38.9 hours). In the durable goods sector, lumber and wood products establishments reported a 40.3 workweek in August as com pared to 40.5 hours in July and 39.8 hours in August, 1978. The monthly decline was chiefly due to a shortened workweek because of vacations at log ging establishments. In the nondurable goods sector, the average workweek moved to 37.7 hours in August from 37.0 in July and 38.0 in August, 1978. Seasonal food processing activity led to an incrase in the average work week at canning and preserv ing establishments from 33.3 hours in July to 36.1 hours in August compared with 37.8 hours in August, 1978. Textile and apparel firms also registered significant increases. In textiles the workweek registered 38.1 hours in August, 35.0 hours in July and 38.3 hours in August, 1978. In apparel, the work week averaged 36.3 hours in august, 31.5 hours in July and 35.9 hours in August, 1978. Average weekly hours for construction workers in Ore gon remained unchanged in August from July's level of 36.4 hours and compares with 35.8 hours in August, 1978. Average hourly earnings in creased substantially for the third month running to a level of $12.23 from July's $12.08 and the $10.98 level recorded in August, 1978, the State Em ployment Division reports. Cash, not food stamps, due for test The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a demonstration project to pro vide cash rather than food stamps to participating house holds in which every member is either 65 years of age or over or has been determined eligible to receive Suppleme tal Security Income (SSI), Assistant Secretary Carol Tucker Foreman has announ ced. SSI is a cash assistance program administered by the Social Security Administra tion that provides benefits for aged, blind and disabled people. "The project v ill examine whether this alternative form of food assistance will encour age participation by eligible elderly and handicapped per sons, enabling them to im prove their nutrition," Fore man said. "Checks in the amount of their food stamp allotments will be mailed on a monthly basis." The project is authorized by the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Currently, about half of the eligible households with aged, blind and other handicapped members are participating in the Food Stamp Program. Eight sites will be selected nationwide, with an urban rural balance. Project areas may be on a statewide or local basis, and all eligible house holds in the designated area will participate. The demon stration projects will begin in April 1980 and operate for a year. The project will also test whether more aged and handi capped will participate if they can apply and be interviewed at a location other than a welfare or food .sanip office. i .... i,'
