New York Daily News March 29, 1974 – Congress OKs $2.30 Pay Floor – Nixon Era

Description

Original New York Daily News newspaper, New Jersey Edition,
dated Friday, March 29, 1974.

The front-page headlines read:
“Congress OKs $2.30 Pay Floor” and
“Says Stans Admitted Perjury”
The front page features a photograph of kidnap victim, 8-month old Dinkes Helen Wydner and her mother in the hospital after the baby had been kidnapped and found abandoned in a plastic bag close to death.
What you see in the pictures is what you get.

Publication details:
Volume 55, Number 236.

All 108 pages are included.
Please note the wear and tear
around the edges — LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Some of the contents include:

• “$2.30 Wage Passes; Nixon to OK it” —
  The minimum wage for most non-farm workers will go from $1.60 to $2 to $2.30 on January 1st, 1976.
• “Hearst Banks $4M in Bid for Patty” —
  Randolph Hearst put $4 million in escrow to meet the demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
• “Li’l League Duckers Get Kick in the Fanny” —
  A Bergen County Superior Court Judge ruled that the Ridgefield Boys’ Athletic Organization must allow Frances Michelle Pescatore to play baseball, or stay off the field.
• “Oldsmobile Cutlass 17.6 Miles Per Gallon” —
  Oldsmobile is advertising the fuel thrifty Cutlass.
• Should a gal bat with guys? If she can hit, why not? Donald Singleton has an article about girls playing baseball with boys.
• Centerfold:
  Pictures of the Knicks practicing for the opening of the NBA playoffs against the Bullets.
• “Introducing The Peugeot Diesel” —
  An advertisement for the only Diesel station wagon in America.
• “Korvettes Advertisements” —
  Korvettes has a Commodore 8-digit Pocket Calculator with Square Root for only $49.99.
• Movie advertisements include:
  The Great Gatsby, Three Tough Guys, The Sugarland Express
  The Sting (Full page), Papillon,
  The Exorcist, and more.
• TWA has published a full‑page advertisement listing
  many of its flights from New York.
• “‘Gatsby’ Not Great But Impressive” —
  A review of The Great Gatsby by Rex Reed.
• Key Chevrolet advertises a new 1974 Impala
  for only $3,999.
• Back page:
  Headline is Caracas Fight II Permit Foreman, Norton to Leave – Pictures are of an elephant performing in the circus and the faces of several children enjoying the show.
• And much more!

Condition:
Good, readable condition for a newspaper from 1974.
Please note minor tears and general wear around
the edges — LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

The newspaper will be rolled (not folded) and shipped in a
protective mailing tube.

Here is a link to Wikipedia’s article on this newspaper.