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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1959
Page
11
In New York unions back an effort to organize nonprofessional hospital staff in privately supported facilities. A strike could leave wards short of care while unions press for higher wages and resist Blue Cross assessment boosts.
AFL-CIO President George Meany signals full union support if the steelworkers strike proceeds. The threat of a major steel strike would sharply raise unemployment as hundreds of thousands could lose their jobs in a national economic phase.
The passage argues that Meany favors a strike by highly paid industrial workers, warning it could trigger mass unemployment across steel, auto, construction, and railroad sectors. It cautions that unemployed workers would not share the gains and would face lost wages and higher prices from steel shortages.
Senator Henry Dworshak warned in a Senate agricultural subcommittee hearing that farmers themselves cannot propose practical remedies for the farm dilemma amid a 10 billion dollar surplus. He noted producers fear price declines overseas and cited varied sector outcomes like potatoes and livestock.
Congress nears the halfway point of the session with little chance of passing major farm law reforms. Frustration grows as the administration and key farm groups clash over price supports and acreage, while the Grange Farm Bureau and Farmers Union drift apart. The result is a costly, ineffective program likely to continue into 1960.
The Preston Citizen reports a brief item labeled No. 8 detailing a local matter. Specifics are not provided in the accessible text.
A New York University law professor’s study attacks Soviet threats and domestic danger, arguing free institutions under law are preserved only if big unions lose excess power and privileges. Petro’s POWER UNLIMITED conveys a critical view of union leadership and political influence in postwar America.
Opinion warns that the McClellan hearings reveal a threat of a new tyranny and serfdom driven by politically privileged power. It urges every American, especially Congress, to read the book and confront corruption leveraged by elites.
Idaho dairy outlook shows rapid milk per cow gains with 7,390 pounds average in 1958. Seeding delays and dry topsoil in many areas press farmers to await rains while spring wheat planting hangs on moisture. Wayne Robinson of the University of Idaho notes continued potential for gains despite drought.
Idaho's reporting herds rose by five percent from last year and the prices received index gained two points in the month ending March 15. Wheat dry beans and beef cattle led gains while hay seeds milk and eggs showed declines.
Eclipse, an English thoroughbred foaled in 1764, is described as the ancestor of almost all modern race horses in The World Is 10k Encyclopedia. The claim highlights Eclipse's pivotal lineage in horse racing history.
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