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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1959
Page
4
The article weighs minimum wage expansion and its impact on unskilled workers, arguing higher rates may raise unemployment and limit skill learning. It contrasts this with depreciation rules hindering tool replacement, urging inflation-adjusted allowances to sustain economic growth amid global competition.
Washington week in review notes President Eisenhower urged to convene a summit with farm leaders to resolve the stalemate over farm legislation. Ezra Benson clashed with Congress as surpluses grew and costs mounted, with vetoes and bellicose rhetoric widening the divide.
Governor Smylie directs E R Hopper and Perkins to keep every officer on duty over Labor Day weekend and asks sheriffs deputies and all peace officers to boost traffic safety. He urges Gem State drivers to share responsibility for a safe 1959 holiday period after the 1958 toll of eight fatalities.
Last July the Senate labor subcommittee voted for a 25 cent increase in the federal minimum wage from $1 to $1.25. The move aimed to lift eligibility and improve earnings for workers facing hiring barriers.
A new law effective now lets wheat farmers who plant no wheat in 1969 still gain maximum history acreage credit for 1960 if they showed actual planted wheat acreage in 1958 or 1959 and included any acreage diverted from wheat under the soil bank, aiding future allotments.
Farmers may earn full 1960 wheat history credit by planting 75 percent of their allotment in 1958 1959 or 1960. Those prevented by weather must notify by December 1 1959 with official committee determination. Wool and lamb referendum ballots are being mailed to Franklin County producers and must be returned by September 30 to decide continuing deductions for the wool incentive program.
Treasureton visitors attended the Sant home Sunday including Milton Larson and family from Ogden and Mary Larson of Logan. David Denton delivered the sacrament gem in Sunday school. Allie Plowman of California has stayed with Paskins and Workman families for two months and plans to return Friday.
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