Pack River Company offers wage and benefit package in strike dispute
River Company officials released a statement detailing an offer said to raise average wages by 135 to 140 monthly by 1975, plus health and welfare increases to 40 cents per hour and a new pension plan. The package includes nine holidays and vacation improvements, while workers have been on strike since July 6, with about 700 dollars lost per employee in the first month.
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Pack
River Company
Pack River
Doug Rarick
Rarick
Ratick
Church Votes Against Gun Control Bill
Idaho Senator Frank Church joined many colleagues in defeating a bill to impose controls on Saturday night specials and other cheap handguns. Church has long opposed federal gun control, saying the legislation would spur broader controls and total federal preemption of the field.
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Washington
UPI
Idaho
Frank Church
Church
Huge Turnout Noted in Idaho Primary Elections
Idaho voters turned out in strong numbers across 851 precincts for the state primary. Voters faced a closed primary with questions on cross over ballots and write-in rules for computer punch cards. Absentee voting is very heavy as campaigns stress issues and contests in a year with no statehouse seats.
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Jerry Hill
Secretary of State
John Croner
Pocatello
Magic Valley
Moscow
Latah County
Ada County
Caldwell
Idaho Falls
Cenarius
Statehouse
Cenarrosa
Idaho
Cenarrusa
U.S. Senate
Len B. Jordan
GOP
Congress
Supreme Court
Henry McQuade
Joseph McFadden
U. S. Senate
James McClure
George W. Hansen
Robert E. Smylie
White House
Glen Wegner
Tony Park
William E. Davis
Idaho State University
Byron Johnson
Women’s Liberation
Rose Bowman
McClure
Wayne Kidwell
Steve Symms
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Purcell
Ed Williams
Orval Hansen
Willis Ludlow
City Council Clears Way For Expo 74 in Spokane
Spokane City Council moves Expo 74 forward by approving purchase of Crystal Laundry and Dry Cleaners for 550000, authorizing a land swap with Burlington Northern, paying 87811, and clearing a section of Union Pacific viaduct for the riverfront exposition site set to open May 1974 for six months.
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Spokane
UPD
Crystal Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Havermale Island
Burlington Northern Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
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Skegness
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