Farmers urge retention of Idaho farm labor act
At a legislative hearing in Idaho, farm employer spokesmen urged keeping the current farm labor act. The session lacked farm worker testimony. Joe Hernandez represented a Mountain Home farm with five Mexican-American workers. Critics argued the act empowers a weakened labor board, harming small farmers.
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Richard Charnock Rose
UPI
Idaho
Joe Hernandez
Mountain Home
Cecil D. Andrus
Agricultural Labor Board
Crookham
Tom Hovenden
Idaho Cattle- Feeders Association
Hovenden
Lewis Lepper
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Amtrak audit tests rail charges and costs
Auditors from Amtrak and Arthur Andersen review the first month of operation for four lines to determine allowable costs under the 1971 contract. Officials estimate potential savings in the millions, with figures like 35 million dollars annually discussed, amid cautious, nonpublic negotiations between Amtrak and railroads.
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Donald Phillips Washington
Amtrak
Arthur Andersen & Co
Ttest
Santa Fe
Penn Central
Seaboard Coast Line
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Seaboard Coastline
Nixon Challenger Attacks Stans as Fundraiser Choice
Republican challenger Paul McCloskey assails Maurice Stans as Nixon’s fundraiser, calling his resignation for the post inappropriate. McGovern urges funding reform while Tower confirms a third term bid amid D and R candidates. Yarborough Sanders seek delegates as Muskie Lindsay lead in Arizona.
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United Press International
Nixon
New Hampshire
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Stans
Paul N. McClos
Key
Rcalif
Boston
McCloskey
Massachusetts Youth Caucus
George S. McGovern
United States
McGovern
John G. Tower
Rtex
Ralph Yarborough
Dallas
Barefoot Sanders
Tower
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John V. Lindsay
New York
Arizona
St Anthony Mayor Seeks Bureau Office Stay in Town
St Anthony Mayor Merrill Rose urged the federal Bureau of Reclamation to keep its office in St Anthony rather than moving it to the Teton Dam construction site about 15 miles away. Construction engineer Robert Robison said plans call for a contractor office at the dam, with completion hoped by early summer.
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ST. Anthony
UPD
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, D.C
Teton Dam
Merrill Rose
Robert Robison
Robison
Idaho farm groups push to extend boycott bill
Legislators faced with a wide bloc of agriculture leaders urging quick action on the bill. Phil Batt of the Food Producers of Idaho backs extension as is and favors minor changes to clarify secondary boycotts and drop the six day picketing clause if court relief can be arranged.
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Agriculture ‘Affairs Committee
Hernandez
Bill Crookham
R Caldwell
Lepper
Phil Batt
Wilder
The
Food Producers of Idaho
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