Congress Passes Reciprocal Trade Measure
Washington June 1847 Congress passed and sent to the White House a Republican sponsored bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for one year with changes. The House approved a tariff bill by voice vote after Senate amendments. The GOP measure defies President Truman by restoring one year of trade authority, with a four month deadline for peril point reports and a requirement for presidential justification if recommendations are ignored.
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PMC Forecasts It Will Take Over Dissident Unions
In Salt Lake City on June 15 9 in a press briefing Milton Murray of the Progressive Metalworkers Council said the union will soon absorb all 14 locals that left the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Seven have joined the PMC CIO affiliate with the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Engineers. Murray challenged ex IUMMSW President Reid Robinson to a public debate on Communism and Trade Unionism. Some locals cited operators refusing to bargain with the international over non Communist affidavits.
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Train derails near Peoria injuring eight passengers
A Santa Fe passenger train derailed north of Peoria, twelve miles northwest of Phoenix, lightly injuring eight people. Six others were seriously hurt when a speeding car crashed into a crowd at the accident site, ignoring blockades. The driver was arrested on reckless driving charges as the train carried transfer passengers from Ash Fork to Phoenix on the Santa Fe line along highways 60 70 89.
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Polson Rodeo Set This Week End
Polson hosts the seventh annual Polson Rodeo Roundup on June 19 and 20 with top cowboys from across the nation and many Lake county entries. Five main events calf roping bulldogging Brahma bull riding bareback riding and saddle bronc riding plus specialty acts from out of state and Montana promise a bigger and better show.
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Father’s Day musings and a hunger pill tease
News Views muses on Father’s Day with jokes about dads as clowns or dictators and cites Mark Twain. It notes the U S Army’s hunger pill concept and ends with an ad for Wakley Pontiac offering one stop service and a promise of aging experiences and car parts.
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