Wage Bill Setback As Senate Redefines Retail Exemptions
The Senate approved a new 50 percent in-state retail threshold exempting certain retail or service establishments from the minimum wage law, shrinking coverage by about 200000 workers. Tobin called it a minor setback as leaders push to lift the wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour and force an overtime session and a possible one week break if deadlines are met.
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Washington
Senate
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Scott W. Lucas
Muskellage anglers snag encounter with warden
Catch no muskies but snag game warden off Bemus Point New York Bill Paulson and Stewart Willeams trolling near Chautauqua Lake. A conservation patrol boat fouled the line and was pulled to the fishing boat after a brief struggle the warden checked licenses and left dragging about 20 feet of broken line.
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Bemus Point
N. Y
Bill Paulson
Stewart Willeams
New York State Conservation Department
Paulson
Ronald Brown Burn Victim At Diversion Dam Power House
St Luke s hospital officials described condition as favorable for Ronald Brown a U S Reclamation Bureau employee burned by electricity while working on transformers in the power house at Diversion dam near Boise He suffered burns during the accident and is receiving treatment.
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Boise
St. Luke's Hospital
Ronald Brown
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Brown
Diversion Dam
Here
New Theatre in Malad Opens with Climate Controlled Comfort
The New Theatre, started Oct 1 1948 by Arrington Construction Co of Idaho Falls, features Norman brick exterior and a marquee over the entrance. Boise architects Hummel Hummel and Jones designed it for owners William B and T D Jones of Malad. The venue uses a thermo statistically controlled air system to regulate temperature and humidity, with asphalt parking surrounding the building and marked patron parking areas.
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Arrington Construction Co
Idaho Falls
Hummel, Hummel
Potato Men and Meeting Ends After Idaho Ore Hearing
Potato growers and handlers from southern Idaho and Malheur county Oregon left Pocatello after a two day hearing in the county courthouse on amendments to the federal marketing order for potatoes. The Department of Agriculture session began but only statistical data was entered Tuesday.
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Idaho
Malheur County
Ore
Pocatello
Department of Agriculture
Yugoslav Government Blamed by Soviet Note
The Soviet note to Yugoslavia accuses Belgrade of deserting socialism for imperialism and fascism and warns that Yugoslav leaders act under Western guidance. A Berlin newspaper claims Russian police are moving into the Balkans to oppose Tito. Budapest reports say Lazlo Rajk, Hungary’s former foreign minister, will be tried in two weeks.
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Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Social Democrat
Balkans
Marshal Tito
Russia
Belgrade
Budapest
Lazlo Rajk
Hungary
Rajk
Rumors of Gateway Amusement Sale Declared Groundless
Sam B. Thiros owner of Gateway Amusement Company in Pocatello announced on Monday that the business has not been sold and if it were he would handle it personally. He notes there are about 10 total eclipses every 18 years.
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Gateway Amusement Company of
Pocatello
Sam B. Thiros
Thiros
Safeway Warehouse Fire Destroys Northern California Center
A large fire in San Francisco's industrial district destroyed Safeway Stores' main northern California distributing center. Officials put losses at least 500000 dollars as the brick and steel warehouse and division offices burned across a block and a half.
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San Francisco
Safeway Stores
Safeway
California
Mink Creek Youth Wins 4-H Dairy Award in Franklin County
For the fifth consecutive year the Franklin county 4-H dairy award went to Billy Carver. He received a registered Holstein heifer calf at the rodeo grounds during the horse pulling event. The award is funded by Preston Chamber of Commerce Franklin county and Cache Valley dairymen Morning and Lego Milk companies. Carver, son of Mr and Mrs De ward Carver, has five years in 4-H and owns four registered animals. He previously earned a Chicago trip for the National 4-H congress in 1948. The calf was selected from Douglas Wright’s Franklin herd and comes from county herd owners who rotate supplying the calf each year. Eligibility requires 4-H dairy enrollment and a satisfactory project record.
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Preston
Franklin County
Billy Carver
Mink Creek
Rodeo
Jared Lewis
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Cache Valley
Morning
Lego Milk Companies
Billy
Deward Carver
Chicago
Idaho
Douglas Wright
Franklin
NOP Worker Aid Mapped for Pocatello
A special city council meeting at city hall Tuesday will discuss absorbing Naval Ordnance plant workers into local industry. Members include Vern Hershberger, Lavern C. Johnson, Frank Gracey, W. B. Cox, and Mayor W. W. Halsey. The council aims to help plant employees find jobs after the gun plant inactivity set for November 1.
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City Hall
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Vern Hershberger
Lavern C. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific Railroad
Frank Gracey
Ordnance Plant
W. B. Cox
State Employment Service
W. W. Halsey
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