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Albany Democrat-Herald from Albany, Oregon • 10

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51 TAGt 1 ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD. OREGON TUESDAY, MAT 4, 1985 mmmw. 1mmmmammmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmKma House Okays Minimum Pay for Woman Log Jam Threatens Highway 20 Bridge SALEM UPI) A bill harvest workers, do The House also voted 39 20, period of from 8 to" 10 yeavs from racing revenues. mestlcs and a few other occu ing the first general minimum wage in Oregon's history was on its way to the Senate for a $250,000 appropriation to pay off dobts of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. pations.

Sponsors estimated it would apply to 27,000 Oregon workers not already covered by a federal minimum wage law. Cleo Thompson, chairman of A the economic and welfare com II I 1 A bill Introduced by Rep. John Mosser, R-Beaverton, to encourage more schools to offer driver training classes was passed and sent to the Senate. It allows school districts to charge tuition for the classes without losing state financial as- The State Wage and Hour The money will be used to 1' mittee, and Walter Leisy, secre tary-manager of the chamber, SWEET HOME The economic and safety aspects of the flood-caused log and debris jam under Wiley bridge and extending up and downstream from it were discussed at length at a Sweet Home 'East Linn Chamber of Commerce board meeting Monday noon. Commission retains authority to help the P.

I. clear title to its set lower wages for 'persons un- property so Multnomah County der 18 and over 65, and for can take over the facilities. The handicapped workers. It also advance wil be repaid over a stance. reviewed endeavors made by the committee to bring the matter to the attention of Sens.

Wayne Morse and Maurine Neuberger today. The measure passed the House 41-19 Monday after a series of skirmishes that took up much of the day. The key vote came several hours earlier when the lawmakers refused on a 35-25 vote to send it to the Ways and Means Committee. The legislation would establish a statewide minimum wage of $1.25 an hour, but exempt ag- if and Rep. Kobert a.

Duncan Thompson and Leisy said that can esiaunsii uveimne provisions for women and children. Bill Amended The House Labor and Management Committee had taken all references to hours and over time pay from the bill earlier. pictures of the wood pile-up, plus a listing of the hazards it Aspirin Makers Face FTC Probe I causes and an editorial from the local newspaper, have been I .1 1 1 The measure gives farmers! manea io uie uregon aeiegauuni Apprenticeship Measure Passes SALEM (UPI)-A bill reor in Congress. Lester Scott, chairman of the waterways committee of the Linn Chamber of Commerce, reviewed efforts made by him and others to have the situation WASHINGTON (UPI)-Federal authorities are planning a full-scale investigation of advertising claims by producers of aspirin and other pain-killers, it was rligrlnsed tnrinv. until Jan.

1, 1969 to reach the minimum figure for other than harvest workers, but imposes a minimum of $1.10 as soon as it becomes effective. Ten Republicans joined 25 of the House's 28 Democrats in preventing the bill from going back to committee. Rep. Joe Rogers, R-Indepen-dence, said there should be an investigation of the financial ganizing the state's apprentice taken care of, but he indicated Chares A. Sweeny, director! Sroat.lempt 50 far "has of the Federal Trade Commis- sion's Bureau of Deceptive' The letters sent to Morse, Practices, said the bureau is "Neuberger and Duncan state as PDCCCKJT George Hein (center) from Pacific Power KCOCIN I partment, Portland, presents a rift to Mr.

Light Company Personnel De- and Mrs. Al Crocker at a re-fellow employes. ship program was sent to Gov. Mark Hatfield Monday by the House. The chamber voted without debate to concur in Senate amendments to the bill.

It is designed to broaden the program to include industrial unions, allow credit for pre-apprenticeship courses in voca- laying plans for an industry- itoiiows: impact of the bill on nursing homes which accept welfare recipients, and on enforcement agencies. wide invesugauon wnicn couiaj "As a result of the severe lead to regulation of such ad-flood last December, Wiley Now! "U-Pour" Ready-Mixed Concrete for Do-it-yourselfers! verusing. i Creek, which flows through the tirement party riven for the Crocker by Power Company Employe Retires After 20 Years Miss Universe Girl Selected Sweeny said there appeared Foster community three miles itional schools, and make the to be little doubt that some of, east ot bweet Home, deposited a the advertising is deceptive. He large amount of driftwood in the program director more responsive to the state labor viniTw said after investigators deter-'stream bed. mine the deception's extent, the "Several years ago a sub- Al Crocker, who is well known The Crockers are planning on many hunting and fishing trips LIU3 YOUR HOME NEEDS FTu will decide whether trade stantial concrete dam was throughout Linn county, is re rules or individual complaints placed in Wiley Crek and the which they both enjoy.

They left tiring as senior line estimator or a combination of the two could best be used to correct SAVES TIME, WORK, MONEY! Pour a patio or a walk make concrete repairs. U-POUR will save you plenty. Pick up your order in U-POUR special trailer, back up to your project and pour. Hydraulic dump system makes it easy. No mess, no mixing or lifting.

No job too small! Buy Vi to 1 yard at low cost. Concrete price includes two hours' free use of trailer. Drop in or call today! for the Pacific Power Light area above the dam was used as a log storage pond It was this 1 i Company. the situation Emily, his wife, is retiring at The FTC filed complaints in 1961 against four major produc the same time as dental tech dam which stopped and held the drift wood. The drift is one half mile in length and up to four hundred feet in width.

"Besides being unsightly this nician for Dr. k. l. Arxnur, NEWPORT; Ore. (UPI)-Les-lie Bruchner, 21; Eugene, was selected Oregon Miss Universe for 1965 Saturday night.

She will compete for the title of Miss USA in Miami, this year. Linda Morlan, 21, Corvallis, and Linda Watson, 18, Winston, were named first and second runners-up, respectively. PLANT SWISS CHARD If your family is fond of "greens" plant Swiss chard in your garden this year. It will produce more edible greens per foot of row than any other similar vegetable. Futhermore, it's a dual-use vegetable.

Crccker has been with the power company for 20 years, serving ers of analgesics but decided to look into advertising by other companies before taking up the complaints. early Saturday morning for the Washington State beaches where they were to spend a few days clam digging and fishing. Summer Jobs Program Okayed WASHINGTON (UPI)-Pres-ident Johnson Monday approved a new-anti-poverty program to drift poses several dangers: Slayer Receives Life Sentence BEND (UPI)- George Conner, 27, Bend, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder. Conner was convicted for the fatal shooting of his father-in-law, Charles Ruby, here Feb. 12.

Conner also was charged In the deaths of Ruby's wife and daughter. The daughter, Mildred, was Conner's wife. in several capacities. "1: Fire. A fire here would ROOFING or SIDING Let Wards Do It! FREE ESTIMATES Come in today, mall card, or phone 926-1578 Save time, work, money Material and workman, hip fully ruaranteed No money down first payment October 1st Montgomery Ward and This stymied Sweeny bureau At a retirement party given in its investigation, since law be difficult to control.

There Drevents the bureau from dis-are several homes as 'well as Yt Yd. Yd. $7.50 $12.00 i Yd. 1 Yd. $15.00 $18.00 by fellow employes, the Crock-ers were presented with numerous gifts.

District Manager cussing with the FTC coftjpa- business establishments along nies named in oendine eom-ltne bank ot the stream. 928-3309 HIS So. Jackson plaints. The commission recent- 2. Rodent and mosquito ln- Albany, Oregon testation withdrew the complaints to provide summer jobs for 70,000 Tom Keenan, district line superintendent Harry Day, and general storekeeper George Cloud presented gifts from local company people.

I "3. A definite hazard to chil flear the way tor the invesuga tion. youths who need the money so they can return to school in the dren playing on the drift. "4. The dam may not with fall.

stand another flood, in which Johnson said $40 million in George Hein, representing the company personnel department, presented them with five shares event the new bridge (on High federal funds have been ear way 20) crossing Wiley Creek marked for the program devel of company stock. The main gift would be swept away by the flow from employes was a walkie- oped by Labor secretary Willard Wirtz. of drift wood, and the bridge talkie set for Al to use so he across the Santiam nver at would not get lost when hunting. The President said in a statement he. has asked Wirtz to get this program started by May Stage Parrot BOURNEMOUTH, England (UPI) Wanted: One friendly parrot, able to rest for long periods on a man's shoulder and not nip pieces out of his ear, preferably able to say, "pieces of eight." The bird is needed for a summer production of "Treasure Island' at a local theater here.

Pay four pounds $11.20 per week. 15 to provide jobs for students EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE SANTIAGO (UPI)-A strong Sweet Home would also be destroyed. "The Sweet Home East Linn Chamber of Commerce and the citizens of Sweet Home and Foster entreat you to do all in your power to remove this menace to our community." starting vacations early in June. They will work in the earthquake jolted wide areas of central Chile last night. First reports said there were apparently no casualties.

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K. RETREADS FIRST NATIONAL BANK IS PEOPLE the Banking Needs of Other Oregon People Among the rare metals refined in Oregon are those which will withstand the absolute cold of outer space, or the heat of atmospheric re-entry. This important industry grew in Oregon from Bureau of Mines research in Albany which provided know-how-the all-important trained people who could command a new and exciting technology. The purification of zirconium, for example, depended on its separation from hafnium, a contaminant which is now in itself an important metal. The components being exam-ined by-Jfcst National's branch manager at Albany and an executive of Wah Chang Corporation are vital to space age industry.

Sold with the O.K. Nationwide Money back Guarantee (3) and 50x14 plus tax cappable casing Aa A i wr a A ALBANY 2nd and Montgomery 1 FIRST NATIONAL Phone 928-8138 Albany Branch Manager Harry K. Johan-son and his staff have a total of 146 years experience in banking. They know people and conditions in the Albany area. Consult these hometown people for every banking need.

1 i r-T 13 BANK OF OREGON Mmbr Federal Depoiit Inturane Corporation It.

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