Married women whose husbands are not invalids, may not hereafter be employed at the cigar making industry, according to a vote taken by the Boston Cigar Makers Union 95 tonight. The decision will require an endorsement by a majority of the international unions of the craft before it becomes authoritative.

It is estimated that a decision, if it becomes effective, will keep from employment in the cigar-making industry thousands of women who marry cigarmakers and who wish to continue at the trade after marriage.

The action of the Boston Cigar Makers was taken on the ground that such employment tends to lower the standard of wages. Every cigarmakers union in the country will be asked to take similar action.

50 years ago, 1957

• Heavy rain, driven by strong winds, soaked the Twin Cities last night, causing some damage to property and disrupting power and telephone service in scattered sections. Wind velocity averaged from 15 to 20 miles an hour, according to Northeast Airlines at the Lewiston-Auburn Municipal Airport.

• Judging by the number of U.S. adults who paid to see a game in 1957, baseball merits its title of “Our National Pastime.” Percent who attended one or more games: baseball, 22 percent; football, 21 percent; basketball, 16 percent.

25 years ago, 1982

• Auburn’s Board of Appeals early Tuesday morning unanimously denied the appeal of a Lewiston firm to establish a seasonal ice cream stand on Minot Avenue, echoing neighbors’ concerns about adverse impact on the area. Cote’s Old Fashion Ice Cream Inc. sought a variance to establish the stand on one section of a parcel of land at Hotel Road and Minot Avenue. The land is in a suburban residence zoning district, where such use is not permitted.

BERKELEY – A “dramatic shortage” of mathematics and science teachers may doom the United States to a “second-rate” future in high-technology fields, according to a University of California study.