A meat inspection provision was completed by the House Committee on Agriculture and will be presented to the House for action, which is declared by the committee. The bill as approved by the committee was made public. The sanitation provision reads as follows: “The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine and goats are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for inter-state or foreign commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat and the meat products are rendered unsound, unhealthful, or otherwise unfit for human food, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be labelled, marked, stamped or tagged as inspected and passed.”

50 Years Ago, 1956

A new high mercury reading for the year was registered at the Union Water Power Co. gatehouse. The temperature climbed to a sweating 89 degrees as hottest weather since last year boiled over the Lewiston-Auburn area.

25 Years Ago, 1981

The major league baseball season was canceled “until further notice” Friday as players went on strike after 2½ hours of fruitless negotiations. No further talks were expected before Monday, meaning this June weekend will pass without major-league baseball. “Due to the strike called by the Major League Baseball Players Association, we must regrettably announce that effective as of (today), that portion of the 1981 major league baseball championship season scheduled from this date forward is canceled until further notice.”