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...Nevada Assemblyman C. C. Boak, 79, introduced a bill to grant divorces by slot machine. The divorce seeker would punch the machine once a day for 42 days, to establish residence, then insert 200 silver dollars. As the divorce popped out of a slot, colored lights would flash, wheels spin and a jukebox would play America. ¶ Hoping to sell more pretzels during Lent, Alex V. Tisdale, president of the National Pretzel Bakers Institute, explained that the twist was originally supposed to represent arms folded in prayer...
H.C.L In Trenton, N.J., Assemblyman William B. Widnall introduced a bill that would up jury fees from $3 to $6, explained that women jurors were running in the red on baby sitters...
Nationwide abolition of untouchability will not go into effect until the constitution does. It would not end the problem. One assemblyman remarked: "It is like declaring lying unconstitutional. Everyone says he's against it, but still it goes on and no law by itself can stop...
...cover pose a problem because, the trademark laws of the U.S. being what they are, we have to refuse permission for reproductions of TIME'S format and take action against unauthorized uses of it. One such was the move of an enterprising politician running for New York State assemblyman whose campaign literature featured a brochure of himself on TIME'S cover, which led some voters to think that he had our endorsement...
...been more concerned about Joe's case than Swedish-born Ragnar Nelson, a dapper, bow-tied Republican assemblyman who sold insurance on the side. "Rags" Nelson sponsored Joe's bill in the legislature, helped push it through both houses...