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...clerk methodically ticked off the names; the councilors droned out their picks. But this time it seemed different. A couple of the councilors whose names fell early on the roll cast their ballots for an unknown councilor, a nobody, someone not even campaigning for the post. He in turn, in a moment of glee, shouted his own name. And then, maybe by mistake, or sheer exhaustion, the anonymous councilor accumulated a fourth, and then a fifth and final nod. The deadlock was smashed. The councilors awaited the bang of the clerk's gavel officially ending the stalemate...
...wouldn't you know it, after everything is all set and finished, the old clerk had a paralytic attack," recalls then councilor Eddie Crane '35. And as the stick froze in his hand for what seemed like hours, one of the brief majority quickly withdrew his vote. Nobody had five. The balloting would continue...
...only 15 or 20 Anglos. Ledesma's parents converted to Mormonism when he was four or five; missionaries had come to their home, then in Los Angeles, and, he says, "My ma had a hunch." This interest led to conversion for Ledesma, his mother (who now works as a clerk in a grocery store), and his father (who collects social security now after retiring from his own little business of collecting volcanic rock in Mexico for sale as ornaments in Southern California). While Ledesma says he is not ready to accept the church as true, many of the questions...
...result of the deadlock is that council committees can not be appointed and the motions referred to them remained in a state of "legislative limbo," City Clerk Paul A. Healy said...
Shuster, who had poor eyesight, could only get menial jobs; Siegel became a clerk-typist. Superman continued to maintain law and order in Metropolis and over the years made a fortune for others. Superman books, TV and radio shows have earned tens of millions of dollars. The first comic book starring Superman currently sells for $3,000. Shuster and Siegel have repeatedly brought suit to share Superman's millions-but without success. Last spring they simply asked Warner Communications, Inc. (which now owns the copyright) to recognize their moral right to some of the profits. Last week Warner agreed...