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...religious cause without a license. The U.S. Supreme Court declared for Cantwell: 'The First Amendment declares that Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The Fourteenth Amendment has rendered the legislatures of the states as incompetent as Congress to enact such laws...
Through seven Midwest, Border and Southern states last week, Nixon sounded his theme. He has scaled down the war, and needs Republican support to continue that progress. He wants "new programs to reform America," and needs Republicans to enact them. He wants a stop inflation, but the "runaway pending binge" perpetrated by Democrats hampers him; the only solution is to defeat the "big spenders...
...friends of Simon's brother, Danny, a TV writer whose divorce gave Simon the idea for Odd Couple. Danny became Felix, the fussy journalist who, after splitting with his wife, moves in with Oscar, an untidy sportswriter-divor-cee; the two, in turn and in caricature, unconsciously re-enact their failed marriages. Klugman once kidded Danny Simon: "Jesus, actors are ashamed to play the part of Felix." Replied Danny: "I was ashamed to live...
...avoid these increased costs, Illinois hospital and medical associations are pressuring the state legislature to follow two dozen other states and enact legislation exempting blood from the doctrine of strict liability. Such a measure would go far toward lightening the liability of hospitals that administer blood transfusions. It would do little, however, to reduce the substantial risk of hepatitis for those receiving the blood...
...Insurance Association expects bills embodying the no-fault principle to be introduced in 16 state legislatures next year. Michigan Senator Philip Hart, a champion of nationwide no-fault insurance, is preparing a package of bills for auto-insurance reform. However, the experience of Massachusetts as the first state to enact a no-fault plan will figure heavily in debates on the idea elsewhere. Auto drivers throughout the U.S. may be the losers if lawyers' self-interest and the desire of legislators to play political games prevent the first test from being a fair...