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...legislatures easier to deal with than the Federal Government, and had a well-grounded dislike of federal regulation. Last week, by a vote of 265 to 109, the House whooped through the Walters bill, so neatly contrived and so solidly directed against the tendency of the Federal Government to grab everything in sight that many a land-locked Congressman found it hard to resist. The man behind it was Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, and he was openly defying his great and good friend in the White House...
...manufacturers are up to their ears in unsold sets, are more likely to grab at RCA's system, which they think will get customers buying again. RCA has already given manufacturers the blueprints of its color system, to make sets (on a royalty basis)-if FCC gives the go-ahead...
...boost circulation, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times (circ. 46,700) began running daily clues to $200 it had buried somewhere in the St. Petersburg area. Last week, as the final clue was printed, 2,000 assembled in front of the Times building to grab the first edition as it came off the press...
Unfair Competition. In Sacramento, Calif., Bar Owner Nick Sanducci complained to the city council about the new gospel mission next door: "Every time somebody comes along they grab him and make him take the pledge...
...farm near Archerwill, Saskatchewan like any other healthy two-year-old. Then he developed a limp. Arthur Morton took his son to the local doctor for treatment, but the limp grew worse. The child's arms and legs lost their chubby firmness. His father saw him "grab at things and miss them by inches. He couldn't handle his toys and he'd run into the furniture and knock things over...