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...staffers on the small (circ. 11,456) Shawnee, Okla. News-Star, there were unmistakable signs of a quiet invasion. Bootleggers and gamblers, driven from Oklahoma City 40 miles to the east, were settling in Shawnee, where local police were lax in enforcing the state's dry laws. The News-Star, Shawnee's only daily newspaper, had been as lax as the police. Then the paper got a stunning reason for changing its ways...
Harvard Square tavern owners and bartenders expected slight effect on business from yesterday's Senate vote to enact a bill providing fines of $10 to $100 for minors who purchase alcoholic beverages. One prominent tavern owner said that although some minors might be discouraged from purchasing drinks, "lax police enforcement" would lessen the bill's effect...
...issue with which he is particularly concerned as Attorney-General, Herbert Brownell's pitch to the people is clear: that the Democrats, though loyal, are too lax about Communists, the Midwesterners too reckless. He has never explicitly stated his theory of political success. But his actions make it quite clear; simply run a steamroller down the middle of the road...
Last week the subcommittee gave up, declared by a 2-1 vote (Democrat Hennings objecting) that no one had been elected. Slapping hard at New Mexico's lax polling methods, the subcommittee reported so many irregularities in the election that it was "impossible to distinguish the free and honest vote." Among the findings: flagrant violations of the constitutional rights of more than 55,000 voters, illegal and premature destruction of 13,000 ballots, fraudulent alteration of 17,000 ballots, invalidation of 3,300 votes in the recount, complete disregard of voter-assistance laws, and general misconduct at the polls...
According to students, the crackdown was the result of lax attendance, particularly in one required course, Business Policy, where cuts had been quite high. Some said the dismissals were the beginning of a "get tough" policy on the part of the School...