Electric Voting Faces Long odds in Congress
A look back at Edison’s failed push for electronic voting and the ongoing resistance in the U S Senate and House to replacing roll calls with machines. The piece notes long roll-call times in the House, Senate reluctance, and a 1963 session with nine hours of roll calls, urging procedural change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
U. S. Senate
U. S. Houe of Representatives
House
Abbitt
Zablocki
Senate
Ray J. Madden
D— Ind
Senate House Committee
Congress
Billy Mathews
D.fla
Veterans Administration
Department of the Interior
Labor Department
William L. Springer
R—Ill
Weston E. Vivian
D—Mich
Blonde obsession spans art to cinema in world of beauty
A column notes blondes’ influence from biblical and historic figures to art, literature, and film. It cites queens, actresses, and icons like Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Grace Kelly, Judy Holliday, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, and Betty Grable, highlighting blonde appeal in culture and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Lajose
Central Press
Eve
Helen of Troy
Athena
Cleopatra
Messalina
Rome
Claudius
Isabella
Lucretia Borgia
Anne of Austria
Louis XII
Madame de Pompadour
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Veronese
Rubens
Tintoretto
Correggio
Englebrecht
Granadi
Boccaccio
James I of
Scotland
John Milton
Sir Walter Scott
Tennyson
George Eliot
Anatole France
Lillian Russell
Gilda Gray
Sally Rand
Lily Langtree
Gladys Cooper
Judy Holliday
Carol Channing
Grace Kelly
Barbara Loden
Mary Pickford
Texas Guinan
Mae Murray
Wilma Banky
Lilyan Tashman
Dolores Costello
Marion Davies
Bombshell
Jean Harlow
Jean
Carole Landis
Joan Blondell
Miriam Hopkins
Bette Davis
Simone Simon
Veronica Lake
Sonja Henie
Grace Moore
Carole Lombard
Mae West
Miss West
Betty Grable
Ginger Rogers
Marlene Dietrich
Lana Turner
Marie Wilson
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Thomas A. Edison
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Rit
Sucher
Rath
Hormes
Ee U.S. No
Pillsbury
Florida
California
Nad
Joan of Arc
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Ima Love
HAPPY
del Monte Pumpkin
Omaro *Cup
Woor
Cans
Richland Ave
Athens
Kenneth Grattan
Missouri
Missouri Farmers Association
Brunswick
West Columbia
Sylvia Burris
Plaint Pleasant
Olin Knapp
Doris Eads
Point Pleasant
Etta Young
Francis Stewart
Joey Bennett
Coby Knapp
Peggy Knapp
Bona Jeffers
Francis Jeffers
Jucy Trew
Alice Mattox
Nora VanMatre
Dorothy Blake
Ann Hargraves
Ruby Coleman
Edna Young
Norma Quellen
Dottie Stewart
Phylis Bumgartner
Mary Doerfer
Jessie McDonald
Ann Larey
Ann Brownie
Providence, R. I
Rhode Island College
Frank A. Bucci
Richards Market
Pomeroy Rd
Monthru
Nelsonville Pure Milk Co
E. Chestnut St
Nelsonville
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