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Congress Hits Starlings And Straws In Washington
A five member subcommittee weighs odd laws from licensing undertakers to banning starling slaughter on Pennsylvania Avenue. Experts warn nets and nonlethal methods may protect birds while sparing windows, with Rep Miller seeking a bill amid periodic crises in barber shops and soda fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Audubon Society
Congress
Starlings
Rep
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
Chester H. Gray
the Humane Society
The
Edward F. Henderson
Humane Society
William A. Xanten
District Engineer Department
Fred Packard
National Parks Association
Xanten
Paul Bartsch
Smithsonian Institution
Rep. Miller