Seattle council seeks to kill referendum provision
In heated debate the Seattle City Council moves to strike Charter amendment No. 6 weakening initiative and referendum. The text would restrict signatures to the comptroller office, hindering petition drives and recalling a past dispute over a Western Union franchise referendum. Courts and labor representatives are watching closely as litigation unfolds.
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Coach bans cigarettes on Pittsburg campus
Pittsburg February 10 A University of Pittsburg athletic coach Thompson declares cigarettes worse than whisky and bars smokers from all athletic teams. He warns students that smoking harms athletes, and university officials back his crusade to curb smoking on campus.
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From Church Choir To The Footlights
Los Angeles February 11 A Pasadena church soprano Mrs Edward Shank formerly led the choir at the First Presbyterian church and later Emmanuel Presby terian church in Los Angeles has begun appearing in comic opera under the stage name Catherine Edmonda The new prima donna kept quiet about the change until today She says she does not plan to reform the stage and that church training will help her adjust to music and performance noting the only real difference is the flowers and the so called mashy notes.
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Missing Husband Mystery Dims In Altoona Inquiry
In Altoona Pennsylvania on February 11 a woman seeks help locating her husband missing after a short marriage. Chief of Police Clark questions her as she only knows he used several names and cannot recall the correct one.
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