Odd Bills Enter State Legislatures Across the Nation
A Chicago dispatch surveys unusual laws and failed bills in several states. Proposals range from blue lights for volunteer firefighters in New York to bans on hunting while drunk in North Dakota, and quirky ideas like Massachusetts Lake Charggoggagoggmanchauggagoggchau bungamaugg fishing start dates and Maine potato license shapes.
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Chicago
North Dakota
New York State
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
Maine
Idaho
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oregon
Endurance Fliers Won’t Try Again
Fullerton California April 27. Bill Barris and Dick Riedel praised their 1008 hour endurance flight but said they will never attempt it again. A crowd gathered at a Hollywood hotel to celebrate after their long ordeal and plans for a beach hide-out with their wives were postponed.
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Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Barris
Roger
Riedel
Hollywood
Rock Enon Camp Opens June 26 for Five Weeks
Rock Enon Scout Camp will open June 26 and run five weeks with a weekly capacity of 100 boys. Staff include Joseph A. Sherman Berryville crafts, Winslow Ledbetter Portsmouth activities, Steve Stone Jr. Charles Town waterfront, Randolph Via Strasburg assistant leader, and Lawrence Martin Front Royal as chef. Troop 18 Berryville first to register. 16 bays first week. Registration ends May 15. Camp periods run June 26 to July 31 with a fifth, July 24–31, for colored troops. Program covers handicraft, waterfront, archery, nature study, pioneering, activities, health and safety, plus a rifle range. Insurance included. medical bills paid. Information bulletins mailed. council handling troop registrations.
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Rock Enon
Joseph A. Sherman
Berryville
Winslow Ledbetter
Portsmouth
Steve Stone Jr
Charles Town
Water Front
Randolph Via
Strasburg
Lawrence Martin
Front Royal
Poland
National Rifle Assn
Starkey
Bethel Rangers Stage Health Meeting
Bethel Rangers held a health theme at the Okonoke grade school in West Virginia. 4-H members recited health slogans led by Ruby Brelsford, sang Perfect Posture, and heard Kenneth Judy discuss Eggs In Our Diet. Ruby Brelsford demonstrated tooth brushing, Ramon Fridley showed seed potato cutting and origin, and the club chose a white pine and bluebird emblem.
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Bethel Rangers
Okonoke
W. Va
Ruby Brelsford
Douglas Nesmith
Kenneth Judy
Ramon Fridley
Origin of the phrase killed by kindness debated
The expression's origin is uncertain with a classical tale naming Draco the Athenian as a figure who died from the crowd’s affection. Some attribute the phrase to this story of popularity smothering him in Aeagina’s theatre with hats cloaks and hails.
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Draco
Aegina
Hoover urges Congress to slow domestic spending
Former President Herbert Hoover advised Congress to limit domestic expenditures until the cold war ends. He argued continued social security expansions would impose a huge tax burden, noting Americans’ incomes are already stretched and further tax increases could dampen the economy. He wrote to House Ways and Means Chair Doughton urging restraint.
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Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ex-president's social security plan calls for pay as you go
The former leader argues expenditures burden the economy and proposes expanding coverage under Social Security while increasing state grants. He urges financing on a pay as you go basis to stop further buildup of the trust fund, which stands near ten billion dollars.
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Hoover
J M Hounshell Sr Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. tomorrow at Woodstock Christian church for James Monroe Hounshell Sr. 81, native of Shenandoah county, who died at his son Edgar L Hounshell's Cresap Park home in Maryland. He was a son of the late and Mary Miller Hounshell and belonged to the Methodist church.
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Woodstock Christian Church
James Monroe Hounshell Sr
Shenandoah County
Edgar L. Hounshell
Meadow View Drive
Cresap Park
Mary Miller Hounshell
Winchester minister leaves family and grandchildren
The obituary notes a Winchester Church of Christ minister who leaves a son James Oliver Hounshell of Stephens City a daughter Mrs Delia Connor of Stephens City and his widow Rebecca Frances Line plus 14 grandchildren and five great- with more details omitted.
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Church of Christ
Winchester
James Oliver Hounshell
Stephens City
Delia Connor
Rebecca Frances Line
Canadian-born Thomas Bertman Costain dies leaves family survivors
The body will lie in state at the church from noon until services tomorrow conducted by Rev. E B Wolford. Interment will follow at a local cemetery. Costain, born in Canada, came to the United States in 1920 and was naturalized later. grandchildren survive.
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E. B. Wolford
Wood
A. Thomas Bertman Costain
United Sates
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