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H yOU THROUGH
ALL THG yfAR
As the bells ring out the
old year and herald the
new, we send our greet
ings to all and trust God’s
richest blessings will be
Meta Muller
Jimmy Sir!oa,r
Jennie Attatayul*
Helen Senungetuk
Margaret TV^e!!
T.yda r«
Emi’v Boucher
Legislative Oddities
Of Past Year
Advocates of: “There ought to
be a law,” had their say in the
record-breaking number of states
which held legislative sessions in
1959, according to Commerce
Clearing House, national reporting
authority o ntax and business law.
: Nearly 100,000 proposals were
dropped into legislative hoppers
by lawmakers of 49 states during
the year. CCH editors, in the
course of reporting tax and busi
nes law developments, uncovered
the following oddities among
measures that became law:
An operator of a self-propelled
wheelchair must have a driver’s
license in California.
A Vermont license *to transport
baby chicks will be refused to
anyone who cannot prove his good
character.
Racial or religious discrimina
tion in crematories was banned
in Illinois.
Connecticut made it a crime
not to return pregnant lobsters to
the water immediately after they
are caught.
Hawaii outlawed turtle shooting.
A measure considered by busy
lawmakers, but which did not
pass, was one that presumably
would have cleaned up Colorado’s
highways without state expense.
The proposal would have ordered
drunken drivers to remove old
beer cans and whiskey bottles
along the roads, in an effort to
make the punishment fit the
crime.
Other proposals which were
considered, but did not pass, were
as follows:
A legend on cigarettes, warning
of the danger of lung cancer,
would have been required to be
imprinted by sellers of cigarettes
in Missouri.
Indiana was encouraged to
make the colors of license plates
match the colors of the high
schol which won the state basket
ball championship.
Advertising was described by a
Hawaiian lawmaker, in his unsuc
cessful bid to ban all liquor ad
vertising, as follows:
“A cold and calculating science
geared to influence the behavior
- patterns of human beings into
conditioned reflexes responding to
camouflaged signals.”
And, in Hawaii, of all places,
someone was being extra cautious.
- He proposed a prohibition against
removal, for private use, of sand
from beaches.
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ZiS the spotlight is fo
cused on the New Year,
we find it an excellent
opportunity to reflect on
the one just ending. For
your loyalty and friend
ships, we are truly
grateful.
GREETINGS
to Our
Friends
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