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...vested tax interests, local pride, standpattism) schools are not put where they should be, or consolidated when a merger would give everybody better schooling. West Virginia generally provides better rural education than richer Illinois, say the commissioners; some of the nation's best districts (e.g., in Fayette County, Ky.) and some of the worst (e.g., in Harlan County, Ky.) are neighbors...
Endearment. In Lexington, Ky., a wife who wanted a divorce because her husband called her a battle-ax was rebuked by the judge. Said he: "Anyone . . . who is married . . . knows that battle-ax is merely a term of affection...
...Wilmore, Ky...
Payoff. In Winchester, Ky., Deputy Sheriff R. L. Cruse swung his sledge hammer at a slot machine seized in a raid, hit the jackpot for a lone nickel...
Andy blustered that it was a political smear, suffered a sudden heart attack and hurried off to his Prestonsburg, Ky., home. He was defeated for reelection...