New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
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 Nswe. like ell thiaes In this world iA constantly in | state of fNx. Styles chanSe and cventa that fire sus~ first page gradually fade into the background until they bscente riaAtters el routine. -
 There waS an age In newsL Spev work when . civil suit was consid- cred spot kews. Litigation, va. uR- usuAl. It wAa coas,lered reer scctAi form ts appAai 10 the .ceurtS fer arbltrAment sf | dispute. Personal Auits were few aMd fer bet ween and | person wAe was named defendant wss considered outside tho pale of ptalte sectsty.
 DNt ceAdttiAAs haSe changed. With the popularity. of the autsWash Aad resultant colliSienA. suing has bA. ceMs . mere matter of form. If ysu Afs raturAine frtm pieasAnt spiR ia the csuntfy and carSlA1e driver cSiliAss with yssr caf. yeu sue, The ether driver taket the situation AsR. chalantiy if hs iA iAssrsd becausr hA realizsa that daaneses awardsA Ay the court wtii nj eeade frsm hh pockets. ss he li6ktA. Ae cigar ana walks frsa the court rssaa wit4 hls chia wp.
 TAA Aas had an effect on news value. A collision suit. unless 1t be for an unusually large amount is almost reutinA news msttsr. tnless the priocipals are prominent in the community 1t h treated accordingly. 1'he enly differsRce between as au. tornobile collision suit written 5y q reporter at Easteort. Maine. and one written by a reporter in aAM Fran cisco is the names and place. lse. portsrs who cover lawyera' offices for news have written hundredS Of colIi1ten suit stories fer their papers with hardly any marked difference except in names aad plac<A.
 Net ;en4 ago com pensatioR eases w%re considered lively reading. The csmDsaaatien law tn Cenneetlcut was young and ah appsal fSr csm- Dsnsatien filed by an injured em. pleye vas stIl { n6velty. The first accident to csme under the conrpen. aation law in this state occurred in thts city. The law went iute effect on the first Aay sf January of that year. A werkmaa in | lscai ceai yard was kill.d abeut [ (. m. The news story received first paee posi- ton and . heading that invited at- tention. Today the averAse compen- cation ease Item is headed with . single line AAA printed on an insids page.
 This venerable. and dAcrepit writ CT has freavsntly heard the com. Vlaint that nswspap permen "ain.t what thy vssA te be-" the int,mi- ten hsias that they ars no lenser sassr ed pisessrins in spirit. The anewsf te the csRplaint ie that tke reading psbisc is tnteressed in q dfffereat typs Af newS and the nrees srnaes the cAaast ia style.
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 Of late ysafs the city has been "encesrasing" the putting dewn Of Asce cement sidewalks AIons such streets whArs the walking has beeN Desr. If unhappy property swpsrs eaaimed there wasn't ensueh f>st traKtc alSnS the1e atreetA ts var rant 1t the city showed its wiltine- nssl ts pvt the eidAwalks dswn It. eelf-Anl charge the essts to tbe pfvperty swRers. On the whesa, the ilea is seual: thtfe Muet ba ss1e- walhs sIsng every street.. net only in the interest sf the esseral public, hut also because ths federal postal authtrites will not deliver mail on such streets where letter carriers have difficulty valkinG in all sorts sf vfather. This idea of fur Rishiat ksoa welkiAe far the letter carriers h . eiiaeher. ls tha letter carrien can't travel comfortably there is as ssatl Assivsry. Once ia q while the pest e1ice issues . warn-