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January 28, 1934

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Headlines from January 28, 1934

LOBBY AT ALBANY UNDERGOES REFORM; ' Third House' Still Sits, but Includes 'Good' Members as Well as 'Bad.' OLD METHODS OBSOLETE Days Are Gone When Agents Checked Their Baggage in Safety Deposit Vaults. LOBBY AT ALBANY UNDERGOES REFORM

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ALBANY, Jan. 27. -- The "third house" still holds sessions in Albany, but lobbying now is not what it was in the old days when visitors to the capital used to check their baggage at a safety deposit vault. For this situation, the statute requiring registration of lobbyists and direct primaries get much credit.

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Notable Births

Juan Manuel Bordeu

1934Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)[†]

Juan Manuel Bordeu was a racing driver from Balcarce, Argentina. A protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had a successful early career but a bad testing accident wrecked his chances in Formula One. His only World Championship Formula One entry was at the 1961 French Grand Prix in a Lotus run by the UDT Laystall team, but the car was eventually driven by Lucien Bianchi.