Monday, Aug. 13, 1951

Audience Participation. In Camden, N.J., ambulance attendants sped to the scene of a traffic accident, found the drivers unhurt, returned to the hospital with three women spectators who had fainted.

No Fueling? In High Point, N.C., thieves broke into a store, stole four cigarette lighters, next night slipped in again to get four packages of flints.

The Eyes Have It. In Chicago Professional Panhandler Thomas Murphy was arrested in the midst of his blind-beggar routine when a policeman asked: "Didn't I arrest you a few months ago?" and was assured by Murphy: "I never saw you before in my life."

Out of Season. In Lima, Peru, Alberto Galvez Reyna explained to police why he took a potshot at friends who sang a birthday serenade beneath his window: "It was not my birthday."

Workman's Compensation. In Coventry, England, Richard Bell, professional beer taster, was fined $56 for drunken driving.

Southern Hospitality. In Pennington Gap, Va., at the dedication of the new Lee County jail, Carpenter Lee Maness, the first workman on the building, over-celebrated, became its first inmate.

Dark Victory. In La Union, Chile, Farmer Osvaldo Riquelme heard noises from his chicken house, ran to investigate, strangled what he thought was an intruding dog, learned by daylight that he had killed a large black puma.

Hear Yee, Hear Yee. In San Francisco, Telephone Operator Marie Yee, represented by Attorney Samuel E. Yee (no kin), won a divorce from John Yee on testimony of her sister Rosemary Yee and got court permission to resume her maiden name: Marie Yee.

It Can't Happen There. In Los Angeles, a proposed law requiring fan dancers to carry identification cards "at all times" was defeated when County Supervisor Roger Jessup asked: "Where?"

Weather Rapport. In Atlanta, police tallied up some of the effects of a ten-day heat wave, found that wife beatings were up 700%.

Fowl Play. In Spokane, after Dennis Williams set up a stuffed owl on the roof, the cooing pigeons which had been harassing him nightly moved out and two live, hooting owls moved in.

Missing Links. In Vancouver, B.C., police sought four tosspots who had been pushing each other into a zoo moat to entertain the sober inhabitants of Stanley Park's monkey house.

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