Monday, Jan. 21, 1952
Wrong Buss. In Cairo, bidding farewell to his sweetheart, Moustafa Ibrahim, 16, kissed the pane of her train window, was fined $14 by a Moslem court for committing an "indecent public act."
Talent Scout. In Chicago, Lawrence I. Lowell, 35, sued his ex-fiancee, Mrs. Rose Cichon Potocki, 28, for $2,500, to cover expenses of his courtship and reimbursement for some of the time devoted to her "which could have been used seeking wife material."
Shock Treatment. In Bellingham, Wash., for the walls of the jail's cell for drunks, Police Chief George Houde ordered appropriate decoration: pink elephants and green snakes.
Anger in the Pantry. In Pinckneyville, 111., after finding only 30-c- in a cafe's cash register, a burglar 1) smashed ten dozen eggs, 2) poured vanilla extract in the chile, 3) plastered hamburger against the windows, 4) dumped a sack of sugar into the silverware.
Bequests to Charity. In Los Angeles, Gordon C. Van Ess, a laborer, left a will bequeathing: 1) his estate to his mother, 2) his body to the nearest medical college, 3) his love to all the girls, 4) his brain to Harry Truman.
Semifinal Round. In Gaffney, S.C., a soldier home on furlough filed applications with Probate Judge W. R. Douglas to marry four girls, said he would make the crucial choice later.
Collector's Item. In New Britain, Conn., the Stanley Works, a hardware firm, filled an order from a Wisconsin motorist: a pair of door hinges for a 1905 Oldsmobile.
Unknown Quality. In Milwaukee, when asked how she liked U.S. men, the wife of French Boxer Robert Villemain murmured: "I do not know. I am married."
Wrong Number. In Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sailor Dewayne Sharpan selected from the telephone book a name to sign to a bogus check, was later told by police that he had picked the county's prosecuting attorney.
Marked Men. In Shelbyville, Ind., after the police force took a competitive exam, Patrolman Lloyd Mellis was promoted to chief, the ex-chief started pounding a beat.
School of Experience. In Denver, Waitress Evelyn Marshall, yielding to "a sudden impulse," dived out her fifth-floor window, buckled a tin ventilator shaft on the second floor, bounced off a car top into a parking lot, suffered only a broken tooth and a stomach ache. Soberly she told physicians: "This has taught me a lesson. I'll never jump through the window again."
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