Scoop. In Cardiff, Wales, Reporter Harry Royston, 18, was asked how he managed so many beats on neighborhood thefts, blushingly confessed: "I robbed the places myself."

Captive Audience. In Cincinnati, Mrs. William K. Mullins won a divorce after testifying that a chorus girl her husband was dating "was willing to support him so long as he would sit around and watch her dance."

Good Customer. In Butte. Mont., Shoe Repairman C. E. Miller surprised a burglar entering his store, let him go after the man assured him: "I trade here all the time."

Slow Burn. In Colombes, France, Fernand Bria stabbed his friend Ramon Coll in the chest with a hunting knife, admitted to police that he had been brooding for some time over Coil's seduction of his wife 27 years ago.

Example. In Jarrow, England, somewhat surprised county school students found printed on the top of an English examination paper the warning: "Marks will be deducted for errors in grammer, spelling, and punctuation."

Full Scale. In Auckland, New Zealand, the Choral Society announced that it was seeking female tenors, and the Masterton Soldiers' Club, about to form an all-male glee club, advertised: "Sopranos particularly welcome."

Layette. In St. Louis, doctors and nurses at St. Mary's Hospital took a professional interest in an intent hen pigeon nesting comfortably on two eggs on the maternity ward porch.

Turnover. In Cincinnati. ex-Convict Robert Ziegler. held on a charge of stealing $118 from his employer, complained that some thief stole the money from under a blanket in his car where he had hidden it.

Cold Calculation. In Decatur, Ga., physicians interested in establishing a large new clinic were just as interested in changing the name of the site they had chosen: Cemetery Street.

Equation. In Mexico City. Detective Commander Manuel Mendoza Dominquez rounded up 60 well-known criminals, promptly announced that robberies in the city had been reduced to 60% of the normal weekly average.

Dangerous Ground. In West Berlin, Police Chief Johannes Stumm posted a large sign warning riders that thieves had repeatedly stolen bicycles from a stand in front of police headquarters, was further embarrassed a few days later when both stand and sign were stolen.

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