Monday, Oct. 01, 1956
Age of Dissent. In Westport, Conn., 62 junior members of the Westport Woman's Club resigned in protest after a regulation was passed barring junior membership to anyone over 35.
This Way to Egress. In Fredericton, N.B., the Daily Gleaner printed an ad for the Bill Lynch Shows, a carnival, touting "An Extra Added Attraction, a close-up view of that strangest of all living creatures--the Two Legged Man."
The Tender Trap. In Reno, lacking 50-c- of the $10 he needed to bail out his wife, who was jailed on a drunkenness charge, Marvin Wheeler light-fingered some brass plumbing fixtures from the police station, sold them to get the half dollar and freed his wife, was jailed himself for petty theft, was still locked up three days later when his wife was jugged again for drunkenness.
Game Refuge. In West Warwick, R.I., John Ondrasek Jr. drove his wife out of the house with a shoe, chased her into a neighbor's yard where she crawled under a car, drummed on the auto's fender with the shoe to Hush her out, recalled too late that the neighbor, who collared him for local police, was a state trooper.
Whatsoever a Man Soweth. Near Mineral Point, Wis., love-struck Farmer Jack Kenyon Jr. doctored parts of a quarter-mile stretch of hillside with fertilizer, persuaded his beloved to elope with him after the hill turned green with the 300-ft. letters: JULIE.
A Little Learning. In Saigon, about to congratulate his host's Vietnamese cook on a tastefully prepared rabbit, ex-Anthropology Student Frederic Wickert looked closer at the dish, recognized the remains of a cat, that evening went home, analyzed his own dinner, discovered that his Chinese cook had served him dog sausages.
Your Party, Sir. Near Wellington, Texas, Walt Winters went off to practice his wolf call, yowled a few times, was knocked down and scratched by a large bobcat.
Pale Cast of Thought. In Kansas City, Mo., a would-be stickup man waved a gun at Grocery Checker Mrs. Thelma Adams, thought things over for a moment, fled the store after muttering: "No, I guess it's not a holdup."
For Worse. In Washington, D.C., after her husband was jailed for housebreaking and grand larceny, Mrs. Minnie Mae Payne asked the district commissioners to restore her marital rights, contending, through her attorney, that ''she is entitled to share his bed until such time as their marriage may be dissolved by death or court decree."
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