Monday, Jan. 27, 1958
Rock 'n' Vote. In Charlotte, N.C., four candidates in the Central High School election, disdaining the conventional office titles--president, vice president, secretary, treasurer--announced that they were running for "big boss, little boss, pen pusher and moneybags."
Space Slip. In London, Frank Barrow, explaining why he could not appear in court on a parking summons, wrote the judge: "I have volunteered this week for space travel in satellite or rocket, so I cannot foresee whether I shall be available to be present in court."
Still Life. In Fall River, Mass., Manuel V. Oliveira Jr., 44, who lost the city's garbage-disposal contract last October, was arrested by federal agents for operating an illegal distillery, admitted he spent $5,500 converting his garbage-cooking plant into a still.
Double Time. In Seattle, Mrs. Dorys Alkire was fined $1 for a parking violation, despite her argument that she had not broken the law by parking her small sports car in a space partly occupied by another sports car because the owner of the first auto had already put the necessary nickel in the meter.
Bench Warrant. In Tallahassee, Fla., Circuit Court Judge Vassar B. Carlton, whose plea for a divorce from a "nagging and badgering wife" was rejected by a fellow justice, declared in an appeal to the State Supreme Court 'that "a judge has a right to a divorce as much as anybody else."
Teacher's Pet. In Depew, N.Y., Teacher James McGuire, 37, was suspended by the board, of education for insubordination after he submitted a schedule of his classes and wrote at the bottom: "Total hours per week--average 60; overtime pay--none; time off for overtime work --none; salary--poor; gratitude-- none; feelings--disgusted."
Anyone's Guest. In Wenatchee, Wash., Mrs. Shelby Thrift sued Grocery Owner Roy Duvaul for $2,500 damages after having been pecked on the leg by a rooster which she claimed the grocer harbored "knowing it to be of a vicious and mischievous disposition," heard Duvaul insist that the bird was not his, it just "showed up at the store and hung around."
Subtract One. In Los Angeles, Rosetta L. Randall, 20, won a divorce from her husband Donald, 31, after testifying that he placed their marriage on a point system: "When I did anything right he'd give me points and when I did anything wrong he would take points away. I never knew the results. I had so many points taken away I guess I didn't have much of a score."
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