Monday, May. 09, 1960
Occupational Therapy. In New Orleans, James W. Seaton, a convicted forger in Louisiana State Penitentiary, pleaded guilty to sending out fraudulent income tax returns to internal revenue offices in Louisiana. Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Utah, collecting $1,050 in refunds.
Hard-Boiled. In Lucedale, Miss., Lovonia Jones Box was fined $522 after police found eight pint bottles of moonshine under a setting hen in her yard.
Monkey Tricks. In San Francisco, five coeds from San Francisco City College were arrested after climbing a fence in the zoo, romping with the monkeys.
Heap o' Lovin'. In Los Angeles, Frank Sherman, 320 Ibs., and his wife Bernice, 250 lbs.. were forbidden by superior court to adopt a child until they reduce.
Devil's Advocate. In Brisbane. Australia, the Christadelphian Church ran an ad in the Courier Mail: "A vital address on the possibility of obtaining Immorality will be given by Mr. A. C. Mogg."
Eyewash. In Leominster. Mass., Robert J. Cunningham was sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction after disobeying a traffic signal, squirting an irate cop in the face with a water pistol.
Et Tu. In Denver, Judge Joe Rawlinson was sued for divorce by his wife in his own domestic-relations court.
Color Bland. In London, fined $14 for failing to put his road fund license on his auto, Alan Humphries blandly explained: "My car is yellow and the license is blue. I did not like the color tones."
Simple Deduction. In Portsmouth, N.H., a man walked into the office of the Internal Revenue Service, filled out a tax form, sat quietly in a corner, when asked if he needed help, replied: ''No, I'm just waiting for my refund check."
Highwaymen. In Meridian, Miss., after the city busted up her concrete driveway in a street-paving project, Mrs. Carlos M. Wyatt complained to police that two men in a truck stole all the concrete pieces.
Safety First. In Hounslow, England, John Connell, president of the Noise Abatement Society, made a speech to a meeting of the Southern Motor Cycle Club accompanied by a bodyguard.
Remote Control. In Denver, testing a new "driver simulator," State Revenue Director Robert A. Theobald ran down a hypothetical pedestrian, rammed an imaginary parked bus, smashed into a simulated speeding train, remarked: "This thing needs a little adjustment."
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