Monday, Jun. 22, 1953

Friends & Neighbors. In Ystrad Mynach, Wales, Engineer Arthur Norman, when he could find no housing for his six prize dogs, bought six kennels, put the dogs in five of them, set up housekeeping with his wife in the sixth.

Busman's Honeymoon. In Atlanta, Bus Driver Robert Allen, admittedly "bashful" at the thought of a church wedding, married Rachel Chiz in a parked bus, afterward took his bride on a triumphant spin through town.

Samaritan. In White Plains, N.Y., James Sinkler, driving down a main street, spotted a friend being questioned by police, protested "Let him go--I'll pay his fine," could not produce his driver's license, spent the night in jail while his friend went free.

Private Industry. In Moscow, Soviet officials revealed that a wine-store manager in the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic had been convicted of cheating the state of 120,000 rubles by selling bootleg vodka.

Typo. In Melbourne, Australia, after Skywriter Fred Hoinville garbled a telephone number in an advertisement and calls flooded in to the wrong number, he had to take his plane up next day, rewrite the message.

Understudy. In San Diego, imitating a hypnotist he had seen on TV, Lawrence Baker, 14, put his playmate, Nancy Fogg,II, into a trance, tried in vain to snap her out of it, proudly told sheriff's deputies: "I didn't think I could do it."

Vocational Guidance. In Fort Worth, arrested after printing and cashing $7,000 worth of counterfeit payroll checks, ex-Convict Ralph W. Hedrick told police he had learned his trade in the West Virginia Penitentiary's printing shop.

Applied Science. Near Delaware, Ohio, after Bossie, a 1,100-lb. shorthorn, fell into a 7-ft. well, the volunteer fire department used their heads and hoses, poured water into the well, floated Bossie to solid ground.

Vanguard. In Peoria, firemen became suspicious when their unofficial mascot, a 14-year-old boy, always arrived at fires before they did, got him to admit that he had started five blazes because he liked "to watch the fire engines go."

Ivory Tower. In Phoenix, Arizona State College Professor Herbert Gurnee was assigned a classroom for his summer psychology lectures, looked the room over, penned a note to the dean: "Room 103 is too small . . . poorly lighted . . . besides, there'll be too much traffic through it to conduct classes properly," since 103 was the men's restroom.

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