Monday, Jun. 16, 1958

Insultan. In Izmir, Turkey, Hassan Huseyin Coshtu, released from prison, hurried back to court and publicly declared his passionate love for the lady judge who had sentenced him, said he "couldn't think of anything else for three years," was promptly jugged again for "outraging a magistrate during performance of her functions."

Higher Booty. Near Jackson, Miss., a burglar entered The Forest Hill Methodist Church, stole a safe containing 300 sermons.

Lost Shoal. Near Brisbane, Australia, Navigation Expert Joshua Peter Bell, author of Moreton Bay and How to Fathom It, ran his yacht aground in Moreton Bay.

Milky Way. Near Baraga, Mich., during a demonstration of his art, U.S. Forest Service Pilot Milton Nelson missed his target, splashed 50 gallons of whey-colored fire-retarding fluid on 150 picnicking forestry and conservation officials.

Automation. In Lincoln, Neb., Jack Coffman was treated at a hospital for injuries received from a power lawnmower, went home, turned up at another hospital later in the day with more injuries from the same machine.

Old Boar. In Penang, Malaya, Teh Chew Ean sued her husband for maintenance because his mother made her get up to feed the pigs at 5 a.m. on her wedding night.

Yegg Art. In Baltimore, Josephine Ditmore, convicted of robbing a restaurant and a tailor shop, told the court that she had forced her way in with a nail file, a lady's razor and eyebrow tweezers.

7 by II? In Monroe, Mich., when a deputy sheriff found 52 pairs of dice in Carroll Hawkins' car, Hawkins maintained that he was going to use them to make a top for his wife's coffee table.

Guaranty Trusty. In Columbus, Ohio, when an elementary school teacher told her class to write themes on what they would like to be when they grow up, Darrell Miller, 9, said that he was interested in banking, added: "To be a president of a bank you have to have a good record and no time in the pen."

Epicures. In Milwaukee, records were published showing that the city's children last year swallowed gunbore cleaner, soldering flux, reducing pills, battery acid, furniture polish, lighter fluid, airplane glue, fertilizer, narcotics, tranquilizers, rubbing alcohol, hormones, after-shave lotion, camphorated oil, motor oil, iodine, toilet cleaners, laundry bleach, chromium polish, gasoline, kerosene, benzene, paint, wood alcohol, linseed oil, varnish, paint thinner, pesticides, cologne, toilet water.

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