North Pole

At Lake Bemidji, Minn., a village was incorporated. Name: North Pole, in honor of its winter weather.

Philatelists

In Charlotte, N. C. a stamp-column writer got an invitation to a philatelists' convention in Manhattan--but the philatelists had forgotten to put a stamp on it.

Woody

In Syracuse, N. Y. police discovered that Wayman G. Woody invited his friends to dinner, left his wife to entertain them, stole out to loot their homes.

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In Terre Haute, Ind., a blind newsstand manager invented a Braille cash register.

Stops

In Alamosa, Colo., the fire chief complained that his truck has to stop three times on its way to a fire because fire buffs raised so much dust as they raced past it.

Triplets

In Utuado, Puerto Rico, Sefiora Carmen Lopez bore triplets: on Monday a girl, on Tuesday another girl, on Wednesday a boy.

Just Hell

In South Africa, Boer farmers who snared storks arriving on their annual 7,000-mile migration from Holland, found attached to their legs such messages as: "We inhabitants of Bergen-op-Zoom tell you German occupation is just hell."

Alibi

In Raleigh, N. C., a defendant identified as a holdup man beat the case by the best of alibis: on the day of the robbery he was in North Carolina's chain gang, in no shape for crime.

Sullivan

In Boston, clerks looked over the roster of new State legislators, counted eight Sullivans, three of them Senators, five Representatives.

Purse

In Paris, a French boxer just out of the Army battled ten roaring rounds to a draw. Purse: 100 francs ($1), 50 litres of red wine, a bouquet of violets, a sack of potatoes.

Begs

At Quincy, Mass., the Community campaigned with the slogan: "All Begs in one Askit."

Tagged

In Brainerd, Minn., Judge Rich--Ebert got a parking tag, was haled into his own court. His judgment: "You're fined. Don't let it happen again."

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