Monday, Aug. 01, 1955
Sea Lawyer. In Oklahoma City, Airman 2/C John F. Crozman filed suit for $10,000 against Lieut. Colonel Walter Callahan, charged that the colonel had damaged his reputation by calling him lazy in the presence of Airman Miles Miller.
Workman's Compensation. In Birmingham, after being arrested for drunken pedaling of his three-wheeled ice-cream cart. Thomas Bogan, 53, was "grounded" for 60 days by Recorder's Court Judge Oliver Hall, but charged only one-fourth of the usual fine because he was "generating his own power."
Auto Accessory. In Louisville, after he had instructed Driver Mrs. Dell B. Harrington to make an illegal turn while he was a passenger in her cab in order to get to work faster. Judge M. D. Elston accepted the ticket she received, paid the $5 fine himself.
Uniform of the Day. In Atlanta, State-Labor Commissioner Ben T. Huiet suggested that applicants for unemployment-benefit checks come fully dressed for job interviews instead of appearing in the shorts and bathing trunks that many of them favored.
One More for the Road. In Springfield, Ill., Eldon Smith was sentenced to one to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to taking his nephew's car to Terre Haute, Ind., where in return for money for drinks, he sold first the car radio, then the battery, the tires, and finally the radiator.
Attention-Getter. In Taunton, England, the town council told Druggist W. H. Adcock that he must remove the elaborate display he had erected on the second floor as a perfume advertisement because it was so beautiful that it distracted motorists and constituted a driving hazard.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. In Manhattan, Milwaukee Toy Merchant Frederick G. Osborne Jr. sued the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for $500,000, declared that he had lost that amount when he failed to keep a business appointment because the desk clerk failed to call him at 9 a.m. as he had requested.
Off Duty. In Toronto, after he had been sentenced to 15 days for driving "with ability impaired," 30 days for driving while his license was suspended and another 20 days (or $100 fine) for illegal possession of a chauffeur's license, Richard Lusk, 26, explained: "The only time I drive is when I have been drinking."
Point of View. In Pasadena, Calif., Arline Fudge, 19, won an annulment from Melvin Fudge, 24, after testifying that "when he looked at me frontways, he said I looked O.K. to him, but when he looked at me sideways, he said I made him sick."
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