CRIME: South Parisians

Barbara Carroll, 17, had a fine time in South Paris, Me. last week. She sold autographed pictures of the county courthouse for 25¢ the copy, received stacks of fan mail, including offers of marriage, posed fetchingly in play and bathing suits for innumerable photographs. With some of her tips from photographers for posing, Barbara had her brown hair waved. A climax to Barbara's happy week came when her mother, Ruby, walked up to Francis Carroll, 43, sitting dejected in South Paris' Oxford County Courthouse and impatiently tapped his shoulder.

Whispered Mother Ruby: "Barbara has an offer from a New York...

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