Miscellany, May 2, 1949

Pledge. In Madison, S. Dak., after being arrested on drunken driving charges, Floyd Olson asked the editor of the local newspaper to print a statement: "I personally blackball myself for all future sales of liquor . . . I personally want all saloonkeepers . . . to make note . . . NO MORE DRINKS FOR OLSON."

Exception. In Little Rock, Ark., a probationer wrote the federal parole board a glowing letter to prove that he is now reformed and a law-abiding citizen, noted that "I haven't been in any trouble except now I am married."

En Route. In Phoenix, Ariz., Howard Lampton...

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