Miscellany, Jun. 7, 1954

Life of the Party. In Chicago, Bank Robber Samuel Hochstetler confided to FBI agents that in six weeks he had spent $5,000 of the $31,000 loot for dancing lessons, had already mastered the fox trot, the waltz, the rhumba, the mambo, the tango and the samba.

S O S. In Washington. D.C., policemen nabbed James Haley after he was discovered applying a file and a pair of pliers to the back door of St. Patrick's Church rectory, told the judge that he was merely seeking "spiritual guidance."

Backfire. In Pasadena, Calif., Scout Leader Kenneth Chessman...

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