Miscellany, Apr. 8, 1957

Clearance Sale. In Sydney, Australia. Mrs. Ingeborg Luise Wenskowski, 35, got her divorce on testimony that her husband offered her to a friend for $495, on a time payment plan.

Single Jeopardy. In Galena, Alaska, William Pete, 37, overjoyed at his acquittal on wife-beating charges, rushed over to thank the jury, burbled: "I promise never to beat her again."

Soft Sell. In Hollywood, the shoeshine boy outside the CBS building chipped away at actors' sales resistance by chalking on his shoe box a knowing come-on: "One Shoe Shined Free."

Demolarized. In Freeport, N.Y., Herbert Lamb reported to police that four young thugs had stripped...

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