Miscellany, Jul. 28, 1958

Civil Libertines. In Seoul, Korea, Vice Minister of Education Kim Sun Ki ordered all high-school teachers to give up their concubines.

Reel McCoy. Near Hyannis, Mass., Surf Fisherman George Vasquez got a firm strike, braced for battle, slowly played his catch to shore, landed a live, 70-in., rubber-flippered male skindiver.

Out on a Limb. In Roehampton, England, when one-legged Convict Glyn Peters was taken to a hospital and fitted with an artificial leg, he followed the doctor's suggestion that he walk around and try it, sauntered right out of the building and escaped.

True Blue Pencil. In Brisbane, Australia, customs men pounced on...

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