Maintenance Charge. In Santa Monica, Calif., H. L. Bridges was excused by the court after he explained why he paid only 48¢of a $1 parking fine: "The officer who slipped the ticket under my windshield wiper broke it, cost me 52¢¢."
Third Strike. At Camp Pickett, Va., after calling some bad ones as umpire in a post softball game, Private Noel Fuquay was escorted from the field by a protective squad of sergeants, three days later got his discharge from the Army for poor eyesight.
Collective Bargaining. In Wethersfield, Conn., the warden of the state...
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