Miscellany, Aug. 25, 1952

Seniority. In Covington, Ky., James Riggs, 95, told police who arrived to help his 65-year-old son take him home from a tavern: "I'll go home with you guys, but no runny-nosed kid is going to tell me what to do."

Fated. In Camden, N.J., a judge recommended divorce for Mrs. Joseph Lane after she testified that her husband kept a revolver and a bullet marked with her initials, told her: "This bullet is especially for you, dear."

All or Nothing. In Roswell, N. Mex, while being tried in juvenile court for stealing five cars, twelve-year-old Arley Lewis bolted from the courtroom, ran ten...

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