Miscellany, may 18, 1953

Forget Me Not. In Waterloo, Iowa, James J. Cunningham accused his former wife, Donna Maxine Hull, of doing $500 worth of damage to his home by carving her name on two tables, a radio, a piano, a buffet, a bedroom chest, a refrigerator.

Explanation. In Houston, J. Bruce Synnott Jr. examined his nine-year-old son's report card, found a teacher's comment: "Carless in his spelling."

Church & State. In Los Angeles, detectives finally tracked down Superior Judge William B. Neeley's official gown, arrested city hall Janitor James Langley, who said: "I just sort of borrowed those robes to preach in, because I'm a deacon...

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