Miscellany, Aug. 16, 1954

Entree. In Quintero, Chile, a cow slipped on a mountainside, plunged through the roof of a hotel below, landed ungarnished in the dining room.

One for the Books. In Chicago, Auditor Chester Calvert quietly left the Sherry Hotel, where he worked, when the C.P.A.s arrived, later accommodatingly mailed an itemized list of its cash shortages.

Sentimental Journey. In Pasadena, Calif., suing each other for divorce, Grover T. Kelley and wife Daisy Mae disagreed on 1) the date of their marriage, 2) the place of their marriage, 3) the date of their separation, 4) the...

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