Miscellany, Sep. 6, 1954

Draftsman's Apprentice. In Birdham, England, Alan Tamplin, inventor of a 54-gallon, radio-controlled beer barrel (at the flick of a dial it rolls out of the house and across the lawn to where the operator is sitting, fills his glass, returns to the house), permitted a friend to operate the barrel, suffered a crushed toe when the barrel rolled out of control.

Escape Hatch. In Portland, Ore., chased by police as he wove down the sidewalk on his motorcycle, James V. Garvey tried to get away by veering into a bar, was caught when the...

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