Miscellany, Mar. 2, 1953

Short Snorters at Work. In Butte, Mont., burglars stripped a tavern's ceiling of more than 100 $1 bills autographed by favorite customers.

Line of Sight. In Pontiac, Mich., Roland Thayer, Norman Pearson and Arthur Boynton were arrested after setting fire to a $20,000 vacant house and hurrying to a point eight miles away in order to settle a bet on whether or not a blaze could be seen at that distance.

And Still Champion. In Hastings, Neb., a motorist reported that he had kept a healthy distance behind a truck bearing the warning sign: THIS...

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