Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1953

Prayer Meeting. In Ciudad Juarez, Mex., two pickpockets kneeling in a church robbed Andres Quinonez of his wallet and $13 while he was praying, were arrested by a policeman kneeling behind them.

Shall We Dance? In Birmingham, Lucian McCrary told police who arrested him for reckless driving that a couple of girls had pulled alongside his car, shouted. "If you want to go dancing, follow us," then had outdistanced him at 110 m.p.h.

Dud. In Bakersfield, Calif., Marine Sergeant M. U. Johnson gingerly dismantled an unexploded bazooka rocket he found lying in an alley,...

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