The English city of Luton, Bedfordshire (pop. 110,000) was divided last week over the question of levity on tombstones. By a slim, three-vote margin, Luton's city fathers decided that all epitaphs in the new town cemetery must be submitted to the Director of Parks for censorship. Sample of the kind of epitaph the town council opposes (as irreverent):
Sudden and unexpected was the end Of our esteemed and beloved friend; He gave to all his friends a shock By falling into Sunderland Dock.
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