Miscellany, Jun. 24, 1957

Small Print. In Tulsa, Ted Cobb, 9, during a tornado alert, hastily scribbled out and taped to his chest a "last will and testament," directing, "I leave everything I own to my friend George Draper Jr., if he isn't blown away first."

In Vats Veritas. In Chicago, Andrew Mulligan, charged with drunken driving, was freed when he explained that police had arrested him just after he had worked eight hours cleaning brewery vats.

On Second Thought. In Dayton, the Journal Herald printed a want ad: "Would the man who was looking for a home for himself and his two boys in the early...

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