Miscellany, Feb. 1, 1960

The Big Picture. In Whitleigh, England, after neighbors protested, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams withdrew their offer to give away their fourth child in order to have money for a TV set.

Good Turn. In Salt Lake City, after losing the city key to be presented to visiting Veterans Administration Dignitary Bradford Morse, local VA officials borrowed the county-jail key, had to replace it when Morse went proudly off with it.

Open-and-Shut Case. In Munich, West Germany, just before he was arrested, Franz Osterholzer, boss of a gang of car thieves that stole $190,000 worth of vehicles in the last four years, filed...

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