Incorruptible. In Chicago, bracing himself for this summer's national political conventions, Traffic Police Chief Michael Ahern advised his 1,100 cops to avoid calling delegates "Bud" or "Chum."
Live Wire. In Christchurch, New Zealand, haled into court on a charge of using foul language to a telephone operator, an angry subscriber countercharged that the girl "just laughed and laughed" after he obliged her by spelling his name: Montmorency de Villiers.
Brief Encounter. In Toledo. Private Doris Lee Reffitt, 23, arrested for being AWOL from Camp Lejeune, N.C., calmly told police that she joined the Marines...
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