Beginner's Luck. In Detroit, a jury awarded $3,500 damages and $3,645 for expenses and doctor bills to Mrs. Theresa Schnepf, 54, who broke her arm while taking a lesson in jitterbug dancing.
Special Audience. In Buffalo, censoring his prisoners' outgoing letters, Acting Assistant Jailer Harry Leech came across one reading, "Honey, I am writing this slow because I know you can't read fast."
Pioneer. In Passaic, N.J., acting on a complaint from a downstairs tenant, a judge ordered Antonio Caruso to find some time other than the middle of the night for chopping wood in...