Miscellany, Feb. 28, 1955

Double Take. In Los Angeles, burglars broke into the offices of the Hecht-Lancaster Motion Picture Producing Co., made off with $500 in stage money.

Virtue's Reward. In Stalybridge, England, after he had slugged Secondhand Dealer George Thompson, 64, with a pistol, Frank Grundy, 23, heeded Thompson's plea, went to a nearby drugstore for bandages, found police waiting when he got back, bitterly accused Thompson of ingratitude as he was hauled off to jail.

Dowry. In Memphis, Lloyd T. Riddle, 30, went to court to break a $2,100 contract with the Arthur Murray Dance Studio,...

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