Miscellany, Jul. 22, 1957

Inflation Control. In Auburn, Me. a sign in a gas station window reads: "Use Our Easy Credit Plan—100% Down, Nothing Each Month."

Constancy. In London, a judge termed Grace Bowler, 71, a "most ungrateful" wife to husband John, 70 (they were married in 1910), and granted him a divorce after hearing testimony that she had carried a hot meal half a mile faithfully every evening for 30 years to her boy friend.

In the Nick. In Franklin, Ky., police got a telephone distress call to hurry "out to my house because something awful is about...

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