Miscellany, Aug. 26, 1957

The Iceman Strilceth. In Armidale, New South Wales. Australia, cleaning women at state schools called on their union to demand a 55¢-a-day "chillblain allowance" on days so cold that ice forms in their buckets.

Next. In Milwaukee, plans for the new $400,000 Fifth District police station include a drive-in window for the convenience of overtime parkers paying fines.

Scratch One. In Philadelphia, after Detective Edward Pushkarwicz got poison ivy investigating a cash and stamp theft from a small post office, he arrested a suspect at home on finding a bottle of poison ivy lotion in the bedroom.

Keeping the Record Straight. In El Paso,...

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