Miscellany, may 12, 1958

Cake Line. In Philadelphia, a worker stopped off to pick up unemployment money from the company that had laid him off, told Employment Manager George Brobyn: "Hurry up, my cab is waiting."

Milestoned. In New Haven, Conn., John Murphy got a suspended sentence when he told a judge that the occasion marked the 500th time he had appeared in city court for drunkenness.

La Donna é Mobile. In Ferrara, Italy, Romolo Bocchi turned in a petition naming him a candidate for the Senate in Italy's May elections, learned that it was not valid because 60 women signers had falsified their ages.

Dear Child. In...

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