Miscellany, Aug. 4, 1958

S.P.Q.-Hour. In Miami Beach, a 1,600-year-old Roman coin was collected from a parking meter.

Dean Swift. In New Hamburg, Ont., Walter Haas was arrested for careless driving, explained that he was only trying to catch another speeder to lecture him on safety.

So Sang Freud. Near Ahmedabad, India, when his bride went home to her mother after a quarrel, a husband—known only as Vala—went after her, lopped off his mother-in-law's nose, carried his wife away.

Common Census. In Douglas, Ark., Lee Edward Whitney, 84, decided to move away, changed the town's population from 1 to 0.

Entrance Requirement. In Wilmington, Calif., arrested for auto...

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