Miscellany, Jan. 27, 1958

Rock 'n' Vote. In Charlotte, N.C., four candidates in the Central High School election, disdaining the conventional office titles—president, vice president, secretary, treasurer—announced that they were running for "big boss, little boss, pen pusher and moneybags."

Space Slip. In London, Frank Barrow, explaining why he could not appear in court on a parking summons, wrote the judge: "I have volunteered this week for space travel in satellite or rocket, so I cannot foresee whether I shall be available to be present in court."

Still Life. In Fall River, Mass., Manuel V. Oliveira Jr., 44, who lost the city's garbage-disposal contract last October, was...

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