Miscellany, Apr. 14, 1958

Different Orbits. In Oswego, N.Y., a second-grade class began building a nine-foot-high interplanetary vehicle, ran into difficulties when the boys complained that "the girls want to put up curtains in our spaceship."

Competence Is No Excuse. In Kent County, Md., Goose Hunter Charles L. Ivens had one bird already in his bag, fired at another, brought down two geese at once, was arrested and fined in a federal court for exceeding the day's statutory limit of two.

The Customer Is Always Right. In Miami, F. Raymond Burke, who ran a firm that protected businessmen from...

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