Miscellany, Dec. 8, 1958

Ricochet. In Fort Worth, Shorty's Café resounded with gunfire because its owner hid his revolver in the stove and forgot to tell the cook.

Tarnished Copper. In Copenhagen, Inspector Povl Brondt, 51, Denmark's traffic-police chief, lost his right to drive for one year and got a 14-day jail sentence for drunken driving.

Game Bird. In Laurens, Iowa, one hour after the pheasant season opened, Mrs. R. W. Lind bagged a pheasant under her daughter's bed.

Broke: the Law. In Baton Rouge, La., acting on a request from New Orleans authorities, police arrested William Brady, but let...

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