Miscellany, Aug. 31, 1959

Side Show. In Istanbul, Turkey, beaten with a cane once too often by his gypsy master Arif Arat, a dancing bear named Karaoglan broke his chains, grabbed the cane, gave his master a sound drubbing, ambled off.

Explorer V. In Fort Worth, Lucille Bridges won the title of "Fountaineer of '59" after she mixed a concoction of vanilla ice cream, pecans, whipped cream, cherries, pretzels and a sugar cube soaked in lemon extract, set it afire, called it a "satellite sundae."

Before Sailing. In Bonn, West Germany, new fire instruction signs in a nine-story parliament...

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