Miscellany, Oct. 15, 1956

Les Sylphides. In Winnipeg, after he quit as ballet master of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet because a danseuse was given too much authority, Nenad Lhotka got a job in the city's railway sheds, observed that lifting freight is "nothing compared to some of those ballerinas."

Tonight or Never. In Chicago, police jugged Herman Nolte on his wedding night after he celebrated by firing his shotgun from his front porch, stealing the squad car when cops turned up to investigate.

Pistol Stop. In Mexico City, after being arrested for shooting and wounding a streetcar motorman, Carlos Esparza Perez explained that the motorman drove past...

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