Miscellany, may 30, 1955

Man, You Goofed. In Chicago, after a federal agent had spent six months talking bop language to win his confidence before arresting him as a narcotics peddler, Willie Hill, 32, commented: "I'm real down. Here I thought that cat was the coolest. He turned out to be nowhere."

Understatement. In Detroit, police charged Mrs. Asenath V. Brown with reckless driving after she 1) smashed into the last of four cars stopped for a red light, causing a chain collision, 2) swung around through a red light, 3) went over the curb and struck a 15-year-old boy, 4) carried him draped over the...

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