Miscellany, Jul. 30, 1956

Bail-Out. In Oakland, Calif., after an argument in their car which his wife was driving 35 m.p.h. down a deserted road, Edward Freitas announced, "I'm getting out right now," and did, was found unconscious by the road and hospitalized with broken ribs, a fractured elbow and head injuries.

Unfair Advantage. In Springfield, Ill., Lester D. Plummer asked a judge to annul his month-old marriage on the ground that he was so "emotionally upset" by the divorce from his first wife that he didn't know what he was doing when he remarried.

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