Miscellany, may 13, 1957

An Uncertain Smile. In Plant City, Fla., Mrs. Lizzie B. Morgan, 52, on the way to her driving test, turned into a parking space, accelerated instead of braking, crashed into the building housing the automobile-licensing bureau.

Keeping Fit. In Pittsburgh, Fred Collins got four to eight months in the county workhouse for stealing a $78.75 pension check from his cellmate in the North Side police station jail.

Dandy Lines. In Manhattan, a class of 11-year-olds, asked by their teacher to write about "What Spring Means to Me," reported, in part: "Women have started to wear...

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