Miscellany, Sep. 8, 1958

The Gearling. In Atlanta, Henry Simpson Ill's first birthday party was held in the Buick where he was born.

Call of the Styled. In Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, "in answer to many requests," the Modern Beauty Salon announced that on Friday nights it will be open to men only.

Abracadaver. In Bandirma, Turkey, as seven of his relatives fainted, 108-year-old Haci Mustafa stepped out of his grave toward the end of his funeral rites, denounced his family for "trying to bury me before my time," walked out of the cemetery.

Freeway. In Giarre, Sicily, dragged half-conscious from a sewer, Giovanni Privitera said: "I was looking...

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