Miscellany, Oct. 19, 1959

High Maintenance. In Chicago, Conrad Hernbrott's estranged wife let the air out of his automobile tires, took the tubes out of his TV set, locked him out of his room and changed the lock, posted a sign in the corridor of his rooming house reminding him that he hadn't made his support payment.

Material Witness. In Hialeah, Fla., a lawn party for female employees of the J. R. Handbags of Florida, Inc., makers of alligator purses, broke up in screams when a 35-lb. alligator lumbered out of a nearby thicket.

Joint Account. In Ottawa, Ont., Edmund Killeen went to police headquarters to bail...

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