MISCELLANY: Miscellany, Dec. 22, 1952

Spared Part. In Birmingham, Roy Carter received a package containing the handle to the auto jack he ordered (and received) in 1945.

Quicker Than the Eye. In Syracuse, N.Y., Mrs. Arline Meehan, reporting to police that someone had stolen her furniture, explained that she had left it on the curbstone five weeks before, when she was evicted, but that the neighbors had promised they would keep an eye on it.

Snug Harbor. In Mt. Clemens, Mich., when police asked Melvin Reno why he was driving his car on the sidewalk, he muttered: "I'm too drunk to be on the street."

Brethren-in-Law. In Milan,...

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