Trade Secret. In Manhattan, when two gunmen held up a candy store, one of them sidled up to Salesgirl Juanita Christian and murmured: "Don't be frightened. I'm just as scared as you are."
Platform Manner. In South Bend, Ind., to advertise Fire Prevention Week, Fire Captain Anthony Miller made a surprise visit to the Rotary Club by aerial ladder through the second floor window, spoke briefly on fire prevention, then leaped out the window into a rescue net.
Passionate Voyage. In Haverhill, Mass., Winfield E. Donahue was fined $100 for reckless driving after his girl...