Miscellany, may 25, 1953

Ruffles & Flourishes. In East Molesey, England, Butcher Shop Executive Stan Richards and his bride, after a formal wedding, left the church under an arch of soupbones held aloft by 14 meatcutters.

Boomerang. In Woonsocket, R.I., after ordering city police to enforce a strict no-fix'' policy on motor-vehicle viola tions. Mayor Kevin Coleman learned who had received parking tickets as a result:

Mayor Coleman, his finance director, his personnel director, a city councilman, two state representatives.

The Specialist. In Memphis, Rubin Parham confessed in court that he had made his living for the past three...

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