Miscellany, Jun. 30, 1958

M I S C E L L A N Y

Blue Genius. In Ardmore, Okla., three teen-age boys, calling a girl in New York, were arrested for trying to deceive a long-distance telephone operator by using tape-recorded sounds of coins being deposited into a pay phone.

Last Angry Man. In Hong Kong, Yu Shui-ming, alias Pee Hai Por ("Leather Shoe Shop"), was asked by a judge to demonstrate how he earned his nickname, pulled off one of his shoes, flung it at the police officer who had arrested him for loitering.

E.G.-Men. In Chesterfield, England, two police cars, demonstrating safe-driving techniques to an...

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