Miscellany, may 6, 1957

Up Periscope. In Danvers, Mass., a woman patient at the state mental hospital, who once worked willingly as a part-time attendant, began taking tranquilizers and decided she should be paid.

Knock Three Times. In Lexington, Ky., after an elderly man was told by a St. Joseph's Hospital receptionist that E. C. Jones could not have visitors but that he was "much improved," he seemed relieved, said. "I'm glad to hear it. I've been here ten days and couldn't learn that much from the doctors. I'm E. C. Jones.''

Avant-Garde. In Philadelphia. Painter Marjorie Ruben, upset when an art gallery complained that two of...

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