Miscellany, Aug. 24, 1959

Political Assets. In Frankfort, Ky., after winning the Republican primary for state attorney general, Samuel S. Cannon reported his campaign costs: $2 for a photograph, 50¢ for stamps.

Sanctuary. In Edmonton, Alta., arrested for causing a disturbance in a family squabble, Mark Wing got a six-month suspended sentence after he pleaded: "Please, I want to spend my life in jail rather than return to my wife."

Liquidation. In New Castle, Pa., police, looking for a parking meter that someone had uprooted, found it at the bottom of the Shenango River.

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