Miscellany, Mar. 8, 1954

Against Sin. In Oklahoma City, Political Aspirant George V. Fried announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate and his platform: "If it's right, I'm for it."

Motion Seconded. In Toledo, to back up his request for an additional reptile keeper, Zoo Director Philip C. Skeldon turned loose a wriggling 7-ft. indigo snake at a city-council meeting, quickly got his man.

Amenity Missing. In Gadsden, Ala., Farmer Miles Johnson explained to the judge why he did not send his two children, aged nine and eleven, to school: they both take snuff, and there is no place...

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