Miscellany, Sep. 12, 1955

A Gothic Tale. In London, the Admiralty granted Leading Seaman Walter W. Hampson leave, flew him to his Plymouth home from Malta after his wife complained their house had been haunted for the past two months by a terrifying, headless, black and white phantom.

For Worse. In Ventura, Calif., Police Lieutenant Ray Rude arrested Lenwood Andrew Jeanne as he left a wedding chapel with his new bride, impounded the wedding ring, accused Jeanne of purchasing it with a bad check, booked him on suspicion of forgery.

Savoir-Faire. In Detroit. Arnold L. Humphrey, 20, got a ten-day jail sentence for reckless driving after police...

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