Miscellany, Mar. 28, 1955

Moral Victory. In Arequipa, Peru, beaten unconscious by 82-year-old Jose Ibarra, Saturnine Garcia, 110, recovered, amiably explained the scrap: "We were chatting about events of long ago. Jose got mad because I proved that I have a better memory for dates ..."

Point of No Return. In Philadelphia, after ransacking the Doering and Beatty Lumber Co. for half an hour. Burglar John Queenan finally found a slip of paper inscribed with the combination to the office safe, opened the safe, found it empty, in disgust telephoned police to come and arrest him.

Bill of Particulars. In Chicago, suing for breach of contract, a...

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