Miscellany: Oddest

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In Chicago, the National Safety Council-published its annual collection of Odd Accidents of the Year. Oddest:

In Salt Lake City, Joseph Schoelling, riding on his bicycle, crashed into the rear of a parked car, looped up and over, landed right side up, astride his bicycle on the car roof.

In Saginaw, Mich., Marcelino Mareno, explaining how he had shot off the tip of a finger 26 years before, aimed an "unloaded" gun at it, shot off what was left.

In West Frankfort, Ill., William Darnell, shot in the head 19 years before, sneezed and wheezed the bullet out.

In Kingstree, S. C., Farmer H. R. Morris found a lost cow which had swished its tail around a tree, knotted itself fast, slowly starved to death.

In Fairfax Courthouse, Va., Norman Malay drove his truck at a moderate speed oh a level road, inexplicably turned a complete somersault.

Accident

In Golden, Colo., suicidal Edward Madden climbed a tree, tied a rope to a branch, fastened the other end around his neck, and jumped. The rope broke, Edward Madden staggered away in a daze, died of a fractured skull when his head struck a boulder.

Booze

In Washington, D. C., Lloyd S. Booze was indicted on a charge of holding up the liquor store of a man named Seltzer.

Diet

In Fort Collins, Colo., Colorado State College empiricists slowly killed a pack of white rats by feeding them a coed's diet.

Dirty

In Pontotoc, Miss., two-and-a-half-year-old Keith McKnight fell into an empty 54-foot well. When his mother shouted: "Are you down there, Keith?", Keith replied: "Yes, and I'm dirty, too."

Eviction

In Flushing, N. Y., Deputy Health Commissioner John Grimley ordered evicted Eskimo Robert Mayokok, his wife, four children, from a World's Fair igloo. Reason: the igloo is an exhibit, not a domicile.

Namesake

In Marshall, Mo., letters deluged a 52-year-old plumber and minister. His full name: Santa Claus.

Brand

In Chillicothe, Ohio, Mrs. Harry McNeal bent over to dry herself after a bath, backed into a heater named "Good Luck," branded herself with the name reversed.