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Miscellany, Dec. 3, 1956

I'll Call You. In Greensboro, N.C., Charles W. Craddock filed suit for $15,000 damages, claimed his dentist dropped a two-inch root-canal reamer down his throat, told him to "go home and forget about it."

The Pathfinder. In El Centro, Calif., after he got lost overnight on the desert, Pomona College Geology Student Bob Ward explained that he became muddled when he paid too much attention to the maps he was making.

Death Duty. In Hastings, Mich., Editor Gwen Frostic of the Michigan Business Women's Bulletin published a notice for subscribers: "If you've married—moved —or died—please let us know."

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