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Miscellany, Sep. 10, 1951

Automatic Shift. In Miami, Mrs. Arlene'Lamb filed for a divorce on the ground that her husband tried to exchange her, their eight-year-old daughter and their eleven-year-old twins for a new car.

Point of Order. In Boston, State Senator Silvio Conte argued for an early end to the session, pointed out that he had not been home in a long time and complained: "We had three children in 24 months, and now we haven't had a birth in eight months and people are beginning to talk about it."

Snake Eyes. In Rotan, Texas, after he had killed a rattlesnake behind the barn, Coe Hawkings...

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