The Rotary Balita no. 796 (May 10, 1956)

In Mount Joy, Pa., the city council recently adopted a new regulation which is sure to be popular with motorists. Under the new regulation, police are instructed to slip a nickel into the meter and leave a pink slip under the windshield wiper when they find a motorist overparked. All the motorist has to do is return the slip to the police station with five cents to ward off a one dollar fine. In Van Nuys, Calif., a motorist returned to his parked car after leaving the police station where he had turned in $90 he had found. In his absence, the car had been ticketed for illegal parking. In Jonesboro, Ark., a woman drove into a service station and said to the attendant in a confidential whisper: "I wish you would check that guy behind me. I think he's drunk." Police said the "guy" behind was a driverless pick-up truck which had locked bumpers with the woman's car. She was charged with driving while intoxicated. A young about-to-be bride had been taking driving lessons in order to spare her husband at the wheel on their honeymoon trip. In all the excitement of wedding preparations, however, she only found time to get a learner's permit. Following the wedding and the reception, the happy young couple left in a shower of rice for their long trip. A few minutes later, the guests were startled to see the bride rush back into the house. "Lucky we hadn't gone very far," she giggled breathlessly. "I forgot my learner's permit." In Cleveland, a man, arrested for stealing a car, gave the judge this excuse for his misdeed: "I got tired of waiting for the bus."