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Full Service. In St. Paul, Minn., when Motorist Darrald Schoenheider refused to pay $7 for having his 1934 Buick hauled out of a swamp, the tow-truck driver returned to the scene, shoved Schoenheider's car back into the swamp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Well-Groomed. In Detroit, Motorist A. Warren Hostetler was charged with reckless driving when police caught him steering with his knees, using his hands to comb his hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Shadow Play. In Detroit, the motorist who got a parking ticket without the blanks filled in paid his fine by mail with an unsigned $2 check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 10, 1949 | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Testing. In Newark, Ohio, when Motorist Carrie Miller crashed into the Motor Vehicle Bureau office and injured two employees, she explained that she had lost control of her car on the way to get her driver's license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: For the Record | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...Stone Unturned. In Zanesville, Ohio, when Patrolman Dick Tracy set out to check on the story of a motorist who had driven through a guard rail, down a 20-ft. slope and into a stream, Tracy's brakes failed and he ended up in the same stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 29, 1949 | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

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