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Richela Paternoster Load Tonnes Mr. Sizzleberger Snow Melton Dr. Needle Willie Huckleberry Finn Avie Maria Jenkins (Miss University) Theophile Etheneus De Fosse 03. China beat Columbus? The Communist newspaper, Wen Wei Pao, declared that Chinese Buddhists reached the "New World" 1,000 years before Columbus left to cross the Atlantic. It is claimed that they reached North America by way of the Aleutians and Alaska around the year 500 AD. 04. Chinese Marriage By ancient Chinese custom, concubinage was permitted, but was regulated. A man's first wife was known at his kit fat. She was the senior woman in the house and received much respect. If she died, and he remarried, his second wife would be known as the tin fong, and would also be respected. Either woman would be known as the man's tsai, and only one such wife was allowed at a time. However, the man could take concubines into his household. A concubine, or a tsip, was considered a member of the household and her children were legitimate, but she was considered inferior and the tsai could make things miserable for her if she wanted to. A friend of ours for many years was the daughter of an American woman and a Chinese man. He also had a wife in China, and the family would visit there often. I don't know how that arrangement worked out based on what I said above. 05. Love Unseen is not Obscene. Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that love-making in a car parked along the street is not an obscene act.. if the windows are curtained or steamed over so no one can see inside. 06. Nude Swimming Ruled not Indecent A San Mateo, California municipal court has found that Miss Kay Ellis, aged 58, is not breaking any laws by swimming in the nude in the privacy of her backyard. Miss Ellis said, "I never dreamed anyone could see me. If I'd have known I was being watched, I'd have worn a fur coat." 07. Undies are a Fire Hazard The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has ruled, in Scarborough, England, that girls wearing nylon panties can cause explosions and fires. 08. Old Man arrives in NY with his 12th WifeBearded Joseph Abraham, reputed to be 102 years old, arrived from Isreal with his 12th wife. She is 43 years old. He is the father of 65 children, and his oldest son is 79 years old. His driver's license lists his birth date as September 27, 1858. He heads a cult known as "The Calling of the Twelve Tribes." He does not drink or smoke... very rare for a man in 1961. 09. Genealogy. Dr. Emile Zuckerkandl, a chemist from the California Institute of Technology, says that fingerprint studies show that man is closely related to gorillas and chimpanzees. The study also shows that cows and pigs are not very far apart on the evolutionary scale. Most of their shared features are also shared by men. Although called "fingerprints", the material studied is really hemoglobin molecules. 10. Vodkasickle. The Mad Men should have known about this: A Cedar Rapids company has successfully developed a frozen martini on a stick, like a popsicle. 11. Wheelchair race. Three bathrobed men in wheelchairs raced through traffice to get to a tavern. Peoria, Illinois police escorted them back to their hospital. The men said that they were just thirsty for a beer. 12. Great Idea! A Paris restaurant has started a new tradition. Whenever a couple comes in, the woman is given a menu with highly inflated prices. The man is given the actual menu with normal prices. The man is seen by the woman to be a "big spender" and a highly desirable partner, and the proprietor sees a big rise in the number of customers. Damn smart, these French!
