Tootling Down the Freeway

A driver on the San Diego Freeway attracted the attention of a CHP officer who was suspicious about the long, pipe-like object in his mouth during a traffic stoppage.

The officer let the motorist go after seeing that the object came with a booklet titled, “How to Play the Kazoo.”

RAIN ON HIS PARADE, PLEASE: Usually, disc jockeys are the people who receive requests at radio stations. But in the case of one vengeful ex-wife, it was the weathercaster at KNX radio who received a plea (see accompanying).

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A LITTLE QUAKE HUMOR: Laurel Hall and Katy Ayer snapped a marquee in Whittier that appeared after the Northridge quake (see photo).

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DISTASTEFUL DEVELOPMENT: L.A. animal shelters imposed a $15 fee for adopting rabbits or poultry after discovering that people were claiming the creatures at no cost--and then cooking them.

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A ROMANCE ON A COLLISION COURSE: A South Bay woman met a visitor from the East in a bar and, against her better judgment, wrote her telephone number on a cocktail napkin. He later phoned her and they went out a couple of times. That seemed to be the end of it.

Then, one day, she received a phone call from a man she didn’t know. He said he wanted to thank her for being so courteous, but he needed some additional information. “What are you talking about?” she asked.

He explained that he was the owner of the car that she had hit in a parking lot. And he thanked her for putting her phone number on a cocktail napkin and leaving it on his windshield.

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L.A. TRIVIATA: Blackie, the L.A. Fire Department’s last horse, died in 1939.

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SPIT HAPPENS: Following a near collision, the owner of a battered old coupe spit on a late model Lexus. The Lexus driver, in a pinstriped suit, whirled to the crowd and said, “Did you see what he did? Did you see what he did?” And he began taking names and addresses of witnesses to the expectorating.

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CHECKOUT TIME IS A PROBLEM, THOUGH: One-third of the jail cells at the federal prison on Terminal Island have ocean views.

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STUPID CRIMINAL TRICKS: A motorist, infuriated by the parking ticket that a Santa Monica officer had left on his windshield, reached into the officer’s vehicle and pulled the keys from the ignition. He then sped off in his own car. Police had no trouble tracking him down.

A sergeant explained: “We had his license plate number from the citation.”

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AND HOW WAS YOUR DAY? A trucker hit a street person’s shopping cart in Glendale, then alighted from his rig to argue over who was at fault. While the two were jawing, an Amtrak train crashed into the truck. Then the transient hit the truck driver with a rock and scurried away.

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MORE SERIOUS THAN FAILING TO SIGNAL: A Duarte youth appearing at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Covina for a driving test got a big demerit before he even started. The examiner became suspicious because the youth’s car had no license plate. A computer check showed the car was stolen; the young man was arrested on suspicion of grand theft auto.

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The Downey City Council outlawed golfing at graveyards after complaints that trespassing duffers were disturbing the tranquillity of the departed.