Stupid and Ridiculous

LONDON:  Lady ... ... the 82 year old driver of a Bristol two litre sports car, yesterday was found guilty in court for her 41st motoring offence, and was told to take a driving test.   The court increased an earlier fine of £1 to £5 for careless driving.     Lady ... ... a driver for 50 years, said,  "It is stupid and ridiculous."

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LONDON:   The sea shares in South Africa's sea diamond corporation closed at 23/7 1/2 sterling yesterday at the end of hectic dealing on the London Stock Exchange.    Offers of shares in Texan millionaire Sammy Collins's three year old company had caused the wildest scramble for months.  The shares opened at 24/9 and shot up within half an hour to a sparkling 27/3.   The lustre faded and the shares closed over a shilling down on the opening price.


LONDON:   Husbands with nagging wives should send them to a hypnotist a doctor advised in an article in a medical journal.    "Wives should be hypnotised into knowing what it feels like to be nagged," said Dr S J Van Pelt, the President of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists.    He said in the society's journal that the treatment is known as symptom swapping.


LONDON:   Scotland Yard men are guarding Mr Justice Edmund Davies, who sentenced the great train robbers, as a precautionary measure.   A squad of detectives have moved into the quiet roads surrounding the Judge's West London home, and steps have been taken to monitor all the telephone calls to the Judge and his family, a London newspaper reported.


LONDON:  Saturday.    Inquiries continue to pour in from people interested in the sale of the farm now famous as the hide-out of the great train robbery gang.     Five-Acres Farm in Oakley, Buckinghamshire, is being offered for sale to the highest bidder.   The highest bid so far is £5,500 sterling.


COLUMBUS, Ohio:    Mrs Jerrie Mock landed her light aircraft here last night to become the first woman aviator to complete a solo flight around the world.   The flight ended in Mrs Mock's home town.   The feat involved almost 23,000 miles.


TAMPA:   A 17 year old high school pupil turned in his English essay on "What I plan to do in the Summer" and ended up in jail on the charge of threatening to assassinate President Johnson.   "I will take a trip to Washington and ............." he wrote.


WELLINGTON:  An Auckland factory was sealed and fumigated with cyanide gas yesterday in an attempt to kill a 4 foot snake found on the premises by a night watchman.   Earlier a four man search with shot-guns and clubs was fruitless.   The building will be re-opened tomorrow and a further search made.


SYDNEY:   Huddled in coats and rugs and curled up on chairs and couches, more than 100 Melbourne bound passengers slept in two major airline terminals at Sydney airport last night.  Melbourne's Essendon airport has been closed by smog and fog since Friday morning.    By this morning, 300 people were waiting at Sydney airport.   More than 14 flights were cancelled on Friday and the flight charts at the airport today were covered with red "cancelled flight" signs.    Fog has disrupted flight times and plane positions throughout Australia.


BRUSSELS:    Belgium's 12,000 doctors were reported to be returning to work today after a 17 day strike which threatened the future of the Government.   The doctors went on strike in protest against the Government's new health insurance programme claiming that it would curtail their freedom and reduce their income.


PARIS:    President de Gaulle was reported in a satisfactory condition today following yesterday's operation for the removal of a prostate gland.


AMSTERDAM:   "The Beatles" will visit Holland on June 5th for a television show and a performance for teenagers.


MILAN:   Charlie Chaplin, 74, is working on the script of a new film comedy with his son Sidney in the leading role.   He will direct the film and compose the music.    It will be made in England.


Snippets of news from Sunday 19th April, 1964.