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Mixed up telephones spark odd incidents across seas
Across Pacific Beach California a wiring mix up caused every ring to trigger the air raid siren across the street. In Slagelse Denmark laughing subscribers faced line cuts that halted 48 concurrent conversations. A Malibu dog scare ended with a rescue and release back to the woods. In Turin a police anti kissing squad arrested 35 couples in motion picture theaters for kissing in the dark. In Boston a judge heard a man claim he was duped into a long courtship by a woman who hid her marriage. A Detroit man sued over money paid during the relationship.
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Pacific Beach
Calif
Robert 3. Schroeder
Robert
Slagelse
Denmark
Malibu
Hwy, 101
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Turin
Italy
UPA Novy
Detroit