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Show !' Oddities In The News , CLEVELAND, Nov.8 (U.R) Thomas King, 23, fumbled in his dresser drawer for a cigarette today. He found what he believed to be one, put it in his mouth and and lit it. He required hospital treatment after the ensuing explosion. ex-plosion. The "cigarette" was a fire cracker. EMPORIA, Kans., Nov. 8 U.P Rolla A. Evans, a Republican justice of the. peace for many years, died today just before the polls opened for voters to ballot on his candidacy for another term. His death meant that many voters would cast their ballots for a dead man. He had been favored to be reelected. |