Headlines that never made it:

A friend of mine many years ago got a job working for The Wichita Eagle writing headlines. He'd be given raw copy in printed form (before computers) and would type a headline, clip it to the story, and hand it to the editor for approval. The editor would (usually) toss it on a moving belt running into the composing room where it would be set in type.
Sometimes the editor would make corrections or give it back to be "tightened up". My friend Tony got a general request to 'make heads more succinct, but clear & to the point'.
   One day Tony got a brief story about a man who was tried & convicted of "indecent exposure". He pondered... then wrote 2 versions... and handed #1 to the editor, who glanced at it, tossed it on the moving belt.... then made a frantic leap to barely grab it before it disappeared thru the wall.
He looked at Tony with mouth open as Tony said.."Oh, here's your real head.."

The original said "Dangling dong dooms defendant."