Problem. In the Delaware River, a cargo of gravel shifted suddenly in a steel barge. The barge turned over on a wooden scow beside it; the two clamped deck to deck like the shells of a clam (see cut). Last week rivermen still wondered how to get them apart.

Ring. In Washington, an early-morning motorist happened on a girl standing under a street light. All she wore was an engagement ring. Her story: when she refused to give back his ring, her boy friend took everything else.

Cruelty. In Omaha, a young woman sued for divorce because her husband, a stockyard worker, refused to take baths. "Sometimes," she testified, "it's two or three weeks between baths." "That's cruelty," ruled the judge, granting the decree.

Mobilized. In Wilmington, Del., a 15-year-old was found counterfeiting nickels by remolding his lead soldiers.

Ouch. In Yonkers, N.Y., William Ouch sustained painful injuries in an automobile accident without complaining.

Fright. In Pittsburgh, Saloonkeeper Carlo Colombo, 45, looked up from his bar, was frightened to death by a man who entered wearing a mask of Adolf Hitler.

Hoosier Law. In Fort Wayne, Ind., when Artemus Knuckles sued to get back a wandering pig which a neighbor had confiscated, his lawyer, David Hogg, cited a decision by Circuit Judge Martin L. Pigg.

Sentence. In Miami, Judge Cecil C. Curry sentenced two men found rolling dice on a Flagler Street sidewalk to "one minute each in jail."

(8). In Fort Worth, Tex., Cowboy Kid Fletcher walked off with the Stock Show's prize for best bow legs. His winning span (knee-to-knee): 8 in.

Toastmaster. In W. Conshohocken, Pa., Burgess McElhatton said: "I'll attend that dinner as toastmaster if it kills me." He went, collapsed, died.

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