In the Mood. In Manhattan, cinemaddicts shuddering at Dr. Terror's House of Horrors were not too much surprised when 200 square feet of plaster ceiling ripped loose, crashed on orchestra customers' heads.

Whaddya Want, Blood? In Philadelphia, two thugs held up a blood bank, wondered why six nurses were giggling uncontrollably at gunpoint, suddenly realized how silly the whole thing was, sheepishly gave it up.

Strictly from Hunger. In Ames, Iowa, two white rats, fed for two months a "typical coed's diet" (steak, mashed potatoes, cereal, bread & butter, navy beans, apple pie) by home-economics instructor Mary Barrick, died of malnutrition.

Words, Words. In San Francisco, while Pastor Nicholas lounger preached eloquently on "fire prevention--its acute necessity," flames consumed the church's roof.

Boom Town. In Meteor City, Ariz., Sole Resident Jack Newsome got married, doubled the population.

Headwork. In Bryn Mawr, Pa., surgeons found Factory Worker Freda McKeith partially scalped by a whirling drill, hastily sent for the scalp, successfully sewed it on.

The Boot. In Philadelphia, Veteran Ignatius Miedzwiecki complained that Landlord Joseph Galzarano was holding, as security for unpaid $28 rent, his artificial foot.

Pillbox Mailbox. In Evergreen Bluff, Mich., Allen Chesbro, after five successive wooden mailboxes had been flattened by drunken drivers, built No. 6 on a 15-in. steel beam, buttressed by 16 tons of concrete, guarded by a 130-lb. rail, topped off by an ominous replica of a blockbuster bomb.

Botchdog. In Brockton, Mass., Joseph Freeman's watchdog snoozed through a burglary, awoke in time to drive away investigating policemen.

Mister Sister. In Kansas City, 16-year-old William Endsley, finally discharged after 21 underage months in the Navy, told his secret: he enlisted under the birth certificate of his big sister Sammy.

Sawdust Trail. In Medford, Ore., Army Lieut. Hugh Collins' parrot Snafu, sent to jail for habitual bad language, turned over a new leaf, croaked snatches of old-time Gospel hymns.

Atmosphere. In Aurora, Ill., George Yingling, moseying around a funeral parlor, decided to shoot himself.

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