Supply & Demand. In El Paso, Raymond R. Campana, arrested for having subversive pamphlets in his possession, groused to police: "Nobody wants to buy them in this capitalistic town."

Traffic Problem. In Salt Lake City, after this year's 15th escape from the State Prison Farm, somebody planted a sign on the adjacent highway: "Drive Slow, Prisoners Escaping."

Trunks Extra? In Washington, the ICC recommended that the ferry line between Weehawken, N.J. and Manhattan help meet higher operating costs by increasing the fare for uncrated elephants from $1.40 to $2.80.

Slow Burn. In Westerly, R.I., Mrs. Carrie M. Crandall wrote to the city clerk of Worcester, Mass, with a complaint: "About 1889 or 1890 I fell into an open coal chute in front of the Hotel Pleasant...and I think the city should pay me something for my injuries."

Sharp Focus. In Fort Worth, police received a routine letter from Twin Falls, Idaho authorities inquiring about a suspected bad-check passer and describing her as "25, 115 Ibs., 5 ft. 5 in. She wore a low-cut dress with short skirt, making it very hard to gain a description of her facial features."

Red Sox. In Communist-controlled Shanghai, Buddhist monks of the Bubbling Well Temple, finding that revenues from religious services had fallen off, announced that they would begin making stockings.

On Second Thought...In Pueblo, Colo., when Banker Raymond C. C. Thatcher complained that he had been overcharged $375 in inheritance taxes, officials reviewed the case, discovered that it had been wrongly classified, upped Thatcher's taxes another $116,188.

No Stone Unturned. In Zanesville, Ohio, when Patrolman Dick Tracy set out to check on the story of a motorist who had driven through a guard rail, down a 20-ft. slope and into a stream, Tracy's brakes failed and he ended up in the same stream.

Sere & Yellow. In Iona, Fla., Richard Thompson, 90, calmly threw away his 40-year-old false teeth because they were getting in the way of four new molars just coming through.

Completed Pass. In Hamilton, Ohio, Detective James Parker, treasurer of the local Fraternal Order of Police, went to deposit the receipts from the organization's annual picnic, and learned that one of the $20 bills was counterfeit.

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