Obstacle Course. In Butte, Mont., Lloyd Beach, rearrested while on a 30-day suspended sentence for vagrancy, explained to the judge that he had been trying to leave town as ordered, but there was one bar too many between him and the city limits.

Penalty. In Hollis, Okla., Nan Claiborne, candidate for high-school football queen, tried the game herself, lost a front tooth and the title.

Last Resort. In Des Moines, after Donald E. Mosher broke into a filling station and found nothing of value, he put his last nickel into the telephone, dialed police to come get him.

Measure for Measure. In Springfield, Ohio, Truck Driver Clifford Ellis, charged with drunken driving and knocking down a pedestrian, was fined $150 and sentenced to "spend as much time in jail as the victim spends in the hospital."

Special Delivery. In St. Louis, Policeman William Conley frantically called for a patrol wagon to take his expectant wife to the hospital, scrambled aboard when the car arrived, two blocks away ordered the driver to return and pick up Mrs. Conley.

Reprieve. In Elmira Heights, N.Y., convicted of third-degree assault, Steve Weaver got a one-day parole on his 30-day jail sentence so that he could report for his weekly unemployment check.

To Each His Own. In Little Rock, Ark., the court awarded Mrs. Ruth Whitney a divorce and 231 household items, gave her husband "one rocking chair and one handmade doghouse."

In Hoc Signo. In Washington, police were looking for a tall (6 ft.) man in his seventies, wearing faded blue overalls, who had passed more than a dozen bum checks all signed with an "X."

Routine. In St. Paul, Elmer R. Hetting lost his suit for $26,703 personal injury damages when the court ruled that his fall down an unlighted stairwell was merely in his line of duty since he is city safety inspector.

Clouded Crystal. In Philadelphia, Judge Harry S. McDevitt asked how Mrs. Dorothy Stevens, arrested for fortunetelling, went about it, released her when her lawyer answered: "She doesn't do it very well. If she could, she wouldn't be here now."

Testing. In Baltimore, Liquor Dealer Albert Steinberg reluctantly handed over $100 to a holdup man who tossed back the cash and said: "I don't want your money. I just wanted to see how much guts you had."

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