Scene of the Crime. In Marlboro, Mass., Leo Demont, 25, was fined $64 for driving, while drunk, into the same pole at Broad and Main Streets which he had crashed into three years before.

Social Progress. In Madison, Wis., the University of Wisconsin's alumni bulletin announced that "a class that began in the university dance department to help students overcome social handicaps has now developed into an experiment in group therapy with schizophrenic patients at Mendota State Hospital."

Inside Dope. In Lancaster, Pa., Stella Coffey, 13, was hospitalized after she took 15 pills to stay awake for an all-night session reading comic books. In Memphis, police charged Alonzo Bolden, Willis Rule and Alfred McMullen with the theft of 5,500,000 aspirin tablets ($25,000 worth).

Not To Be Opened Till . . . In Tonawanda, N.Y., at the annual outing of the Business and Civic Association, five local businessmen won the door prizes: cemetery plots.

Fellow Felons. In Newport, R.I., after Mrs. Frances Cambra complained that a thug had snatched her purse while she was playing the slot machine at a club, cops seized the machine, then went looking for the two-armed bandit.

Sound Evidence. In Louisville, Ky., to bolster his charge that the neighbors' dogs kept him awake at night, James Amin brought a tape recording of their yapping to court.

The Professional Touch. In Kollum, The Netherlands, after judges at a jumping contest for horses had disqualified all entrants because of their poor showing, Veterinarian Jan Reinders bet the judges he could do better, went the full course under his own power and won his bet.

Personal Service. n Toronto, an optometrist posted a sign in his window: "Eyes Examined While You Wait."

Threatening Gestures. In Bangor, Me., after a street argument in sign language, three deaf mutes were hauled off to court on a charge of "railing and brawling."

Kampus Kapers. In Panton, Vt., 86-year-old Miss Stella L. Christie, a summer student at Middlebury College, explained to police how she happened to lose control of her car: she was lighting a cigarette.

Silent Partners. In Boston, during a debate in the state legislature on a proposed $40 million building program, Representative Thomas E. Key arose and asked for a moment's silence in tribute to the taxpayers of Massachusetts.

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