Handy Reference. In Washington, the Department of Agriculture put out a farm pamphlet on corn-leaf blight entitled: "Cultural and Pathogenic Variability in Single-Conidial and Hyphal-Tip Isolates of Helminthosporium Turcicum Pass."

The Long View. In St. Louis, while the city steamed at 90DEG, a thief broke into the Brown Supply Co. and made off with six electric blankets.

Easy Come, Easy Go. In Savannah, Robert V. Ray got a city building permit to install an extra front door on his house after he explained: "Every time my wife and I fuss, she hems me in, and when I come home late she locks me out; this way I'll have my own door and she'll have hers."

Fac,ade. In Houston, the city council voted to accept a new $2,700,000 police headquarters and jail, but withheld $25,000 from Architect Kenneth Frankheim's fee because he had his name engraved in marble on the front of the building, put the names of councilmen on a bronze plaque inside.

No Mixer. In Chicago, after a ten-day hunt for Truck Driver Dumonte Ashley Parker and a missing truckload of 750 cases of gin, police finally found the truck, short 250 cases, and Parker tipsy in a nearby tavern, where he indignantly told them: "I drink whisky myself."

A Simple Question. In Manhattan, Mrs. Frank Bianco, 29, complained in an assault charge (later withdrawn) that when she questioned her husband about lipstick on his shirt, he scissored her shoulder-length hair to a crew cut.

Dialectician. In London, the Times's Personal column carried this ad: "Tutor with Scottish accent urgently required for intelligent parrot. Telephone Chancery 3166."

Family Reunion. In Oneida, N.Y., Lewis Eaton was severely jolted when his parked car was hit in the rear by another driven by his daughter, Bertha, was jolted again when Bertha's car was hit by another driven by his son, Lewis Jr.

Sealed & Delivered. In Chicago, when Titus Werner, 39, rolled up the windows and locked himself in his car to avoid being questioned about a traffic violation, a tow truck was called to haul him away to the police station.

Counterattack. In Syracuse, N.Y., Patrolman Nicholas Margiasso set up an electric timing device on a busy thoroughfare to trap speeding motorists, wondered why all cars passed cautiously, until he found two small boys a block away with signs: "Danger. Slow down. Police ahead."

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