Out-of-Bounds. In Mexico City, thieves who learned belatedly that they had robbed a relative of City Prosecutor Carlos Sodi rushed off a message to police: "We don't want to have anything to do with this stuff," added a note on where the loot could be found.

City Ways. In Richmond, Ind., a twelve-year-old visitor from the country carefully explained why he had turned in a false fire alarm: some city boys had told him that if he pulled the lever in the red box a bird would pop out and forecast the weather.

Lesson for Today. In Syracuse, N.Y., a thief broke into Herman Fehlman's auto repair shop, took $298, scrawled "God Is Love" on the cashier's window.

Id & Ego. In Olney, ILL., after driving through a stop sign, Justice of the Peace George E. Jones hauled himself to court, pleaded guilty, fined himself $5.

Sidetracked. In Los Angeles, a court ordered housewife Mrs. Fredna Pavlich to stop interfering with the building of a railroad spur after the Southern Pacific formally complained that she had: 1) pulled up survey stakes as fast as they could be put in, 2) stood in front of a grader, 3) filled up pestholes, 4) heaved stones at the railroad workers, 5) bit the hand of the railroad's lawyer.

Mop-Up. In St. Louis, after stealing a safe containing $265 from a gasoline company, the thieves phoned Owner Ernest J. Hilgert and tried to wheedle the combination from him.

Station Identification. In Tyler, Texas, Sportscaster Ed Smith announced during a baseball game that someone had left his car lights on in the parking lot, repeatedly gave the car's description and license number, remembered at game's end that it was his.

Brush Block. In Albuquerque, the University of New Mexico's athletic department painted the home team's dressing room bright, "exciting" red; the opposing team's in "pacifying pastels."

Matter of Intention. In Oklahoma City, hospitalized Clarence E. Hodges told police that his wife had run over him with their family automobile after a quarrel, but he wouldn't prosecute because "I don't think she meant to hurt me; she loses her head when she gets mad."

The Threat. In Post Falls, Idaho, when only two votes were cast in a school trustee election, one for the incumbent and one for himself, Candidate Eldred Hughes withdrew because the incumbent has been "a friend and neighbor for years and I can't let one vote ruin it all."

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