Matter of Principle. In New Rochelle, N.Y., after he built a $5,000 house on rented land, John Daniels steadfastly refused to pay a 90% rent increase, was ordered to move his house, instead mustered a dozen friends and sledge-hammered it into kindling.

Pretty Precise. In Tokyo, during National Safety Week, a group of garage owners issued warning leaflets to U.S. drivers: "Traffic rules help your safety . . . is easy to speed upside down on this road so that the traffic accident wants to break out oftenly. Prease drive in safety and to avoid a miserable accident . . . prease come again."

Exhibits A & B. In Pueblo, Colo., Manuel Martinez, convicted a year ago on a paternity charge, sought and got a retrial, was found guilty again when the plaintiff's attorney displayed the baby and its webbed toes, then forced Martinez to remove his shoes and socks, show the jury his webbed toes.

Servant of the Crown. On Norfolk Island, 870 miles off the Australian coast, the inhabitants were looking for one man to be their 1) forest ranger, 2) police force, 3) bailiff, 4) jailer, 5) examiner of livestock and slaughterhouses, 6) inspector of noxious weeds.

Between Friends. In Houston, William D. Thomas, hospitalized after a fight in which he suffered two black eyes and a broken leg, was asked if he wanted to prefer charges against his assailant, told police: "No, he's a friend of mine."

Ghost Town. In Indianapolis, with 40,000 of a 350,000 run of new highway maps already printed, the state highway commission discovered that its printers had accidentally removed the city of Aurora (pop. 4,780).

Stylish Stout. In San Gabriel, Calif., police wondered why 230-lb. Alberta Patoux always seemed either fatter or thinner, arrested her inside a store, found 13 cartons of stolen cigarettes stowed in her tent-size bloomers.

Self-Analysis. In Whiting, Me., not far from the U.S.-Canadian border, police refused to comment after they removed roadside signs reading: "Cheer up. Good roads ahead--in Canada," "This road is not closed but should be," "Good driving! You made it."

Any Other Request? In Birmingham, Ala., after petitioning city officials to pave their street, three residents of 61st Street South were informed that, due to a surveyor's error, their homes had been built in what was technically the street, and they would have to move their houses, whether they wanted paving or not.

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