Realists. In Washington, four years after they had provided the 81st Reconnaissance Battalion with a Latin translation of "To see is to prepare," officers of the Army's Heraldic Branch shamefacedly confessed that, because they had substituted parere for parare, the motto the 81st had been proudly displaying since 1951 actually reads:"To see is to submit."

Render Unto Caesar. At Camp Rucker, Ala., Bible Salesman Leon Willie, 26, was fined $150 for gambling with minors after two G.I.s complained that he had taken $165 from them in a dice game.

Freedom's Voice. In Phoenix, Ariz., the state house of representatives voted to have all future bills read by charm-school Speech Counselor Mrs. G. William Shupe.

Spare Part. In San Antonio, after his overcoat was stolen, Attorney V. F. Taylor placed an ad in the Express: "The liner to the coat is in my closet. . . and if the party will give me their address, I will send them the liner, as I no longer need it, and it is in perfect condition."

Mission Accomplished. In Toronto, Kenneth Rapson, 32, admitted that he had falsely confessed to eleven safecrackings in order to escape his paramour, was sentenced to nine months in jail for being a public mischief.

Potboiler. In Toulouse, France, six years after his book, All the Earth Belongs to Us, had won the Prize of Truth, Author Christian Couderc got a five-year suspended sentence for forging evidence for his divorce trial.

Higher Law. In Vancouver, B.C., convicted of concealing a felony when he refused to identify two gunmen who had attempted to kill him, suspected Drug Peddler William ("Bill the Painter") Semenick explained to police that he was silent because "I am on one side of the fence, and you are on the other."

Amnesty. In Gudivada, India, jailed on 30 swindling charges brought against him by six Indian states, Benedict Rogers, 35, forged Indian Supreme Court papers ordering cancellation of all charges against him, mailed copies to all the courts in which he was wanted, walked out before anybody thought to double check.

Personal Column. In Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Carrie Williams read in the newspaper that she had given birth to a son, complained to police, who found that husband Edward Williams, 29, had registered Miss Katherine D. Hill, 19, at the hospital as his wife.

Introspection. In Springfield, 111., the state senate decided for "reasons of efficiency and economy" to eliminate the Committee on Efficiency and Economy.

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