Paso de la Muerte. In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Pickpocket Adolfo Ramirez proudly told police he wished he could patent his new pilfering technique of spreading a sample of cloth over his right arm while posing as a piece-goods salesman, then distracting his victims' attention with left-handed gestures while his right hand explored their pockets.

Rules of the Rood. In Uniontown, Pa., Truck Driver William Jackson, 59, was arrested on charges of firing his two pistols at ten approaching motorists who failed to dim their lights.

Mood Indigo. In Sydney, Australia, a jury awarded Musician Frederick Benedict Mclntosh $22,500 damages after he complained that he had given up his radio work, following an auto accident, because he had lost his "cheerfulness."

Unfinished Business. In Philadelphia, Clara Chmiel wrote to Willow Grove Amusement Park Manager Joseph Helprin, explained that a year ago she had become engaged to Stanley Gutowsky in the park's Tunnel of Love, asked and received permission to be married there.

The Hot Corner. In Dallas, a burglar broke into the Third Base Cafe, took $40 from the cash drawer, loaded up on foodstuffs, left a note of explanation: "The cops told me to get out of town."

Lonely Heart. In Toyama, Japan, Choji Kato, 27, placed an advertisement in a teen-age magazine pleading for female companionship, seduced 96 of the 150 girls who answered, was arrested when police started investigating the series of robberies he had committed to defray dating expenses.

Social Security. In Artesia, N.Mex., insisting that the Government had no right to seize his $83 bank account for alleged back taxes, Insurance Adjuster Lester Plummer sued Internal Revenue Agent C. Buck Caviness and "other unknown persons" for $4.5 billion, explained: "I might as well get up into figures the Government can understand."

Tie Game. In Brisbane, Australia, suing for maintenance, Mrs. Gladys Mary Ross declared that husband Darch Ross tied her left hand to his right hand at night to prevent her from going out with other men, then falsely accused her in the morning of having untied the "love knot," slipped out, returned and retied the knot while he slept.

Chain of Evidence. In Bountiful, Utah, Town Marshal Turner Burningham investigated a theft of $351 from a city hall safe, declared suspect everyone who had a key to the building, remembered that he had a key himself, turned the investigation over to the county sheriff.

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