Hothead. In Salt Lake City, arrested or willful destruction of property, Norman Doyle Curtis was charged with setting Eire to the city jail.

French Leave. In Hartford, Conn., arrested with a large bag of shoplifted clothing, Marie Sequin explained that she was merely collecting for the "underprivileged children of France."

Report Card. In Cleveland, a 13-year-old boy jauntily admitted in court that he lad fired a shotgun blast through the bedroom window of School Superintendent J. L. King, explained: "I just didn't like the guy, in school or any place."

Vox Populi. In Washington, New Hampshire's Senator Norris Cotton received a fan letter from a high school girl: 'All my friends are saving pictures of movie stars and I want to be different, so please send me photos of twelve senators, but pick carefully, even the best are sort of funny looking."

School Daze. In Middletown, Ohio, Bob Boring, convicted of reckless driving, was ordered to attend four sessions of an auto school as part of the sentence, was arrested when he ran down a pedestrian while driving to his third class.

A Winter's Tale. In London, Architectural Student Patrick Huggins took aim, hit a passing policeman, was fined -L-1 ($2.80) for "wantonly discharging a missile, to wit, a snowball, to the damage or danger of persons in Kensington Court."

Poetic License. In Boise, Idaho, police looked for the thief who stole the hubcaps from John Zeltner's auto, left a note on the front seat: "Roses are red, violets are blue, Oldsmobiles are nice, and I like hubcaps too."

The Rustler. In Omaha, police looked for the man who rang Irwin Chapman's doorbell, pointed a pistol at him, growled, "I want that," made off with his son's rocking horse.

Twist of Fate. In Newark, Leroy Bonner, 24, confessed that he had robbed a local gas station and diner, told the cops that he had turned to crime because he just couldn't make a living baking, bending and selling pretzels.

Aficionado. In Paris, Cab Driver Andre Daniel was sentenced to an eight-month prison term despite his explanation that he stole five cabs in one week only out of "love for the taxicab business."

Reconstructionist. In Hazard, Ky., Oliver Cole, 40, was arrested after neighbors phoned the cops, complained that he stood in the street pounding on a garbage can while loudly campaigning for another term for Abraham Lincoln.

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