The Bulwark ... In Oxford, England, after lengthy debate, the Union Society of Oxford University voted 280-203 in favor of the motion: "This House will resist a spread of the American way of life to this country."

Cost of Laving. In Seoul, public bathhouse proprietors went on strike for higher prices, explained that over-alert cops had cut off their main source of cheap fuel: coal swiped from the Korean National Railways.

Or Not TV ... In Hartford, Conn., accused of slapping his wife and locking her up, Norman Tamkin told the judge she had brought it on herself by feeding him a heat-and-serve TV supper, got a rebuttal from Mrs. Tamkin: "He lost the food money playing cards . . . Why, for the first three months of our marriage we didn't even have television."

The Harder They Fall. In Chicago, testifying in a separate-maintenance suit, Harold Schwuchow told the judge he wanted to live with his 145-lb. wife, but not until she gained back the 75 Ibs. she had starved off since June.

La Diffeerence. In London, the social adviser of a nudist magazine, the Naturist, got a question: "I am, I believe, rather an oddity in nudist circles: a young, unmarried girl. My problem is that I think nudity is rather austere, and I feel I want to add some distinctive touches like jewelry, necklaces, earrings, and so on. What is the general view about this?", printed an answer: "Certainly, but anything too ostentatious will merely make you look undressed instead of naked."

Big Spree Waters. In Farmington, N.Mex., Paul Schoolboy Nez, a 65-year-old Navajo, was fined $20 after a state trooper testified that Nez was "drunk on horseback after dark, no lamps displayed; was thrown from horse to center of traffic lane where he went to sleep."

The Passing Seine. In Las Vegas, Nev.. the daily Sun printed an ad: "FISHNET, clean, 4 x 6 ft., suitable for den decoration or butterfly nets. Will exchange for halibut fillets."

So Help Me ... In Dorchester, England, charged with obstructing traffic by letting eleven sheep stray onto the highway, Thomas Horsington objected: "In all humility, the Lord Almighty made the heaven and earth; and even He had sheep that strayed," was fined $2.80 anyway.

The Sound & the Fury. In Des Moines, bogged down in a line of autos, Motorist Norma Bailey leaned long on her horn, then watched as a man got out of the car ahead, calmly raised her vehicle's hood, disconnected the horn wires, got back in his car and drove off.

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